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// February 24th, 2005 // 9 Comments » // Uncategorized

Is there a 12-step program for CSI addiction?

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// February 23rd, 2005 // 3 Comments » // Uncategorized

Knoxville thinks they can reduce crime by requiring owners and employees of adult-type businesses to register and carry special permits. Putting aside the fact that we live in the age of Big Brother and everything you do leaves footprints, this is a bone-headed idea. Do we really want to punish someone working their way through college by making them have everything in their career history follow them forever? After this will we ask anyone who works in food service to register and allow someone to track their medical history to make sure they have no illnesses that make us nervous? Then what? Knoxville’s law has very little to do with crime and a lot to do with the morals police. Skip all the harassment and just move right ahead to outlawing adult businesses if that is your intention. I just find it hard to believe that crimes with victims are so low that we must now worry about what people choose to do to themselves.

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// February 23rd, 2005 // 10 Comments » // Uncategorized

Knoxville media has something about “meth” in every single newscast. Someone is wanted or has been arrested for meth use or production. A store has a new policy about selling items that are used by meth manufacturers. The law enforcement in some county has a new technique for fighting meth crimes. It goes on and on. Do you hear about it endlessly in other areas of the country? Is it talked about in other countries? What I don’t understand are “mobile meth labs”. As I understand it, meth production is highly explosive and toxic, so why would you make it in an enclosed vehicle that is moving? It’s hard enough to put on mascara in a car, why make your car into an explosive?

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// February 22nd, 2005 // 1 Comment » // Uncategorized

After whining for weeks that I only have one pair of pants which are comfortable, Doug and I finally found the box of my missing maternity clothes. I am happy to finally have something to wear, but I had forgotten how UGLY maternity clothes look. Who designs these things?

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// February 22nd, 2005 // 2 Comments » // Uncategorized

I’m hungry.

gotta sell the cookies

// February 22nd, 2005 // 2 Comments » // scouts

Last night was the cookie booth lottery for this area. One hundred women competing to get signed up for the best booth locations in West Knoxville. It was like the floor of the stock exchange only much more random and ruthless. Our troop was pretty much shut-out of the entire first weekend. What our troop really needs is one of those celebrity or corporate purchases of huge quantities of cookies that I hear about other scouts getting. Urban legends abound about Nashville music celebrities buying several cases for donation to charity (our troop is collecting for Ronald McDonald House). I know a few executives but they are all in the non-profit sector so that won’t help. Must brainstorm, hmmm. . .

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// February 21st, 2005 // 6 Comments » // Uncategorized

Andrea Knapp has the Dr.Pepper commercial that I like so much. Now the song is a commercial jingle for my children’s generation. It was a song on the Muppets for my generation. For my parents’ generation (but not MY parents) it was the soundtrack to an adult film. I think I prefer to remember it with puppets singing.

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// February 21st, 2005 // 2 Comments » // Uncategorized

What does it mean if you dream that someone mailed you several cans of biscuit dough? The cans had popped and were clearly ruined because they hadn’t been kept refrigerated. Maybe it just means I was hungry last night.

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// February 21st, 2005 // No Comments » // Uncategorized

Newsweek is devoting an issue to Autism this month. MSNBC (look at the programming guide on the right side of the page) and NBC news shows like the Today show and Nightly News are doing extensive pieces on Autism. The CDC has an early intervention campaign on Autism diagnosis and treatment. The Today show’s resource page even lists a few blogs as potential sources of information (scroll down the page). Will Autism Awareness Month in April get this kind of publicity?

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// February 20th, 2005 // 5 Comments » // Uncategorized

I wonder if Amy is spending too much time with Molly.

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