Peanut Butter…Banned at Pinch, Elementary School in WV

I was watching channel 13 news and they had a section about peanut butter, and how it was banned from the elementary school. What spurred the media coverage was an issue where a little girl had a peanut butter sandwich and a banana for lunch. Apparently, she was told she could not have the peanut butter sandwich, since it was Pinch Elementary contraband. She was left only with the banana to eat for the day.

“Act of God” How Far Can Insurance Companies Take This?

Last Fall, I visited a local Home Depot, I will admit it was a very windy day, when my incident occured. I had been in the Barboursville store for nearly an hour looking for the various things I needed, well when I go outside, a cart (standard plastic cart–they are used in grociery stores as well) was directly against my truck’s taillight.

My first reaction was “!@#$ what were they thinking”, then I remember the wind, it would have been a great day to fly a kite. Anyway, cart had actually broken my tallight. I was pissed, scratches are tolerable (and it is a truck) but I have to get this fixed to pass WV’s annual inspection.

Tyra Banks and Anger Management

I saw this video and she loses it. It is almost a year old but it is funny, all of the models are crying and they aren’t even being yelled at.

Not eating can cause mood swings

Here is a link to the movie: Tyra B

Tweaking SuSE 10.1

The free version of SuSE 10 was phenomenal, version 10.1 came up a little short in my opinion with the switch from YOU (Yast Online Update) to libzypp the ZEN updater. Well, I have installed the DVD version of 10.1 approximately 20 times now and sometimes ZEN works and sometimes it doesn’t. I liked YOU better, much better. SuSE 10.1 compared to Fedora is still much better. I have worked with Fedora and Red Hat extensively since 2001 and I must say that SuSE is a much better distribution (for my purposes and my opinion, no flames please).

Nickel increase at the pump for WV

WCHS Channel 8 News announced tonight that there is a proposed tax increase for gas in the state of WV of up to .05 per gallon.

Ruby Programming Language…for beginners

The Ruby language is very easy to underdstand, it is much different from any other langugae I have ever worked with. It wold be the ideal Object-Oriented language for a beginner to learn the concpets of programming.

What you need to get started:

Road Construction on I64…again…always.

The 2006 Fall semester of Marshall University (MU) is about to start up again on August 21st. Coincidentally road construction begins on I-64 again in Barboursville, WV. What is even better is the placement of the merge lanes. The brains behind the operation last spring, concerning the bridges in Barboursville, the main two lanes merged into one, at the entrance of an onramp. Just remember the STOPPED traffic.

18 Ways to Stay Focused at Work

Some of these seem seem helpful.  See if this helps you stay focused at work.
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New Hampshire Secession

Is this for real?, it almost sounds like a utopian society.
There’s a New Hampshire secession movement. This Platform for NH Independence is one that speaks to both conservatives and liberals. Most of the principles are benefits that other states, if they seceded, could have too. No More UN. No More IRS. And Free Trade! How could a society free from massive the central planning of DC not be prosperous?

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Report: Diversity growing in nearly every state.

Minority populations are growing in every state but one. West Virginia with its struggling economy and little history of attracting immigrants has seen an increase in the majority population.

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