Category Archives: Current Events

The Great Storm of ’08

Posted on December 26, 2008 by John Hoyle

What we first thought to be gunshots continued unabated throughout the day on Sunday. Our home is surrounded by very tall evergreens of every species and stately old oaks – and we soon realized that our own private forest was … Continue reading →

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More on “news alerts”

Posted on August 14, 2008 by John Hoyle

After publishing the previous article entitled “Watch out for ‘news alerts,’ I did some updated checking to see if either CNN.com or MSNBC.com have acknowledged the problem and have tried to do anything about it. I’m pleased to say that … Continue reading →

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Watch out for “news alerts”

Posted on August 14, 2008 by John Hoyle

Over the past few weeks many of my email accounts, especially Yahoo!Mail and Hotmail.com, have been inundated with messages purporting to be from CNN.com and MSNBC.com. They are “phishing” emails, trying to harvest new active email accounts by either (1)registering … Continue reading →

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My trip to Orange County

Posted on May 12, 2008 by John Hoyle

I’ve just returned from a ten-day trip to Southern California with stops in Marin and Sonoma counties. Although the drive was over 2000 miles round-trip, my old Toyota Camry handled it without complaint and just silently purred along at speeds … Continue reading →

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