Barb’s Blog » Archive for June 2006
The Rich
I don’t believe I needed a study to know this, but according to a study published in Science , Money does not buy much Happiness. However, according to another article, the rich do get more sleep . More money and more sleep? That’s a disgrace that they can’t be a little happier and give us sleep deprived poor people a little hope! … Read entire article »
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It’s Comcastic!
I don’t know what has gotten into my internet connection of late, but it looks as if the gods of broadband are looking down at me with favor. This was my lastest speed test, and I am loving it! … Read entire article »
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Smellophone
Do certains smells take you back to a pleasant memory? Soon there could be a way of recording smells to replay over and over again. "Inventors are on the verge of creating the first mobile ’smellophone’, a gadget which can capture an odour and then replay it back later, just as camcorders do with images. The invention has been developed by a team at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, led by Pambuk Somboon. ‘In video you just need to record shades of red, green and blue, but humans have 347 olfactory sensors so we need a lot of source chemicals.’ " More on the story … Read entire article »
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No More Dodge ball and Hopscotch?
"Barb, tell Mr. King we want to go play dodge ball." My classmates seemed to think I was a teacher’s pet and could influence the teacher to let us out of class early for a game of dodge ball. We had hours and hours of fun in our school playground, and yes, quite often a request from me to explain how well we did in class that day, would result in the nice English teacher allowing us to play a quick game of dodgeball. These are some very fond memories I have of my elementary school days. And, somehow, we survived recess, playground equipment, tag, and games like baseball, soccer, and hopscotch. Why some traditional recess games are being banned from our schools, I cannot figure out. However, so they are. USA Today reported … Read entire article »
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The Top Ten Most Expensive Cities
Moscow has overtaken Tokyo to become the most expensive city in the world, according to a new study. Moscow, Russia Seoul, South Korea Hong Kong, China London, UK Osaka, Japan Geneva, Switzerland Copenhagen, Denmark Zurich, Switzerland Oslo, Norway New York, US The cheapest? Asuncion, Paraguay … Read entire article »
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Summer hit, and so did the rains
I often add in my blog my thoughts on the news in general and also my thoughts on the weather in Maryland. It just seems more and more the weather IS the news here in our state. According to the Baltimore Sun, we have had hurricane-level rains, minus the winds. It has caused travel woes, it has flooded communities, some had to evacuate their homes, and some roads had to be closed altogether. I have … Read entire article »
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Each for the Other
It’s been a year. Happy First Wedding Anniversary. A look back to their wedding. … Read entire article »
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Solitary Place
The pastor this morning quoted from the Gospel of Mark: "And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed." He went on to say that too often we get caught up in the things of the world and often the Lord invites us to retreat. Christ knows the importance of getting away, to a worthy place, to do ‘business’ with God. That is the Wilds for … Read entire article »
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Hurrying “the end”
Being raised in a Bible believing Baptist family, no doubt what was taught to me at home, at church and Sunday School was the Bible, and also the parts of the Bible related to prophecy. When one thinks of prophecy, you can think of that which has been fullfilled or that which is yet to come, the future. Growing up, we were taught not to worry on these things, that we should be focused on loving our Creator and Savior, obedience to his word, and telling others about Him. Basically, the end times WOULD come and to BE READY by living righteously NOW. Made sense to me then and it makes sense to me now. However there is in the news today, an article about groups trying to hurry these ‘end times’ along. … Read entire article »
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The Haircut
Miquel, after growing his hair long, chemically straigthening it, and coloring it twice, has finally cut his hair. His reason is it will be a lot easier to take care of when going to camp and a lot cooler for the rest of the summer. I must be the last of the hippy moms as I have found the whole thing quite traumatic. I was really sad to see it all go. So, while others … Read entire article »
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No Christian Music in Skating Rink
Wow, it just never ends to take away our freedom of speech. “The Traditional Values Coalition asked New York Governor George Pataki to rein in a state agency which is threatening legal action against an Accord, New York skating rink because it plays Christian music during a “Christian Music Skate” party. The New York Division of Human Rights threatened Len and Terry Bernardo, owners of the Skate Time 209 rink in Accord, with an investigation because the rink plays Christian music during certain hours. The agency also threatened to charge a local newspaper which advertised the event for “aiding and abetting” unlawful discrimination.” Gee, even the newspaper is “guilty” for advertising it! Look out folks, the “land of the free” is just getting too weird. News Story HERE a loan 7loan 3 5best a rate home loanloan … Read entire article »
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Got a Global Warming Story?
ABC wants to hear from you. ABC is now providing away for you to share what you have witnessed personally regarding any climate changes and any other global warming observations in your life. You can share with ABC HERE What are they getting themselves into? … Read entire article »
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Rated PG: Too Much Religion
Makers of a new inspirational football movie, “Facing the Giants“, are not very happy with Hollywood giving what would normally be a rated G movie, a PG rating for “for some thematic elements.” I suppose a fair translation of that is “too much religion that could offend.” “We think our rating is correct,” they said of “Facing the Giants.” “I think it gives parents an alert that there may be something in the film they’d want to know about.” “This incident raises the disquieting possibility that MPAA (Motion Picture Assn. of America) considers exposure to Christian themes more dangerous for children than exposure to gratuitous sex and mindless violence,” said Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.). More on the story HERE … Read entire article »
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World Cup, Affiliates, & Ringtones
Have you caught World Cup fever? I was just noticing that one of my affiliates for Ring Tones was offering Ring tones, wallpapers, java games, all downloadable from the net with the World Cup theme. It’s been a strange weekend for me with Affiliates. First I got a check from one I signed up with in 2004, and it was a mystery to me who the check came from and for what. It took … Read entire article »
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Terragen Lighthouse
I don’t often use a lot of postwork in my Terragens, but I am not a Terragen “purist” either. There are a lot of things Terragen just can’t do. Here is my latest, having added a lighthouse in post work: Click here to see a larger version in a new window. teen – FKK Asianteen Sybian OrgasmenWeiblich Erotik Bodybuildernpeeing ihre Mädchen JeansOma alte FettChunky Reife assfuck Geile teens Omaspenatration Asiaten Map … Read entire article »
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Fathers Day
Words will never be adequate to sum up my dad. This Father’s day I miss him more than ever. He would bring stability into my chaos. He would encourage and challenge. He always did. He raised me to always think. Wise enough to know that young people are often given to laziness, he never let my mind do that. He would often ask hard questions and expect me to back up any answers or opinions I had. If I chose … Read entire article »
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Dixie Chicks Don’t Get It
I first heard about the Dixie Chicks some years ago when someone requested them for an ICQ skin, (back in the days of taking requests at MXskinz). I looked them up and realized, “Oh, country music, that is why I don’t know that much about them.” And I guess I still don’t. Except for when they made the news when during a concert they made a negative remark regarding Bush and the Iraq War. It seems they have been doing damage control ever since. They don’t understand why their concerts aren’t selling and why they have to look overseas to sell tickets. “It was the bullying and the scare factor,” shudders banjo and guitar player Robison. “It was like the McCarthy days, and it was almost like the country was unrecognisable.” That is quite … Read entire article »
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Bananas
Hey Mr. Tallyman, come tally me banana… Bananas containing three natural sugars – sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber, a banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy. Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout.?No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world’s leading athletes. But energy isn’t the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help … Read entire article »
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Spiderman comes out
I watched Spiderman as a young girl, I read some of the comics, and I haven’t fallen asleep through all of the movies, so when I saw an article in Yahoo regarding this taboo of a superhero taking off the mask, I took notice. The storyline has “a showdown between a group of superheroes and supervillains in which hundreds of innocent civilians are killed, the government passes the Super-Hero Registration Act, requiring all superheroes to reveal their … Read entire article »
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Potty Music
My baths aren’t legendary as Cleopatra’s, but it is well known amongst those closest to me how much I enjoy my baths. In fact, many gifts given to me for my birthday and Christmas are often from Bath & Body, and other such gift baskets. So at first I didn’t know what to make of this news article with an iPod sitting on a toilet roll dispenser. I thought at first, “Now that is just silly.” … Read entire article »
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Scientists respond to Gore’s warnings of climate catastrophe
“Professor Bob Carter of the Marine Geophysical Laboratory at James Cook University, in Australia gives what, for many Canadians, is a surprising assessment: “Gore’s circumstantial arguments are so weak that they are pathetic. It is simply incredible that they, and his film, are commanding public attention.” What’s this? Someone even daring to doubt Gore? Surely this must be one out of only a few that believe this way. No says an article in CanadaFreePress.com “Carter is one of hundreds of highly qualified non-governmental, non-industry, non-lobby group climate experts who contest the hypothesis that human emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) are causing significant global climate change. “Climate experts” is the operative term here. Why? Because what Gore’s “majority of scientists” think is immaterial when only a very small fraction of them actually work … Read entire article »
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1973
Adding to my Time Life collection from the year 1973. I can’t even begin to figure out which is my favorite. The classic Smoke on the Water, Dobey Gray’s Drift Away, which seemed to play endlessly as I would suntan by the pool, or We’re an American Band, Doobie Brothers, Todd Rundgren….just too many good ones that year! 1. Al Green – Call Me (Come Back Home) (3:04) 2. Billy Preston – Will It Go Round in Circles (3:44) 3. Curtis Mayfield – Superfly (3:56) 4. Deep Purple – Smoke on the Water (4:33) 5. Dobie Gray – Drift Away (3:56) 6. Dr. John – Right Place, Wrong time (2:51) 7. Edgar Winter / The Edgar Winter Group – Free Ride (3:06) 8. Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.mp3 9. Gladys Knight & the Pips – Neither One of … Read entire article »
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Update: Help send my kids to camp!
Just another update to the gifts being sent in to help my children get to camp! The total of donations is now at $220.00 $240.00 I feel so humbled and blessed, I just can’t explain it. My children and I are so stunned and pleased with the generosity of others! Thank you! By the way, they held their fund-raiser with the church this Saturday, here are the photos of the CAR WASH! … Read entire article »
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HOW OLD IS GRANDPA?
“It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” ~ Albert Einstein ( This came to me from our resident Rev [every forum should have one ] at UE of Woodland Chapel ) One evening a grandson was talking to his grandfather about current events. The grandson asked his grandfather what he thought about the shootings at schools, the computer age, and just things in general. The Grandpa replied, “Well, let me think a minute, … Read entire article »
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Diet Coke & Mentos
So what happens when you put a bunch of Mentos into a Diet Coke bottle? Entertainment. See HERE … Read entire article »
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Send my kids to camp Update
As my children are participating in the fund raiser to go to camp, I thought I should update on my blog written last Monday, asking for help to send my children to camp. Even though they need $270 each, I am just so overwhelmed at the $170 in donations via that request that have come in so far! Thanks to everyone who extended themselves for my two children, (and me). What a loving, thoughtful thing to do. From the bottom of my … Read entire article »
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Installing Love
Customer: I’m trying to install LOVE but need some help. I’m not very technical—can you help? Service Rep: Sure. The first step is to open your HEART. Have you located your HEART? Customer: Yes I have, but there are several programs running right now. Is it okay to install while they are running? Service Rep: What programs are running? Customer: Let me see….I have PASTHURT.EXE, LOWESTEEM.EXE, GRUDGE.EXE, and RESENTMENT.COM running right now. Service Rep: No problem. LOVE will automatically erase PASTHURT.EXE from your current operating system. It may remain in your permanent memory, but it will no longer disrupt other programs. LOVE will eventually overwrite LOWESTEEM.EXE with a module of its own called HIGHESTEEM.EXE. However, you have to completely turn off GRUDGE.EXE and RESENTMENT.COM. Those programs prevent LOVE from being … Read entire article »
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Fear (part 2)
“The Lord is my light, and my salvation; whom shall I fear?” -Bible, Psalm 27: 1 “Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.” -Michael Pritchard “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.” -Ambrose Redmoon “To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.” -Bertrand Russell “While we are focusing on fear, worry, or hate, it is not possible for us to be experiencing happiness, enthusiasm or love.” -Bo Bennett, “Year to Success” “To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.” -Joseph Chilton Pearce “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. … Read entire article »
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Circumhorizon Arc
What a breathtaking sky phenomenon that I previously knew nothing about. This was spotted in the US on the Washington-Idaho border around midday last Saturday. It occurs when sunlight passes through ice crystals in high cirrus clouds. It is one of 15 types of ice halos formed only when the most specific of factors dovetail precisely together. To create a rainbow of fire, clouds must be at least 20,000ft high and the ice crystals within them align horizontally … Read entire article »
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Insanity
I think Einstein says it best: “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” … Read entire article »
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6-6-06
I suppose with a name like HELL, the towns people of Hell, Michigan, had to get into this 666 frenzy in a certain fashion – they are. They are having a big party. The souveneir shops are stocked with 666 T-shirts and mugs and everyone who comes will get a letter of authenticity saying you’ve celebrated June 6, 2006, in Hell. Most of the shop’s wares will sell for $6.66, including deeds to one square inch of Hell. How did a town get such a name? The following article explains that and more about the 666 festivities: Hell heats up for 6-6-6 party Other Link: Welcome to Hell, Michigan … Read entire article »
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Help send my kids to camp!
Each summer my children like to participate in a camping phenomenon called “the Wilds”. The Wilds is hard to explain. All I know is that they come back rejuvenated, revived, and contagiously happy! Not much can compare for a mom with their happy, gleeful faces when they return full of stories and exciting things they learned. Each year, since we aren’t rich, and the camp price is ($270.00 EACH), there is a fund drive. They wash cars for free … Read entire article »
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A dog crashed our party
When spring starts, the calendar reveals the bulk of of our whole family’s birthdays - April, May, and June. June holds quite a few of them, so yesterday we had a combination 3 birthdays and we even threw in an early Father’s Day for my sister’s husband, George. The cookout/party was looking to be a very nice event. Stacey is starting to bring ‘extras’ to our family get togethers, she volunteers to take care of children in … Read entire article »
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Gore’s Own Charts Says ‘Global Warming’ Got Worse When He Was In White House.
Ok, this headline really got my interest so I went to read the story. I like nothing better than a “dig” at Al Gore, but when it comes from the mainstream media, in this case the New York Post, I like it even better. Don’t they usually kiss Clintonista derriere? I haven’t seen the movie, but the writer of the article, Kyle Smith, mentions a few things: His assertions often contradict each other He implies that no reputable scientists should dispute anything he says He says every ticket bought for this movie amounts to a soft-money contribution to his 2008 campaign is rediculous, but I sure wonder… Smog days in Los Angeles fell from 121 in 1977 to zero in 2004 America, alone, is the problem America is lagging behind. “China,” he says, “is on the cutting … Read entire article »
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