So there have been some letters to the editor about the problem with the midge issue at capitol beach. Here and here

The comments include a few that made me laugh.

Jay wrote on June 14, 2007 8:30 am:
” I really take offense to everyone trying to “control” the midges in the area. They might be small, but they are people like everyone else. Do the citizens of this city really tolerate prejudice like this? Whats next, kick out all of the tall people? “

hilarious wrote on June 11, 2007 8:34 am:
” Midgets are society contributors just like anyone else and most of all they are people with feelings just like you and me. Sounds like you are enjoying the great outdoors to it’s fullest extent. Or maybe we should chemically kill off nature so you can enjoy it. Perhaps one of the funniest and saddest letters I’ve ever read. “

I am so gonna go out there and check it out.

Edit: it is getting pretty good over there

” Midges are a bunch of little ladies with 50’s-60’s hairdos who are apparently running around pushing all the areas homeowners hands intos bowls of palmolive dishwashing liquid and shrieking, “Your soaking in it!” I imagine that would be annoying. “

So the letters to the editor are always a good read, but usually the comments are much better.

So some loon wrote in and claims there are WMD’s in Iraq. A nice little comment made me lol

” Wayne, you forgot the possibility that Saddam hitched the WMDs up to his team of unicorns and hauled them down the rainbow highway to fairyland. “

then I noticed the name of the commenter, it was Ghogan. Nice one there, and I get to use the unicorn tag, joy.

BTW: the loup river band & street choir is gonna be playing down at Knickerbockers tonight. Gonna try and make it. The Legislature sine die party is out at the playmore as well. Gonna see iffin I can hit both.

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Letters, 2/26: Forgot about Linux
Monday, Feb 26, 2007 - 12:02:04 am CST
I was pleased to see a technical article in the Feb. 20 Journal Star, regarding the PC versus Mac commercials being shown on TV.

But alas, PC (Windows XP and Vista) and Macintosh OS X are not the only operating systems running in the world today.

There was no mention of the clear open source favorite called Linux, developed by a then student Linus Torvalds in the early 1990s.
Linux is a UNIX-like operating system that is far more powerful than anything currently offered by PC or Mac. In fact, it is said that almost all of the Internet runs on servers running Linux.

Yes, you can even run Linux on your desktop, and with a plug-in called Beryl, one has some most amazing 3D graphics unlike anything that PC or Mac can offer at this time.

Linux also runs on the same systems that PC and Mac run, and you can load Linux on either system with no problems. In fact, a Linux box setup by default is more secure than that of PC or Mac.

That said, however, there are a few tweaks to tighten up security even more, but as I said, by default, a Linux box is far more secure than either a PC or Mac system upon initial install.

The best part of Linux is that it is free for the downloading. Perhaps the next tech article will be more in depth and not ignore a popular alternative used by geeks all over the world.

Dave A. Ellis, Lincoln

http://www.journalstar.com/

think about it. your google home page filled with bitching content from our local paper. House on fire, Osborne running for Mayor, SWAT team attacking down your block, or a husker kills a person. how you gonna know? you gonna watch the news, or read about it the next day in the paper? Not if you have a nifty RSS feed.

head over to lincolnite to read about it, or respond on their forum.

apparently only FOX news tells the truth and homosexuality is: “unhealthy sexual behavior”

gotta love living in a red state.

my favorite comment

“Wayne Simpson calls POX News “fair & balanced”. That’s like calling Pete Ricketts “poor & hairy”.

letters to editor

Sydney got a letter to the editor in todays paper, along with two others dealing with bike issues.
It is getting pretty nasty once again. So I have a plan.

Next friday at 6PM we gonna have us a rumble, drivers VS bikers, no rules, just ass kicking. parking lot on 14th and M.

Bring it, oh it is already broughten.

nealo.com

gotta give major props to a guy who I admire and backed me up on a thread on lincolnite.com

Thanks Neal O

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Respect single parents

In response to the overwhelming media assumption that children of single “mothers” produce inferior children, and single “fathers” are somehow heroes, and gay parents can’t do a good job, I would just like to say “eat it.”

If your spouse leaves the relationship, and there is no-fault divorce — anyone can become a non-consenting single parent. The hardest part is putting up with people like Julie Benesch, whose recent letter titled “Think of the children” presumes a great deal.

I am sick of it. I have been a single parent of four children for 11 years.