August 2009
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Chris Short's Sausage Potato Soup
Ingredients
1 lb. Jimmy Dean Sage Pork Sausage * 1 bag Potatoes O’Brien (bag size depends on how much potato you want) 1 Onion, diced 3-5 Cloves of Garlic 1 can of Chicken Broth 2 cups of Water 1 can of Campbell’s Cream of Chicken Soup 1 can of Campbell’s Cream of Celery Soup 2-3 cups of Milk (depending on how much soup you want) Cheddar Cheese (for garnish) Directions
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Pentagon Probes War-Reporter Screening →
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Pentagon Reporter-Screening Crisis Deepens →
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Video blunder lets porn be sold legally to kids... →
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What a disgrace.
Reuters - Retailers who sell children violent or pornographic videos will be immune from prosecution for the next three months after the discovery of a government…
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BreakingNews: NATO says four U.S. soldiers have been killed after an IED detonation in southern Afghanistan.
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CAUGHT ON TAPE: Mario Cuomo criticizes Obama. “A lot has changed this summer, hasn’t it?”
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[Attorney General Eric] Holder has named longtime prosecutor…
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“The failure of the Carter years was, in Reagan’s view, the failure of the man at the helm and the policies he had pursued at home and abroad. […] Read the rest »
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Living with TMJ: Day 10
Day of dealing with Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome (TMJ) was a good one. I had little to complain about. The morning’s early start did little to affect the pain negatively which was a surprise. I ate some eggs, hashbrowns, and toast for breakfast. Lunch was a pulled pork plate with potato salad and coleslaw from Noble Meats which, let’s face it, even if it caused me pain I would...
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Release date: October 20, 2009
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Living with TMJ: Day 9
Today did not start off well for my Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome (TMJ). Last night I laid in bed tossing and turning after taking my Flexeril. I woke up this morning feeling like I get hit by a freight train and I was very much out of it. The pain from the TMJ is there and I don’t want it to be there anymore.
Work started off nice and slow today (by design to some degree). I found...
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