For those of you who remember John Denver ( Read more... )

I find I have been spending more and more time on Facebook ( Read more... )

So I’m taking an online class...I take online classes fairly regularly, as it’s fun and gives me reason to not do anything with my RL / play on computer improve my mind ( Read more... )

I don't believe for a minute to understand the present financial situation.

However, in today's New York Times section "The Week in Review"
this article explains it in a pretty straight-forward (for the NY Times) way. What I particularly found interesting was their mention of Harry Markopolos, who was an investment banker who for more than 5 ( Read more... )

So last evening we were peacefully reading in the den, which is in the back of the house...and huge huge explosion from the street so we went out to check and evidently someone had put a (we thought) cherry bomb in our mailbox and it exploded all over the front and street. All the mail delivery in the neighborhood is to mailboxes on a post in the ( Read more... )

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Oh, I know....why don't they appoint Madoff to head up Social Security. That's the ultimate Ponzi scheme!!!

I have embraced Judaism for the past 6 years after a long lapse, and am finding it extremely fulfilling. I attend Saturday morning services which I enjoy, in part for the music, and in part because it provides a respite from the daily activities and gives me a place to have time that is mine only, a place to think and to reflect in a background of ( Read more... )

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