By Jonathan on 2/5/2009 5:34 PM

Ok, here's some simple math.

The proposed 'stimulus' bill is $900,000,000,000.

Of that, less than $300,000,000,000 would potentially go into effect this year (yet it's an EMERGENCY!)

There are approximately 300,000,000 people in the US legally.

Now, this is where the math gets tricky... and I mean really tricky...

900,000,000,000 divided by 300,000,000 is 3,000.

That means that this 'stimulus' bill is worth $3000 for every legal US resident (approximately).

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By Jonathan on 1/28/2009 1:35 PM

We do have snow! This was a good snowstorm... we've got over six inches of snow on the ground and it looks like it'll stick around for most of the week. Laurel went out this morning and got a few pictures. Here's a wildly cropped and resized one for a thumbnail: 



and a few more:  There's a cardinal in this tree... kinda hard to spot.  Enjoy!



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By Jonathan on 1/23/2009 12:55 AM

DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your soda across the room, denting the freshly-painted part which you had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it. WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say,' What...

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By Jonathan on 1/8/2009 11:14 PM

I'm not sure where, or how, but I got this song stuck in my head. It's The Outfield...

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By Jonathan on 1/1/2009 1:03 PM

and another one's gone, another one's gone, another one bites the dust...

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By Jonathan on 1/1/2009 12:54 PM

Here you go! Pics! (after the jump) - corrected the date...

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By Jonathan on 10/8/2008 12:57 PM

Well.. after no eating or drinking since midnight, L went into surgery at about 8:30 this morning... she's resting now... more details after the jump (if you want them).

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By Jonathan on 9/4/2008 6:55 PM

Two weeks after the copperhead bite, and it's very obvious that not much of the poison was able to do damage...

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By Jonathan on 8/23/2008 4:48 AM

Well.. first... I'm ok.   In fact, the swelling is going down, though the area is quite sensitive.  I can type better than I could earlier...  so here's the scoop.

We had our Tube Steak and Volleyball Night at the chapel.  Things were just wrapping up at about 11:20pm when I went out to see how the kids were doing at finding Grace's shoes (constant problem ).  Davey and Barak told...

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By Jonathan on 8/23/2008 12:12 AM

A little bite while I was catching the little booger...

Think I'm gonna end up going to the ER for this.  Anyway, I'll try to get some pics and more of the story up later.  :)

JS