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How ya’ll doin’?

by ben @ Friday, March 21st, 2008. Tags: , , ,
Filed under dot stuff

I make no attempts to hide where I’m from.  If anyone asks, I’m from Tennessee.  I spent 22 years there, 14 of those in the middle of nowhere.
Sometime around the age of 14 or 15, I quit “talking southern.”  I was attempting to emulate my grandfather, a Dayton, OH native.  He spoke with a purpose.  [...]

2008’s new laws

by ben @ Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008. Tags: , , ,
Filed under dot wtf

I found out about new California laws that went into effect yesterday.  Interesting stuff:

It is now illegal to smoke in your car, if people under 18 are present.  Now, I’m all for the reduction of health risks that this intends, but come on… this is the very definition of “nanny state.”
It is illegal to use [...]

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