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OK, this is going to be a fine line. The “link” included at the end of this post is to a publicly retrievable photograph on someone else’s web page, on Facebook to be precise.

I’ve been using an app called “Reeder” by Readability on my iPad for some time to alert me to new posts on my favorite blogs via their RSS updates but since this app a merely a “client” (user) of Google Reader, it will cease to be of use when the Google service on which it relies goes away.

After reading what the author had to say, I must confess the simplicity of his presentation makes for a very strong argument.

This year’s flu, in spite of the preventative shots, has completed its round through our family.

With the demise of Hostess, will all the Twinkies leave America?

Did you get yours? They’re illegal in the District of Columbia so don’t go driving past the White House – you could be fined $100 or locked up for 30 days.

WTF? The Social Security Administration is buying 174,000 rounds of .

Curiosity, the biggest, heaviest and most complex rover, landed successfully on Mars this evening.