Archive for July, 2008
Hypothetically Speaking: Where has my Mojo Gone? I haven’t been a very good blogger lately. Let’s just say: I haven’t got my creative blogging mojo on. I think perhaps my creative blogging mojo is clashing with my lazy the-kids-are-finally-in-bed-and-now-I-just-want-to-watch-bad-TV-or wait!-read-a-trashy-magazine-or wait!-maybe-I’ll-stretch-a-brain-cell-while-still-being-lazy-and-do-the-crossword-puzzle-from-the-newspaper outfit that I’ve been wearin’ for a few days in […]
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It’s interesting how some animals rely on their sense of smell over their sight. I wonder what the human world would be like if that was the case with us. I wonder if we would be able to travel at high speeds in a car while using our sense of smell as navigation. […]
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Dognapping is on the rise as thieves are looking to turn a quick profit by stealing your pet. The frequency might not be up there as property theft, but the occurances are growing. Police reports don’t make a distinction between pet theft and other property theft, so there’s no way to […]
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Welcome to Sometimes Saintly Nick’s coffeehouse. Be hip. Be cool. Take in the happenings. All coffeehouse of the beat generation didn’t stick to one genre. Some invited anyone in the place to come on stage and do their thing. Looking around, I see some cool cats sipping java this […]
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oh you thin insipid lullabies of compliance do we not see the ripping flesh of countless pretty creatures when they become the food of my grotesque lust all bodies require food it’s their right defiled defiled defiled are they those who remain at the surface do so at their own peril those who dive […]
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Buying A Golden Retriever Puppy: Top Pet Care Tips We all know that Golden Retrievers are beautiful, obedient, and make wonderful family pets and hunting dogs. Golden’s also make great guide dogs for the blind, narcotic detection dogs, and even tracking dogs for finding missing people. Although there are many other dog breeds out […]
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I’ve heard of clover honey, orange blossom honey, but never catnip honey. However, our Good Cats aren’t the only ones hanging around the catnip plants lately. Come to find it out, catnip has even more uses than I’d realized. For instance: it can be used for .
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yesterday was the last day of IS!!! HORRAY!~ S&W : danced half way and chu laughed! lolx. it was fun, i guess. hahas. CATS: had our presentation. was really hurt with that ass hole girl’s words at first, i got shouted but that idiot lecturer. i was typing the web page address. and […]
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I’m a big fan of wild cats so experiencing this was honestly one of those thing I had hoped to experience at some point in my life. My friends laugh at how excited about this I got but they didn’t get to hold an African Lioness Cub either. More pictures of the park are here. […]
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If you need any proof that 2008 has been a fairly mediocre year for album releases, look no further than my own list of top albums so far this year. This is the best stuff I’ve heard in 2008, and I doubt that 8 or 9 of these would have even been considered […]
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Jump to the full entry & travel map Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States Friday July 25th, 08 For a change of scenery, to give driveway space back to the kids (Carlee, Mercury and Alden) and to feel how it is at their investment property on Welfare Avenue, […]
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This morning we went to the local animal shelter looking for a new friend for Chevy , since Nala had to be put down:(. We went to a little cage containing a black pup and a brindle. We choose the brindle and the lady said that a woman had found 5 stray puppies in a […]
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Yay, I got a few of my photos downloaded, so here’s a couple of clues. There will be more coming. This is the section where I get to be a little sneaky. Hehe… Alissa asked for a street sign and the view from where I was staying. These were pretty easy and taken […]
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Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is no stranger to animal controversy. PETA has slammed the guy repeatedly for encouraging Brits to consume more horse meat — and he caused a storm of outrage when he taunted Victoria Beckham over the impending death of some lambs he was allowed to let graze on her property. Lately, […]
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Gay Wheels Reviews video blog (Ep. 5): Mercedes-Benz “BlueTech”Joe gets Diesel with a surprisingly clean and quiet drive through Vermont in Mercedes-Benz’s breakthrough technology. Angry Puppy video blog 32: Puppies and Doctors and bats, oh my!The Puppy boys are back … with puppies!The Heidi Chronicles (5.02): Suede is as Suede doesThe fellas run into He […]
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See full article at Treehugger. From it: … Lithium iron phosphate batteries have many benefits over the lithium cobalt oxide used in current li-ion batteries; iron costs much less than cobalt, they can deliver large bursts of power (useful in hybrids and electric cars), and they are safer (they are used in […]
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I saw these pictures of Kim Kardashian trying on some clothes at a shop, and I couldn’t resist…I had to caption the inner dialogue we all know she is saying while she looks in the mirror. You know you want to laugh at that one…for more captions, check after the jump…. I hope you enjoyed […]
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follow the spaceman…. Originally uploaded by katestream. Read their history here!
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Unbloggable, Unbelievable, Inconceivable, Beyond Description Shit. Health-related. Everything else is okay. Pillar is great (thanks be to God!), boys are great, cats a deep blessing everyday. Condo still a go. House sale still good. No, this is something else entirely. Headache-related. I’m too sad, confused and despairing to explain it all. […]
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(x-posted.) Somewhere in Silas Weir Mitchell’s voluminous correspondence on the brain damage of Civil War veterans—my notes are in California, I’m now in Texas—is an account of a Confederate soldier whose bullet-struck head recoiled into a dry-stone wall and performed a fortuitous auto-trepanation. The insult to his brain had been mitigated by […]
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Yesterday marked the passing of 7 years of marriage to the love of my life. This gorgeous surprise was delivered to me in the morning: (Lillies, my favorite flower — Calla Lillies made up my wedding boquet) The Wollmeise sock is progressing at…well, some sort of a pace. However, anytime […]
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I like both dogs & cats…
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Forget beer, beat the heat the Japanese way with a can of Eel It’s hot and muggy in Japan, and what would go down better than a tall cool drink - of Eel. Indeed, the snake-like sea creature is considered to be a beverage mainly for men who are exhausted by the […]
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I have started three entirely different recap posts of The Conference, and none of them are making me happy. So they can wait. Also, I am going to try to blog EVERY DAY for a month! Let’s see how THAT goes, huh? Right now I am sitting in the lobby of […]
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Xrays? Urgent by DoubleTrouble Today 05:10 PM 940 15,265 Dog Health and Nutrition (7 Viewing) Discuss topics related to the health of our dogs and advice on how to help treat common health problems and issues including dog nutrition. […]
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This might just be the coolest thing I’ve seen all year. Auto racing is for wimps, rocket racing is for real men. The Rocket Racing League yesterday displayed its prototype “formula one” rocket powered aircraft that will be the vehicle the league will use to run its races. That is freakin cool. How does […]
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One of the best things about respite care in my family seat – apart from being surrounded by friends and family, and the parents doing their proper duty and tending to my every need and whim – is the hen house. Or, more precisely, the fresh eggs every day from happy hens […]
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Maryland Blue Crab, Photo from chesapeakebay.net Today I received an invitation to join the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Gardeners for the Bay, and I signed on without hesitation. The population of Chesapeake Bay blue crabs — the paragon of local food for us Marylanders — has declined by an astonishing 70 percent since 1990. 70 […]
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One Victim Airlifed After ATV Rollover in Ocean View Accidents | 2 hours 32 min ago | 0 | 0 According to a family member on the scene, the victim was a 28 year-old female who was operating… Government | Animals | Birth Announcements | People | […]
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If you watched the caterpillar shed video in the earlier post, here is a little background info. As caterpillars grow, they shed their skins. The period between each shed is called an instar. Monarchs do this too as they grow, but what’s fun about black swallowtail caterpillars is that they change color. […]
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Kentucky is on a path toward signing an impressive group of linebackers in the Class of 2009. And it could be getting even better if the Wildcats keep making a strong impression with one of the top prospects in the Sunshine State. Read more about him in this CatsPause.com update
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I started a new cat-related Web site, which can be found at http://hubpages.com/hub/The-cats-meow
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Kurseong (West Bengal), July 30 (ANI): After a gap of almost 150 years, a rare reptile commonly called ”Caecilian” has been found on the Makaibari Tea Estate near Kurseong. Rajan Banerjee, the owner of the Makaibari Tea Estate said three to four more reptiles have been found ever since. Delhi […]
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ALLISON. I LOVE HER. JO. I love her too. Always will. Aww, the look on Carter’s face when Jo told him about the engagement! (sort of) And Carter/Henry chess! WHY DID JOE MORTON CUT HIS HAIR AWWW NO Carter/Allison forever “It’s like Narnia.” I LOVE THAT […]
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The Elsie Girl… who happens to be a great Mom to all puppies she encounters (she’s adopted Tuc)… will likely be a mommy again in about nine weeks. :o) She and Ridge, our mature studly,… successfully tied twice this week — a planned mating. We suspect […]
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My boss made good on his word and brought me 4 baby mesquite trees today. Many city folk consider baby mesquites weeds but I have a lot of sparsely treed land out here that needs some low maintenance tree variety. I tried to pick spots where the water naturally drains off the hill and then […]
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Another year has slipped by, and this site celebrates its fourth birthday today. Has it really been that long? There’s now over 1000 posts on the blog. I know I don’t post as often as I used to, but I still try to keep up with the big news, and there’s been plenty […]
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A week before Shia LaBeouf was arrested for DUI, he gave an interview in the September issue of Details in which he admits that he doesn’t “know how to have one drink.” He told the magazine that he and his dad, a recovering heroin addict, used to “drink and smoke together.” […]
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Can the Librarians Be Holograms? Pretty Please? Posted by Elizabeth Bird on July 29, 2008 New York Public Library has created a Digital Bookmobile. Maybe these puppies are common in the wider world, but I’d certainly not heard of one before. Pretty neat […]
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No justice for victims’ families Frank Smist’s letter (7/28) asking where’s the justice for the families of murder victims Kelsey Smith and Ann Harrison was right on the mark. Every time a horrible crime of this type is committed, it is the law-abiding taxpayers who end up paying to feed, house and […]
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