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Take the time to wonder about life's curiosities.

Why does the white mailbox down the street have outgoing mail every single day?  What could they be mailing so often?

Where do all the leaves go that the city collects on leaf pick up day?  How big of a leaf pile do they make?

What makes some leaves turn yellow while others red even on the same tree?   ( Read more... )

Here is my post on the negative consequences on too much technology (specifically related to GPS and tax preparation software) prompted by several posts this morning in other blogs along with my recent observations. 

What do you find most interesting about me? 

And I call Gold's which is brand new and just opened today but anyway,  I say that it is my husband and I looking and that I want pricing information.  The lady says that monthly costs are $34-44 a month with $30 additional for each person.  Then I ask, "How about enrollment fees?"  And the answer is that yes they do have enrollment fees and if you ( Read more... )

 For those who know Spanish, this video is hilarious!

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My husband's aunt sends us forwards regularly and usually I just click delete without ever opening them. Back in June, I ranted a bit about forwards ( link). Today, something made me open this one which compares Obama to Hitler.

As I was reading it, my first thoughts were:

1.  This does not sound like it was written by such an acclaimed historian, ( Read more... )

I had a wonderful weekend here in Detroit with my husband.  Here are a few interesting observations from the weekend:

Parents at the Detroit zoo were among the best I have ever come across with kids who actually behaved and were respectful of others.  I've never had such a pleasant experience around so many families.

The people at the Detroit zoo ( Read more... )

I haven't been very happy with much of what Obama has done since he started.  I really feel like he is taking us down the wrong road and in the future we will be VERY sorry we ever elected him.  But his racist comments last night just top the cake.

I really think that the incident that happened with Harvard Professor Gates is more of an example of ( Read more... )