If you want news about the Boston manhunt, it’s all over the place. Mr. Google is your friend. Nope, I want to draw your attention to this rather startling admission in February from the West, Texas fertilizer plant’s managers. They: had informed a state agency in February that it was storing up to 270 tons …
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Here’s a map of the site of the fertilizer plant fire and explosion last evening in West, Texas. The town has a population of just under 3,000. I suspect there is no zoning board or anything of the sort in a town that size (if I’m wrong, someone say so). That being the case, I …
Just to infuriate us further after the defeat of the background check legislation this afternoon, there were more votes in the Senate on gun control after the major one failed. “Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-TX) NRA-backed proposal to require all states to recognize out-of-state permits for concealed handguns received 57 votes.” So if Arkansas had concealed …
I was out in the car going to the grocery store just now hunting for eggs, and I switched over to ESPN Radio just in time to hear a promo for their NFL Draft coverage “Nine days from now, and we’re ready to cover it!” You have to give the NFL credit. It’s marketed itself …
Here’s the Boston.com live blog. I don’t plan to speculate about who the perpetrators behind this tragedy might be. Until or unless someone claims responsibility it’s going to be up to the forensics teams to figure it out. We also know that all initial reports are just that: initial. It takes time to uncover facts. …
From Events In case there’s something to bark at, Abby wants to be close to the door.
Just got some stripy microfiber sheets. I wonder how “microfiber” sheets compare to the “zillion-thread-count” variety. The test will be how they feel after they’re out of the dryer and on the bed. Wish me luck. Update: Good grief, the stripes are horizontal! I didn’t bargain for that! Update: Picture of the sheets on the …
Going to the grocery store and coming back with 15 bagsful is exhausting enough. Then they gotta be put away too. Where’s the couch? I e-filed my taxes this morning too, though, so I’m ahead of that game.
When I removed that aerator the other day some of the threads on the thing got left behind inside the damned faucet, and they couldn’t be removed even by a plumber. He said “get a new faucet and I’ll install it.” So I did. $59.99 plus tax for a kitchen faucet and spray hose. Worse, …
Top ten trending stories on Google News at 2:50PM HST: Kiel Gunner Major League Baseball Ryan Seacrest Smithsonian Institution Google Robert Edwards Nate Berkus Manti Te’o MetroPCS Communications, Inc. Miranda Kerr I have no idea who Kiel Gunner is or why he’s at the top of the news. The same goes for Robert Edwards, unless …