November 2006

For Want of a Nail

Many houses are lost in hurricanes and earthquakes, not due to failure of the wood, but due to failure of the nails to hold the structure together in gale force winds. Dr. Ed Sutt has invented a nail that solves this problem (all for about $15 more in the cost of new home construction). Sutt’s […]

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Election Day

I got up early and voted this morning. Kevin Zeese for Senate, Bob Ehrlich for Governor, and a melange of abstaining, writing myself in, and voting for the Republican (since it’s a Democrat-heavy district and I’m a contrarian) in the down-ticket races. My girlfriend, like Jeremy, isn’t sure about voting. She (and all other Marylanders)

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