I remember why I have a bottle of Tumeric herbal supplment pills!

Eating a boxed take-out dinner of great Indian food from Saffron in East Hanover NJ I mentioned to my son that I had heard on the radio that curry may help prevent Alzheimers. - Mark doubts my comment- as is his want - I may forget many first names like Tom Chappelle but Hah! I am correct on this - One of the many web links is below:

Study is Another Step in Determining if Curry Can Protect Against Alzheimer's

And a double Ah Hah as now I remember why I have Tumeric pills on my vitamin shelf. I had forgotten why I had them and had stopped taking them. Taking them again may answer the question why I have a bottles of KetoJuice pills and S.O.D. inducers - or ...

America - land of the duped? $44M for a Drug Distributer's house on LI has me on fire!

Drug distributer? - Drug Lord?

This does not look good - huge amounts of money the drug industry collects - there must be a monopoly in there someplace? My son ever vigilant for net links to pearls - found this link - to start the learning---


The New Yorker: "The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It"

We have imported less expensive everything except prescription drugs! How many $$$ from seniors over priced drug purchases went to a few extra gold faucets in a drug lord's mansion ?

It reminds me of King Leopold's Ghost - Adam Hochfield's(sp) tale of plunder and murder in Africa - too big and too contrary to popular history to be absorbed by an American more worried about New Year's parties in Las Vegas - parts of the Los Vegas fireworks tonite will be $110k for 10 seconds - the countdown part.

Kids Meals for Grownups?

Boston Market - Food - Menu - Family Style & A La Carte: "For Kids (Age 10 and Under)
Our kid's meal includes a soft drink or milk, a kid's size side and cornbread"

Live and learn - or don't -?

Boston Market Kids meal as the perfect fast food lunch or meal choice?

Once in line at Boston Market - a woman executive dressed well and well spoken in front of me in line ordered a Boston Market Kids meal. On a red plate with room for one vegetable cornbread and a drumstick - with a small cup for drink.

Sweet! and less expensive!

Since that meal six months ago I have had Boston Market Kids meals twice or more each week.

It has variations that can be made:

- Switch the cornbread (200 Calories?) for another vegetable
- Switch drumstick for White meat (extra charge) turkey or meatloaf.
- bump up the drink size (my guilty concession to their well being (profit))

Littlest guys?

ACAROLOGY HOME PAGE

What do think Acarology is the study of? It in a way relates to my blog entry just preceeding this one. Interesting!

At a loss for meaning - of words that is?

Dictionary.com/atopic

This word was in front of eczema which I also did not know how to spell. Dictionary dot com is a great resource - like blogger it changes how things are done.

I used to be clueless - now I just don't know!

Mildly amusing story re: Bigshot Bowling on NESN -- Candlepin Bowlers Forum

It is a pearl of story - hidden in a Candlepin bowling forum discussion. Sienfeldesque! Surf to and tell me what u think.

Candlepin Bowling - Are you nuts?

http://www.masscandlepin.com/id30.html

I want to try candlepin bowling. Tenpin big ball bowling hurts my fingers, Duckpin bowling has a ball that is a bit too large. Candlepins smaller ball is just right I think. I am in Northern NJ and the closest Candlepin lanes are in Agawam Mass near Springfield.

On a Candlepin Forum

http://www.voy.com/35340/11269.html?z=1

I asked if there are lanes closer. Nova Scotia, New Brunwick, Maine, New Hampshire & Mass

are a hike.

A miracle worth reading about

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-19/110378235893040.xml

The link above is to www.njo.com the Newark New Jersey Star Ledger newspaper's website. If you click on the article link they may ask you for your age and zip code once - then you can get in to look at the story. That is unless you have to click - skip the ad. Once your in and can read about Diana Abad you will be rewarded with a life long memory and more hope than you perhaps have now.

It is an incredible and heart warming true story that was on the front page of the Star Ledger on Thursday December 23, 2004.

Please read it- then tell me if I overstate the warmth and hope this story engenders to a reader!

C-SPANTASTIC!!: Q & A, the first episode!! guest is Roger Ailes, CEO of FOX

C-SPANTASTIC!!: Q & A, the first episode!! guest is Roger Ailes, CEO of FOX: "Q & A, the first episode!! guest is Roger Ailes, CEO of FOX
This is the first episode of Q & A. I'm watching it online, if you want to see it click here and then click on the 'watch program' link."

Reading this makes me want see the interview. Some commentt personal - jowls? and referring to Mr Ailes as Rogelio? In general a lot of good commentary.

Rightous

Conservative Dads are upset about a “disgusting bull riding ad”..

http://www.onemilliondads.com/IssueDetail.asp?id=169

But seriously, what is disgusting is the fact that this burger has 1420 calories and 107 grams of fat.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6498304?GT1=5809

This came from my son - "Dad you post this - it does not fit mine." I bet it does fit his eclectic blog www.c-spantastic.blogspot.com .

Google Search: emolument

Google Search: emolument: "Dictionary.com/Word of the Day: emolument... 2003. emolument \ih-MOL-yuh-muhnt\, noun: The wages or perquisites arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation. ...
dictionary.reference.com/ wordoftheday/archive/2003/03/14.html - 11k - "

My son's tip to save time instead of going to www.dictionary.com and then typing a stange new dfficult word - save a step and just type it in the Google window of a Google Bar. For "emolument" the word that eluded our recall on Christmas - it looked like the above. Pretty neat. It seems for most of these difficult or esoteric words - the definition is what we want need and get.

A bit like the feature that Google wotks as a Calculator "345.6 x 987.89" yeilds "345.6 x 987.89 = 341 414.784" and probably a lot more.

Glass Doctor | Auto Glass Repair, Autoglass, Windshield, Window Replacement

Glass Doctor | Auto Glass Repair, Autoglass, Windshield, Window Replacement: "Glass Doctor is truly a full-service glass company - for your vehicle's windshield as well as your home or business"

Be careful - this is quite a jingle!!

Harmonica- Learn To Play Harmonica/Blues Harp- Beginners Start Here

Harmonica- Learn To Play Harmonica/Blues Harp- Beginners Start Here: "Welcome to Harmonica Lessons.com. If you are new to this site and/or new to the harmonica, please take a few minutes to look over the above blue-linked 'BEGINNERS START HERE' sections before moving on. "

This is three steps for me -

1. I always think I should learn something during weekday lunch hours - perhaps harmonica - I love music and it is small enough to do in the car in a parking lot - I will try anything looking for sparks.

2. I highlighted text before I hit the BLOG button on my Google bar - that brings in text from a website along with the link. - neat trick and a step ahead.

3. Yesterday I mentioned Siteminder - I did it and today I got an email telling me how many "hits"I got yesterday - TWO - but I think they weren't "hits" so much as "flybys" - All right with me - "Baby steps" - (which is from a great movie btw - "What about Bob?" Bill Murray - !)

Production of Knowledge Page 1

Production of Knowledge Page 1

I am listing all our books to see what we have and help organize the books when we put them in a new larger library room bookshelf. I was not sure if Dewey Decimal or Library of Congress numbering system would be better.

I am using Excel to list the book information as I input - I wonder hwat the numbers and letters mean so I tried to educate myself a bit. Neat to learn how it came about.

Tutoring - today's blog from a fifth grade teacher

Untitled

I had never thought of tutoring as a income source but sounds like there are opportunties there.

Learning Blogger

Learning Blogger

This is really neat. You can preview online the first topics on the CD and learn about blogging. The Introduction:welcome and is a talking head - for me a bit scary - but it is short - listen to the second topic and you will be hooked. It is great!

Blogger Knowledge

Blogger Knowledge

Getting the site visit counter to work took me a few tries - the first time I didn't read the instruction carefully enough (surprise!) - for one of the boxes to be filled in - they want your blogger site number - not the who line that appears when you log in to manage ur site - just the number - - - a lot to learn -like read the directions?

Site Meter - Counter and Statistics Tracker

Site Meter - Counter and Statistics Tracker

A free way to see how your blog is doing out in the world if anything. Looking at the many views of the data and hits is like fishing or picking strawberries - no bites or many hits - either way looking at the information is fun in and of itself - a self pleasure and fun - a big part of the blogging experience.

It is not hard to do - go to this site and floow instructions - a bit of information must be supplied but not to intrusive and it is free. Mas adelante, No?

Site Meter - Counter and Statistics Tracker

I learned about this today - it is free - you fill out some basic - not intursive information and get to track visits to you blogger - it is the sweet part of the experience - of blogging - the crowd or not the crowd - where and who in general - very very worth it. Onward.

Yesterdays link to the article in the Star Ledger is worth looking at and reading for the way it can bouy you - a great story - if it is hard to get keep trying or go direct to www.njo.com then Star Ledger and then yesterdays main story about a sowman from puerto Rico with a serious illness. Onward!

Good Quote

Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets.
Michael Korda

http://time2study.blogspot.com/

Good Blog!

From a comment on Selling Britney Spears old homework to the following:

"On Friday and Saturday I was feeling gloomy. I also hadn't studied a thing. It wasn't clear which way cause and effect ran here; it didn't seem to matter. But I didn't want to go to bed that way.So I challenged myself to scribble out a really bad version of the current assignment.

Usually I'm no good at writing quickly, but for this challenge I managed 800 words in 20 minutes. 800 bad words, of course.

That wasn't the point. By the time they were finished, I wasn't just ungloomy, I was happy.I'd accomplished something; I'd proved to myself that I could do it; I'd even exceeded my own expectations.

I've found over the years that when I'm really upset about something, reading a good book will always calm me down. Now I know that when I'm just gloomy, doing something solid will cheer me up."

http://www.howtostudy.org/

From Chemeketa Community College! Salem Oregon.

Word Template

http://musecreations.ca/downloads/templates/word97/readmeVG.doc

Writers Links

http://www.myinternetaccess.com/writers/links/software.htm

What is this?

http://www.flylady.net/

Mas Adalante

The Innocence Project: Home

People from this organization help free Brandon Moon in Texas - who was 17 years into a 75 year sentence for rape.

The Innocence Project: Home

ATPM 10.11 - Review: Nisus Writer Express 2.0

A neat site for apple topics.!!!


ATPM 10.11 - Review: Nisus Writer Express 2.0

The Paris Review

The Paris Review

The Paris Review is making available online their interviews with writers - going pretty far back - I thin the are in alphabetical order and not up to Singer yet. I was looking for something to learn about Singer - I just read The Slave by Isaac Beshevis(sp?) Singer - loved it and wanted to understand the writer more. A wonderful novel - a great tale - and a joy to read - pbh

Chronicles

This Blog is attractive - good art and colors - interesting.

Chronicles

Random thoughts

Thoughts in this blog may be random but can quench - RW Emerson once at the top and on epigram at the top and in today's blog. Worth a look.


Random thoughts

Quotes - Work Quotes - Work Quotations, Work Sayings - Famous Quotes and Famous Sayings Network

Vince Lombardi - Thomas Edison great quotes to remember

Quotes - Work Quotes - Work Quotations, Work Sayings - Famous Quotes and Famous Sayings Network: "Let us realize that the privilege to work is a gift, that power to work is a blessing, that love of work is success."

Books

King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochfield - an incredible tale of how the Belgian king himself owned the Congo - this book changed my attitude concerning colonial policies by all nations.

River Town:Two Years on the Yangtse by Hessler(sp?) - a Princeton Graduate goes to China to a town of 500,000 to teach english at a Public Teachers college at the intersection of the Wu and Yangtse rivers - very very detailed in it's impressions and descriptions of life for a foreigner in China.

American Cesar by William Manchester - Incredible tale that covers things from the Civil War - his father's service and all parts of his life. A wonderfull tale that is true.

A World Lite by Fire, The Last Lion: Winston Churchill and The Arms of Krup are all also by W. Manchester and worth reading.

The Power Broker: Robert Moses by Robert Caro