This is a cheap La-Z-Boy brand love seat that has been in our family room for a year or so. The recliner mechanics have failed, so it is love seat only unless you feel like repairing it. Our house has two gentle cats, so if you have allergies to cats you’ll want to steam clean […]
Tagged freecycle, furniture, LocalJust spreading the word that this weekend (April 18th and 19th) there will be a living history timeline event at Marietta Mansion (5626 Bell Station Road, Glenn Dale, MD) that is open to the public for a nominal fee ($8/adult, $5/ages 5 & older, FREE/4 & under) from 11am to 5pm both days. A timeline […]
Tagged History, la belle, LocalSo after weeks of Faux News media hype and pushing of these events, after millions spent advertising and preparing for the “Tea Parties” – only a few hundred show up at most parties and a few thousand at a few. Furthermore, the participants appeared to have difficulty staying on message and stating any facts correctly. […]
Tagged Politics, propaganda, protests, teabaggingI believe those are the words of George Washington, who recognized that our democracy would not survive on tolerance only, that we needed liberty. We cannot tolerate the intolerant, which appears on a shallow level to be an oxymoron, but on a deeper level is a fundamental and self-evident truth. Fear is a mind-killer. Fear […]
Tagged faith, freedom, Politics, ReligionWe had Merrifield Garden Center come put in new garden beds for fruits, vegetables, and some decorative plants along the back side of our garage. They did a fantastic job as you can see by these photos. MobileMe Gallery of new garden beds We plan to grow figs, tomatoes, corn, lettuce, broccoli, Thai bird chili […]
Tagged garden, home, SpringDavid Weiss writes a thoughtful and well researched analysis of the potential security risks of shortened URLs should they become ubiquitous. It is well worth a read: The Security Implications of URL Shortening Services Shortened URLs hide the destination site from the viewer until they’ve visited the potentially malicious site, they bypass SPAM filters and […]
SGI being sold to Rackable for $25 million Silicon Graphics is being sold for $25 million; which is in some ways astonishing for a company that had $4 billion in revenue only 12 years ago – but in other ways no surprise at all. They leapt whole-sale onto the ill-fated Itanium bandwagon and ignored customer […]
Tagged SGI, Silicon GraphicsIf you are near Kingstowne/Franconia/Alexandria Virginia, and you are interested in ballroom dance, check out An Evening of Dance run by a friend and fantastic dance teacher. His rates are very good, and I wish we were a little closer to his new studio. Tell Darrick I sent you and perhaps I can come visit […]
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