…is equal to the love you take

Flowering Rhododendron bush in front of our house~
Surprises always “excite” me (I hate surprises–always have) and there’s been an abundance of them of late.
Never knowing exactly what to expect of the coming day. Every day is a surprise–some are good–some not so good. This morning, for instance, I was working here on the computer and [...]

If I were an alien life form and I had only this Episode 11 of Survivor 16 upon which to base my assessment of humanity it would be this: Women are heartless, gloating conniver’s and men are…dumb.
Way too much time was spent setting up the inevitable outcome of this episode–mostly with Natalie savouring her (temporary, [...]

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“Everyone who wears shoes walks wrong,” says Adam Sternbergh, who wrote about shoes and human feet for New York magazine. AFP/Getty Images
I love the reasoning behind why we started to wear high heels–to avoid one another’s excrement!
My grandmother always encouraged us to go barefoot. Her son–my Dad– taught me to do the same though [...]

Yes, the weather was outstanding this weekend past and it continues to be now that the official work week has started.
I don’t have an “official” work week and at first I saw that as a bonus.
Lately though I’ve realized how much I work online and how little I’ve tending to things offline. Yesterday, I “forced” [...]

Deal or no deal? quoth Jason. Tonight in the Episode 9, “I Promise,” is an actual quote from every member except Jason.

Quick Recap: Immunity given away by Jason!?! (above)
Watch Survivor Episode 10 at the Official CBS site

Natalie looks miserable but may be tougher than she looks.
NEW*Eliza and Ozzy Get Ready For Tribal Council [...]

Wow.
Last night, just putting together onto a work days off grid for this summer for spouse, factoring in son’s Driver’s Education at the high school for the first half of summer ($350, which is actually less than what I thought the good teachers of this District would work for) and younger son’s monthly blood test [...]

 
Great news! Spouse finally finished our income taxes last night and we get a refund!
Also, he informed me that the silly Economic Stimulus Act 2008 “rebate” is going to really help towards vacation, as well as reminding me that his work bonus is being distributed in a month. In order of size we have Geo. [...]

I usually write about LOST stuff over here (another site of mine) but I just came across two stories as I was catching up on my pop culture and celeb news. Both used the same source– and they that say Dominic Monaghan and Evangeline Lilly are back together. This comes on the heels on them [...]

“We haven’t turned any corners. We haven’t seen any lights at the end of the tunnel.” GEN. DAVID H. PETRAEUS, the American commander in Iraq.
General Petraeus seems the best American Iraq commander so far. I heard excepts from the speech on NPR. It can’t be easy to be in his position, especially under command(er)-in-chief, Geo. [...]

Find more Survivor: Micronesia – Fans vs. Favorites clips at
the official CBS online video guide.
The Merge~
“On Day 22, the Airai and Malakal tribes merged, ending the division between Fans and Favorites when Parvati led the new Dabu tribe in voting out her former Favorites teammate, Eliza. With the cards stacked against her, Eliza had [...]

(Photo) The late Steve Fossett after one of his world-recording freaking/making achievements.
Angelina seems to favor the Air and Space Museum as a “with little boys” destinaton in D.C. It is right downtown not far from her official duties, too. It’s really fun there and very educational. I always go back when I have a chance. [...]

 This is my favourite Post Secret  postcard from this week:

It took me a moment to “get it” but when I did, it made me laugh.
I live with three males and I have no doubt that in a pinch a scenario like this is quite possible.
In other “news,” I got drilled today. My tooth did anyway, [...]

Today was another beautiful day. My son and I actually did go top-down to <ahem> Costco to meet up with my spouse and have all three of us get our passport photos taken.
They do the shots for the low, low price of $5 each. I was worried that it might be a problem for [...]

“Chicken Lady” shows Ami and the girls bonding. It’s short in length and cute.
View the full episode at CBS
Episode Detail: Lost Puppy Dog, Episode 8:On their fourth trip in a row to Tribal Council, tensions ran high at the Malakal beach. Erik, the last remaining Fan on Malakal tribe, saw his game quickly unraveling [...]

Photobucket Scores! with new features that have come out over the last 30 days!***
Like:
The integration between Photobucket and FotoFlexer includes editing features customized and designed specifically for the Photobucket community such as:

Basic image editing – Photos can be re-sized, rotated, flipped, cropped, duplicated and corrected with red-eye reduction.
Color effect options – Images can be modified [...]

Nothing. That’s why we have “dark humour.”
The Little Miss Priss side of me wants to say, war, death, disease, crime… but in truth we use humour all the time to cope with these things. If we don’t see even a glimmer of humour in a situation then we are destined be forever glum about something [...]