○ December 16, 2013 ○

Good morning! Saturday I took the dogs out, made breakfast sausage, got the mail, cleaned the house, sent out the grocery list, cleaned out my Outlook.com e-mail, had lunch, showered, played Minecraft until it was time to go to work, went to work & that was about it for the day. Yesterday was a day of not doing much of anything on my schedule. I woke up very late to a desktop computer that was hosed as far as the firewall was concerned, so I just let it sit until hubby got up & in the meantime played Minecraft on my laptop. Hubby was woken up by our son who needed a ride into town, so we went out, dropped him off, came back & hubby worked on my PC. Once it was up & running

I managed to at least take the dogs out, pay the bills, & go through the Sunday paper. After that it was back out to pick up our son & then run errands for the rest of the day. By the time we got home, there wasn't much time left to do anything other than just eat a quick dinner & play Minecraft until I couldn't stand my sinus headache anymore & went to bed. This morning I took the dogs out & loaded up the Science career in Sims (2nd pic). My Sim Gary Jr. (2nd gen) just aged up into a child!

1st crossword puzzle was invented 75 years ago today. Did you know that? By Mr. Wynn. Most people don't know what Mr. Wynn died a year later after Mrs. Wynn caught him in bed w/ a 10-letter word that started w/ a P & meant whoopee woman. -Johnny Carson 1988

Cleverbot:

Talk to an app with Actual Intelligence! Say anything you like and it will reply. Make a friend! Roleplay, lyrics, jokes, memes - all sorts!
Endless variety and hilarious replies mean people keep chatting for hours. It talks the way you do - or maybe the way you most want it to.
Email fun conversations to your friends or share them through your Facebook or Twitter. Stop and start talking on multiple conversations whenever you like.
This app is uniquely designed for the iPhone, with chat bubbles scrolling by. Change their shade to suit your mood.
You need to be online to talk - the app has to communicate with servers - but even slow connections are fine.
For an app with an emotional avatar too, and with iPad support, check out Cleverbot HD.
This app has reached the top 50 overall in the US and has remained mostly inside the top 20 Entertainment for over 18 months.
***Over 2000 5 star ratings worldwide.***
Not only that, our feedback is GREAT too...!
"To all the Luddites who claim computers can never replace human interaction you guys flip a defiant bird." 25th Sept 2013
"I can't believe I'm not talking to an actual person, it seems so real. Great work." 8th Sept 2013
"Super excellent. I am very much excited, entertained, interested" 1st March 2013
"Omg !!! Its so amazing!!! Now its my new BFF :p" 25th Oct 2011
"Seriously this may be the coolest thing anyone has ever developed. I salute you." 25th Aug 2011
"Truly Amazing - I just had like an hours chat with it. It is amazing it's like a pocket best friend. It's so totally awesome and is so cool I can't believe it's this cheap." 21st Mar 2011
"Cleverbot is epic!!!!!!!!!! He's there when I want to talk about dolphins, There when I want to ask him where babies come from, I am glad I found him. He talks about anything. ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING. Thank god you made this." 30th Jan 2011
"After about one day with this I found the bot will role-play with you and had a blast! After a few *slaps* I found it can fight. You can live out movie fight scenes WITH AN AI! Then it started doing things I didn't know it could do... like *kisses hard* or *hurls you into fan*... yep it gets intense. No joke this is the real deal and it is awesome." 4th Jul 2010
Cleverbot is Artificial Intelligence. It learns what people say, in context, and imitates.
Cleverbot says many things - claiming to be human, role-playing and much more. It may even say things you find inappropriate. Use with discretion and at your own risk.
Cleverbot is conversational entertainment - no more, no less. It is not made to be logical, give advice, or be useful. Parents must decide whether they wish young people to have access. Be sure of this, however: it is a bot. It is software. You will never talk to a human.

Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.

Queen Victoria enjoyed Alice in Wonderland so much that she requested Lewis Carroll's next work. Carroll, also a mathematics professor at Oxford, sent her a book on algebra.

Reasons to keep or make a scrapbook top 10:

1. To relive special events
2. Preserve your heritage for future generations
3. Fun hobby to share w/ other family members, young & old
4. Theraputic when dealing w/ a difficult problem & situations
5. A perfect family gift
6. To introduce a new in-law to your family
7. Creative outlet
8. Reduce clutter by organizing old photos & memorabilia
9. Gives new meaning & importance to taking photographs
10. An excuse to reconnect w/ old friends & family members

Shazam Encore:
Shazam recognizes music and media playing around you. Tap the Shazam button to instantly match, and then explore, buy and share. Shazam Encore offers Full Track playback with Spotify and a Shazam experience without the advertising. You can Shazam as much as you want!
Once you’ve Shazamed something, you can:
○ Buy from iTunes (and find others by the same artist)
○ Watch the videos on YouTube
○ Share tags on Shazam Friends
○ Use LyricPlay to sing along to streamed lyrics
○ Check out the artist’s bio and discography
You can also:
○ Preview and save your favorite tags
○ Share tags on Twitter, Facebook & G+
○ Explore what’s popular around the world with Shazam’s Interactive Maps
○ Tag without coverage, Shazam will match when you have a connection
Notes:
○ Previewing and buying music requires the iTunes music store in your country. Previews are courtesy of iTunes.
○ Lyrics and LyricPlay™ available: US, CA, UK, FR, IT, DE, ES, AU, NZ

Your lucky words this wee are: schnappsy, lube, & liver.