February 2011 Archives

I really didn't think it would matter if the silicone sealer was clear or white. I had some white silicone sealer on hand. I could hear a sound in one of my closets that's next to the plumbing stack. It could have been just the PVC pipe rubbing against wood as it expands or contracts with the hot shower water or it could have been a drip. I decided to reseal the shower drain. I might add that it's a rather disgusting job and I'll have to redo it because I don't like the way it looks. Someone good at this could probably have gotten the white silicone in just the places it needed to be and have it completely hidden underneath the stainless steel shower grate ... and then there's me. The white silicone can be seen. I'll get some clear silicone and add this job to the ever growing to do list. I still don't know where I stand. I didn't hear a thing while the shower was going this morning but I started hearing it again right after it stopped. There is no water seeping through the Sheetrock, though. And, now, it has stopped. I hate mysteries like this, particularly because it's water-related. See QOTD.

It’s that time again. I’m asking for guest blogger volunteers for the week of March 7-11. If you’ve never blogged before, here’s your chance to see what it is all about. If you use different blogging software, here’s your chance to see what Movable Type does. If you already blog, here’s a chance to do something different and shamelessly plug your own blog to maybe some different readers. If you’re interested, email me for details. If you don’t already have my email address, leave a comment here and I’ll respond with the details. I’m not going anywhere. I’m just taking a break from daily blogging. I’ll be around to lend technical support for anyone who wants it.

I offer three from the CrabAppleLane Yard. It was the first real yardwork I've done since late October, I think. As usual, the front yard is ahead of the backyard. It really doesn't start looking good until the second or third time out.

CrabAppleLane Front Yard - February 27, 2011

CrabAppleLane Backyard - February 27, 2011

Blue dot

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Paradise Flat - Status Quo - STATUS QUO The Collection
2. Don't Step On The Grass, Sam - Steppenwolf - All Time Greatest Hits
3. Strange Kind Of Woman - Deep Purple - Fireball
4. Shapes Of Things - The Yardbirds - Heart Full Of Soul And Other Hits
5. This Diamond Ring - Gary Lewis & The Playboys - AM Gold 1965

Quote of the Day

There are about 10 things that really go wrong with a house,
and 15 of them have to do with water.

Retired Construction Consultant

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "The River Connection connects a broad range of experience and specialized training with their instructional team: American Canoe Association certified kayak instructors; naturalists; geologists and artists."

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Priscilla came to us when she was 8. She took her final ride to the vet yesterday just 7 weeks short of her 22nd birthday. She lounged in the CrabAppleLane sun by the pond for about an hour before we got in the truck. Good pet owners always struggle with "Are we too soon or too late?" and it probably won't mean much to any good pet owner but I think we all do it at the exact right time. Priscilla had been frail for a few weeks but she was still eating, still moving around, still grooving on pets and scratches, and still had a bit of a twinkle in her eye. She stopped eating and became dehydrated. Patsy took her to the vet Thursday and he gave her an IV drip to administer twice a day to rehydrate her but she still wasn't eating and had some other issues related to her arthritis that led us to the conclusion that she was unhappy and just did not want to go on. She had a good, long run and we'll miss her terribly. She was a sweetheart.

Mardi Gras got into gear in the Greater New Orleans area Friday night. We ran into unexpected parade traffic in Abita Sprigs yesterday coming home from the vet's office. We diverted ourselves to Slidell (25 miles away) for lunch. The inconvenience was acceptable because a good ride and diversion helped us, I think, in the state we were in.

It’s that time again. I’m asking for guest blogger volunteers for the week of March 7-11. If you’ve never blogged before, here’s your chance to see what it is all about. If you use different blogging software, here’s your chance to see what Movable Type does. If you already blog, here’s a chance to do something different and shamelessly plug your own blog to maybe some different readers. If you’re interested, email me for details. If you don’t already have my email address, leave a comment here and I’ll respond with the details. I’m not going anywhere. I’m just taking a break from daily blogging. I’ll be around to lend technical support for anyone who wants it.

I think today's QOTD is right. I was originally hoping they'd go for a big, durable running back in the first round but I think finding one of those is more a matter of luck than research.

I offer two from the CrabAppleLane yard this morning. Spring is almost here. Plan to do first yardwork this afternoon, weather permitting. I had hoped to do some work on The Clearing Project every winter but this winter was colder than most. Poor excuse but it's the one I have at the moment.

CrabAppleLane Redbud - February 27, 2011

CrabAppleLane Clearing Project - February 27, 2011

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Fade To Black - Dire Straits - On Every Street
2. Wearing The Inside Out - Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
3. From Now On - Supertramp - The Autobiography Of Supertramp
4. Old Love - Eric Clapton - Unplugged
5. Driving The Last Spike - Genesis - We Can't Dance

Quote of the Day

One doesn't have to be Ron Wolf to know the Saints desperately need to add fresh legs and burst to their defensive front seven.

Jeff Duncan, The Times-Picayune

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "Weekend Update Bloopers: Bloopers 09-10"

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Priscilla - April 15, 1989 - February 26, 2011

RIP, sweet girl.

The CrabAppleLane WordPress experiment is on hold. I've been very happy with some of the fixes I've implemented to Movable Type here. For now, WordPress will be the ready, easy-to-get-to spare tire or the visible understudy on stage. It's here mainly to keep the primary motivated.

Since the blog is working well again, it's a good time to do a guest blogging week. I’m asking for guest blogger volunteers for the week of March 7-11. If you’ve never blogged before, here’s your chance to see what it is all about. If you use different blogging software, here’s your chance to see what Movable Type does. If you already blog, here’s a chance to do something different and shamelessly plug your own blog to maybe some different readers. If you’re interested, email me for details. If you don’t already have my email address, leave a comment here and I’ll respond with the details. I’m not going anywhere. I’m just taking a break from daily blogging. I’ll be around to lend technical support for anyone who wants it.

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. The King Will Come - Wishbone Ash - Argus
2. On The Road Again - Canned Heat - Harley-Davidson Cycles: Road Songs
3. Milord - Christine Renaud/Norbert Slama - Paris 2000
4. The Lighthouse's Tale - Nickel Creek - Nickel Creek
5. Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Joe Cocker - Joe Cocker!

Quote of the Day

Fifty years from now China and India will be opening up call centers in the U.S. to take advantage of the cheaper labor.

Teacher Trish

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "One mouth down, one to go!"

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That is a super-peachy-keen post. Thanks for really blathering on like that! Seriously, I don't think I could have spent more effort wishing for something heavy to fall on me to erase that nonsense from my mind!

Finally, some honesty from a serial spammer. Not the "super-peachy-keen" part. I don't think I've ever written anything you could classify as that. No, I mean the other part is honest.

Fi has some lovely pictures up of Christchurch from before the two devastating earthquakes. The loss of life and the loss of what was is just heartbreaking.

The collective bargaining agreement between the NFL and its players expires one week from today. Aside from some minor posturing and speculation, things have been awfully quiet on that front lately.

Not sure what to make of today's QOTD. My money is on his king being the last standing dictator.

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Ruby Tuesday - The Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks, 1964-1971
2. What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong - Sings - Back Through The Years/A Centennial Celebration
3. On the Run - Pink Floyd - Pulse
4. Words Of Love - The Mamas & The Papas - The Best Of The Mamas & The Papas: 20th Century Masters
5. The Buford Stick - Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South

Quote of the Day

Rest assured that final knock will come sooner than Qaddafi and the gang might think. He and his kind are on their way out, no matter how dirty they fight. The end is nigh. You don't have to be an armchair pundit to see it. The people power will triumph in Libya, just as it has in Tunisia and Egypt. The juggernaut of change unleashed by the desperate action of a Tunisian fruit vendor across the Middle East will come to a rest only when the last dictator standing has gone.

AIJAZ ZAKA SYED | ARAB NEWS

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "New Zealand has Auckland, the ‘City of Sails’, and also the most diverse range of landscapes anywhere in the world."

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Sometime late last night, something went wrong here. The blog works and works pretty fast at that but I still have to figure out what I did because some things are not working right internally. Intermittent silliness ahead, I'm sure.

UPDATE: Crossing my fingers and toes but I may have stumbled upon the right mixture of newt's ears, dragon tails, and unicorn hooves.

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Ladytron - The Venus In Furs - Velvet Goldmine
2. Push It - Garbage - Version 2.0
3. Clown In Your Rodeo - Kathy Mattea - Walking Away A Winner
4. Yummy, Yummy, Yummy - The Ohio Express - Rock 'n Roll Relix 1968-1969
5. I'm So Excited - The Pointer Sisters - Working Girl

Quote of the Day

Shocked at the unprecedented level of violence, the regime has been condemned by the GCC as well as the OIC and been suspended from the Arab League. The significance of the latter is immense. The only other Arab state ever to have its membership suspended was Egypt in 1979 following its peace deal with Israel. Even Iraq was not suspended when it invaded Kuwait in 1990. The Qaddafi regime has become a pariah in the Arab and Muslim world. Only countries like Cuba and Venezuela support it — which says everything about their moral compass.

Arab News Editorial

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "I get so lonely on the road. After I started crying myself to sleep in my hotel room I realized I needed someone to tour with me. That's the real reason."

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The Saints released tight end Jeremy Shockey yesterday. No surprise whatsoever. His contract is much too large for his diminishing role on the team. I was hoping they could work out a deal on his salary but I think it best that he test the market before doing that here. Rookie phenom Jimmy Graham really came on late last season and that made Shockey expendable. Everyone wants to see more of Graham next year. Note to fantasy football players: Graham looks like the next Gates/Gonzales but he's bigger and faster than both of them ever were and Brees likes to use him. He'll go very high around here but other players elsewhere might be able to get him cheap.

Finally made a little headway into speeding things up around here. Comments are still the big issue, though. I'm not at all satisfied with the performance I'm getting in that area. The problem I'm having right now is that all searches I perform related to my issue are from 2006-2007-2008. I'd like to find something a little more current. By the way, I have that same information problem with WordPress. I installed the latest of WordPress and everything I found on the problem I'm having is from 2006-2007-2008. Someone on their team should know about it by now and it should have been resolved several versions ago. That puts me off a little.

Hare-brained idea of the day: Instead of talking about the national debt, why don't we all just pay it down. Probably won't work, though. Congress would just treat it like found money and spend it.

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. My God - Jethro Tull - Aqualung
2. Jennifer Juniper - Donovan - Donovan's Greatest Hits
3. Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John - Greatest Hits 1970-2002
4. Get Back Up - Tom Cochrane - Mad Mad World
5. Make Love To Me - Anne Murray - The Best .... So Far

Quote of the Day

Always will remember my time in New Orleans. What a city, you all welcomed me like one of your own, and we had a great run. Onto the next chapter, the Deep Unknown.

Jeremy Shockey, Tight End

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "It’s the ultimate blog/CMS software smack-down. The open source WordPress versus the new media giant Movable Type. I’ve been blogging since 1998 and after coding my pages by hand for five years I tried Movable Type in 2003 and loved it. But after five years I grew tired of difficulties with Movable Type and switched to WordPress."

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My friend, Fi, is OK and that's excellent news here.

Stick a fork in Moammar. He's done even though his son claimed they will "fight to the last bullet". That lovely statement will go over very well at his trial, I think.

Tinkering with WordPress at CrabAppleLane. It's not a move I make lightly. I'm just tired of the MT problems I'm having. They say it's the server. The server says it's them. I'm stuck in the middle. Unfortunately, I'm not all that wild about the early problems I'm having with WordPress, either, though. Might have to punt.

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Eric Clapton - The Cream Of Clapton
2. Sooner Or Later - Fastball - All the Pain Money Can Buy
3. Every Picture Tells A Story - Rod Stewart - Unplugged... And Seated
4. Song For Sagittarians - Shawn Phillips - Second Contribution
5. Happiness In Slavery - Nine Inch Nails - Broken

Quote of the Day

I want to show that I'm in Tripoli and not in Venezuela. Do not believe the channels belonging to stray dogs.

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "Libyan TV are denying EVERYTHING, they say those noises you hear on the streets are fireworks! Excuse me but WHAT THE FUCK? I guess the TV studios must be sound proofed for real!"

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GEAUX Tigers. Nice sweep this weekend over Wake Forest. Tiger fans gave a well-deserved standing ovation to the Demon Deacons Head Coach Tom Walter when he was announced in Friday's opener. Coach Walter donated a kidney to one of his players. The kindness ended with the ovation. The Tigers scored 6 runs in the first inning, 6 more in the second, and coasted home for a 15-4 win in the opener. A close win Saturday and another blowout yesterday completed the sweep. It's still early but the Tigers are off to a good start and that's always a good thing.

A one for nine trade. Wish I'd gotten to see him play although it would mean I'd have to be quite a bit older. R.I.P, Ollie.

While compiling the iTunes shuffle this morning, I discovered that I have three totally different songs in my iTunes library with the same title. Three Dog Night, Queen, and The Cranberries all recorded a song called Liar. Queen's Liar off of their first album is one of my all time faves. Three Dog Night's Liar is very good, too. The Cranberry's Liar was on the Empire Records soundtrack and is the only reason I have it.

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Going Home - Theme From 'Local Hero' - Dire Straits - Alchemy: Dire Straits Live
2. Not The Only One - Bonnie Raitt - Luck Of The Draw
3. Robin & Marian - Nickel Creek - Nickel Creek
4. I'll Be The One - Badfinger - The Very Best Of Badfinger
5. Liar - The Cranberries - Empire Records

Quote of the Day

The weather is warmer, the sun is brighter and Alex Box Stadium will soon be packed. It's baseball season in Baton Rouge.

Rowan Kavner, The Daily Reveille

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin said Monday that collective bargaining cost his state money and reiterated that he would not stand down in a budget face-off that has become national news."

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I offer one today from the CrabAppleLane backyard, which was pruned yesterday within an inch of its life. I have the blisters and sore hands to prove it. Althea, dwarf crepe myrtles, lilac, blue ginger, Bradford pear, nothing was spared. Pushing away from the computer now and I'm off to do other things.

CrabAppleLane squirrel-proof feeder - February 20, 2011

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. You're So Vain - Carly Simon - The Rolling Stone Women In Rock Collection
2. The Trees - Rush - Chronicles
3. Ain't Misbehavin' - Louis Armstrong - Back Through The Years
4. Reptile - Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
5. Maggie May - Rod Stewart - Unplugged... And Seated

Quote of the Day

As Louise Reichenbach lay trapped and dying in a crashed car yesterday, she asked friends to tell her younger sister Tammy she was sorry for a fight they had had the previous day and that she "loved her very much".

Elizabeth Binning, New Zealand Herald

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "The Selby x Dockers"

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The QOTD offers a bit more on yesterday's entry about the boy who "defaulted" his match rather than wrestle the girl he was matched against. It's from someone who agrees with me that his decision wasn't as praiseworthy as people made it out to be. Reilly's piece goes more in depth and I couldn't agree with him more. This was the topic of last night's local call-in radio show, too. From the five minutes that I listened to, my guess is he and I probably held the minority opinion. Not a new experience here. What I didn't mention is what his decision meant for his opponent. Instead of a wrestling meet, it turned into a media circus and she had reporters all around her. All she wanted to do was wrestle. Though he has no control over the media and I'm not blaming him for the circus but actions have consequences. What he did turned out to be totally unfair to her. One last thing: If I'm his wrestling coach, he will wrestle whoever he draws next year or he's off the team.

5 song iTune shuffle from the CrabAppleLane Five Star playlist:

1. Diamond Dogs - David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
2. Crossroads - Cream - The Cream Of Clapton
3. Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull - Aqualung
4. Highway Star - Deep Purple - Machine Head 25th Anniversary Edition
5. Somebody To Roll - Nazareth - Play 'N' The Game

Quote of the Day

Sixteen-year-old wrestler Cassy Herkelman doesn't need anybody protecting her from anything. She's broken her collarbone, split her lip, deviated her septum, wrecked her elbow, all from wrestling. She's about as dainty as a forklift.

Rick Reilly, ESPN

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "If you had an extra 30 minutes, what would you do with it?"

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Today's QOTD is about a young man who defaulted his match and a shot at a championship rather than wrestle a girl. Gentleman? Maybe, but I don't think we can stop there although the article surely does. All you read about there is "respect" for his decision. Not sure I agree with that.

I wrestled in high school because it was required. Wrestling is a physical sport and a contact sport. There is no way around it. It's also pretty intimate. You are all over your opponent and your opponent is all over you. I, myself, would have been uncomfortable wrestling a girl in my day. Here's the thing: It's not my day any more. Like it or not, boys and girls, men and women compete against each other and alongside each other in areas they never used to. When is the time to learn about that? High school, perhaps? Joel competes in a sport that allows girls and boys to compete against each other. Was he hoping someone else would have to wrestle the girls? If he objected to the possibility of wrestling any potential opponent, he should not have joined the team. Instead, he hurt his team by "defaulting". It's crappy that he was allowed to default. You default when you're injured and can't compete when your match is scheduled. Defaulting allows you to compete in later consolation rounds if you are able. He wasn't injured. He should have had to forfeit.

I'll take his statement at face value that his beliefs didn't allow him to wrestle her and that he was not just afraid of losing. She was a freshman with a 20-13 record. 33 others made a different decision and it looks like 13 of them were happy about it. :) He was a sophomore with more experience and a better record. We'll never know if she could have competed with him. He never gave her the chance.

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. San Franciscan Nights - Eric Burdon & The Animals - The British Invasion: The History Of British Rock, Vol. 8
2. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I
3. Free Ride - The Edgar Winter Group - Hard N' Heavy: 70's Greatest Rock Hits, Vol. 1
4. Georgia On My Mind - Louis Armstrong - Sings - Back Through The Years/A Centennial Celebration
5. I'll Take You Home - The Drifters - 16 Greatest Hits

Quote of the Day

As a matter of conscience and my faith I do not believe that it is appropriate for a boy to engage a girl in this manner. It is unfortunate that I have been placed in a situation not seen in most other high school sports in Iowa.

Joel Northrup

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "It was an exciting summer for women’s wrestling. As I mentioned in previous posts, more females are assuming leadership roles, college programs are adding women’s wrestling as a varsity sport and females participating in wrestling in the US is higher than ever. I’m excited about these changes and I believe women’s wrestling is “on the right path” to growth and international success."

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R.I.P., Chuck Tanner. He managed the last great Pittsburgh Pirates team. That team executed the best defensive play I ever saw. Wish I could find a video of it. With a runner on first, the hitter blasted a pitch to deep right center field. Center fielder Omar Moreno and right fielder Dave Parker converged on it. Left-handed Moreno caught it on the first bounce with his right glove hand. He flipped the ball with his glove to Parker. Parker wheeled and fired the ball to the cutoff man (Phil Garner, I think) who then wheeled and fired to the plate to nail the runner. It is not that unusual to see a guy make a great defensive play in Major League Baseball but to see four guys dazzle you on one play, well, that's baseball. Those Tanner Pirate teams were a lot of fun. Thanks, Chuck.

I have to wonder what the St Louis Cardinals are thinking about Albert Pujols. They're trying to negotiate a new contract with him because his contract expires after this season. Their offer to him was characterized recently as "in baseball's top 10 in salary, but not in the top five in average annual salary". If that's true, it is ludicrous. I'd have to think long and hard about who the other top four players are but Pujols is the best player in baseball in my opinion. The gold standard are contracts given to Alex Rodriguez and Joe Mauer. Albert is more valuable to his team than those two are to theirs. A lesser offer is not a starting point. It's just a waste of everyone's time. If Pujols doesn't get a comparable contract from the Cardinals, he'll get it somewhere else.

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Lord Of The Thighs - Aerosmith - Get Your Wings
2. Eclipse - Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
3. Ramblin' Man - The Allman Brothers Band - Brothers And Sisters
4. Boys Of The Lough - Drowsey Maggie - Maggie Sansone - Music In The Great Hall - Instrumental Music From The Ancient Celtic Lands
5. Let 'Em Whirl - Blackhawk - BlackHawk

Quote of the Day

Sports tend to make otherwise intelligent and thoughtful people turn into blithering gooneybirds

Gary Roberts, Dean of the Indiana University School of Law

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "I realize intellectually that it doesn't work like that, but it'll be hard to think that when the Cardinals find themselves in need of a third baseman and the trade deadline and take on half of Mike Young's salary, or just set $5 million on fire to keep David Freese's body temperature from falling after that vampire bites him."

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About today's QOTD: It's from an op-ed that's appearing in newspapers today. I'd like to know why the NFL "needs" a new stadium in Los Angeles, Roger. There is no team there. Has the threat of moving existing teams there lost its cache? L.A. has rejected two NFL teams and has done just fine without a team for a long time now. That's what really galls you, isn't it?

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford - Hotdogs, Hits and Happy Days
2. Life Is A Highway - Tom Cochrane - Mad Mad World
3. No One Needs To Know - Shania Twain - The Woman In Me
4. Part1: Telegram - On Your Way - Nazareth - Close Enough For Rock 'N' Roll
5. She's Only Happy When She's Dancin' - Bryan Adams - Reckless

Quote of the Day

We need new stadiums in Los Angeles, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Oakland and San Diego; and the ability for more league investment in new technology to improve service to fans in stadiums and at home.

Roger Goodell, NFL Commissioner

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "NFL player costs in 2009 were $4.5 billion. NFL players have doubled their compensation in the past 10 years, and the average player salary is about $2 million."

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Everyone knows the gag where you give a gift that's one box inside another inside another inside another and on and on until the gigantic box really contains something fairly small. While cleaning a ceiling fan a few weeks ago, I was washing one of the glass shades and it slipped out of my hand. As I tried to catch it, I didn't get my hand all the way around it and I ended up slamming it down even harder tha nit was already falling. Naturally, it cracked. We couldn't find a single replacement locally, couldn't find a set of four that we liked as much locally, so we went online and found it.

What you see below is the extreme opposite of what I whined about almost three years ago. That very expensive merchandise (About $500) had almost no packing material or thought placed in its shipping. The shipping was included in the price. What you see below is relatively inexpensive ($11) but I was charged $15 shipping and handling. It's obvious they put some thought, time, and packing material into their packaging solution. The glass was in bubble wrap inside a tight box, and then placed in another box with Styrofoam slats all around, and then placed in another larger box with additional paper packaging.

Package Arrival - February 14, 2011

Package Arrival - February 14, 2011

I don't know that this is a solution. It just killed me that the $11 item had $15 worth of shipping and handling. They used Fedex Ground and the order took two weeks from order placement to delivery. I had a client tell me once that he hates paying freight. He claimed it as a matter of principle but it really wasn't. He dealt mostly with people who didn't trust him (I wonder why). They always wanted to see his invoices because they didn't believe him and they wouldn't pay freight unless they, themselves, requested rush delivery. See, he was a guy who wasted a lot of time trying to find a better price, dropped the ball a lot, and always had his back to the wall on his deadlines. He'd end up having to order things overnight ... and paying freight that he couldn't pass along. Know anyone like that?

Back to the package pictured above, I looked high and low for a better price and that's probably because the client above rubbed off on me a little. Some merchants had lower shipping but when you added it to their price for the item, it was still higher than the $26 total. It got to CrabAppleLane unscathed, though, so there's that. Note to Rob: Be more careful next time, dumba$$.

Today's QOTD and BOTD are both about Jerry Richardson, owner of the NFL's Carolina Panthers, who took a condescending tone with Peyton Manning and Drew Brees in a recent negotiation meeting and it is more than a little mystifying to me. He questioned their intelligence, particularly Peyton's. Dumb, dumb, and dumb some more. Those guys are two of the sharpest tools in the shed. Richardson comes off like a bitter, miserly, old man and the QOTD mirrors my sentiments exactly. He's not winning any points with players or fans. The NFL needs to get him out of the room. Probably naive on my part but I'm assuming they actually do want a deal and that they're not trying to break the union.

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. The Grand Illusion - Styx - The Grand Illusion
2. Wishing It Was - Santana Featuring Eagle-Eye Cherry - Supernatural
3. Lady Whiskey - Wishbone Ash - Live Dates
4. Ready, Steady, Go - The Meices - Empire Records
5. No Son Of Mine - Genesis - We Can't Dance

Quote of the Day

If your heart were rapidly failing and you suddenly were granted a chance to return to health, would you a) go to work in your pajamas, hand hundred-dollar bills to strangers and dole out random hugs to supermarket clerks, or b) fire your sons and talk smack to two of the NFL’s most popular and accomplished players?

Michael Silver, Yahoo Sports

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "Insulting, but irrelevant since Richardson and the other owners refuse to open their books to the NFLPA anyway."

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Happy Valentine's Day

Speaking of romantic, today's QOTD is from Ohio native Lafcadio Hearn writing about New Orleans in 1879.

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Get Down To It - Humble Pie - A&M Records Classics
2. Highgate Shuffle - Rod Stewart - Unplugged... And Seated (LIVE)
3. Nobody's Hero - Rush - Counterparts
4. Down Home Girl - Nazareth - Play 'N' The Game
5. Trouble Trouble - Foghat - Foghat

Quote of the Day

Times are not good here. The city is crumbling into ashes. It has been buried under a lava flood of taxes and frauds and maladministrations so that it has become only a study for archaeologists. Its condition is so bad that when I write about it, as I intend to do soon, nobody will believe I am telling the truth. But it is better to live here in sackcloth and ashes, than to own the whole state of Ohio.

Lafcadio Hearn, 1879

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "In Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Valentine’s Day is celebrated with a torchlight parade and fireworks show held with majestic mountains in the background."

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Dear New Orleans Food & Spirits,

Thanks,
Rob

Speaking of pork chops, it mystifies me why more non-Chinese restaurants don't serve them. Good pork chops are not expensive, they're not hard to find, and they're not particularly difficult to prepare. For instance, New Orleans Food & Spirits has several dishes that include chicken of some sort, steak, catfish, shrimp, and oysters. Why not a few dishes that include pork? Are Chinese Restaurants the only ones that get it? See QOTD.

I offer three from CrabAppleLane on this glorious Sunday. The first is of the Rufous Hummingbird that has been wintering here. We named him Roofie but that was before I decided he was a male. He is quite unlike the Buff-Bellied Hummingbird that wintered here a couple of years ago and nothing at all like the Ruby-Throated CrabAppleLane flock. He is much quieter, shyer, and not nearly as hungry. He doesn't stay around the feeder for long. The second one is just something I took so I can compare later. I usually don't prune the crepe myrtles that extensively or severely. I'm curious to see how they react. The third is of last night's sunset.

Roofie - February 13, 2011

CrabAppleLane Crepe Mrytles - February 12, 2011

CrabAppleLane - February 12, 2011

5 song iTune shuffle from the CrabAppleLane Top 25 Most Played List:

1. Praan - Garry Schyman & Palbasha Siddique - Where The Hell Is Matt? - 19 Plays
2. The Calm Before - Elijah Bossenbroek - Harmony in Disarray - 18 Plays
3. Firefly - Main Theme Song - Joss Whedon - Firefly - 14 Plays
4. Lookout Mountain - Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South - 7 Plays
5. A Song of Simplicity - Elijah Bossenbroek - Harmony in Disarray - 11 Plays

Quote of the Day

Bacon tastes gooood. Pork chops taste gooood.

Vincent Vega, Pulp Fiction

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "Ninety employees from Tennant Co., a provider of floor maintenance equipment, hit the streets, patios and floors of City Park on Wednesday to help sweep, clean and paint."

Excellent. There really is no substitute for manpower. -Rob

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Happy Birthday, Mr President. Wonder what he would think of the pennies, the $5 bills, the tunnel, the memorial, and Thanksgiving Day as we celebrate it now. Wonder what he would think of government, presidential campaigns, and the careful, stiff debates that current presidential candidates have. Wonder what he would think about all the fuss we make over some of the speeches he made. What a legacy.

The image below is from last night while I was waiting on my food order. Love Old Covington.

Covington, LA - February 11, 2011

Time to turn to baseball. LSU opens their baseball season this Friday night against Wake Forest. The Tigers are currently ranked 15th in one poll and 22nd in another. They have some good players but they also have a lot of question marks, particularly on their pitching staff. I have tickets coming for one of the SEC games at Alex Box Stadium this season. Update: They were in today's mail. Really looking forward to that.

How they're approaching Valentine's Day in Saudi Arabia. The Haia or Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice are in complete charge. From one florist:

They also threaten that if we sell even one red rose or gift they will shut the shop down and get all the staff fired.

Aren't they special? I have a different idea about who should be shut down and all the staff fired but I'll be more tolerant. For the Haia from CrabAppleLane:

Happy Valentine's Day

Tunisia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia?

5 song iTune shuffle

1. Born To Love - Nazareth - Play 'N' The Game
2. Road Fever - Foghat - Rock & Roll
3. Long Distance Runaround - Yes - Fragile
4. Just My Imagination - The Cranberries - Bury The Hatchet
5. So Far Away - Mark Knopfler - Live From The Ryman

Quote of the Day

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.

President Abraham Lincoln

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "Serendipity"

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WTF, Oklahoma? -31º is more than a little ridiculous at your latitude. Specifically, your 32.5-degree latitude is a little too close to my 30.6-degree latitude.

I don't see a peaceful transition of power in Egypt. I don't see peaceful or transition. For what it's worth, I don't think there was a play to be made by anyone outside of Egypt. Mubarek doesn't want to leave. This is totally on Egypt to resolve now. We can publicly spout platitudes about democratic reforms, appeal to Mubarek's sense of decency and ask him to step down, and maybe pressure him by withholding aid, which hurts ordinary Egyptians much more than it does the filthy rich Mubarek, or he could be physically removed and just who is up for that?

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. She Moved Through The Fair - Meav - Méav
2. Paranoid - Grand Funk Railroad - Live Album
3. Woo Hoo - The 5.6.7.8's - Kill Bill, Vol. 1
4. Hole In The Wall - Billy Idol - Billy Idol
5. Leavin' Again - Foghat - Foghat

Quote of the Day

The army is relaxed at the moment. They put barbed wire all around (the roads to the palace) but they know the will of the people will topple anything.

Nurhaan Ismael, 34 - Egypt

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "The Pioneer Woman - Perhaps you've heard of Ree Drummond, the Oklahoma blogger who has received quite a bit of fame for thepioneerwoman.com, a website that chronicles her transition from "spoiled city girl to domestic country wife" in Pawhuska, Oklahoma."

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The video below gave me a smile this morning. I had this 45 back in the day and I have this on a couple of old compilation CDs in my collection.

Not bad. Sounds like it got some post-performance enhancement, though. I usually don't like that but I'll forgive it on occasion. Originally wondered what took so long for the audience to recognize the song they were playing until the camera panned out into it. They're simply too young.

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton - Unplugged
2. The Waking Edge - Jethro Tull - Crest Of A Knave
3. Hot Dog - Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door
4. So Many Things to Say - Wishbone Ash - Wishbone Four
5. Happy - Sister Hazel - ...Somewhere More Familiar

Quote of the Day

Let it fly in the breeze
And get caught in the trees
Give a home to the fleas in my hair

Hair, Hair

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "I had no idea there was a film adaption of "Norwegian Wood", the beautiful book by Haruki Murakami that I read a couple of years ago, until I by chance came across the trailer for the movie. I'm not sure how many of you are familiar with the book, but it's set in Japan in the 60s where 20-year-old Toru Watanabe is a student."

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OK, one of the strangest things I've read in a while. Not much to the article but

Several women from England recently traveled to Philadelphia to receive butt-implant procedures in hotel rooms, court documents say.

Make your own jokes. I'm just amazed that people with the means to make the Trans-Atlantic flight didn't invest a little more of their time in thought. "I'm going to fly to America to have a medical procedure performed but not in one of their excellent hospitals or clinics. I'm going to have it done in one of their bargain hotels." Really?

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Nancy Sinatra - Kill Bill, Vol. 1
2. Whatever's Written In Your Heart - Gerry Rafferty - City To City
3. Maybelline - Foghat - Foghat
4. The Man's Too Strong - Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
5. Fat Man - Jethro Tull - Aqualung

Quote of the Day

It's not clear what the pain threshold of the average NFL fan is: Thirty-two owners digging relentlessly in our pockets haven't found the bottom yet.

Sally Jenkins, Washington Post

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "The upside? Because it's Faith Hill, the punchline was unexpected and well executed. The downside? It's Faith Hill. The straight-laced star's fans may disapprove."

I liked it but it's not going to make me use Teleflora. -Rob

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Today's QOTD is about the news that New Orleans Saints Head Coach Sean Payton has bought or is going to buy a house in a Dallas suburb. The news isn't going over well in New Orleans. Earlier reports had him commuting from Dallas to New Orleans. Current ones have him maintaining dual residences. At some point in the article, this statement appears:

I can't imagine Saints owner Tom Benson is too happy about that.

We can talk about Benson's dual residences some other time. What bothers most fans, including this one, is where he's moving. Payton enjoyed his time in Dallas and he likes the area. He eventually wants to retire there. He's made all of that abundantly clear and if he was moving to a suburb of Memphis or Chicago or Kansas City, I don't think anyone would be worried. We are. Here's why: Cowboys owner Jerry Jones wants him. There is no doubt about that. Jerry Jones and Tom Benson are both billionaires. Jones will not offer Payton anything Benson couldn't match. However, he could quite possibly offer something Benson won't match and Sean could lose his mind just long enough to take it.

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Sun In My Hand - Scorpions - In Trance
2. The Lucky One - Alison Krauss & Union Station - Live
3. Creole Angel - Sonny Landreth - South Of I-10
4. Birthday Boy - Drive-By Truckers - The Big To-Do
5. A Passage To Bangkok [Live] - Rush - Chronicles

Quote of the Day

Sure, Payton is under contract for two more years. Sure, he has got a future Hall of Fame quarterback in Drew Brees, a hands-free owner and savvy general manager who allow him to run his program with near complete autonomy.

Jeff Duncan, The Times-Picayune

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "The actors appear to be big fans of the Firefly universe, and it's quite evident that what they lack in spit and polish they make up for in sheer joy and exuberence. There are plenty of references to both the series and the movie "Serenity" (for instance, in the opening scene the ship has just delivered a cargo of beagles and the discussion is how cows may be a better cargo) so it ties in well. It's as if a bunch of fans got together to make a movie."

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It was a fun game. The difference was the turnovers. The Steelers had them, the Pack didn't. I, for one, am happy that the Super Bowls are turning into exciting games. Remember 30-35 years of super duds? This is a great development. Aaron Rodgers really throws darts. If his receivers ever learn how to handle them ... :)

Thinking this morning that a Saints-Packers showdown at Lambeau would make a perfect NFL Kickoff Classic next season.

Where on Earth did this come from? I know they're friends but I just can't imagine why Sean Payton would want to work with Jerry Jones looking over his shoulder. He has no one looking over his shoulder in New Orleans. Which situation is better? Besides, he's 100 feet tall in New Orleans. He'd be just another ship passing through in Dallas. Still, the Saints felt the need to make a statement. That concerns me.

About today's QOTD: Please don't start calling him that. Please.

More complaints about the host. The game was undoubtedly a moneymaker. The attendance figures and the prices they were charging had to make it so. They'll learn from this and do better next time. Too bad for those fans, though. Geez.

Very surprised that Steeler fans outnumbered Pack fans by so much. I thought the Packers had a better following. Steeler fans were surely louder.

Finally, I hope the players and owners can figure out a way in the next three weeks to divvy up the megatons of cash that flow into their coffers. In this difficult economy, the money all of you guys are making is almost obscene. Your problems are trivial. Work it out.

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Prelude 12 - Styx - Equinox
2. Stop - Pink Floyd - The Wall
3. Romeo And Juliet - Dire Straits - Alchemy
4. Wish - Nine Inch Nails - Broken
5. The Chain - Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

Quote of the Day

I didn't expect anything less from A-Rod

B.J. Raji, Green Bay Packers defensive tackle

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "As the NFL sets up the stage at midfield for the trophy ceremony, it's time to bring this blog to a close. The Vince Lombardi Trophy is returning home to Green Bay. Aaron Rodgers is your MVP. Much more analysis to come on SI.com tonight and Monday from Don Banks, Joe Posnanski, Peter King and plenty of others. Thanks for reading. One more time: Green Bay 31, Pittsburgh 25. Super Bowl XLV is in the books."

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I offer two images on this CrabAppleLane Super Sunday. One is from the other day, though.

A leaf falls in Covington - February 2, 2011

CrabAppleLane - February 6, 2011

One thing is certain about Super Bowl XLV. It will be at the top of the list of Super Bowls that had logistical nightmares. I think they even topped the one held in Pontiac at the SilverDome, where most of the ticket holders had to commute an hour to the stadium. Not to brag much but New Orleans is still, by far, the best city to host the Super Bowl. The SuperDome, the hotels, the great restaurants, the French Quarter, and the New Orleans night life are all within walking distance or a 10-minute cab ride from each other. It's a no-brainer. It should be held here every four or five years. A great time for all is guaranteed. One more thing.

Bet any house you have to lose. Lest you think I know nothing about predicting football outcomes (You'd be right), I offer the QOTD. It is an expert prediction on last year's Super Bowl.

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. You Won't Change Me - Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy
2. Chest Fever - Three Dog Night - Captured Live At The Forum
3. Somebody - Bryan Adams - Reckless
4. My Wife - The Who - Who's Next
5. She's Gone - Eric Clapton - Pilgrim

Quote of the Day

It says here: Indy in a blowout.

Frank Deford, Sports Illustrated

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "What is the role of these platoons exactly ?? Is there any fear on the U.S embassy !!? I do not understand this provoking news for real."

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Got plans for tomorrow? The game figures to be fun. Both teams play decent defense. I think they're both vulnerable to the pass, though, and both teams throw the ball around pretty good. I expect a shootout. I'll be watching at home ... pulling for the Packers because they're NFC and because I like Aaron Rodgers.

I'd like to mention once again how idiotic it is to have one of the world's biggest events in a place where the weather can have a direct impact. The Super Bowl is the most important NFL game of the season. It is a week-long extravaganza. This week's weather and the host city's inability to cope with it will only affect the week's extra-curricular activities. The game, itself, will be played inside at JerryWorld although the weather, traffic, and security will undoubtedly make for some late arrivals and a few no-shows. In two years, the NFL is risking the extra-curriculars AND the game. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

I don't envy the workers at my local Papa John's this weekend. Papa John's is running specials all weekend and they're also the "Official Pizza Sponsor of the Super Bowl". Pizza is always a favorite but it's a big favorite on Super Sunday. If last night's activity is any indication, it's going to be a whale of a weekend for them. The store I go to is always busy but I've never seen anything like what I saw last night. They were rolling. A 30-second spot for this year's Super Bowl broadcast goes for about $3 million. My order was $20. Most were larger than that last night. At $20, Papa John's needs to make 150k orders to make $3 million. At least 50 orders left or were picked up in the 10 minutes I was there. No need to worry about how they're going to pay for their sponsorship.

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Skellig - Loreena McKennitt - The Book Of Secrets
2. Fields Of Gold - Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales
3. Space Truckin' - Deep Purple - Machine Head 25th Anniversary Edition
4. One Man Band - Three Dog Night - The Best Of Three Dog Night
5. Magic Man - Heart - Dreamboat Annie

Quote of the Day

Baby, let me be your one man band
Your one man band
I just wanna be your one man
Your one man band
I just wanna be your one man
Your one man band

Three Dog Night, One Man Band

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "People estimate that they use an average of 2,566 text messages a month. However, the average person uses 1,555 text messages a month."

Both of those are staggering figures if you ask me. -Rob

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I can offer no commentary today on The Devil's Rejects. It was on the other night but I didn't watch it. Something caught my eye, though. The Devil's Rejects was written and directed by Rob Zombie and stars Sheri Moon Zombie. A movie called The Devil's Rejects written, directed by, and starring Zombies??? I've never seen the movie and this type of film is not really my cup of tea but I think that's just awesome. Rob Zombie is a very capable film maker and he has found a niche in horror flicks. It's very likely to be well done. That's why I won't watch it. :) His is the BOTD. Fun pics.

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. A Light In The Black - Rainbow - Rising
2. Melissa - The Allman Brothers Band - Eat A Peach
3. The Mummers' Dance - Loreena McKennitt - The Book Of Secrets
4. Palisades Park - Freddy Cannon - The Ultimate Rock & Roll Collection: The 60's
5. Ghost Dance - The Patti Smith Group - Easter

Quote of the Day

If the Super Bowl is the Ultimate Game, why are they playing it again next year?

Duane Thomas, Dallas Cowboys

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "POPCORN LOVING MOTHERFUCKERS"

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Louisiana State workers have a day off today due to the possibility of snow. That's not something that comes up here very often. There is ice on our deck this morning and it is very cold but no snow yet. Maybe later. Will be a fun drive to work this morning.

About today's QOTD: Not a lot of detail in Saudi articles about Saudis. That quote is the whole article. Wonder what "regional developments" they could be referring to. By "strengthening bilateral relations", I think they mean "How do we keep this from happening to us?"

Happy Birthday to The Coalition.

There was a time that I could leave work, go straight to a concert, wait in line to get in, wait for the concert to start, knock back more than a few alcoholic beverages, get home at a ridiculous hour, and then get up and go to work the next day. That's what I'd have to do Tuesday to see a show I'd like to see. Even though the tickets are very reasonable, I won't even consider it. Must be older than I thought.

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Donnegon's Gone - Mark Knopfler - Live From The Ryman
2. A Light In The Black - Rainbow - Rising
3. Private Investigations - Dire Straits - Alchemy
4. Hello Dolly - Louis Armstrong & All His Stars - Sings - Back Through The Years/A Centennial Celebration
5. To Keep Love Alive - Out Of The Grey - Giving You The Rest Of My Life

Quote of the Day

CASABLANCA: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, who is currently convalescing in the Moroccan city of Casablanca following a successful back surgery, on Wednesday received a telephone call from King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa of Bahrain.

The Bahraini ruler inquired about the king's health and wished him speedy recovery, the Saudi Press Agency said, adding that the two leaders discussed major regional developments and ways of strengthening bilateral relations.

King Abdullah thanked King Hamad for his gesture.

Arab News

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "I just came back from Tahrir Square on my way to ease the horrible sense of guilt I felt for not having been there with them during the dark hours when they were being mercilessly attacked by the mercenaries..."

That's some powerful stuff. -Rob

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I envy the commitment and lack of clutter. A "Zero Waste" home sounds like a whole lot of work to me and even more inconvenience. Patsy and I are both clutterbugs. Our house looks nothing like theirs ... even on our good days.

Bingo. Love the comments. I find the one by WhitesCreek at 7:31AM to be hysterical. Spends the first paragraph debunking some ridiculousness and then spends the second paragraph promoting his own ridiculousness. Excellent.

"It is almost comical to see the end timers come out again. Biblically prophesied Armageddon has been supposedly nigh upon us a couple of hundred times now. Most of the problems in the Middle East are resulting from decades of outside meddling and support for repressive regimes. Unfortunately it is these times of revolutionary change that are ripe for seeing one repressive regime collapse only to be replaced by another, as was the case in Iran. As Mr. Bennett astutely notes, this could well be the case in Egypt.

If America were not ruled by fascists, we could expect our motives to be pure and we would assist in setting up governments similar to what we saw take place in Japan and Germany after WWII. But we are and we won't."

Was a little more into football last year at this time but I held out until Thursday of Super Bowl week to start really getting amped up here on the blog. I was as excited as any Saints fan, though. I think I showed remarkable restraint. :)

Says here that Super Bowl XLV will be the shootout last year's Super Bowl was supposed to be.

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. No Matter What - Badfinger - The Very Best Of Badfinger
2. The Arrangement - Joni Mitchell - Ladies Of The Canyon
3. Prelude (The Family Trip) - Marilyn Manson - Portrait Of An American Family
4. Hot In The City - Billy Idol - Billy Idol
5. A Moment So Close - Béla Fleck & The Flecktones - Live At The Quick

Quote of the Day

Egyptians rose up at the greatest irony of all: Cleopatra’s Egypt was modern in ancient times and Mubarak’s was ancient in modern times. The cradle of civilization yearned for some civilization.

Maureen Dowd, New York Times

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Quote from said blog: "Much of regular household trash is made up of convenience (fast food) packaging, making Zero Waste an unthinkable goal for many."

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Hard to argue with that.

Step down, Hosni. Clinging to power now is just sad.

The New Orleans Saints are my team. America can have the Cowboys.

5 song iTune shuffle:

1. Pardon Me Sir - Joe Cocker - Joe Cocker: The Anthology
2. Tyrant (Live) - Judas Priest - Living After Midnight
3. Red Barchetta - Rush - Moving Pictures
4. Pieces Of The Night - Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience
5. Don't Stop Believin' - Journey - Rock: The Train Kept A Rollin'

Quote of the Day

Egypt's government posted troops at key locations and cut internet service as activists pledged to hold major demonstrations in Cairo, Alexandria and other cities Tuesday -- a week after rallies began calling for an end to Mubarak's nearly 30-year rule.

CNN Wire Staff

Blog of the day is here.

Quote from said blog: "Today, a popular anti-government uprising in Tunisia has turned that phrase on its head, as protesters throughout the Middle East have begun rising up against their governments in support of more democratic reforms."

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