Redzilla Attacks

Hearts in the right place, heads up their asses

2008-07-03T14:25:20Z

Yet another report from the Department of Symbolism Means More Than Action. The U.S. Mint, in honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille, is issuing a silver dollar with Braille on it. Ooooh! Aaaaah! "This is going to put Bra...

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Some people are so nosy

2008-06-17T14:26:09Z

Well, I thought I'd been keeping low, but Hieronymous saw me and tagged me. 1) What was I doing 10 years ago? I was living in Wichita with my sister, who was getting ready to sell her house and move in with her boyfriend. I was working for Plan...

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Saving your pennies for a rainy economy

2008-05-07T13:45:29Z

Yeah, you better be saving your pennies, especially as they now officially cost more to make than they're worth. According to data released by the US Mint, each penny now costs 1.26¢ to make. I used to just toss them aside. Going through drive...

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Making a killing in my driveway (I'll hose off the blood later)

2007-09-08T23:55:18Z

So, we started bright and early, setting out our garage sale stuff at 7:00 am. By 7:03 am, we were turning away our first early birds. Our house is on a major thoroughfare, so we got a ton of traffic, including nut jobs who parked on our lawn, ...

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When you have a one party system

2007-05-01T14:19:45Z

I'm fascinated by China, and by what America can learn from China, so I was pretty pleased to find a nifty little diagram on BBC that explains how China is ruled. It's educational and a bit scary. It's particularly scary when you look back at t...

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