• Black Friday 2013 •

Good afternoon! Yesterday was a nice Thanksgiving. I cleaned the house, we had a great Thanksgiving dinner, I surfed around Pinterest for a bit, took the dogs out again, checked out the IMDb app & added the movie Turbo to my watch list, then waited for hubby to make all his family & friends Thanksgiving phone calls & played Sims while I waited. The patch that they applied the night before worked. Not a single crash & the game even saves much faster than it used to. WOOHOO! After a long game of Sims with my Simburbia house, we sat down & watched Snow White & the Huntsman. This morning I woke up way too early, took the dogs out, & went to work. When I got

back started a brand new game in Sims w/ the McAllister House from the movie Home Alone (2nd pic). I created a young adult version of Kevin McAllister (he looks pretty accurate). Sim Kevin is brave, eccentric (for his ability to invent all kinds of contraptions), genius, handy, & lucky. Sound about right? I thought so. His lifetime wish as it turns out, based on his traits is to be a firefighter. He likes mac & cheese (they have pizza in the game but you can't choose it as a favorite food or I would have), custom music, & the color spiceberry (the closest I could come to his sweater that he's often shown in in movie screenshots). Based on his birthday in the movie, he's a Taurus. Since his lifetime wish is to be a firefighter, his furry companion is a Dalmation named Urban McAllister who is also a genius, noisy, & a hunter. The McAllister home is HUGE! A full basement which is currently empty, 2 full floors above that & a small 3rd floor that contains another bedroom. The 2 car garage also has a living room & kitchen in it. This place can easily house much more than the 8 Sim maximum per lot. I will never be short of space in this house no matter what. Never! Wow.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. -JFK

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Most often misused &/or misspelled words in the English language top 10:

1. Their
2. Too
3. There
4. They
5. Then
6. Until
7. Our
8. Ask
9. Off
10. Through

Not only can they identify you, molecules excreted in sweat embedded in your fingerprints can also tell whether you've been using tobacco or illicit drugs.

Now children's toys, as you know, apparently they've had some problems. Some of the toys are a little bit dangerous. When I was a kid the only safety rule they had for toys that I remember is, you couldn't have a toy that put out both of your eyes at the same time.

Teach someone young the important things for life's journey, like how to hot-wire a vehicle or how much dip you can put on a chip before breakage. Hot-wiring & chip dip. Life's little landmarks.

When you see only 2 alternatives - yours & the "wrong" one - you can look for a synergistic 3rd alternative, & if you work w/ a Win-Win philosophy & really seek to understand, you usually can find a solution that will be better for everyone concerned.

• Thanksgiving Day 2013 •

Happy Thanksgiving! Yesterday was another perfect day. I made hubby a scrambled egg for breakfast, cleaned the house, got the mail, updated my Machine Knit page on my personal Website, went through my My Documents backup CD & found a picture of an old afghan I made & added it to Ravelry, took the dogs out, had peanut butter on Ritz for lunch, had a game of Pyramid Solitaire, had a game of Texas Hold'em, updated the apps on my iPad Mini & iPhone 5, then sat down & watched some TV & worked on my Blacklight Beauty crocheted afghan which is 1/3 complete & looks great! This morning I woke up, turned on the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade & the local classic rock station KZPS & am waiting

for Alice's Restaurant. The turkey is in the oven, Michael's opens at 4:p, Sears at 8:p, & I'm sure the roads will be insane tonight between travelers, visitors who are lost, & shoppers. Yeah, I think I'm staying home. LOL! All of my Black Friday shopping will be done on Cyber Monday. :) Today's Sims game is a new download by a talented other called Simburbia (2nd pic). For this home I created Kira (1st gen). Kira is hydrophobic, a daredevil, couch potato, socially awkward, & a loser (poor girl). Her lifetime wish is to be a gold digger, because God knows she has no useful traits to make it on her own. Her furry companion is a Pembroke Welsh Corgi named Misty who is loyal, noisy, & shy. The Sims 3 game did an update patch last night which I'm hoping fixed the crashing problem & so far so good! Misty is going to just hang out, live her life, & hopefully meet that special someone online this week.

 

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Step 2 - Place the roasting pan across two burners over medium heat, Put the onion and celery from inside the roasted turkey, along with the roasted turkey neck, in the pan. Scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan with a flat spatula.
And of course there's a shopping list to get you in and out of the store quickly.
Get the bird on the table while keeping the potatoes creamy, the punch strong, and the green beans green. You too can be a Thanksgiving success story!
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Mashed Potatoes
Cranberry Sauce
Sauteed Green Beans
Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Pumpkin Pie
Brandy-Apple Punch
Happy Thanksgiving!

Enjoy Thanksgiving if you can, & show everyone your new tattoo before dinner, or after dinner, depending on where it is.

 

Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth.

 

Turkeys aren't the most attractive bird in the world, are they? You know how they make love? They close their eyes & think of a swan.

Very 1st Thanksgiving in America wasn't a solemn, religious occasion. Rather, it was a 3-day harvest festival w/ drinking, athletic games, & even target shooting (a friendly warning to the Indians that the Pilgrims were armed).

Ways to refuse a 2nd helping of food top 10:

1. I'm on a diet
2. I'm stuffed
3. I'm saving room for dessert
4. I really can't take another bite
5. No thank you, I'm fine
6. Save some for the dog
7. I'm watching my weight
8. I've had enough, really
9. If I eat more, I'll pop
10. I'm totally full

• November 27, 2013 •

Good morning! Another perfect day yesterday with the exception of Sims crashing after only 2 moves. I sent out the grocery list, had an Eggo for breakfast, cleaned the house, got the mail, took the dogs out, & then sat down to enjoy some Prime Time Anytime & work on my ripple afghan kit which is coming along nicely. (2nd pic) :) Yesterday's Sims game was the inventor career, but my Sim was only able to go to bed, then wake up & eat breakfast 

before the game crashed on me. 2 moves yesterday & the same today. WAAAH! This morning I took the dogs out & loaded up my most recent build in Sims ... Delmonico. My Sim had dinner & took a shower, but the game crashed during the save so I'm not sure if even that much stuck.

At the family Thanksgiving feast I can see you getting the better part of a wishbone, but from my experience it won't keep the

usual suspect from getting drunk & cussing out the cat.

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Most important things a woman should have in her bag or purse other than her wallet top 10:

1. Mirror
2. Sunglasses
3. Pen
4. Makeup
5. Aspirin or pain reliever
6. Mints/gum
7. Notepad
8. Brush/comb
9. Keys
10. Cell phone

 

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Woof!

Starting tomorrow, you know all the airlines are going to raise their fares for the holidays. But to show you that they still have heart, from now on, when they accidentally send your luggage to Singapore, it will earn valuable bonus miles.

There's security in knowing that you can step out of your own frame of reference without giving it up, that you can really, deeply understand another human being.

When it was discovered in 1930, Pluto was named by 11-year-old Venetia Burney after the Roman god of the underworld who could make himself invisible.

► November 26, 2013 🎸

Good morning! Another perfect day yesterday & lots of company. Not company, but lots of people stopped by. I made biscuits & gravy for breakfast, cleaned the house, the mailman had a package for me that wouldn't fit in the mailbox, then my Avon box got delivered, then the dog catcher came for that stray that was on our back porch for 24 hours,I sent out the grocery list, took the dogs out, tried to have lunch but a company changed the recipe again & didn't state that fact on the label. What I 

ended up with was a super hot & spicy version of a canned kid's lunch. WTH?! What's with the spice? It was so bad that I couldn't even eat it. I checked out the Social button on dish & found that it's pretty cool. You connect with your facebook &/or Twitter account & then it pulls up all current comments &/or Tweets on the current channel or show that your watching. SWEET! So if I'm watching a show & pull up Social, I can still watch the show, but I'll also see all comments my friends are making if they're also currently watching that show. I can join in & chat while watching. COOL! I downloaded a 1Note template that's a cute Thanksgiving Day dinner checklist, then our fire chief stopped by for a minute. We now have $100 worth of Omaha Steaks stocked up & ... YUM! I then sat down & worked on my woven cable raglan sweater. It's almost finished now. Less than an inch to go on the bottom ribbing, then I do the ribbing on the neck & sleeves & it's done! It's beautiful (2nd pic). Yesterday's Sims game was 44 Elm Ave. My favorite "real-life" house in Sims. What I mean by that is I have favorite houses in Sims, but they're all mansions or too extravagant for real life. 44 Elm Ave is a house that is real life do-able. Just a normal house ... in the style that I'd love to own & live in. My Sim Ferris is working on random skills to better himself & is going to work. The game crashed halfway through, so I didn't play too much yesterday. This morning I took the dogs out & loaded up my inventor career game. My Sim Lewis Riffin has just graduated high school & has to attend graduation today. Lewis is already a level 8 (of 10) inventor. Only 2 levels to go ... not bad for the 1st day of his young adult life.

Because astronauts can't simply open the window for extra ventilation at the International Space Station, NASA employs a "chief sniffer." George Aldrich smells everything before it's flown in the space shuttle, in case it has a bad odor.

Get ready for the "3 F's" - food, family, & freeloaders. The good news is right after "F" comes the 3 "G's" - gifts, glitter, & gravy.

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iShred starts with a set of high-fidelity guitar samples, then feeds them through eight exciting effects pedals and an overdriven amp simulator. Whether you want a clean trebly surf sound, a spacey rock lead, or an all-out metal assault, iShred delivers the goods. The sonic line-up includes these virtual stomp-boxes:
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* Hot Fuzz: Get buzzed with an electrifying distortion
* Wahsabi: Tilt your iPhone to control this wah pedal!
* Sybil: Dual chorus pedal to hear your evil twin
* HK-2000 Delay: For fat slap sound or huge echo
* Kömpressör: Power chords just beg for it
* Adrenaline: Treble Booster for that extra shot
* Q-36 Space Modulator: Multi-pattern modulation
* Trembler: Get a healthy dose of Tremolo
iShred provides a playing interface that's both powerful and easy to learn. Create your songs from a huge library of over 2000 built-in chords, scales, and fret positions, by assigning them to the two rows of buttons at the top of the screen. The buttons give you immediate access to all the chords and scales you need for a song, and let you easily switch between strumming chords and playing melodies.
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✓ High quality, professionally mastered guitar samples
✓ Eight stomp-box effects and an amp simulator
✓ Notes never "drop out" due to limited sample length
✓ Adjust tuning to match recordings, other instruments
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✓ Slide finger between buttons for fast chord transitions
✓ Shortcuts for fast song editing and button reordering
✓ Support for the left-handed guitarist
RECORDING
✓ Record performances with optional metronome
✓ Play along with recordings, even use different sound
✓ Speed up or slow down performance after recording
SHARING
✓ Send your songs to SoundCloud
✓ Supports Audio Copy/Paste between other apps
✓ Send songs to computer via iTunes file sharing
✓ Share songs with our acoustic guitar app, GuitarStudio
✓ Export songs as WAV or MIDI
AIRPLAY
✓ A jukebox of shared songs from around the world
✓ Share your performances and be rated by other guitarists
✓ Download songs and performances from other players
✓ Check out the AirPlay charts: http://fdgm.us/AirPlay
PLAY WITH MUSIC
✓ Built in music player
✓ Play along with iPod library or imported tracks
✓ Setup a loop for practicing a song section
CHORDS
✓ Easily create and save your own custom chords
✓ Strumming position controls loudness of chords
✓ Chords are easily reordered for fast access
SCALES
✓ 21 scales, available in 12 keys, let you play melodies
✓ "Advanced moves": hammer-on's, pull-off's, and slides
✓ User-selectable string labels
SONGS & PLAYLISTS
✓ Combinations of chords & scales can be saved as songs
✓ Songs can now have multiple pages of buttons
✓ Add FX buttons to switch effect setups on the fly!
✓ Songs can be edited, renamed, deleted
✓ Backup songs to the network
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There's also the intrinsic security that comes as a result of effective interdependent living.

Uses for an old computer top 10:

1. Digital photo frame
2. Sell RAM, motherboards, & other individual parts
3. Donate to charity
4. File server
5. Music or music video player
6. Dedicated gaming server
7. Use components to make jewelry or sculpture
8. Virtual fish bowl or virtual fire
9. Help science by downloading a small application that runs constantly in the background to help w/ various projects 0 you donate a small amount of space & energy
10. Print server

We want you to have a good time out in California, so from time to time we give you some tips. And tonight's tip is: When you're down in Hollywood, walking along, & you see a massage parlor that has 2 different doors marked "full service" & "self-service" - that's trouble. Trouble. -Johnny Carson 1978

• November 25, 2013 •

Good morning! Friday was a perfect day. I cleaned the house, got the mail, went to work, sent out the grocery list for the day, showered, & then knitted a sweater for our Chihuahua who has been a little chilly in this fall weather (2nd pic). Friday's Sims game was Small Steps Daycare & my Sim Vinnie has been working on his skills & going to work. Saturday was a perfect day too ... I took the dogs out, made a bologna sandwich for lunch & a bagel for breakfast (not in that order), sent the grocery list out, got the mail, created a Pandora account & found out that I like Pandora, took the dogs out, then sat down to work on my Star Trek themed braided mile-a-

minute afghan for the evening. Saturday's Sims game was Autumn Road. I created Chris (1st gen) who is lucky, loves the cold, hydrophobic, equestrian, & a loser. His lifetime wish is to be a jockey. He likes shawarma, custom music, & the color red. He's a Sagittarius. He's been working on his riding skill on his Holstein who is fast, piggy, & agile. Perfect days are coming back to back, because Sunday was too. I'm liking this. I'm finally getting everything done & getting crafting time in too. WOOHOO! I took the dogs out, went through the Sunday paper, made french toast for breakfast, cleaned the house, sent the grocery list out, had a game of Gomoku, took the dogs out, made grilled cheese for lunch, & then sat down to play Sims for the evening. I played that until the game burped & got stuck. My child Sim suddenly stopped aging a day before he was supposed to age up into a teen. At that point I gave up & then moved to the living room to work on a new, better fitting cabled canuck hat. This one is going to be great! :) Yesterday's Sims game was the sculptor career.  My Sim Chris has reached level 10 of the sculpting skill & is on his way to level 10 of the sculpting career, though he's not there just yet. Chris's Son Edward has aged up into a child & is working on random skills until he's old enough to work on the sculpting station. Unfortunately, that's where the game got stuck. He was supposed to age up on a Sunday in the game, but when Sunday rolled around, he still had 1 day to go before he aged up into a teen. I checked the game settings & aging is enabled ... which makes sense because he's been aging up until now. Monday morning rolled around & the school bus came & still no birthday. Crap. I'm going to have to force an age-up the next time I play this game. Last night was a rough night to sleep. Lots of people at fault here. 1) US. We couldn't afford to get Joselyn fixed, so she's in heat. 2) OUR OLDER CHILD & HER EX. They brought Joselyn home & promised they'd take care of her. Now they're gone & we're stuck with her. She's a great dog, but we really weren't ready for a huge dog. 3) OUR YOUNGER CHILD. He tore down our fence, meaning that not only can we not keep Joselyn outside longer during the day because now we have to tie her out on a cable, but other dogs can get to her. 4) THE OWNER OF THIS HUGE MALE DOG. There's a huge, beautiful male dog that showed up last night & hasn't left. He's gorgeous! He looks like a very LARGE mix of a Husky & a white German Shepard. Super friendly. Problem ... he wants Joselyn. He has been at the back door since early yesterday evening & hasn't left. He whines at the back door, barks, & howls. We went to bed & suddenly he stood up & started scratching at the screen & back door! We had to move patio furniture to block the back door to keep him from destroying the screen & all glass door! This morning he's still there & I HAD to take the dogs out. The Chihuahuas will NOT go out there with this moose-sized strange dog at the door, so I'm going to be cleaning up Chihuahua crap off the floor later & mopping up little Chihuahua piddles damnit! There was no way I was going to let Joselyn crap in the house though, so out she went. I clipped her onto her cable & before I got back into the house & closed the door (her cable was AT the back door!) the big male dog was rapidly humping her head. He didn't even wait for her to turn around. I walked into the kitchen, got a glass, poured some milk, looked out & they were connected. Puppies. Just what we needed. Hubby, myself, the owner of this male dog, both our kids, & our daughter's ex ... we're all responsible for this. OK ... I'm asking now. Who wants an American Boxer / Husky / Pitbull / White German Shepard - mix puppy? They're going to be huge. Assuming they were successful in conceiving this morning, they're due to be born January 27th & they'll be ready for new homes March 10th. Who wants a St. Patrick's Day puppy? Speaking of adopting a furry companion, we have 2 kittens & a female cat available. Smokey is the female mother cat, the kittens are a long-haired orange kitten & a shorter-haired gray tiger stripe. Thanksgiving cat or kitten anyone? Living in a rural area, we end up with a lot of dumped pets who need homes. Only Xoco, our Chihuahua, & Harley, our gray & white cat ... are chosen by us. All the rest of our pets have been rescued. Our other Chihuahua Browser ... found at the water company in town. Smokey the female cat, found at the same place (gotta stay away from that water company!).

1st baskets used when James Naismith invented basketball in 1891 were a pair of peach baskets.

All right, I'm going to take the daily poll on the economy ... Now be honest: how many of you had 1 Cheerio for breakfast?

A roll of duct tape goes up w/ every Space Shuttle flight, just in case. 1 possible use proposed by NASA is to restrain an astronaut who becomes psychotic or suicidal.

Best amusement parks on the planet top 10:

1. Everland, Kyonggi-Do, South Korea
2. Paramount's Kings Dominion, Doswell, Virginia
3. Discovery Cove, Orlando, Florida
4. Sesame Place, Langhorne, Pennsylvania
5. PortAventura, Tarragona, Spain
6. Ratanga Junction, Cape Town, South Africa
7. Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, Virginia
8. Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio
9. Knoebels, Pennsylvania
10. Universal Studios, Orlando, Florida

Don't buy a new car. Instead, buy a car that's a year-or-so old & save about $5k. Do spend the $25-$50 to check the auto on CarFax or AutoCheck.

Greatest battles of life are fought out daily in the silent chambers of the soul.

I see a family member featured on a new episode of Cops. Get the VCR fixed now so you an tape it for future posterity. This is the kind of thing that can be handed down from generation to generation.

May a carsick camel moisten your Egg McMuffin. -Johnny Carson 1981

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Peace of mind comes when your life is in harmony w/ true principles & values & in no other way.

Pie (& tarts) remain among America's favorite desserts, & to bake a delectable example of either is something every home baker should be able to do.

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Silly dances of all time top 10:

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2. Hokey Pokey
3. Funky Chicken
4. Limbo
5. Jitterbug
6. Breakdancing
7. Macarena
8. Charleston
9. Robot
10. Twist

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Your watchwords for the week are: viscosity, pickle back, & George Gobel.

November 22, 2013

Good morning! A high today only in the 30s. WOOHOO! Today is going to be a long day of going out ... I have to go grocery shopping & also to work. Not sure which I'm doing 1st though. Yesterday was a perfect day. I made breakfast sausage, cleaned the house, drove someone to the college so they could take care of some academic business, stopped for lunch on the way back, took the dogs out, sent out the grocery list, added a movie to the queue from Blockbuster @ Home, played Scrambler, & then sat down to work on my entrelac afghan which is still coming out beautifully! Yesterday's Sims game was the film star career & my Sim Hazel Ashton (2nd gen) just aged up into a child & gained the eccentric trait. She's ½ vampire, so she mastered the painting & writing skills almost instantly. She'll master every skill she tries within a minute of trying it. I guess that kinda guarantees her future, doesn't it? She's going to be a film star like everyone in that family, but anything else she does will be perfect whether it's a best selling book or a brilliant painting. This morning was work, then I took the dogs out & loaded up Small Steps Daycare. My Sim Vinnie just learned the gardening skill as a hobby. His lifetime wish is to be a CEO, so he doesn't need any specific skills for work. I still think that's funny ... CEO is the only career in Sims that doesn't require ANY skills. HAHAHA! I wonder what the EA CEO thinks about that. LOL! I have to work tomorrow & I don't blog on Sunday, so I'll type at you all again on Monday.

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Daily English-language newspapers in the world w/ the largest circulations top 10:

1. The Sun, United Kingdom
2. The New York Times, USA
3. The Guardian, United Kingdom
4. The Washington Post, USDA
5. Yomiur Shimbun, Japan (The Daily Yomiuri, English language supplement)
6. Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
7. Wall Street Journal, USA
8. The Daily Mail, United Kingdom
9. The Times of India, India
10. China Daily, China

If you live in a state that doesn't sell beer on Sunday, plan ahead during this family filled weekend. They aren't leaving anytime soon, & sometimes sedation is the best medicine. Been there, done that.

Sweet little old gray-haired lady came up to me just before the show & says, "You know, you remind me of Charlie Chaplin." And I said, "You mean because I'm a brilliant artist?" She said, "No, because he never said anything funny either." -Johnny Carson 1986

There's intrinsic security that comes from service, from helping other people in a meaningful way.

When San Francisco Giants pitcher Terry Mulholland caught a baseball that became lodged in his glove, he tossed the entire thing to the 1st baseman, who tagged the runner out!

• November 20/21, 2013 •

Good afternoon! Tuesday was a perfect day! I had an Eggo for breakfast, cleaned the house, sent the grocery list, took the dogs out, had a mozzarella stick for lunch, & then since I couldn't leave the house for the evening, I sat down & worked on my Star Trek themed braided mile-a-minute. Tuesday's Sims game was Modern Bungalow. Yesterday morning I took the dogs out & then my browser crashed. Since my PC was having issues again, I decided to just stay in Sims & spend the day creating a house I called Delmonico (3rd & 4th pics). The 2nd pic is 1 of the 2 cars I put w/ the house. Once I completed building, decorating, &

landscaping, & created Queen (1st gen). Queen is excitable, has no sense of humor, is a savvy sculptor, & is unlucky & inappropriate. Her lifetime wish is to be a descendant of DaVinci which means she has to master the inventing, painting, & sculpting skills, which will take a long time, but is extremely profitable because all 3 produce items she can sell at the consignment shop. She likes lobster

thermidore, custom music, & the color gray. She's a Taurus. Her furry companion is Nikki, an Oriental cat who is neat, playful, & adventurous. Queen has been living her Sim life & working on her skills. She's finally at a point where she can pay the bills for that large house on what she's making. Up until that point, I have to admit that I used the "kaching" cheat to pay the bills until that point. Besides selling her inventions,

paintings, & sculptures, she's also been buying metals & gems at the consignment shop, having them cut & smelted, then reselling them for much more money. This morning I took the dogs out, ran into McKinney w/ hubby to sign paperwork & get a NICE check for some land we just sold, & then came back home & updated my schedule for work. I loaded up my film star game in Sims & my Sim Misty is teaching their daughter Hazel Ashton, a toddler, to talk, walk, etc ... as much as she has time to teach her before she ages up into a child.

Annoying video game actions top 10:

1. Collection pointless items
2. "Surprise" enemy that is never a surprise
3. Using the QTE button to make a character run
4. Stupid last-minute saves
5. Bald protagonists
6. Single rooms of endless enemies w/ no esits
7. Death of mandatory escort ends the game
8. Acquiring valuables w/ no challenge involved
9. Boxes, containers, & crates - mostly empty
10. Final battle is never final!

Apparently somebody intorduced into the computer system a program that has fouled up computers, military computers, & companies all over the country. And it keeps - it's like a biological virus - it keeps reproducing the same program, & they've got to go out & clear it. ... They call it a virus. Computers. Crazy world. It's not bad enough for humans. Now, we got to put a condom on our Macintosh. -Johnny Carson 1988

I believe that a life of integrity is the most fundamental source of personal worth.

I do not agree w/ the popular success literature that says that self-esteem is primarily a matter of mind set, of attitude - that you can psych yourself into peace of mind.

If you think "turducken" is outrageous, check this Bedouin wedding dish out. The whole stuffed camel consists of eggs stuffed inside fish, stuffed inside chicken, stuffed inside sheep, & finally stuffed inside a camel.

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Mr. Potato Head, the 1st toy to be advertised on television (in 1952), received 4 write-in votes in the mayoral election in Boise, Idaho, in 1985.

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Talk about tasting dirt. An earthworm's body is covered w/ taste buds.

Things most often left in a hotel room top 10:

1. Jewelry
2. Laptops
3. Electronic toothbrushes
4. Hearing aids
5. Toiletries
6. Keys
7. Shoes
8. False teeth
9. Underwear
10. Cell phone chargers

Today, as some of your probably know, is what is called the Great American Smoke Out. The American Cancer Society tries to get smokers to quit smoking for 24 hours ... It's not easy. In a way it should be, this is a break for smokers. Gives us a whole day just to cough ... It's difficult. I once had a guest host quit for me. -Johnny Carson 1980

With Thanksgiving just over the horizon it's a good time to ask for extra gravy in life. If you don't ask ... you won't get it. Go for life's big ladle.

Your horizons are expanding just like stretch pants at an all-you-can-eat buffet. To avoid an embarrassing accident, check the load limit on your spandex before you go bowling, or you could find a new meaning for a 7-10 split.

November 19, 2013

Good morning! Another perfect day yesterday! I had a boiled egg for breakfast, cleaned the house, got the mail, sent the grocery list out, played a little Texas Hold'em, took the dogs out, cleaned out my Yahoo e-mail, then checked out Urban Spoon on my iPhone 5 & went out to Square Burger in McKinney for a late lunch. Hubby came home early to surprise me & it figures, I was out. I never go out. LOL! I played 2nd Life for a little bit & then sat down to relax & watch a little TV while working on my Star Trek themed Braided Mile-A-Minute afghan. When hubby was ready, I cooked steaks & then we watched some TV & headed to bed. Yesterday's Sims game was Family Country Home in Monte

Vista & my Sim Natalie is just living her Sim life & going to work. :) This morning I took the dogs out & loaded up a brand new game called Modern Bungalow (2nd pic) which I put in Dragon Valley. I created Ivan (1st gen) who is rebellious, good, ambitious, loves the heat, & hot headed. His lifetime wish is to be a CEO of a Mega-Corporation. He likes Stu Surprise, custom music, & the color Sea Foam. He's a

Leo. His furry companion is Tiberius, a Burmese cat who is quiet, destructive, & clueless. Ivan got a job in the business field & then learned the gardening skill. Our retired Sims enjoyed sitting in the living room reading the paper looking for this weekend's upcoming events & being sat on by Xoco (3rd pic).

1st push-button telephones debut when 2 citits in Pennsylvania offer touch-tone service for an extra charge. 50 years ago yesterday.

A coworker may offer you some eggnog. Take a drink but pass on the offer for a back rub.

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If our personal security comes from sources within ourselves, then we have the strength to practice the habits of Public Victory.

Most famous trees of the world top 10:

1. Arbol del Tule, 3,000-year-old Montezuma cypress tree in Santa maria del Tule, Mexico
2. Cotton Tree, Sierra Leone
3. Boab Prison Tree, Derby, Western Australia, hollow tree once used as a lockup during the 1880s
4. Major Oak growing in Sherwood Forest, Nottingham, England, 1,000-year-old oak
5. Lone Cypress, Monterey, California
6. Tree of Life in Bahrain, 500-year-old mesquite tree growing in the desert
7. Socotra Dragon Trees on the Island of Socotra, grove of Dragon Blood trees
8. General Sherman, giant sequoia tree that is over 2,000 years old growing in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in California
9. Cedars of God, grove of 400 Lebanon cedars growing in the northern part of Lebanon
10. Avenue of the Baobabs, grove of 800-year-old Baobab trees growing in Madagascar

Otzi the Iceman, a frozen mummy from 3300 BC that was excavated in the Alps, has 57 tattoos on his body. It's thought that these tattoos were used as pain relief treatments, similar to acupunctur

Tommy's kind of a low-profile guy ... Tommy cannot get a break. Today his application was turned down to receive junk mail.

November 18, 2013

Good morning! Saturday morning I made cinnamon rolls for breakfast, got the mail, sent the grocery list for Kroger, cleared out my Outlook e-mail, picked someone up from a funeral, took the dogs out, played some BlackJack, turned on some dish Music, looked at some 1Note templates, played 2nd Life, & then started my Cabled Canuck Hat (8th pic) & it's going to be beautiful! It's a very difficult pattern to follow, so no TV while I'm working on this hat. It was a perfect day. After working on the hat for a bit, we went out to Taco Bell

for dinner, watched TV, & then headed off to bed. Saturday's Sims game was Glencove & my Sim Destiny just aged up into a toddler. As usual though, my adult Sims & my toddler Sims are always on opposite schedules, so there will be no teaching how to talk, walk, or potty training. It's kinda hard to do that when the toddler is asleep when the adult is awake & vice versa. It happens more often than not. :( This means

I won't be able to choose a trait for the toddler when they age up into a child & the game mostly punishes you further by giving the child an annoying trait like couch potato, insane, mean spirited, etc. Early Sunday morning the FD got toned out to a med call, I took the dogs out, went through the Sunday paper, made Italian French toast for breakfast, cleaned the house, went grocery shopping at Market Street (my

favorite store other than WalMart & I like WalMart because of the added feature of yarn, clothing, & other stuff available other than foods). I came home & showered, played 2nd life for a little while, took the dogs out, made a ham & cheese sandwich for lunch, tried out Gomoku & got my ass whooped, went on Ravelry & finally organized my projects, then we went to the Italian Villa for dinner & after another

perfect day, we came home & I worked on my Cabled Canuck hat until hubby was ready to watch some TV & then we went to bed. Yesterday's Sims game was my Painter. Queen has been working on her painting skill & making money from her paintings. This morning I took the dogs out & then started up a brand new game in Sims & this one is in my top favorites list! I started out in Monte Vista, my favorite town ... then

placed a house built by a very talented other. The house is called Family Country Home (2nd, 3rd, 6th, & 7th pics). Beautiful, isn't it?! I then created Natalie (5th pic). Natalie is a cat person who's clumsy, over-emotional, a vehicle enthusiast, & a savvy sculptor. Her lifetime wish is to reach level 10 of the science career. She likes hamburgers, custom music, & the color spice brown. She's a Leo. Natalie's furry

companion is Itsy, a Balinese cat who's destructive, clueless, & proud.  Since Natalie is a vehicle enthusiast, she bought a Dodge Viper to get around in (4th pic). Her 1st "to-do" was to get a job, so she went online & got a job at the science facility. Then it was time to learn the gardening skill which is needed for her chosen career. She drove into town to the bookstore & got a book on gardening, read 

enough to gain her 1st level in the gardening skill which gifted her with not only the knowledge, but her 1st set of seeds to plant. This beautiful home comes with an area in the back yard to garden (6th pic, center strip behind the house's foundation). She planted her seeds & then headed back into the living room to sit & continue reading her gardening book until it was time to feed the cat & start dinner.

Ancient Romans used crushed bones & oyster shells in their toothpaste.

In an interdependent situation, synergy is particularly powerful in dealing w/ negative forces that work against growth & change. Sociologist Kurt Lewin developed a "force Field Analysis" model in which he described any current level of performance or being as a state of equilibrium between the driving forces that encourage upward movement & the restraining forces that discourage it.

Most dangerous sea creatures in the world top 10:

1. Stingray
2. Shark
3. Box jellyfish
4. Sea snake
5. Sea urchin
6. Stonefish
7. Lionfish
8. Puffer fish
9. Saltwater crocodile
10. Blue ring octopus

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Your lucky words this week are: Naugahyde, drunky, & bouffant.

You see who announced price increases today? ... The Life Saver people. Life Savers are now .15c/pack. And the company Life Saver said they had to pass along the increasing cost to the customer. They said the price of holes went up. -Johnny Carson 1974