Jen’s Corner

This new DS game is pretty cool. Gots all sorts of little brain stretchy exercises in it, and it's fun too. Right now has hijacked my DS and is stretching his brain on my game. Hmmph.
So I was sitting on the couch playing it earlier. One of the games is [...]

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Rolling blackouts hit Austin
4/17/2006 5:20 PM
By: News 8 Austin Staff
Record spring heat has created an emergency situation for the state's power grid and led to some rolling blackouts in Austin.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is asking electricity customers to cut usage to a minimum. That means keeping the thermostat set at 78 or [...]

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You know, when my parents wrote letters to their congressmen and senators, they got back replies that indicated their letter was actually read.
Now? I get a reply that goes something like this:
Dear , Thank you for contacting me regarding [insert topic here].
[insert paragraph about topic, with no apparent acknowledgment of my concerns and [...]

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Well, I guess it's about time for an update! I've been meaning to post this all week, but somehow never got to it. Better late than never, eh?
Saturday: I went to Beer School! A local brewpub was having a brewery tour/learning type thing, and I managed to (a) find out about [...]

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Erk. Gotta figure out how to put a counter onto the sidebar somehow. I've seen all sorts of fancy schmancy LJ styles albeit most unreadable so I know it can be done.

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