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May Day Straight Ahead With Lots of History Attached – Dave’s Diary
April 29, 2013
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Teens Turn To Hand Sanitizer For A Liquid High – Dave’s Diary
April 26, 2013 Frightened parents know all too well that some kids will breathe gasoline or glue fumes to get high. Others will drink mouthwash and rubbing alcohol for the buzz. Now doctors are warning parents about a new and dangerous trend they have spotted: Teenagers are drinking hand sanitizer in a bid to get drunk.
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You Are Judged by the Canine Company You Keep – Dave’s Diary
April 26, 2013
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Dave’s Diary: The Rich Come In All Flavors Including Smart And Dumb
April 25, 2013 The very rich are different from you and me," said F. Scott Fitzgerald. How different? Well, Ivana Trump so abhors footprints on the carpet that she has the rooms in her home freshly vacuumed before she enters them. Christina Onassis used to have Diet Coke flown to her by private jet. You get the idea. We wouldn’t think of any of that would we…even if we COULD afford it? But one way they aren’t any different is in overall intelligence…common sense maybe,
but not intelligence!
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Dave’s Diary: Cat’s Got My Tongue And My Life
April 25, 2013 We have a cat. No, they have a cat…my wife and daughter. She (cat, not wife) is old and getting senile but she still rules the house. I have tried. I play the allergy card, the hairball and germs card…even the “suck the life out of our daughter while she sleeps card” but to no avail. The wife says she’s known the cat longer than me. And now this!
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Dave’s Diary: Those Looking For Work Should Look in Seattle
April 24, 2013 Hello Horace Greeley…what’s that you say? “Washington (D.C.) is not a place to live in. The rents are high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting and the morals are deplorable. Go West, young man, go West and grow up with the country”.
Famed newspaperman Greeley wrote that in 1851 and according to Forbes Magazine it’s still true today. (And the morals thing is true too but I digress).
If you want to find a good job go west…to Seattle.
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20/20 Hindsight Shows People Feel Bank Bailout Bad for Business – Dave’s Diary
April 24, 2013 According to a new Rasmussen survey of “likely U.S. voters,” 56 percent believe the financial industry bailouts were bad for the United States. How can that be? We “had to act” didn’t we? Isn’t that what we were told?
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Lefties Are a Special Breed – Dave’s Diary
April 23, 2013 I have read the statistics. Left-handed people allegedly live seven years less than us righties. I tease my lovely left-handed wife about this from time to time. Between 10 percent and 12 percent of the world population is left-handed, and scientists have no idea why! It could be genetic. And while there are no obvious differences between those who are right-handed and those who are left-handed, we do know that lefties tend to excel at visual and spatial tasks and seem to be overrepresented among geniuses. She reminds me of that from time to time! So what makes southpaws special? Here are a half dozen facts from LiveScience.com.
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The Yakima Valley Business Times Makes Light of the Gang Free Initiative – Dave Responds
April 23, 2013 "We know the people around here trust us and are glad when we raise their taxes. Especially when the money is used for something as successful as ."
– Yakima Valley Business Times, April Fools Day Edition
That was a quote attributed jokingly to me (as Dave Metal) by the editors of the Yakima Valley Business Times. The joke is this: People here don't love taxes, and the Gang Free Initiative hasn't been successful.
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Dave’s Diary:Job Hunters Note the Things Not to Say About Yourself
April 19, 2013 Despite Washington’s focus on immigration and gun control, the real concern for most Americans is the economy and jobs. If you are among the 7 percenters who don’t have a job or you are the parent of a kid who probably won’t be able to find a job…stay with me. We have advice from LinkedIn to help you stand out from the herd…in a good way!