Cleo...  
My ex-wife took me to the private nursing home last night where her 96 year old aunt Cleo has been staying. She hasn't been able to eat for days and recently slipped into a coma. I saw her last month ...More...

8 comments | 2 kudos | 102 views | posted Oct 10, 2009 at 8:36 PM

I'm a descendant of a Giuseppe...  
My brother is into genealogy. It's been a hobby of his for many years. We've got family in America more than four generations but he's gone back tracing ancestors more than six generations from Italy....More...

5 comments | 0 kudos | 86 views | posted Oct 8, 2009 at 9:04 PM

Car Pool Toe Nail Sin Drum...  
I used to watch The Ed Sullivan Show when I was a kid and remembered a comedian who wore dual hearing aids. He must have been hard of hearing and his comedy routine was about misconstruing words. The ...More...

2 comments | 0 kudos | 78 views | posted Oct 7, 2009 at 8:04 PM

Public Service Announcement... free breast exams  
You heard right. Two hours ago, I read Snappygoddess' blog about breast cancer. She contends being intune with her body for early detection of a lump. I realize not every woman is intune with their b...More...

3 comments | 0 kudos | 117 views | posted Oct 6, 2009 at 7:56 PM

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Many of the online services (dating, forums, blogs, e-mail, etc) have filters designed to keep people from passing (or posting) e-mail addresses. One website goes so far as substituting words that are...More...

7 comments | 1 kudo | 168 views | posted Oct 6, 2009 at 7:13 AM

Anti-Wi-Fi paint... interestng concept.  
Yahoo is running a story about wall paint that blocks Wi-Fi signals. The only material I know of that blocks radio signals is metal. Sure enough, the story says the paint contains aluminum-iron oxide ...More...

6 comments | 2 kudos | 98 views | posted Oct 3, 2009 at 9:40 AM

BORN AGAIN Christians... and why I have such a low opinion of them.  
I'm sure there must be some delightful Born Again Christians in this World. Unfortunately, I haven't met any. The majority of the ones I have seen/heard about were such scum in their 'before life' but...More...

41 comments | 12 kudos | 508 views | posted Oct 2, 2009 at 9:26 PM

I used to hate George Dubya Bush...  
I used to really hate Bush for the things that came about during his administration. It wasn't until I had a lengthy chat with a friend that changed my opinion about the man. You see... we believe Geo...More...

39 comments | 7 kudos | 406 views | posted Sep 29, 2009 at 11:20 PM

Computer security... who's watching them while they're watching you !  
Since it's inception, Microsoft Windows is like a 'screen door on a submarine' when it comes to internet security. Had it not been this way, Norton wouldn't be a billionaire. Let's face it... hundreds...More...

15 comments | 6 kudos | 202 views | posted Sep 27, 2009 at 9:01 AM

Landmark...  
I reached a significant landmark yesterday. This was a goal I wanted to achieve in 2005 that actually turned the opposite way and put me in deep financial jeopardy. At the time (2001) I had a stable j...More...

6 comments | 3 kudos | 117 views | posted Sep 19, 2009 at 11:00 AM