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Hey -
Brian found a press release from the makers of the anti-spam solution we have been working on rolling out that uses a quote of mine.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2003/10/prweb86025.htm
It is a very nice product - but it requires a lot of overhead at the recipient’s end (at least two dedicated servers) but it works beautifully.

Just heard from the realtor. They accepted the offer on the place we liked on Devereaux (not sure that’s the right spelling). We will settle on it on Jan 15th.
Bird has had it described in painful detail but for the rest of you:
This place is in the Wissanoming section of Philadelphia.
It [...]

You are the same today that you are going to be five years from now except for two things: the people with whom you associate and the books you read.
–Charles Jones

From: The Specious Report
WASHINGTON, DC — Unanimous Senate approval has brought the U.S. one step closer to placing a bounty on fraudulent and nuisance emailers. The House is expected to swiftly pass a similar bill next week.
Spam now accounts for over 50% of all email, and costs the U.S. economy an estimated $250 billion each [...]

We got some bad news today… actually it’s been building up since last week.
It turns out that the guy selling the house have a contract to buy is in some deep financial trouble and didn’t bother to tell anyone - including his own real estate agent.
According to the title search results he has two [...]

People I know have been wondering about Splenda/sucralose the no calorie sweetener. I knew that it had been around and in testing for a lot longer than Aspartame ever had but didn’t have the timing down but here it is.
Origin/Discovery of Splenda

SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener (also known as sucralose) was discovered in 1976.
Sucralose received U.S. [...]

From: http://www.winxpnews.com/?id=100

EDITOR’S CORNER
New Taxes On Your Internet Usage?
U.S. lawmakers are at it again - debating issues that will affect you as an Internet user. Even if you don’t live in the United States, these laws might apply to you if you send email to or receive it from the U.S. or do business over the [...]

From: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-103103clone_lat,1,2060689.story?coll=la-home-leftrail
By James Gerstenzang, Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON A senior official of the Food and Drug Administration said today that he saw no reason to place special labels on milk and meat from cloned animals if those products reach grocery shelves.
The comment on labeling added a second controversial element to the FDA’s announcement today that [...]