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Sunday, January 29th, 2006
There was a fire in an on-campus apartment building at the University of Hartford. I lived in the same building during my senior year…
A Saturday morning fire in the attic of a University of Hartford dormitory started when an illegal duct hooked to a set of clothes dryers overheated and ignited, a Hartford fire official said.
No one was injured, but at least 23 students who live in the Park River Residence Hall will be moved to other housing. The rest of the 220 students who live in the 17-year-old dorm returned to their rooms late Saturday night. Fire and school officials were unsure when the displaced students would be able to go back.
I’m glad this didn’t happen while I was living there…
I’d also like to put out that if the article is correct and the fire was caused by an illegal duct, than insurance will not cover the cost of repairing the building and the University of Hartford will have to pay out of their pocket. D’oh!
Check The Newstands
Saturday, January 28th, 2006I am quoted in the January 30, 2006 issue of Newsweek, which is out on newstands now, and I am also mentioned in Stephen Spruiell’s article in the February 13, 2006 issue of National Review, which should hit newstands soon.
No Dot Gov
Thursday, January 26th, 2006I recently found myself behind a mail truck, and noticed something interesting. The back of the truck prominently displayed the the United States Postal Service website, www.usps.com. I thought this was a bit strange. The United States Postal Service is a government agency, I thought, “Shouldn’t the website be www.usps.gov?”
It made me wonder how many people even think about the our postal service as being run by the government. I would guess most people either don’t know this, and even those who do know still don’t really consider it as such.
I find this interesting because almost everyone complains about the poor service and regularly rising rates of postage, but never put two and two together and realize that the government monopoly on our mail delivery is responsible for this.
I decided to check www.usps.gov and found it redirects to to usps.com. I can’t understand why this is done, since there’s a government agency for almost everything—There’s even a government run website on booster seat safety at boosterseat.gov—yet, the postal service disguises itself as a private commercial enterprise by flashing a .com web address instead of a .gov address.
Is the postal service trying to hide something?
Wisdom From Walter E. Williams
Wednesday, January 25th, 2006I heard Walter E. Williams guest hosting on The Rush Limbaugh Show on the 20th of January. This was a great quote that I had to post:
“What I hate is when a man walks up to me and says, ‘I’m not earning a living wage’. Yet, he’s talking to me. Now if a corpse was telling me he can’t earn a living wage, I would understand.”
TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Novels…
Monday, January 23rd, 2006Sadly, I’ve read so few…
I’m not sure how much credence I would put on this list, but there are a number of titles here which I do plan to read in the near future… Actually, I’ve been catching up fiction novels recently, (such as Pride & Prejudice, The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, and several others) but it appears few made this list. I mostly read nonfiction these days.
My Bethie has read more on the TIME list than I have… 
When it comes to fiction, I’m a fan of James Patterson novels, particularly the Alex Cross series… I am also in the process of reading the entire set of The Chronicles of Narnia.
Escapa
Monday, January 23rd, 2006Via The Corner, I learned about this game.
The Political Teen tells me Hugh Hewitt got 5-6 seconds.
Here’s mine:
My typical high score is in the 20-30 second range. There is a method that I’ve found works very well…
Have You Heard Of Anything More Stupid
Sunday, January 22nd, 2006A state senator wants to force Missouri stores to sell warm beer. Under a bill by Sen. Bill Alter, grocery and convenience stores would risk losing their liquor licenses if they sold beer colder than 60 degrees. The intent is to cut down on drunken driving by making it less tempting to pop open a beer after leaving the store.
“The only reason why beer would need to be cold is so that it can be consumed right away,” Alter, who has been a police offer for more than 20 years, said Thursday.
He said the idea came from a fifth-grade student in Jefferson County who was participating in a program to teach elementary students about state government. He sought their suggestions for new laws and chose the cold beer ban from a list of the top three ideas.
A government that can regulate the temperature which beer can be sold is a government out of control…
Kennedy’s Love Child… Never Meant To Be…
Wednesday, January 18th, 2006Not so good news for Ted Kennedy…
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