16 January 2009

Serendipity?

A photo of our GPS map shows Trilogy' gold course at Rio Vista looks like a butterfly. Trilogy's logo is a butterfly. Serendipity or smart marketing?



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15 January 2009

HAIL...TO THE CHIEF

Political cartoonist Nate Beeler was spot on with his cartoon on 13 January 2009 in The Examiner. An apt monument to the Presidency of W. You can click on Nate Beeler Toons and scroll down to 'The Bush Legacy' to view the great cartoon.

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09 January 2009

NO MORE!!

Can't believe my beloved Iva cookies are gone. Originally made by my great-grand mother, mother and now my wife.


The very last one until next December...

They taste so good. ALL GONE!!

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07 January 2009

Send Our Respects to W

I think it would be a grand gesture if we all sent W a pair of shoes to show our respect and appreciation for his work the past eight years. Maybe even send shoes to those in his administration who helped him along the way.



After the shoes arrive, the government can donate them to the homeless and various shelters. So with one action we can achieve two results. Sounds good to me.

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If Only It Would Happen...

If you missed NPR's Terry Gross on Fresh Air today I recommend a listen. Philippe Sands discusses his new book and the repercussions of the Bush torture legacy. Philippe Sands Considers A Legacy Of 'Torture' : NPR

The Bush Administration has to own up to it's actions. If they won't, someone else may push the point.

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05 January 2009

STOP!! No, Don't Stop!!

Like many others, we received lots of goodies for the holidays.

Ashley and John sent us wonderful toffee...


Vern's Toffee House

Jeanne and Marshall sent us chocolate covered pretzels...


Romero's Gourmet Chocolate
Apparently coated pretzels and coffee are favs in Philly.

Frona and Hank sent us peanuts...


Aunt Ruby's Peanuts

And Judy and David gave us a great cake of fudge...



And I want to lose two more pounds.

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31 December 2008

Poor Bird

We wondered why the birds had forsaken our feeder for the past two days.




Guess one of them became a meal itself. We do have several cats in the hood and the hawks are always patrolling.

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New Year, New Twitter Avatar/Icon


New Twitter avatar

Trying out new avatar on my Twitter account, Twitter / Iquitoz. See if the icon will fly. Need to reduce my photo to get a better tiled background.

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30 December 2008

Freda's Myminicity, Frévilla

Some time ago, our dog, Freda, began to build her own myminicity, Frévilla, in Spain. In her honor, I am going to continue construction in Frevilla. I hope that you might stop by and help out once in a while. You might even want to start your own city.

Several of Freda's friends have also started their own cities. Charlie started New Charleroi in France, Joe Stains started Stainsville here in the United States and Sophie began to build the Italian city of Sophenze.

As each city's population grows, industry and transportation needs will grow also. To add an industry to some one's city, or your own, you will need to add the letters "ind" to the end of the URL before going to that address. For example, the URL "http://new-charleroi.myminicity.com/" will increase the population, but "http://stainsville.myminicity.com/ind" will add an industry to Joey's city. The same applies for transportation. Adding "tra" to the URL and "http://sophenze.myminicity.com/tra" will add a transportation upgrade to Sophie's city.

It sounds a little confusing but once you get the knack it is quite easy. Just remember to add the three letter code to the basic URL to add something other than a new inhabitant. As the cities grow more options will be available.

An IMPORTANT POINT: You can click on each city only once a day from the same computer.

Clicking on Frevilla-ind right now will add an industry to Freda's city.

Clicking Frevilla-tra will add a transportation upgrade.

Let me know if you have started a city and I will help you. Help some friends, have fun and thank you.

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P.S. I have started my own city at Iquitoz - MyMiniCity.

29 December 2008

New Look

Added the pomegranate banner and selected a new template.
Tweaked colors.
Will see if this will hold up for a while.

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