President Obama’s first press conference

| February 9, 2009

President Barack Obama pushed for public support to get behind an economic stimulus plan Monday evening in his first press conference. His push for an $800 billion-plus  package used “fear” to push for passage of a bill that has seen little public detail; speculation has been debated as to what is pork and what is […]

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Record sailing day for Reid Stowe and 1000days.net

| February 9, 2009

There aren’t all that many following the sailing and blogging of  Reid Stowe on  1000days.net (perhaps as many as 1000 or so according to his blog stats), but I am one who regularly track his progress and am noting just how long he has been at sea. Reid has been sailing on his old schooner […]

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Desultory - des-uhl-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee

  1. lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
  2. digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.
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