Happy Thursday! I had an egg salad sandwich for breakfast yesterday at NINE PM. That was just insane. Things had to change. So ... after dinner with Pete (he brought a roast chicken home!) & some television, we went to bed & I just couldn't sleep. I kept thinking of how insane it was that I didn't eat for the 1st time until 9:p. Something had to be done. Well, a couple things had to be done. 1) I need to smack Josh in the head. He lives here rent free, he gets rides to & from work, he has a phone that he doesn't pay for, electricity, heat, a kitchen, food, etc, etc, etc. So what does he do last night? He uses up the LAST of our propane to grill steaks. He sits down & has a nice steak dinner with Kyle. ?! With KYLE?! Pete & I have been supporting him for TWO YEARS & he has a steak dinner with Kyle? I hadn't eaten since the night before & he didn't even offer. Didn't even ask if I'd like any ... after using MY grill, the last of MY propane, MY lighter to light the grill, MY dining room table, MY plates, MY silverware, MY electricity to see ... I could go on & on. Yet I starved until 9:p while he shared a nice steak dinner with Kyle. Josh has GOT to GO! That's just plain rude, inconsiderate, & stupid. What an ungrateful ... nevermind. OK, that's enough of Josh. The other thing that needs to be done ... 2) Rewrite my schedule & change my daily habits. I couldn't sleep. Between Josh & my lack of getting anything done this week, I just could NOT get to sleep. I finally gave up, got up, & turned on my PC. I rewrote my entire schedule. I changed everything. Now, instead of having a dozen tabs open across my browser, I have ONE. Instead of being on facebook all day, I'll only check in ONCE a day (I'm going to try anyway). Instead of playing Words w/ Friends all day, I'll play ONCE a day. 16 hours in a day, 16 line items in the schedule. Everything marked off at 1 hour increments. Some things take less, some things take more ... at the end of the day it'll all even out. Things that are indefinite (like crafting), I set a timer for. The rest ... I just do the best I can. All the crafting that's now in there is for 1 of 3 reasons: 1) Decor, 2) Relaxation, 3) Sale. Based on the wide array of crafts (6 different ones), I can have relaxation every day of the week while doing a different craft so I don't get bored, I can have stuff that I'll wear myself, decor for the house, & stuff to sell on eBay. I've got some great ideas & a lot of great inventory. Let the crafting for fun & profit begin! When I was done rewriting my schedule, hours had gone by, but it was perfect! I couldn't believe how well it came out. Now I was exhausted. I was before, but now I was really tired. I went back to bed at 4:30 in the morning. I still couldn't sleep. WTH? I was still awake when Pete left to drive Josh to work at 5:20 in the morning. I was still awake when Pete got back at 6:10. I was going to just pull an all-nighter at this point, get up start my day. My schedule is SUPPOSED to start at 6:a anyway, so why not? Pete convinced me to stay in bed a little longer. I fell asleep at 7. My alarm went off at 9. I am SO tired right now! Anyway, I got as far as breakfast yesterday & that was it ... now, with a new schedule & a new plan, I start today. I didn't get up at 6, but I never do. Pete's hours don't really work with that even though it's one of my new year's resolutions to try to get Pete to come home earlier & get to bed earlier. I've fixed the 1st entry in AnyTime, sorted seed beads for an hour & barely made a dent in a bag of 2,000 & now I'm here .. at 10:30a instead of 8p like yesterday. I'd say that's progress you can see already! This was always supposed to be the morning edition. Then it floated into the afternoon edition. Then the evening edition. Now it's back to the morning edition. WOOHOO! No school Monday.
AutoStitch Panorama:
★ Chosen by Apple for App Store Essentials ★
AutoStitch is the highest-quality panorama app available on the App Store, generating beautiful wide-angle panoramas of up to 18 megapixels, with no visible seams.
AutoStitch is the only panorama app that can stitch photos in any order or arrangement, including vertical, horizontal, or mixed arrangements. It achieves superb image quality by stitching full-resolution camera images rather than low-resolution video frames as used in other apps.
Our new StitchGuide* mode makes it easy to capture exactly the scene that you want. The augmented reality interface elegantly displays the positions where previous images have been taken, making it easy to line up your next photo perfectly.
(*StitchGuide requires an iPhone4/iPad2/iPod5 or newer, and iOS 5.0 or greater)
Features:
● Simple and intuitive interface. Just snap overlapping images and tap "Stitch"
● Highest quality and resolution available on the app store (up to 18 megapixels!)
● Stitch any number from 2 to 40 or more images, in any arrangement
● Stitch photos that were taken with any camera app
● Crop the result with automatic or manual cropping
● Share your creations via email, Facebook, or Twitter
AutoStitch is the highest-quality panorama app available on the App Store, generating beautiful wide-angle panoramas of up to 18 megapixels, with no visible seams.
AutoStitch is the only panorama app that can stitch photos in any order or arrangement, including vertical, horizontal, or mixed arrangements. It achieves superb image quality by stitching full-resolution camera images rather than low-resolution video frames as used in other apps.
Our new StitchGuide* mode makes it easy to capture exactly the scene that you want. The augmented reality interface elegantly displays the positions where previous images have been taken, making it easy to line up your next photo perfectly.
(*StitchGuide requires an iPhone4/iPad2/iPod5 or newer, and iOS 5.0 or greater)
Features:
● Simple and intuitive interface. Just snap overlapping images and tap "Stitch"
● Highest quality and resolution available on the app store (up to 18 megapixels!)
● Stitch any number from 2 to 40 or more images, in any arrangement
● Stitch photos that were taken with any camera app
● Crop the result with automatic or manual cropping
● Share your creations via email, Facebook, or Twitter
Borrowing strength builds weakness. It builds weakness in the borrower because it reinforces dependence on external factors to get things done. It builds weakness in the person forced to acquiesce, stunting the development of independent reasoning, growth, & internal discipline. And finally, it builds weakness in the relationship. Fear replaces cooperation, & both people involved become more arbitrary & defensive.
Bring in a cake with the boss's name misspelled.
On this day in 1994, an earthquake rocks Los Angeles, California,
killing 54 people and causing billions of dollars in damages. The
Northridge quake (named after the San Fernando Valley community near the
epicenter) was one of the most damaging in U.S. history.
It
was 4:31 a.m. when the 6.7-magnitude quake struck the San Fernando
Valley, a densely populated area of Los Angeles located 20 miles
northeast of the city's downtown. With an epicenter 12 miles beneath the
earth's surface, the earthquake caused the collapse of several
apartment buildings. At the Northridge Meadows complex, 16 people died,
all of whom lived on the first floor, when the weak stucco structure
fell down on them as they slept.
Given the strength and
location of the earthquake, it was fortunate that the death toll was not
far higher. Two key factors were critical in reducing the casualties.
First, the quake struck in the middle of the night while nearly everyone
was at home in their beds. A mall parking lot in the Valley collapsed,
but no one was killed because it was entirely empty. Several highways
also suffered critical failures, but only one police officer died, when
his vehicle plunged off an overpass. The other key factor was that the
city's building and safety codes were strengthened following the 1971
Sylmar quake that collapsed the San Fernando Veterans Hospital. Every
building constructed after the new regulations were implemented stayed
intact.
Still, the quake caused a huge amount of property
damage over a wide area, especially in the beach community of Santa
Monica, even though it was relatively far from the epicenter. As much of
Santa Monica stands on soil that is less solid than bedrock, it
suffered severe ground movement during the earthquake. The partial
collapse of the Santa Monica freeway snarled traffic in Los Angeles for
months. All told, it is estimated that the earthquake was responsible
for $20 billion in damages.
Memorable men with mustaches top 10:
- Salvador Dali (crazy)
- Rollie Fingers (curly)
- Wyatt Earp (imperial)
- Adolph Hitler (evil)
- Charlie Chaplin ("toothbrush")
- Albert Einstein (shaggy)
- Che Guevara (stoner-dude)
- Super Marie (big & bushy)
- Tom Selleck (macho)
- Santa Claus (icon)
Not to be outdone by the men, the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo also wore an impressive mustache & often emphasized it in her self-portraits - hairy & proud of it!
Now I don't understand this. According to a new poll ... it said that 91% of Americans say that they lie regularly. My question: How in the hell can you believe that poll?
Planning for retirement is like vowing to eat carrot sticks because they'll help you live longer; most of us still reach for the fries. Choose a goal that would change your life in the near future. Maybe you want to move to a larger apartment, go to graduate school, or switch careers.
Some people thing "lip sweaters" are sexy; others see them as hairy "food filters."
Why do bakers toss in a free bread if you buy a dozen? It's certainly not out of the goodness of their hearts. According to medieval English law, a baker could have his hand chopped off with an axe as punishment for shortchanging a customer. Tossing in an extra loaf of bread seemed to be a good idea to keep one's hand.
ZipList:
Grocery Shopping. Smarter.
Life’s too short to have to make two trips to the grocery store. With ZipList, you can access the most up-to-date family grocery list right from your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.
Create and update shopping lists anytime, anywhere. Family members can retrieve lists, as well as add and remove items via the web, text message, email or instant message. This means that other family members who don’t have an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad can help you shop if they drop by the store.
Seamlessly sync lists you create with lists on the web at www.ziplist.com. You can even sync up with most standard cell phones and other smartphones. No other shopping list tool allows such flexibility.
Plus, ZipList is free, and there’s nothing better than free!
ZipList has more than 275,000 items in its product database, making it easy to add what you need to your list while on-the-go – without having to type in full product names. In many cases, enter just three or four letters and the desired products will pop up.
Or, use the barcode feature to scan product UPC codes to add items to your list. ZipList recognizes barcodes for millions of items, even store brands, making it simple to create a grocery list in minutes. ZipList is smart too – it automatically categorizes items you add to your list, helping to speed shopping while you are in the store.
Not sure what to make for dinner? Search 100,000s of recipes and add the ingredients to your shopping list with just a click. Add your favorites to ZipList’s Universal Recipe Box to keep all of your must-make recipes in one place for easy access. You can even share recipes with friends using Facebook, Twitter or email.
FEATURES
+ Ability to create and update shopping lists as well as share fully synchronized lists with family members and set permissions on their ability to view, add or delete items.
+Shared users of your list can use the web, text messages, email or instant messages to add or delete items, or to retrieve your list
+Real-time syncing between the iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, as well as www.ziplist.com.
+Supports multiple stores, allowing you to organize your lists in aisle-by-aisle order for each store, as well as assign items to specific stores
+Ability to set priorities for specific items, so you can choose to shop for important items only during quick shopping trips
+Intelligent aisle categorization of anything you add, even entries like “2 lg. cans of beans”
+Ability to assign quantity, coupons, notes and other information for each grocery item
+Access to a robust product database of over 275,000 items with real-time search for quick item entry
+Ability to see at-a-glance how many items are on your list by way of a badge that appears on the ZipList app icon.
+100,000s of recipes and one-click transfer of ingredients to your shopping list, plus a Universal Recipe Box to store all your favorites in one place for easy access
+Ability to scan product barcodes using the camera built into your iPhone to add specific items to your list (iOS4; 3GS and higher)
Life’s too short to have to make two trips to the grocery store. With ZipList, you can access the most up-to-date family grocery list right from your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.
Create and update shopping lists anytime, anywhere. Family members can retrieve lists, as well as add and remove items via the web, text message, email or instant message. This means that other family members who don’t have an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad can help you shop if they drop by the store.
Seamlessly sync lists you create with lists on the web at www.ziplist.com. You can even sync up with most standard cell phones and other smartphones. No other shopping list tool allows such flexibility.
Plus, ZipList is free, and there’s nothing better than free!
ZipList has more than 275,000 items in its product database, making it easy to add what you need to your list while on-the-go – without having to type in full product names. In many cases, enter just three or four letters and the desired products will pop up.
Or, use the barcode feature to scan product UPC codes to add items to your list. ZipList recognizes barcodes for millions of items, even store brands, making it simple to create a grocery list in minutes. ZipList is smart too – it automatically categorizes items you add to your list, helping to speed shopping while you are in the store.
Not sure what to make for dinner? Search 100,000s of recipes and add the ingredients to your shopping list with just a click. Add your favorites to ZipList’s Universal Recipe Box to keep all of your must-make recipes in one place for easy access. You can even share recipes with friends using Facebook, Twitter or email.
FEATURES
+ Ability to create and update shopping lists as well as share fully synchronized lists with family members and set permissions on their ability to view, add or delete items.
+Shared users of your list can use the web, text messages, email or instant messages to add or delete items, or to retrieve your list
+Real-time syncing between the iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, as well as www.ziplist.com.
+Supports multiple stores, allowing you to organize your lists in aisle-by-aisle order for each store, as well as assign items to specific stores
+Ability to set priorities for specific items, so you can choose to shop for important items only during quick shopping trips
+Intelligent aisle categorization of anything you add, even entries like “2 lg. cans of beans”
+Ability to assign quantity, coupons, notes and other information for each grocery item
+Access to a robust product database of over 275,000 items with real-time search for quick item entry
+Ability to see at-a-glance how many items are on your list by way of a badge that appears on the ZipList app icon.
+100,000s of recipes and one-click transfer of ingredients to your shopping list, plus a Universal Recipe Box to store all your favorites in one place for easy access
+Ability to scan product barcodes using the camera built into your iPhone to add specific items to your list (iOS4; 3GS and higher)
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