According to the BlogNetNews ranking system (which I really don't understand), The Gunpowder Chronicle moved up to the 4th slot this week in the BlogNetNews rankings for Maryland Blogs.  I want to thank everyone that comes to the site to read and perouse my ramblings-- even when you don't agree with me.  Of course, this was made even more special, because Sebaceous Puss -- despite his often claimed/never verified hundreds of thousands of hits and thousands of commenters -- dropped to 6th this week.

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Here are some links to sites who have early versions of the Black Friday Ads:

http://www.blackfridayads.com/

http://bfads.net/

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Beebe Hospital in Lewes is looking at a real, serious lawsuit from the family of a woman who was declared dead an hour after she was admitted.  One problem though:  while in the morgue, someone noticed she was breathing. 

It turns out she was really having a heart attack, and from the care received (or not), she is now suffering "liver damage, chest pain, memory loss, speech problems, and a change in personality, seizures, and permanent neurological injury" according to Fox News.

You can read the whole story here.

Way to go, Beebe!

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I ventured on down to the land of Transchoptankia this Sunday for the annual Peninsula Regional Foundation Golf Classic.  This is the second time I've participated.

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Well, Pizza Hut is whiffing it big time.  I got home from my weekly trip "down the road" to pick up my cigars.  I was pretty hungry on why way home, so I started thinking about what I wanted to eat.  When I got to the house, and kicked on the TV, they were running a commercial for their Tuscani Pastas.  So I said to myself, "Self, I think pasta sounds good. I can save the leftovers for tomorrow and Monday. What a bargain!"

Uh, no. 

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Last Wednesday evening, a good friend of the family -- and a volunteer firefighter to boot -- had a medical emergency involving a family member up here in the Vale of the Gunpowder.  When Medic 60 -- the paid EMS unit for Parkton -- responded to the call, the paramedic on board refused to transport the patient to a Towson hospital, claiming it was "too stormy in Baltimore", and he didn't want to drive there. As a result, the patient was transported to York Hospital in York PA -- an undesirable medical facility if there ever was one.

This is the type of service we can expect from the paid corps of Baltimore County EMS Personnel?

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My position on the ChiCom Olympics has been justified, by the ChiComs themselves!  In the words of Gomer Pyle, USMC-- "Surprise, Surprise!"

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