It's FRIDAY! WOO! Today was a day off for me so I've done pretty much nothing but relax today. I really enjoy my days off. :) Yesterday I went through the mail once the mailman came, listened to a podcast on my phone (that was a 1st, wish they had better stuff to choose from that I'm interested in), had a boiled egg for breakfast, cleaned the tub & dining table, folded some laundry, & cleaned the front porch. I checked eBay, picked Kyle up from school & then we went to our appointment. Pete met us there & after the appointment we all went to
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Fuddrucker's for lunch (I really like that place). After we got back Pete went & did his thing so I knitted the next to last panel of the gold & white afghan on the knitting machine, checked Twitter & Woot! & then loaded up Sims. I ended up scrapping Worthington. I couldn't get it to come out right & finally just deleted it. Some houses & I just don't mix & that was one of them. Now I'm working on Sapphire Point. A very nice (so far) home for Sims that's already
very expensive because of the cars I put in the garage. 2 very high end
& expensive cars, so whatever Sims move into this house will travel
around town in style. :) After that I started up a new game with a house I downloaded from a talented other. It's called Lemon Drop Victorian. Friday was my day off, so I loaded up Sims again when I woke up & Worked on Sapphire Point a little more. Then I loaded up my Spa Specialist game. A nice relaxing game
where my Sim only has to work part time. I picked up in the spring with a cool 64° at 3:p. Aaron 2nd is my 2nd gen Sim in this game & he's artistic, good, a Sagittarius who likes hip hop music, tri-tip tofu steak, & the color spiceberry. He's insane, handy, & a great kisser. His dad Aaron got abducted by aliens & then later returned relatively unharmed other than feeling a little "probed". Aaron 2nd met & married Jenni Hones-Brown & they moved into her
house on the water's edge. I've never played this house before & it's a very nice one. It's up on pylons & the water runs right under the house in one corner. Because of this, the view from inside makes it look like you're on a boat. It's pretty cool. :) After the game I came over here & started this blog. That was YESTERDAY. Notice at the beginning of this blog it says it's Friday. Well now, it's Saturday. I had to change the date of the post up top. I was typing away, still at the beginning of my post ... hadn't even gotten to the Sims part of it yet. I had just typed about knitting the next to last panel on the knitting machine & the tones went off for Princeton FD. There was a grass fire. My specialty. I flipped over to Princeton to listen in on their talk channel & sure enough I heard Lowry Crossing. Time to get dressed! I headed to the station & was on the call 3½ hours. Sean & I were working the east side of the tree line & after laying down a wet line, we went into the woods with the reel line & tried to put out as much as we could in there. After refilling the truck, we put down another wet line & then was on standby for a little while just in case something flared back up. While on standby, the homeowner bought all of us 6 large pepperoni pizzas & a 12-pack of Coke. That was a 1st for me ... very VERY nice homeowners. During this call we also had another call for a fire public assist that was pre-planned & our Assistant Chief & 3 others went on that call. After I got back home Pete wanted to take me out to dinner (THANK YOU! I really needed that, it's much appreciated). We got home, watched Burn Notice & Elementary & headed off to bed. Which brings me to now. Saturday morning & all is well. Sorta. Kyle is in trouble with me for promising to do chores while I was on the call & when I got home 3½ hours later he was lying on the sofa watching TV with dishes piled up all over the kitchen sink. When Pete & I went out to dinner I told him to finish his chores NOW. Well, he did ... but according to Josh he was very angry about having to stop watching TV & do his chores & was throwing things into the dishwasher & managed to break one of my glasses from my brand new set that I bought to replace the old set that he broke one of the glasses to. Why is it that I can't have a COMPLETE set of glasses? just 1 glass from every set has to get broken. All I want is a FULL SET. Not several partial sets. Was that too much to ask? Anyway, we got up this morning & drove Josh to work. Happy weekend everyone & happy birthday grandma! She's 97 today. I sure hope I live that long. 3 weeks from today we'll be on the highway & Myrtle Beach bound ... in my truck! YEAH!!
101 Tips for Cooking:
Discover 101 Top Tips for Cooking Like a First Class Chef!
Whether you are a new cook, or a seasoned kitchen veteran, there are some simple tricks that you can use to improve the quality of your meals.
Professional chefs everywhere use these techniques to wow their customers, and keep them coming back.
Try some of these ideas, and see how your family and guests react to your amazing culinary delights.
Here is what you will discover inside...
★ Have you ever wondered why it is that when you make a meal, following the recipe exactly, you still can’t make it look like the accompanying photograph? The answer is pretty simple. Professional chefs use little tricks to make food more appealing. Luckily anyone can master the tricks of the trade with a little practice. Here are some that you might want to try tonight.
★ Do you sometimes feel that your guests compliment your cooking just to be nice? Everyone who has ever set foot in a kitchen knows that there is always room for improvement in the culinary arts. Here are some of the tips that we have gathered from the experts that might help you to get your guests to say "wow", and mean it!
★ Expert chefs have had many years of training and experience to get their food looking and tasting great. But it doesn’t take years to perfect the small details that will get you excited about cooking. Try these tricks, and your meals can go from bland to fabulous starting today!
★ If you enjoy watching cooking shows on television, the first thing that you probably notice is how easy the pros make everything look. There are many ways that you can improve your cooking technique to make meal preparation faster, and to improve the quality of your food. We’ve gathered these tips to help you get started...
★ Does your spice cabinet leave you feeling confused? Do you worry that your food will not have enough flavor, or that it just won’t look the way you expect? Well, the answer to your worries might be in these tips that have been gathered from professional chefs, who have plenty of experience making food that is both beautiful and delicious.
★ Although it’s tempting to just toss something in the oven for dinner, you probably get tired of the same old things. Here are some ideas that can get you cooking like a chef in no time at all.
★ A recipe does not need to be complicated to produce a delicious result. Even the simplest meals can be made better when you know the tricks of the trade. Cooking is an art, and like any art, cooking will improve with practice and experimentation. Here are some quick techniques designed to get you cooking like a professional in no time at all.
★ When you want to cook like a chef, you need to understand how your recipe works. Experts read more in their recipes than just measurements, and to cook like a chef you need to do the same thing. Here are some ways that you too can learn to “read” your recipes and to prepare amazing meals for your family and friends.
★ Would you like to kick your cooking up a notch? Do you watch cooking shows with amazement, wondering how it is that anyone can chop onions that quickly? An expert chef cooks all day long, and with practice comes perfection. Here are some of the tips that we have gathered from chefs to help you develop the skills necessary to be a world class cook...
There are simple things that you can do to improve your cooking right away.
You do not need to be a professional to implement these fantastic techniques into your own cooking today. With a little practice, you will be getting rave reviews in no time.
Whether you are a new cook, or a seasoned kitchen veteran, there are some simple tricks that you can use to improve the quality of your meals.
Professional chefs everywhere use these techniques to wow their customers, and keep them coming back.
Try some of these ideas, and see how your family and guests react to your amazing culinary delights.
Here is what you will discover inside...
★ Have you ever wondered why it is that when you make a meal, following the recipe exactly, you still can’t make it look like the accompanying photograph? The answer is pretty simple. Professional chefs use little tricks to make food more appealing. Luckily anyone can master the tricks of the trade with a little practice. Here are some that you might want to try tonight.
★ Do you sometimes feel that your guests compliment your cooking just to be nice? Everyone who has ever set foot in a kitchen knows that there is always room for improvement in the culinary arts. Here are some of the tips that we have gathered from the experts that might help you to get your guests to say "wow", and mean it!
★ Expert chefs have had many years of training and experience to get their food looking and tasting great. But it doesn’t take years to perfect the small details that will get you excited about cooking. Try these tricks, and your meals can go from bland to fabulous starting today!
★ If you enjoy watching cooking shows on television, the first thing that you probably notice is how easy the pros make everything look. There are many ways that you can improve your cooking technique to make meal preparation faster, and to improve the quality of your food. We’ve gathered these tips to help you get started...
★ Does your spice cabinet leave you feeling confused? Do you worry that your food will not have enough flavor, or that it just won’t look the way you expect? Well, the answer to your worries might be in these tips that have been gathered from professional chefs, who have plenty of experience making food that is both beautiful and delicious.
★ Although it’s tempting to just toss something in the oven for dinner, you probably get tired of the same old things. Here are some ideas that can get you cooking like a chef in no time at all.
★ A recipe does not need to be complicated to produce a delicious result. Even the simplest meals can be made better when you know the tricks of the trade. Cooking is an art, and like any art, cooking will improve with practice and experimentation. Here are some quick techniques designed to get you cooking like a professional in no time at all.
★ When you want to cook like a chef, you need to understand how your recipe works. Experts read more in their recipes than just measurements, and to cook like a chef you need to do the same thing. Here are some ways that you too can learn to “read” your recipes and to prepare amazing meals for your family and friends.
★ Would you like to kick your cooking up a notch? Do you watch cooking shows with amazement, wondering how it is that anyone can chop onions that quickly? An expert chef cooks all day long, and with practice comes perfection. Here are some of the tips that we have gathered from chefs to help you develop the skills necessary to be a world class cook...
There are simple things that you can do to improve your cooking right away.
You do not need to be a professional to implement these fantastic techniques into your own cooking today. With a little practice, you will be getting rave reviews in no time.
Balletomane:
A devotee of ballet.
Balletomanes across the country eagerly bought tickets to the famous ballerina's final performance.
If you suspected that this word originated with the idea of a "mania" for ballet, you're correct. What you may now have guessed is that the language that inspired English-speakers to borrow the word in the 1930s was Russian. "Balletomane" derives from the Russian noun baletoman, which in turn combines the word for "ballet" (balet) & the suffix -man, from maniya (meaning "mania").
Business is only worth the income it creates. Just because it has a great location doesn't mean it will cause income to happen. Who cares if a business has a great name in the community if it doesn't create an income? Same goes with having a brand that everyone knows. If the business isn't monetizing it, then who cares how well-knows it is? All it comes down to is the net profit of the business.
On this day in 2001, Ocean’s Eleven, a caper film featuring an
all-star ensemble cast including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon,
Bernie Mac, Don Cheadle, Andy Garcia and Julia Roberts, opens in
theaters. Ocean’s Eleven was a remake of the 1960 film of the
same name, which featured so-called “Rat Pack” actors Frank Sinatra,
Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop, along with
Angie Dickinson. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, the blockbuster 2001
remake spawned the profitable sequels Ocean’s Twelve (2004) and Ocean’s Thirteen (2007).
In 1960’s Ocean’s Eleven, Frank Sinatra starred as Danny Ocean, the ringleader of a gang of 11 accomplices who plot to rob a Las Vegas
casino. At the time, the now-iconic entertainer had already won an
Academy Award, in the Best Supporting Actor category, for his
performance as an army private in Hawaii just before the Pearl Harbor attack in 1953’s From Here to Eternity, featuring Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr. Sinatra also earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his role as an ex-heroin addict in 1955’s The Man with the Golden Arm, with Kim Novak. Born on December 12, 1915, in Hoboken, New Jersey, Sinatra first rose to fame as a singer in the 1940s. He launched his movie career the same decade, appearing in such films as Anchors Away (1945) and Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949), both of which co-starred Gene Kelly. Sinatra went on to star in such popular movie musicals as Guys and Dolls (1955), in which he played Nathan Detroit to Marlon Brando’s Sky Masterson, and Pal Joey (1957), with Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak. “Old Blue Eyes” also appeared in serious dramas, including The Manchurian Candidate
(1962), a political thriller co-starring Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh
and Angela Lansbury. Sinatra’s final silver-screen appearance was a
cameo in 1984’s Cannonball Run II, starring Burt Reynolds. The Chairman of the Board died at age 82 on May 14, 1998.
George Clooney, who took on the role of Danny Ocean in the 2001 Ocean’s Eleven remake, was born on May 6, 1961, in Lexington, Kentucky. He began his acting career on television, with supporting roles on the popular sitcoms The Facts of Life and Roseanne and the drama Sisters, as well as single episodes of such programs as The Golden Girls and Murder, She Wrote. Clooney first achieved star status with his role as Dr. Doug Ross on the prime-time medical drama ER, which debuted in 1994. By the time he left ER in 1999, Clooney had appeared in such movies as Batman & Robin (1997), Out of Sight (1998), which marked the first time Clooney worked with Soderbergh, his frequent future collaborator; and Three Kings (1999). Clooney went on to starring roles in The Perfect Storm (2000), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) and Ocean’s Eleven. The handsome actor made his directorial debut with 2002’s Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, about the 1960s and ‘70s game show host Chuck Barris, who claimed he also worked for the C.I.A.
Clooney won his first Academy Award, in the Best Supporting Actor category, for his role in Syriana (2005), a complex thriller about the oil industry. That same year, he received Best Director and Best Screenplay Oscar nominations for Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), about the 1950s
TV newsman Edward R. Murrow and his conflict with the anti-Communist
U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy. Clooney received his first Best Actor
Oscar nomination for his performance in the title role of 2007’s legal
thriller Michael Clayton.
Don't say: "Call me if there's anything I can do."
Say instead: "Can I bring you dinner tomorrow night [or, some other specific offer to help]?"
Explore the option of fixing things rather than replacing them with often-costly new items. The cost of paying someone to fix your car / lawnmower / computer / washing machine, etc., usually will be much less expensive than purchasing a replacement.
FOX Business:
Stay connected to the stock market wherever you are with FOX Business
for iPhone. Create your own portfolio to track your stocks and set
alerts or watch FOXBusiness.com Live directly from your iPhone. The FOX
Business iPhone application offers the day’s latest financial news and
market updates. FOX Business for iPhone makes it easy to keep up with
the markets, while you’re on the go.
News
Get the latest business headlines from FOXBusiness.com throughout the trading day and after hours.
Video
Watch FOXBusiness.com Live for a look at the issues affecting the market’s ups and downs. View FOX Business clips on demand anytime to stay up to date on the news when you’re away from your TV.
My Money
Create your own My Money portfolio and track up to 10 stocks. Set stock alerts to be notified via push notifications when your stocks reach a certain price.
Markets and Stocks
Select a market from the Latest page or enter a company name or symbol into the search box to get detailed market or stock data.
Charts
Rotate the stock or market details page to see day, week, month, and year charts. Select a point on the chart to see how it performed at a specific point in time, or select two points to see the difference in performance between those points in time.
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Find your local channel for FOX Business Network by entering your zip code or use the GPS and select “Find Local Channels Near Me.”
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Traveling? Find a hotel that carries the FOX Business Network. Enter your zip code or select “Find Hotels Near Me” to see a list of hotels in the area that offer FOX Business Network.
News
Get the latest business headlines from FOXBusiness.com throughout the trading day and after hours.
Video
Watch FOXBusiness.com Live for a look at the issues affecting the market’s ups and downs. View FOX Business clips on demand anytime to stay up to date on the news when you’re away from your TV.
My Money
Create your own My Money portfolio and track up to 10 stocks. Set stock alerts to be notified via push notifications when your stocks reach a certain price.
Markets and Stocks
Select a market from the Latest page or enter a company name or symbol into the search box to get detailed market or stock data.
Charts
Rotate the stock or market details page to see day, week, month, and year charts. Select a point on the chart to see how it performed at a specific point in time, or select two points to see the difference in performance between those points in time.
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If a guest spills something on your carpet during a party, is it rude to clean it up right away?
It's rude only if you show your guest that you're angry or annoyed. Otherwise, your tackling the cleanup will be a relief to everyone, especially if you make a lighthearted comment, such as, "See, no damage done!" There's nothing rude about a gracious, prompt cleanup.
In the tub, close your eyes & imagine drifting on a lake or river.
In what game was the term “grand slam” first used?
Whist, a forerunner of bridge, where it means winning all 13 card tricks
in a hand. The term is also used in baseball, golf, tennis, and rugby.
Lychee is a type of what?
A. Vegetable
B. Fruit
C. Bird
D. Spice
Money merge account is a kind of mortgage accelerator program floating around out there. It's a total rip-off. You pay all of your bills out of your home equity line of credit & you have your paycheck deposited against your home equity line of credit. They pay on your mortgage with whatever is left over, promising that your mortgage will quickly if not "magically" disappear. But if you borrow money on the home equity line of credit to pay money down on the 1st mortgage, you broke even, didn't you? That's borrowing from Peter to pay Paul.
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is signed into law by President Bill Clinton. Clinton said he hoped the agreement would encourage other nations to work toward a broader world-trade pact.
NAFTA, a trade pact between the United States, Canada, and Mexico,
eliminated virtually all tariffs and trade restrictions between the
three nations. The passage of NAFTA was one of Clinton's first major
victories as the first Democratic president in 12 years--though the
movement for free trade in North America had begun as a Republican
initiative.
During its planning stages, NAFTA was heavily
criticized by Reform Party presidential candidate Ross Perot, who argued
that if NAFTA was passed, Americans would hear a "giant sucking sound"
of American companies fleeing the United States for Mexico, where
employees would work for less pay and without benefits. The pact, which
took effect on January 1, 1994, created the world's largest free-trade
zone.
Quiddity:
1: Whatever makes something the type that it is : essence. 2a: A trifling point : quibble. 2b: Crotchet or eccentricity.
Rembrandt seems to have had an uncanny insight into human nature; he could render a person's quiddity in a single portrait.
When it comes to synonyms of "quiddity," the Q's have it. Consider "quintessence," which shares the "essence of a thing" sense of "quiddity" (this oldest sense of "quiddity" dates from the 14th century). "Quibble" is a synonym of the "trifling point" sense, which arose from the subtler points of 16th-century academic arguments. And "quirk," like "quiddity," can refer to a person's eccentricities. Of course, "quiddity" itself derives from a "Q" word, the Latin pronoun quis, which is 1 of 2 Latin words for "who" (the other is qui). Quid, the neuter form of quis, gave rise to the Medieval Latin quidditas, which means "essence," a term that was essential to the development of the English "quiddity." However, there is now connection between "quiddity" & Harry Potter's favorite sport of Quidditch.
To help you keep your gift purchases within your budget, pay with cash only. Determine the amount you plan to spend on gifts, put that amount of cash in an envelope. When the envelope is empty your shopping should be complete!
To prevent the embarrassment of receiving a gift from a friend & not having one to give, buy a few small items to have available as last minute gifts. General gifts such as candles, kitchen towels, or coffee shop gift cards are a great solution. Wrap these gifts & label them with a small sticky not was to what is in the wrapped package. Remove the sticky note before giving the gift.
TV remote control uses what type of signal?
A. Radio
B. Sonic
C. Infrared
D. Ultraviolet
Answer: C. Infrared
What U.S. city has more bridges than any other city in the world?
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with 446.
Which chess piece can move the most squares?
A. Rook
B. Knight
C. Pawn
ABC. The word pawn is actually derived from the Old French word "paon," which comes from the medieval Latin term for foot soldier. Sometimes I feel like I'm only a pawn in the fame of life.
Which Hawaiian island is the biggest?
A. Maui
B. Oahu
C. Kauai
Kauai is one of the wettest spots on Earth. Its annual average rainfall of 460" is responsible for eroding the deep balleys & canyons in the central mountain region.
Which of these television networks is owned by Walt Disney?
A. ABC
B. NBC
C. CBS
D. FOX
Answer: A. ABC
Which president—the first to be born in the U.S.—was the only one who didn’t speak English as his primary language?
You're so __________ that the Channel 7 Action News Team refers to you as "The __________."
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