Share your story: What is the dumbest thing you’ve ever spent money on?
While driving to work, I often enjoy listening to the various morning shows. One of the common themes is to ask the listeners a crazy question and have them call in and share their story or experience. I thought it might be both fun and interesting to do something similar here on Gather Little by Little [more...]
Date: 2008-09-03 10:06:53
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JANUARY 2009 NEWSLETTER
Becket Athenaeum NewsletterJanuary 2009 I apologize for the lack of a December newsletter. What with the saga of savage ice, and the holidays appearing without warning…well, I'm sure you know this story well. It was a dramatic end to 2008, and I feel certain we are now in what will prove to be a spectacular new year! [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 00:12:00
Swept Away
Paying rapt attention to all things in the kitchen often means ignoring most things outside of it ... just soot and dirt, but in fact, an actual dust bunny! Peeking out from beneath the old sofa, it seemed ... off cleaning altogether. [more...]
Date: 2008-10-03 13:31:10
Living In - Woodhaven, Queens - Diversity Under the El by Gregory Beyer - NYTimes.com
Read original...View Photo Slide-show...Today Schmidt's glass cases, lined with chocolates set by hand upon pale wax paper trays, are the province of the founders' granddaughter, Margie Schmidt. She grew up in Woodhaven in a house on 94th Street, about a block south of the family shop [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 15:03:00
FIRST WEEKENDERS GROUP WEEKLY UPDATE
www.moviesbywomen.com FEATURES DIRECTED by WOMEN >> HIGHLIGHTS ———————————————— >> PREMIERING week of January 16, 2009 Buy opening weekend tickets for films directed by women. ++ The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema directed by Sophie Fiennes Opens in N.Y. ++ The Sublet directed by Georgiana Nestor Opens in N.Y [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 18:16:02
Buffett Transcript: Economy Getting Worse, But Inflation "Exploding". Fed Needs To Act
Transcript of classic Warren Buffett interview on CNBC's Power Lunch today, courtesy CNBC. Key points: Economy is still getting worse. Even so, Fed needs to act to stop skyrocketing inflation Everything connected with construction and consumer spending is weak and getting worse As long as we run a $2B/day trade deficit, [more...]
Date: 2008-06-25 18:28:00
Christmas gadgets in the Wilson family
I’m writing this a couple of days after Christmas, as the great British public starts is looking for bargains in the sales. If you’re reading this blog, the chances are that technology plays a significant part of your life if which case it’s likely that Father Christmas/Santa Claus/St [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 19:44:00
How To Fix Your Xbox 360 Console Yourself In Under One Hour!
Please note this process involves dismantling your 360, which will void any and all warranties you may or may not have ... your console can get the dreaded 3 red lights is to do with the power brick. You see, when the problem occurs a commonly overlooked component is the power brick. A good way you can stop the power brick [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 18:54:45
21 Landscape Tools That You Need
Great gardens usually require more than just plants. Take a stroll through your local botanical garden and you will soon notice the pathways, raised garden beds, pergolas, arbours, gazebos, steps, bridges and a myriad of other structures that give the garden its framework [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 22:15:38
Apple Cinema Display: first impressions
We’ve had the Apple Cinema Display on the desk for a day now, and we’ve spent a good 23 hours of the time since then staring at it ... and a cleaning cloth. The Cinema Display works straight away once you’ve plugged it in, no drivers needed (And no power brick by the way - it’s all internal), and all three connectors are tied [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 09:20:40
Cleaning is fun!
Cleaning is fun! From our brick lane shop's diary, written by tatty devine on 19 January, 2009 Since it is the New Year, we’ve been having a super early spring clean in our Brick Lane shop. The piano keys floor is shining and we are feeling good! So good in fact, we have even been decorating our drinks with sprinkles [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 10:32:51
The Young Ones
People looked sinister to me today. Evil was surely afoot on a day when I had to go back to work ('cause I am, after all, the centre of the entire universe). I felt old on the way to work, my first train trip for 2009, with a bunch of teenagers standing in the other doorway, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 11:58:00
Top Ten Reign of Terroir Posts for 2008
The following list considers only the posts assembled by a single writer for this space, the Admin ... from February was a story most notable for an included picture of a rare surviving grape brick ... . If you don’t know what a grape brick is then read the piece! 5) Another notable interview [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 16:49:29
Where More Pajibas Get Their News
Where More Pajibans Get Their News than Any Other Nationality The Daily Trade Round-Up / Dustin Rowles Deals Keanu Reeves as the Plastic Man? That's the scuttlebutt making its way around the nets (it's a slow week -- hell, it's a slow fucking month). But, come in my ear. Give me a fucking break [more...]
Date: 2008-07-17 11:46:32
Breed Spotlight:
Breed Spotlight: January 19th, 2009 Toy Manchester Terrier Height: 10 to 12 inches. Weight: up to 12 pounds. History: The Manchester Terrier was developed as a rat hunter in nineteenth century Manchester, England by a man named John Hulme. The Manchester was considered to be the best vermin hunting breed of the day [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 17:04:39
My Favorite Movie of the Last Three Years
Hey there, all. Tom back again. You know, a while back, I was cleaning up some of the trash in my room and I found the lists I wrote down of my favorite ... of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan""Brick""Cars""Casino Royale""Catch a Fire [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 04:38:00
Scott Owens – Book of Days – A Chapbook
January Looks Forward and Back, Feeds the Stove October’s Wood, Saves the Ashes for April’s Garden January wraps trees in sleeves of ice, coats the ground in frost, throws its shawl of morning mist on field and lake and stream [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 04:12:41
THE BIG AND THE LITTLE OF IT...........
I'm not sure what cute, little BUNNIES have to do with MANSIONSbut this is such a cute picture ! ... the eyes" !Just able to peek over the top of this fence to get a glimpse of theMAGNIFICENT house......I see the beautiful, upstairs porch....I FINALLY got a photo of the BACK of this wondrous house [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 08:00:00
Microsoft’s ‘How to Fix a Frozen 30 Gig Zune’ Solution? “Wait until January 1st.”
It’s not exactly gaming related, but given the company involved and their past hardware failures, it’s hard not to talk about it here ... of us with 30 gig Zunes will just have to go a day without music during our walks, commutes, or cleaning [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 22:52:35
I haven't even decided yet what I'm going to write in this post
I know, I know, I'm tempting the Gods of Writer's Block. I am opening a blank document without having prepped a topic ... drudgery of cleaning it. I'm avoiding taking on any of the million different projects that would help [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 22:10:00
Fresh News
Hard to believe and yet it is true, we will be leaving in less than a month!! I'm finding it harder and harder to keep up with time.Anyways ... an old sheet under his eating space... just to save cleaning time! ha.And... this isn't called [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 14:27:00
Beyond Mortgage Payments, The True Cost of Home Ownership
When considering how much house you can afford, you’ll need to look beyond mortgage payments for the true cost of home ownership. Some families participating in the Extreme Makeover Home Edition show haven’t had the happy ending they were hoping for, after they were bequeathed the homes of their dreams [more...]
Date: 2008-08-11 16:19:01
LEGO Wall-E roundup
LEGO fans all over the ‘net love the new Pixar movie Wall-E, ... to build frustrated cleaning robot M-O (”FOREIGN CONTAMINANT!”), along with his own Wall-E: M-O cleaning bot on Flickr While other builders go fairly large or very small, the Wall-E that legomocs [more...]
Date: 2008-07-01 05:44:20
Discover More About About Making Maple Syrup
Discover More About About Making Maple Syrup Author: Haley 2 Jan All you need to Make Maple Syrup of your own is somebasic equipment, ... the entire family can enjoy together, that is fun and rewarding. Not very much equipment is necessary to make maple syrup. Much of the equipment you probably have on hand, and most of the rest [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 13:43:44
Hot dogs, salsa and stalkers…The Bachelor is BACK!
My how I’ve missed this silly, silly show. Seriously. We should have formed some sort of support group during the hiatus ... needs to get that kid on the Disney Channel or a Baby Gap commercial. Seriously. Cute with a capital [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 19:24:31
Top 10 American Icons That Are Not American
We all grow up with famous brands that evoke that special memory of home ... Corporation is a maker of personal care and household cleaning products based in Scottsdale, Arizona ... as a stand-alone leading personal care and household cleaning products company. In 2004, the company [more...]
Date: 2008-10-20 03:49:03
A Guide to Winterizing Your House
Winter is approaching and in much of the United States, that means very cold temperatures, snow, and ice ... the temperature low. Get a programmable thermostat. Minimize or eliminate use of vent fans. Turn off [more...]
Date: 2008-11-02 14:00:40
The view from where I'm sitting
... a cup of lapsang souchong is on the way.It takes a while to boil the kettle on the stove, so you have to start before you get thirsty ... , when housekeepers were already rather thin on the ground. I do such housekeeping as goes on here (not much [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 17:14:00
Cleaning House
Obviously I need to do more of it, and organizing. After we had the travertine tile installed, the door into the laundry room scraped against the tile until you pulled upward on the door while ... I decided to tackle some cleaning of the cabinets in the laundry room. I was startled [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 23:53:00
Olga’s Girls - The Indentured Daughters of Nepal - I
Olga’s Girls - The Indentured Daughters of Nepal Meredith May, San Francisco Chronicle, ... , cleaning and babysitting in the homes of higher caste families. Tharu fathers sell their daughters ... . But bonded girls report being beaten, raped, starved, and forced to sleep on the floor [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 20:40:14
Reader Mailbag #39
Each Monday, The Simple Dollar opens up the reader mailbags and answers ten to twenty simple questions offered up by the readers on personal finance topics and many other things. Got a question? Ask it in the comments. You might also enjoy the archive of earlier reader mailbags [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 14:00:00
OMG, koda killed a rat!
OMG, koda killed a rat! ~ 16 January 2009 for most people, it’s probably natural that your dog kills rats. but koda is known for being super gentle to the point that aina could reach into the dog’s mouth and pull her tongue out. One time, koda was defeated and bleeding on the nose, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 14:18:11
Olga's Girls - The Indentured Daughters of Nepal
Meredith May, San Francisco Chronicle, for the Pulitzer Center NEPAL - There is a saying about daughters in Nepal: ... , who toil away their childhoods cooking, cleaning and babysitting in the homes of higher caste families [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 18:16:27
A Sad Occasion and a Selfish Spanko
Tonight I went to a memorial service for the husband of a lady I work with. He was only 39, and now she, at 36, is a widow ... a slate cleaning experience. And the night before New Year's Eve, I mentioned to him that the next day [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 06:36:31
Save Money For Your Business By Installing Remanufactured HP 2100 Toner
Without printers that function reliably, we could not perform in our offices, workplaces, and companies ... are used, many companies specialize in refilling, cleaning, and repairing them. This makes them perfect [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 16:01:10
Patio Renovation on a Budget
Patio Renovation on a Budget Longtime readers may remember that we were attempting to redo our backyard patio ourselves ... us their bricks so Ryan decided to make a design from their old brick and our old brick to equal a fabulous new [more...]
Date: 2008-06-24 11:30:01
Wrapping up 2008
I'm sorry to say that I don't have a nice and tidy bow with which to wrap up this year ... view of the lack of roof, windows, and anything other than brick structure. Yes, it's a fixer-upper [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 01:30:00
HTC Touch Diamond unboxing & first-impressions!
We expected something big when HTC invited us to London for the launch of their next-generation of smartphones, ... think they’re cordless), a USB cable which doubles for recharging (with the power brick) and hooking [more...]
Date: 2008-06-08 10:08:17
About Me
What's New? (see details below)01/03/09 – Jay Hosts the Irish Aires Show01/??/09 – Irish film “Eden” opens at Angelika Theatre (date UNCERTAIN!) ... Grand Opera House in Galveston02/25/09 - The Chieftains at Jones Hall03/03/09 – Battlefield Band [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 19:26:00
Afghanistan Diary: Culture Clash
Dsc_0441 In late August, a contingent of Afghan National Army soldiers – with a team of British advisors in tow – arrived at the mud-brick compound occupied by Marines of Bravo Company, 1st [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 19:24:33
Glenn Fraley gets the Phone Broadcast Club
Glenn Fraley gets the Phone Broadcast Club By Glenn Fraley (GCF Marketing) | December 21, 2008 by Glenn Fraley (GCF Marketing) ... servics cleaning roofs as well as high and low pressure water cleaning services with hot and cold water in residential and light commercial areas. The other sde of the coin it gives him with the Phone [more...]
Date: 2008-12-21 18:42:52
Metatropolis is Out!
And just in case you needed them: Some reasons why the Metatropolis, the audiobook anthology I edited and which is out today, ... Scott Brick and Stefan Rudnicki) are actually made of awesome. You think I’m exaggerating [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 12:56:40
Making the Most of Your Checking Account
In the past, we’ve discussed the best online high-yield savings account, covered the basics of certificates of deposit, ... . This account isn’t the one to use if you write checks to the babysitter or the cleaning lady, but it’ [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 13:00:49
Saturday’s Eagle Nest - 12/20/2008 (delayed)
Arizona Catching up with Marcos de Niza goalie Kameron Hopkins. You earned your Eagle Scout stripes recently ... and Morgan Wenter who each put in about 12 years of service to earn their Eagle Scout. Link to source [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 18:41:20
Habit-A-Week Challenge, Week 11: Find Alternatives to Eating
It's week 11 (since we skipped a week) of the Habit-A-Week Challenge. How's your brick wall looking? Solid, or does it still have some gaps here and there? You can always go back later and work [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 21:40:00
My bedroom.....
While i should be wrapping gifts and cleaning house, my husband and dd wrapped em, and the house is a mess, ... importantly (and the most daunting), do the brick treatment and mural work on the back wall [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 01:15:32
Hints of organization in the bowels of the basement
I'm one of those people who likes to peer into people's basements ... !). Here's the furnace camouflaged by stacks of our stuff: Across from the furnace is a wardrobe unit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 22:32:00
Cuisinart microwave - convection microwave oven and grill
... for effortless cleaning, recipe book and 3 year warranty make this Cuisinart microwave convection oven with grill a steal at $250. Cuisinart. Previously, Cuisinart brick oven and Cuisinart toaster. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 07:44:50
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