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    Wait, How Do You Grow By Excluding People Again?

    July 19, 2009 - By 

    As a liberal Episcopalian, I cheered and was cheered by the passage of several inclusive, progressive resolutions at the recently concluded convention. We can go forward now, I think. #ecgc Pared-Down Episcopal Church Is Looking to Grow Through ‘Inclusivity’ – NYTimes.com Not everybody agrees with this view, or is happy about the changes – even some in my own state, in the two more conservative dioceses downstate, away from the Chicago urban/suburban area. They are genuinely grieved, and they believe that the church is in the process of ruining itself. I don’t agree; I think we are finally ready to…

  • Home Improvement

    Fan C

    July 18, 2009 - By 

    We’re planning on using some upcoming vacation time to do some home improvement projects… yes, it’s The Floor Project From Hell: Next Generation, and theoretically The Floor Project From Hell: Back To Bed. Part of that project will be adding 2 ceiling fans in the two “guest” bedrooms (with the help of a real electrician) and so today we went around looking at fans. There’s a place in the neighborhood that actually specializes in fans, so we went there first. Interesting experience: it’s a small stripmall store front, absolutely stuff full of stacks and stacks of boxed ceiling fans. There…

  • Mini-Posts

    Contact!

    July 18, 2009 - By 

    The second week of my attempt to get used to soft contact lenses begins. My eye doctor advised a different method, which causes me no end of frustration. This method seems easier to deal with. Bausch & Lomb: Inserting and Removing Your Soft Contact Lenses Inserting the lens into your eyes 1. You may want to rinse your lenses in a multi-purpose such as ReNu MultiPlus® Multi-Purpose Solution before you put them on. 2. Put one of the lenses on the tip of the index finger of the hand you write with. Be sure the lens is right-side-out (the edges…

  • Geek Out!

    Moon Landing Sites

    July 18, 2009 - By 

    Loving the pictures of the lunar landing sites being sent back… you can even see a footpath left by Apollo 14’s astronauts in one image. BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | New images of Moon landing sites Photo A US spacecraft has captured images of Apollo landing sites on the Moon, revealing hardware and a trail of footprints left on the lunar surface. The release of the images coincides with the 40th anniversary of the first manned mission to land on the Moon. The descent stages from the lunar modules which carried astronauts to and from the Moon can…

  • Geek Out!

    How to Make Winamp’s Search Go Away

    July 17, 2009 - By 

    I like Winamp for listening to music streams and Internet radio, but can’t stand the annoying address-bar search engine that got configured with it in Firefox. Here’s how to kill and replace it with the search engine of your choice. How to configure Firefox address bar with Search Engines Your Firefox address bar can not only be used for opening websites but also for searching as well. Yes, you can configure the Firefox address bar with various search engines like Google, Yahoo, Microsoft’s Live, and Wikipedia etc.

  • Blogs Wot I Read - Food, Glorious Food

    Mom’s Macaroni Salad Recipe | Simply Recipes

    July 17, 2009 - By 

    Made this just now, tastes incredible even though I forgot the fresh parsley. Roasted the red pepper on the gas flame for pyro fun! Mom’s Macaroni Salad Recipe | Simply Recipes Think macaroni and deviled egg make love child and you’ll be in the vicinity. There is a hard boiled egg, some roasted red bell pepper, chopped spring onions, a generous amount of mayo, and seasoning with sweet paprika. Perfect for a summer BBQ or picnic salad.

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    Smile Police? I’m A Hardened Criminal Frowner

    July 11, 2009 - By 

    If they ever introduce face-to-face webcam/phone interfaces at work, my career in travel is so over. I’m what you might call a… hard-featured woman. When in repose, I always look like I’m frowning slightly. Gravity has taken its toll on my face somewhat, and it takes extra effort to lift it into a smile, so most of the time, WHY BOTHER?? unless I actually have something to smile about. As you might have guessed, I’m not a natural smiler, don’t have a particularly attractive smile anyway, and can’t stand people who walk around with big smiles on their faces all…