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January 22, 2012 – 1:10 pm | No Comment

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This is only a test post. I intend to get back to my normal routine next week. Pretty middle of the road cardio this morning.  Ran the corners pretty hard.  It was …

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Mad Musing

This is the first category I added when I started this blog many moons ago. I jot stuff here that I can’t otherwise categorize.

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This is an area that I am very much interested in. From time to time, as I am so moved, I will free think here as well.

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Here you will find books that I have read, currently reading or intend to read. I try to read 1 book per month.

Fitness

Here I track my fitness on a daily basis and wirte about health related stuff.

Writing

I intend to use this area to catalog my writing journey and collect tidbits of information on the authoring process.

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Egyptian court rules against virginity tests
December 28, 2011 – 3:13 am | No Comment |
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Source: CNN
My Comments:
The fact that a court in this day and age had to make such a ruling is troubling…you have got to be kidding me.  Again, …

Weeping for the Dear Leader
December 20, 2011 – 3:41 am | No Comment |
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Comments:
You have got to be freaking kidding me.  These folks cannot be serious.  I am sure in some delusional way this makes perfect sense, but it is unbelievable.  A total mind-F#$$% of a population.  I …

18-year-old in India named world’s shortest woman
December 17, 2011 – 1:27 pm | No Comment |
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Standing just over 2 feet tall, Jyoti Amge of Nagpur, India, was confirmed Friday as the world’s shortest living woman.
Guinness World Records, known as the global authority on record-breaking — albeit odd — achievements, flew …

Remembering December 2011
December 13, 2011 – 5:20 am | No Comment |
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So I have been taking it easy at home, sort of trying to get used to not having to fight the daily grind each day.  Not sure how much of this I can take, the …

I am Down with Influenza
October 27, 2011 – 12:41 am | No Comment |
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I have not been able to do much over the last few day, save take pills and drink ginger tea.  I have been down with what seems to be influenza, or flu for short, since …

Is U.S. ready for second black leader?
October 13, 2011 – 11:03 am | No Comment |
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Is America ready to make history by electing the first black president to replace a black president?
That is the question latest polls increasingly raise these days that show Herman Cain jetting to the front of …

Why Chicks Dig Guys with Guitars
October 11, 2011 – 9:32 am | No Comment |
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Is it just us, or are bugsway better at picking up women than men are? In the latest sex news from the world of insects, a study in Royal Society B: Biological Sciences found that all male fruit …

Retiree Benefits for the Military Could Face Cuts
September 19, 2011 – 12:22 pm | No Comment |
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As Washington looks to squeeze savings from once-sacrosanct entitlements like Social Security and Medicare, another big social welfare system is growing as rapidly, but with far less scrutiny: the health and pension benefits of military …

Strauss-Kahn Concedes ‘Error’ in Sexual Encounter With Maid
September 19, 2011 – 12:03 pm | No Comment |
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn said Sunday that his sexual encounter with a New York City hotel chambermaid was “an error” and “a moral failure” he would regret his whole life, but not a criminal act.
In his first …

Dr. King Weeps From His Grave
September 18, 2011 – 9:07 pm | No Comment |
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THE Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial was to be dedicated on the National Mall on Sunday — exactly 56 years after the murder of Emmett Till in Mississippi and 48 years after the historic March …

American Theocracy Revisited
September 1, 2011 – 5:30 pm | No Comment |
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During George W. Bush’s presidency, many liberal and secular Americans came to regard religious conservatives not merely as their political opponents, but as a kind of existential threat. The religious right, they decided, wasn’t a …

City introduces “tax meters” for prostitutes
September 1, 2011 – 10:04 am | No Comment |
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Prostitutes in the German city of Bonn must carry a ticket purchased from a new parking meter-like machine while working the streets or face hefty fines from tax authorities in a scheme launched on Monday …

Dangerous White Stereotypes
August 29, 2011 – 4:51 pm | No Comment |
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One of the most noteworthy movies of the summer is “The Help.” Set in Jackson, Miss., in the early 1960s, it focuses on the relationships between white upper-middle-class women and the black domestics who took …

What to Do If You Drop Your Cell Phone in Water
August 28, 2011 – 5:11 pm | No Comment |
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Cell phones and water don’t mix. People know this, but the tragedy plays out regularly in a variety of scenarios. It could be a slip into the toilet, a tumble in the washing machine, an …

Should We Increase Taxes on the Rich
August 28, 2011 – 4:40 pm | No Comment |
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The Government is on a desperate search to put as many shekels as it can in it’s coffer. Is raising taxes on the rich the answer?
Most people don’t think so. AP conducted a poll to find …

‘Sex On Six Legs’: When Insects Go Wild
August 19, 2011 – 3:24 pm | No Comment |
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Everything you wanted to know about bug sex (but didn’t bother to ask) is explained in a new book by insect expert Marlene Zuk. Sex on Six Legs: Lessons on Life, Love and Language from …

7 Weapons to Defend Against Identity Thieves
August 17, 2011 – 5:00 pm | No Comment |
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More than 8 million Americans were the victims of identity theft last year, according to a recent study by Javelin Strategy & Research. But protecting yourself doesn’t have to be complicated. “Common sense combined with a high-quality …

Somalia Famine Finally Captures the News Cycle
August 3, 2011 – 10:40 pm | No Comment |
HoA Humanitarian Snapshot 29 July 2011

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Today’s New York Times devotes two-thirds of its front page above the fold to a horrific picture in color of a malnourished Somali child in a Mogadishu hospital. It caps a detailed and …

HIV epidemics emerging in Middle East, North Africa: study
August 3, 2011 – 9:59 pm | No Comment |
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Epidemics of HIV are emerging among gay and bisexual men in the Middle East and North Africa and high levels of risky sexual behavior threaten to spread the AIDS virus further in the region, researchers …

Countdown To 7 Billion: A Tale Of Two Worlds
August 2, 2011 – 5:20 pm | No Comment |
Countdown To 7 Billion: A Tale Of Two Worlds

The United Nations says that sometime around Halloween the seven-billionth person will be born into this world — most likely in India, which is on track to overtake China as the most populous nation in …