A grandma who will remain unnamed let Ariella get her little fingers in our ice cream cake the other night at Amanda and my combined birthday celebration.
A big thank you to everyone for your generous gifts!
Time has a good article called The Clean Energy Scam on how the currently-politically-correct biofuel movement is exasperating environmental, economic, and social issues, not fixing them. Meanwhile, by diverting grain and oilseed crops from dinner plates to fuel tanks, biofuels are jacking up world food prices and endangering the hungry. The grain it takes to…
See you tonight! It’ll be over near the merchandise booth, so Amanda can keep an eye on all of you. 😉
Here’s a sarcastically hilarious article on the mortgage “crisis” via Free Money Finance. On the heels of his plan to freeze interest rates on subprime mortgages for responsible homeowners who simply needed a helping hand, President Bush announced today he is ready to shift his attention to assisting the “stupid, irresponsible homeowners who knowingly bought…
In my last post on the Aquarama/Marine Star, I had lifted two still photos of the ship being scrapped from a YouTube video. Peter Hartung, creator of the video, was kind enough to send me the hi-res versions. All photos are courtesy of Mr. Selim San, Izmir (Turkey). Click on the thumbnail to see the…
I know, I know. I’m almost done with the roof shots. Maybe one more, then on to the inside. I will finish before Christmas. I will finish before Christmas.
Amanda and I are back from our camping trip down to Buttermilk Falls State Park. Luckily for us, while we did get a bit of rain, there was no sign of hail or tornados down Ithaca way. We hit up five wineries, four state parks, three gorge trails, two trips to Taste of Thai, and…