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On my drive back to G.S. from Memphis I listened to a book on tape by Amy Tam. On my way up to Memphis, I listend to a book on tape by Neely Tucker. Amy Tam's mother was from China, as are all her relatives. She wrote the book, later a movie, The Joy Luck Club, and others. Neely Tucker was raised in Lexington, MS and became a foreign correspondent for major newspapers. The book I listened to of his was "Love in the Driest Season' which covered a series of experiences while he was living in Zimbawai, Africa in the 90's. Both are fascinating accounts of the thoughts and actions of cultures outside the USA. I am of the opinion that there will never be world peace until all peoples are of the frame of mind of the importance of and can afford to use...... dental floss. I now drive to G.S. from Memphis thru eastern Mississippi on Hwy 45 into Mobile. It is a great road, at least in Mississippi which is most of it, and it is sparsely populated. (Spotty cell coverage, cows don...

My neice, Frances, alerted me to the fact that Brett Rattner, in blog entry below about Smiley Perfume, is a famous movie producer. I did an email search in gmail and it turns out that the guy I did biz w/ last yr was Brett Ratner, one "T". I bet they get each other's mail.

Still in Memphis, picking up a U-Haul trailer this morning. At the suggestion of my sister, Cary, who arrived last night, I have shortened the number of posts that appear on the opening page. To access an older post, use the archive links under the clock, etc.. on right margin. Great weather here for my whole visit. That helps as I have used the grass all around the guesthouse to open and sort thru boxes , and pack boxes for Goodwill. Man, the yardman comes today, so he and I will load furniture first, then boxes for the drive home tomorrow.

I have spent the last cople of days sorting thru boxes, making trips to the Goodwill and ck'ing email on a itty bitty computer w/ tiny keyboads on whiich i accidentally hit the edgeof the adjacent keys and get double letter typos using an earthlink dial up connection. Slow process. Plus the keys are hard and slippery, i think Id make lfewer typos if the keys were the rubber type. Worst is that occasionally I accidentlaly hit a symbol or F key and the whole browser says it has encountered a fatal error or some such thing and i loose what i hyad been working on.... I packed up some of momma's crystal laswt night, very carefully....and i am carrying down about a dozen national geographic issues every time i go up and down the stairs, so eventually i'll get most of those to the garbage area. I mentioned to momma throwing them out the upstairs window3 on to the concrete drive4 in front, i think it would be4 fun, she seemed less than enthuisiastic about that plan. i am off to goo...

This week I met with partners Steve Pruitt and Jim Merritt who may end up being the builders for my Phase II house addition. Steve did some work on Miller's condo after Ivan. Steve, Jim and I went to the Nasello job site so they could see a DAC-ART project in progress. Today Ted Dial (Mr. DAC-ART) is coming over to the Jerry Nasello job site to give instruction to the crew there and Steve and Jim are going to meet w/ Ted and Mark , Jerry's builder, too. Momma and Daddy need some help getting organized about this upcoming move. Jim Beck , the interior decorator is getting the decor of the new place organized, but the house they are leaving has about 3 X the sq footage of the new place, plus there is a ton of stuff there that Harry has brought from the Wilderwood Ln house and put in the guesthouse and garage that I have to pack into a U-Haul and get down here to go thru. A lot of the boxes are Miller's and were in storage in an airplane hanger and his old bedroom. The rest i...

A real job....a Professional Etch-a-Sketch Artist ??? Yes, Christoph Brown is one. See his interesting website. Etch A Festival 2006 is in the works and may prove to be the biggest Etch A Sketch event ever! Check back for more details. NOTE: If you are a professional Etch A Sketch artist wishing to display your work at Etch A Festival, please email him. Tons more Etch-a-Sketch fine art in the official gallery

Way Cool Rain Boots. Isn't online shopping the greatest ? Makes a great gift. I wear an 8 1/2 :o)

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Reminds me of years ago when I saw skinnier and sewed a lot. See them all.

This blog posts the images of the postcards that strangers mail in... http://postsecret.blogspot.com/

I don't know which I like best, the Kissie Band-Ads or the Strip of Bacon . Both are so cool. I need to order some and hope that friends have need of one whilst at my house. I won't let them know it is a special band-aid if it is on a part of the body that they can't see, I'll just offer to assist. What Fun ! Imagine a strip of bacon across the forehead.

Ok , so I am reading the text on a French website...no I don't read French, they have an English language version.....and the site is about the "world's first antidepressant perfume". The stuff is called SMILEY and the logo is a circular yellow fellow that resembles Wal -Mart's bouncy 'Roll Back' employee. I watched the video, it is well done technically , if not somewhat monotonous ....then I am searching around the site and it says something about Cannes Film Festival. And I am thinking, "what could this silly looking perfume have to do w/ the film festival?" I randomly click on one guy's photo and low and behold, it says it is Brett Rattner, a guy who sent me a ck for 2 grand a year or so ago. He wanted to use some of my scrapbook graphics in a Flash program for some Nevada ISP . Small web world.

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - A Canadian city under pressure for alleged sexual harassment within its fire department has ordered firefighters to wear only boxer-style underwear. Richmond, British Columbia will spend C$16,000 ($14,200) to buy six pairs of underwear for each firefighter (men and women) in a bid to make firehalls in the suburb of Vancouver more gender neutral, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. Whole Article

Eyelash transplant surgery wants to become the new must-have procedure for women -- and the occasional man. Using procedures pioneered by the hair loss industry for balding men, surgeons are using "plug and sew" techniques to give women long, sweeping lashes. And just like human head hair -- for that is the origin -- these lashes just keep on growing. "Longer, thicker lashes are an ubiquitous sign of beauty. Eyelash transplantation does for the eyes what breast augmentation does for the figure," said Dr Alan Bauman, a leading proponent of eyelash transplants."This is a brand new procedure for the general public (and) it is going to explode," Bauman told (maybe we can get him to cover our WHOLE eyelids with hair !!!) A small incision is made at the back of the scalp to remove 30 or 40 hair follicles which are carefully sewn one by one onto the patient's eyelids. Only light sedation and local anesthetics are used and the cost is around $3,000 an eye. (Wh...

According to the Oct 11 local paper: Dewanna C. K. was at Fairhope Police dept for an interview about outstanding traffic tickets. When departing, she left behind a drinking cup. Officers were puzzled when she returned shortly and 'demanded' the return of the hot drink. Officer Ben Taylor opened the lid and found a plastic bag w/ crystal meth and a glass pipe. She was charged w/ unlawful possession of controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. IDIOT. A Foley woman initiated a solo crime spree using a brick to smash the windows of local businesses. She was arrested after breaking out the glass front door of Victor's Food Mart. After her arrest, Ms. Goodwin stated that she "had hit all these stores and it was about time they caught her" according to the deposition on file in District Court. She is charged w/ 3rd degree burglary, 2 nd degree criminal mischief, DUI, obstructing gov. operations and resisting arrest. IDIOT.

I think I want to get a video camera. The Sony one that I found w/ Miller's stuf has some mechanical problems. Seems the auto focus motor has gone out and there is some mix-up with the audio. I have a ton of those little 8mm tapes for it, so I will see if it is possible to fix it for cheap. And, the big clunky ancient Canon camera is another possibility, and it uses the same tapes, but as I recall, about 5 yrs ago, Miller told me that it wasn't working right. Maybe he fixed it, don't know, but will try it out. One problem is batteries for both these cameras. The old batteries won't hold a charge and replacements are very expensive. I was looking on UBid to see what was offered, I read a couple over-view articles on PCWorld and PCMagazine's sites. (Ever tried to go back and find an article you read on either of these sites online ?---impossible. I have tried many times, I can never find the same article twice) I want to be able to record at least an hour video in one...

I wonder if the plural of osprey is ospries. Anyone know ? Guess I could do some research, if I had time. Or made time. Yesterday was georgous. I decided to bail rainwater and clean my pedal boat, which I did in a swimsuit, except the lagoon water was still too high to tip my boat up and drain the hull which got flooded in last week's weird 2 or 3 day wind/rain storm. So soon as the tide is lower, I'll pull the plug, tip it up and let it drain out the drain hole. When I first went outside, the osprey that is NOT 'my' osprey, was in the tree. I peeked around the corner of the house and took a couple of photos, but the second he saw me, he took flight. Look at the big version (click it) of the photo to see how enormous his wingspan is. First two photos are the 'other' osprey. Second two are my osprey buddy. After a little bit, MY osprey was in the same tree, and he watched me bail and mess with my boat. I came and went and did whatever I wanted and he just watc...

Anyone have any idea how many millions absolut vodka spends on its website? Plan to spent an hour or more. http://absolut.com Broadband required I'm sure.

ZeFrank, one of my most favorite artists has given us a way cool absolut snowflake maker toy. Play with this, set it in motion, then set it in orbit. Tip: Try little tiny white bottles. Have fun. If you don't have broadband.....cancel cable TV and use that money to pay for broadband today. The Wonder of it All Hope this is as close to a snowflake as I get this winter !