My Own Thoughts

“Where there is flax, there is health.” (Egyptian? From Fit Over 40 page 101.) This would be something Dielli would say.

from Fit Over 40: “I noticed that the fewer bars I consumed, the better I felt and the more weight I lost.” I’ve been eating a bar a day because they keep me going and keep the calorie count low. I think I may have to restrict that a bit more. But I am not [...]

I guess that I watch movies with other people and not with my husband because I think it would be rude not to watch with my friends. I think I should give my husband just as much respect as I give my friends. Sorry, honey. I apologize for not watching Galaxy Quest with you. I [...]

The airplane trip was delayed for an hour by weather (lightning and heavy rain). They loaded my baggage in the rain, because my clothes were wet when I got here. My brother picked me up at the airport and took me to my sister’s to get the truck. Then I drove to BevG’s house. I’ve [...]

The Memorial Project claims to have an innocent explanation for why the central feature of the Flight 93 memorial is a giant Islamic shaped crescent. As architect Paul Murdoch has been saying since September 2005, the flight path breaks the circle, turning it into what was originally called the Crescent of Embrace. But this isn’t [...]

is China (traditional) or Platinum (modern). The last time we bought each other anniversary presents was our fifth anniversary, when we purchased wood. He received two wooden candlesticks and I got a beautiful jewelry box. What would we do for this anniversary?

I met my husband, used my toes to untie his shoelaces, and had a Blizzard at the Dairy Queen with him and two mutual friends. Twenty years ago this past Saturday I met my husband. To whom I have now been happily married for almost 20 years.

This story upset me significantly. But Walmart changed their mind a week after I wrote them! Here’s a pdf of a letter they wrote to the husband in the case. I heard about it at the Buck Stops Here.

from National Geographic In homosexuals, brain activity most closely matched that of heterosexuals of the other sex.

The authors of a recent paper hypothesized that banknotes may be one of various possible influenza vectors and may offer opportunities for infection. In Switzerland, a small country with a population of approximately 7 million, it is estimated that 20 to 100 million banknotes are exchanged each day, and billions of individual notes are exchanged [...]

From a philosophy professor’s interview at Chicago Maroon: I have a friend who recently died, but he actually decided to show kids what a sacrifice looks like, so he sacrificed a lamb at Easter time. “We talk about it so much—here’s what it looks like!” Half the class puked, half the class had angry letters [...]

I took it in when I had 30 miles on the trip meter. I could only add one gallon of gas. That was for in town driving. Very nice. My sister said my dad would have given our trade-in to my brother. Dang. I wish she hadn’t said that. I couldn’t afford the cost of [...]

Equipment ABS Brakes Cruise Control Air Bag(s) Power Locks Air Conditioning Power Mirrors Alloy Wheels Power Steering AM/FM Stereo Power Windows Automatic Transmission Rear Defroster CD Player Rear Spoiler Cloth Seats Traction Control (Aah. So that’s what the TC stands for.) Specifications Automatic 2.2L engine 4 cylinders 2WD EPA mileage 26/35 145 torque@4400rpm 140 horsepower@5800rpm [...]

from Reuter’s People who don’t talk about their feelings after a traumatic event are no more likely to have problems down the road than those who do express them, new research shows. In fact, they may be better off. “If someone doesn’t want to talk about it, that can be perfectly fine,” Dr. Mark D. [...]

Well, new to us. It’s two years newer than our trade-in. It gets better gas mileage. It takes regular gas instead of premium, like our trade-in. It is the same color, champagne (think muted gold) with beige interior. It has many of the same features as our trade-in, though not the leather seats. It cost [...]

Normally I am very proud of my state, but I just realized that we have never received the titles for our cars or our house from Texas. We’ve got them. They belong to us. But we have no paperwork showing it. Which means that I can’t sell my car, because I have no proof that [...]

I found out that I have a problem with buying a car. The sellers want you to buy now, today. I don’t want to buy now/today. I’ve done that and I didn’t like it. So, what else did I learn from car shopping, both IRL and on the internet? Carmax charges about $2000 over true [...]

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when [...]

Okay, I now feel like I am on vacation. I think I need something to do. I was supposed to be taking a class at CC1, but I missed the first day of class. (Dang it!) So that is out. I am reading lots of books. R has purchased about twenty that would be interesting [...]