Update on the IPod Post

Thanks to everyone who gave me recommendations.  I like to do a lot of research before I pluck down money on something high-tech.  These are the features I would like in an MP3 player (I don’t think I’m going to do the iPod because I feel it limits me too much.) 1.  Playback of my [...]

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Instead of Plan B

Why not try Plan A?  (Hat tip to Garrett.)

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If I Could Talk to the Animals

Whenever I take my early evening stroll through the neighborhood I see various critters, but mostly cats. Whenever I pass by a house with cats in the yard I always talk to the cats — meow. I get one of three reactions, they look at me but do not reply, they totally ignore me, or [...]

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Summer Thunderstorms

We have had three days of thunderstorms this week. Monday late afternoon we had a nice thunderstorm that cooled things down quite a bit. Tuesday morning we woke up to the sound of thunder and about 20 minutes of rain. Thursday morning we woke up to lightning, thunder and rain which lasted over two hours. [...]

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The Disabled Just Can’t Get a Break

I learned today, via Pat’s Pond, that Pluto is no longer a planet, at least according to “leading astronomers” who have created new guidelines as to the classification of planets. They have determined that Pluto is a dwarf planet. So does that mean that dwarf people are not really people? I know a few who [...]

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To iPod or not to iPod…

… that is the question.  My birthday is less than two months away and I told Norm that I would like an iPod so I could listen to cool tunes while I take my evening stroll through the neighborhood.  After thinking about it for awhile and looking around on the Internet, I’m wondering if I [...]

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And Now for Something Different

Check out Norm’s new podcast.

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Mosquitoes — I Hate Them!

Since we had rain the past few weeks, not a whole lot but some, we’ve also gotten mosquitoes.  The first year I lived here, back in 1999, we never had mosquitoes.  Now we get them every summer when we get monsoon storms. Mosquitoes like me for some reason.  I swell up instantly when I get [...]

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