Kyle is becoming quite successful! He has FOUR jobs now. 2 of them are temporary, but 2 of them aren't & he's cleaning up. I'm so proud! Did my banking for the week, paid bills, then went on a FD call for a down power line that turned out to be several down lines, down poles, & 2 transformers on the ground. All hot & live. The power company was already on scene & after the power was shut down I put out a spot fire under the tree line where some embers had fallen & caught some dead leaves & grass on fire. I met the man who designed our FD patches (great job!) on scene. 2 roads are without power for the rest of the day & 1 spot is out for the whole weekend. I really feel for those people. For the people out for the day, I say it's a great time to go to the mall. For those out for the weekend ... ROAD TRIP! Go grab the latest issue of Texas Highways magazine & go see something cool. With temperatures in the triple digits & the power out, you sure don't want to stay home all weekend. Take the house pets & go. If I had a pool I'd say pool party at my house for those out for today, but I don't. Anyway, stay cool guys & gals & I hope your power is back on soon! I've got 3 panels to go on my afghan which is 2 more days at 2 panels a day. Today is Sims 3 day though so I won't be knitting & I don't usually have time on the weekends, but by Tuesday I'll be done & am already excited to start the next project. I haven't decided what the next one will be yet or which yarn I'll be using. I can't wait! :) Happy birthday Dad!!
2nd rule of bargaining is cash. Have the cash in your hand & flash it. Cash is emotional & will sometimes get you the deal.
Beach casual:
Men: Khakis or shorts (cargo or Bermuda), knit shirt or polo shirt, sport jacket (optional) or sweater.
Women: Sundress, khakis, or shorts (cargo or Bermuda), open-collar shirt, knit shirt, or polo shirt; lightweight jacket or sweater.
Before planting flowers in a pot, place a coffee filter at the bottom of the pot, over the hole. This prevents dirt from falling through the drain hole but still allows the plant to drain properly.
Boasting a sprawling disaster-movie cast (including Martin Sheen,
Richard Harris, Burt Lancaster and O.J. Simpson), The Cassandra Crossing
is like Murder on the Orient Express -- on steroids! A stolen virus is
unleashed on a European train, and Col. Stephen Mackenzie (Lancaster)
must choose between saving passengers or saving Europe from a new black
plague as tension builds to a shocking climax.
Don't dive off rocks, piers, etc., without testing the water depth 1st. Check even if you've been there before - water levels can change.
On this day in 2008, the first published photos of Brad Pitt
and Angelina Jolie’s newborn twins, Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon,
go up on People magazine’s Web site, People.com. A 19-page photo spread followed in the magazine’s August 18, 2008, issue.
People
won the rights to the photos after a bidding war that, according to
some reports, reached as high as $14 million, the most ever paid for
celebrity baby pictures. The Jolie-Pitt twins, who were born July 12,
2008, at Fondation Lenval hospital in Nice, France, were a huge source
of media fascination from the moment their mother announced their
impending arrival.
People magazine, which launched its
first issue in 1974, has featured photos of celebrities and their
offspring since its early days. The singer and actress Cher and the rock
musician Gregg Allman appeared on the September 27, 1976 cover of People
with their newborn son, Elijah, and Cher’s daughter (with Sonny Bono),
Chastity. However, three decades later, celebrity magazines dramatically
intensified their focus on Hollywood babies and began paying millions
for exclusive images of stars and their newborns. Magazine bidding wars
for celebrity baby photos reached a fever pitch with the May 2006 birth
of Pitt and Jolie’s daughter Shiloh. Rather than enabling the paparazzi
to make money off the first photos of their child, the two actors, who
co-starred in Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) and first appeared
publicly as a couple in 2005, decided to sell the photos themselves and
have the proceeds go to charity. According to some reports, People paid more than $4 million for the North American photo rights.
After Jolie and Pitt appeared with Shiloh on the June 19, 2006 cover of People,
the magazine sold an extra 800,000 copies and the price for images of
star babies continued to rise. The actress and singer Jennifer Lopez and
her husband, Marc Anthony, sold images of themselves and their newborn
twins to People for a reported $5 million. Lopez appeared with the twins on People’s cover in March 2008. Several months later, the images of the Jolie-Pitt twins set a new record price for Hollywood baby pics.
Piebald:
1: Composed of incongruous parts. 2: Of different colors; especially : spotted or blotched with black & white.
The movie tells the story of 2 brothers growing up in an ethnically piebald neighborhood.
The noisy black & white birds that go by the scientific name Pica pica - better known as magpies - played an important role in the development of "piebald." The "pie" of "piebald" ("pie" is another name for magpie) derives from pica, which is Latin for "magpie." The other part of "piebald" comes from the word "bald" (which can mean "marked with white"), & can also be found in "skewbald," an adjective used to describe animals marked with patches of white & any other color but black.
Redbox:
Find and reserve movies and games with the official Redbox iPhone app!
This app lets you find Redbox kiosks near you, see what’s available to
rent, watch trailers and reserve discs for pickup.
Reserve movies and games: See everything that’s available at Redbox, or narrow it down to see what's inside your favorite kiosk. Search by genres, too! Once you find what you're looking for, reserve it on your iPhone so it'll be waiting for you when you get to the kiosk.
Find a Redbox kiosk: Find the closest kiosk, save your favorites and get directions (with a map!) to any kiosk you want.
Reserve movies and games: See everything that’s available at Redbox, or narrow it down to see what's inside your favorite kiosk. Search by genres, too! Once you find what you're looking for, reserve it on your iPhone so it'll be waiting for you when you get to the kiosk.
Find a Redbox kiosk: Find the closest kiosk, save your favorites and get directions (with a map!) to any kiosk you want.
What computer wiz, as a young prankster, phoned the Pope in Vatican City
pretending to be Henry Kissinger calling from a summit meeting in
Moscow?
Steve Wozniak, cofounder of Apple Computer, in the early 1970s. The scam
came to a quick end when a Vatican bishop told Wozniak, “You’re not
Henry Kissinger. I just spoke to Henry Kissinger.”
What's unusual about the shape of the droppings—or scat—of the wombat?
Which bird has the longest, 2nd longest, & 3rd longest beak?
A. Heron
B. Australian pelican
C. Kingfisher
Which man did J.Lo marry 1st, 2nd, & 3rd?
A. Cris Judd
B. Marc Anthony
C. Ojani Noa
CAB. Despite her $1.2 million engagement ring, Ben Affleck narrowly escaped a walk down the aisle with J.Lo, just hours before the wedding.
"Wild Bill" Hickock was shot in the back & killed while playing poker in a saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota. He was holding a 2-pair hand: aces & 8s, now called the "dead man's hand."
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