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Oops... According to mappoint.msn.com , the Barstow Station at 1611 E Main St is west of Interstate 15. Only problem is, it's actually east of Interstate 15. Don't know if this is an underlying problem with multiple maps, or whether this is just a Microanomaly. mapquest.com shows correct data.

Taking a trip Going to Lake Havasu City . If all goes well, we'll also get to Barstow Station and the Kingman Cracker Barrel . See you later...

Surfin' Safari Stan Ridgway's links include a link to "friend" Mark Mothersbaugh , "Brillant Composer and Devo mainstay." If you go on to the Mutato Muzika "Personnel" link, you can get to Greenspan Artist Management . The list of recording artists includes a woman named Jorane , a classically trained musician from Quebec City. That's as far as I got.

More on Switzerland charts swisscharts.com has a wealth of information stashed away in its archives. For example, here are the charts for all of the Depeche Mode singles that have ever charted in Switzerland. The song title, date of entry into the chart, highest position, and weeks on chart are all listed. As you can see, dM hasn't have a top 10 hit since "I Feel You" (although "In Yoor Room," "Only When I Lose Myself," and "Dream On" made the top 20 since then). Everything Counts 16.10.1983 8 14 People Are People 15.04.1984 4 13 Master And Servant 23.09.1984 8 9 Blasphemous Rumours 23.12.1984 19 7 Shake The Disease 02.06.1985 6 12 It's Called A Heart 06.10.1985 7 7 Stripped 02.03.1986 8 10 A Question Of Lust 18.05.1986 12 7 A Question Of Time 07.09.1986 9 7 Strangelove 10.05.1987 3 13 Never Let Me Down Again 06.09.1987 7 13 Behind The Wheel 24.01.1988 6 7 Little 15 12.06.1988 18 8 Personal Jesus 24.09.1989...

Selected Singles Charts Here are a couple of on-line singles charts from: Sweden Switzerland

Where Are They Now at laradio.com laradio.com includes an excellent "Where Are They Now?" section. Here are some excerpts: Baka Boyz: KPWR, 1993-99; KKBT, 1999-2000. Eric and Nick Vidal moved to Miami in early 2003. Blade, Richard: KNAC; KROQ, 1982-2000. Richard left KROQ in April 2000 and moved to St. Thomas Island to teach scuba diving. He returned to the Southland in 2003. Burton, Michael: KROQ, 1990-95. Michael "the maintenance man" left the Kevin & Bean morning show in the fall of 1995 and filed a wrongful-termination suit charging the station with racial and religious discrimination. The suite was settled in late 1996 with both parties prohibited from revealing financial details. Furillo, Bud: KABC, 1973-75; KIIS, 1975-79; KABC, 1979-87; KFOX, 1988-90. Bud is working at KPSI-Palm Springs. Jackson, Michael : KHJ, 1963-65; KNX, 1965; KABC, 1966-98; KRLA, 1999-2000; KLAC, 2001-02. Michael left KLAC in late 2002 following a format change from Talk to Adult S...

Empoblog, Reformatted Just added a "links" column to the blog, listing some of the best (?) Ontario Emperor links, some links to other blogs, and a few additional links. Not that I'm about to put Backflip ouf of business...

Wckr Spgt Here's the website . Long story...

Scooter Charging? From the 10/22/2003 Gresham Outlook . Emphasis mine. To scoot, or dart off speedily, the choice of wheels these days may be the scooter, a vehicle consisting of a long footboard between two small end wheels, powered by battery or gas with the forward wheel controlled by an upright steering handle. Already a smash in Asia and now California (where restaurants and convenience stores have scooter battery chargers installed on the premises for their customers’ convenience) , a local family is betting once Oregonians have an avenue to get their hands on them, they’ll scoot on over to the brand-new business Scootin’ Along Scooters at 18200 N.E. Halsey St. My comment: huh?

Selected Googlisms for November 26 Here's the link to see all of the entries. november 26 is the feast of christ and king and is traditionally the sunday that children receive first november 26 is republic day in chad november 26 is the target date for those penguins who have enrolled in the "marathon" to shed 26 pounds november 26 is observed by baha'is as the day of covenant november 26 is international buy nothing day november 26 is the jubilee day for lay ministers november 26 is payroll benefits coordinator jennifer demare?s first day november 26 is a tentative date for the arbitration concerning the dismissal of a high school teacher november 26 is the eighth annual international buy nothing day november 26 is the fire festival in tibet

Googlisms Here are some Googlisms : Who: Barry Manilow What: Madrid New Mexico Where: Space When: November

Social Networking Links Oracle of Bacon Spoke Software Visible Path Friendster Beta

Join the U.S. Hacker Corps, See The World From a 10/20/2003 article by Roger Harris in the Ventura County Star : Money and effort now spent tracking down hackers and throwing them in prison with bank robbers and drug peddlers would be better spent recruiting hackers for national security work, said [John] Arquilla, co-director of the Center on Terrorism & Irregular Warfare at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey.... Skeptics contend hackers are untrustworthy lot who, among other things, have broken into Pentagon computers and sent damaging computer viruses swirling through government and business computer systems.

This entry proves the point of the cited study Lyman, Peter and Hal R. Varian, "How Much Information", 2003. Retrieved from http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/how-much-info-2003 . Excerpts from the executive summary : 1. Print, film, magnetic, and optical storage media produced about 5 exabytes of new information in 2002. Ninety-two percent of the new information was stored on magnetic media, mostly in hard disks. 2. We estimate that the amount of new information stored on paper, film, magnetic, and optical media has about doubled in the last three years. 3. Information flows through electronic channels -- telephone, radio, TV, and the Internet -- contained almost 18 exabytes of new information in 2002, three and a half times more than is recorded in storage media. Ninety eight percent of this total is the information sent and received in telephone calls - including both voice and data on both fixed lines and wireless. The following excerpts are from Chapter 8, Sec...

Get Supercenters AND Tax Revenue Union opposition to Wal-Mart Supercenters may benefit taxpayers and consumers in the long run. Let's look at the situation today. Megacorp approaches the City Council for Itty Bitty City and plays hardball. "Itty Bitty City," says Mr. Megacorp, "we MAY decide to build one of our stores in your town, giving you the benefits of associating with us and giving your city tremendous tax reve- strike that - giving your city a number of customers who will shop at your existing trash stores if we don't put them out of business first. All you have to do is build a freeway to our store, waive requirements to pay taxes and things like that, and all this will be yours! Or perhaps we'll go to your neighbor city across the street." However, the actions of the city of Oakland and other jurisdictions have changed the balance of power somewhat. Here's what those conversations will look like in the future: "Itty ...

Teller Speaks Link to Teller Speaks - the name says it all.

See Fine Print Clearly Method From the "See Clearly Method" disclaimer at http://www.seeclearlymethod.com/disclaimer.asp : ...The See Clearly Method (tm) is an educational tool that teaches the user how to see more clearly, comfortably, and efficiently. It is not a medical or assistive device, nor is it a substitute for diagnosis or treatment by an optometrist or ophthalmologist. Unless otherwise indicated, the statements found on this web site (and in other advertising for the See Clearly Method) are either derived or quoted from See Clearly Method printed materials or express the opinions of the authors of the See Clearly Method.... By making use of the contents of the See Clearly Method training kit, the user agrees that it is his or her sole responsibility to determine the suitability of the See Clearly Method for his or her intended purpose, and assumes all risks and liabilities resulting from application of the techniques and recommendations, including any a...

Stairway Schmairway This morning when coming out of commercial, Imus in the Morning played an excerpt from the old Focus song "Hocus Pocus" - the better of the two best instrumentals from the early 1970s and, according to top40.about.com, the 69th most popular song of 1973 .

CDE To keep this going, I went to www.cdesoftware.com . After listening to a tune and watching a cat, I went inside. CDE Software is the industry leader in software for the sport of bowling. CDE products feature an easy to use interface and provides flexability (sic) and several options to support most needs. WHAT THE HECK DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH A CAT? Fearing an angry reprimand from John Dvorak, I continued to the About CDE Software page, where I learned that Seattle is "technologically diverse." (Free to be you and Amiga?) AND WHAT ABOUT THE CAT?

Bookcrossing Cluetrain Dimensional (Yes, that was weak.) Seven copies of the Cluetrain Manifesto are floating around in the world. See the Bookcrossing search .