<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26614454</id><updated>2011-11-05T07:24:44.139Z</updated><category term='Cell Phones'/><category term='International'/><category term='North Carolina'/><category term='Washington'/><category term='Online Communications'/><category term='Ghost'/><category term='President Bush'/><category term='Office'/><category term='Music'/><category term='Crime'/><category term='Apple iPad'/><category term='Smart Phones'/><category term='Malls'/><category term='Phone cards'/><category term='America'/><category term='USA'/><category term='Administration'/><category term='Caves'/><category term='VPN'/><category term='Code'/><category term='Congress'/><category term='Obsession'/><category term='ATT'/><category term='Nation'/><category term='Electronics'/><category term='Industry'/><category term='Auto'/><category term='Food'/><category term='Flag'/><category term='Prediction'/><category term='Money'/><category term='Telecom'/><category term='Personal Technology'/><category term='Belize'/><category term='Europe'/><category term='Gift'/><category term='Utilities'/><title type='text'>LSL</title><subtitle type='html'>just blog</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lakeshorelaments.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lakeshorelaments.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Kevin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>22</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26614454.post-1604058366401025639</id><published>2011-11-04T12:50:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-11-05T07:24:44.158Z</updated><title type='text'>Phone Cards - Be Certain What You're Buying</title><summary type='text'>Phone cards are an excellent way to stay in touch with family and friends without ending up with an astronomical phone bill at the end of the month. But before you choose the phone card that seems to be the cheapest available, be sure you know all the details of how that particular phone card works.

Some phone card companies have a service charge for each call you make using the card. That means</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/1604058366401025639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/1604058366401025639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lakeshorelaments.blogspot.com/2011/11/phone-cards-be-certain-what-youre.html' title='Phone Cards - Be Certain What You&apos;re Buying'/><author><name>Kevin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26614454.post-2380858538058063518</id><published>2010-06-03T17:10:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-04T12:34:15.298Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Smart Phones'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Utilities'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Electronics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Personal Technology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Telecom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Apple iPad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ATT'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cell Phones'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Online Communications'/><title type='text'>AT&amp;T announces sweeping changes to data rates</title><summary type='text'>AT&amp;T today announced sweeping changes to its data plans for iPhones and iPads. Here’s the gist:

No more “all you can eat” data for mobile phones (beginning June 7)
DataPlus plan - $15/month for 200MB + $15 per additional 200MB
DataPro plan - $25/month for 2GB + $10 per additional 1GB
Current unlimited data customers may continue with their unlimited plan
iPad gets same plans
DataPro plan </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/2380858538058063518'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/2380858538058063518'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lakeshorelaments.blogspot.com/2010/06/at-announces-sweeping-changes-to-data.html' title='AT&amp;T announces sweeping changes to data rates'/><author><name>Kevin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26614454.post-7151354201770190415</id><published>2010-01-23T15:08:00.014Z</published><updated>2010-06-03T15:39:43.736+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Money'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Phone cards'/><title type='text'>Secrets to Saving Money with Prepaid Phone Cards</title><summary type='text'>Prepaid prepaid phone cards allow the user to purchase a specific  dollar value of calling time and to have the cost of each call deducted  from the account balance. Sold at many retail locations as well as on  the Internet, you can buy them at relatively cheap prices and use them  from almost from anywhere.

But are these phone cards really a  great deal?

Have you seen calling cards at your </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/7151354201770190415'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/7151354201770190415'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lakeshorelaments.blogspot.com/2010/01/secrets-to-saving-money-with-prepaid.html' title='Secrets to Saving Money with Prepaid Phone Cards'/><author><name>Kevin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26614454.post-158572530798820231</id><published>2009-03-27T22:05:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-11-04T12:12:38.862Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='International'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Flag'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='North Carolina'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Code'/><title type='text'>History of Nautical Flags</title><summary type='text'> History of Nautical Signal Flags:    The International Maritime Flag System has been used for over 150 years by sailors and boaters to signal between ships and shore. In 1857, the British Board of Trade published the International Code of Signals for the means of maritime communications. The original Code included 18 signal flags, which could communicate as many as 17,000 different messages. In </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/158572530798820231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/158572530798820231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lakeshorelaments.blogspot.com/2009/03/history-of-nautical-flags.html' title='History of Nautical Flags'/><author><name>Kevin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26614454.post-6388439744991592119</id><published>2009-02-09T22:51:00.002Z</published><updated>2010-06-03T13:02:28.645+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obsession'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ghost'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Malls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prediction'/><title type='text'>Ghost Malls! - Hyper-Consumption Kills The American Dream</title><summary type='text'>Prediction ... Malls across the nation will first become ghost-malls as America's obsession with hyper-consumption has come to an end.  What started twenty years ago as the biggest over-consume, live-beyond-your-means, it's-going-to-last-forever mindset has come to an abrupt halt.  So abrupt that, the perpetrators of this phenomenon, all slammed into each other like a chain-reaction crash on an </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/6388439744991592119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/6388439744991592119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lakeshorelaments.blogspot.com/2009/02/ghost-malls-hyper-consumption-kills.html' title='Ghost Malls! - Hyper-Consumption Kills The American Dream'/><author><name>Kevin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26614454.post-8596692117267267029</id><published>2008-11-28T15:39:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-11-04T12:15:47.661Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Money'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Industry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='President Bush'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Administration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Congress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Auto'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Crime'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><title type='text'>Presidential Pardons and the Auto Industry</title><summary type='text'>I have been reading how President Bush might pardon some people in his administration priorto leaving office. I also read these pardons are absolute and cannot be reversed. I beg to differ.According to the rules regarding presidential pardons, the following must hold true, otherwise these pardons are null and void.Before a Presidential pardon is issued,1) the person must have been convicted of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/8596692117267267029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/8596692117267267029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lakeshorelaments.blogspot.com/2008/11/presidential-pardons-and-auto-industry.html' title='Presidential Pardons and the Auto Industry'/><author><name>Kevin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26614454.post-3080668934778788383</id><published>2008-11-21T22:17:00.002Z</published><updated>2010-06-03T13:01:31.220+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='USA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Caves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Belize'/><title type='text'>Mayan Caves - A Large Part of Belize's Tourism Industry</title><summary type='text'>The Central American country of Belize gained its independence from Great Britain in 1981. It is in a tropical region, located in between Mexico and Guatemala and to its east is bordered by the Caribbean Sea. Belize is a very culturally diverse nation, and the only Central American country that has English as its official language. Spanish and Belizean Creole or Kriol are also spoken by the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/3080668934778788383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/3080668934778788383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lakeshorelaments.blogspot.com/2008/11/mayan-caves-large-part-of-belize.html' title='Mayan Caves - A Large Part of Belize&amp;#39;s Tourism Industry'/><author><name>Kevin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26614454.post-3931290071670929289</id><published>2008-06-28T02:33:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-04T12:17:01.602Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gift'/><title type='text'>Mother’s Day Italian Charms</title><summary type='text'>World’s Greatest Mom Laser CharmRemember when the circus came around and the title was called, “The Greatest Show On Earth?” Well, instead of that phrase, we made a slight alteration for Mother’s Day. Show your mom that she’s the world’s best mom with this laser charm!Heart My MomHere’s a perfect charm dedicated to the only woman in your life who loves you unconditionally. Wearing this precious </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/3931290071670929289'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/3931290071670929289'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lakeshorelaments.blogspot.com/2008/06/mothers-day-italian-charms.html' title='Mother’s Day Italian Charms'/><author><name>Kevin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26614454.post-6345881788838943031</id><published>2008-05-11T02:38:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-04T12:17:48.009Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gift'/><title type='text'>Celebrate Mother's on Mother's Day</title><summary type='text'>Mother’s Day is almost here. This is the time when we take a moment to really appreciate our Mothers. We do love them but how often do we honor and show them with special tokens that we really care.We could never repay our Mothers for all they have sacrificed for us. My Mother is priceless. Many people will be sad on Mother’s day, but remember that she lives on in our hearts.Usually on Mother’s </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/6345881788838943031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/6345881788838943031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lakeshorelaments.blogspot.com/2008/05/celebrate-mothers-on-mothers-day.html' title='Celebrate Mother&apos;s on Mother&apos;s Day'/><author><name>Kevin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26614454.post-6619217593167838585</id><published>2007-05-06T20:55:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-06T20:57:13.981+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='VPN'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Office'/><title type='text'>VPN Remote Access To Your Office</title><summary type='text'>The major USP of our small business customers is the capacity to access their workplace computers and network from home. Everybody loves working from home, as it saves them the commuting time and allows you to complete lot of your tasks from home. This can be achieved in either of the two ways: VPN (Virtual Private Network) and Terminal Services.VPN lets you connect to your office network as </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/6619217593167838585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/6619217593167838585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lakeshorelaments.blogspot.com/2007/05/vpn-remote-access-to-your-office.html' title='VPN Remote Access To Your Office'/><author><name>Kevin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26614454.post-3210218244397619236</id><published>2007-04-26T20:57:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-05-06T21:00:00.843+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music'/><title type='text'>Yahoo music hits a new chord with online lyric library</title><summary type='text'>SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo Inc. is expanding its online music section to include the lyrics of 400,000 songs, hoping to strike a chord with Web surfers looking for a more reliable alternative to Internet sites that publish the words without the permission of the copyright owners.The Sunnyvale-based company is touting the free service to be unveiled Tuesday as the Web’s largest legally licensed </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/3210218244397619236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/3210218244397619236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lakeshorelaments.blogspot.com/2007/04/yahoo-music-hits-new-chord-with-online.html' title='Yahoo music hits a new chord with online lyric library'/><author><name>Kevin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26614454.post-114668728775156512</id><published>2005-06-02T00:53:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T21:14:47.763+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The Dutch Follow Suit</title><summary type='text'>The Netherlands has followed France's lead and rejected the EU Constitution.    Dutch voters overwhelmingly rejected the European Union constitution Wednesday, the prime minister said, in what could be a knockout blow for the charter roundly defeated just days ago by France.    Less than an hour after the polls closed, Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende conceded defeat in his campaign to ratify </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/114668728775156512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/114668728775156512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lakeshorelaments.blogspot.com/2005/06/dutch-follow-suit.html' title='The Dutch Follow Suit'/><author><name>Kevin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26614454.post-114668737603722453</id><published>2005-06-01T17:30:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-04T12:18:47.189Z</updated><title type='text'>Surprised It's Not "May Day"</title><summary type='text'>                   Congratulations Wisconsin Marxists, Communists, and other "Progressives;" your dream of a higher minimum wage comes true today.This is, of course, nothing more than a "Save Governor Jim Doyle, a wholly-owned subsidiary of WEAC, and his floundering Governorship" move.The real tragedy of this is that no one with an "R" after their name had the guts to make a reasoned free </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/114668737603722453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/114668737603722453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lakeshorelaments.blogspot.com/2005/06/surprised-its-not-may-day.html' title='Surprised It&apos;s Not &quot;May Day&quot;'/><author><name>Kevin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26614454.post-114668741329181320</id><published>2005-06-01T17:06:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-03T12:57:32.513+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Post-Crescent Rains on HOPE</title><summary type='text'>The Editors of the Appleton Post-Crescent aren't fooled with the latest 'feel good sounding name, but lack of a way to pay for it' tax shift that Democrats in the State Legislature.

I almost feel sorry for State Senate Minority Leader Judy "Moonbeam" Robson (D-Beloit) and State Rep. Jennifer Shilling (D-La Crosse) for this brow-beating.


Did Democrats in the Legislature decide first to call a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/114668741329181320'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/114668741329181320'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lakeshorelaments.blogspot.com/2005/06/post-crescent-rains-on-hope.html' title='Post-Crescent Rains on HOPE'/><author><name>Kevin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26614454.post-114668749716156460</id><published>2005-06-01T16:34:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T21:18:17.163+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Makes the Unemployment Check Easier to Swallow</title><summary type='text'>                   Meant to talk about this yesterday when it broke.Arthur Anderson, or what's left of it, was acquitted of any wrongdoing yesterday by a unanimous 9-0 Supreme Court Decision in the Enron case.With a brief, pointed and unanimous opinion, the Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned Arthur Andersen's conviction for shredding Enron accounting documentsas that company was collapsing in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/114668749716156460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/114668749716156460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lakeshorelaments.blogspot.com/2005/06/makes-unemployment-check-easier-to.html' title='Makes the Unemployment Check Easier to Swallow'/><author><name>Kevin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26614454.post-114668752749102704</id><published>2005-06-01T14:21:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T21:18:47.493+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Be Mindful of the Orange Cones</title><summary type='text'>                   Just a quick heads-up to our readers.    We are in the midst of some tweaking of the blog right now.Because of that, we've lost the comments. Kurt and I are both sorry about that.    We're hoping we can get them back shortly (once we figure out what we're doing) and regular blog activity can resume.    The only concern we have in resuming blog normality (blogality?) is that </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/114668752749102704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/114668752749102704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lakeshorelaments.blogspot.com/2005/06/be-mindful-of-orange-cones.html' title='Be Mindful of the Orange Cones'/><author><name>Kevin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26614454.post-114668779052079642</id><published>2005-05-31T21:31:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T21:23:10.523+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The World Believes Them</title><summary type='text'>I should’ve hit on this sooner but I’m still enjoying my Memorial Day weekend. Anyway, I guess nothing can surprise you when we talk about Al Qaeda.   An al Qaeda handbook preaches to operatives to level charges of torture once captured, a training regime that administration officials say explains some of the charges of abuse at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp.In a raid on an al Qaeda cell in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/114668779052079642'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/114668779052079642'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lakeshorelaments.blogspot.com/2005/05/world-believes-them.html' title='The World Believes Them'/><author><name>Kevin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26614454.post-114668784843467539</id><published>2005-05-31T21:21:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T21:24:08.436+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Tuesday Quick Hits</title><summary type='text'>                   Deep Throat Unveiled?Yawn.Sorry, never have cared for this story. Just not a big portion of my generation.Oh Great, YouAfter the firing of Jean-Pierre Raffarin as French Prime Minister by French President Jacques Chirac, Iraqi War critic Dominique de Villepin was named in his place.Some bloggers missed this small little part of French Politics, when either the President or the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/114668784843467539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/114668784843467539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lakeshorelaments.blogspot.com/2005/05/tuesday-quick-hits.html' title='Tuesday Quick Hits'/><author><name>Kevin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26614454.post-114668818580261842</id><published>2005-05-31T18:50:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T21:29:45.806+01:00</updated><title type='text'>UW-Stout: ROTC Decision Reversed</title><summary type='text'>                   Via JS's DayWatch:The chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Stout has reversed his earlier decision to prevent an Army ROTC program from being established on the campus, citing earlier UW System regent policies and federal law.Chancellor Charles Sorensen, who announced the reversal today after two weeks of criticism from Republican legislators and others, said he remains </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/114668818580261842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/114668818580261842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lakeshorelaments.blogspot.com/2005/05/uw-stout-rotc-decision-reversed.html' title='UW-Stout: ROTC Decision Reversed'/><author><name>Kevin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26614454.post-114668823745314770</id><published>2005-05-31T18:37:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T21:30:37.456+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Great Outdoor Madison Games</title><summary type='text'>                   Let the Logrolling Continue!!The Wisconsin Green Party has followed the lead of Madison Alderman and undiagnosed sociopath Austin King and is charging not only Governor Jim Doyle, a wholly-owned subsidiary of WEAC, with logrolling; but also Assembly Speaker John Gard and Senate Majority Leader Dale Schultz.Since it's the Wisconsin Green Party; expect it to be ignored."The deal </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/114668823745314770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/114668823745314770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lakeshorelaments.blogspot.com/2005/05/great-outdoor-madison-games.html' title='Great Outdoor Madison Games'/><author><name>Kevin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26614454.post-114668826321794908</id><published>2005-05-31T14:15:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T21:31:03.220+01:00</updated><title type='text'>That's an Understatement</title><summary type='text'>From an unnamed 'Senior EU bureaucrat, courtesy of the Wall Street Journal's lead editorial today.  "They [The French people] haven't read it. If they had read it, they wouldn't understand it. If they understood it, they wouldn't like it."  This bureaucrat then said the French citizens would then vote to approve the EU Constitution. (They didn't.)The Constitution is a whopping 485 pages, took two</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/114668826321794908'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/114668826321794908'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lakeshorelaments.blogspot.com/2005/05/thats-understatement.html' title='That&apos;s an Understatement'/><author><name>Kevin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26614454.post-114668828861624389</id><published>2005-05-31T08:01:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T21:31:28.616+01:00</updated><title type='text'>WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY</title><summary type='text'>                   Today May 31st, we celebrate World No Tobacco Day.       This yearly celebration informs the public on the dangers of using tobacco, the business practices of tobacco companies, what WHO is doing to fight the tobacco epidemic, and what people around the world can do to claim their right to health and healthy living and to protect future generations.The Member States of the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/114668828861624389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26614454/posts/default/114668828861624389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lakeshorelaments.blogspot.com/2005/05/world-no-tobacco-day.html' title='WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY'/><author><name>Kevin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
