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In case you were wondering: the Florida 4th District Court of Appeal announced yesterday that a newspaper cannot be barred from covering its own trial.
The Orange County Register is being sued by 6,000 current and former newspaper carriers on some labor law issues that are not all that interesting.  What is interesting is the two [...]

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Some of you, my dear readers, may have wondered what ever happened to my garden.  The short answer is I stopped paying it much attention after the first week of July, when I started caring about the bar.
I had assumed it was a total loss.  When I moved to Massachusetts I showed the plot to [...]

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Overheard in court today:
["Victim" testifies that she was out riding her bike during an ice storm in December when she suddenly saw headlights, heading straight for her.  She blacked out, and the next thing she remembers, she's on the ground with her bicycle on top of her. She has trouble getting up, due to "all [...]

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Last night, with the aid of my friend Stephanie, I started a pumpkin ale. This entry is mostly for my reference, but published in hopes that somebody else may find it useful.
For a 5-gallon batch:
2 cans light Light Malt Extract
1/2 lb German Crystal dark malt
1/4 lb Chocolate Malt
1 lb flaked barley (looks like oatmeal)
1 [...]

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August 6, 2008
Around 7 AM
Gross Ventre Campground, Grand Teton N.P. 
This is my first real chance to write so far on the trip.  A recap so far:
August 3: Our 5 AM departure became a 9 AM departure.  We were planning to drive 13 hours today and camp at Badlands National Park, SD, where buffalo roam freely [...]

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