25 Mar 2006
Meals That Moms Can Almost Call Their Own

A rather nifty business idea, but the real message here is not about the food, it's about the people. What are these folks so busy doing? How important is it that they do what they do, really? Maybe it's because I'm coming up fast on a half-century wandering Midgard, but I've certainly found my priorities rearranging themselves to make time for cooking with the wife, and having a good meal at home.

And I can't seem to remember what it was I was so busy doing for so many years that I couldn't take time to be a human being.

Families are turning to meal assembly centers to prepare dinners without picking up a knife or washing a dish.

(link) [New York Times]

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Speed Traps Stir Debate in Small Towns

They're peppered all over the area around here: Advance, about 5 miles south of us on IN 75 is notorious. They'll stop you for 31 in a 30...

But the best of all was the tiny town of Dayton, Indiana, which for many years had a posted speed limit of 22.5 miles per hour. And they'd ticket you for doing 23.

AP - In local diners and truck stops, drivers talk about this little highway town with a word of warning. Watch your lead foot when driving through, they say. This is a speed trap town.

(link) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]

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New Dremel might lead to obsessive tooling

I love my original Moto-tool! I've had it for better than 30 years, and it still runs fine, although I did have to replace the chuck a few years back. Handy device to have on a farm, too. I'll bet this cordless model would be nice when we're running electric fence, but as a matter of principle I'll hold off buying a new one until the one I have wears out. Which probably means I'll never own a cordless model.

For the PC modder or any precision tool enthusiast, Dremel last week released its new Stylus, which despite a strong resemblance...

(link) [CNET News.com]

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