I really enjoyed Memphis, but I tell ya, I'm really glad that I was there this weekend and not for next weekend when the Mississippi crests. There were many areas in and around town that were experiencing flash floods, but nothing like what I'm sure is to come in the coming days ( Read more... )

I'm one of those people that gets asked "Where are you from?" Quite a bit. No one can quite place it, unless I really pour on the NY accent (which I have been known to do!). It's one of the amusements that comes from having a mother from Ireland, and being overeducated ( Read more... )

Medvedev condemns mass Internet attack
(AFP) - 2 hours ago

MOSCOW - Russia's tech-savvy President Dmitry Medvedev took to his blog on Thursday to condemn a massive denial of service attack on the country's hugely popular blogging site LiveJournal.

The site's new Russian owners SUP said the three-day attack was the worst in the service's history and ( Read more... )

My "problem" plants and trees are now gone, and I spent most of the morning with a chainsaw, and using a borrowed stump grinder...but the Thuja occidentalis Pyramidalis --um Pyramidal Arborvitae are gone! And that dreaded Ilex aquifolium (English Holly--blech), and unfortunately the Thuja plicata (Western Red Cedar) that was too close to the house ( Read more... )

If ya can, watch her as she rises!

Here's NASA's explanation

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Here is the list of proposed cuts, all compared to President Obama’s FY11 budget request:

·         Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies   -$30M

·         Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy   -$899M

·         Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability   -$49M

·         Nuclear Energy   -$169M

·         Fossil Energy Research   -$31M

·         Clean ( Read more... )

I love to listen to people speak, and voice quality is something that I am constantly aware of. I cannot stand when people end their sentences in what sounds like a question. The sound truly hits that nerve right behind the eyeball, my sphincter puckers, and I cringe ( Read more... )

There are posts, go read them :D.

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Do introduce yourselves, Please, talk about your interests, and tell us who you are. Because if you don't, I will. :D Although, I have wonderful things to say about each of you, I cannot do it as well as you can.

Cheers!

Since I was little, I've had a love for folktales and stories (like you all haven't?), and I've collected many of them over the years. I love the stories that are about creation most of all, and those that give little pearls. Pearls that teach us the path to and for beauty ( Read more... )

So, I got rid of the name, and got one much better suited to our purposes! We are now: Womenheal.

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