June 2012
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Vent-O-Rama
Seriously, skunk? You’re going to live under my storage shed now? Wasn’t my chasing you around the yard with my car enough to drive you out?
Oh, Verizon. You don’t like that I cancelled my DSL because you couldn’t deliver more speed, so you’ve taken to giving me shit landline service. Don’t be smug. After three service disruptions this year, I’m...
Supreme Court upholds health-care law, individual... →
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The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the individual health-insurance mandate that is at the heart of President Obama’s landmark health-care law, saying the mandate is permissible under Congress’s taxing authority.
The potentially game-changing decision — a major victory for the White House less than five months before the November elections —will help redefine the power of the...
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“I mean, seriously, Erie, you bitch and moan about brain drain, then give the...”
– Cory Vaillancourt, Upfront: Crap Rock Revisited
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Fresh Air: Louis C.K. On Comedy, Love, Life And... →
A great (albeit short) interview with Louis C.K.; season 3 of Louie begins Thursday on FX.
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Wake up or get off the highway
Apparently it’s Lethargy in Driving Day, marked by a driver’s inability to accelerate or use turn signals. It’s most noticeable at intersections—as a driver hurries to pull in front of you and then drives slower than the posted speed, and on highways—where two drivers under the speed limit drive side-by-side to prevent you from passing.
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BLOGGING via TYPEWRITER.: Sandusky trial is... →
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from bad… With the Jerry Sandusky trial underway, Penn State officials are under fire for not reporting the former coach’s alleged abuses to police. Yesterday, it was revealed that former university president Graham Spanier claimed in an email that to not report Sandusky…
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9 Years of Rock →
I just ordered my copy of the Dan Schell “Story of the Concerts at the Erie County Fieldhouse” and I’m already getting goose-pimply after seeing some of the ticket stubs flashing by on the website. I saw a few concerts there, but missed many more that I’d have liked to attend. I think my fondest moments of the Fieldhouse are the Erie Blade games, however. I can’t...
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20th Annual Pride Picnic →
Who’d have imagined when we started these Pride Picnics that they would continue for 20 years? It’s great that organizers have stuck it out; even better that the community has supported them.
