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Food For Thought Friday: Systems of Government

Friday, October 17th, 2008

After having listened to Fidel Castro's daughter speak on Wednesday it made me think about systems of government in general. Some are overtly oppressive. Some, though not originally intended, make life hard for their citizens because of the lust for power of their leaders. When you look ...

Opening Your Eyes . . .

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Last night I had the opportunity to hear Elena Fernandez Revuelta speak. “Who is that?,” you may ask. She is the daughter of Cuban Communist leader Fidel Castro. For a Hispanic Heritage Month event at a local college they invited her to talk about her experiences under the Cuban Communist ...

October 5th - Win Money & EC from Sharing My Thoughts

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

Sharing My Thoughts is hosting a contest to celebrate their new domain. What's At Stake? One Winner: - One year subscription to Good Housekeeping Magazine if the winner is from the Philippines or US $15 to be credited to a PayPal Account for and International Winner - 1,500 EC credits - Free month ...

Manic Monday

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

For a Monday this wasn't too bad.  I woke up feeling physically better than most days. My belly didn't hurt and neither did my hips.  The latter is funny to me considering I had a chiropractor's appointment scheduled for later in the afternoon.  Given my state of physical function I ...

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Monday, September 8th, 2008

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Nvidia Graphics Software Widget

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

Lately, I've been having a problem with a recurring Blue Screen of Death. Most of the time the errors are nondescript and generic. Every once and a while I end up with the error referring to the nv4_mini.sys. As of yet I have not been able to ...

Back in the Saddle Again

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

Ahhh, It's nice to be home.  After four days away from my house, husband, bed, PC, car, internet connection and space I'm so happy to be back.

Spreading the Love with CommentLuv

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Just added the WordPress CommentLuv widget to this blog. I've had the benefit of commenting on a good number of blogs that offer this service so I thought it'd be nice to reciprocate. So please, drop by, comment and maybe click through on one of my ads just ...

To EntreCard or Not To Entrecard???

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

In my short months with Entrecard it has brought my blogs greater traffic and some very good commenters. I know that they would never have found my blog without it. Over the past month I've had a combination of problems with my internet connection, PC crashes and just ...

Justin Spring - “The Monkey Man”

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

"The Monkey Man" is my new knickname for USA's men's gymnastics team member, Justin Spring. If you've ever watched him do the highbar routine you know exactly what I'm talking about. I've seen two of his performances in competition in Beijing and both were spectacular. The one ...