My children arrived!

My children arrived safe and sound last night. Relatively unscathed. There was one stretch of the freeway that was extremely steep and very slippery w ...

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Ah…

It is very cozy having my daughter home. I LOVE IT! It was after one in the morning when we finally all went to bed last night. I was sleepy, but I ...

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Gary Becker Speaks Out

Professor Gary Becker of Chicago has an excellent column in the WSJ today.Here is one particularly good section:"The main problem with the modern fina ...

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You Better Watch Out...

Ahhh, Santa...never quite sure what to do with the jolly old guy this time of year. As a child, Christmas was all about Santa for our family--no Jesus ...

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The Economy and Children's Ministry

You can't go anywhere these days without hearing or seeing something about the economy. I'm no economist so I don't know if we're in a recession or no ...

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eXtGallery 1.0.5 is out

Zoullou has just released a new version of eXtGallery. From his Website: Quote:After few month without news about eXtGallery I release the 1.0.5 versi ...

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REVIEW: Civilization Revolution DS

The novelty of being able to play Civilization on a pocket-sized device got to me, and I bought Civilization Revolution for my DS. The result is rathe ...

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Hello, MacSteam

Aspyr has just announced (I found it via InsideMacGames.com) their GameAgent Online Store. In the interest of rare book rooms and owning the media, t ...

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The correct answer is "Burnout Paradise" (and more DLC ramblin')

What game has the best DLC plan? For me, not Mega Man 9. Rather, the answer is Burnout Paradise.The demo was pretty neat, although it had an inordinat ...

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26% of Small Business Advertisers Plan Increased Ad Spending in 2009

Looking forward to 2009, more than a quarter of recently surveyed small business owners plan to spend more on advertising, and another 60% plan to spe ...

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Smartphone Market Statistics

Yesterday, I mentioned that the presentations from the Symbian Smartphone were now online. Taking a look at them, I’d single out at least two th ...

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Alexandra Burke crashed my server. How to capitalise on topical and one-off events

Unless you haven’t got a TV or access to any press then you can’t have helped to notice that it was the final of the X-Factor on Saturday. ...

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Figleaves must be getting advice from Nick Robertson - decide to alienate affiliates even more

After last week’s fiasco you would think that Figleaves couldn’t do anything more to damage their affiliate programme and their relationsh ...

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Rose Wednesday & Other Mussings

Hello and welcome to Rose Wednesday hosted by Jan & Tom's Place. Stop by to see them to get a list of all the other participents.Before I show my ...

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PINK SATURDAY & TEA PARTY

Hello and welcome to Pink Saturday hosted by Beverly of How Sweet the Sound. The picture above is of some new things, in pink of course, that I made f ...

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After 6 3/4 cups sugar . . .

. . . 9 1/4 cups flour, 3 cups Earth Balance, 6 (free range, organic, local) eggs, and a whole host of other ingredients, I bring you . . . Christmas ...

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a massive list

I have plans to head to the store tomorrow night . . . big plans. Why such a lengthy list? Holiday baking and gift-giving for starters, and I also h ...

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DAN CAN COOK

But before I get to that . . . . . . it's been a busy weekend! I have no pictures of Friday or Saturday meals, unfortunately. Why? Well, they were ...

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Fall Birthday

I love Fall! Not only is my birthday in October, but I love the cool weather, changing leaves, and making yummy comfort foods. I used to love going to ...

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Dual-SIM phones - separating voice and data?

There are already a few dual-SIM phones around on the market, like the Samsung D880 and LG KS660. They are particularly popular in markets for which t ...

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