Ø May 26, 2012 Ø

I did it, I finally had a day where I got it all done & even had time to breathe while doing it. I even relaxed a little at the end of it all. I don't know whether I'm happy about it or not though. I mean, I really needed it ... but technically it wasn't supposed to happen. Had I made that structure fire in New Hope the night before, I would have come back home, gone back to bed, slept much later than I did, & I wouldn't have come close to finishing (again). So, I finished ... I had a great day ... but at the cost of sleeping though a structure fire out of sheer exhaustion from the entire week leading up to it. "Perfect" would have been either NO structure fire call, or making the structure fire call AND finishing everything. I cheated the system, that's like having a perfect day because you cut class. I pulled a Ferris Bueller (though not intentionally). To Scott, Paul, & Keith ... thank you for going. Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

2 popular varieties of this plant are 'Maid of Orleans' or 'Grand Duke of Tuscany.' What's the plant (common & scientific names, please)?

Clean out the garage. Empty it out completely. Sweep the floor. Get rid of the cobwebs in the corners. Donate or throw away any unused or broken toys, lawn equipment, tools, etc. If you've not used it in the past year ... it's time to let it go! Put everything back in the garage. Make this a family event.

Deterge:

To wash off : to cleansw

In order to prevent infection, it's necessary to properly deterge & disinfect the wound.

Although not particularly common in the English language, "deterge" is related to a word that most of us are familiar with: "detergent." Like "detergent," "deterge" comes (possibly by way of French deterger) from the Latin verb detergere, itself from de- & tergere (to wipe"). "Deterge" entered the English language in the early 1600s & has primarily been used in medical contexts.

I never just run out, hire an attorney, & start beating on people. It's always best to sit down, talk to them, & five them the chance to be reasonable & do the right thing. But if they're not willing to do the right thing, then you've got to be prepared to take legal action.

In flight smelly situations:

Strong odors are another cruel way to torment your seatmates. Too much perfume can be as hard to take as bad BO. If you must bring food on board, don't make it a sausage-garlic sub. Change the baby's stinky diaper in the bathroom, not at your seat. And, please, don't remove your shoes so your feet can get some air.

Rearrange the letters in the phrase to discover the related words or phrase:

that queer shake

Sidney Pollack dies (2008):

On this day in 2008, the film director, producer and actor Sidney Pollack, whose string of hits included Tootsie, Out of Africa and The Firm, dies of cancer at his home in Los Angeles, at the age of 73.

After high school, Pollack left his hometown of South Bend, Indiana, to study at New York City’s Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. He acted in a Playhouse telecast of For Whom the Bell Tolls, directed by John Frankenheimer, and appeared on Broadway in several productions. According to Pollack’s obituary in the New York Times, it was Burt Lancaster who pointed the young actor toward directing, introducing him to the Hollywood mogul Lew Wasserman, who got Pollack a gig on the television series Shotgun Slade. Pollack later directed episodes of Ben Casey and The Fugitive for TV and won an Emmy Award for helming a Bob Hope-hosted show in 1966.

Pollack’s first feature film, The Slender Thread, starred Sidney Poitier and Anne Bancroft and was released in 1965. Critical reception was cool, and only rose to lukewarm for his next several efforts. He broke through in 1969 with They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, starring Jane Fonda. The bleak Great Depression-era film received nine Oscar nominations, including one for Pollack as Best Director.  Four years later, he scored a commercial hit with The Way We Were, a weepy romance starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford that was largely panned by critics. One of Pollack’s most frequent collaborators, Redford also starred (opposite Faye Dunaway) in Pollack’s hit 1975 thriller Three Days of the Condor and (opposite Fonda) his screwball 1979 comedy The Electric Horseman.

After a foray into serious drama with Absence of Malice (1981), Pollack returned with a comedic bang in the following year’s acclaimed hit Tootsie, for which he earned a second Oscar nomination for Best Director. The film was the second-highest grossing film of 1982, behind only E.T., directed by Steven Spielberg. Pollack finally took home the Best Director trophy for the romantic drama Out of Africa (1985), starring Meryl Streep and Redford. The film also won the Oscar for Best Picture. The Redford vehicle Havana (1990) flopped, but Pollack soon bounced back with the hugely successful legal thriller The Firm (1993), based on the best-selling John Grisham novel.

After two disappointments--Sabrina (1995) and Random Hearts (1999), both starring Harrison Ford--Pollack took a five-year hiatus from directing, returning with the drama The Interpreter (2005), starring Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn. During the latter part of his career, Pollack amassed an impressive roster of independent films as a producer. In 2000, he partnered with the director Anthony Minghella (who also died in 2008) to form Mirage Enterprises. The company released Minghella’s acclaimed Cold Mountain (2005) and Pollack’s last film as a director, the documentary Sketches of Frank Gehry, in 2006.

Throughout his career, Pollack maintained a reputation for working particularly well with big-name actors, including Redford, Fonda, Streisand, Streep, Ford, Sally Field, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn. He racked up a number of notable performances himself, including a starring turn in Woody Allen’s Husbands and Wives (1992). Pollack appeared in his own movies numerous times, playing Hoffman’s agent in Tootsie and Penn’s boss in The Interpreter, among other roles. On the small screen, he had a recurring role on the sitcom Will & Grace and appeared on Just Shoot Me, Mad About You, The Sopranos and Entourage. Most recently, he was featured in 2007’s Michael Clayton (which he also produced) as a jaded corporate lawyer, and in the 2008 comedy Made of Honor.

Tip & Split:

A ‘Fun’ tip calculator!
Wouldn’t it be convenient if the cashier calculates the tip for you and divides the total amount equally among your group members? Then, the Tip & Split will suit you well!
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If any of the following refer to you, this is a MUST HAVE APP inside your iphone and iPod touch.
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What 2 families of famous athletes have had three members pictured on Sports Illustrated covers?

What is the name of TV judge Judy Sheindlin’s 148-foot yacht?

Her Honor.

Which book was written 1st, 2nd, & 3rd?

A. Gone with the Wind

B. Moby Dick

C. Robinson Crusoe

CBA. Robinson Crusoe was written way back in 1719. Great books stay great, right?

You bought a new plant. It looked great. But now you have tiny flying bugs all over your apartment. How can you make sure you don't purchase infected plants again?
Check the prospective adoptee for general health as well as for insects. Ate there signs that a lot  were removed? That may be because they were damaged by bugs. Are the leaves that are there unusually curly? Curled leaves can signal that there were aphids or red spider mites around while the seedlings were growing. Though the grower may have gotten rid of adult insects by spraying the plants with a pesticide or a blast of water, just one escaped aphid is enough to start a whole new infestation.
The next step is quarantine. Before letting a new plant join your old friends, keep it by itself for 11 days so you can monitor developments. Your apartment's best growing locations probably already have plants in them, but the newcomer will be all right cooling its heels in a less-favored place as long as its sojourn there is comparatively short.

You're supposed to eat more in the winter - it's 1 of nature's laws.