Best Laid Plans

Last Saturday, a friend and I were supposed to go out to celebrate my birthday--we always take the other out for dinner in honor of birthdays. At the last minute, she had to cancel because of illness--her own. We have rescheduled for tomorrow and I'm hoping all goes well. We are under a winter storm watch--heavy snow, sleet, ice--for tomorrow evening. Oh, yay. If it was just dinner, things would be fine, as she comes in to town for us to eat--she lives just outside of town. BUT, we are planning on going up the road to a little community to...

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Detroit 4, Tampa Bay 2

What do you get when the top point getter--Lecavalier--and the tied-for-second-place point getter--Zetterberg--play against each other? Well, tonight it was ZERO points for either one of them. It was nice to see Datsyuk and Hudler continue with their scoring and it was great that Kopecky was able to score the first game back after an injury. While...

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Norwegian? Swedish?

Don't know how many of you have seen this commercial:Now, I find it quite amusing, but at the same time I get so very frustrated with it! I can't, for the life of me, understand how people don't know their own heritage. I realize that a lot--maybe most--people aren't as in tune with their ancestors as I am, but still...How do people lose their heritage? Is it from the 'melting pot' syndrome where different nationalities/ethnicities marry? Are we here in UP--where the biggest concentration of Finns are in the US--just that unique and immersed...

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Campaign 2008 RundownThe DemocratsHillary Clinton is a lesbian kitten-killer. Which is it? Either she likes pussy or she doesn't.John Edwards is cheating on his cancer-stricken wife. Maybe.Barack Obama is a former druggie. And he may be black.Dennis Kuchinich is controlled by space aliens. I believe his wife may be a Cylon.Dennis found his encounter...

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November 28

People born on this day:Anna Nicole SmithJon StewartJudd NelsonEd HarrisAlexander GodunovS. Epatha MerkersonPaul SchafferRandy NewmanManolo BlahnikandCMK!Yes, Wednesday was my birthday. And, no, I didn't do anything special. K is still on night shift, so that kind of put the crimp into any kind of celebration.I received cards from the best people...

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Just Stuff

I'm sitting here feeling VERY chilled and couldn't figure out why--then I checked the temp outside and it is only 11 degrees. That MIGHT have something to do with it feeling cool in the house! **********Other than a Christmas tree, my house is all decorated. I finished it on Monday and I'm happy. Now I can look forward to taking all of the decorations down in about a month--I MAY actually wait until a couple of days after Christmas, but probably no longer.**********Here is a question to ponder: Just HOW long must a person NOT bathe in order...

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Trent Lott, the Faerie Queen?"The most important rule you can follow when taking people's money in exchange for sex is that—no matter what—their lives stay their own and whatever passes between the two of you remains private. Period."I understand that Benjamin Nicholas is now denying any relationship with Trent Lott. But then he would, wouldn't he,...

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Tuesday

Thank goodness I have an appointment to get my hair cut and colored. It has been so long since I've had it done that I'm actually getting an idea as to what my real color is! S...

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A meeting of the mi...

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The Times mentions the Hillary/Huma rumors which is all it takes for Drudge to run with it. This is about as far as this story will go unless some evidence surfaces that it is actually true, which is unlike...

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Sunday

Not a lot going on around here. K is off today, but goes back on nights tomorrow--this is his 'three-one-three' stretch (three days, one day off, three nights). Then next week Thursday he goes on his week off again. After all these years, you would think it would get easier living the 'shift-work' life, but it doesn't. :)We still don't have snow on the ground--which doesn't bother me. It is so much easier to get around without the snow--I much prefer driving on clear roads. DUH! Again, the forecast is for snow the middle of the week, so...

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The Earliest Yet

I must say I surprised myself tonight--I had my first meltdown of the season! I think this is the earliest this has EVER happened. I always know it is going to come--usually more than once--but I definitely wasn't expecting to go off the day after Thanksgiving!For anyone who has read this blog for a while, this isn't news to you. To the rest, here it is: I. HATE. CHRISTMAS! While I love the meaning behind it, I have rarely had a wonderful Christmas--and a lot of the reason is The Mother. She lost her mother as an infant and was abandoned...

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Former Secret Service Agent Abraham Bolden on the Chicago Assassination PlotRight-wing radical and Kennedy denouncer Thomas Vallee, had arranged to be off work for JFK's visit, Vallee, an expert marksman, was arrested with an M1 rifle, a handgun and 3,000 rounds of ammo. But then there was the phone call to federal agents from a motel manager concerning what was she saw in a room rented by two Cuban nationals."Had seen lying on the bed several automatic rifles with telescopic sights, with an outline of the route that President Kennedy was supposed...

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Popular Science - 2007 Innovation Of The Year

Nanosolar's approach combines the advantages of thin films with the power of electrically matched cells, resulting in better panel efficiency distribution and yield. Image Credit: NanosolarPopular Science - 2007 Innovation Of The YearPowerSheet is “green”, aluminum silver, and inked all over and comes in as Popular Science’s 2007 Innovation Of The...

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Not A Bad Day

Altogether, my Thanksgiving wasn't bad.--I got to sleep late--thanks to K, for peeling the potatoes and rutabagas.--I watched The Blues Brothers for the Nth time--one of my all-time favorite movies. I'm sad that John Belushi died so young.--I ate till I was sick--isn't that what you're SUPPOSED to do on Thanksgiving?--And I got to watch the Red Wings play--they lost, to NASHVILLE!, but I got to see a game, nonetheless.I think the only thing that kept the day from being pretty near perfect was the Wings' loss!Tomorrow is Black Friday and everyone...

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Happy Thanksgiving

We are going to have a quiet day on Thanksgiving--just K and me. And I am perfectly okay with that. K took the day off, so we will just cook and eat. He will watch football and I will get to see the Wings play tomorrow night, so all is right with the world. (They play tonight, too, so I really am happy.) The turkey is in the oven--I decided to...

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Washington Post reporter Jefferson Morley has a new Kennedy assassination article in Playboy: The Man Who Didn't Talk Jeff also has a new book coming out: Our Man in Mexico: Winston Scott and the Hidden History of the CIA...

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Hillary and Huma on video togetherNot the rumored sex video, however. (Rumors have to start somewhere.) Huma attacked by American flags. May be some symbolism there. About half-way down the pa...

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8 Foot Long Scorpion Found To Live In The Sea

This image is a combination of a computer generated image issued by the University of Bristol in England released on Tuesday Nov. 20, 2007 showing a size comparison between a human an ancient sea scorpion (on the left). A claw fossil found (on the right) in Germany indicates the ancient sea scorpion was once 2.5 metres (8 feet) long, making it the...

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I cannot talk about Pavel Datsyuk enough! He is spectacular to watch!Although at first he might not of been on his game? At the end though he pulled it off.Tying the game 4-4 Datsyuk made a shot top shelf past Leclaire.Then he scored his shootout goal with a shot, rather than a move, but just by him changing it up did the trick.He also had an assist to Lidstrom earlier in the game.Great game for the Red Wings, after losing a few...Final 5-4 The Red Wings win.The losses against the Chicago worry me though?Why Chicago....

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Hmmm!

I remember reading/hearing a long time ago, that if you stood with your arms straight out from the sides of your body and measured from the tip of your middle finger on the right hand to the tip of your middle finger on your left hand, the number would equal your height. My number falls short by several inches. Do you think this could, in ANY way,...

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Sunday Religion Corner: Djinn EnergyA leading Pakistani nuclear scientist who was questioned by the Pakistani government last week concerning his ties to the Taliban is known as a proponent of "Islamic science," a weird hybrid of scientific terminology and Islamic lore.Sultan Bashiruddin Mehmood is a pioneer in the development of nuclear technology in Pakistan. But in 1980, as a senior director of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, he "recommended that djinns [or genies], being fiery creatures, ought to be tapped as a free source of energy....

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The person who is certain, and who claims divine warrant for his certainty, belongs now to the infancy of our species. It may be a long farewell, but it has begun and, like all farewells, should not be protracted.--Christopher HitchensA religion is never "nobler" than when it has come to the point of taking itself for a superstition and witnessing its own eclipse with detachment. --E.M Cio...

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Robert Novak:Agents of Sen. Hillary Clinton are spreading the word in Democratic circles that she has scandalous information about her principal opponent for the party's presidential nomination, Sen. Barack Obama, but has decided not to use it. The nature of the alleged scandal was not disclos...

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Suck It Up! – Nigersaurus taqueti Breaks The Rules

Sculptor Tyler Keillor reconstructed a flesh head and neck of Nigersaurus under the direction of paleontologists Paul Sereno and Jeff Wilson. Image Credit: Tyler Keillor - Project ExplorationSuck It Up! – Nigersaurus taqueti Breaks The RulesLife forms here, found on the Oblate Spheroid, at times, become really baffling.Out on the Saharan desert landscape...

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Just A Few Words

--K is working night shift for the next few days. It always is kind of nice to have the place to myself--I get to do what I have to in the time I want. It looks as if he will be working overtime the first week in December--always nice to have that little extra boost to the paycheck just before Christmas!--Haven't mentioned C's pregnancy very much because she hasn't kept me too well informed. I'm not sure if she is trying to shield me or if she is just too busy, but we haven't talked all that much this month. I DO know she had contractions sometime...

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Pictures

Yesterday when I posted, I was too tired to look for the pictures to go along with the post, so here they are.This is People's cover declaring Matt Damon as 'The Sexiest Man Alive.' (Believe me, they could have found a much better picture of him!)Wentworth Miller has to be seen in action--as in Prison Break. While he does photograph well, his brooding...

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Sexiest Man

So, Matt Damon was named People magazine's 'Sexist Man Alive' for 2007. Eh. While I think he is very cute and have enjoyed many of his movies, I don't see him as 'sexiest man' material. But then, I cannot for the life of me understand Ben Affleck, George Clooney, or Brad Pitt being given the title, either. (Oh, I REALLY want to know what kind of drugs the voters were on the year Justin Timberlake was picked 'sexiest'--I really want to avoid THOSE drugs at all costs!!!!)Okay, now that I have said who I DON'T think is sexiest, who would I pick?...

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SPACE CHICKEN - Revisited One Year Later

Image Credit: KFCSPACE CHICKEN - Revisited One Year LaterKentucky Fried Chicken in a PR inspired marketing effort, decided that it was time to lay down a "first" that no other company can claim. KFC fashioned a company logo on the desert floor outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. A full color logo (made with tiles) that is large enough to be seen from space....

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Letter by Oswald Is Found With Late Senator’s Papers The box had sat untouched in the attic of a Washington house until recently, when the sale of the house forced some cleaning out, some poking around in long-overlooked places.Inside the box was a manila file folder headed: “Lee Harvey Oswald.”Inside the folder was a handwritten letter that Oswald had sent from Russia, complaining that the Soviet Union would not grant him an exit visa to the United States. It was addressed to Senator John Tower of Texas, who had lived in the house with his second...

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Photo of the Day(since yesterday's photo was so grueso...

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Back Again

We did our day run yesterday and I shopped until my little feet about fell off. As of today, I am almost done with my Christmas shopping. And for someone who hates the season as much as I do, that's saying a lot. At this rate, I will be done with everything before Thanksgiving--a first for me!Other than the gift buying, we did our usual running...

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IBM Blue Gene Times Three – On The Road To “Petaflop”

Technicians at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California install the world's most powerful computer, an IBM Blue Gene/L supercomputer. The machine is 50,000 times more powerful than a home PC. Image Credit: Livermore National LaboratoryIBM Blue Gene Times Three – On The Road To “Petaflop”Yesterday, IBM announced that its experimental high-speed...

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Robert Maheu on How the CIA Enlisted the Chicago Mob to Put a Hit on Cas...

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At this time the Red Wings are looking good with a 9 game winning streak. But could not break the record total of 10 wins in a row.Chicago beats the Red Wings for the third time. The only team that has beat them in this season so far.Pavel Datsyuk gets honered by his first major interview.I was hoping they would show more of Pavels take aways.But it was still a good half hour portraying him, some of them think (including me) that he is the best player in the NHL...

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Noted Researcher George Michael Evica Dies After fighting with brave determination against lung and brain cancer, George Michael Evica has left this life to begin the journey into the next. He died on Saturday, November 10, 2007. His loving wife Alycia held his hand.George Michael devoted his professional life to maintaining a harmonious balance between learning and teaching. He earned his B.A. at Case Western Reserve and his M.A. at Columbia University. Before serving as an Associate Professor of English at the University of Hartford from 1964...

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Sunday Religion CornerPray, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy. ~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary, 1911"God answers all prayers, it's just that sometimes the answer is "fuck you." --Gary Bu...

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Almost Didn't

While I know how fast goals can be scored in a hockey game, five minutes before last night's game ended, I found myself 'knowing' that Z's consecutive point streak was about to be over. And wouldn't you know it, he waited until there were only one and a half minutes left to the game before he scored. He now has extended his franchise-record by getting a point in 16 consecutive games, starting at the first game of the season. He is in second place, league-wide, with goals at 13. He tops the league with 26 points. Hopefully, when his streak...

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