A military contractor has fired Tami Silicio, a Kuwait-based cargo worker whose photograph of flag-draped coffins of fallen U.S. soldiers was published in Sunday’s edition of The Seattle Times. Silicio was let go yesterday for violating U.S. government and company regulations, said William Silva, president of Maytag Aircraft, the contractor that employed Silicio at Kuwait International Airport. “I feel like I was hit in the chest with a steel bar and got my wind knocked out. I have to admit I liked my job, and I liked what I did,” Silicio said. Her photograph, taken earlier this month, shows more…
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I went to Ask Peeves today and found that my work firewall won’t let me access the site, probably because it has naughty langwidge. Langwidge!! Suffice to say, I’m peeved today. It’s Take Yer Sprog To Work Day The air conditioning is blowing Reekette’s stale tobacco funk in my face This makes my chest tight, my eyes water, and of course there’s coughing and sneezing too Didn’t bother to bring inhaler or nasey-poof spray because allergies had improved I forgot I was supposed to dress up today because of a visiting VIP I ran late Placeholder for a peeve to…
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There is no rest for the dead, and there is apparently no privacy for the dying – if you’re famous, that is. CBS: this is disgusting, shameful, and beneath the dignity of a Big Three network. Diana, Princess of Wales, has been dead nearly 7 years. She was literally hounded to death by the newsies, and they’re still picking her bones for a story. Yeah, I’m touchy on the subject of Diana. Like many women my age and thereabouts, I was a “fan” of sorts – I consumed stories about her like mad when she first showed up on the…
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Right. I’m disorganized and easily distracted. That much should be obvious to anyone that stumbles across this site looking for plumbing or flooring help. The design (or lack thereof) and scattershot categories speak volumes. So today I went looking for helpful websites, because in the last couple of years I’ve concluded that I probably have some form of ADD, which was never diagnosed when I was young. And I thought I might find some new information, because there aren’t that many studies or books published on ADD/ADHD in adult women or girls as of yet. And this is what I…
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FOOD 5.2 MOBILITY 0.7 SHELTER 7.4 GOODS/SERVICES 5.4 TOTAL FOOTPRINT 19 (in acres) IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 24 ACRES PER PERSON. WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 4.5 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE ACRES PER PERSON. IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 4.2 PLANETS. via Pale Blue Dot I know that we could do better than 19 acres per person just around the house. David drives a lot farther to work each day; his acreage is higher than mine. The fact that we don’t have kids is another factor that reduces our footprint – we don’t have any…
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Rob gets a call that his cousin William has lost a leg while stationed in Iraq. He goes to Andrews Air Force Base to meet the plane at 2 a.m. Why 2 a.m.? Ssssh!
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Experts figure perhaps 70 Utah women a year terminate their pregnancies due to fatal fetal deformities. In most cases, doctors induce labor early to terminate the pregnancy. Doctors are horrified at the options they now will have to present to those traumatized women. And they are angry at lawmakers who they say patched together problematic legislation to make a political statement in an election year. “It’s such a politically volatile issue because the word abortion is in there,” said one Wasatch Front obstetrician who wanted to remain anonymous. “The representatives who passed this law did not understand the repercussions of…
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The only US jurisdiction currently to allow homosexual weddings has suspended them while equally moving to grant such unions historic legal recognition. A circuit judge in Multnomah County, Oregon, ordered a freeze on gay marriage licenses to give the State Legislature a chance to formalise them. Judge Frank Bearden also ordered the state to recognise the 3,022 licenses issued in the county since 3 March. The move is a first for the entire US, where the issue has divided opinion. There are plenty of related links in the right hand column in this article. When I lived in Oregon, in…
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I had jury duty today. I’m extremely happy to announce that I don’t have jury duty tomorrow – I’m not sure why not, but I was excused after the first round of “voir dire.” I was excused by the prosecutors – first one called up to sit in the jury box, first one excused. As I was leaving with one of the other lucky excusees, I leaned over and whispered “score!” gleefully (we were out in the hallway with our checks for $17.50 in hand). I wouldn’t mind serving – just not at California Avenue Criminal Court. It’s a pain…
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Just a couple of orange couch potatos – I love this photo. Actually, there’s a whole series of shots, but the ones showing me full length are too horrible for the Internet. Stuey’s also the reason I’m in a gardening frame of mind. I got all the plants in the ground tonight at last – somehow $95 worth of perennials looks kinda small, but I’m pretty sure they’ll grow (some of them will grow to 2 – 3 feet). There’ll be a rain barrel right near them so watering them won’t be a chore. I got lupine, spiked gayfeather, blue…