May 2010

Memorial Day 2010

May 31, 2010

Take time out of your busy day, or your relaxing day, to remember those whose sacrifice made it possible for us all to be busy or relaxed in freedom, and those who as we pass our day in peace at home are at the fronts in Afghanistan and Iraq. To get your mind around the [...]

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Possible down time forthcoming

May 31, 2010

A fair amount of comment spam is getting through my current spam filter. Besides the annoyance factor, dealing with this issue is starting to waste way too much time. So, in the next day or two I’m going to reactivate Akismet, a highly effective spam filter. That plug-in has throttled FaM in the past. Akismet [...]

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Anybody Know How Well This Vacuum Works?

May 30, 2010

This afternoon I came across a Shark Navigator Never Loses Suction upright vacuum at Costco, where it’s selling for somewhat less than Amazon wants. Customer reviews at Amazon are pretty good. I really have no business thinking about this thing. Just a couple of months ago I bought a Eureka Boss Smart-Vac Upright HEPA Vacuum [...]

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Summer Budget: Very tight…like a noose around the neck

May 30, 2010

In my usual OCD way, I continue to worry about how I’m going to make it through the summer. With no idea when the surprise reimbursement for the online course prep will happen, I’m not relying on that to underwrite the astronomical summer utility bills. In a low-desert summer, power and water bills take off [...]

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This One Bears Watching!

May 30, 2010

Did you read the news that a breast cancer vaccine may be on the horizon? Wouldn’t that be something! Well, we women have been guinea pigs before, so I guess we’ll have to watch this with care. But also with hope! Next, a vaccine for atherosclerosis…

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