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In the second consecutive Adam-Spriggs style of blogging, I bring to you commentary on the latest article concerning the raid of William Jefferson’s office.  I don’t understand a lot about politics, and this situation leaves me even colder than before concerning the subject, but seriously, this is just embarassing.  They need to have a meeting with the Attorney General and the Director of the FBI in order to find out why they raided Jefferson’s office?? Maybe they didn’t hear that they had video-taped evidence of the Louisana senator accepting a bribe, $90,000 of which was found stuffed in his freezer.  This has got to be the only topic in recent history that has gained bi-partisan support, which only proves that democrats are as dirty as republicans.

In other news, we are fully moved to independence, with the help of Tim and Scott Dawson, the Ardreys, and Lee.  We only flooded the place twice, and out of it was borne our new plumbing company Donahue and Donahue.  We already have a sizeable client base as Andy is having a problem with his sink and Dave has a problem with his shower.  Our field of expertise is washer and dryer and hook-up, but we can take a look!

My summer class is over on thursday, and it makes me sad it is so short because the material is fantastic, but these night classes are looooong.  The upside is that I will be able to see my wife again.  Dr. Bratcher is great, I hope I get to take more classes with him in the future.

Just kidding, but this is what I thought when I read the headline, “Web inventor warns of ‘dark’ net.”  This has become an interesting topic of discussion, that basically wants to give priority to internet traffic that can pay for it.  If anything like this happens (with Microsoft and Google allied against it) JoeDonahue.org would take even longer to load than it does now.

Too much has happened to even begin to cover what has happened since I last posted.  Let’s just say that the semester is over, and we went to Maine for a few days.

Today was Birthday Lunch, where our department goes out for lunch together, often times in honor of whoever has a birthday that month.  Today we went to Hereford House, and it was not at all what I was hoping it would be.  It was nice, but I was hoping for that hole-in-the-wall BBQ type of establishment we usually go to.

I also have been getting a TON of spam comments on here.  I have to ‘moderate’ all comments, so none of them actually make it onto the site, but it really drags me down when every time I check my mail I have a dozen new alerts to comments that are all spam.  It was this very thing that caused me to destroy the previous joedonahue.org and set this one up – I really hope I find a way to deal with it or else it will drive me crazy!!

Our anniversary is Sunday, my classes start Monday, and next week we move to Independence. Let the good times roll.

Thanks to Progressive.com for the following information: The 2004 top 10 Most Stolen Cars.
Vehicle Theft Protection2004 Top 10 Most Stolen Vehicles in the U.S.

1. 1995 Honda Civic
2. 1989 Toyota Camry
3. 1991 Honda Accord
4. 1994 Dodge Caravan
5. 1994 Chevrolet Full Size C/K 1500 Pickup
6. 1997 Ford F150 Series
7. 2003 Dodge Ram Pickup
8. 1990 Acura Integra
9. 1988 Toyota Pickup
10. 1991 Nissan Sentra

I could definitely see a group of troubled kids loudly wandering the streets, when they are suddenly stopped and muffled when noticing a shiny rusty ’94 Dodge Caravan parked in someone’s driveway. “Dude, I gotta get me one of those.” They plan for weeks, watching the schedule of the owner, marking down when he leaves in the morning and when he returns at night. One morning, the owner walks out his door, briefcase in one hand and coffee cup in the other. He begins to reach for his keys, as he usually does, but wait… something is wrong… the cup hits the ground as the owner drops to his knees, wailing in anguish, “Not my Caravan!! Nooooooo!!”

The Caravan… is gone.

And I have a weeks’ worth of stubble to prove it. I am really looking forward to shaving tomorrow.

On a brighter side, today was a great wrap-up to Greek, and I feel really ready for the final. Stoked, even. Work was slow, but at least I am doing Web stuff.

Julie and I drove out to Nebraska Furniture Mart today, and scheming for when we move into the new place.

I also have been checking out TigerDirect.com, mostly for a laptop, but also discovered that I could build a new PC for under $200 after rebates.  That’s pretty cool.

There is a new link in the Things that are Awesome page. You should check it.