Archive | August, 2010

For the Fashion-Challenged Clothing Flunkie (Yeah, That’s Me)

August 9, 2010

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Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others. -Benjamin Franklin I think I have failed on both accounts. :pinch: When you go on vacation- even a short day trip- have you ever thought about what you wear? About what an eyesore your wardrobe can be sometimes? LOL.. my wardrobe is, frankly, awful. I am [...]

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What the Heck Is This?

August 9, 2010

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‘Twas scouring through the weekly sale page at Buy.com and spotted this funky thing. Got any guesses as to what it is? It’s a mouse! For your computer! I thought I have seen them all, but this gadget just takes the cake! It’s called the Jelfin Gel Covered Mouse. Buy.com includes a little video on [...]

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When Ya Need Help, There’s Billy…

August 9, 2010

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He’s a little nerdy. He wears thick black glasses. He wears suspenders WITH a bow tie. And his pants are too short. But by golly, Billy’s a helpful lad when you need to save some money. I’m talking about Billy.com. It’s a really nice site- the owner has a touch of humor, I think. Billy [...]

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The Pet Blog Hop

August 7, 2010

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My lovely blogging friend Karen at Karen & Gerard Zemek has a neat post about pets. Their dog, Abby Dabby Doo (don’t you just LOVE that name!) was featured in their local Ohio newspaper. So Karen decided to give every pet the chance to be famous with her Pet Blog Hop. It looked like fun [...]

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Super Kitty to the Resc— Er, Um, Maybe Not…

August 6, 2010

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see more Lolcats and funny pictures see more Lolcats and funny pictures see more Lolcats and funny pictures see more Lolcats and funny pictures see more Lolcats and funny pictures Um, yeah, I am fooling around at LOL Cats when I should be installing the Sheetrock…. :jittery: *sigh* It’s so humid that we are wheezing [...]

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Nation’s Oldest Family Farm Up for Sale

August 4, 2010

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Holy cow. LITERALLY, hahahah!!! :blink: OK I calm down now. This story at Boston.com is both tragic and befuddling. (I’d copy and paste a section of the news story, but I don’t want to get sued for doing so- so you’ll have to go see for yourself). In a nutshell, a family in New Hampshire [...]

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DIY Clinical Lab Testing?

August 4, 2010

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This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of GoToMyLabs.com. All opinions are 100% mine. I’m a renowned Do-It-Yourself’er. I DIY even when I don’t have to DIY. And I don’t mean only for home remodeling- I’m all for DIY major construction, DIY landscaping, DIY eyeglasses, DIY medicinal curing, living self-sufficiently- everything! But [...]

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I’m Really Sorry

August 3, 2010

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I have been such a bad blogger this summer. I haven’t visited all my beloved blogs in a while; and when I do, it’s always in a hurry. I never do Word for Wednesday regularly…. or anything regularly. I don’t leave comments as much. I have WAAY too many sponsored posts some weeks… but the [...]

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Buy.com Has Pet Supplies

August 3, 2010

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Ugh, summer. The humidity is cranked up SO high here in Upstate New York. Rarely do I feel sick, but today the humidity gave me a stomachache. And the bugs this year are big suckers. Literally. With one or two slurps, they can drain a cat of half his bodily fluids. :sik: My poor Fuzzy [...]

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The End of Teachers?

August 2, 2010

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Do you think computers can replace a teacher? Do you consider a child educated if his head is full of facts? Hmmm….. BBC News has a very interesting article: Using computers to teach children with no teachers A 10-year experiment that started with Indian slum children being given access to computers has produced a new [...]

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