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Glorius Passion Fruit Flower in Foley

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There was a huge vine on a fence covered w/ blooms. Click to see it big.

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Free Printable Mini-Gift Boxes

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See what Heather and I have been working on all week (amongst other things). We have a several styles and few more in the works, but we have enuf to go ahead and publish. Now we will send out a newsletter to the mailing list, about 25,000 last time I looked, to give them links to this page on www.PackageTech.com and several new scrapbooking sets at www.ScrapbookScrapbook.com It takes a whole day to email our list, the emails fire off one at a time and sometimes the browser jams up and stops, so we have to monitor it pretty closley. The addresses are in a-b-c order and we try to send to two letters of the alphabet at a time since that is all the program can handle.

More "learn from my mistakes"

So I had this little growth on the back of my right knee. I've had them before, rough little patches of skin that the Docs say are Seborrheic Keratosis spots. I have had a few frozen off over the years, including the one on the back of my knee, but it came back. So I figured why spend the time and big $ going to a doctor about this and I bought a Dr. Scholls Freeze Away Wart Remove kit and decided to see if I could just freeze it off myself. Since it was in a difficult-to-reach-myself location, I asked a scientifically minded friend, who will remain un-named so no one gives him a hard time, to assist. We read the instructions and did the deed. I think I have an area of frostbite about the size of a quarter, it is about 5 days later and the skin is now red all around my wound and it hurts. I have been putting Neosporin on it and now a large bandage. I have started on antibiotics. I only hope the scar that I end up with is no worse looking than the pea sized spot of rough skin that ...

Guitar Wiz

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Sister Cary in Knoxville sent me this: Who is this guy? with nearly 7.35 million views — and a spot in the site’s 10 most-viewed videos of all time .... funtwo’s guitar performance . From the perch it’s occupied for months on YouTube’s “most discussed” list, it generates a seemingly endless stream of praise (riveting, sick, better than Hendrix), exegesis, criticism, footnotes, skepticism, anger and awe. Read about it-NYT. See it.... YouTube FunTwo See it.... The Original--The Great Jerry C Damn, I love listening to a great guitar player. Here are two. Listen to them both. if you don't have broadband, this alone should motivate you to get it. If you liked the above, ck these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixy-H_5cukY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDoc-SPgePY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EMZSOAqqDk Then, watch Trace Bundy's acoustic guitar version

Tigers & Piggies

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Sent to me by my cousin Elise Warner: How sweet is this? In a zoo in California, a mother tiger gave birth to a rare set of triplet tiger cubs. Unfortunately, due to complications in the pregnancy, the cubs were born prematurely and due to their tiny size, died shortly after birth. The mother tiger started to decline in health, although physically she was fine. The veterinarians felt that the loss of her litter had caused the tigress to fall into a depression. The doctors decided that if the tigress could surrogate another mother's cubs, perhaps she would improve. After checking with many other zoos across the country, the depressing news was that there were no tiger cubs of the right age to introduce to the mourning mother. The veterinarians decided to try something that had never been tried in a zoo environment. Sometimes a mother of one species will take on the care of a different species. The only "orphans" that could be found quickly were a litter of wiener pigs. The...

Engineer Speaks Out

"A Lockheed Martin engineer with concerns about the safety and security flaws in a fleet of refurbished Coast Guard patrol boats turned to YouTube in order to publicize concerns he felt were being ignored by his employer and the government. From the article: 'The 41-year-old Lockheed Martin engineer had complained to his bosses. He had told his story to government investigators. He had called congressmen. But when no one seemed to be stepping up to correct what he saw as critical security flaws in a fleet of refurbished Coast Guard patrol boats, De Kort did just about the only thing left he could think of to get action: He made a video and posted it on YouTube.com.'" Michael De Kort's video on a Coast Guard cutter project had been viewed more than 8,000 times as of late yesterday.

The Weekend Report

We have finally gotten some rain. Not tons, but a decent shower for an hour or so each of the last two days. It is enuf to keep the grass alive. At the lagoon house, I have a well, so keeping the grass and bamboo alive during this drought doesn't cost a lot, but the Hardwood Dr. house has only city water. And, as I have found out, city water is real expensive. I have tried to not water any more than necessary to keep the grass from dying, but still have had water bills between 200 and 100 every month. Here, we get water on a separate bill from electricity or any other utilities. The trouble with letting the centapede grass die is that bad, fast growing weeds quickly invade. I'll have to say , that even with spending as much as I have on water, the grass is about half dead. It is very spotty. My kind neighbor on Hardwood Dr cuts my grass and even edges the place for me. He is a sweetie who lives up near B'ham and comes down about twice a month. His name is Charles, and he a...

Fido, Call Home

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It's simple. Dial your phone and call your pet. Talk to him. If he/she gets lost. Track them, online or on your PDA or 3G phone. The PetsCell™ is the first voice enabled waterproof GPS cell phone optimized for animals.

Pedal Boat back in Commish

Thanks to my kind neighbor who disassembled my rudder, took it home to B'ham, fixed it and then remounted it on the boat. I can use my peddle boat for the first time in ages. A friend came over yesterday afternoon and we had a fun Little Lagoon excursion. Considering the pretty strong wind, we managed w/ just a few mishaps. We also go to see Osprey #2 flying back and forth across my yard w/ a big fish. We startled hi when be bounded out the door and he took of, but eventually landed in a tall tree on the adjoining property with his fish.
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A whole site of paper guns. There are zip files that must be the pages to print to make your very own. Click my photo to see big version.

Narrow Escape--Death by Cow

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Woman at the beach and cow lands where she had been moments before. Sally Brown, 51, of Cowes, had just picked up her body board when she heard a loud noise as the animal hurtled down a cliff to its death.

Mis-Fortune Cookie

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Cookie sings the Blues

Chicks & then there are Chicks

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My web helper, Heather and i were emailing sample graphics back and forth. The filename is "baby-chick-seals" and anyone who uses Gmail knows that you get ads in the margin from Google. They present ads based on the content of the text. Here is what my screen showed :o) How To Pick Up Women by John Eagan -Rated #1 by Men's Fitness Magazine- Dates Guaranteed www.4-secret.com Heidi Klum Bikini Shoot Free full-screen broadband video. Heidi models a swimsuit. www.heavy.com Build a 200-Chick Brooder in 2 hours for $20. This and more in my baby chick book. Order now! www.nortoncreekpress.com Baby Chick Find great deals and save! Compare products, prices & stores. www.Shopping.com more sponsored links »

Free $12 Razor

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Rebate form for this razor .

The more audience, the better the send-off

Police in China cracking down on StripTease Funerals.

LightSpace

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Lightspace® provides cutting edge interactive lighting and entertainment products to Nightclubs, Family Entertainment Centers, Theme Parks, Fashion Shows, Special Events Stage Lighting and Sound, Health Clubs and Architectural Lighting & Design. The system is capable of storing and running a potentially limitless variety of games and interactive programs that can be used by any number of participants simultaneously. Lightspace® Play includes an interactive floor surface comprised of 16” x 16” programmable LED lit and pressure sensitive tiles constructed to fit a 10 foot square space. Each tile consists of sixteen 4” x 4” pixels that can display any color, pattern or image. The surface is able to detect location, movement and density of players to give a realistic gaming experience. Reactions to player movements are displayed on the surface and are accompanied by sound effects. Engaging way for people of all ages to play, dance, design, get fit and have fun. Trippy Video

Hobo Nickels

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Hobo nickels , carved by yesterday's homeless, were traded for meals, a place to sleep, a ride, or other favors. Some were carved with images of loved ones as mementos of better times, or to honor those lost to time. The Hobo Nickel Society has the history and tons of pictures and links. Some of the nickels done in the last 10 years or so were done by professional engravers, as a hobby. Those, of course, are incredible but the early ones, although somewhat crude, are pretty impressive considering they were working with tools like a jack knife and bits of broken glass. Showcase of mostly modern ones.

Snakes in the Movie

Movie chain AMC Entertainment Inc. said pranksters at one of its Phoenix theaters released two live diamondback rattlesnakes during a showing of the film "Snakes on a Plane" last Friday. No one was injured.

Weird Al

Slashdot says: "Known geek and comedy singer/songwriter Weird Al Yankovic has released the first song from his new album 'Straight Outta Lynwood' for free on his MySpace page. The track is entitled 'Don't Download This Song' and tells of the dangers of illegally downloading music from filesharing sites." It is pretty funny. Two lines: "Don't download this song, you'll burn in hell before too long."