Stuff to fill in the time waiting for SLOW government computers

I went out last night to try to take photos of the moons of Jupiter but the dang earth spins to fast. Jupiter and Venus are outstanding in the sky the next few nights. Can't miss them in the Western sky as they are the two brightest objects AND I was told anybody with a telescope will have an easy time seeing Jupiter's moons!
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I can not believe that we let criminals blatantly steal from people here in Columbus! What good are the police if they can not protect the citizens. DUC computer is just ripping people off and no one does a damn thing.

I was driving past the place and saw someone in the shop. I stopped in to get my computer ($350 charge in December but I have not gotten my computer back yet) and BRADLY says "Oh, I need your phone number" and then he said I could pick my computer up TOMORROW. I said what time and he said let's set up an appointment. OK 10:00 it is.

Guess what. He was a no show. SURPRISE!!!

SO - the Columbus police allow identity theft. Sweet!!!
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I mentioned how Japan coastline sank 4 feet before the tsunami. I think that 4 feet is emerging in my driveway. We have a slab that is being pushed up. Maybe we're about to have an earthquake? Volcano? Glad it's my driveway and not my basement.

Hey - new app (maybe old, new for me) is Zillow. You can see the current Zestimate** for any house in America, a 5-10 year monthly history and property taxes. For an extra $10 a month you can look in the windows at random times to see what's going on and for another $5 you can look in the refrigerator of any house! I love technology!

I found that our house went up $70,000 when the foreclosed house next to use was purchased. Plus our house is actually worth ten grand MORE then what we paid for it. It was in a steady decline since we purchased it but BAM, November it zoomed up $70,000.

My moms house has really been climbing. Last May it was listed at $77,000 and as of today it's at $108,000.

Zestimate** = home valuation is Zillow's estimated market value, computed using a proprietary formula. It is not an appraisal. It is a starting point in determining a home's value.
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I see Mr. Limbough has now lost 100% of his National Advertising. The 141 companies that left is sort of misleading. Most of those advertise on Clear Channel told the exec's they do NOT want to have their ad's run on the drug addicts show so it's not like they LEFT the show - just refuse to go on it!

I guess they feel that Rush signing "Obama the Magic Negro" (which when you take the WORDS is not racist but unless you live in a cave or, are in fact a racist, is very very racist) and calling college students whore's was the last straw for many advertisers.
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Still loving Downton Abby. Stopped recording SMASH, good show but just bad timing to watch it. Sunday nights are no a problem as three things are on at once at 7:00.
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Going to the Fireman's Pavilion Saturday night for some sort of socialist convention with the RECALL people going against Fitzgerald. I find it funny how Senate Majority Leader Fitzgerald was so sure he would not be recalled because they remapped all the districts. Yet the GAB said no no, we will be using the same mapping as when you got elected, NOT the new ones!!

Your little gerrymandering scheme did work.
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I can not WAIT for One Putt Twelve IPA to be carbonated. Every so often I brew a beer that really gets me pumped up. Not every brew is outstanding but I can still taste the one. Almost grapefruit-like with the Amarillo hops. Sadly I can only keep 1/2 of the batch as adubya purchased the ingredients.

My Scottish60 will not be ready for competition! boooooo!!! I'll be two days short.

A porter is up next, I'm calling it The Black Pearl! Dark and sweet with hopefully a super smooth mouth feel (from the malto dextrin).

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Did you know that in Lurens County, S.C., Republican candidates must henceforth sign a pledge that they did not or will not have sex before marriage, are not gay, and will not watch pornography. The pledge — approved unanimously by the GOP executive committee — contains 24 other moral requirements that chairman Bobby Smith says are "essential to try and protect the party's reputation.

Yea - they got a reputation all right!

A Wisconsin seventh-grader was suspended from a school's basketball team for speaking a Native American language. Sacred Heart Catholic School in Shawano, Wis., is 60 percent Native American, yet when a teacher heard Miranda Washinawatok, 12, telling a friend how to say "I love you" in the Menominee tongue, the teacher angrily objected, saying, "How do I know you're not saying something bad?" The school has since apologized.

Damn Indians are always trying to pull a fast one!

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On this date in Wisconsin

1849 - Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi Founded in Milwaukee
On this date a small band of five men and six women Franciscan tertiaries left Ettenbeuren, Bavaria to journey to North America. They were led by their parish priests, Fathers Francis Anthony Keppeler and Mathias Steiger. Upon arriving in Milwaukee they settled south of the bay of Lake Michigan. It is here that the women founded the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi. Their first mission was teaching and caring for the children at St. Amelian's Orphanage in Milwaukee. Two years later they offered domestic services at the newly established St. Francis Seminary.

1862 - (Civil War) Battle of New Madrid, Missouri, Ends
After 10 days of shelling, Confederate troops evacuated New Madrid, Missouri. They retreated to Island No. 10 in the Mississippi River and fortifications on the eastern bank at Tiptonville, Tennessee. The 8th and 15th Wisconsin Infantry regiments and the 5th, 6th and 7th Wisconsin Light Artillery batteries fought in this battle.

Cheers
Rod