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Off to drink liberally.

Fun and fellowship for liberals. Join us and talk about anything in a relaxed atmosphere.

Because of a special event at our regular location, we will be meeting at Harold’s this week, which will cut my drive time by about two-thirds.

When: Thursday, April 25th, 6 p.

Where:
Harold’s
4445 Virginia Beach Blvd. (just east of Barnes and Noble at Pembroke)
Virginia Beach, VA (map)

More here.

The watering hole wars intensify, as fake IDs become better.

Apparently, no bars are held.

“Screening at the front door for underage drinkers is probably one of the most difficult things to do in this business,” said Mike Vitucci, owner of Murphy’s Irish Pub and Caffrey’s Pub in the Marquette University neighborhood, and the Whiskey Bar and The Belmont Tavern in downtown Milwaukee.

I bought a book.

The juror is out.

I have been glancing at the news from time to time throughout the day. I see more details about what happened in Boston yesterday, but no hint of who or to what end.

Others are dwelling on what happened. I shall not, for they say it better (or worse) than I.

Accordingly, “no speculation” continues in force.

Editing a podcast that I’ve been preparing for off and on for a couple of months.

Regarding the Boston bombings, what Stephen D. said.

And I’m certainly not going to subject myself to a bunch of talking heads on television playing “what if.”

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When I first saw the headline, I thought it was the other Georgia.

Damn, I should have gone to an Ag School.

He made people smile.

He was one of my father’s favorites.

And one of mine.

The problem seems to have cleared up spontaneously.

)(*&z67*(*&6z computers!

I’m having trouble logging into the site from a couple of my computers.

I’m not sure what it means, but things may be quiet until I figure out whats’s going on.

I’m posting this from the computer at which I was still logged in from last night. You can follow my troubleshooting in the comments to this post.

Bye for now.

Off to drink liberally.

Drinking Liberally is a gathering place for liberals. Socialize and laugh in a friendly atmosphere.

When: 6 p., Thursday, April 11.

Where:
Lola’s Caribbean Restaurant
328 W 20th St (map)

Details here. Meetup page here.

Susan Krauss Whitbourne tries to figure out why they do it. A nugget:

In their article entitled “What Were They Thinking?,” Peluchette and Karl explored the reasons for what they deemed this reckless activity, coming up with rather surprising results. People who post the most extreme tell-all Facebook photos and updates actually do so on purpose. It’s not as if they forget to change their security settings or even have their photos updated by other people. They actually think they will look more popular, cool, and attractive if they reveal their wild, partying sides. And it’s not just women, as men too were likely to include their share of Animal House images. Facebook users varied, however, in the images they wanted to portray as revealed in this study; plenty of the students that responded to the survey wanted to project a clean and wholesome persona to the outside world.

I was trying to text the word “tomorrow” on the old cell phone, botched it, and spellcheck said

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Harsh.

Family matters.

Off to drink liberally.