♛ April 12, 2013 ♛

Good afternoon! Yesterday didn't go as well as Wednesday. I guess Thursdays are NOT easy days for my like Wednesdays are. After blogging I went to City Hall, chatted with our friend / next door neighbor / City Secretary (Janis), picked up a check, went to the LCFD, made copies, went to the bank, made a deposit, came back to the station & put the receipt w/ the copy. When I got back home I got the mail, chatted on the phone w/ Pete about city happenings, made a boiled egg for breakfast, unclogged the toilet (eeew), processed 4 books from my inbox (yay), cleaned the bar, did the dishes, emptied all the "stuff" off the coffee table, scrubbed it, cleaned it, & waxed it, swept & mopped

the utility room, & fed the pets. I surfed eBay, checked facebook & took my game turns & started a new 2nd game of Starpires on their new server, should be fun to see how much better I do since the learning curve was a huge part of the 1st game ... in the 2nd game I already know what I'm doing from turn #1. Then I went out & worked on the afghan I'm making on the Knit Wit, talked to Kyle about his future plans, chatted on the phone w/ Pete, then came in to try to go to work but since my scanner still isn't working, all I could do was process sold & unsold items. Then I created my Gardening page on my WebSite. Again, as with ALL the pages of my Website, it will be a constant work in progress. The preliminary page is up though, so go check it out: http://www.LizC864.com/Hobbies/Gardening/Index.html The FD got toned out to a smoke investigation as Pete got home from work w/ groceries & since I was pretty sure what the smoke was caused by & whose district it was actually in, I didn't go. Had it turned out to be other than what I thought I would have either gone & grabbed a 3rd truck or gotten my gear & gone POV to assist w/ manpower, but it turns out it was exactly what I thought it was. An unauthorized burn in a neighboring department's district. It was an educated guess based on the fact that the neighboring department had JUST cleared a call for heavy smoke that was coming from an unauthorized burn directly across the street from where we were just toned out to. Nighttime routine & bed. My Sim for the day yesterday from LizC864 6 in Cornucopia went to bed & when she got up the next day she worked on her guitar skill, cleaned the house, made a tofu dog for lunch, paid the bills, spent time with the pets, threw a party, showered before the guests arrived, played guitar for her guests, had stir-fry for dinner that one of the guests had brought for the party, & then headed to bed. The next day she chatted w/ someone on the PC & cleaned the house. That's where we left off. This morning I took the dogs out & worked on my bead banner until I ran out of medium blue beads. I sent Pete off to work w/ a single medium blue bead for matching when he stops at Wal*Mart on his way home for me. Yes, I'm making the poor man buy crafting supplies for me. Unfortunately the medium blue beads can only be purchased through a large box of beads with many different colors in it. It would be so much cheaper if I could just buy a large bag of that one color, but that only works with the primary popular colors like red, white, blue, black, yellow, & green. I try not to use too many special colors, but what I'm making absolutely required medium blue & a lot of it. I hope I can finish this project w/ the purchase of only ONE more box of beads, otherwise I'm going to have a very large supply of beads (not that I mind that at ALL!). :) I chatted w/ Pete on the phone for a bit & here I am. My Sims game for the day is Chateauroux, another home I built in the Sims (2nd pic). My current Sim is Rusty Keaton (2nd gen). So far he's chatted w/ someone on the PC, cleaned the house, & spent time w/ the pets. Back IRL, Ann-Marie's birthday & Board of Adjustment meeting Monday.

Alfred:

♛ Featured by Apple "Great FREE Apps"
♛ TIME Magazine's App of the Week
♛ FORTUNE Magazine: Winner, Startup Idol 2011
♛ "Digital BFF.” - CNN Money
♛ "Serves up serendipity on a silver platter." - TechCrunch
♛ “Alfred is the public face of a very brawny recommendation algorithm.” - VentureBeat
♛ Top3 FREE Travel App Ranking for iPhone ahead of Kayak, Skype, OpenTable, TripAdvisor
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Hi there,
I’m Alfred, your personal robot who recommends places based on your favorites!
My goal is to make sure you never miss places you'll love!
Tell me about a few of your favorite places for dinner, lunch, nightlife, coffee, brunch ... and I’ll recommend places I think you’ll enjoy based on those favorites.
People sometimes call me “Pandora for the real world.” because I use an artificial intelligence -based platform that learns how to describe places and makes sense out of them for you.
Let me know how well I’m doing. Remember, the more you teach me, the better my recommendations will be!
My creators would love to learn how to make me better, so keep your comments and reviews coming.
Yours truly
-Alfred

Get organized about paying bills. Go digital. Having bills automatically paid from your bank account or charged to a cred it card an mean fewer checks to send. Opting for electronic statements will also cut the clutter.

Mistakes made by Americans filing their federal tax returns top 10:

1. Wrong filing status
2. Incorrect Social Security #
3. Wrong forms
4. Failing to sign &/or date the return
5. Claiming ineligible dependants - dogs
6. Incorrect earned-income credit amount
7. Losing receipts for tax deductions
8. Failing to report domestic workers
9. Failing to report all income
10. Failing to mail the return

Most redundantest (we just make that word up) animal name is probably the taxonomical name of the Western Lowland Gorilla: gorilla gorilla gorilla.

Order a blood-pressure monitor.

Taxes are so taxing!

We have a conscience - a deeper inner awareness of right & wrong, of the principles that govern out behavior, & a sense of the degree to which our thoughts & actions are in harmony w/ them. And we have independent will - the ability to act based on self-awareness, free of all other influences.

World of Goo:

Beautiful and surprising, the millions of Goo Balls who live in the World of Goo are curious to explore - but they don't know that they are in a game, or that they are extremely delicious.
This is the FULL award winning game, now on iPad. Drag and drop living, squirming, talking, globs of goo to build structures, bridges, cannonballs, zeppelins, and giant tongues.
Mysterious Levels - Each level is strange and dangerously beautiful, introducing new puzzles, areas, and the creatures that live in them.
World of Goo Balls - Along the way, undiscovered new species of Goo Ball, each with unique abilities, come together to ooze through reluctant tales of discovery, love, conspiracy, beauty, electric power, and the third dimension.
The Sign Painter - Someone is watching you.
World of Goo Corporation - Congratulations! World of Goo Corporation is the Global Leader in Goo and Goo Related Product, including World of Goo Corporation Trademark Brand Soft Drink Beverage and World of Goo Corporation Trademark Brand Facial Exfoliating Lotion. Succulent!
Massive Online Competition - Human players around the world compete in a living leaderboard to build the tallest towers of goo in World of Goo Corporation's mysterious sandbox. World of Goo Corporation is contractually obligated to state that everyone is a winner and is enthusiastic to celebrate everyone's tower building opportunities equally.
Congratulations, and good luck!
Awards and recognition for World of Goo:
* Best Design -Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences
* Best Downloadable Title -Game Developers Choice Awards
* Best Design -Independent Games Festival
* Technical Excellence -Independent Games Festival
* Best Indie Game -Spike TV Video Game Awards
* Game of the Year -Rock Paper Shotgun
* Game of the Year -GameTunnel
* Wii Game of the Year -IGN
* Best PC Puzzle Game -IGN
* Best Wii Puzzle Game -IGN
* Best Artistic Design Wii -IGN
* Best New IP Wii -IGN
* Most Innovative Design Wii -IGN
* Puzzler of the Year -Golden Joystick Awards

You know, I started the day off badly. You ever have one of those days where things don't start off right? The maid came in today. Plugged the coffee pot into my waterbed & my wife & I got perked. -Johnny Carson 1972

You're not alone - Albert Einstein has been quoted as saying, "The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax."