Tony’s Dream Garage (that is: my dream, his reality)
Lucky bastard Tony sent in this letter and set of photos. I am very, very jealous of his toys! My daughter begged me to get a dunebuggy again ( ... my dream car. I was fortunate to find a rather well built Countach replica for sale at a very ... . The engine is a 327 cubic inch Chevy connected to a 4 speed transmission. The pictures of this car [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 15:12:07
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So Let’s Talk about Sex
This week we’ve been posting on some hard things we are seeking to do in our marriages. ( ... (which I was blind to at the time) manifested itself in manipulative ploys to drop hints ... s been a few months of working full time and cooking, cleaning and doing laundry for two.” Or, “Poor [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 10:00:28
No Doubts - Living with Addiction
Posted by: beyondJEMS on: January 5, 2009 In: DivorceComment! Tonight I walked past the stacks of dirty dishes piled in the sink ... in the blank. Yet I don’t take care of it, I simply turn a blind eye.That is a part of what happened ... ones as well. But all I know is what I did in my case, for whatever reason, was to turn a blind eye [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 11:14:27
Another day, another snowfall
Winter, winter, winter. It's just unrelenting this year. More snow falling. The temps really fell, it's freezing, single digit temps, brrrrrrrrrr ... one.Starting the lacey mohair scarf will be my project tonight.I was cleaning out my stash the other day ... the light blue and the brown together.So I'll be on my couch knitting tonight. If I close the blind [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 22:00:00
Alec Horbow, 1919 - 2009
My Grampa died on Sunday. He was kind of gone already, fading these last many years into the depths of his Parkinson's and a series of strokes. He had a profound, central role in shaping my early years and anyone who knows me IRL knows how important he's been. And that I've been grieving him for a long time. Last week I was cleaning [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 22:33:20
oh joy...
this is how it looked after 3 days of unpacking. ridiculous! its getting better though. after today i think we will be through the bulk of it ... in the center of the dining room8. how the blinds to the window at the top of our 20 ft ceiling ... us of what we are expected to do when we move includes the most extensive cleaning list i've ever seen [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 18:11:00
The Breville Die Cast 800ESXL - More Than Just Nice
By Valerie T.The Breville 800ESXL espresso maker is a joy to behold. Fortunately, it is not all looks and no brains ... . You'll spend no time cleaning up spills. With its stainless steel exterior, cleanup there is equally ... of espresso. You'll be particularly fond of the steam wand on this model. It's set on a ball [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 08:44:00
WRITING: TEOTWAWKI fiction — It happened in Church - Chapter Eighty Seven – Wed done
It happened in Church - October 19, 1962Chapter Eighty Seven – Wed done Saturday Nov 25 (begins) Colonel Goldie Navy and the Irish Sergeant knocked on the door of the Colonel’s home. The wife opened. “Welcome Mrs. Colonel Ears. Sure, you look fine the early morning.” She was not amused, but this fellow would never be at her door if wasn’t huge [more...]
Date: 2008-08-28 06:29:02
Cha-ching I can believe in
Typically, Metro focuses its energies on three things:1) Trying to squeeze more money out of the government.2) Trying to squeeze more money out of passengers.3) Trying to cut costs by degrading service as much as possible, short of replacing trains with rickshaws.Oh, wait. As I'm typing this, a rickshaw just pulled into the station [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 16:00:00
Not Just One Big Squeeze, But Many Squeezes
I 188am delighted -- and honored -- to be invited to be a guest blawger for PrawfsBlawg ... about.) The United States is the only industrial nation without laws guaranteeing workers paid vacation ... with a surprising lack of decency or dignity. I think of the company that fired a computer engineer [more...]
Date: 2008-09-22 20:22:27
Cleaning Out My Inbox vol. XIV
A plethora of cool press releases have been flooding my inbox recently that you may find interesting. This post will include blurbs on Flight of the Concords, Battlestar Galactica, Dangerous Encounters, TNT, and one of those stupid blind items.- It has been awhile since I mentioned you could watch [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 11:00:00
Good News for People who Hate Bad News
Note: I’ve been getting crushed this afternoon with folks asking for a copy of this email that I sent to my subscribers. I’m going to post this one since I can’t possibly get back to all of you out there. However, this is not going to be a regular thing. Don’t expect to see the next 10 emails on Calacanis.com [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 00:43:43
For sale
The news of the past week on the left side of Maffay: tiling the kitchen counter, cleaning out the mobile home, getting paint up and carpet down, ... out between us and the road to Sens.I’ll put up some pictures of the renovated mobile home soon; either ... have the chance to live in a mobile home, make sure you don’t store things in cardboard boxes, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 10:13:42
Are Pentax DSLRs for the birds?
Visitors to this page also liked: See right column.We honor reciprocal links.Hi Pentaxian friends.Today, I'm introducing Alain Dumas. He does a lot of bird photography and thought some of you would find this article interesting. Welcome him with comments and emails.I am a Pentaxian! A Birding one! [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 08:02:00
Maggie May: It’s Your Day! — UPDATED
Hi, it’s me again, Sam - Samantha. I’ve hi-jacked Maggie’s blog AGAIN, but this time for a very special reason ... it while cooking dinner. Then while cleaning up dinner. But I’d only get through the first line ... I wish I’d never seen your face You made a first-class fool out of me But I’m as blind as a fool [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 03:34:13
Cold Case - Episode 6.14 - The Brush Man
STORY LINE The 1967 murder of a traveling salesman comes to light as family secrets from a "perfect" home are laid bare... Seen in 1967, this dapper, good-looking, kind, mysterious, fedora-wearing, door-to-door salesman in his mid 30s to mid 40s has captivated a neighborhood of bored housewives. Roy sells cleaning [more...]
Date: 2008-11-11 16:45:10
Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/13/2008
My favorite story tonight is the one about the Bedouin tribe in north Israel who claim Barack Hussein Obama as a long-lost member.Should be an interesting family reunion…Thanks to Abu Elvis, C. Cantoni, Diana West, Insubria, JD, Kahane loyalist, TB, and all the other tipsters who sent these in. Headlines and articles are below the fold [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 04:59:00
My Marrakech trips
Why hello all my faithful readers, My, my, how close to the end we are. So as I mentioned at the very end of my last installment I went to Morocco. Morocco is the first truly different place I’ve traveled to. It’s considered a developing country. It’s not westernized. Religion and the state are not separate [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 21:40:00
New Moon in Scorpio Brings Transformations
Welcome to Zodiac Art’s New Moon Reflections. Website is www.zodiacart.com Inspired by Jan Spiller’s marvelous book New Moon Astrology (Bantam Books), I would like to share with my readers the influence of the new moon each month. The moon changes astrological signs approximately every two days. However, when the moon exactly conjuncts the sun ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 06:08:11
New Hope For Losers.... Join the Taliban
Are you a loser, a strike out artist? Did a girl ever look you like a contagious disease when she was on a date with you? In the old days, you got one of those mail order books like "How to Pick Up Girls." Maybe you hung out with some hipster and hoped his luck and good advice rubs off on you. Wake up dude!!! There's a homeland for you [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 20:05:57
Pet News - Pet Advice - Pet Photos
Advice for Pet Ownersby Arden Moore - Washington PostInexpensive Pet CareWhen money is less available, humans aren't the only species that suffer. Financial setbacks often effect the companions we love most -- pets. But animal expert Arden Moore can give advice on how to provide your pet with sufficient care without going into debt [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 17:45:00
You know Your a Filipino IF...
I was surfing on facebook and I found a group made up Filipinos there. They Posted this and I want to share this to you guysIf any of the following sounds familiar to you, then you're probably Filipino. Admit it, some halo-halo sounds pretty good right about now.• You answer to "Pssst!!" (yeah)• You point with your lips. (sometimes esp [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 07:11:00
Claude, the albino alligator, sidelined
David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor Claude the albino alligator has a swollen toe on his right front foot, ... is a striking blonde and without the pigment in his eyes he is almost blind. As a result, he bumps into things - the walls of the tank, the broad glass visitor’s window beneath the Swamp’s pool, or the basking [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 16:03:38
Day −11 to close Guantanamo and end torture
Greetings from the Nipponzan Myohoji Japanese Buddhist Temple in Washington, D.C.! ... puppets, cooking, cleaning, e-mailing, shopping, plotting, and watching “Sesame Street.” Many ... of the people, a light for the nations, to open the eyes of the blind, to bring out prisoners [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 14:30:21
Posts by Natalia Antonova
Natalia Antonova @ Feministe 17 Jan 2009 2:00 pm Thanks to Jill for letting me do this guest-post. My apologies if it’s a bit slapdash. I went out to my friend’s house in the west of Amman last night, and stared at Israel glittering in front of me [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 00:00:42
Bob Dylan's day job
Bob Dylan's day job For the past two years, Bob Dylan has been holding court on XM Satellite Radio on his "Theme Time Radio" show ... , spring cleaning -- and plays recordings of a dozen songs whose lyrics relate to it in some way ... of the show, Dylan introduced a gospel number by the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi by gently [more...]
Date: 2008-06-22 12:27:34
Confession Friday
*Ugly picture of me, taken by pete, in the morning. Yuck. But, since we're being honest... Okay, here it goes. My first confession day. Some will be serious, some will be ridiculous.1) I should be writing up a post-placement report right now, but I'm blogging instead. Pete is bouncing around the playroom [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 17:47:00
#89: Sisters
Sisters, 1973, directed by Brian De Palma, screenplay by Brian De Palma and Louisa Rose, story by Brian De Palma.When is a travesty not a travesty? ... , but Sisters contains entire sequences lifted entirely from Rope, Rear Window, and most obviously ... room when a blind woman stumbles in the wrong door and starts undressing. As luck would [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 10:04:00
WRITING: TEOTWAWKI fiction - Chapter Ninety Two - Life without the USA
It happened in Church - October 19, 1962 Chapter Ninety Two - Life without the USA John Catches Up It was a dreary rainy night becoming day. He woke earlier than usual. 4AM; not his usual 430. No sense getting back sleep. Shutting off the alarm prematurely, he stepped into his farmer john’s and put on a work shirt [more...]
Date: 2008-09-20 12:09:45
Beat the Holiday or Financial Blues: 9 Tips for Making Yourself Happier in the Next 30 Minutes
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Gretchen Rubin of The Happiness Project. Maybe you’re feeling down because of the financial crisis. Maybe you’re feeling overwhelmed by holiday tasks. Maybe you’re rushing around to try to get things done before you leave for vacation. Or maybe you’re just having a lousy day [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 12:00:40
‘Stop the killings in Gaza’, how?
Malaysiakini ‘Stop the killings in Gaza’, how? Helen Ang | Jan 9, 09 12:52pm A sampling of the reaction to Israel’s offensive in Gaza: Rantings by Dr Mahathir Mohamed – Boycott American products! Umno Youth – Demonstrations is not our culture but we can make an exception for Khairy Jamaluddin since he’s leading foreigners (i.e. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 18:05:21
Colorblind, rage blind… whatever
First, a little boring background information. I have something like 100 playlists in iTunes. I make new ones all the time because I’m trying to get the perfect group of songs for whatever. Dinner parties, showering, laundry, cleaning, reading, gotta have the right music. So, yesterday [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 14:12:48
I DON’T NEED SCHOOL TO CALL IT ART
( Seesaw at Jabberjaw, 1993.)written by raquel gutierrez for the jabberjaw bookThe wait was torturous and worthwhile but hearing the first chords of “Dragnalus,” a collapsed and discordant siren, made the hair on my arm stick straight up like little Watts Towers on fire. We rocked out to a Tumwater death march [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 21:07:00
Currently offline. Delightful Decor Windows & More
With the New Year quickly approaching and the holiday decorations coming down, dust and dirt surround us ... the blind hanging in place. Do not worry about taking it out of the window because there is no need ... . This makes me think of all the cleaning that I need to do to get ready for 2009 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 14:00:40
Galileo Lane, Murrieta California: Real Estate Owned (REO) Move in Condition.
Galileo Lane, Murrieta California: Real Estate Owned (REO) Move in Condition. Cameron Wilson | Century 21 Tri Valley Realty | 951) ... for easy cleaning and the stairs has long lasting upgraded carpeting. The gourmet kitchen is beautiful ... large bedrooms with hardwood flooring and walk in closets. The house features custom wood blinds [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 01:44:55
Television Of The Weak: You're Goddamn Right We're Doing This
This week: American Idol, 24, Top Chef and The Bad Girls Club. American Idol – Phoenix, ArizonaOne of the best, and most unspoken, innovations of reality TV is its ability to capture those moments of human interaction so weird that, if you were to script it, no one would buy it [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 05:34:27
The Gaza Ceasefire and the Hereafter
Thanks to Jill for letting me do this guest-post. My apologies if it’s a bit slapdash. I went out to my friend’s house in the west of Amman last night, and stared at Israel glittering in front of me. Looking out over the Dead Sea at night, it’s hard to imagine violent death [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 22:00:35
The Cultishly Charismatic BC Woods
The Cultishly Charismatic BC Woods January 19th, 2009 — Uncategorized Author’s Note: No, I do not know what the person in this story is doing now, except that they’ve stopped and apparently do not keep track of me anymore. “Well, if you must know, if I could be any kind of soup in the entire world, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 06:41:38
Gifts for the Geeky Home
Struggling to find a gift for a hard to please geek, then how about a geeky gift for their home, here’s 10 to choose from. Hidden Bookshelf - $12.99 Look at this stack of books… How is it staying up? Is it glue? Velcro? Tractor beams? The secret is a simple and clever little device called the Hidden Bookshelf! [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 15:23:49
Bodies Against The War 2008
Dandelion Salad Excerpt on current Warning . This video may contain images depicting the reality and horror of war/violence and should only be viewed by a mature audience. Sent to me by Juliea Juliea’s blog post This is one of the coolest things I’ve ever done in my life [more...]
Date: 2008-10-08 13:20:18
Anniversaries, Part II
When a young couple gets married, there are always adjustments. Ours was no different. Oh, we thought we knew each other pretty well, and I suppose we knew as much as any young married couple.But it's those little things that you never knew you didn't know, if you know what I mean [more...]
Date: 2008-10-16 04:15:00
Senseless
.fullpost{display:inline;}Everyday no one is spared by reports about children killed by preventable diseases, natural calamities, traffic accidents, ... , cleaning their surroundings, provide better environment, prevent them from playing in the streets, ensure [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 23:29:00
So, Who's Afraid of the Dark?
As early as September thoughts of one of the most celebrated holidays throughout the world - Halloween fills the mind of many. This is a holiday in which its historical origin of around 2000 years ago is a black as sin and as dark as hell. Samhain, the Celtic New Year was celebrated each year on October 31 [more...]
Date: 2008-10-03 20:15:10
1972: A Good Year for Ophthalmology
Cleaning out a drawer today, I came across an interesting combination of Christmas pictures taken of me, my sister Ann, and my brother Michael ... New Year’s Day, 1973: Sometime in 1972 we all went blind. I’ll leave you to pick apart [more...]
Date: 2008-06-18 00:27:55
Rebuilding Brakes, Fuel System for Z600
Okay, well we made a fair bit of progress on the green Z600. We’ve refurbished all the brakes, rebuilt the fuel tank. The fuel system was in pretty bad shape. The fuel tank itself was dry, but full of probably 8-10 ... fuel tanks is a messy and time consuming task. This time I outsourced the cleaning of it to a local [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 04:51:17
Where I flirt with near-blindness
This evening’s dinner was inspired by this yummy-looking recipe ... that you emptied your water glass in one long drink. Except for the last bite I grabbed out of the corner of the pan when I was cleaning up. That single bite was a 9.5. So potent that when I wiped [more...]
Date: 2008-10-04 03:44:25
How I Met Your Mother - 1×10 - 1×15
1×10 - The Pineapple inicidentNo Dibs - The opposite of calling Dibs on stuff you want - calling No Dibs on stuff you don’t want to do. After drunk Ted tells Bartender Carl that Marshall thinks he’s a vampire, Carl snoots off that one of them is cleaning up if Ted pukes. Lily’s first to put her hand on her nose and call No-dibs [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 15:58:33
What Would Darwin Think About The Bailouts And Stimulus Packages?
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The Bailout and the Fit… What Would Darwin Really Say? You are receiving this e-mail as a part of your subscription to Investor's Daily Edge. Your subscription began on Monday, December 31, 2007. If you have not already done so, please click here to confirm your subscription [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 10:00:00
Time to call out the Fauxminists and Democrats for McCain
This is what I would do if I had several thousand dollars to spare these days : 1. I would have wire clothes hangers, like the ones dry cleaning stores us, and I'd covered them in dark blue rice paper with the blue and logo of the McCain campaign. 2. The tag line under the logo [more...]
Date: 2008-06-27 22:03:33
Did John Travolta’s weird faith seal his son Jett’s fate?
The Daily Mail - UKLast updated at 12:21 AM on 10th January 2009 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 18:42:00
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