June 8, 2012

Was busy all day yesterday & ended the day doing FD stuff until just after midnight before I finally packed it up & called it a day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!

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Bringing food into the workplace? Keep spicy or smelly foods like greasy subs, cooked broccoli, & garlic bread in the lunchroom, kitchen, lounge, an empty conference room, or outdoors. Also, go easy on the perfume or cologne & do what you can to prevent body odor.

Chorography:

1: The art of describing or mapping a region or district. 2: A description or map of a region.

This highly detailed & embellished perspective drawing of the city & the surrounding lands is a fine example of 16th-century chorography.

The word "chorography" was borrowed in the 16th century from Latin chorographia, which in turn comes from Greek chorographia, a combination of choros ("place") & graphia ("writing"). Chorography was distinguished from geography in that the former was concerned with smaller regions & specific locations whereas the latter addressed larger regions or the word in general. The maps & the art of mapping that once were the field of chorography has since passed into the spheres of geotraphy & topography. As with the art it names, the word "chorography" is now primarily encountered in historical discussions of geography & cartography.

Does potting soil become unusable after a couple of years?

Potting mediums are generally good for at least a year, but the actual length of their useful life depends on many factors, including their composition & what has been planted in them. The size & porosity of the particles control the supply & distribution of air & water, & of the nutrients & minerals that are dissolved in the water. As organic material breaks down & compacts, the spaces between particles disappear. Air & water can't penetrate & circulate among the roots. Water either quickly slides between the medium & the jar's edge, or it puddles on top for what seems like a long time. The potting medium needs replacement if it shrinks down in volume or is no longer fluffy, or if a thorough watering takes too long.

When potting medium has given its all, just dig it into the garden soil, including any perlite & vermiculite. They're natural minerals, so your garden won't lose its organic status.

How can you make compost in a small space not large enough for the recommended 3-bin compost system?

How did Volkswagen pay tribute to Grateful Dead front man Jerry Garcia following his demise in 1995?

It published an ad in Rolling Stone magazine that contained a simple sketch of the front of a VW bus with a single teardrop falling from a headlight and the words, “Jerry Garcia 1942–1995.”

Keep your milk on a low shelf, not in the door. This will help it to last longer. When you keep it on the door, each time the door is opened it's exposed to warm air. Also, since warm air rises, it's best to keep milk low to ensure its freshness.

Some ways you can tell the difference between an addiction & a bad habit are if the person is lying to pull off their addiction or it's damaging to their family. Volume also enters into the equation. 1 glass of wine doesn't make you an alcoholic, but if someone is having enough that the alcohol makes them a liar & affects their family, then we're got an addict.

Tropical Storm Allison wreaks havoc (2001):

On this day in 2001, Tropical Storm Allison hits Houston, Texas, for the second time in three days. Although Allison never even approached hurricane status, by the time it dissipated in New England a week later, it had killed about 50 people and caused $5 billion in damages.

Allison originated off the coast of Africa on May 21. For the next two weeks it moved across the Atlantic, into the Caribbean and then along the Mexican coast. By the morning of June 6, the storm had winds as high as 60 miles per hour as it hit the Texas coast at Galveston. It battered the region with rain, with Houston getting as much as eight inches. Allison was unusual in that it hovered over the region for several days.

Louisiana and southern Texas were inundated with rain. Baton Rouge received 18 inches over just a couple of days. Some portions of Texas racked up 36 inches by June 11. It was at this time that a weather system moving east from the Rocky Mountains collided with Allison and pushed it to the northeast. By the time Allison moved on, 22 people in Texas and Louisiana had lost their lives.

For the next week, Allison moved slowly up the Atlantic coast, continuing to dump rain in prodigious amounts. Florida attributed nine deaths to the storm as did North Carolina–all as a result of traffic accidents. In Virginia Beach, Virginia, a tree fell on a woman and killed her. Pennsylvania received up to 10 inches of rain and had serious flooding problems. The flood conditions caused a natural gas explosion in an apartment complex in Hatboro, Pennsylvania, killing six people.

Tropical Storm Allison proved that storms need not be particularly strong or fast-moving to be deadly and destructive.

Unscramble the following letters to reveal this June word:

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What early 20th-century baseball great was the first player to have his autograph burned into the barrel of his bat?

Which game show came 1st, 2nd, & 3rd?

A. Let's Make A Deal

B. The Price Is Right

C. Jeopardy!

Which war began 1st, 2nd, & 3rd?

A. Spanish-American War

B. Mexican American War

C. Philippine American War

BAC. The Spanish-American War took place in 1898, ending in victory for the U.S. & the end of the Spanish Empire in the Caribbean & Pacific. Well done, boys.

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Your husband is threatening to leave you if you don't stop snapping at him ... it's time to stop dieting.