Most noticeable gains with LED are: – Much slimmer/lighter body – if I were to go LED, it would mainly be b/c I want a really sexy slim and light monitor – Less power consumption and heat production (more…)
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One of the THE most important aspects of chugging through a day or a week or a month is having enough available caffeine. Whether the day is going good or going bad it is essential to have some form of that beautiful black gold. (more…)
I’m a bit of a throw back to a time when a person could actually be incommunicado and not swiftly and easily contacted by any and all with a bit of information to share. I don’t feel impelled to answer every ring of the phone or knock at the door. Perhaps because too often the ‘news’ aint all that good or necessary to my happiness. (more…)
So every time you go through the check out, you now have to formally state whether or not you want a plastic bag to carry your purchases home in. It used to be a foregone conclusion that you’d need one. But now conscientious people carry a cloth bag with them so as not to contribute to harming the environment. (more…)
Nobody talks about sidewalk rage. It exists. You’re peacefully walking along – oh, look! Pretty flowers! Bang! You’re suddenly bumped onto the grass. You didn’t see it coming. You may have been off to one side like any polite pedestrian. Don’t matter. (more…)
he grass has riz, I wonders where the birdies iz… No poet am I. But spring sure feels like it is here. And there are crowds of robins making their way around the neighbourhood, checking out the grass and heralding a change. (more…)
One of the morning shows was discussing how a number of people who are involved with the Academy Awards show are demonstrating a more subdued demeanor in light of the economic times. Another show highlighted how Fashion Week in New York was reflecting the same reserve. (more…)
When I was little my mom used to set aside one day a week to do her baking. Knowing what I know now, she really was an artist in that she turned out many wonderful loaves of bread, buns and cinnamon rolls, working without modern appliances and cooking with an oil stove. (more…)
We live in a part of the country where there is not a lot of snow. When we do get some it becomes quite a major challenge for a number of people who do not have much experience walking/driving/functioning in this strange environment. (more…)
68%…but better than I thought that we would do in this depression quiz.
The key to surviving hard times is to get to know and trust your neighbors. When you bake bread, make a few extra loafs to share. If you see a neighbor struggling, say repairing a roof, offer your help. Hmmm…sounds like living a Christian life, a life centered on serving each other. When the Saints have prospered, it has always been those Saints who selflessly took care of each other.
Christ is so magnificent! If we were to live as Christ desires us to live, Heavenly Father would lovingly and abundantly shower us with His tender mercies. Our joy is Their joy, Their joy is our reward.
