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2008-10-06 12:23:37 Best Gay Blogs
Four years ago, I had no sense of what life could be like as an openly gay athlete on the track team at Dartmouth College. I would have never imagined that my teammates and coaches would embrace me. I would be selected to lead the 100+ member squad in ...
2008-10-06 12:19:23 pacificIT
Nagoya, Japan - Four years ago I realized the importance of having a "mobile strategy" for your website and/or blog. At the time, the only real games in town were Windows Mobile, "WAP Enabled" sites, or some flavor of iMode (in Japan). None of the solutions I added to my ...
TB’s Quote of the day: ”Who am I?...why am I hear?”…Admiral  James Stockdale when he was a running mate with Ross Perot. The statement was met  by laughter but TB worried that he might have Alzheimer’s. But it was just a statement to introduce himself that fell flat. TB alw...
GENERAL 1)It's all about an India focus at Air France's headquarters in Paris.  The Indian welcome, "nasmaste," newspapers, vegetarian food and  films on board its flights make up the current agenda.  More destinations in  India and more services to Chennai are in the list of long ...
2008-10-06  HEALTH'Sass
…Look at open season, when people can change policies—do you freeze in place?…A recent market survey showed that people don’t have a clue what their policy covers until they use it—and find out the hard way.…A company called Regence asked 961 people with insurance to define...
1683 - William Penn brings 13 German immigrant families to the colony of Pennsylvania, marking the first German people to immigrate to America. 1939 - Hitler announces plans to regulate Jewish problem, denies he intends to go to war against France & Britain. One truth, one lie. And t...
, History
2008-10-06  Political Radar
ABC News' Rick Klein reports in Monday's Note: Four weeks out, what does it say that . . . Team McCain is hoping that Bill Ayers has one last bomb in him -- just enough to blow up the presidential...
, Biden, , McCain, , Obama, , Palin, , Vote , Vote , White
Note: A "copybook heading" was a well-known proverb, verse, or aphorism that stood at the top of each page of every British child's copybook up until the early 1900s. Schoolchildren practiced their handwriting by copying it over and over again until the page was full. Kipling wrote thi...
2008-10-05  Life after D&C
So this last Friday I turned 12 weeks. Wow. I seriously can't believe I actually got here. Well that is if everything is still all right in there. (My usual disclaimer). So a few hurdles down and many many more to go. Just last week I initiated my ascent to my next hurdle and boy is th...
2008-10-05  Val's Views
There are five winners in the PakNak Giveaway. One first prize winner will receive 4 PakNaks of their choice. Four runner ups will each receive 2 PakNaks of their choice. All qualified entries were placed onto a spreadsheet and assigned a number. This number is not necessarily the same...
, winners
2008-10-05  mothergoosemouse
For a family in which none of us can carry a tune, we do a lot of singing around here. We sing songs that pertain to what we’re doing (”Changes” by David Bowie for diaper changes) or the message we’re trying to get across (”You Can’t Always Get What ...
, Bwahahaha! , Miss , Miss , Olliepop , The , Who
White Night It’s 7:21pm Saturday night and I’m standing in front of an enormous paint-by-numbers. I stare at it, wondering what it will turn out to be and how long that process will take. At first it seems a millennium, then as people, the most enthusiastic of which are children...
2008-10-05  medinnovationblog
Two roads diverge in a yellow woodAnd sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveling long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I could seeTo where it bent in the undergrowth.Robert Frost (1874-1963), Road Not Taken (1916)Doctors are forking one way or another= employment or competit...
I wasn’t in a position to keep up with the news last night; I was too busy looking up at a canopy of stars, talking to friends and colleagues, experiencing what it feels like to be homeless for one night. Great experience, especially when you can choose where and when, especially...
, Four
2008-10-04  Tryggbløg
Maggie finally got to meet her namesake last weekend.Her great-grandma Margaret Tryggestad from Sioux Falls, S.D., came for a visit. My folks flew from Nashville to Omaha and drove up to see grandma. Then all three of them piled in the car and headed down south to OKC.We got some reall...
, grandma , baby
2008-10-04  A View On My Life
The turning of the calendar this month marked a sad and frustrating milestone for us. Four years. Four years of trying to have a baby. Four years of heartbreak, failure, frustration and pain. Four years of struggling to even conceive one child. Four years of fertility drugs, invasive p...
My sister-in-law Kathi tagged me in one of those pass-along blog things. Since this is the only time I have ever gotten one I will cheerfully pass on the goodness: Four things I did today: Got up Walked Max Met with my field supervisor and my academic liaison at my internship Cursed B...
, Uncategorized , tagging , time
From Sesame Street productions comes Putumayo's latest creation, Sesame Street Playground. This compilation of music from the Netherlands, India, France, Russia, Palestine and more provides tons of music and fun for you and your child. This two-disc set has 13 songs on it that featur...
, kids , CD , music , four , family , fun , DVD
This one is going to be big. UMass coach Don Brown (Courtesy/CAASports.com) Tomorrow’ s football game may be the great separator of the 2008 season. Both UMass and Delaware are 2-2, with losses to a FCS and FBS opponent. Both teams are historically powerhouses within the confer...
, UMass
2008-10-03  The Family
Did you know you can make funnel cakes?We made them for snack yesterday-my house smelled like a fair! It was fun and I can still feel my arteries clogging....Life is very very busy.K's parents come SaturdayB turns FOUR on WednesdayK and I head out of town on Friday and my parents show ...
2008-10-03  PastaQueen
I usually eat oatmeal for breakfast in the mornings because I am sleepy and lazy at seven o'clock in the morning. It's easier to dump a packet of oats in a bowl, add water and microwave it than to prepare an omelet or scrambled eggs. However, the protein in eggs is good for me and keep...
, Health
2008-10-03  Mary Ann's House
My friend Gail has been busy awarding and tagging me (and others!) the past couple of weeks. Thanks, Gail! First off, she awarded me the BFF(Blogging Friends Forever) award. Now doesn't that sound like junior high!;-) The Blogging Friends Forever Rules are:1. Pass along to five people ...
, blogging
2008-10-03  tobacco brunette
Let me first say that today, baby Owen is officially full-term. I am so grateful to have arrived at this point, beyond excited to meet my son, and already madly, madly in love with the boy.I love you Owen. I do. I can't wait to get my hands on you and I fantasize all the time about kis...
According to STORES’ Favorite 50 list for 2008, Amazon.com leads the pack, followed by eBay and Walmart.com. Rounding out the top 10 online favorites are Best Buy, JCPenney, Target, Google, Overstock, Kohl’s and Sears. You can download the PDF if you want to see the top 50. The NRF...
, B2C , Relationship , Retail , Amazon , NRF , online ,
2008-10-03  Devlicio.us
LINQ is great, up to the point when it's not.  Then it's really not great at all.  When we trade simplicity of syntax for performance, we have to keep in mind there may come a point when we have to go back the code and factor out the shiny new toys. My system is complex, but t...
, algorithm , array , Featured
Today’s healthy dose of fun could be a creative weekend project for an expecting couple, or a great baby shower gift idea for the do-it-yourself gifter. Pinel & Pinel’s custom wood and leather Baby Trunk seen above would be an amazing gift if your wallet could handle havin...
, Baby , Arts , Fun
There's an old saying..."If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all"I suppose it's the same for blogging. If you don't have anything witty and interesting to say - don't blabber. That's basically where I've been the last couple of weeks. At first it started with nothin...
2008-10-02  Room to Grow
About three weeks ago, the principal at Rita's new school called a "Student Study Team". The principal organized for her teacher, the school psychologist, the school learning specialist, the special education teacher and the district administrator for special programs to be at the meet...
There are four strategies you can use to find a new product or service to start or build your own business.Search Your Own FieldThe first strategy is to find a new product or service in your own field or skills. You may have a million dollar idea in your own mind. Many people have had ...
, Brian , Entrepreneurial , Four , Networking , www.briantracy.com
Here at the Chat 'n' Chew Cafe' I like to talk about food for the mind, soul and belly! Today we have a special guest, my friend, Camy Tang, who not only can whip up great books (some of my favorites!) but cooks with her husband, Captain Caffeine, too. You can read more adventures with...
Acta Haematol 2008;120:70-74 (DOI:10.1159/000158631)
We are glad to see October arrive. The weather gurus are saying the tropical Atlantic is quiet and the end of hurricane season is in sight. Almost. Of course I am still spot checking four different weather and satellite websites several times a day, but have tapered off from my peak of...
, Island , Weather
2008-10-01  follow our journey
Wednesday Weigh-InIts actually Tuesday night and I've got no good news on the OSB front. Let's just get that out of the way. And Couch 2 5 k has been 'OK' except I've done the worst thing I could have possibly done. I've started watching LOST again. I couldn't resist.To give you an ide...
, lost , Operation , C25k
We are glad to see October arrive. The weather gurus are saying the tropical Atlantic is quiet and the end of hurricane season is in sight. Almost. Of course I am still spot checking four different weather and satellite websites several times a day, but have tapered off from my peak of...
, Island , Weather
2008-10-01  Lefty Links Blog
It’s a crazy week in the office—so this just be a quick and dirty job for my Turning Stone Resort Championship (at the Atunyote Golf Club) predictions. Not much track record to work with, since the event was launched last year. We can also look at the ’06 B.C. Open, which was pl...
, Fantasy , Adamonis , Allenby , Axley , Baird , Flesch , Gore , Marino , O'Hern , Pettersson , Rollins , Slocum , Streelman , Turning , Wilkinson
2008-10-01  Movable Type
For years, Alder Yarrow was one of those guys whom everyone wishes they had in their back pocket: he kept obsessive notes about the restaurants he went to and the wines he drank, and they weren’t just random scribbles - they were the real deal. “I was the go-to guy about fo...
, Featured , foodblog , independentprofessional , movabletypepro , wineblog
2008-09-30  Hi Kooky
Writing Prompt #3:Recount the day you took your driver's test (whether you successfully got your license or not). If you've never taken the test, write how you imagine it'll go. 500 words or less."Four whole years to go," I assured myself. I adjusted my swimsuit straps and slapped on ...
Less than two weeks to d-day.I was just informed by my sister that everyone in the family goes into labor about two weeks AFTER their due date. Now, you'd think that I would be completely upset by this - what with the being as big as a house and all, but actually it made me slightly t...
2008-09-29  Brain Based Biz
Ever sensed a colleague on the job didn't deserve the promotion and that your talents were overlooked? Envy can easily flow like acid reflux. Initial reactions may lead you to swallow pride and offer congratulations or you might ignore your colleague and talk to others who may share y...
, Workplace , Robert , Productivity , Envy , Judith , Competition
2008-09-29  From the Bedside
1. You are assisting a primary nurse with charcoal administration down an orogastric tube. The room measures eight feet by twelve feet. The patient starts to retch before the tube is pulled. Knowing that charcoal can spew out of a tube in a five foot radius (even with a thumb over the ...
, Uncategorized
[A rough idea of how I'm hoping "Desertmanhattan" will turn out, cannibalized from "Fred 44". 4x8 feet, pencil, acrylic and ink on canvas. Click on image to enlarge etc.] Over the last week, I've been dividing my time between finishing the book manuscript and getting started on Deser...
, desertmanhattan
So it's been quite awhile since I've gotten any new music.  There are a few reasons for this.  The first is that i make very little money right now working only 10 hrs a week and going to school full time.  The second reason is that their are not really any good places to get music ...
2008-09-29  MDOD
Four-wheelers, trampolines, and skateboards. Job security. Pictured above is the brain of a patient who, as Foghorn-Leghorn said, is about as sharp as a sack of wet mice. Said patient was having a grand old time standing on the back of her friend’s four wheeler as he zipped aro...
, Uncategorized