Archive for August, 2009

What does winter hold for us?

The 2010 edition of the Farmers’ Almanac will be published Tuesday.

How neat is that. September 1 is the beginning of meteorological fall.

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Posted 8/31/2009, 2:52:PM, by Jeff Bonty | No Comments »


Re: E-mail bad habits

Reasons that e-mail technique needs to be taught. And yes, I am guilty of some of these.

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Posted 8/28/2009, 5:27:PM, by Jeff Bonty | No Comments »


It’s time for next year

Ten reasons why Cubs fans should start thinking 2010 will be the year”

10. Ivy on the outfield wall is showing signs of fall.

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Posted 8/27/2009, 4:36:PM, by Jeff Bonty | 1 Comment »


A rock to anybody but me

Pizza baron John Schnatter has been in the news the past two days.

The owner of Papa John’s  has been reunited with a 1971 Chevrolet Camaro he sold to help his dad’s business stay afloat in Jeffersonville, Ind. Some of the money also helped Schnatter start his pizza business.

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Posted 8/26/2009, 4:21:PM, by Jeff Bonty | No Comments »


He’s a quiet multi-millionaire

The owner of the winning lottery ticket of last week’s $259.9 million Powerball jackpot quietly stepped into the limelight Tuesday (Aug. 25).

Solomon Jackson Jr., a retired South Carolina state employee, was introduced in Columbia, S.C.

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Posted 8/25/2009, 5:19:PM, by Jeff Bonty | No Comments »


Dog days of summer

You know you are in the dog days of summer when:

10. You start talking to the plants, telling them how much they will be missed.

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Posted 8/24/2009, 3:29:PM, by Jeff Bonty | No Comments »


Vacation fun for the president

Ten things President Obama could do while on vacation:

10. Practice pitching form. May need advice from Chicago White Sox pitching ace Mark Buehrle.

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Posted 8/21/2009, 5:19:PM, by Jeff Bonty | No Comments »


Someone socked it to them

The Associated Press on Thursday picked up a story that ran in the Sierra Vista, Ariz., newspaper, The Herald.

Some time between late Sunday night and early Monday morning a resident had 12 pairs of white athletic socks swiped from the clothesline in the fenced-in backyard. A motion sensor light was also damaged.

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Posted 8/20/2009, 12:55:PM, by Jeff Bonty | 1 Comment »


I need quiet, please

Ten things that could help drowned out a noisy person:

10. Super soaker squirt gun.

9. Ear plugs, made from chewing gum.

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Posted 8/19/2009, 4:54:PM, by Jeff Bonty | 1 Comment »


Have we reached the 100-meter barrier limit?

Jamaican sprinting sensation Usain Bolt stunned the world Sunday when he reset his world record in the 100-meter dash during the world championships in Berlin, Germany.

With a last name that fits his running style, Bolt was clocked at 9.58 seconds, which broke his old record by .11 seconds.

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Posted 8/18/2009, 4:47:PM, by Jeff Bonty | No Comments »







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