One of these years ...

31-12-2009, 11:20Cruising, TravelPermalink

... I want to celebrate New Years in Sydney. Imagine watching this from the deck of a cruise ship!

iTunes is currently playing: Let's Dream In The Moonlight from the album Past Perfect, Disc Six by Billie Holiday.

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Jack Bauer interrogates Santa

20-12-2009, 13:35Celebrities, TV/MoviesPermalink

I am SO looking forward to January 17th, when Jack and Chloe return for Season 8.

iTunes is currently playing: Feliz Navidad from the album Feliz Navidad by José Feliciano.

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The Brits get it.

03-12-2009, 00:20News / SportsPermalink

They understand we've been sold a bill of goods by the global warming folks. When are we going to wise up?

iTunes is currently playing: Prelude To The End Of The Game from the album Brand New Day by Sting.

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Disturbing Hoosier News

02-12-2009, 23:57News / SportsPermalink

According to NWI.COM (online version of The [Hammond] Times), Indiana has the second highest smoking rate in the country. It is difficult to believe that in this day and age, more than a quarter of adults in Hoosierville smoke. Even worse, the percentage has gone up in the last couple of years (unlike most other states, where fewer people are smoking).

What's up, Hoosiers? Do you all not get that smoking is bad for your health??

iTunes is currently playing: Save Yourself from the album Aces by Suzy Bogguss.

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The number of women who will buy this item:

11-11-2009, 13:18Permalink

ZERO!!

Withings, the French company behind the Wi-Fi Body Scale, the first bathroom scale equipped with a wireless connection to send your weight and body fat information directly to your Web page and iPhone, announced it has added Twitter capability to the scale, enabling the user to automatically tweet the weight/fat info to followers.

In a news release, Withings declared the Twitter function would be a great help to users, "further motivating them by sharing their progress with followers."

iTunes is currently playing: We Have No Secrets from the album "The Best of Carly Simon" by Carly Simon.

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I remember very clearly ...

11-11-2009, 00:17Permalink

... the terror we felt as those news reports broke. Random shootings at a gas station and a Home Depot. A bus driver ready to start his route. A crazy person, we said. Who else would do something like this. And then relief when the two men were in custody and the shootings stopped. Sympathy of sorts for the teen. Rage toward the other, the ringleader. So much rage. Maybe that is why it only took 7 years to execute him, instead of the 20+ it often takes for death penalty cases to wind their way through the justice system. Relatives of the victims say they feel better now. Really? When the government does its eye-for-an-eye thing, does it bring back the dead? Did it heal your broken heart?

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Makes us ex-pats wanna cry.

05-11-2009, 13:30Family / Misc. Personal, News / SportsPermalink

From the [Gary] Post-Tribune:

The fiancee of Gary's latest homicide victim said she asked him not to visit the Brunswick neighborhood where he was shot and killed Wednesday. Terry Flournoy Jr., 36, became the fifth person in six days to be killed in Gary when he failed to heed that warning. Witnesses said they heard several gunshots before Flournoy was found dead in a purple Pontiac Sunfire in the 700 block of Hovey Street. "People have been getting killed left and right over here," Mya Gauldin, ... said.

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iTunes is currently playing: Lonesome For A Place I Know from the album "Idlewild" by Everything But The Girl.

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A Day in the Country

27-10-2009, 00:27TravelPermalink

Yesterday was a beautiful day so we took a drive out to Lancaster (PA). We saw quite a few horse-drawn buggies, as the area is home to some Amish folks. I'm surprised there aren't more accidents, as the buggies travel right alongside the cars on Rt. 30.
Amish buggy.

Does this cow need to be milked or do they always look like that?
Lancaster cow.

As we approached our house at the end of the day, we saw a couple of our local deer watching the cars go by. I never get tired of watching these guys.
Local wildlife.