July 31, 2004
BLUE MOON
I was reading Becky Strain’s post this morning over at Down a Country Road and she wrote about a Blue Moon.
It was interesting to hear about, and like her, even though I’d heard the phrase, I’m not sure I ever knew what the term meant.
I found it interesting, and looked around till I found a site that has an audio description of a Blue Moon.
Thanks so much, Becky for your “Once in a Blue Moon” post.
I really enjoyed it.
July 29, 2004
July 27, 2004
A Thousand Marbles
I was reading a book the other day, and came across the story of a thousand marbles:."
An older sounding chap, with a golden voice was telling whoever he was talking
with something about "a thousand marbles":
The average person lives about seventy-five years. I know, some live more and some live less, but on average, folks live about seventy-five years. Now then, I multiplied 75 times 52 and I came up with 3900 which is the number of Saturdays that the average person has in their entire lifetime.
If this intrigues you, the whole story is here
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July 25, 2004
I JUST LOVE BIRTHDAYS
Last night I went to dinner with the Empress and Buzz.
It was these two who introduced me to blogland, and I'm very happy that they did.
We all have birthdays just a few days apart, and it was our birthday dinner.
Don didn't get to come along this year because he was in Hawaii! Wouldn' you think he could have cut his trip short to get to this all important dinner.
The dinner was good, and the company even better. Thanks and happy birthday to all of us.
My favorite restaurant
July 23, 2004
Walking my way to Good Health
The Company that supplies me with my pay check has also supplied me (and any other employee who wants one) with a pedometer.
They have asked that we keep track of our steps for 6 weeks, which I have done.
It was interesting to me. I have always considered myself as moderately active because I sit behind a computer all day at work, but after 6 weeks, I find that I am, and always have been, in the very active category.
It's nice to know I'm doing something right
Here's the "steps" chart:2500 steps - very inactive
3700 steps - inactive
5000 steps - moderately active
7500 steps - active
10000 steps - very active
And I have walked over 1000 steps per day for 6 weeks (except 1 day, when I was at an all-day meeting. I only made it to 9000) My biggest day was over 13000 steps. YES!
July 22, 2004
If she could only hear herself
I met one of the lunchroom ladies in the hall at work this morning.
She told me (joking, I think) that she wanted to go home – ‘cause all the people in the kitchen were fighting and she couldn’t stand the noise.
I walked away, and as she went onto the loading dock, she said in a voice that could be heard from a
You gotta love it!
July 20, 2004
Convenience Store Birthday
A dairy store named for the Lenape Indian word for Canada goose has grown in four decades into a chain of 541 Wawa Inc. convenience stores in five states. And Sunday was their birthday!
I think if you're not from Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, or Virginia you just might think WAWA is a funny name for a store.
July 18, 2004
Rainy Sunday Afternoon
It was raining pretty hard here this afternoon, and Don and I sat and ate popcorn and watched the old Jimmy Stewart, Grace Kelly movie (1954), Rear Window.
What a treat. That movie is ageless. It has been colorized (and very well), and the plot really held our interest, even though both of us had seen it before.
What a great way to spend a rainy afternoon
July 15, 2004
Follow Up From Yesterday's Post
This little bird left the nest about 2 hours after these pictures were taken. The world outside his birdhouse just looked too inviting.
July 14, 2004
Baby Bird
We have a gourd bird house which is no longer pretty in the big maple tree that shades our deck. It's very close to where we sit.
Each year we get 2-3 families of sparrows in that nesting place. We have some wonderful pictures, and have actually seen 3 babies fly from the nest.
July 12, 2004
Summer Salad
It seems like when we go to a picnic where everyone brings something, Broccoli Raisin Salad is often on the menu.
I decided to try my hand at this culinary delight, and couldn’t find a recipe that exactly suited my needs. So I improvised:
1 head of broccoli – broken into small pieces
1 cup mayonnaise
1 teaspoon sugar
2 tablespoons vinegar
2 handfuls of raisins
1 red spanish onion, sliced thin – 'cause that’s what all the recipes call for
And for good measure, I added some thinly sliced carrots (I like carrots)
Mix together and let sit at least 4 hours.
It was very good.
And even better on the second day!
July 09, 2004
Rico the Einstein Dog
Man's best friend might be even smarter than we thought — at least judging by one clever border collie, scientists say.
Researchers say dogs can understand up to 200 words.
July 06, 2004
The finale of our 4-day fun filled holiday weekend.
We went to a Phillies game with 4 other members of our family (2 parents, and 2 boys, age 7 & 9) last night, and the Phillies WON!
This is the first baseball game I’ve gone to since elementary school.
The Phillies have a new stadium, Citizens Bank Park – Very nice.
We had a really good time.
July 03, 2004
Well, which is it?
Is it:
Ten years ago, Professor Jerrold Zar composed a brilliant poem, which he called Candidate for a Pullet Surprise. Here's the first verse:
I have a spelling checker,
It came with my PC.
It plane lee marks four my revue
Miss steaks aye can knot sea.
Since then, thousands of readers around the world have chuckled over the poem and emailed it to their friends. It's also a favourite on the internet. Google has some 1420 references to it on websites which have copied the original words, or posted versions amended by various wits and halfwits. Some have retitled it as Owed to a Spelling Checker or Spellbound. Many webmasters have added Unknown author, or Anon. One says Sauce unknown.
Here is the complete, official version, published with the author's kind permission
July 01, 2004
Mother and puppy
A very good friend of mine has a son stationed in Iraq.
His group (unit?) is stationed along the border of Iraq and Kuwait.
They have befriended one of the homeless dogs that are so prevalent there (and are perpetually hungry).
Here is a picture of their adopted dog and her one puppy.
Either that's all the puppies she had, or all that survived. The picture of the puppy is in their Hummer. It was a cold night and the guys wanted him to be comfortable!
