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Due to the positive feedback for our original “101 things” article, I’ve created a sequel to tickle your imagination bone.

Hi,New Colorway Karen sent around an email today: "I was just looking at the Jimmy Beans Wool website (my favorite online yarn shop). They have their own limited edition colorways of Lornas Laces Yarns: the new colorway is called Roadside Gerry, after Annie Modesitt's husband Gerry." This is part of a new special collection called Color Commentary. Others featured in the collection include Frankli

I list Short-Sales.  As I type this, I can sense the shivers of dread running down your spine and, you're right, they are time-consuming, frustrating and downright grueling to get closed.  The trial of lender negotiations and our role as the sole person between the seller and potential foreclosure is not the purpose of this post. I want to share two quick stories that I call Life Lessons

Bandai will release Pokemon Kids Kimewaza : Attacks Learned (also known as Move) DP series 2 in the end of March 2009. Will upload the photo later. As for previous 'Attacks learned' items, please refer to series 07, 08 and DP.#131 Lapras (Perish Song)#392 Infernape (Flare Blitz)#394 Prinplup (Metal Claw)#397 Staravia (Brave Bird)#404 Luxio (Thunder Fang)#407 Roserade (Swords Dance)#408 Cranidos (Z

Yesterday afternoon T. and I snuck in a quick trip to the grocery store before we picked L. up from school. During final exams week, our house not only falls into a state of messiness and clutter (who can clean when you're knee-deep in grading?), but we tend to run out of necessities like food. While we were trying to find some bakery bread for L.'s lunch, T. spied a gingerbread house making kit.

Agence France Presse and the Associated Press are reporting that Belgian authorities have arrested 14 suspected Al Qaeda terrorists including a jihadi who was allegedly planning a suicide attack. Sixteen raids were executed by 242 police officers in Brussels and in the eastern city of Liege. Security and judicial sources described the arrests as the “most important anti-terrorism operation i

If only for one game, the San Diego Chargers showed how it is supposed to look. The running game set the tempo, the defense forced turnovers, and the team made just enough big plays to turn the game into a laugher. Here’s a look at 10 things we learned from this long overdue performance.

Earlier this week I encountered some slippery roads which caused the anti-lock brakes on my car to kick in during a sudden stop. When I first felt the car sliding my temptation was to pump the brakes because that's what I was taught to do when I learned how to drive. But before I even had a chance to pump the brakes I heard the familiar grinding sound of the anti-lock brakes and realized that the

This is a great video to help with you understand this present real estate market cycle. Tomorrow, I will be posting Part 2 of my Wilmington Real Estate Market Update. Check out Part 1 below if you missed it. Wilmington NC Real Estate Market Statistics: December’s 2008 Market Snapshot by Price Range | Part 1 Posted in Understanding Real [...]

I don't have a long standing relationship with turkeys. I've dated a few in my life..but those are stories for another day. So when I think of Thanksgiving, I'm suddenly 9 years old again. My mother is busy in the kitchen cooking all the family favorites, there's a fire in the fireplace, friends of the family are there, and life is good. After dinner, there's ambrosia and fresh made coconut cake f

Today I have a guest post from Kelly Kilpatrick, who writes on the subject of dating sites.  As I take a break from posting, here are some tips when it comes to getting back out there in the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

One of my hobbies/jobs is to spend a great amount of time on the internet. I answer many emails each day and I work updating our webpages. I have probably seen hundreds of videos from mission trips, churches and ministries but I have found one video that has opened my eyes to how low our society has fallen. There are almost 4,000 abortions each day in the U.S alone. Thousands of parents each y

I’m a huge fan of college football. I keep up with the University of Texas Longhorns and a hand full of other teams. I read all of their articles and I am on the message boards. I even keep up with the recruiting through out the year. This Presidential election was interesting to say the [...]

Hey there. I received this in my inbox today and I started twitching. lol Brought me back to the days when I was a lad. I'm sure I'm not the only one. For those of you that don't read or speak Spanish, I left a very "loose" translation underneath. For those of you that do speak and understand, I'm sure you've heard more than one of these phrases from your mother. Enjoy.The Great things moth

Earlier this month I had the opportunity to attend an overnight workshop which involved working with horses. Let me be clear, this was not a horse training or riding class, but rather a personal development workshop that incorporated horses into the process as co-facilitators.   What I ended up learning was not only a lot about myself, [...]

Yesterday I slept approximately 18 hours in a 24 hour period...I was aching all over..I had the chills..I felt pain everywhere and throughout my body...I thought I had a severe flu bug and I probably did. Sunday I was treated to a full spa day..which included a  total body massage..luxurious...enjoyable until I got sick. The masseuse warned me to drink plenty of water..wouldn't you know it...

Ron Pollack posted a message “Real estate developer. Experienced investor. As a child, growing up in Detroit, MI, learned computers and excelled in math at an early age. Aspired to be an architect and worked part-time in the family real estate business. However, in college, turned focus towards finance. After graduate school,...” Monday at 12:32 pm - Comment - Like

The NEFA Foundation has released a new report by NEFA Senior Investigator Douglas Farah titled "Lessons Learned from the Campaign Against the FARC in Colombia." This paper is the fourth NEFA Foundation report on the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia-FARC), Latin America's oldest and largest insurgency. The FARC was designated a terrorist organizati

Well, it's been two years now since I first walked in the doors of Foster BJJ. Last year, for my first anniversary of BJJ, I posted the things I Wish I'd Known When I Started. For year number two, I thought I'd go over a few things I've learned over the last year.First, community is important. I've learned over the last year that it's important, at least to me, to give back as I can to the BJJ com

Image by Sailing “Footprints: Real to Reel” (Ronn ashore) via FlickrAs I wade through a bunch of comments on a number of systems, what is coming to mind are some of the most important things I have learned about blogging. While these are in no particular order, this is not a top 10 list; they [...]

I just learned that Barack Obama and former RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman were in the same class at Harvard Law; they have a longstanding relationship and know each other well. I would be interested to see an interview with Ken Mehlman on his experiences with and impression of the young Obama at Harvard, yet Mehlman has been strangely silent about this "longstanding relationship" according to the WSJ.

I've been on Twitter for several months now, and as my list of followers keeps growing, I occasionally get asked "How do you get so many followers?"  It's a bit hard to explain in 140 characters (the limit on Twitter), so I kept saying I'd write a post about it some day...  Now that I've got an Active Rain account, I figured I'd make my experience with Twitter my inaugural post. I have

Everyone knows him or at least wants to get to know him..for me I have admired from afar.  I've watched his video's...read his posts but most of all..I've taken many of his pointers..to help me become a better blogger. I chit chat with Rocky from time to time and seem to have the same crush on her as I do him.... and sometimes I was lucky hearing him in the background..but going to NAR I was

The greatest strength can be obtained from fixing the largest problems.  In the usual retrospective look towards our past calls, we find that GGP and LVS have both been called out by our weekly scanner.  Looking back at what we were thinking regarding General Growth Properties and Las Veags Sands we can't help but wonder [...]

What can you learn from attending a conference? How can you apply what you learned to your future business? ThinAirSummit took place this past weekend in Denver, and was a huge success. I spoke at the first breakout session, which gave me a chance to attend and learn from a variety of other speakers. [...]

Blog Tips- With the USA elections comfortably behind us, it's a good time to take stock of what occurred and how we (great bloggers) can learn from the election process....

So, it has been for freaking EVER. It's been election time. And now it's election day. And now we wait all day and night to have these votes counted. It's incredibly exhausting for me, to say nothing of those who have to cover this stuff in the news ad nauseam. But upon resolutely locking myself in front of CNN both on TV and my laptop this evening, I saw something really new and fun- big techy ga

Gabriella Lucia Cilmi[1] is a multi ARIA award-winning Australian singer and songwriter. She is best known for her debut single "Sweet About Me", released in March 2008.()Tracklist : 01. Save The Lies02. Sweet About Me03. Sanctuary04. Einstein05. Got No Place To Go06. Don't Wanna Go To Bed Now07. Messy08. Awkward Game09. Safer10. Cigarettes And Lies11. Terrifying12. Sit In The Blues13. Echo BeachD

The claim is that the Boston Career Forum is the world’s largest Japanese-English bilingual job fair, and I took a day off from school to head to Boston and see myself what it involved. I figured it would be a sizable event where I would be able to tout my language knowledge and head home [...]

On October 1st I set a goal to lose 20 lbs by October 31st. I ended up being 6 lbs short of reaching my goal, but I’d hardly call this month a failure as far as my health is concerned. I learned a great deal about self-discipline in the realm of food control, which I’d [...]

Photo of Bandai Pokemon Kids Attacks Learned (aka Move) DP series is uploading to the previous article. All of them are dynamic posing, line is#026 Raichu, #150 Mewtwo, #321 Wailord, #388 Grotle, #389 Torterra,#393 Piplup, #395 Empoleon, #396 Starly, #416 Vespiquen, #424 Ambipom,#433 Chingling, #447 Riolu, #452 Drapion, #453 Croagunk, #492 Shaymin (land)

When Balanced Attack won the feature at Laurel yesterday, it marked the 50th win for our partnership G-Biscuit Stable LLC. For the year we have won 18 races in 52 starts (35%) and have been in the money 69%. An hour later we grabbed our 51st win for the year at Hawthorne and that win [...]

All parents go insane and hyper upset when their child is in the hospital. My niece is currently in ICU with a disease I'm hearing for the first time. Kawasaki Disease. She's the youngest in the family and a precious daughter of her parents. When I say precious I mean really precious. Her dad is over protective of her even towards us relatives. Carrying her for a moment send eye signals to you fr

All parents go insane and hyper upset when their child is in the hospital. My niece is currently in ICU with a disease I'm hearing for the first time. Kawasaki Disease. She's the youngest in the family and a precious daughter of her parents. When I say precious I mean really precious. Her dad is over protective of her even towards us relatives. Carrying her for a moment send eye signals to you fr

I learned a new term... BALK.  I'd never heard of this before.  I played softball as a girl, but nope, never heard this.    balk  (bôk) v.intr. 1. To stop short and refuse to go on: The horse balked at the jump.2. To refuse obstinately or abruptly: She balked at the very idea of compromise.3.      a. Sports To make an incomplete or misleadin

Had a pretty interesting and eventful night tonight. First up, I had a little chat with the guy behind the upcoming horror site Benevolent Street, which is a site i'm gonna be writing for once it's all up. There's nothing on there yet, but he said it's beginning to take shape and should be all set fairly soon. So keep that bookmarked and i'll keep you posted when that gets up and running and I

So who can we trust to anticipate the future in the markets? It looks like no one. The New York Times, October 26, 2008 ECONOMIC VIEW But Have We Learned Enough? By N. GREGORY MANKIW LIKE most economists, those at the International Monetary Fund are lowering their growth forecasts. The financial turmoil gripping Wall Street will probably spill over onto every [...]

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Have you ever been so blind-sided by a friend's comments or behavior toward you that you find it hard to just "let it go"? I have, a few times actually. And being the Virgo that I am I mull things over and over and then, just for good measure, I mull it once again. I think that drives Babe crazy because he's only like that about business and money stuff, whereas 'people' seem easy for

1. The depth of my own ignorance. To sound blatantly cliche-ish, the more I read, the more I realize how much I haven't read. The more I know, the more I realize how much I don't know, and how much I will never know. I can echo Will Durant when he says, "Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance." And I can see why the preacher warned, "the writing of many books is endless, and esc

The very first Fashion Week in San Diego, touted as "The world's only Bi-National Fashion Week" came and went like a blink of the eye. That's because Fashion Week San Diego wasn't actually a whole week! It turned into a four-day event - some might call it a nightmare while others might say it was OK for a first-time event. Whatever it was, there's so much to learn from Fashion Week San Diego from

If it’s true teams learn more in defeat than victory, then the Chargers players are quickly becoming bastions of knowledge. SDBoltReport.com’s Michael Lombardo examines 10 things the Chargers learned through their bungle in Buffalo as they look ahead with hopes of schooling the Saints.

I'm not liveblogging this time (I would have, but I've fallen behind in my viewing of "The Rachel Zoe Project" so I was watching a several-weeks-old episode and the whole immediacy thing seemed a little irrelevant). But I have not lost my desire to watch this surprisingly intimate portrait of the mega-stylist, and, since my understanding of the Rachel Zoe phenomenon is deepening (as well as my inc

I've learned....That life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.I've learned....That we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for.I've learned....That money doesn't buy class.I've learned....That it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.I've learned...That under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be apprec

Gabriella Cilmi, com apenas 17 anos acabados de fazer, é uma das grandes revelações deste ano. A sua música tem sido bastante aclamada, tendo influência de pop e jazz.Uma grande voz… Não conhece? Veja o vídeo do You Tube em baixo, de certeza que conhece…01. Save The Lies02. Sweet About Me03. Sanctuary04. Einstein05. Got No Place To Go06. Don’t Wanna Go To Bed Now07. Awkward Game08. Sa

Ooooh. Is so big!Svetlana gives Jasper's belly a poke. He giggles.Is big baby. Is happy baby! He grabs her finger and yanks it into his mouth. And strong!I shrug. I know that he's big and strong. I am, after all, the one holding him. With difficulty.This is why you are post-traumatic stress. This is big boy who make big entrance. He come fast, he is big, it is BLAM, and you are stress.I nod. That'

A parent told me a few days ago that I have the patience of Job working with the judo kids. I don’t know about that, but I can tell a difference in myself since teaching the kids’ class for a year or so. It was tough for the first couple of months last year, dealing with the chaos. It was two or three months before I really started having more fun than trials. I have learned a few things…It

I've been working on documentation for SSc4.3 Alternative Transportation - Low Emitting and Fuel Efficient Vehicles and SSc4.4 Alternative Transportation - Parking Capacity. We're providing less parking than is typically required and providing preferred parking for both carpoolers (5% of all spaces) and Low-Emitting Vehicles (LEVs - another 5% of all spaces) for total of 10% required preferred pa

Ever since Coca-Cola Light, or Diet Coke as you know it, was launched in Finland at 1984, I have been a Silver Can Girl. But it wasn't until last Friday that I learned the terminology right - "red can" versus "silver can" - and now the "black can".Part of our Eleven Moms tour in Bentonville was visiting the Coca-Cola's office, and also the Walmart's Innovations Lab, where Coca-Cola showed us thei

1) Success is not forever, and Failure is not fatal - Don Shula That piece of advice from the greatest NFL coach of all time applies to all walks of life. I’m sure that all of us have had moments where we need to hear things like that quote. Tonight, The New York Giants found out [...]

If you standing and waiting for an elevator, and that elevator happens to be located next to the toilets, one learns just how many (or how few) people wash their hands after doing their business.

We have yet to see the full effects of the crisis on the real economy, main street. We are past speaking about recession, too many are speaking about “DEPRESSION”. Why should that surprise us when banks are failing. Too many people think this will be over in 1 year. All one has to do is look at Japan. Japan’s banking crisis, for example, proved to be much worse than expected partly because t

It is still something, people love to blog about: User Account Control. It is one of the most discussed features in Windows Vista. Now, our engineering team published a blog about the learnings and a few things about what we are going to do in Windows 7 based on the learnings: -account-control.aspx Roger

For the past 4 years i have been doing viral marketing and search engine optimization for several websites. Today i thought that i will share what i have learned with regard to viral marketing through my personal blog. Hope the tips and information on viral marketing and search engine optimization will be helpful for you. [...]

How not to discover that your two year old can open the baby gate? Turn your back and come back to discover your crying baby on the floor at the bottom of the stairs. Post Script - She’s okay. The stairs are heavily carpeted at Grandma’s house and she only cried for a minute. [...]

Stress sucks! Many studies show that workplace stress can (and does) contribute to cardiovascualr disease (congestive heart failure, aneurysm, etc.), musculoskeletal disorders (back and upper extremity problems), and psychological disorders (depression, anxiety, etc.).  Got your attention yet? "What I've Learned from Stress" is the topic of this group writing project from High Calling Blogs.

So we have spent the last week in New England traveling for vacation with my one year old son, pregnant, my husband and in-laws. They have been very wonderful and generous through out the whole trip. We went to many little towns, sailing, hiking, canoeing, and just enjoying the experience. But I learned in Maine this week... 1. Most of Maine doesn't use Cingular/ AT&T. They all have us cellul

What is the single most important thing I've learned over the past year? Well, it never cross into my mind to have a time of self-reflection before I found this question in this post.

"What would be the one thing you learned that you didn't expect from homeschooling?" That's the question being asked at the Heart of the Matter today.Mr. Ferrero Rocher and I are pretty lucky. We were both homeschooled for high school, so when we fell in love, married, and started having our children it was an easy decision for us to homeschool them. We've both experienced public school and homesc

One of the major reasons for failure of many forex.php" class="wlink">forex.php" class="wlink">forex (FX) traders is that they blindly follow the trading strategies of market leaders and attempt to replicate their actions. This is absolutely a wrong approach and should be resurrected as soon as possible. When you ask a novice forex trader their strategy, they will immediately inform you about an i

Recently I decided that I wanted start working on a photo essay. I spent 10+ hours & took 1000+ pictures covering the two day event known as The Sego Festival. These are things that I’ve learned from the experience. I only have one SD card, it’s 2 gigs and holds 187 photos. For the most [...]

10) Its a good idea to offer a guy a scholarship if it will help you land Jacquizz Rodgers. Its an even better idea if the guy turns out to be productive himself. And USC is just another Pac 10 team.9) Tulsa, not East Carolina, is the potential BCS buster from Conference USA. The Golden Hurricane will score 700+ points this year and doesn't have anyone on the schedule that can put up those kind

 5 things I learned this week 1. Some people see a problem in every solution; others see a solution for every problem.2. Look for the best in every situation and you'll get it3. Be careful what y...

That past couples of weeks required considerable restraint on my part. Everyday brought with it what seemed to be endless opportunities to buy low and sell high. The temptation of making a quick profit off the mass hysteria that engulfed us and the markets was at a peak. I sms’ed the same generic message to my wife at least twice a day: “this kind of opportunities won’t present themselves ag

Bandai will release Pokemon Kids Kimewaza : Attacks learned (also known as Move) DP series in December 2008. Will upload the photo later. As for previous 'Attacks learned' items, please refer to series 07 and 08.Note : This series is tentative name at present#026 Raichu (Thunderbolt)#150 Mewtwo (Psychic)#321 Wailord (Dive)#388 Grotle (Leaf Storm)#389 Torterra (Hammer Arm)#393 Piplup (Bubble Beam)#

I was with my friends for almost eight hours today. Of course we attended our morning classes and were very happy because our professor didn't give us another nosebleed-causing exam! LOL. Anyway, after that early class, we decided to go to the mall to somehow release some stress caused by various projects demanded by our "great" professors from our major classes. Whew... and so we went to the mall

Back from Blogworld 2008 in Las Vegas this past weekend. I’ve heard some industries are declining and trade shows are going with it. Well not in the land of blogs - this conference was huge and thriving. I’m excited to start sharing all I learned this past weekend with my clients. So I thought [...]

If you find that by the end of any given day it’s just been the same old grind composed primarily of daily time-fillers meant to expediate good ol’ 5pm and you honestly didn’t accomplish anything different than you did the day before - don’t fret any longer. I’m here to help. When someone asks, “What’d you [...]

This past weekend we headed out for our first dog show trip in the new RV.  RVing is quite a bit different than hoteling it at dog shows, and it goes beyond grey/black water tanks.  We actually spent more time working on getting everything ready for the RV than getting the dogs ready for the [...]

My reading this morning took me to 2 Timothy 3:14-17..."But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them ; (15) And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. (16) All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is

So we’re crossing the year long milestone here @ the MiB and celebrating in style!  Giving away our fourth contest pushing the total amount given away this year close to $1,000!  Thanks to everyone for making it worthwhile and I’m happy to craft up this one giving away more than any prior contest!  Coincidentally fellow [...]

If you don’t tuck your shirttail in, you fit in much better at a geek convention. There’s more “social networking” new technology out there than I can ever embrace or will ever have time for.     I’m absolutely not a geek. Most real estate blogs are written for other Real Estate Agents instead of for the public, and no [...]

Check the temperature outside before you commit to finger-painting.

Holy hell I've been busy.As I'm an hour away from the first meeting of the WashU Jiu Jitsu club, I thought it would be appropriate to share how I learned and how I teach the Back Mount to beginners. I'm all about semi-free form drills, so if some of these sound a little strange, I apologize.Drill #1Uke turtles.You are off on the side, with a near arm hook around the neck and the other arm underhoo

Chargers Coach Norv Turner insists his team will use the first two weeks of the season as a launching pad for future success. However, takeoff had better not be delayed past the Jets game. Before Brett Favre & Co. come to town, SDBoltReport.com takes a look back at what we learned during Week 2.

The other day was tough for me. I had stressed-out mind that kept on thinking where I left my eyeglasses. As you all know (I suppose), I actually have this defective eyes that's why I own corective lenses. Like any other people who have the same situation as mine, of course I am kinda dependent with that glasses to see things clearly. The other was so was so busy. Together with my classmates, we

A few of our NLP Cafe Brisbane attendees commented that “I went to my NLP Practitioner training last year and was told everything we learn is done at an unconscious level and unconscious uptake is everything, and I felt very lost“.  It is my personal belief that when learning at a Practitioner Level, a skillful [...]

Last night SGM, Harvey Millstein, Decorno and I debuted our first live talk-radio show on blogtalkradio. For those of you who were still out hiking or doing whatever nature-related thing you do, have no fear! You can still listen. Just click here. (God I’m a narcissist – you must have been busy if you didn’t tune [...]

10. Kurt Pellegrino is never in a boring fight, you gotta love "Batman" he gives it his all every time out. Anytime he fights, no matter the opponent, its worth tuning in.9. I thought the judges called the Dong Hyun Kim vs Matt Brown the right way. It was close, but I thought Kim won rounds 1 and 3.8. Rousimar Palhares' jiu-jitsu is surely world class, you could sense the danger for Henderson ever

I like to cheat. In particular, I like to drop titles of books I haven't read. It's not like I'm not going to read them, mind you. I just haven't yet. And I still haven't managed to get all the way through A Landscape With Dragons.But now I can at least say I've gotten all the way through The Complete Brothers Grimm. All the enchanted princesses and princes have been rescued and married off, all t

There are only two things a child will share willingly; runny noses and his mother's age.No matter how quickly your child learns to read, ride a bike, play video games, use the computer or drive a car they are unable to understand the washing machine, dryer, lawn mower, snow blower or vacuum cleaner.The quickest was to get your child's attention is to sit down and look comfortable.You know childre

If we are what we eat...I'm fast, cheap, and easy.Never under any circumstances tell your children you only told a little white lie.People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always that one individual who sees the good in the situation. Very often, that person is crazy.Nobody cares if you

1. My 8-year-old looks really cute, but all too grown up, in his new school clothes.2. I forgot what it was like to have complete silence in the house in the middle of the afternoon--and I like it.3. My daughter misses her brother when he is at school and is probably going to ask me "Where's Big Boy?" at least 10 times a day from now until next summer.4. There is even MORE paperwork to fill out in

A pair of women were caught a few days ago crossing the street without using the crosswalk. When a police officer approached and began writing them a ticket, they became very upset. So, one of them decided to do the only logical thing and started to moon passing traffic. Witnesses say it looked nothing like [...]

So, while training my early AM client this morning, we got into a discussion about compassion and considerateness. She was recalling an incident that happened to her one day on the train. She got dizzy, and began teetering on her feet. Another passenger saw her swaying and that her eyes were glazing over, and came to her aid. Seeing that it was mere seconds before the girl would just totally col

Download : Gabriella Cilmi - Lessons To Be LearnedArtist Gabriella CilmiAlbumLessons To Be LearnedGenreRockRelease DateMar 31, 2008 More info here...

I had no idea that the number would be that high -- though I cannot pretend to grasp what parents must go through when presented with this information.Just thought I'd bring this up when Sarah Palin is getting patted on the back for having NOT aborted her son, who she knew would arrive with this condition. This is the reason it is news; Palin decided, with her husband, that a difficult life was s

I believe that........ and Bush sure seems on his toes with this one. WASHINGTON — Inside the headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Sunday, no one needed to be told that after three years of cramming, test time had finally come.

Sanity check: Five things we have learned from Bill Gates * Date: June 30th, 2008 * Author: Jason Hiner * Category: Microsoft, Bill Gates * Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp.,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Now that the 2008 Beijing Olympics have ended and we've had a few days, let's reflect on what we've learned about China, competition and life over those two exciting weeks. China will Dominate the World: From opening to closing ceremony, the Chinese put on a spectacle like no other, intended mostly to scare the crap out of us. Their soldiers marched around an arena full of spectators, their

I was going to warn everyone that this garden update was going to be long, but you should probably just expect ALL the garden updates to be long. If you have no interest in gardening, I'd recommend just looking at the pictures or skipping these updates entirely. :-)I'm a little late with the garden update this week. I wish I had a good excuse, but laziness seems to be the only one I can come up wi

Every Chess player has a story that explains his/her game. My story can be expressed in things that I have learned about the game, and about the player. There are no pictures or diagrams this time, my friends, just thoughts. Here are some of the things that I learned since I began playing chess in 1943. I have only played on the internet for a few years, so I have had new things to learn. Fe

Image by tubbynj via Flickr BBQ RULES We are about to enter the summer and BBQ season. Therefore it is important to refresh your memory on the etiquette of this sublime outdoor cooking activity, as... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Fair is fair. My son has probably written more essays for me than I had to write in high school and college combined, and he's just entering the tenth grade. I realize that in this life I am not only teaching David, but I'm also learning. Some of the lessons are fairly cut-and-dry. Others are hard to swallow, and take a little longer for me to wrap my head around. On my son's summer

Daniel and Mia are having their night time bath together and enjoying their favourite pastime - making bubble beards and spiking up their hair with shampoo. I nip out of the bathroom to get their pyjamas and suddenly a commotion...