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The more things change, the more things stay the same. There is plenty to get up tight about if you’ve got a child getting ready to go to college. (For me, it’s my little brother and sister) For one thing, why do tuition rates outpace inflation every year? (Since I graduated from college, tuition […]

Alright, I know Christmas is still a few months away, but you’ll have to start saving now in order give this one to your person-who-has-everything. For just under $3,000, you can experience something previously only available to a select few. I’m daydreaming about making my own Apollo 13 style home movies onboard.
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Will the SUV ever stop getting bigger?

This just in from the dykstraNet “that’s insane” desk. My buddy Ivan (no relation to the hurricane) is participating in New England’s Reach the Beach Relay. This is a 200 mile, 36 stage, relay race from Bretton Woods, NH to Hampton Beach. The race is for total time and takes place over a […]

NBC news radio reports no casualties in the Caymans. I cannot raise Dave by cell phone, but I assume his cell phone battery has merely run out. I know that there are power problems on the island, so this makes sense.
UPDATE: Good information can be found here on relief efforts and missing persons.

Satellite Loop with Precip Decodes
Just got off the phone with my friend David in the Cayman Islands. The storm is really bad… the worst he’s seen in 8 years. He has retreated to a friends place on “the sound” which is the safest place on the island. Apparently, there is no radio or communications […]

The History Channel is again airing Band Of Brothers. I can’t help but think it’s a sort of memorial to the character of America on this infamous date.
If you have time, tune in and catch this excellent series. This begins at 4pm Eastern.

For all you Jimmy Buffet fans who do not have tickets to the Fenway Park concert tonight (or could not find a baby sitter - you know who you are), check out the concert in real time online here.
Concert begins at 8pm tonight.
Are you a parrothead?
Hope you have a good […]