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So I go out to my truck this morning and there is a bee resting on the door. He looked tired. I carefully unlocked my door, got in and closed it behind me. None of this activity prompted him to fly off. I am not a bee expert but I concluded he was probably dying. (Is it true they die after they use their stinger? )
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Isn't he cute? Holycow I want one! The smart fortwo car is coming to the USA in 2008. This model is known as the smart fortwo "passion". According the manufacturer's web site the car will list at about $14,000. That is half the price of a Prius and better gas mileage too! Smart is a member of the Mercedes Car Group but from what I read on their web site, the car may not be sold at Mercedes dealerships. It will be interesting to see which USA car dealers will carry it.
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An open letter to Arizona Senator Jake Flake (R, Snowflake)
Dear Senator Flake yesterday Governor Janet Napolitano, in conjunction with two of your Republican colleagues, offered a plan to get our Valley's air pollution under control. Their proposal came under immediate opposition from you! You are quoted as saying yesterday it was "premature to put that heavy of a bill through" and that you wanted to take your fellow senators legislation and "tone it down a bit". Hello. Exsqueeze me?
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Evidently "Yahoos" enjoy dirty air and property crime. Me, I'm partial to Phoenix's ubiquity of handguns and endlesss supply of crystal meth.
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Photo enforcement cameras affected drivers' speeds. The speeders slowed down. According to an article on azcentral.com, "Scottsdale's Loop 101 speed-enforcement cameras met city officials' expectations in slowing drivers and reducing the severity of freeway
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I have a plan. Let's push back on the junk mailers and phone solicitors by wasting their time. Goodness knows junk mail wastes our time and money . Yellow Book USA is one such wasteful company. They publish phone books in Phoenix. Yellow Book hires day
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Tigers are in trouble . We have been killing them for a long time and we've finally gotten rid of all but about 5,000. This news is not new. Tigers were in danger when I was a kid but there weren't enough caring humans to change their circumstances. Now
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So this is what former president Bill Clinton looks like, when you don't show up early to the party. See him? Don't feel bad. I didn't see much more. BTW, if you don't live in Tempe, I have to tell you it was a beautiful day! Anyhoo it was really great
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Castor & Pollux makes natural and organic pet foods that taste good and that are good to eat. The quality of the food is higher than any of the big namebrands.
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Three words: "Electronic Bill Payment". Late last year I finally got off my butt and moved all of my recurring account transactions online. Brokerage, bank, gas, cable, phone, etc. With the exception of SRP (their online system was lame) it was easy to
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Two subjects that interest me a great deal are the environment and horses. It's hard to seperate those two because horse's have been a part of our environment since we lived in caves. Even today in our machine-driven, computer-controlled world, humans
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