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12/31/07
Goodbye, Thank You, and Fare Well
12/31/07
Doing the Wave
12/30/07
Starry Skies
12/30/07
The Era of Cheap Doritos is Over
12/29/07
Favorite Music, 2007
12/28/07
Where I Will Be From Now On
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The End of an Internet Era
12/28/07
You Know What You Should Do When You Drive? Drive
12/27/07
Get Your Food On
12/27/07
That's a Gravelin'
12/27/07
People Who Are Going to Hell
12/27/07
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12/26/07
Your Final Photo Shoot: Goodbye!
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Is it Just Me...
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The Latest Wacky Thing to Sweep Across Teh IntarWeb, Part II!
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The Latest Wacky Thing to Sweep Across Teh IntarWeb
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Tracking Santa
12/24/07
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12/21/07
Your Christmas Music
12/21/07
A Little Something to Make You Feel Better About Yourself
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Rat Dispatch in Aisle Five
12/21/07
Holiday Schedule Stuff
12/20/07
On the Porch
12/20/07
In Morro Bay, The Wave Catches You
12/20/07
Weekend Assignment #196: Plans for 2008
12/20/07
Those Crazy Dutch
12/19/07
Look! It's a Proto-Whale!
12/19/07
Get Your Christmas Nerd On
12/19/07
Holy Jumping Polar Bears!
12/19/07
Two Weeks of Daddy Daddy Daddy Daddy
12/18/07
Because You Know You Want to Be Hip to What the Kids Are Listening To
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Old School Christmas Recordings
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12/17/07
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12/6/07
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12/3/07
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12/3/07
Reminder About This Week's Weekend Assignment
12/2/07
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12/1/07
This Guy Must Have an Epic Water Bill
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Friday, December 28, 2007
5:40:00 PM EST
Hearing Nothing at the moment

You Know What You Should Do When You Drive? Drive


Idiot texts on his cell phone while he's driving, hits something, thinks it's a mailbox and keeps going. Turns out, it was a 13-year-old boy.

I hope that text message worth it. I somehow doubt it was, though.


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  • #4 Comment from redonionsauce
    1/22/08 8:30 PM | Permalink
    My husband has a plate in the front of his car that says "HANG UP AND DRIVE."  I suppose it means texting too.
  • #3 Comment from monponsett
    12/29/07 7:37 PM | Permalink
    Sort of an allegory for the death of snail mail.
  • #2 Comment from mutualaide
    12/29/07 2:01 PM | Permalink
    Horrible news for that young man's family.  How does one think it's okay to text and drive?  Still trying to answer that one.
  • #1 Comment from ladymagnolia1963
    12/28/07 6:41 PM | Permalink
    This is so sad and infurating! A death that could have been avoided! All because he just had to do a text message. What are people thinking? What ever happened to just driving?

    I feel so sad for the family that has to go through a loss that was so needless.

    Your right...I hope that text message was REAL important!

    HUGS~Donna
    http://journals.aol.com/ladymagnolia1963/ladymagnolias-daily-blog/