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| Sad song in a caPELLA >> Musings with Mari | mariwinn |
| I can't believe that I made the mistake of thinking that, like Andersen, Pella Windows were the cream of the crop. I was so brainwashed into believing this that I neglected to Google "Pella window ...more |
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| Guns, defects and heron predators >> Musings with Mari | mariwinn |
| Looks like the JPD got more money to conduct another DWI checkpoint and stops this weekend, not that they aren't motivated to stop erratic drivers at other times. What caught my eye from the news ...more |
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| Is credit card fraud off the charts? >> Musings with Mari | mariwinn |
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As I just read Elizabeth Dosoretz's Huffingtonpost commentary, "How Credit Card Fraud Shed A Light on My Spending," I thought to myself, how cutesy, but not the point. The extend to which credit ...more |
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| Right to choose and need to read... >> Musings with Mari | mariwinn |
| I was glad to see that at least some people around Joplin got riled over Rep. Akin's remarks. It's amazing that he thinks women have the power to squash those little sperm and not get pregnant if ...more |
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| A jaunt through the Ozarks...with my cellphone off >> Musings with Mari | mariwinn |
| Those who carry around a cellphone might want to check the status of Senate Bill 1212, the Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act sponsored by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR). His bill and a similar one ...more |
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| Edible landscaping and other crimes >> Musings with Mari | mariwinn |
| A Tulsa woman is suing the City after city workers allegedly cut down what she considers her "edible garden." Okay, she had an unregistered truck in her driveway which might suggest that she doesn't ...more |
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| Birthday dust, dog turds & other provoking items >> Musings with Mari | mariwinn |
| Hearing a lot these days about future water shortages on TV news when lo and behold I heard some gurgling. No water came out of the tap when I turned it on. I thought the worst, of course. Then I ...more |
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| Jewels, schools and ghouls >> Musings with Mari | mariwinn |
| I was glad to see that the opening performance of Chicago in the Taylor Auditorium on the campus of Missouri Southern State University-Joplin was to a large audience. Kudos to Ann Lile and all her ...more |
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| The Joplin effect >> Musings with Mari | mariwinn |
| You know how kids seem to be glued to their cellphones but, thanks to a Missouri law, at least not texting in their cars. Next summer 2012, according to Lee Koo, community manager of cnet online, ...more |
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| Unnecessary pain and other matters of life >> Musings with Mari | mariwinn |
| "What's the difference between on old penny and a new quarter?" was the question on last Wednesday's Joplin Globe "Newspaper in Education" page. The fact that I got the answer to the question wrong, ...more |
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