October 8, 2013

Good morning! Yesterday I got the mail, baked cinnamon rolls for us, cleaned the house, took my last walk around the mile & a half loop, which is too bad because the weather is beautiful, but there are too many loose dogs that aren't friendly & neighbors who own those dogs who just watch as the dog races towards you, teeth bared & barking, off of their property & across the street. Nope, the police need to get involved. We have leash laws in this town. What amazes me is that they just watched ... they didn't call their dogs, they JUST WATCHED as their dogs came at me. Anyway, after my final walk outside this beautiful fall season, I went to work. I listed a bunch of items for sale & then re-opened my eBay store. It's been years, but it was just as I had left it. I had to go in & change the item categories, delete a couple of pages, upload a store photo, etc. It's nice to have my store back. I took my lunch break, took the dogs out & made Frito pies for us, & then hubby got home from work. Yesterday's Sims game was Padronale di Gerrard & my Sim Aaron has been working on his gardening. Once he catches up he'll start having a social life. This morning I took the dogs out & loaded up LizC864 7. My Sim Orlando just enrolled in the university towards & science & medicine degree. He's been working on his skills & will be going to class.

1st continuously moving assembly line is run at a Ford Motor Company plant to assemble a Model T chassis 100 years ago yesterday.

Cats in live-action movies top 10:

1. Mr. Bigglesworth in Austin Powers
2. Mr. Tinkles in Cats & Dogs
3. Jake in The Cat from Outer Space
4. Milo in Milo & Otis
5. Church in Pet Sematary
6. Snowball in Stuart Little
7. General Sterling Price in True Grit
8. Mr. Jinx in Meet the Parents
9. Red in All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
10. Sassie in Homeward Bound

Flashlight:

Flashlight goes way beyond the standard white light that it provides into a world you can illuminate with special effects that you customize. Effects include magnifying lens, candy hearts that you can personalize, fireworks, festive holiday lights, Halloween ghosts and goblins, photos, and more. The potentially life-saving white light this app provides is a must, but the colorful world you can also create with it is even better!
PLEASE NOTE: Continued use of the LED flash may dramatically decrease battery life.
Features:
- Use LED light on iPhone 4, including as a strobe light
- Full white screen
- Open to the effect of your choice
- Custom color (defaults to Bondi Blue)
- Slide/flick up and down to dim the screen
- Slide with two fingers to change the speed of effects
- Customize every screen and colors
- Strobe light modes: Strobe, Trippy, Deep Trippy, Abyss Trippy, S.O.S., Smooth, 2-Color, 6-Color, Yin-Yang, Chasers, Holiday Lights, Hearts, Hexy, Stars&Stripes, and Halloween.
NOTE: Flashlight is not able to return the brightness of your screen to it's previous setting automatically, however, it will go back to normal just by locking/unlocking your device.

Hit the flea market near closing time. You can find a good price on items that vendors don't want to haul home again.

Many people haven't really experienced even a moderate degree of synergy in their family life or in other interactions. They've been trained & scripted into defensive & protective communications or into believing that life or other people can't be trusted.

Mayflower colonists decided to land at Plymouth Rock because the ship ran out of beer. Why beer? Because it stayed drinkable far longer than water on a long ocean journey.

Now is a good time to work on your charm, so don't tell people about your flea problem. Not until you know them better anyway.

PushyPixels:

Announcement: You can now check out PushyPixels for FREE! Download "PushyPixels for Everyone" on the iTunes and have fun! (iAd supported, pay version does not have iAds)
*Instructions* Touch the screen to play with the pixels. Touch the hidden button in the lower right corner to bring up the controls. Use as many fingers as you want!
This psychedelic app for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch is the most advanced particle system available on the App Store today. Touch the screen and watch as an explosion of 4096 particles scintillate into a rainbow of different colors! Use as many fingers as you want, this app supports multitouch! Kick back, relax, and enjoy the smooth visuals of PushyPixels!
This app runs full-speed (60FPS) on iPad and iPhone 4. Take a look at all these great features:
- Change every setting in real time, no need to exit the simulation to change a setting
- 8 different variables can be adjusted ranging from color cycling rate to gravitational force and friction
- Load an image into the particles and then blow it away with the touch of a finger
- iPhone 4 full resolution support (640x960)
- iOS 4 multitasking support
- Motion blur (iPhone 4 and iPad ONLY)
Check out a video of the app in action by clicking on the website link. You have to see this in motion to truly appreciate how beautiful it is.
If you have an iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch, this is the program to get to show your friends. You'll lose hours playing with this wonderful toy!
PHOTOSENSITIVE SEIZURE WARNING:
A very small percentage of people may experience a seizure when exposed to certain visual images, including flashing lights or patterns that may appear in this app. Even people who have no history of seizures or epilepsy may have an undiagnosed condition that can cause these "photosensitive epileptic seizures" to occur. Please do not use this program if you think you may be affected, and discontinue use if the app causes any discomfort.

Toscana, Italy:

Tuscany (Italian: Toscana, pronounced [tosˈkaːna]) is a region in central Italy with an area of about 23,000 square kilometres (8,900 sq mi) and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (Firenze).

Tuscany is known for its landscapes, traditions, history, artistic legacy and its influence on high culture. It is regarded as the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance and has been home to many figures influential in the history of art and science, and contain well-known museums such as the Uffizi and the Pitti Palace. Tuscany produces wines, including Chianti, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Morellino di Scansano and Brunello di Montalcino.

Seven Tuscan localities have been designated World Heritage Sites: the historic centre of Florence (1982); the historical centre of Siena (1995); the square of the Cathedral of Pisa (1987); the historical centre of San Gimignano (1990); the historical centre of Pienza (1996); the Val d'Orcia (2004), and Medici Villas and Gardens (2013). Tuscany has over 120 protected nature reserves, making Tuscany and its capital Florence a popular tourist destinations that attract millions of tourists every year. (In 2007, the city became the world's 46th most visited city, with over 1.715 million arrivals).

We've had some problems out here in California for people who live on the cliffs ... During the rain ... some of the people lost their homes. And do you know people still go out & will build a home on a cliff out here? We may do away with busing out here. Whatthey're going to do - they'll have the children sit in their houses & they'll slide to a racially balanced school. -Johnny Carson 1978