Fred was the real name of a guy we went to both primary and high school with. He was one class ahead of me and a very loud kind of chap who enjoyed jeering at others. His Dad was Luo and his mum Kamba which gave him very good looks and impeccable diction so […]
Peripatetic movie stars and global do-gooders Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, currently shacked up in billionaire Paul Allen’s Villa Maryland in St. Jean Cap-Ferrat awaiting the arrival of twins, are rumored and reported by London’s Daily Mail to have forked over a whopping £35,000,000 for a vast estate in the South of France where they’re […]
I looked high. I looked low. Those ducks are nowhere to be found. Talk about an empty nest. They took off a couple of days ago, snuck out while I wasn’t home. We walked the neighborhood looking for them, but no ducks. They are a noisy crowd, so if […]
The coolest music video you’ll see all day is below. The song is “Malignant Narcissism” by the band Rush. The video was created by Bobby Standridge. You may want the full screen for this one: Rush lyricist Neil Peart also mentions Richard Dawkins‘ The God Delusion in the liner notes […]
If you’ll pardon me for bringing this up one more time, I believe I’ve finally figured it out. A few days ago, while feeling discouraged, and even a little sorry for myself, I emailed daughter, barb, at “A Chelsea Morning”, and went on longer than I should have, about my work situation that really is […]
Friday night was date night and to feel extra special I decided to wear my Donald J. Pliner Retro 70s Date Night Shoes, my new favorite pair of wedges that work perfect with my long, dark jeans! You may not like them, but damn, they do look mighty fine on my feet. I used […]
I have been talking about getting a cat for a while now… Probably a little kitten, who will be a perfect angel and never miss the litter box, and who’ll do the dishes without being reminded and all that other perfect kitten stuff. And after saying “we should really get a kitten soon” for […]
Bigfoot. The Loch Ness Monster. The Abominable Snowman. Tales of unidentified mysterious animals have long intrigued and captured the imagination of people around the world — and Japan is no exception. Here is a brief introduction to 7 of the island nation’s most notorious cryptids, complete with grainy photographs where available. Whether you regard […]
Our bodies are slowly readjusting to the Portland time zone. I felt fairly normal and didn’t feel as if I was going to fall asleep until 6 pm. After dinner, I had a bit of a revival and so I thought I would post some more photos and thoughts about our trip. Here are […]
2ManyDjs - 3voor12 (26-11-2007) 00:10 Intro - Village People - YMCA 01:40 Crookers - Love To Edit 05:00 LCD Soundsystem - Get Innocuous (Soulwax Remix) 08:10 In Flagranti - Business Acumen 10:30 Prince - Head (Soulwax Edit) 12:00 Laurent Wolf - […]
Since this week marks the 1 Year point of my blog, I want to celebrate by giving away a Mystery Package of Goodies!!! We’re talking 2 brand new stamp sets, ribbon, 2 altered items and anything else I can cram in the box!!!! The contest will run a full week, the last entry […]
Want to travel to the Us but hotel prices getting you down? Problem solved!! Uncategorized 9:02 pm 373 Words Comments Off I’m a person that loves to plan ahead for everything. But there are somethings where planning ahead can be quite a disadvantage. Like travelling - do you know how much […]
My mother was a very wise woman. She told me you need to have 20 good laughs a day to be healthy, so I really try to do that even if it is at my own expense. Laughter is a gift that costs nothing monetarily and can give no only to ourselves, but to […]
It’s been beautiful, sunny and warm. We haven’t turned the air on (well, at least not until late last night) and so it’s been quite toasty inside the house as well. The cats have been basking in the sun or otherwise sleeping and dreaming about whatever kitties dream about. Birds on the wing? […]
This the second part of a series started with The Evolutionary Basis of Desires and Beliefs. Today we look at how culture has its place. The Evolutionary Basis of Desires and Beliefs Lets summarize where we are so far. We examined the evolutionary basis in the last post. A desire is an attitude to […]
. . . is beginning to produce. I haven’t said much about it recently, but since my hand has only now stopped burning, I thought I would today. More on the hand in a moment. This year for the first time the husband did six containers of sweet onions. They didn’t […]
The Life Murder Of Bindy Mackenzie by Jaclyn Moriarty. Personal copy. Bindy Mackenzie is the most successful girl in Grade 11. She works hard, and she has the grades and the class standing to prove it. It’s not just in school that she excels; she also works three jobs. And she cares about […]
For some time now we’ve known that in the brains of humans, monkeys and cats, visual information is processed by two separate streams - one for working out where things are and the other for processing what they are. Now Stephen Lomber and Shveta Malhotra have conducted an experiment on cats and provided perhaps the […]
We have a fabulously low-key apartment in Bastille right around the corner from the Marais where we shopped like crazy on Sunday. Saturday was spent hanging out with Tina, getting into the apartment, napping and then having a really nice lunch and dinner. Yesterday we went to the Louvre, which was madness. Absolute insanity. A […]
If you’re a startcooking.com regular, no doubt you’ve become more comfortable with basic cooking techniques. Now you’re making sweet and sour meatballs, tomato olive quesadillas, and know how to stir fry. Plus, you’re no longer wondering what mesclun is! Maybe you’re even thinking of inviting friends over to show off those new […]
My parents adopted an adorable 2.5months old puppy from SPCA. My mom named her Coco. She is very smart, active and will follow you wherever you go. She has the cutest ears. Coco with her begging look. She sits in a very funny way too, almost like a human. […]
Nebraska is a Big State Part 47 of the Cycle-Across-America series. (Read from the start in Boston or see the full index) Another day in Nebraska. From Hastings on to Nebraska’s “Number 1 Attraction” and ending the day in Holdrege with unwanted attention from a stripper and a drunken mother. […]
Grey’s Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo seems to be spending her hiatus from her hit show caring for two little ones - puppies, that is! Ellen and her husband Chris Ivery showed off their two little bundles of joy at a baseball game in Los Angeles yesterday. Ya think they’re getting ready to welcome some […]
Hey! Thanks for all the comments. It was fun to see that people actually *do* stop by and read what I’ve been up to. *Waving* So, it’s a long weekend and my husband and I spent alot of it building a raised bed in the back garden. Man-oh-man was it alot of work. It between […]
Want To Overcome Depression? Filed under: Familes, Health, Kids, People While there are numerous things that can’t be helped within mental health, depression happens to be one thing that can generally be treated effectively and efficiently. Estimates are that when people are treated quickly, 90 percent of them will recover. New medications […]
went for a dog show this morning. actually it is a dog competition. although it says “pure breed dog” competition, but then i think some of the dogs are not that pure. i regret not letting my 2 dogs join it. i tot it was really a “pure breed” mah.. haishh. i brought my shih […]
Here it is, a Monday off, and I’ve been as productive as I can be, I think. I didn’t sleep much last night…thunderstorms moved in at about 11:15, and I decided to stay up until any severe threat had passed, and by then, Iron Chef had started so I just watched that. And then another […]
Samsung has a new SSD in town, and this one takes the cake when it comes to performance and size, picking up a few superlatives along the way to pummel its competition. Touted to be the fastest 2.5″ 256GB multi-level cell (MLC) based SSD in the world that runs on a SATA II […]
image source (via Lauredhel) Lauredhel sent me the link to this pic yesterday, and while it made me chuckle it also made me sniffle a little. My dearly beloved two passed pusscats, Bella and Poco, were respectively a tabby and a black & white just like these two. They were the […]
Pets Hog YouTube! Stop me before I watch again.By Vanessa Richmond
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Petz 3 PC Game is an old pc game. We have had this game for years but it is still running, on Windows 98 No kidding, that’s why we still have the program for this particular game. My kids, all three of them love playing with their virtual pets: feeding, playing, bathing […]
Before that, though, I need to note a couple things 1. This Steve Bissette article, the part after Christian matchmaking, where he talks about FantaCo and its publications Gore Shriek and Smilin’ Ed. 2. The passing of Sydney Pollack, who not only directed Tootsie, one of my favorite films, but was one of […]
BEARS! Bears! bears! We are over run with them. I won’t get into the political crap that surrounds the bear issue, but suffice it to say that the powers that be far far from bear country, have made it so it’s no longer safe to wander the streets without constantly praying you […]
On our last day in Jordan, I finally picked up three copies of the Ma’ani clans’: “The Field Guide to Jordan” I blogged about last week. Yup, I value Desertmom’s opinion so much I plugged the book before I even had a copy myself. I bought them for my siblings since “The Field […]
Mud Puppies A couple of weeks ago, we had lots of rain. Which, in my yard, equates to a lot of mud puddles. This is what happened next. Posted by Renee
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Pizza Doodletime - The Phantom Eddie and I got to talking about why Mike hated superheroes, and I said it was a great American tradition that should be ever preserved, but in its more innocent purer state. Then we tried to figure out who invented the first superhero and we […]
Spider Posted on May 24, 2008 by thesecretlifeofamanicdepressive Touching from a distance and continuing a raft of posts that amount to, “Y’know, I feel a bit” *wiggles hand*. NB: My hands are not this actual size, however, they are not far off. About 55% of my posts […]
Murder By Injection? Posted by digtheheavy on May 25, 2008 The Story Of The Medical Conspiracy Against America, Eustace Mullins writes Chapter 4 extracts: One of the few doctors who has dared to speak out against the Medical Monopoly, Dr. Robert S. Mendelsohn, dramatized his stand against Modern Medicine […]
Hey everyone! There’s an Amigurumi Class coming up at Twisted, and there are still spots open in it! The ever-popular, insanely cute, crazy, funky, big-headed amigurumi are Japanese style toy animals. Betcha can’t make just one. The class is Saturday, June 7 from 11:30am - 1:30pm. It’s $20, and you get 10% off […]
Humans As Climbers May 25th, 2008 A fascinating brief study published in Science (May 16 2008) shows the cost of climbing a meter per unit of body mass is essentially the same over non-human primates and humans (Hs in the figure). The data are all matched for climbing speed. Walking […]