tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145325648068700966.comments2021-04-12T03:53:05.889-05:00Keyhole full of lollipopsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger184125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145325648068700966.post-77221329212797328082012-11-19T23:28:21.937-06:002012-11-19T23:28:21.937-06:00Grooming your pet is an important part of being a ...Grooming your pet is an important part of being a responsible pet owner. That said, there is more to grooming your pet than simply running a brush over it's coat. <br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.k9-toronto.com/Mobile-Cat-Grooming.php" rel="nofollow">Cat Groomer</a></b> k9torontohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14615097278234441666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145325648068700966.post-12241072786159903052012-09-03T14:38:56.696-05:002012-09-03T14:38:56.696-05:00I could see you in a darkened room, heavy telephon...I could see you in a darkened room, heavy telephone handsets, pencil down to a nub, scribbling away... Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02909500887113293677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145325648068700966.post-29403204781880326892011-11-09T12:05:03.797-06:002011-11-09T12:05:03.797-06:00Although I am no longer interested in home chemist...Although I am no longer interested in home chemistry (I moved on to electronics long before my college chemistry.), here is a really good blog post on tips toward home chemistry projects:<br />http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/11/top-10-tips-for-the-amateur-chemist.htmlRick OzTownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05138933205295219387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145325648068700966.post-46838704169043051812011-09-16T12:40:28.826-05:002011-09-16T12:40:28.826-05:00I love my Kindle -- I used to feel a bit guilty be...I love my Kindle -- I used to feel a bit guilty because I advocate people reading PAPERS and BOOKS instead of e-zines etc. Yet, there is something wonderful about being able to flip between "books" on my Kindle as I wait for an appointment. Less books to lug around! I admit at home, I still read the "BOOKS" off my shelf. Thanks for the link. And thanking the stars for Project Gutenberg!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02909500887113293677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145325648068700966.post-37677923016404809602011-08-02T01:01:45.048-05:002011-08-02T01:01:45.048-05:00Yeah, some time ago, I set up this blog to be echo...Yeah, some time ago, I set up this blog to be echoed over there after some hours. The comments don't get echoed either way.<br />That way, the things I have to say that will quickly move on down the page of daily messages in facebook will do just that...but the things I have to say that I feel are worthy of longer regard reside here for years.<br />Have you ever tried to look at something ANYBODY on facebook said a year ago? it is not easy. But in a blog, it is very easy.Rick OzTownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05138933205295219387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145325648068700966.post-66737535586124871412011-07-29T17:58:06.759-05:002011-07-29T17:58:06.759-05:00This was a good post and am glad you took it to &q...This was a good post and am glad you took it to "the masses" on FB.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02909500887113293677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145325648068700966.post-3639996893135565262011-07-29T17:56:49.245-05:002011-07-29T17:56:49.245-05:00Sifting and sorting whether is pictures, words of ...Sifting and sorting whether is pictures, words of as George Carlin would say "STUFF" can be one of the best gifts we give ourselves. <br /><br />Carry on!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02909500887113293677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145325648068700966.post-59766031644377495352011-07-29T09:45:57.257-05:002011-07-29T09:45:57.257-05:00Here's a story about a recovery from the ocean...Here's a story about a recovery from the ocean!<br />http://www.petapixel.com/2011/06/20/photos-recovered-from-camera-that-spent-four-years-in-the-ocean/Rick OzTownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05138933205295219387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145325648068700966.post-79482604045729060572011-04-12T16:12:22.846-05:002011-04-12T16:12:22.846-05:00;) I'm glad NEITHER of us has to us it for spo...;) I'm glad NEITHER of us has to us it for sport or otherwise today, Ruby.Rick OzTownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05138933205295219387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145325648068700966.post-5122850250046622032011-04-11T18:05:33.569-05:002011-04-11T18:05:33.569-05:00Even when I was much younger, I do not believe tha...Even when I was much younger, I do not believe that I would have tried anything like this. I would have flopped around like a rag doll in the dryer.Rubyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02760841868045717382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145325648068700966.post-36022179873587201062011-01-14T15:53:09.543-06:002011-01-14T15:53:09.543-06:00Its so sad to look back on the love of discovery a...Its so sad to look back on the love of discovery and science I had fostered in me by my father and conclude it would be viewed as criminal in this day of hypervigilance for victimless crimes. <br /><br />Most of our great names in science were backyard/basement experimenters, and I weap to think what this pointless war on drugs is doing to our nation's children unable to have the simpe joys of learning elementery chemistry experiments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145325648068700966.post-22690032303906471392010-12-16T18:11:08.263-06:002010-12-16T18:11:08.263-06:00the building of large array type installations has...the building of large array type installations has it uses; but wouldnt it be better if all houses and buildings had inbuilt solar panels as part of their roofing structure.. and walls etc.. The grid is already in place, the useage of the power will be on site.. so research development of solar panels needs work toward development into actual roofing material.. why not, weve moved on from leaves beanches and twigs to rushes and the tiles or tin.. now to self powered buildings.steve saluadhttp://www.sharmelsheikh-holidays.net/i/holidays/dahab-holidays/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145325648068700966.post-74480163576082184992010-11-23T22:52:56.879-06:002010-11-23T22:52:56.879-06:00Thanks to both of you for reviewing this. I got to...Thanks to both of you for reviewing this. I got to looking at it last night and I think it could turn into lyrics of a song pretty quickly. What do you say to that, Theresa?Rick OzTownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05138933205295219387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145325648068700966.post-73915223066545277532010-11-23T13:41:41.965-06:002010-11-23T13:41:41.965-06:00young bubba, you never fail to amaze me.... this a...young bubba, you never fail to amaze me.... this and the previous poem are just superior!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145325648068700966.post-65652733184100504132010-11-22T12:07:44.267-06:002010-11-22T12:07:44.267-06:00Thanks so much for the Ode, Rick! You have a great...Thanks so much for the Ode, Rick! You have a great sense of humor and whimsy which is philosophical, too.Theresa Taylor Bayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00886143448221324175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145325648068700966.post-85225608699497688592010-11-22T10:19:32.409-06:002010-11-22T10:19:32.409-06:00Love this poem! Glad you posted it on your blog. L...Love this poem! Glad you posted it on your blog. Looking forward to the next one.Theresa Taylor Bayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00886143448221324175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145325648068700966.post-91679536114122294802010-10-25T01:03:58.431-05:002010-10-25T01:03:58.431-05:00@Steve...Thanks for the comment. Did you click on ...@Steve...Thanks for the comment. Did you click on my link in the original post?Rick OzTownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05138933205295219387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145325648068700966.post-74188925311157068572010-10-24T06:49:42.853-05:002010-10-24T06:49:42.853-05:00Short story pulp mags were the way a lot of now fa...Short story pulp mags were the way a lot of now famous writers (Stephen King, Lawrence Block, and more) got started. If Kindle becomes an avenue for new writers (and there is access to good editors) then this has a lot of positive potential. <br /><br />Similarly, if Journals like Harvard Business Review publish individual articles then we have a new revenue source to keep them alive and more exposure to the masses.<br /><br />However, if it turns out to be Cliff-Notes versions of real books, then that will turn it into what we're both afraid of. <br /><br />Unfortunately, my bet is on the latter...Steve Kalmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16429003813773159349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145325648068700966.post-60770652415052964042010-07-21T15:31:39.583-05:002010-07-21T15:31:39.583-05:00Heh, heh. Thanks for your help, Chuck.Heh, heh. Thanks for your help, Chuck.Rick OzTownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05138933205295219387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145325648068700966.post-55657091621032854772010-07-21T10:17:21.066-05:002010-07-21T10:17:21.066-05:00I'm trying to post a comment, but I just keep ...I'm trying to post a comment, but I just keep getting "Error, try again"Chuck Boehlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145325648068700966.post-73138862149546121132010-06-16T19:16:57.393-05:002010-06-16T19:16:57.393-05:00as you can see, I'm a law student not an engli...as you can see, I'm a law student not an english/linguistics student!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145325648068700966.post-45134554826309160182010-06-16T19:15:18.663-05:002010-06-16T19:15:18.663-05:00Judges and attorneys are required by law to recuse...Judges and attorneys are required by law to recuse themselves for reasons, some huge some small. And if they don't they are disbarred. So say a person has investments and when they become a judge how do they "Change" those investments to be sure it doesn't conflict with some case down the road? Or perhaps it should now be law that anyone who is an officer of the court is not allowed to have investments? Or interests...or friends? Yep, if you are in the "six degrees" of opposition or a person in your court, you recuse yourself. Of course "six degrees" isn't well defined for lawyers/judges. So, we are told it is better to recuse NOW than to have the case tossed later -- less expensive, less waste of time. Perhaps the writer would want officers of the court to publicly explain their reason for recusing? Hmmm...who would want to be a lawyer or a judge if they are not allowed the same privacy as those they serve? Its opinions like this that give me, a soon to be laywer, great pause in the course of life I've chosen. I "got in" this business because there are people who cannot afford a good lawyer -- who fall in the cracks. Not for criminal law but for civil law. So, until society (or Congress) deems it "okay" for judges to have ANY time of personal investment/involvement with a case, recuse is the only way to be certain the person/company receives a fair hearing. Feel free to delete this as being too flaming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145325648068700966.post-16724024263235862582010-05-14T12:36:48.890-05:002010-05-14T12:36:48.890-05:00Glad you enjoyed it, SG. I post lots on fb, but th...Glad you enjoyed it, SG. I post lots on fb, but the things I post here are usually stuff that deserves more than just to be GONE off the bottom of the page in a day or two if folks miss it.<br /><br />Of course the viewpoint taken by MV in his column is his own. He doesn't have perfect vision, but he sees through the glass, darkly, as most of us do. Any time one tries to generalize about a strata or class of society, there will be errors and folks who just don't fit.<br /><br />But the column I linked seems to provide a starting place for a discussion. Thanks for jumping in.Rick OzTownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05138933205295219387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145325648068700966.post-28860010959601381612010-05-13T16:24:56.887-05:002010-05-13T16:24:56.887-05:00well i posted this link on facebook and here are t...well i posted this link on facebook and here are the responses so far:<br /><br />Jesse:<br />Something to think about but as a member of the Professional Tier, I don't thinks it's quite as extreme of a divide as the article wants to make us believe...many of the members of the true "professions" (doctor, lawyer, veterinarian, pharmacist, dentist, opthalmoligist) make a good living, but are no where near as affluent as those in the ... See Morefinancial industry. And I will send my kids to public school.<br /><br />And this just isn't true, as I am a living example:<br />"Advanced education, necessary for the top professions, now costs too much for any but the Professional Tier to afford."<br /><br />Though the education is extremely expensive, that's why we have a student loan system. <br /><br />me:Angi:<br />i think you are the EXCEPTION to this rule Jess<br />just for fun i did the math here<br />:http://www.finaid.org/calculators/scripts/loanpayments.cgi<br />and i figured instate tuition for a undergraduate degree<br />it says for a $20,000.00 a year loan over a 20 yr period this is what you pay:... See More<br />Cumulative Payments: $148,793.41<br />Total Interest Paid: $68,793.41<br /><br />It is estimated that you will need an annual salary of at least $74,396.40 to be able to afford to repay this loan.<br />every year!<br /><br />i know that is not possible for almost all the college grads i know right now.<br />i always thought i would send my kids to public school too, until KERA came along. however i do believe we would have done better to move and send our kids to public school in some other place and bank that tuition for college...<br />but hindsight is always 20/20<br /><br />i am curious to see what cyn is offered in student loans for next year.<br /><br />Ronald:<br />awaiting the description of the Marginal Tier.<br /><br />i will post your blog as a link as well<br />i find this very interesting<br />thankssplendid gibberishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4145325648068700966.post-49937263501277024112010-04-02T00:18:37.003-05:002010-04-02T00:18:37.003-05:00Cool video. The Husband just loves to see this ki...Cool video. The Husband just loves to see this kind of stuff, and I think it's pretty cool too.The Long Way to Kansashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05274911954394453498noreply@blogger.com