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As a boy I liked BP gasoline. We were told it was for Bobby and Patty. It was the only time I recall I came first in the sibling rivalry.
Anyhow, this is a riot. It about sums up the mess that is known as BP. Humor is often a productive outlet during tragedy.
A sure sign we are watering down things too far: Scrabble will now permit proper nouns. Heresy! . . . Sam Cutler opens up about Altamont. Love the interview, will read the book . . . Why is Bad Santa being shown in April? . . . Did you know that New Jersey has a law that requires parents to tell the state whether or not their children have health insurance? What business is that of the state if I am not applying for assistance? . . . Whoever is announcing the Reds-Marlins game on MLB Network tonight is boring. My goodness, there is just no pep in the announcing . . . I have become a Turbo Tax convert. Easy peasy . . . My Phillies are off to an awesome start. And the new saying is every fifth day is a Halladay . . . Missed out on going to Wine Library yesterday. ‘Twas 5k away, but decided to go the other direction. There’ll be another day . . . Rochester is a go for July! Approximately shutterspots on that loop . . . Speaking of spots, Gert gave the okay to drive to Florida and stop for shutterspots. She truly does love me! Ah, but she’ll get the dinner in Savannah she wants because I love her just as much . . . Yet another trip to Lake Placid is in the works too. The eCache household is doing its share to stimulate the economy this summer . . . BTW, the replacement AC/furnace we installed last year is the gift that keeps on giving. We received cash back from the state because of the energy efficiency to the tune of 52% of the cost. We also earned another $1500 off our federal taxes. All that coupled with lower energy bills. Yeah, we’re green . . . While at BJ’s, I learned that Verizon offers 15% off its cell plans for teachers. No, we cannot double it because we are both teachers. FWIW, they are being very evasive about the Incredible. As soon as it comes out, we’re smartphone owners . . .
In a funk . . . A 15-lb. turkey did not fare well on the rotisserie. Had to move to the smoker . . . Like tuning into a soap opera years later, re-visiting some former online haunts is like I hadn’t been away with the same sniping, arguments, pettiness, etc. . . . Three weeks since Clayton posted a podcast. It appears Today in Social Media is dying. He isn’t even cleaning up the spam on the group page . . . ebay was so nice to let me know my ebay anniversary was at hand. Splendid! . . . We had nine of our planned 10 Christmas trees up and decorated two weeks ago . . . Things have changed in my life. I now know I am no good on little to no sleep . . . It is good to see Bigmista explain the spam. It is so unlike him . . . Recently I began reading a new discussion board. It is amazing how quickly the resident forum ass is spotted . . . I almost always have my camera on my body, but last week I kept it at home a couple days. Sure enough, I missed a unique shot: a dead deer outside a pet cemetery. Go figure . . . For the record, while I really love my job, I loathe writing lesson plans. At least they are easier this year given I created a database of my lessons. Unless I teach something new, it’s just clicking and formatting . . . I note that Vineland denied Lilliston Ford a $500,000 loan to upgrade its facilities due to Lilliston being a “vulnerable auto market”. Millville approved a similar loan to another Lilliston branch. Why the difference? . . . The “greening” of New Jersey has begun. Van Drew is pushing windmills. Look out Millville: legislation is coming to permit windmills . . .
Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it’s been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it’s all rightSun, sun, sun, here it comes…
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes…
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes…
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes…
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes…
Much is being made of the announcement that MX USA is opening up shop in town. MX USA is going to assemble solar panels on 2nd Street.
Officials say the facility will create more than 280 jobs, and help build the state’s green energy economy. “Usually the headlines that we’re hearing about the manufacturing jobs that are hemorrhaging, that are leaving the country, that are going somewhere else, the job losses that we’re experiencing,” said Congressman Frank LoBiondo, “and this reverses that.”
Kewl beans!
Whenever one of these announcements comes out, the politicians crawl out of the woodwork to claim credit. Jeanne Fox, someone who hangs out with Nick Asselta, spoke about this:
“We have more solar per square mile and more solar per capita than any other state,” said Jeanne Fox, President of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, “second only to California in the number of solar installations. We’re known throughout the country for our leadership in this area.”
I note that Fox did not reiterate the claim she made last spring to me that “solar energy is dead.” She made that claim at a Stockton State College symposium I participated in that promoted wind energy examined New Jersey’s energy needs. She also spoke about the need for nuclear energy to be increased. I gather that was not stated today either.
I am all for manufacturing jobs coming to Millville, but I am not a particular proponent of solar energy. Solar energy is highly inefficient. It is also costly compared to other sources of energy. If others, however, want to squander their dollars, that’s their business. MX USA will certainly cash those checks.
My alert radar, however, is up with this move. Millville has extolled how it wants to be a green city. Mayor Shannon campaigned on this issue, despite recommending the city purchase a fleet of F-350s. I suspect with MX USA being in town, when Millville ramps up on this spending green initiative, we’ll hear how we have to have city government move to solar energy.
The green movement is a misnomer. What is a green job?
A new solar panel facility is helping grow green jobs here in the Garden State.
Is a secretary at a solar panel a green job? What about a worker who screws a sheet of glass to a frame? Is he a green worker? What are green jobs?
MX USA sounds a lot the T-Fal facility in town. T-Fal does not make the pots and pans here in Millville. It has the parts shipped in from overseas and workers assemble the pots and pans in the industrial park. Recently, the Millville City Commission approved another $200,000 grant to that company to keep it here.
Both the city and T-Fal have worked hard to keep one of Millville’s largest employers here, despite the loss of a production line and the faltering economy.
Where did the Commission receive the money that was given to T-Fal? How long will it be before MX USA receives a grant from the Commission?
Yeah for 280 jobs coming to town. Yeah for MX USA selecting Millville. I hope I do not read about tax dollars being used to lure the company. I hope I don’t read about how MX USA will not have to pay its taxes in lieu of setting up shop here. I hope I don’t read about grants being given to MX USA to keep it from re-locating. I hope I don’t read that Millville wants to go “green” and wants to purchase panels from MX USA. But yeah, good for 280 jobs.
I wonder if my critique means Carl Johnson is going to be looking for me.
anyone that would have anything bad to say about almost 300 new high-paying jobs in this economy can “suck my dick.”
Sorry guy, I don’t swing that way.
This is scary; Arabs are arranging to price oil in a variety of currencies, none of which are dollars. This is just another step to dismantle USA’s strength . . . I don’t see buying this any time soon. The gadgets folks come up with is amazing though . . . NJ.com reported that Governor Corzine is the #1 contributor of cash to Democratic organizations in 20 of the 21 counties. Are you surprised? . . . Newspapers get the facts wrong. Biden’s appearance in June was not a “surprise” . . . Governor Corzine is touting New Jersey’s rate of solar installations. He thinks its grand. Yet when I attended a conference in the spring discussing New Jersey’s energy issues, NJBUP president Jeanne Fox announced solar is dead in the state . . . Spent some time in the International Spy Museum on Saturday participating in a live-action spy adventure. Very kewl! Can’t wait for the GPS spy adventure that is coming . . . Speaking of DC, had a great time in our nation’s capital . . . I have been mulling over a unique idea to render a clue for a game. I need to flesh it out and then decide which game it will best fit: shutterspot, geocaching, something else . . . Gourmet magazine is to be no more. I used to like that magazine, but I stopped reading it long ago when I stopped reading most mags. Today I subscribe to none . . .
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