<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206</id><updated>2011-04-21T17:53:35.671-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Daily Theory on Daily Theory</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>305</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-170046680701631763</id><published>2008-03-17T06:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T00:14:47.976-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Who's next?</title><summary type='text'> Just four days after Bear Stearns Chief Executive Alan Schwartz assured Wall Street that his company was not in trouble, he was forced on Sunday to sell the investment bank to JPMorgan Chase for a price of $2 a share, or $236 million. Here a list of sub-prime related losses from banks so far...Merrill Lynch - $24.5 billionCitigroup - $22.4 billionUBS - $18.4 billionHSBC - $12.4 billionMorgan </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/170046680701631763/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=170046680701631763' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/170046680701631763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/170046680701631763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2008/03/whos-next.html' title='Who&apos;s next?'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pUHquH32zpQ/R95yisT0njI/AAAAAAAAACs/RZ7ZeXzpVbQ/s72-c/sinkingship.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-3513959924559535263</id><published>2008-01-07T06:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T00:14:48.164-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama honored by OWNAA...</title><summary type='text'>A day before the New Hampshire primary, Obama took time out from his 10-point lead over Hillary Clinton to be honored by the One Word Name Association of America (OWNAA) in a private ceremony hosted  by Bono. Obama will soon join the ranks of other one name greats as Cher, Elvis, Madonna, Ophra, Prince, Sinbad and Liberace. Obama is the first presidential candidate to be honored by the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/3513959924559535263/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=3513959924559535263' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/3513959924559535263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/3513959924559535263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2008/01/obama-honored-by-ownaa.html' title='Obama honored by OWNAA...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pUHquH32zpQ/R4I66_jknQI/AAAAAAAAACk/MbLFn1rqUss/s72-c/bono_obama.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-207475670391169508</id><published>2007-12-22T09:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T00:14:48.287-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Memorable exchanges between Arthur Branch and Jack McCoy…</title><summary type='text'>Arthur“Now Jack, if you’re going to be as contrarian as a civil war buff on Veterans day in Vancouver, you might as well hang your hat out to dry 'cause no jury in the world's going to convict when you throw the chicken out with the bathwater.”Jack“Come again?” </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/207475670391169508/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=207475670391169508' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/207475670391169508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/207475670391169508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2007/12/memorable-exchanges-between-arthur.html' title='Memorable exchanges between Arthur Branch and Jack McCoy…'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pUHquH32zpQ/R21FYvjknPI/AAAAAAAAACc/wejkOiojp44/s72-c/Law+and+order+-jack+and.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-1022694870326535308</id><published>2007-07-31T07:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T00:14:48.414-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Ingmar Bergman - (1918-2007)</title><summary type='text'>"They dance away from the dawn and its a solemn dance toward the dark lands, while the rain washes their faces and cleans the salt of the tears from their cheeks." - IB </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/1022694870326535308/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=1022694870326535308' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/1022694870326535308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/1022694870326535308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2007/07/ingmar-bergman-1918-2007.html' title='Ingmar Bergman - (1918-2007)'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pUHquH32zpQ/Rq9N6URvu2I/AAAAAAAAACM/-R2-bVOlzRw/s72-c/dance_of_death.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-5299168319675339899</id><published>2007-07-04T08:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T00:14:48.636-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Subway story #7...</title><summary type='text'>A musician's rare 20th-century violin went missing after he fell asleep in a hot subway station is pleading for its return.Juilliard School graduate Tom Chiu said his $80,000 Scarampella violin and his backpack were stolen June 27th, 2007 after a gig in Brooklyn.Chiu said it was raining and he went into the subway station and fell asleep. When he awoke his bags were gone.He said the violin has </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/5299168319675339899/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=5299168319675339899' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/5299168319675339899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/5299168319675339899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2007/07/subway-story-7.html' title='Subway story #7...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pUHquH32zpQ/Rou_fhEoirI/AAAAAAAAACE/01as0rMDBVw/s72-c/subway+riders.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-8330590318417860526</id><published>2007-05-21T21:39:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T00:14:48.957-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Out of things to buy, Private Equity Firms buy other Private Equity Firms…</title><summary type='text'>Private equity firm Blackstone Partners announced today it would begin buying other Private Equity Firms as a part of a long term strategy of owning all the assets on planet Earth. The news came on the heels of last week's announcement that Manny's Quick Mart on 174th Street in Spanish Harlem would be acquired by Private Equity Firm, TPG Capital, for $1.9 billion dollars. The take over bid was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/8330590318417860526/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=8330590318417860526' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/8330590318417860526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/8330590318417860526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2007/05/out-of-things-to-buy-private-equity.html' title='Out of things to buy, Private Equity Firms buy other Private Equity Firms…'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pUHquH32zpQ/RlJ1Sd73xwI/AAAAAAAAAB8/IUauAPzRuwA/s72-c/bodega.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-7696335528676284112</id><published>2007-05-16T20:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T00:14:49.164-08:00</updated><title type='text'>and down the stretch...</title><summary type='text'>Photo finish of a greyhound race in Tampa, Florida on February 9, 1939.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/7696335528676284112/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=7696335528676284112' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-2284242283766337748</id><published>2007-04-17T20:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T00:14:49.329-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It's all I have to bring today...</title><summary type='text'> It's all I have to bring today—This, and my heart beside—This, and my heart, and all the fields—And all the meadows wide—Be sure you count—should I forget—Some one the sum could tell—This, and my heart, and all the BeesWhich in the Clover dwell.-Emily Dickinson</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/2284242283766337748/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=2284242283766337748' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/2284242283766337748'/><link 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width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-6047254014255466528</id><published>2007-03-02T06:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T00:14:50.393-08:00</updated><title type='text'>And the nominees are...</title><summary type='text'>Stocks had their worst day of trading since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks Tuesday, hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down more than 400 points on a worldwide tide of concern that the U.S. and Chinese economies are stumbling and that share prices have become overinflated. What does this mean for the economy?Absolutely nothing!Regardless, here are the top 5 nominees for best distressed </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/6047254014255466528/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=6047254014255466528' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/6047254014255466528'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/6047254014255466528'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2007/03/top-five-distressed-traders-from.html' title='And the nominees are...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pUHquH32zpQ/Reg8Jly6KGI/AAAAAAAAABA/TXkG37SeTdg/s72-c/distressed_trader.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-2525982534845661909</id><published>2007-02-24T09:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T00:14:50.549-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Essential and Employed...</title><summary type='text'>EssentialShe just wants to keep her essentialsorrow. Everyone wants her tobe happy all the time, but she doesn'twant that for them. There is value inthe thread of sadness in each person.The sobbing child on an airplane, theunhappy woman waiting by the phone,a man staring out the window past hiswife. A violin plays through all of them,one long note held at the beginning andthe end.Employed She </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/2525982534845661909/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=2525982534845661909' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/2525982534845661909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/2525982534845661909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2007/02/essential-and-employed.html' title='Essential and Employed...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pUHquH32zpQ/ReB6J4jqFvI/AAAAAAAAAAM/nv6ngf_1YrY/s72-c/Picture_1421.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-117030029900457872</id><published>2007-01-31T19:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-31T19:30:47.826-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks, Robert Frost</title><summary type='text'>Do you have hope for the future?someone asked Robert Frost, toward the end.Yes, and even for the past, he replied,that it will turn out to have been all rightfor what it was, something we can accept,mistakes made by the selves we had to be,not able to be, perhaps, what we wished,or what looking back half the time it seemswe could so easily have been, or ought...The future, yes, and even for the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/117030029900457872/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=117030029900457872' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/117030029900457872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/117030029900457872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2007/01/thanks-robert-frost.html' title='&lt;em&gt;Thanks, Robert Frost&lt;/em&gt;'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-117013395354437390</id><published>2007-01-29T21:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-29T21:17:56.900-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Barbaro</title><summary type='text'>(April 29, 2003 – January 29, 2007) Sire: Dynaformer Dam: La Ville Rouge Damsire: Carson City Sex: Stallion Foaled: 2003 Country: United States Colour: Bay Breeder: Lael Stables Owner: Roy and Gretchen Jackson Trainer: Michael Matz Record: 7:6-0-0 Earnings: $2,302,200 Major Racing Wins: Laurel Futurity (2005), Florida Derby (2006), Kentucky Derby (2006)Kentucky Derby Highlights:Undefeated going </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/117013395354437390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=117013395354437390' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/117013395354437390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/117013395354437390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2007/01/barbaro.html' title='&lt;strong&gt;Barbaro&lt;/strong&gt;'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-116941543820228367</id><published>2007-01-21T13:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-21T21:13:27.776-08:00</updated><title type='text'>"No matter how much I insist, don't let me keep painting…."</title><summary type='text'>When German painter Paul Klee lived at the Henry Hudson Hotel on 59th &amp; 9th Avenue he hired Fritz Lownbrau to physically remove him from his studio each night.  Klee feared he'd over-paint and kill the art if someone did not stop him.  Lowenbrau's contract was to arrive every night at 9PM (Klee tended to start painting around noon) with a bottle of whiskey and an itinerary that usually involved </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/116941543820228367/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=116941543820228367' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116941543820228367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116941543820228367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2007/01/no-matter-how-much-i-insist-dont-let.html' title='&quot;No matter how much I insist, don&apos;t let me keep painting….&quot;'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-116918388659817705</id><published>2007-01-18T21:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-18T21:18:06.616-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Color of the Sky</title><summary type='text'>Windy today and I feel less than brilliant,driving over the hills from work.There are the dark parts on the roadwhen you pass through clumps of woodand the bright spots where you have a view of the ocean,but that doesn't make the road an allegory.I should call Marie and apologizefor being so boring at dinner last night,but can I really promise not to be that way again?And anyway, I'd rather watch</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/116918388659817705/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=116918388659817705' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116918388659817705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116918388659817705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2007/01/color-of-sky.html' title='A Color of the Sky'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-116749789706875726</id><published>2006-12-30T08:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-30T09:54:17.666-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Hedge Fund Manager still on the loose....</title><summary type='text'>Hedge Fund manager Johnny McManus is still on the loose after committing armed robbery at a Brooklyn bodega yesterday. McManus was last seen by neighbors leaving his South Hampton home at 4AM for Manhattan on what many experts predicted would be the heaviest trading day of the year.  Familiar patrons report seeing McManus sitting alone at Le Cirquec two hours after the opening bell, three </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/116749789706875726/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=116749789706875726' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116749789706875726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116749789706875726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/12/hedge-fund-manager-still-on-loose.html' title='Hedge Fund Manager still on the loose....'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-116744239960089059</id><published>2006-12-29T17:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-29T18:41:53.730-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A horse by any other name...</title><summary type='text'>Kate Winslet, stakes winner in both France and the United States, is apparently in trouble.  The 6-1 odds high-strung 4-year-old ran her best race ever in the Yaddo Stakes at Historic Saratoga Racetrack back in August of 2005. Since that time the Philly has been living it up at all hours in public with the likes of Giacomo, Funny Cide and Smarty Jones at questionable haunts near Hollywood Park.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/116744239960089059/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=116744239960089059' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116744239960089059'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116744239960089059'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/12/horse-by-any-other-name.html' title='A horse by any other name...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-116680268505847702</id><published>2006-12-22T07:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-22T07:51:25.076-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Going home...</title><summary type='text'>"Soon after, I returned home to my family, with a determination to bring them as soon as possible to live in Kentucky, which I esteemed a second paradise, at the risk of my life and fortune..."-Daniel Boone</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/116680268505847702/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=116680268505847702' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116680268505847702'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116680268505847702'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/12/going-home.html' title='Going home...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-116650330344533633</id><published>2006-12-18T20:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-18T20:43:25.940-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Inanition...</title><summary type='text'>"...it comes on me from time to time.  I also detest it in others.  A judge will never forgive a criminal for a crime he is capable of committing himself."-Norman Mailer-</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/116650330344533633/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=116650330344533633' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116650330344533633'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116650330344533633'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/12/inanition.html' title='&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Inanition...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-116607035066841727</id><published>2006-12-13T20:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-13T20:25:50.686-08:00</updated><title type='text'>First they came for the Palm Trees and I did not speak...</title><summary type='text'>After a third consecutive 14-hour day, Cash came home to his junk-mail stuffed "pillar box" recently purchased from Travel Mall magazine.  Taped to the handle of the mailbox was a business card of one Louie Lowenbrau - Director of Tree Inspection.  Hand written on Lowenbrau's card in red were the words, "PALM TREE WILL BE REMOVED"</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/116607035066841727/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=116607035066841727' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116607035066841727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116607035066841727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/12/first-they-came-for-palm-trees-and-i.html' title='First they came for the Palm Trees and I did not speak...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-116589621627096232</id><published>2006-12-11T19:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-11T20:05:32.110-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Great Cathedrals...</title><summary type='text'>Before a date, my college roommateUsed to drive his candy-apple red CamaroDown to the car wash and spend the afternoonWashing, waxing, vacuuming it,Detailing the chrome strips, buffing the fenders,Spraying the big expensive tiresWith their raised white letteringThat said something like Intruder Or Marauder, with a silicone sprayUntil they were slick and dark as sex.He polished that car as if each</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/116589621627096232/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=116589621627096232' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116589621627096232'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116589621627096232'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/12/great-cathedrals.html' title='Great Cathedrals...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-116510291707087577</id><published>2006-12-02T15:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-02T15:45:01.220-08:00</updated><title type='text'>In consumer news...</title><summary type='text'>"One week back in the United States, and I've heard the word Stocking Stuffer 153 times..."Cash Frock</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/116510291707087577/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=116510291707087577' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116510291707087577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116510291707087577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/12/in-consumer-news.html' title='In consumer news...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-116494580218906919</id><published>2006-11-30T19:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-01T08:51:38.753-08:00</updated><title type='text'>This week in the news...</title><summary type='text'>On Tuesday, building management in Fern Creek, Kentucky were busy escorting a flailing man out of an office building shouting, "I did nothing wrong!"  Reports indicate real estate executive, Tad Lowenbrau, was asked to vacate the premises after attempting to tote a Victoria Secret's bag into the office complex where he works."I don't get it," said Tad.  "The secretaries all carry their crap in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/116494580218906919/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=116494580218906919' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116494580218906919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116494580218906919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/11/this-week-in-news.html' title='This week in the news...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-116360123395334079</id><published>2006-11-15T06:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-15T22:42:50.486-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Couldn't help  but think of ole' Sammy Swope...</title><summary type='text'>"Some of the owner men were kind because they hated what they had to do, and some of them were angry because they hated to be cruel, and some of them were cold because they had long  ago found that one could not be an owner unless one were cold."-John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/116360123395334079/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=116360123395334079' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116360123395334079'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116360123395334079'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/11/couldnt-help-but-think-of-ole-sammy.html' title='Couldn&apos;t help  but think of ole&apos; Sammy Swope...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-116351565680665850</id><published>2006-11-14T06:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-15T06:30:34.236-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It's all cyclical....</title><summary type='text'>Winnie Swope's dream was to be a small town New England college professor of Lacanian theory on semi-permanent sabbatical; all the while hammering out publisher-hungry novellas that put Virginia Woolf to shame.  Instead, Winnie choose the less ambitious route, as head of a mezzanine global finance group at Morgan Stanley.   This route was reaffirmed when Random House sent a letter indicating that</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/116351565680665850/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=116351565680665850' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116351565680665850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116351565680665850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/11/its-all-cyclical.html' title='It&apos;s all cyclical....'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-116343007450180893</id><published>2006-11-13T06:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-13T09:06:31.446-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The race is on...</title><summary type='text'>A new kind of colonialism has come into vogue as Hollywood celebrities compete to adopt babies from every country on the planet.  Odds-maker Stevie Lowenbrau (seen here on piano) list the top 10 celebrities most likely to be the first to adopt a baby from Darfor, Sudan:1) Oprah (5-1)2) Madonna (4-1)3) Jennifer Aniston (7-1)4) Jolie (3-1)5) Penelope Cruz(6-1)6) Katie Couric (2-1)7) Katie Holmes (5</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/116343007450180893/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=116343007450180893' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116343007450180893'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116343007450180893'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/11/race-is-on.html' title='The race is on...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-116326629072416813</id><published>2006-11-11T09:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-11T09:31:30.746-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Somewhere near Paramus...</title><summary type='text'>Mildred,I'm positive there are far worse fates than traveling up and down the New Jersey turnpike for three days with your boss.  But as I sit crammed in this mid-sized rent-a-car outside Paramus while he's inside haggling over the lunch bill with a limping gray-haired waitress named Lu-Lu, I just can't think of one.Cash</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/116326629072416813/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=116326629072416813' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116326629072416813'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116326629072416813'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/11/somewhere-near-paramus.html' title='Somewhere near Paramus...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-116267065100094403</id><published>2006-11-04T11:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-11T09:15:12.456-08:00</updated><title type='text'>November...</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/116267065100094403/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=116267065100094403' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116267065100094403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116267065100094403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/11/november.html' title='November...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-116018491880667205</id><published>2006-10-06T18:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-15T20:49:23.236-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cash runs into unexpected company in Culver city...</title><summary type='text'>Yesterday afternoon at a bar in Culver City, I struck up a conversation with this heavily tattooed and disheveled ex-military guy.  He was in pretty bad shape. Unshaved and up for days (probably hitting the meth from what I could tell), he kept talking about how he used to be somebody.  Said his girlfriend just left him.  Said that looking back on the whole thing he was relieved, because she was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/116018491880667205/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=116018491880667205' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116018491880667205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/116018491880667205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/10/cash-runs-into-unexpected-company-in.html' title='Cash runs into unexpected company in Culver city...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-115963395091089815</id><published>2006-09-30T09:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-01T22:38:50.036-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New economic data out of Wall, New Jersey....</title><summary type='text'>The definition of disposal income = the purchase of a Cannondale Tandem Bicyle.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/115963395091089815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=115963395091089815' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115963395091089815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115963395091089815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/09/new-economic-data-out-of-wall-new.html' title='New economic data out of Wall, New Jersey....'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-115889113511442772</id><published>2006-09-21T18:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-21T19:18:55.726-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Only in the 60's...</title><summary type='text'>The Dodgers' salvo of four consecutive home runs in the ninth inning Monday night can only be matched three times in baseball history:June 8th, 1961 -Crosley Field, CincinnatiThe Red's Jim Maloney, with a 10-2 lead in the seventh, gave up home runs to Eddie Mathews and Hank Aaron.  Marshal Bridges relieved Maloney and gave up home runs to Joe Adcock and Frank Thomas on his first two pitches.  The</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/115889113511442772/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=115889113511442772' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115889113511442772'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115889113511442772'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/09/only-in-60s.html' title='Only in the 60&apos;s...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-115782264008676059</id><published>2006-09-09T10:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-09T10:26:10.450-07:00</updated><title type='text'>While staying at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York...</title><summary type='text'>"You know the meeting isn't going that great when boss uses the word "Draconian" five times before the secretary even brings the skoans and coffee..."-Cash Frock-</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/115782264008676059/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=115782264008676059' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115782264008676059'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115782264008676059'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/09/while-staying-at-four-seasons-hotel-in.html' title='While staying at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-115708163539274325</id><published>2006-08-31T20:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-31T21:43:27.240-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New York City...</title><summary type='text'>"For three bills, you got the works: A thin Jewish brunette would pretend to pick you up at the Museum of Modern Art, let you read her master's, get you involved in a screaming quarrel at Elaine's over Freud's conception of women, and then fake a suicide of your choosing - the perfect evening, for some guys. Nice racket. Great town, New York..." -Woody Allen</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/115708163539274325/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=115708163539274325' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115708163539274325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115708163539274325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/08/new-york-city.html' title='New York City...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-115660553038579732</id><published>2006-08-26T07:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-28T19:48:51.376-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Friday night with Cash...</title><summary type='text'>Mil, There is a better fate than returning from Tel Aviv early enough to catch the 5th Race at Hollywood Park.  But at the moment I can't think of one....Summer in L.A. is beginning to wind down quickly.  Cash</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/115660553038579732/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=115660553038579732' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115660553038579732'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115660553038579732'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/08/friday-night-with-cash.html' title='Friday night with Cash...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-115549632644152232</id><published>2006-08-13T12:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-13T12:13:32.470-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Volvo bumper sticker spotted on Interstate 10 near Santa Monica…</title><summary type='text'>"Caution:  Wife of Iraq stationed Marine on board.I already have one loved one at risk, so slow down!"</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/115549632644152232/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=115549632644152232' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115549632644152232'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115549632644152232'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/08/volvo-bumper-sticker-spotted-on.html' title='Volvo bumper sticker spotted on Interstate 10 near Santa Monica…'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-115513075830102533</id><published>2006-08-09T06:26:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-09T19:48:55.656-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Just in case you were thinking of asking for a raise...</title><summary type='text'>Since the end of the 2001 recession, inflation-adjusted  labor cost have been flat.  Meanwhile, corporate profits have doubled.  According to the Commerce Department, U.S. companies raked in cash at an annual rate of $1.5 trillion in the first three months of 2006, an increase of one third since 2003.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/115513075830102533/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=115513075830102533' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115513075830102533'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115513075830102533'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/08/just-in-case-you-were-thinking-of.html' title='Just in case you were thinking of asking for a raise...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-115478815491196685</id><published>2006-08-05T07:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-07T20:00:26.526-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Mixed Blessings of Al Gore...</title><summary type='text'>"First he invents the internet, then he invents global warming? If that's not sophomoric jinks, I don't know what is..." - Cash Frock</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/115478815491196685/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=115478815491196685' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115478815491196685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115478815491196685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/08/mixed-blessings-of-al-gore.html' title='The Mixed Blessings of Al Gore...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-115470025165749102</id><published>2006-08-04T06:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-04T07:04:11.676-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Second day on job, Cash gets transferred to Century City...</title><summary type='text'>Mil, So they transferred me to a parking garage in Century City.  Apparently, Howard Hughes shopping center has enough parking garage attendants.  The biggest difference is that this garage accepts credit cards, while the clientele is mostly entertainment lawyers and bankers.  Quite the contrast from a cash only  parking garage that caters to shopping addicts, teenagers and anyone willing to fork</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/115470025165749102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=115470025165749102' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115470025165749102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115470025165749102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/08/second-day-on-job-cash-gets.html' title='Second day on job, Cash gets transferred to Century City...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-115427729320739132</id><published>2006-07-30T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-30T09:37:36.660-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cash makes a career move...</title><summary type='text'>Mil,I've decided to make a career move. Usually I strive for jobs which have a positive impact on people's lives. But after Falluja and most recently Beirut, I just want a job that will benefit ME.  So, starting Wednesday I officially start my first day as assistant parking garage attendant at the Howard Hughes shopping Center in Los Angeles.Some people think only an idiot would elect to be a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/115427729320739132/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=115427729320739132' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115427729320739132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115427729320739132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/07/cash-makes-career-move.html' title='Cash makes a career move...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-115400786175341206</id><published>2006-07-27T06:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-27T23:47:58.686-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What ever became of Rafe?</title><summary type='text'>I knew this dude from Greenpoint named Rafe McLaughlin who lived in a five story walk-up overlooking the East River.  Rafe used to moonlight for both the Daily News and the New York Post, playing the acting role of the "really upset stock broker."   The business editors from both the papers couldn't get enough of him.  For some reason Rafe's talent for looking completely defeated by the stock </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/115400786175341206/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=115400786175341206' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115400786175341206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115400786175341206'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/07/what-ever-became-of-rafe.html' title='What ever became of Rafe?'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-115348915894487548</id><published>2006-07-21T06:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-21T06:39:18.960-07:00</updated><title type='text'>When Senator's get involved....</title><summary type='text'>U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer on Thursday demanded that federal officials investigate and fix an equipment malfunction that sparked a two-hour power outage at a regional air traffic control facility earlier this week, leaving controllers briefly unable to see or talk with pilots.   The LA Times today reports that controllers lost radio communication with pilots for 15 minutes and that radar scopes were</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/115348915894487548/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=115348915894487548' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115348915894487548'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115348915894487548'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/07/when-senators-get-involved.html' title='When Senator&apos;s get involved....'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-115336911042927725</id><published>2006-07-19T21:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-19T21:18:30.493-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Well now I feel better....</title><summary type='text'>Around 10PM last night, air traffic resumed at LAX.  The associated press pegged the cause on a Palm Dale resident who crashed his car into a light pole.The story has now been retracted.No news source this evening will confirm the cause.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/115336911042927725/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=115336911042927725' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115336911042927725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115336911042927725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/07/well-now-i-feel-better.html' title='Well now I feel better....'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-115327747466731139</id><published>2006-07-18T19:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-18T19:51:14.696-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Guess all that homeland security stuff is finally paying off….</title><summary type='text'>Around 6 PM this evening, a power outage at a radar facility cut communications in and out of Southern California airports, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.   You can hear a pin drop in Playa Del Rey tonight.  Deadcalm.  No 747 Roar...complete silence.Allen Kenitzer, a regional spokesman for the FAA said, "We lost everything. We lost all power to phone lines, computers, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/115327747466731139/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=115327747466731139' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115327747466731139'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115327747466731139'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/07/guess-all-that-homeland-security-stuff.html' title='Guess all that homeland security stuff is finally paying off….'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-115307893664697280</id><published>2006-07-16T12:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-16T12:52:39.203-07:00</updated><title type='text'>It's like what my friend Fred used to say...</title><summary type='text'>Some of the worst atrocities committed on the public are contained in asterisks that read: "Please refer to the accompanying notes which are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements."</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/115307893664697280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=115307893664697280' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115307893664697280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115307893664697280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/07/its-like-what-my-friend-fred-used-to.html' title='It&apos;s like what my friend Fred used to say...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-115286007700634986</id><published>2006-07-13T23:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-13T23:54:37.023-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Everyone can change...</title><summary type='text'>Mr. T shed the piles of gold chains that were his signature look after witnessing the destruction from Hurricane Katrina. "As a spiritual man, I felt it would be a sin against my God for me to wear all that gold again because I spent a lot of time with the less fortunate," the actor said Thursday at the Television Critics Association's summer meeting.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/115286007700634986/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=115286007700634986' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115286007700634986'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115286007700634986'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/07/everyone-can-change.html' title='Everyone can change...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-115232380520943695</id><published>2006-07-07T18:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-07T19:03:01.846-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The summer desert...</title><summary type='text'>Mil, The fires have officially started out West.TV blames the current blaze on bottle rocket fanatic teenagers outside Barstow. As for me...It was suppose to be two beers and a salad.Instead it ended up being three beers and nachos.Hope the summer is treating you well.  All my love from the Inland Empire,CashMariott HotelOntario, California</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/115232380520943695/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=115232380520943695' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115232380520943695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115232380520943695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/07/summer-desert.html' title='The summer desert...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-115216173968666097</id><published>2006-07-05T21:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-06T06:13:03.576-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Kenneth Lee Lay (4/15/42 –  7/5/06)</title><summary type='text'>Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/115216173968666097/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=115216173968666097' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115216173968666097'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115216173968666097'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/07/kenneth-lee-lay-41542-7506.html' title='Kenneth Lee Lay (4/15/42 –  7/5/06)'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-115193460226277006</id><published>2006-07-03T06:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-03T06:54:12.566-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What people in Palos Verdes do when they're not watching TV...</title><summary type='text'>With the now jumbled Mexican elections and the flawed direction of U.S foreign policy, Jacqueline put it upon herself to do her part.  That evening, Law and Order SVU and Grey's Anatomy were sacrificed for uninterrupted concentration, as she placed an ad in the LA Times which read:  "Wanted:  Former Home depot migrant laborer for garden services as well as filing, bill paying and the ability to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/115193460226277006/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=115193460226277006' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115193460226277006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115193460226277006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/07/what-people-in-palos-verdes-do-when.html' title='What people in Palos Verdes do when they&apos;re not watching TV...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-115167532165376953</id><published>2006-06-30T06:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-03T06:54:41.826-07:00</updated><title type='text'>It's like what my friend Fred used to say...</title><summary type='text'>All professional baseball players look like cops, but not all cops look like professional baseball players.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/115167532165376953/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=115167532165376953' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115167532165376953'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115167532165376953'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/06/its-like-what-my-friend-fred-used-to.html' title='It&apos;s like what my friend Fred used to say...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-115158851099597543</id><published>2006-06-29T06:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-29T19:55:14.396-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Advance # 137 since sending a man to the moon...</title><summary type='text'>Notice to all customers in the 310 area code: Starting July 26, 2006 all Verizon customers must begin all calls using 1+ area code + number.  Translation:  No more local calls... EVER. Despite billions of dollars invested over the last decade, the US Telecom Industry advances by making me dial 11 digits instead of 7.For eternity... Thanks!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/115158851099597543/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=115158851099597543' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115158851099597543'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115158851099597543'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/06/advance-137-since-sending-man-to-moon.html' title='Advance # 137 since sending a man to the moon...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-115141565744898846</id><published>2006-06-27T06:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-27T06:44:20.600-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Top 10 spam subject lines for the week ending 6-24-06</title><summary type='text'>1. Is witchcraft actually good?2. Need inspiration?  Get 10 Christian Ring tones3. Take just a candy and become ready for 36 hours of love4. Learn a Language in 10 days5. Get that Natural Tanned Look with Celladerm6. Hoodia WILL Kill your Appetite7. Get It While You Can!! The most potent herb ever discovered is back8. Become a travel agent in one week9. Tell us which is your favorite baby formula</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/115141565744898846/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=115141565744898846' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115141565744898846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115141565744898846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/06/top-10-spam-subject-lines-for-week.html' title='Top 10 spam subject lines for the week ending 6-24-06'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-115046461900676741</id><published>2006-06-16T06:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-16T06:36:23.750-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Thinking back on Dubai...</title><summary type='text'>My old Brooklyn next door neighbor Randy Dubai once told me the only reason he became a cop was for the free coffee and getting to call waitresses by their first name.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/115046461900676741/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=115046461900676741' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115046461900676741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/115046461900676741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/06/thinking-back-on-dubai.html' title='Thinking back on Dubai...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-115011988172720847</id><published>2006-06-12T06:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-13T06:31:20.573-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Just throw a rock...</title><summary type='text'>If you're opening a restaurant on the West Side of Los Angeles, three things NOT to include:Plasma flat screen TV Fried CalamariThe music of the Gypsy Kings</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114986087756108427</id><published>2006-06-09T06:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-09T06:49:44.746-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Only one barber in Virgie, Kentucky...</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114986087756108427/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114986087756108427' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114986087756108427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114986087756108427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114964640704265665</id><published>2006-06-06T18:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-06T19:18:39.386-07:00</updated><title type='text'>"You done paid to see my little Shiloh, yet?"...</title><summary type='text'>HOLLYWOOD - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have sold the first pictures of their new baby, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt for over $4 million, but the prized photos have apparently been leaked on the Internet sources say.People magazine has outbid all other US weekly tabloids for $ 4.1 million to land the Angelina Jolie- Brad Pitt baby Shiloh pictures. All the weekly magazine editors were summoned to the</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114964640704265665/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114964640704265665' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114964640704265665'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114964640704265665'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/06/you-done-paid-to-see-my-little-shiloh.html' title='&quot;You done paid to see my little Shiloh, yet?&quot;...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114795995143339214</id><published>2006-05-18T06:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-19T06:49:29.580-07:00</updated><title type='text'>on second thought...</title><summary type='text'>Lacking basic level algebra skills is no reason to stop paying a Wall Street associate $200,000 a year.  But when the guy at Barns and Noble tries explaining the nuances of his PHD thesis on quantum theory implications in foreign exchange markets post 9-11, I get a little uncomfortable and start to reconsider.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114795995143339214/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114795995143339214' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114795995143339214'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114795995143339214'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/05/on-second-thought.html' title='on second thought...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114787376713770332</id><published>2006-05-17T06:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-17T06:49:27.170-07:00</updated><title type='text'>World Record at Hollywood Park...</title><summary type='text'>Scottsabluff, a 7-1 shot making his first start on turf, set a world record for 5.5 furlongs in winning the $70,800 Bullet on Monday at Hollywood park.  Victor Espinoza rode.Trained by Jeff Mullis for owner D.E. Weir the 4- year old Siberian Summer gelding ran the distance in 1:00.26, beating the favored Talkun and four others by half a length.  The final time bettered the record of 1:00.46 set </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114787376713770332/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114787376713770332' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114787376713770332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114787376713770332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/05/world-record-at-hollywood-park.html' title='World Record at Hollywood Park...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114778740655560228</id><published>2006-05-16T06:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-16T06:51:52.660-07:00</updated><title type='text'>and you still have to tip the guy...</title><summary type='text'>Instead of valet parking, they should call it, "Parking is free on the street, but there is no parking on the street, so we are going to charge you not only for eating over priced pasta, but also for parking your 3 ton SUV on our private piece of concrete.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114778740655560228/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114778740655560228' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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who (i) wins the tour de France 8 times, (ii) takes performance enhancing drugs, (iii) gets cancer, (iv) survives cancer, (v) leaves wife to marry Sheryl Crow who then gets cancer and survives...OR (B) being a white baseball player on the brink of breaking Babe Ruth's homerun record while juiced up on steroids, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114735491550674278/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114735491550674278' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114735491550674278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114735491550674278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/05/when-number-714-is-in-air.html' title='When the number 714 is in the air...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114735426599155689</id><published>2006-05-11T06:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-11T06:43:09.366-07:00</updated><title type='text'>How they finished...</title><summary type='text'>BARBARO stumbled at the start, came up running and leaned in soon after bumping with BOB AND JOHN placing him in tight, raced under light restraint while between horses early, continued five or six wide around the first turn and into the backstretch, raced to the leaders under his own power midway on the far turn, reached the front at the five-sixteenths pole, accelerated quickly to a clear </summary><link rel='replies' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114683589251602136</id><published>2006-05-05T06:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-05T06:31:32.530-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Field for Kentucky Derby 132....</title><summary type='text'>1.  Jazil  2.  Steppenwolfer  3.  Keyed Entry  4.  Sinister Minister  5.  Point Determined    6.  Showing Up    7.  Bob and John  8.  Barbaro    9.  Sharp Humor  10.  A.P. Warrior 11.  Sweetnorthernsaint  12.  Private Vow  13.  Bluegrass Cat 14.  Deputy Glitters  15.  Seaside Retreat 16.  Cause to Believe17.  Lawyer Ron   18.  Brother Derek  19.  Storm Treasure  20.  Flashy Bull</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114683589251602136/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114683589251602136' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114683589251602136'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114683589251602136'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/05/field-for-kentucky-derby-132.html' title='The Field for Kentucky Derby 132....'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114610848958096813</id><published>2006-04-26T20:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-27T06:32:12.056-07:00</updated><title type='text'>She used herself too much in the beginning….</title><summary type='text'>Compliments of Hollywood Park,The first day of the Spring Meet:Heavenly Ransom rallied on the outside on the far turn under jockey Jon Court to win her fourth win in five starts while establishing a stakes record in today's $100,000 Wilshire Handicap as Hollywood Park opened its 67th Spring/Summer Meet.Court, who rode 2005 Wilshire winner Pickle, guided Heavenly Ransom into contention while </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114610848958096813/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114610848958096813' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114610848958096813'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114610848958096813'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/04/she-used-herself-too-much-in-beginning.html' title='She used herself too much in the beginning….'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114536793603654866</id><published>2006-04-18T06:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-18T06:45:36.076-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Wallets in El Segundo...</title><summary type='text'>Per the El Segundo Hearld for the week ending 4-16-06:• Found wallet report was taken at 2257 hours from Aviation Blvd and El Segundo Blvd.  A pink Betty Boop wallet was found.• Found property report was taken at 1849 hours in the ESPD lobby.  Reporting part found a brown wallet in the 400 block of East Imperial Avenue• Lost property report was taken at 1052 hours from the 100 block of Concord </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114536793603654866/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114536793603654866' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114536793603654866'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114536793603654866'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/04/wallets-in-el-segundo.html' title='Wallets in El Segundo...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114528120325543838</id><published>2006-04-17T06:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-17T21:42:31.746-07:00</updated><title type='text'>In LA....</title><summary type='text'>What separates the civilized from the animals is a "bonus room", a  "breakfast nook" and proximity to a pillates studio.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114528120325543838/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114528120325543838' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114528120325543838'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114528120325543838'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/04/in-la.html' title='In LA....'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114506358760063115</id><published>2006-04-14T18:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-14T18:13:07.623-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Race of the Day...</title><summary type='text'>From the rolling springtime hills outside Versailles in Fayette County, Artrie Schiller, who hasn't run since winning the Breeders' Cup Mile at 5-1 last October 29 at Belmont Park, will compete in the $250,000 Marker's Mark today at Keenland.  Garrett Gomez will ride the 5-year old El Prado horse for Timber Bay Farm and Mrs. Thomas Walsh and trainer Jimmy Jerkens in the Grade II at one mile on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114506358760063115/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114506358760063115' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114506358760063115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114506358760063115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/04/race-of-day.html' title='Race of the Day...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114493653699568941</id><published>2006-04-13T06:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-13T06:57:35.686-07:00</updated><title type='text'>"Hey, kid, I'll be back from New York in a couple of days, don't screw this one up..."</title><summary type='text'>The record for most victories at a Santa Anita winter-spring meet is six, a milestone shared only by four thoroughbred.  This afternoon, Fly To The Wire will aim for his 5th victory of the current stand as he faces eight others in the fifth, a $22,000 started allowance at 1/16th mile. Fly to the Wire, claimed for $20,000 by his current owner, has not lost since the day he was claimed.  In all of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114493653699568941/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114493653699568941' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114493653699568941'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114493653699568941'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/04/hey-kid-ill-be-back-from-new-york-in.html' title='&quot;Hey, kid, I&apos;ll be back from New York in a couple of days, don&apos;t screw this one up...&quot;'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114482392993404783</id><published>2006-04-11T23:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-12T06:25:13.960-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Deadly suicide seems a little redundant...</title><summary type='text'>The toll from a deadly suicide bomb attack on a Sunni Muslim prayer meeting rose on Wednesday to 57 in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, where officials said they were on high alert for more violence.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114482392993404783/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114482392993404783' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114482392993404783'/><link 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114467636959332152</id><published>2006-04-10T06:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-10T06:39:29.636-07:00</updated><title type='text'>World population now stands at 6,446,131,400...</title><summary type='text'>but if I leave the house by 6:45, I can still get a decent parking space...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114467636959332152/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114467636959332152' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114467636959332152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114467636959332152'/><link 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Really ruined it for me.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114460306921935290/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114460306921935290' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114460306921935290'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114460306921935290'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/04/marginal-fame-can-do-things-to-man.html' title='Marginal fame can do things to a man...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114441760128489526</id><published>2006-04-07T06:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-07T06:46:41.296-07:00</updated><title type='text'>33 years...</title><summary type='text'>and until last week, never saw the arrow…</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114441760128489526/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114441760128489526' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114441760128489526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114441760128489526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/04/33-years.html' title='33 years...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114432958144568196</id><published>2006-04-06T05:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-06T08:00:44.216-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Community College is more than just high school with ashtrays...</title><summary type='text'>The self-help genre continues to saturate the Community College Book market as "The Things We Do to Make Others Feel Bad about Themselves" debuted in bookstores on Friday beating out "Eat Less, Exercise More" "Fried Food Will Give You a Heart Attack or at Least Diabetes," "Drive Fast, Die Slow," and "Smoking is Bad for You" for the top spot.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114432958144568196/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114432958144568196' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114432958144568196'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114432958144568196'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/04/community-college-is-more-than-just.html' title='Community College is more than just high school with ashtrays...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114407213842753209</id><published>2006-04-03T06:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-04T06:51:52.290-07:00</updated><title type='text'>It really was a second honeymoon...</title><summary type='text'>This time, instead of Cabo in July, we choose Milwaukee in December. Besides that, everything else was the same. Did I mention we brought our daughter Jenni? She's 17 and demands chocolate and cigarettes every three hours. So we brought her grandparents.  But besides that, completely like our honeymoon...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114407213842753209/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114407213842753209' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114407213842753209'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114407213842753209'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/04/it-really-was-second-honeymoon.html' title='It really was a second honeymoon...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114390821903736633</id><published>2006-04-01T08:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-01T11:34:46.770-08:00</updated><title type='text'>What Andy Rooney would say about sugar...</title><summary type='text'>I ran out sugar the other day. So I went to the grocery store. Has anyone checked out what's in sugar these days? Well I did. I have a package right here just in case you've missed it.   Number one ingredient: Sugar...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114390821903736633/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114390821903736633' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114390821903736633'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114390821903736633'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/04/what-andy-rooney-would-say-about-sugar.html' title='What Andy Rooney would say about sugar...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114381686235884208</id><published>2006-03-31T06:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-01T11:39:06.723-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I hate when that happens...</title><summary type='text'>It's awkward when you run into your boss early Sunday morning at the diner and come to learn his wife has taken the kids and moved in with a sister out in Riverside. It's even more awkward to run into your boss three hours later at an Inglewood adult video store parking lot handcuffed and "stabilized" after getting into it with a LAX bomb squad captain over NCAA basketball.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114381686235884208/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114381686235884208' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114381686235884208'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114381686235884208'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/03/i-hate-when-that-happens.html' title='I hate when that happens...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114372972334613376</id><published>2006-03-30T06:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-31T22:51:01.070-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Ten people you can't make fun of for some reason...</title><summary type='text'>Morgan FreemanSheryl CrowTom HanksDick ClarkMelissa EthridgeBeck (post Scientology)Michael J FoxSteven Spielberg (Pre-Munich) Queen Latifa (pre-Wall-Mart commercial)Any actor that has appeared on M.A.S.H.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114372972334613376/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114372972334613376' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114372972334613376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114372972334613376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/03/ten-people-you-cant-make-fun-of-for.html' title='Ten people you can&apos;t make fun of for some reason...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114369367756232553</id><published>2006-03-29T20:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-29T20:42:32.863-08:00</updated><title type='text'>So an Investment Banking Partner turns to his Enron deal team in August of 2001 and says...</title><summary type='text'>"The good news, I'm here till lunch.The bad news...you're working all night to make this stick."</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114369367756232553/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114369367756232553' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114369367756232553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114369367756232553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/03/so-investment-banking-partner-turns-to.html' title='So an Investment Banking Partner turns to his Enron deal team in August of 2001 and says...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114360300357747465</id><published>2006-03-28T19:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-28T19:30:03.590-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Two questions to ask a potential sports addict...</title><summary type='text'>1.  Have you traveled by plane to attend a sporting event in the last six months? 2.  Have you spent over half your monthly salary more than once in a single calendar year on tickets to root for your favorite team?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114360300357747465/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114360300357747465' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114360300357747465'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114360300357747465'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/03/two-questions-to-ask-potential-sports.html' title='Two questions to ask a potential sports addict...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114351899331123967</id><published>2006-03-27T20:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-27T20:12:10.246-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Is the moon really that inspiring?</title><summary type='text'>"For the first time since 1972, the United States is planning to fly to the moon, but instead of a quick, Apollo-like visit, astronauts intend to build a permanent base and live there while they prepare what may be the most ambitious undertaking in history: putting humans on Mars..." - Washington Post - 3/27/2006</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114351899331123967/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114351899331123967' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114351899331123967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114351899331123967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/03/is-moon-really-that-inspiring.html' title='Is the moon really that inspiring?'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114265226797396948</id><published>2006-03-17T19:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-17T19:27:12.690-08:00</updated><title type='text'>While you're basking in Brackets, St. Patricks Day and other distractions of the solstice…</title><summary type='text'>Here's the road to The 132nd Running of The Kentucky Derby:(Mark your calendars with cigarettes, coffee and bourbon - you're gonna need it)3/18 SASan Felipe StakesG2 1 1/16m 3/18 Tampa Bay DerbyG3 1 1/16m 3/18 Aqu Gotham StakesG3 1 1/16m 3/18 OP Rebel StakesG3 1 1/16m 3/25 TP Lane's End StakesG2 1 1/8m 3/25 TP Rushaway Stakes1 1/16m 3/25 NAS U.A.E. DerbyG2 1 1/4m 3/25 Lrl Private Terms Stakes 1m </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114265226797396948/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114265226797396948' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114265226797396948'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114265226797396948'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/03/while-youre-basking-in-brackets-st.html' title='While you&apos;re basking in Brackets, St. Patricks Day and other distractions of the solstice…'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114221974798883023</id><published>2006-03-12T18:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-12T19:23:27.516-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Get ready to drink a lot of water....</title><summary type='text'>Monday, March 13th marks the superfecta of office talk...In copy room suck holes everywhere across America (while breathing toxic xerox fumes) Corporate America braces for what is being hailed the Superbowl Sunday of Water Cooler Talk:  1.  The Brackets..2.  The season premier of the Sopranos3.  Is Britany pregnant again?4.  Who killed Milosevic?(distant fourth)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114221974798883023/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114221974798883023' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114221974798883023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114221974798883023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/03/get-ready-to-drink-lot-of-water.html' title='Get ready to drink a lot of water....'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114187671932614447</id><published>2006-03-08T19:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-08T20:29:29.883-08:00</updated><title type='text'>When the Socratic method proves itself inefficient...</title><summary type='text'>Askin' for coffee always responds back with a question.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114187671932614447/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114187671932614447' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114187671932614447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114187671932614447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/03/when-socratic-method-proves-itself.html' title='When the Socratic method proves itself inefficient...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114165587592918645</id><published>2006-03-06T06:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-06T06:37:55.980-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Oscar winners tend to thank a lot of people.  Among the most common are lawyers, political figures, producers, writers, actors, siblings, parents, children, dead people, entire ethnicities, entire countries,God and more often than not:  Sir Anthony Hopkins.  For once I'd just like to hear the phrase, "and most importantly, I'd like to thank J.P Morgan Chase and Citicorp.  For without their love </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114165587592918645/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114165587592918645' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114165587592918645'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114165587592918645'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/03/oscar-winners-tend-to-thank-lot-of.html' title=''/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114135254103624663</id><published>2006-03-02T17:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-03T05:56:05.700-08:00</updated><title type='text'>This week's 10 best SPAM subject lines...</title><summary type='text'>*Get Ms Packman in your living Room*Find other single Christians looking for love*Papers of Huggies, which is the better diaper?*You won…*Smell your best, for less*Get the pink juicy sidekick II*Brag about your Louis Vuitton bag*The Government has money waiting for you*Aracade Rock star David Rosenthal*Take just a candy and become ready for 36 hours of love</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114135254103624663/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114135254103624663' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114135254103624663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114135254103624663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/03/this-weeks-10-best-spam-subject-lines.html' title='This week&apos;s 10 best SPAM subject lines...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114118183610285802</id><published>2006-02-28T18:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-28T18:57:16.116-08:00</updated><title type='text'>One hell of a Fat Tuesday….</title><summary type='text'>Most Viewed News Stories From Yahoo News Headlines:Barry Bonds Impersonates Paula Abdul  - (one hour ago )Supreme Court Backs Abortion Protesters  -(3 hours ago)Bush denies Iraq heading toward  (2 hours ago)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114118183610285802/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114118183610285802' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114118183610285802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114118183610285802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/02/one-hell-of-fat-tuesday.html' title='One hell of a Fat Tuesday….'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114079334181875993</id><published>2006-02-24T06:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-24T07:02:21.833-08:00</updated><title type='text'>How many times have you heard this one...</title><summary type='text'>"She taught us a lot about basketball, but more importantly, she taught us a lot about life"</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114079334181875993/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114079334181875993' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114079334181875993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114079334181875993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/02/how-many-times-have-you-heard-this-one.html' title='How many times have you heard this one...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114018702985465817</id><published>2006-02-17T06:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-17T06:37:09.856-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Can't let it go...</title><summary type='text'>Bets on who has the bigger messiah complex?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114018702985465817/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114018702985465817' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114018702985465817'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114018702985465817'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/02/cant-let-it-go.html' title='Can&apos;t let it go...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-114014690617302270</id><published>2006-02-16T19:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-17T06:34:24.080-08:00</updated><title type='text'>This is what happens when critically acclaimed critics decide to have kids...</title><summary type='text'>For the week ending 2/12/06, COPS placed #60 in  Nielsen ratings.  Here are some of the shows it beat out:Arrested Development (#106)Family Guy (#62)Everybody Hates Chris (#90)Scrubs (#63)American Dad (#72)Malcolm in the Middle (#101)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/114014690617302270/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=114014690617302270' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114014690617302270'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/114014690617302270'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/02/this-is-what-happens-when-critically.html' title='This is what happens when critically acclaimed critics decide to have kids...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-113958307221794413</id><published>2006-02-10T06:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-10T16:33:20.913-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Plural of Grammy is Grammies...</title><summary type='text'>Mr. Bono,Ya got another 8 freakin grammies for an album that's been out since 2004...That's 20 grammies in total...and...There hasn't been such gridlock in downtown LA since you made that ripoff Beatles video for, "Streets have no name.."So sit down...Give someone else a shot...Run for president of a small country...Save children from starving...Develop more efficient solar energy alternatives...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/113958307221794413/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=113958307221794413' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/113958307221794413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/113958307221794413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/02/plural-of-grammy-is-grammies.html' title='The Plural of Grammy is Grammies...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-113910231654878839</id><published>2006-02-04T17:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-05T08:27:56.086-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Dear Scarlett,I don't care if they do have the best calamari in Santa Monica, I'm not going to no sports bar to watch the super bowl...-Cash-</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/113910231654878839/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=113910231654878839' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/113910231654878839'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/113910231654878839'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/02/dear-scarlett-i-dont-care-if-they-do.html' title=''/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-113876344182495656</id><published>2006-01-31T19:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-01T06:46:13.170-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Exxon, the world's largest publicly traded oil company by market value, announced a  quarterly (Sept. 30th 2005 - Dec. 31, 2005) profit of $9.92 billion (up from $8.42 billion for the same three - month period a year ago).  That's $80,842 dollars profit per minute For the entire year of 2005, Exxon earned $36.1 billion profit.  According to the LA Times, this is equal to the combined gross </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/113876344182495656/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=113876344182495656' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/113876344182495656'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/113876344182495656'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/01/exxon-worlds-largest-publicly-traded.html' title=''/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-113871901964282792</id><published>2006-01-31T06:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-31T09:17:44.906-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Last day on the job...</title><summary type='text'>After cleaning out his desk and erasing suspect emails, Alan Greenspan was determined to finished up one last piece of lingering business that has long left the experts stumped.  At 9:00 AM, Mr. Greenspan announced a new market value methodology geared specifically for real estate investment in Los Angeles County.  To the applause of Wall Street analyst everywhere, Mr. Greenspan proposed,"The </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/113871901964282792/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=113871901964282792' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/113871901964282792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/113871901964282792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/01/last-day-on-job.html' title='Last day on the job...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-113838868130557556</id><published>2006-01-27T10:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-27T11:04:41.346-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm just here to get my baby out of jail...</title><summary type='text'>LEXINGTON, Ky. - The wife of pro golfer John Daly has reported to prison for a five-month sentence on a federal charge involving a drug ring and an illegal gambling operation. Prosecutors say the two-time major champion didn't know about his wife's activities, which took place between 1996-02. John met Sherrie (wife #4) at a tournament in Memphis, Tenn., in 2001 and married her seven weeks </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/113838868130557556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=113838868130557556' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/113838868130557556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/113838868130557556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/01/im-just-here-to-get-my-baby-out-of.html' title='I&apos;m just here to get my baby out of jail...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-113808289888707186</id><published>2006-01-23T22:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-24T10:40:35.486-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cash has strange night at last week's Golden Globes...</title><summary type='text'>Mildred, Last Monday night I got stuck working intelligence at the Golden Globes.  Even with all the chatty conversation, not a bad gig.Highlights:When Abu-Assad returned to his celebrity filled table all anyone could say was how passe Kabala had become in the last six months.  George Clooney remained fixated on his kneecaps while twiddling his thumbs and slowly explaining to Mickey Rourke the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/113808289888707186/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=113808289888707186' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/113808289888707186'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/113808289888707186'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/01/cash-has-strange-night-at-last-weeks.html' title='Cash has strange night at last week&apos;s Golden Globes...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-113779347279522261</id><published>2006-01-20T13:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-21T08:32:57.763-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Awkward social moment of the week award goes to...</title><summary type='text'>Bringing new meaning to the phrase, "You'll never work in this town again," the award overwhelmingly goes to Abu Assad for winning best Foreign Film at the 63rd Annual Golden Globes for "Paradise Now."In his acceptance speech, Abu-Assad thanked Warner Independent Pictures for "having the courage to distribute the film in America" and told the Hollywood-elite packed theater that the film </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/113779347279522261/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=113779347279522261' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/113779347279522261'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/113779347279522261'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/01/awkward-social-moment-of-week-award.html' title='Awkward social moment of the week award goes to...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-113763973093154367</id><published>2006-01-18T18:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-18T23:03:43.533-08:00</updated><title type='text'>One could do worse than be at home with Sophia Loren in Naples, Italy - 1955.</title><summary type='text'>Mildred,Monterey Park is not anything it's cracked up to be.   Come to think of it, Monterey Park was never really cracked up to be anything except maybe decent Chinese food at 3AM.Long story short, I spent nine hours of my existence today in corporate purgatory listening to the gospel according to the US Patriot Act.  Security at the facility made Israel's procedures seem as lax as Cleveland </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/113763973093154367/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=113763973093154367' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/113763973093154367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/113763973093154367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/01/one-could-do-worse-than-be-at-home.html' title='One could do worse than be at home with Sophia Loren in Naples, Italy - 1955.'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-113721020652470265</id><published>2006-01-13T19:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-13T19:43:26.536-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm going to go out on a limb here...</title><summary type='text'>Brokeback Mountain is probably going to win an award...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/113721020652470265/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=113721020652470265' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/113721020652470265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/113721020652470265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/01/im-going-to-go-out-on-limb-here.html' title='I&apos;m going to go out on a limb here...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-113707655450516620</id><published>2006-01-12T06:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-12T21:07:02.443-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>"Liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them..." - Lenny Bruce-</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/113707655450516620/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=113707655450516620' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/113707655450516620'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/113707655450516620'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/01/liberals-can-understand-everything-but.html' title=''/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5959206.post-113665553720954540</id><published>2006-01-07T09:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-07T09:42:40.623-08:00</updated><title type='text'>And now a message from ACW...</title><summary type='text'>5 good reasons to purchase an ACW alarm system:1 out of 5 homes will experience a burglary, fire, or carbon monoxide poisoning within the next 6 years.  (We were going to source our data, but that would take a long time.)1 out of 3 homes will have a medical emergency this year. (Medical emergencies defined as - "running out of cigarettes at 4:30AM when all the stores are closed.")38% of assaults </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/feeds/113665553720954540/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5959206&amp;postID=113665553720954540' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/113665553720954540'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5959206/posts/default/113665553720954540'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dhirvin.blogspot.com/2006/01/and-now-message-from-acw.html' title='And now a message from ACW...'/><author><name>DH</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11399998002216873393</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
