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Wednesday, August 31, 2005Damn You Ohio: The Time Warner Cable Ad in Today's Akron Beacon JournalI was wrong when I said:
I just saw $3.09/gallon today!. I wanted to moblog it but I was too slow. I'll get a picture of it tonight. Damn You Ohio: The Time Warner Cable Ad in Today's Akron Beacon Journal (Damn You Ohio: The Time Warner Cable Ad in Today's Akron Beacon Journal) | 0 comments The Time Warner Cable Ad in Today's Akron Beacon JournalIn the Wednesday, August 31, 2005 Akron Beacon Journal there is a big ad on A4 that reads:"It cost me over $1000.00 in fines and 20 days in jail... it's just not worth it" This guy got that time for stealing cable. This is all in today's newspaper which reports:
And now Time Warner is ready to send you to jail. F- you Time Warner! People have got enough to worry about right now. Yeah, I'm sorry people are stealing your crappy cable. Maybe you could make it more affordable so guys like that poor sap in your ad can watch your fuzzy feed. (The Time Warner Cable Ad in Today's Akron Beacon Journal) | 1 comments Friday, August 26, 2005Governor Taft discloses more gifts
I was wondering why they were making such a big deal over those golf games. It appears they were just the tip of a very greased ice burg. Beacon Journal | 08/26/2005 | Governor discloses more gifts (Governor Taft discloses more gifts) | 0 comments 13% of Timken High School Girls Pregnant
That's in the heart of bible, conservative country. NewsNet5.com - News - 65 Girls At Area School Pregnant (13% of Timken High School Girls Pregnant) | 3 comments Akron & Canton Among Most Affordable Places To Buy HousesThis news story all depends if you are in a glass half empty or glass half full sort of mood.
Beacon Journal | 08/26/2005 | Area rates high on affordability (Akron & Canton Among Most Affordable Places To Buy Houses) | 0 comments Tuesday, August 23, 2005English Norton's official languageI actually feel noxious:Beacon Journal | 08/23/2005 | English Norton's official language Stay tuned as N. Canton adopts the stricktest sex offender laws in the nation: Beacon Journal | 08/23/2005 | N. Canton drafting 1-mile ban OK... excuse me as I make my way to the top of my soap box. Isolationism in a plurality only makes things worse. As I started my move from Medina Ohio to the big city of Akron Ohio I was nervous. I always had lived in the country and I wasn't sure what it would be like living in a metropolitan area. To make matters worse, the newspaper and people in my life didn't help. Reading the crime watch for Akron is a whole different ballgame than reading the crime watch for Medina. There's a lot more death, rapes and just plain ugliness. I was also told that the area of town I was moving to was very gay. I'm not exactly sure what that meant. But it was told to me in a very serious, you-better-watch-out kind of way. I've now lived here going on 3 years. I have never been raped, murdered, beat up or even stolen from. I do happen to run into some gay people every once in a while. But believe it or not, they aren't having some lude sex in front of me or anything. They are usually picking up carry-out or grocery shopping when I happen to run into them. But here is what did happen to me since I moved to Akron. People who were once a mystery to me are now part of my life. Once you see a place or a person for your own eyes, it's not as bad as you imagine it to be. By being closer to things that frighten people in Medina actually make the world less frightening. What I'm saying is, the more you close yourself off from the world, the more frightened you are going to become. You can't make the world go away. You are needlessly scaring yourselves. Opening your heart and finding love for what frightens you is what will set you free. Closing down and ignoring or even hating what you don't like will only bring the hell for which you fear closer to your life. (English Norton's official language) | 0 comments Thursday, August 18, 2005Ohio Governor Bob Taft charged with crime"No sitting governor in Ohio history has ever been charged with a misdemeanor or felony." - until today.Beacon Journal | 08/18/2005 | Governor charged with crime: (Ohio Governor Bob Taft charged with crime) | 12 comments Tuesday, August 16, 2005OfficeMax Leaving Shaker Heights - moving to Chicago600 jobs at a time is how you depress an area. Things can start to look pretty ugly if this kind of thing keeps happening.
Beacon Journal | 08/16/2005 | OfficeMax HQ moving to Chicago (OfficeMax Leaving Shaker Heights - moving to Chicago) | 0 comments |