The Britt House in Paradise Gardens

Paradise Gardens, an impossibly cool mid-century housing development outside Phoenix, AZ, ... plans, to shame. Attributed largely to the architect Alfred Beadle, who was responsible for the only Case Study House to be built outside California, the development consists of a number of ranch style [more...]

Date: 2008-07-04 19:50:07

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You are so Envious.

I apologize for the lack of posts this week, but it’s been a pretty busy week with hiking, a new puppy, lots of cleaning and laundry, ... see Obama (or the parade, or any cool people, or the White House really), but I’ll be THERE. And that’ ... -changing plans! [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 01:43:30

Inauguration stuff

My office decided to "work from home" for the rest of the day so we could watch the inauguration festivities. I have to say I was moved to tears ... lived at the White House, not unlike Mrs. Robinson, Michelle Obama's mother, who has plans ... is just not cool? Or attractive.Was it just me or did Hilary look a little peeved that it wasn't her day?Having [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 18:41:00

Congressman Warns Global Warming 'Could' Harm Christmas Trees

With an impeccable sense of poor timing due to a snowstorm in Las Vegas and unusually cold weather throughout the nation, ... change could alter the state's Christmas trees. Shuler and others plan to hold a press conference ... in the White House. But the trees rely on the cool temperatures in the southern Appalachians [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 12:50:07

Arnold Calls the Special Session as the Legislative Republicans Engage in Magical Thinking

Last week, I mentioned that the Governor was likely going to call a special session to deal with the budget ... in the mold of Speaker Bass's long term plan to reform the tax structure. Cool, but I'm not sure ... get to 2/3 in both houses, even if everything goes exceedingly well. So, here's my prognostication [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 05:44:19

Let’s Do the Timewarp Again!

Let’s Do the Timewarp Again! by Scott - filed under entertainment, family, food, friends, science, video games Wow! I completely missed December! ... around once in a while, you could miss it.” Thanksgiving was at my Uncle and Aunt’s house, due ... . Oh and by the way, the plans look AMAZING for the newish park! We also can’t emphasize how cool [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 07:15:03

Paris Hilton: Have An Aussie New Year!

The Hilton sisters go down under. Ed Hardy’s wife is pretty hot. Nicole Richie and Joel Madden hit Hawaii ... Penn hates gays. Mario Lopez is too cool for school. Tara Reid’s rehab is on the house. Amy Adams ... Golden Globes Jan. 11. Andrew Lloyd Webber plans to open a sequel to Phantom of the Opera on Broadway [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 19:29:39

Companies In the News

In recent days some of my companies have done some pretty cool stuff ... of a packed house at IAC. I'd say that his presentation - in essence, letting the application run live while talking about the company's strategy and plans - was a success. It is hard not to be excited [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:24:29

Intestinal Lymphatic Tissue Important For The Absorption And Spread Of The Scrapie Prion

Intestinal Lymphatic Tissue... by trimurtulu Today 08:39 AM 1,357 1,704 Latest Research And Medical News (1 Viewing) ... ; Medical Humanities Cool House MD Subtitles Season 1-3. by archit3ct 01-14-2009 07:39 ... (2 Viewing) DISCUSS ABOUT USMLE HERE Wink USMLE Study Plans by LatinGeorge Yesterday 03 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 02:09:35

DNA tests to unlock manuscripts

DNA tests to unlock... by trimurtulu Today 12:54 AM 1,152 1,488 Entrance tests & ... , Movies & Medical Humanities Cool House MD Subtitles Season 1-3. by archit3ct 01-14-2009 ... Study Plans by LatinGeorge 01-17-2009 03:09 AM 92 509 GRE/TOFEL Thumbs up TOEFL [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 18:24:40

The Simple Woman's Daybook

FOR TODAY: January 19 2009Outside My Window...is gorgeous sunshine...cool and crisp...a beautiful day. I will be going outside to enjoy it soon ... and then resume again...okay small break time now.Around the house...are little boys playing, one big boy ... we have to go.A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week: watching the inauguration, getting things ready [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:00:00

Crazy Forts

What really grabbed my eye this week was not so much a geeky gadget but a really cool toy I wish I had when I was a kid ... . The product site has plans you can download for different designs, but it won’t be long before ... furniture around all over the house? Even better, there are no batteries, cartridges, or refills [more...]

Date: 2008-07-14 11:45:33

President Obama, I Presume?

Welcome to the White House. Many people have been anxiously awaiting your arrival, believe you me ... find my name on a few "lists" in your office. It's cool; I earned that spot and there's no need ... ) and, well, I have no plans to stop. In fact, I've talked a lot of shit about you and I plan to continue [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 05:01:00

Barack Obama Thinks He's 'A Pretty Cool Dad'

President-elect Barack Obama already showed devotion to his two daughters during the busy campaign and plans to keep this special bond to his ... -- on newsstands now -- that he is a modern dad who always tries to balance his political life ... . One recent example was on Monday when Obama, before jetting off to the White House, kissed [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 15:48:00

Barack Obama: 'A Pretty Cool Dad'

President-elect Barack Obama already showed devotion to his two daughters during the busy campaign and plans to keep this special bond to his kids ... now -- that he is a modern dad who always tries to balance his political life with the needs ... example was on Monday when Obama, before jetting off to the White House, kissed his daughters goodbye [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 16:57:28

Oh My Gourd.

Yup, I did it. Last night I looked lovingly at John and batted my eyes until he agreed to… take me back to Target’s Home Design Event to snag my ... em mine. And after walking around the house debating where my new favorite lamp could live (always ... -but-not-as-cool oversized glass gourd lamps at Big Lots for $150 a pop (!) we obviously feel pretty darn [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:53:31

Thursday Open Thread

Links? I'll show you some links! ? The latest Don Perata story concerned money he took from his own ballot campaign account into his legal defense ... to pay. ? On yesterday's SCHIP vote, which passed resoundingly in the House, Hunter joined most ... firm has bowed to pressure and scrapped their plans for an LNG terminal off of Santa Monica Bay [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:58:45

Thinking About Preparing for the Unthinkable

photo by jay I was reading this post about one person's account of being stranded in an ice storm and it made me stop and think ... be trapped at home, right? But, I suppose not if something when wrong inside the house. Generally tornadoes ... not. That is why my husband and I have life insurance, trusts set up, plans in place should one or both [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 21:44:27

Review: Geri X record release party last night @ the State

It looked like a real rock concert. Geri X held a CD release party for her new Anthems of a Mended Heart (24 Hour Service Station) ... as highly efficient. With the house dim, she just started playing. I would’ve liked to see a bit more fanfare — not a disembodied, Vegas-style, “Ladies and gentleman, Pleeeeeeaaase WELCOME,” but perhaps [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 17:42:40

I’m not big on making resolutions around New Years.  I find that the failure rate is far too daunting and putting “out there” what you hope to ... plans your weekend for you and you literally just go along for the ride.  We had one of the best times of our lives, doing all sorts of fun things like horseback riding (I was terrified!) visiting a farm [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 20:23:45

Surreal Saturday: Part I

It’s a rambling journal entry! Fell asleep quite late last night. I am obviously high on oxytocin and endorphins and it’s keeping me awake ... a bunch of plans. And Lord knows I load myself with overly eccentric goals and plans. But I decided that in 2009 I am going to do a lot of cool stuff, from simple pleasures to seemingly impossible plots [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 22:01:00

The Awakening of a Dumb (Gay) American

Having never been big on the holidays, I decided to do something different this past Christmas. Instead of sending fruit-of-the-month baskets to family and friends, I made gift donations to ActforAmerica.org, the grassroots watchdog group, founded by Lebanese-American Brigitte Gabriel that keeps an eye on the spread of Islamic supremacy and jihad [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:05:14

Media Pumping Obama: Best Dresser, Breakthrough Election, Tough on Terror

-By Warner Todd Huston In a like vein as the story I posted a few days ago showing Reuters helping cover for Obama by lowering expectations, ... Kennedyesque in its reverence for clean-cut, American style and modern in its confident embrace of a look ... modern thinker there. He’s not the pattern-mixing guy, not even the khaki guy. You’ll very rarely [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:07:02

"I love thy rocks and rills..."

"And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire ... . But the party this year on Saturday night at Kerry's house in Front Royal was a treat---a chance to connect ... of ultrarunning, the lure of Facebook, The Barkley, debated the Western States lottery issues, cool [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:26:00

A World of Financial Freeloaders

I was reading Doug Noland's Credit Bubble Bulletin at PrudentBear.com and I gulped in surprise and fear as he quotes Market News International as reporting that "The Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday that the fiscal year 2009 deficit will be $1.186 trillion" which, as bad as it looks, is actually on the low side of projections! Yikes! [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 05:04:10

Why You Should Consider GE Security System

General Electric Co. GE security systems can spell the difference between becoming burglary victims and the house that robbers pass over because of a well designed security alarm system. Oftentimes, burglars will pass up robbing a house ... payment plans that make it affordable for people to obtain the home protection they so deserve. GE [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 21:10:38

Media Pumping Obama: Best Dresser, Breakthrough Election, Tough on Terror

In a like vein as the story I posted a few days ago showing Reuters helping cover for Obama by lowering expectations, ... sophistication that's at once Kennedyesque in its reverence for clean-cut, American style and modern ... in this piece of fluff: "There's a very modern thinker there. He's not the pattern-mixing guy, not even [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 09:52:24

Final Philippic Against Bush

In the last week we’ve seen Bush give a final press conference and a farewell address. Before that there were some interviews, and in all these appearances Bush has sought to defend his record, his so-called legacy. It’s not enough that he leave office having been despised by close to 80% of Americans and—this is the remarkable thing—been despised [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 02:36:00

Loose Lips Daily: Obama Visits WaPo

As much local politics as humanly possible. Send your tips, releases, stories, events, etc. to lips@washingtoncitypaper.com ... a majority in both the House and Senate who’d be supportive of it,’ Obama said…’But this takes ... to open up the White House ‘in ways that haven’t been done before.’…At a policy level, he said [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 16:36:15

Inauguartion Day Weather

From the Baltimore/Washington, D.C National Weather Service Office Website: Most Dramatic and Tragic - 1841: ... address, snow started again. It came down heavier than ever dispersing much of the crowd and ruining plans ... to White House after the ceremony.       Wash Out - 1937:  President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 04:03:48

Steven's Dragon - Part 2

Sylvia Spruck Wrigley is not an elderblogger, but she is a gifted writer and my sabbatical is a good time to repeat a two-part story of hers first ... lives on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain with her now 14-year-old son, Connor. She was born ... in England too before settling in Spain seven years ago because she missed the sunny warmth of southern [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 10:35:00

131-an off day

source: heretakoyaki. たこたき。otherwise known as fried octopus balls. i want some! maybe two years ago we got invited over to my mom’s friend’s house 我媽的朋友的家 (haha for my limited ... has special plans for us!! ♥ but yeah, we all got to spend a lot of time together, whether it be late nights [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:41:32

Sundance: We Hit The Clubs With Aubrey O’Day And Paris Hilton

Paris’ Sundance fashion. Well, in case you forgot, let me just remind you really quick (yes, I’m actually going to quote myself): “MTV News has set up shop at the MySpace Cafe by the lifts, and we’ve seen Paris saunter in and out a couple of times in the past few days. Yesterday, her daytime look was less snow-bunny than I would have expected [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:31:23

Cool Newsletter from Liberty University

Sometimes it is easy to see the awesome stuff God is doing in other churches and overlook the amazing things that God is doing right in front of you ... the amazing story of his church plant almost 3 years ago. When Jeff graduated from Liberty University ... Carolina under Pastor Matt Fry as a Student Ministries pastor. But God had other plans. While [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 22:37:59

Jack & Jill in DC for Inauguration

Y’all know we gots to be ALL up in that shizznit! After all that hard work gettin’ a brother elected? (insert Q-style barking) ... Center Opera House on Monday. She’ll also host a second episode on Wednesday. Winfrey has not announced her plans on Inauguration Day. - Spike Lee will appear at a daylong symposium at Howard [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:39:32

Do You Have A Plan

Well, first of all I have to apologize for taking the last couple weeks off from writing or really reading anything on the blog ... I will continue working out, I basically have the next four months off. Really, it's summer vacation ... to Charlotte to hang out with our friends Daniel and Ariana. We didn't have any plans in mind [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 01:50:00

Bill’s Babblings #40

Sorry for the week off in updates but here we go.  A few notes from the past 2 weeks:Lots of good feedback from Cash Flow ... . Our campus leaders meet last week and we have some really cool stuff coming over the next 2 months ... to help the food pantry and Welcome House.   (more info soon)March 20 - Our next Madras Teacher/Staff [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:40:19

A week ago Monday at 1:00 am, a beautiful, nearly 10lbs baby boy was born to our very close friends Jecinta and Ignatius (Igg) — their very first ... , so she changed her plans for the day and got in the car. By 10:25, she was at her house.When ... this to her family:In the waiting room, there were four patients ahead of us. Jecinta jumped up a couple [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 12:57:23

Chattanooga Choo Choo

I visited Chattanooga this past weekend along with 11,000 other people, saw Ruby Falls (cold, wanted to stay inside, it’s in a cave), drank a beer ( ... , with plans to run for the House seat held by Zach Wamp (R - TN03). Littlefield might need to run ... buildings and the history. Chattanooga has free electric buses downtown (however not many riders [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 20:40:08

brought to you by the letter "G"

Gracious good greetings from the Great White North....a glacial gem on our globe......where growth gleefully germinates under the glistening glassy ice of its geologic tundra and gigantic glaciers,where gortex and galoshes are granted fashion status by the guys and girls who gather the gumption to go gallavanting out into the great outdoorswhere [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 17:00:00

Where were you when the world ended?

Being a spoiler-filled (except for the final issue) narrative of your Winter Men reading experience, in nine (somewhat lengthy) parts. Part the First. Sometime around 10 August 2005. Your trip to the local comics-purveying establishment rewards you with a new comic written by a Mr. Brett Lewis and drawn by a Mr [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 16:25:10

the night we burned christmas

Before I dive into this story, I want to say that all is well. People have expressed concern over those past two posts. I apologize if I sounded grave or despondent. I was just reeling from the past few days. There was a death in my family, and a lot of lay offs happened at work [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:09:00

What I’m Getting Wednesday

Okay, I’m about to throw up with the sycophant way the media is treating Obama. They are fawning over him like he is the second coming and until he walks across a swimming pool; I’m assuming he is just a man.As much as possible I get black Americans and other non-whites being ecstatic about him being elected President, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 05:01:00

Now Available! Jason D. Moore Prints - 15% OFF

John Nack interview. It is very much appreciated! There has been some growth on the sponsorship front! As I announced last week, the Photoshop Interviews series is now sponsored in part by Towner Jones Photography and there has been interest in sponsorships for other ongoing projects which will be announced once the details are finalized [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 08:55:44

The Weekly Carboholic: Distributed nuclear a cheaper nuclear solution?

Distributed nuclear “batteries” a solution for expensive nuclear? A brief TVA sludge spill update New definition of seawater to improve ocean modeling UK MET expects warmer 2009, likely record 2010 Food pests expected to thrive in warmer climate Climate to impact port of New Orleans It’s been just over a year [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:30:37

Best of Jarrod Halsey: Untitled

*Wrote this late highschool/early college. Kinda long, but if you got the time its worth it.* “Lisa, as usual, you’re completely missing my point,” Drew complained to his best friend. They sat across from each other in a booth at Happy Days, the way they did every Friday after school [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 13:16:26

How to Survive a Riot.

I have posted a bunch of videos of the LA Riots and talked a bit about how to be safe in a vehicle. Here are some thoughts on how to survive a riot. Check out this article and this for background. To be blunt riots tend to occur in urban areas with high percentages of lower income people. Riots happen in or near the Ghetto [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 01:05:00

The POEt

He invented the modern short story and the genre of detective fiction tales which led to Sherlock Holmes, he wrote science fiction and works about alchemy and cryptographic systems, he told macabre stories of horror and terror, he is one of the greatest icons in my personal universe and today we have the honour to celebrate his 200th birthday… [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 03:48:00

Big Week!!!

This past week has felt like it has been a big week for me and the little baby inside of me. I am suddenly feeling many changes coming about and they are all very exciting! First off I really feel like my belly popped out much more this week. I do not feel like these pictures that I took exactly a week after my 13 week pictures show you how much I [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 00:39:00

Creative ideas for 2009

First of all what will you be doing tomorrow:)  Where are you going to watch the inaguration?  Any party plans?  Will you be in Washington? ... since I can't be there in person. Here is a very cool site for a creative project in 2009!  Want ... at the house:)  I have the number for the event planner at the Resort.  I will start to figure [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:59:51

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