Misplaced Technology – Twitter, June 20, 1776

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Wrote some stuff with @johnny_adams today.  Looking forward to emancipation from British!
5:12 PM Jun 20 from TwitterParchment
Just invited Ben Franklin to sign up.  Told him it would be cool if he could tweet from France
5:19 PM Jun 20 from TwitterParchment
@ladiesloveben Are you serious with that screenname. 
5:48 PM Jun 20 from TwitterParchment
#followfriday @ladiesloveben @johnny_adams @thegeneral @hancock @samadams [...]

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Another Letter to the President

Dear Mr. President -
It’s been nearly a year since you were elected to office, and just seven months since you took the oath.  I would sum up everything you’ve done thus far, but, really, you haven’t done much.  And that’s okay.  Really.
You’re about to go on vacation, which I believe you might deserve more than [...]

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Top Chef is Back.

I love me some Top Chef. 
Two seasons ago I discovered the show, nestled deep in Bravo’s notoriously feminine lineup.  For the unfamiliar, it’s a cooking show that places up and coming chefs in contest for the title “Top Chef” (clever!) and a boatload of money, as well as prizes along the way.  Besides being topically interesting, [...]

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I know. I know, I know, I know…

I haven’t been keeping up with this very well.  Honestly, I’m a little dry on sources for topics right now.  But I’m here!  Forgive me.  For some reason, people still come here even when I don’t announce new material, so, if you have suggestions, please leave a comment here.  I need some help.  I can’t [...]

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Hiroshima, 64 Years Ago Today.

I wonder if they heard it coming…  The wave of fire that engulfed the city and took with it some 80,000 lives in those first seconds.  I wonder if they knew what was happening?  How their innocence had been subjected to the politics of strangers at arms… how they were 80,000 means to justify an [...]

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Oh Caption, My Caption.

This little piggy planned the attack.

 

 

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Let’s Get Politic… ah, forget it, who cares.

When did the President’s blog turn into Livejournal?  From the White House webpage:
“Scary chain emails and videos are starting to percolate on the internet, breathlessly claiming, for example, to “uncover” the truth about the President’s health insurance reform positions.”
Scary?  Breathlessly?  What is this?  A Goosebumps book?
So, basically, earlier this week, Drudge linked to several videos [...]

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