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ThanksgivingToday I was getting ready for a small Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. We have two “Mr. Coffee"-type coffee makers and I was cleaning both so I can brew decaf as well as “leaded” coffee. I put the carafes and the little bins that hold the coffee in the dishwasher and wiped down the remaining parts. I turned them both over,… click here to continue November, 23rd, 2005 Mind BogglersThere are a couple of things on my mind tonight. One is some information I picked up from KGW’s 11:00 o’clock news. Unfortunately, I didn’t hear the whole story, just enough to alarm me. It seems that Big Brother has search engines snooping on everyone. They accumulate information from all over the web using a name. With your address, Google… click here to continue November, 22nd, 2005 Matchmaking NewsHaving written about ways of meeting others for dating and/or companionship for people over fifty, I was surprised to hear recently that a couple of online matchmaking services are being sued. It is alleged that they planted phony profiles on their sites to make it appear the services were more popular and widely used than they actually are. … click here to continueNovember, 21st, 2005 Falling LeavesJust as soon as I remarked (a couple of days ago) that the leaves seemed to be staying on the trees longer than usual this year, they started dropping in double time. About a week ago, it seemed that almost all the leaves were still on the young dogwood tree in the back yard. Today I can count the remaining… click here to continue November, 20th, 2005 It’s Procrastination, Not FascinationIn a three-month period this time of year, our property taxes, my auto insurance and our homeowner’s insurance all come due. Property taxes on this older manufactured home are not a big item, but insurance is always a pain because it seems to get more and more expensive, regardless of whether you use it or not. Most… click here to continue November, 19th, 2005 A Lazy DayToday was pretty leisurely. We got up late. I did a few chores, then went to get a haircut and do some shopping. We played cards for about four hours in the late afternoon while watching the sunset and sipping soup. I’m reading a long story written by a classmate from Portland Community College Writing classes in… click here to continue November, 18th, 2005 GenealogyIn conversations about genealogy I’ve learned that some families are very reticent about discussing their ancestors. Some don’t really seem to want to know anything about them and of those who do know family history details, a number of them would rather not talk about it. It’s occurred to me to wonder how all this recent interest… click here to continue November, 17th, 2005 |