syria: Today; 5/30/12 - 05/30/12 08:14 AM
High 88 Low 68 Chance of Storms
"Think of all the beauty around you
and be happy." - Anne Frank
Al says - Share your knowledge. -
It's a way to achieve immortality...
Syria - Western nations expelled Syrian diplomats -
Tuesday in a coordinated move against -
President Assad's regime over the massacre -
of more than 100 people. ...
Home Prices - in 20 cities slumped in March compared to a year earlier -
but the slide was the slowest since December 2010. ...
Looking through the Milkglass - … (0 comments)
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syria: Today; 5/29/12 - 05/29/12 05:56 AM
High 84 Low 70 Thunderstorms
"Nothing is impossible to
a willing heart." - John Heywood
Al says - Paraprosdokian:
You do not need a parachute to skydive. -
You only need a parachute to skydive twice. ...
Syria - Russia is taking an unusually hard line against -
President Assad's government after the massacre -
of over 100 people. ...
Mt. Pleasant - Simmons Pointe condo community saved $411K -
on flood insurance after the HOA built a Trip wall. ...
Looking through the Milkglass - Prevent musty suitcases. -
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syria: Today; 5/28/12 - 05/28/12 07:38 AM
High 86 Low 70 Some T-Storms
"When we become aware that we do not have to escape our pains,
but that we can mobilize them into a common search for life,
those very pains are transformed from expressions of despair into
signs of hope." - Henri Nouwen
Tropical Storm Beryl - Came on land about midnight -
near Jacksonville, FL. ...
Al says - Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Yes, do you have a driving range there?
Staff: Yes.
Caller: How much for a bucket of large balls?
Staff: Sorry, … (0 comments)
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syria: Today; 5/17/12 - 05/17/12 01:04 PM
High 83 Low 65 Chance of Storms
"True charity is the desire to be useful to others
without the thought of recompense." - Emanuel Swedenborg
Army Spc Leslie H. Sabo Jr. - was awarded the Medal of Honor in ceremonies -
yesterday for gallantry in May 1970, when his unit -
was ambushed by North Vietnamese. ...
Al says - A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will -
make it instantly go mad and sting itself -
to death. ...
U.N. - A recent report concluded that Syria continues to be … (0 comments)
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syria: Today; 5/8/12 - 05/08/12 06:35 AM
High 82 Low 65 Chance of Storms
"Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary
greatly in their abilities. They vary in their
desires to reach their potential." - John Maxwell
Al says - Paraprosdokian:
They begin the evening news with 'Good Evening', -
then proceed to tell you why it isn't. ...
al-Qaida Airliner Plot - Involving an upgraded underwear bomb from Yemen -
was thwarted by the CIA. ...
Syrians - Voted in Parliamentary elections Monday. -
Voting was boycotted by the opposition...
Looking through the Milkglass - "You do not … (0 comments)
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syria: Today; 4/19/12 - 04/19/12 05:24 AM
High 76 Low 59 Chance of Storms
"As strong as my legs are, it is my mind
that has made me a champion." - Michael Johnson
Al says - "In Scandinavia, the Danish people
come from Denmark, the Norwegians
come from Norway and the
Lapdancers come from Lapland." - a Kid's comment on Geography...
Dick Clark - American Bandstand -
has died, he was 82...
Syria - Government security forces opened fire on anti-regime -
demonstrators who surrounded the car of a U.N. team -
meant to monitor the cease-fire. ...
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syria: Today; 4/16/12 - 04/16/12 06:54 AM
High 83 Low 61 Partly Sunny
"The best way to make your dreams come true is
to wake up." - Paul Valery
Dole Salad Recall - 'Seven Lettuces' with a use by date of April 11, -
could have salmonella ...
Al says - I thought I wanted a career. -
Turns out I just wanted paychecks. ...
Tornadoes - as many as 120 reported as the storm -
system swept across Oklahoma, Kansas, -
Nebraska, and Iowa...
Pakistan - the Taliban attacked a northwestern prison Sunday -
and broke out … (1 comments)
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syria: Today; 4/12/12 - 04/12/12 05:32 AM
High 66 Low 48 Clear
"The real contest is always between what you've done
and what you're capable of doing. You measure
yourself against yourself and nobody else." - Geoffrey Gaberino
Al says - "If you marry two people you are a
pigamist, but morons are allowed
to do this." - Child's comment on religious studies...
Syria - Promised to comply with the U.N. brokered -
cease-fire beginning today. ...
North Korea - May test fire their long range missile -
test today. ...
Looking through the Milkglass - Bumper sticker:
… (0 comments)
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syria: Today; 4/10/12 - 04/10/12 05:44 AM
High 80 Low 49 Clear
"When I hear somebody sigh that "Life is hard." I am always
tempted to ask, "Compared to what?" - Sydney J. Harris
'Instagram' - a young company with 13 employees -
selling to Facebook for $1B...
Al says - Paraprosdokian:
We never really grow up,
we only learn how to act in public. ...
Syria - Demanding written guarantees from opposition fighters -
that they will lay down their weapons. ...
North Korea - Satellite images show a new tunnel in what appears -
to be … (0 comments)
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syria: Today; 4/5/12 - 04/05/12 05:24 AM
High 82 Low 58 Chance of Storms
"Everyone wishes to have truth on his side; but it is not
everyone that sincerely wishes to be on the side of truth." - Richard Whately
Al says - "Helicopters are cleverer than planes.
Not only can they fly through the air
they can also hoover." - a kid's comment on science...
Syria - Artillery pounded the rebellious city of Homs and -
tanks and troops stormed towns in the north and south -
Wednesday, deepening doubts that President Assad -
will follow through with next … (0 comments)
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syria: Today; 4/3/12 - 04/03/12 06:46 AM
High 77 Low 63 Chance of Storms
"If you watch how nature deals with adversity,
continually renewing itself, you can't help but learn." - Bernie Siegel
NCAA Champions - Kentucky - 67, Kansas - 59...
Al says - Golfer: "Do you think it's a sin to play on Sunday?" -
Caddy: "I'm afraid the way you play sir,
it's a sin on any day." ...
Vote Today - 7am to 7pm - in Goose Creek at the City Hall and -
in Folly Beach at the Baptist Fellowship Hall -
on Center St. … (1 comments)
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syria: Today; 3/20/12 - 03/20/12 05:56 AM
High 82 Low 56 Partly Sunny
"Fear cannot be without some hope,
nor hope without some fear." - Baruch Spinoza
Al says - Paraprosdokian:
'If I agreed with you, -
we'd both be wrong.' ...
Cincinnati - A man who made comments about his estranged wife -
on his Facebook page was threatened with jail unless -
he posted daily apologies for a month. ...
Syria - Rebels battled regime forces in Damascus Monday. ...
Looking through the Milkglass - Bounce dryer sheets - Eliminates static electricity from your -
TV … (0 comments)
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syria: Today; 3/15/12 - 03/15/12 06:18 AM
High 83 Low 56 Mostly Sunny
"Experience keeps a dear school,
but fools will learn in no other." - Benjamin Franklin
Al says -" When you are dissatisfied
and would like to back to youth,
think of Algebra"...
Syria - the Syrian army has recaptured most of -
the northern rebel stronghold of Idlib. ...
Wando River - A section will be closed this coming Mon.-Weds. -
March 22, and March 23 for Coast Guard training. -
Questions: Call 746-7955 or after hours 740-7050...
Looking through the Milkglass - If at … (0 comments)
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syria: Today; 3/12/12 - 03/12/12 07:08 AM
High 73 Low 54 Partly Sunny
"If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange
these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But
if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these
ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." - George Bernard Shaw
Al says - Paraprosdokian:
Since light travels faster than sound, -
some people appear bright until you hear them speak. ...
Syria - A special peace envoy failed to win a -
cease-fire agreement with Assad. … (0 comments)
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syria: Today; 3/9/12 - 03/09/12 10:01 AM
High 72 Low 45 Showers
"It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it
is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man
is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect
sweetness the independence of solitude." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Al says - Lexophile:
A boiled egg is...hard to beat...
Syria - The Deputy Oil Minister reportedly defected from the government -
Thursday. The highest-ranking defection to date. ...
Uganda - The advocacy group, Invisible Children, has posted a video -
about … (0 comments)
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syria: Today; 3/1/12 - 03/01/12 05:38 AM
High 80 Low 58 Partly Cloudy
"Time can but make it easier to be wise
Though now it seems impossible, and so
all that you need is patience." - William Butler Yeats
Al says - It's better to lose your pride to the one you love, than -
to lose the one you love because of pride. ...
North Korea - Will halt nuclear weapons tests -
in exchange for food from the U.S. ...
Syria - Vowed to "cleanse" a rebel-held -
district of Homs. ...
Pat says - Before you pour … (2 comments)
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syria: Today; 2/27/12 - 02/27/12 06:35 AM
High 63 Low 50 Rain
"Don't be humble.
You're not that great." - Golda Meir
Al says - Never abandon an old friend. -
You will never find one who can take his place. ...
Moscow - An organized Putin reelection -
rally assembled 130,000. ...
Train Derailment - Sunday, west of Toronto, killed -
3 railroad employees and injured -
dozens of passengers. ...
Oscar's Best Picture - 'The Artist' ...
Looking through the Milkglass - The original point and click interface -
was a Smith & Wesson...
… (2 comments)
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syria: Today; 2/22/12 - 02/22/12 06:02 AM
High 73 Low 54 Partly Sunny
"It is the dull man who is always sure, and
the sure man who is always dull." - H. L. Mencken
Al says - When something happens to you, -
good or bad, consider what it means. -
There's a purpose to life's events, -
to teach you how to laugh more or -
not to cry too hard. ...
Syria - Shells reportedly rained down on rebellious districts -
of Homs, at a rate of 10 per minute at one point, -
and the Red … (0 comments)
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syria: Today; 2/21/12 - 02/21/12 06:27 AM
High 65 Low 47 Partly Sunny
"Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit,
you can achieve a permanently happy spirit." - Norman Vincent Peale
Al says - Paraprosdokian:
"Where there's a will,
I want to be in it." ...
Egypt/U.S. - Egypt's military rulers assured Sen. John McCain -
that authorities are working "diligently" to resolve -
a criminal case against U.S. pro-democracy groups. ...
Syria - Government tanks and troops massed Monday -
outside of Homs for a possible ground assault. ...
Pat says - Elderly Bumper Sticker:
"I'm … (0 comments)
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syria: Today; 2/13/12 - 02/13/12 11:00 AM
High 54 Low 34 Mostly Sunny
"Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful
with time. fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful
things which always become ugly with time." - Jean Cocteau
Al says - "Long ago, when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks,
it was called witchcraft. Today it's called golf." - Will Rogers
Greece - Riots have broken out because of austerity measures. ...
Syria - The Arab League on Sunday called for the formation of -
a joint Arab-U.N. peacekeeping mission. ...
Looking through the Milkglass - "I've … (0 comments)
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