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Discussed today at the office: Moonshine found in truck stopped for weaving

Why exactly is this noteworthy? From the article:

Honesty FTW.

For many many moons, my beloved Nichole has talked & dreamed about making & selling hair bows for little girls — as a hobby interest first, but also to see if a little bit of money could be made while she was having fun ;) Now, I’m happy to bring you the news that her dream has finally been realized! The Silly Bug Boutique (”clothes, bows, and more for your little ladybug!”) is open for business.

PS: The name (as I’m sure you’re wondering) comes from one of our nicknames for Audrey, “Bug” — “silly Bug”, of course, when she’s being extra-cute & playful.

Her acceptance speech Wednesday night at the RNC was a home run. Better than that. Bigger. Brighter.

As I said to Nichole not 10 minutes into Gov. Palin’s speech, and as I saw on Twitter, on The Corner over at NRO, and various other sites around these here intarwebs: regardless of what goes down in 2008, methinks we’ve just been introduced to the first female President of the United States. Dang, Martha, mah knees be weak! Wooooot! :D

An excerpt from a comment I left at one of my regular reads, wizbang:

So to properly celebrate all of this (even just these possibilities!), I did what any sane person would do when they found themselves excited to be excited again about saying, “NO-bama” in November:
I made t-shirts!

I’m proud to say the design is 99% original. Parts that look official were inspired by some official logos/signage I found online; the only part that wasn’t created from scratch is the star-n-bars. What’s on these shirts is a combination of (1) a close approximation of actual McCain logostuffs, painstakingly recreated by my own hand/mouse, and (2) my own ideas as to what I wanted :)

The text, however, is all mine baby: “Sarah Palin may have stolen my heart, but I’ll give her my vote.”

Obamatron: bring it. Yo’ sorry, “Hopey McChangey”, empty-suit self just got dropped off at the dry cleaners :D

iNumber (http://www.inumbr.com/) offers a free service where you can create a temporary phone number — customizable to your area code, even — and forward it to your real number. As if this capability alone isn’t cool enough, there are several options available for how it works:

While not exactly a new service (they apparently launched in 2006), it seems that it’s finally bubbled around long enough to reach critical mass.

First application I thought of: yet another trick-o-the-trade for eligible club-goers. Cook up a number before the weekend’s outings and give it out to your would-be pursuers. You can still actually receive phone calls (albeit with screening if you so desire), and at the end of the expiration period, the number goes dark for good (prior to which you should have passed on your actual digits to any callers that you, ah, wish to remain in contact with).

Robert and I have had numerous conversations with several couples having their first child on what to register for. I have used quite a few products in the last two years and evaluated their performance. I decided to write some reviews to help you choose the perfect gift (if you get invited to a baby shower) or to help you create your registry.

Things We Could NOT Live Without (in descending order):

10. Dr. Brown’s Bottles: Sure, you might as well get the BPA-free ones, although studies have shown that it really doesn’t matter. BPA is not as harmful as once thought. If your kid insists on physically eating the bottle, then DEFINITELY choose BPA-free;) The price is the same regardless. If you have a baby that has colic, reflux, or constant spit-up, you MUST have these bottles.

Pros: