Pete surprised us with Golden Chick yesterday & we all ate way too much. We watched New Years Eve after our meal & I'm still trying to figure out who WASN'T in that movie. It was an all-star cast & then some. We just relaxed & enjoyed the day. Today is CPR class for the residents of Lowry Crossing. Pete & Kyle are both signed up & I'll be there to have my certification renewed. It's going to be a productive day just because of that even if nothing else happens today, but it's going to be a good day ... I just know it. I installed the In the Kitchen app from FOOD Network & it looks like a good app, I always like recipe apps. :) After installing the app, I updated my other apps that needed it & then synced everything with iTunes on my pc. Since it's hooked up & iTunes is open, I figured I'd rock out to my tunes. Nothing gets you going like great music! The new Ice Age movie releases today.
According to the Small Business Administration, 80% of new businesses fail within the 1st 5 years due to debt payments. Someone started their business on a card table in their living room, so they know it can be done without going into debt.
Before using a labeler to label your file folders write the name of the file lightly with a pencil. Once all the files & file names are finalized you can create the labels. This will save you from wasting labels & time!
Blade (Wesley Snipes) is a half-vampire sworn to eradicating the
bloodsuckers who lurk in the shadows. But when a breed of "reapers" is
unleashed, the Vampire Nation asks for his help in preventing a
nightmare plague that would wipe out both humans and vampires. Directed
by Guillermo del Toro (Hell Boy, Pan's Labyrinth), this Blade sequel
mixes high-tech action with crimson terror. Kris Kristofferson and Ron
Perlman co-star.
Cracker-barrel:
Suggestive of the friendly homespun character of a country store.
"One thing I like about the South," Nora said, "is that total strangers will often start up cracker-barrel conversations in places like elevators & waiting rooms."
In the days before prepackaged food & huge supermarkets, a trip to the nearest store was more than just an errand, it was also a chance to socialize & keep up with goings-on. The country store of yesteryear was the focal point of many rural communities, & the heart of the country store was the cracker barrel. Literally a barrel containing crackers, the cracker barrel - which afforded a seat for at least 1 person - was the spot where folks would gather to chat about weather & politics, or to swap stories, jokes, & gossip. Today, cracker barrels are largely a thing of the past, but the flavor of those friendly exchanges lives on in the adjective.
Don't let e-mails that arrive while you're on vacation go unanswered. Most systems allow you to program an "out-of-office" response that tells the sender how long you'll be away & who to contact if the message is urgent.
Foodict Gourmet Food Dictionary:
An application for the gastronomical newbie and the experienced foodie.
Don't
be caught wondering what's on a menu, what's in a recipe, or what you
are about to eat. This extensive dictionary of local and international
food terms will give you the definitions you need when you need them; no
internet connection is needed. Concise definitions and countries of
origin are clearly presented in a quick and simple to use application.
There are over 2,100 terms defining the most popular and not so popular
food terms you are likely to encounter at restaurants around the world.
Brush up on your tapas lingo, order food in a foreign country with
confidence, prepare a foreign recipe, or amaze your friends with your
knowledge of obscure foods.
In ancient times what constellation was known as the Dragon’s Wing?
Keep kids out of the water if they're tired, cold or overheated.
A Russian nuclear submarine sinks to the bottom
of the Barents Sea on this day in 2000; all 118 crew members are later
found dead. The exact cause of the disaster remains unknown.
The Kursk
left port on August 10 to take part in war games with the Russian
military. Russian ships, planes and submarines met up in the Barents
Sea, which is above the Arctic Circle, to practice military maneuvers.
On August 12, the Kursk was scheduled to fire a practice
torpedo; at 11:29 a.m., before doing so, two explosions spaced shortly
apart occurred in the front hull of the submarine and it plunged toward
the bottom of the sea.
The Kursk was
500 feet long and weighed 24,000 tons. It had two nuclear reactors and
could reach speeds of 28 knots. It was the largest attack submarine in
the world, approximately three times the size of the largest subs in the
United States Navy.
With the fate of the 118 Russian soldiers onboard the Kursk
unknown, several nations offered to contribute to the rescue effort,
but the Russian government refused any assistance. When divers finally
reached the Kursk a week later, they found no signs of life.
Under a great deal of pressure, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed
to raise the submarine from the sea bottom for an investigation,
although no ship or object that size had ever before been recovered from
the ocean floor. Furthermore, given that the Barents Sea is frozen for
most of the year, the operation had only a small window in which to
work.
Using $100 million, the best available technology and an international team of experts, the Kursk
was raised on September 26, 2001, about a year after the accident.
Unfortunately, however, the team was forced to cut off the front hull
from the rest of the sub in order to bring it to the surface, leaving
the best evidence of what caused the explosions at the bottom of the
sea.
Trinity:
The Trinity necklace is a classic style stainless steel tri-link
necklace. The tri-links overlap as they connect; similar to a classic
rope chain. The striking twisted steel rope design makes this chain a
distinctive and original addition to your every day style.
What animal is the most common sports mascot of U.S. colleges and universities?
The eagle, followed by the tiger and the bulldog.
Which of funnyman Jackie Gleason’s signature phrases is etched into the marble steps that lead to his grave?
“And Away We Go.” Gleason is buried in Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery in Miami, Florida.
Which pet is the most, 2nd most, & 3rd most popular?
A. Goldfish
B. Cat
C. Dog
Former New York
Yankees star Mickey Mantle dies of liver cancer at the age of 63. While
"The Mick" patrolled center field and batted clean-up between 1951 and
1968, the Yankees won 12 American League pennants and seven World Series
championships.
Mantle was born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma,
on October 20, 1931. He grew up in nearby Commerce, and played baseball
and football as a youth. With the help of his father, Mutt, and
grandfather, Charlie, Mantle developed into a switch-hitter. Mutt
pitched to Mantle right-handed and Charlie pitched to him left-handed
every day after school. With the family’s tin barn as a backstop, Mantle
perfected his swing, which his father helped model so it would be
identical from either side of the plate. Mantle had natural speed and
athleticism and gained strength working summers with his father in
Oklahoma’s lead mines. "The Commerce Comet" eventually won a scholarship
to play football for the University of Oklahoma. However, baseball was
Mantle’s first love, so when the New York Yankees came calling, Mantle
moved to the big city.
Mantle
made his debut for the Yankees in 1951 at age 19, playing right field
alongside aging center fielder Joe DiMaggio. That year, in Game 2 of the
World Series, Willie Mays of the New York Giants hit a pop fly to short
center, and Mantle sprinted toward the ball. DiMaggio called him off,
and while slowing down, Mantle’s right shoe caught the rubber cover of a
sprinkler head. "There was a sound like a tire blowing out, and my
right knee collapsed," Mantle remembered in his memoir, All My Octobers.
Mantle returned the next season, but by then his blazing speed had
begun to deteriorate, and he ran the bases with a limp for the rest of
his career.
Still, Mantle
dominated the American League for more than a decade. In 1956, he won
the Triple Crown, leading his league in batting average, home runs and
runs batted in. His output was so great that he led both leagues in
1956, hitting .353 with 52 home runs and 130 runs batted in. He was also
voted American League MVP that year, and again in 1957 and 1962. After
years of brilliance, Mantle’s career began to decline by 1967, and he
was forced to move to first base. The next season would be his last.
Mantle was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974 in his first
year of eligibility.
Mantle’s
father and son both died in their 30s, the result of Hodgkin’s disease.
Mantle was sure the same fate would befall him, and joked he would have
taken better care of himself if he knew he would live. In 1994, after
years of alcoholism, Mantle was diagnosed with liver cancer, and urged
his fans to take care of their health, saying "Don’t be like me."
Although he received a liver transplant, by then the cancer had spread
to his lungs, and he died at just after 2 a.m. on August 13, 1995, at
the Baylor University Cancer Center in Dallas.
At
the time of his death Mantle held many of the records for World Series
play, including most home runs (18), most RBIs (40) and most runs (42).
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