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Letter to Rob Bishop, Part 4

If you haven't already read my previous posts on this topic and want to catch up, follow the links to part 1, part 2, and part 3. Take your time, I'll be here when you get back.

Back already? That was fast!

I finally received a response yesterday to my …

Facebook Friendships are Tenuous at Best

Facebook friendship. It's a convoluted concept. I currently have about 159 people in my friend list. That number would have been 162 except for the following:

  1. This one is a little bit of a stretch, but: There are multiple people that I've tried to friend (because in the world of …

Where's Violet?

Recall if you will The Incredibles, a Pixar movie released in 2004. The stars of the movie are the Parr family: Bob and Helen and their children, Violet, Dash, and toddler Jack-Jack.

Bob and Helen aren't just ordinary suburban parents. Oh no. They're also superheroes: Mr Incredible (think Superman, but …

Letter to Rob Bishop, Part 3

Just a little update on the response I received from Rob Bishop's office as chronicled here. here and

I just got off the phone with a staffer in Rep. Bishop's Washington, D.C. office. She looked up my original comments and acknowledged the response sent didn't make a lot of …

Letter to Rob Bishop, Part 2

Yesterday I wrote about a message I sent to Rob Bishop and the letter I received in reply. I indicated that I would post scans of the letter (two pages) later. Later is now.

Page 1 of letter from Representative Rob Bishop dated 9 Sep 2009 Page 2 of letter from Representative Rob Bishop dated 9 Sep 2009

Letter to Rob Bishop

I recently sent an email to United States Congressman Rob Bishop, representing Utah's 1st congressional district. The subject of the message was illegal immigration. I hope you'll find what I wrote reasonable, even if you don't agree.

We can't catch all speeders, but we haven't stopped ticketing the ones we …

I Lost On Jeopardy!

Not the show ... I never made it that far. But I did lose a tryout for Jeopardy once upon a time a few years ago in a galaxy far away. I meant to write about it then, but never got around to it. Better late than never, right?

It was …

1D Glasses

Earlier today I posted to Twitter & Facebook "3D movies are too commonplace. If you really want to pique my curiosity, try 1D. As they say, less is more!" A friend of mine shared a link to a DIY 2D glasses project. It's a template to print, cut and paste together …

Effing Up The USA

Back when I was a kid, during the Jimmy Carter administration, there was a parody of the Oscar Meyer bologna jingle that poked fun at the president. I recall it went something like this:

My president has a first name, it's J-I-M-M-Y.
My president has a second name, it's C-A-R-T-E-R …

The Police Sergeant and the Harvard Professor!

You fell in love with them when President Obama hosted them at the White House. This fall, you'll be able to see them every week on FOX!

It's "The Police Sergeant and the Harvard Professor", a sitcom from the producers of "My Mother the Car"! Each week you'll be able …