Archive for June, 2012

And it Happened in Texas

June 28, 2012

Sorry, I’m not going to add my somewhat useless two cents worth to the discussion of the Supreme Court and the Affordable Care Act. You can get that from almost every other blog on the interwebs today. I still hope we end up with an option beyond being forced to pay the highly profitable insurance [...]

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Apparently She Got Religion

June 27, 2012

Maybe you remember a while back that I ragged on Paula Deen for the hypocrisy of hyping cake on the same magazine cover proclaiming she was going to talk about living with diabetes. Well, that’s still bad. But at least she seems to be getting her own dietary house in order. This week’s People Magazine [...]

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What’s In Your Wallet?

June 26, 2012

My wallet needs a little cleaning out. It’s got a little cash, a couple credit cards, some loyalty cards for various businesses, an ATM card, a couple business cards, some old receipts, and a drivers license.* You know what it doesn’t contain? Proof that I am a United States Citizen, legally entitled to work in [...]

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Music Monday: Pitbull

June 25, 2012

Ok ok, my guilty pleasure is that I like Pitbull. Here’s Mr. Worldwide himself. You have to admit he’s a snappy dresser: But thanks to these guys, I can’t help but notice the “Dollys.” It cracks me up:

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Shorties: The Hands of Fate

June 23, 2012

The Things One Finds: Roman beads in ancient Japanese burial mound. Well, we all gotta go sometime: Ok, sure, we have more heart disease and cancer. We also have a whole lot less tuberculosis, flu, gastrointestinal infections, and diphtheria. Because the real purpose is to make Chertoff a nice chunk of change: Not a single terrorist has been arrested [...]

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Unemployment and Underemployment Mythbusting

June 20, 2012

According to the current conservative narrative, the unemployed and underemployed are what they are because they are lazy. They’re not doing what it takes to get a job. They’re not willing to get educated for the so-called Jobs Of Tomorrow. They’re not willing to step down to take a job that doesn’t pay enough to [...]

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Music Monday: I Thought it was Hometown Pride

June 18, 2012

When this song was popular way too many years ago now, I originally mistook the lyrics as “The harder rock and roll is in Cleveland.” Oddly enough, that almost was the song. It doesn’t help that the Rock and Roll Museum chose to build in Cleveland just 2 years later. Coincidence or destiny??

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Organizational Tools

June 17, 2012

Today’s Life Well Lived question is this: What are your favorite resources (Products, Apps, Books, Websites, etc.) to help you get organized? Join the discussion here, and don’t forget to enter the current sweepstakes! I’m simple when it comes to resources to get organized. I’ve tried lots of things over the years. I’ve got at [...]

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What?

June 16, 2012

Well, I had no idea that my lunchbox could impact the taste of my lunch. Any readers want a taste that doesn’t make sense? Anybody? This Japanese food transport system was found in my local Asian grocer. I have no idea what the original brand name was, since Japanese doesn’t have an L sound. Gurit and [...]

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The iPhone

June 13, 2012

So here’s my iPhone. It’s ok. It’s way too easy to take a screenshot, unless of course you want to take one. As you can see, just by looking at the main screen, I can tell what time it is, how much signal I’ve got, battery life, unread emails, even how many items are on my [...]

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