On Dream Homes

Looking for inspiration for your dream home? Are you ready to get started building? ... you a totally modernist style house on a realistic budget. Other plans that you can choose from are narrows, prairie styles, southern houses, colonial homes, new england plans, beach house and many [more...]

Date: 2008-08-06 17:06:00

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Strangely, “Not My House” Sentiment Continues, Albeit a Smaller Group

There’s no doubt we’ve been deluged with depressing economic and housing news over the past few months ... narrow, still half of U.S. homeowners do not think their home’s value has declined over the past year ... not, if you plan to stay in your home for the next several years and aren’t making financial decisions [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 16:32:16

The war on sick people

By Libby The California Supreme Court just made it easier to bust small medical marijuana providers, ruling that the defendant didn't qualify under the narrow definition of the law. Sheriff's deputies found nearly 200 marijuana plans growing in his home. He told authorities [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 19:52:07

Do You Have a Coat Closet?

Do You Have a Coat Closet? Sun, 10/12/2008 - 5:30am by casasugar 118 Views - 10 comments My architect friend who grew up in Florida and now lives in Los Angeles refuses to draw coat closets (or front hall closets) into his plans, because ... of sporting hefty wool coats, I think even a narrow closet should be a requisite for every home [more...]

Date: 2008-10-12 12:30:03

Community pressure mounts on Kaua‘i Burial Council

Community pressure mounts on Kaua‘i Burial Council Posted October 6th, ... . Do not let it start with this home.“ Brescia’s plans to build a house on the 15,667-square-foot lot ... dirt road and a naupaka hedge fronting a white-sand beach, the narrow lot that Joseph Brescia owns [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 00:32:04

The Truro Residence by ZeroEnergy Design

ZeroEnergy Design, together with Silvia and Silvia Custom Home Builders, have created this contemporary house in Truro, Massachusetts ... was that they had some unusual space requirements, a narrow lot on an environmentally sensitive site ... . They normally reside in downtown Boston, but plan to spend their summers and weekends on the Cape. While [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 10:19:25

WHY ARE WE HAPPENING TOGETHER RIGHT NOW?

Sitting at the local coffee shop, waiting for a business partner to arrive so that we could discuss a project, I decided to kill time by opening my laptop to check my email. In my email was a post from a friend and in his email was a link to a youtube video of a Congolese musician. A few minutes into the video, I feel a gentle tap on my shoulder [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 23:46:26

Zionist Control of US Policy

Source I was recently asked to answer the following question: In the original post there is mention of Israel controlling US policy. How exactly does that work? The short answer is this: A highly influential and extremely well bankrolled collection of groups directs energy simultaneously in a number of directions: Political, media, academic, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 20:51:14

3 for me, 3 for you

Oh man. What a great weekend. I am in complete and utter denial that its all over, as sitting, eating, crocheting, playing, talking, laughing, watching and reading seem to be just exactly my pace right now. If I had to narrow the long ... , unable to sleep so we got up, had quiet coffee and drew up more detailed plans for the treehouse [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 17:31:00

The Jury: Liverpool fans look ahead to the double derby showdown

Ian Richardson, Rock Ferry IN recent years we have fallen behind the league leaders by this time of the season and normally our attention is ... at home to the smaller clubs in the league. If we are to sustain our title challenge we must put local ... day and didn't execute the manager's plans as he intended them, rather than Rafa setting the team [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 12:26:23

With eyes fixed on the horizon and God’s grace upon us

Let’s see, what did the SOB (Son Of a Bush) leave the Loony Leftist… > Two wars with saber rattling about a third or even fourth > Record deficits > A national debt which boggles the mind and is running away > The worse economic crisis since the Great Depression > Increasing unemployment > Democrats in power in the legislature, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 23:40:45

DETROIT BLOG: ‘I started getting tears’

At a gas station in Southfield, T.K. Wallis was marveling over his recoil to the inauguration. “I was driving along listening to it on WJR and I started getting tears in my eyes. I couldn’t believe it,” he said. “I’m mourning, yet I’m 34 and was raised in a suburb and went to bring under subjection with white kids. I never had to put up by the ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 21:38:01

Article on Gaza by Hammam Farah

By Hammam Farah – Toronto The incessant sound of typing over the many laptops around me became the background theme sound of my life for the past two ... home, the struggle consists of continued steadfastness and resistance. For us in the Diaspora ... is even worse. People are left to constantly contemplate whether to stay home or seek shelter elsewhere [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 05:57:00

Obama's Inaugural Address : The (Almost) Line-by-line review

So, A-Man, Genghis, Orlando are all painting D.C. blue tonight, making it tough for them to discuss in detail the incredible experiences they must have had today. In the meantime, I figured I'd give my take on Obama's inaugural address. A Facebook friend asked me what I thought of the speech, and I told him my initial reaction was 'ho-hum [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 04:44:02

It’s 2009 and you’ve made a couple of New Year’s resolutions. And if you’re like most “resolutioners” - your number one resolution is to lose weight (myself included ). Great — so what social media tools or communities are out there that can help us meet this goal? Meet TheDailyPlate.com The Daily Plate (TDP) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 20:01:42

Holy Cow! I'm on the BusinessWeek Home Page

One of my key rules for keeping this blog credible is to avoid the tendency to re-post stories without reading them or to write about new services ... agile methodologies.Here's what the New York Times had to say about BusinessExchange ... some elements of all of the above in ways intended to capture new readers and funnel them into niches [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 19:43:00

Today’s Friday*

What? Thursday? Well, for most folk, I am sure it is. However it is a three day weekend for me! A much needed one ... are narrow mid-sized cats and she is nowhere near full grown. So as easy and common as a spaying ... around town so that when I pick her up later I can stay home and observe… Like a good cat-dad [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:24:31

Dandelion SaladCrossposted with permission from Jewish Peace NewsJewish Peace News 1.8.09These pieces are organized around the theme of resistance. They discuss various actions, initiatives and statements by Jews and Israelis who are speaking out and acting in solidarity with Palestinians who are struggling to keep themselves and their families [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 14:22:07

$1500 Prize~Winning Hamburger!!!!

Everyone is given a talent...great or small it's what we do with it that counts. You can hid it under a bushel or you can put it to use. One of my sisters "Jane" has a knack for cooking. Cooking in the modern family is becoming a lost art with fast food on every corner and the ease of a microwave in almost every home. I wonder [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 21:13:00

WINNER! Design Challenge: Space Plan for your Living Room

Congratulations to Christine - she is the lucky winner of our first Design Challenge which was announced last month ... Hacienda located near Los Angeles. Christine wrote that they had been on a ten month house hunt and after seeing about sixty to seventy homes, they finally found their dream house! It's a three bedroom [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:20:00

A week ago Monday at 1:00 am, a beautiful, nearly 10lbs baby boy was born to our very close friends Jecinta and Ignatius (Igg) — their very first ... , so she changed her plans for the day and got in the car. By 10:25, she was at her house.When ... this to her family:In the waiting room, there were four patients ahead of us. Jecinta jumped up a couple [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 12:57:23

Spiritual Siblings: the Emotionally Stunted Robbers

It is inevitable that when thousands of films are made that some resemble each other in more than one facet, even though they were filmed on different continents, in different languages, with different casts and in different genres. Certain types of stories or characters are told so often that they become like genres unto themselves [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 20:51:24

2008: A year of political surprises in Missouri

Missouri’s presidential bellwether streak came to an end in 2008. The Show-Me State had voted for the victor in every U.S ... in the polls at the time of Blunt’s announcement), choosing to forgo a reelection bid for his House seat. Also changing plans was State Treasurer Sarah Steelman, who dropped her own reelection effort [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 22:19:15

6 Curious College Donations

Universities are always looking for cash from their alumni (or anyone else with a big enough checkbook) ... and a current plan to raise an additional $1.75 billion, Princeton knows how to bring in cash ... , an alumnus of Princeton University and its varsity crew team, described the crowded narrow canal [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 14:54:00

State Workers Fight Over Cutbacks as States Want More From Obama

As the budget crisis deepens, state employees are fighting each other for survival. Potshots are thrown between management vs. non-management, union vs. non-union, teachers vs. everyone else. In addition, governors want $1 trillion out of a total package of $850 billion Congress is likely to send to Obama to sign. The math does not add up [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 19:53:00

Auto Bailout Passes House, Faces Hostile Senate

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a $14 billion federal loan package for Detroit’s embattled “Big Three” late yesterday (Wednesday) ... with the White House on the details of the plan yesterday. “If we do nothing, we take the risk ... , overcoming Republican opposition in the House but leaving the bill to face an uncertain fate [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 15:11:58

the night we burned christmas

Before I dive into this story, I want to say that all is well. People have expressed concern over those past two posts. I apologize if I sounded grave or despondent. I was just reeling from the past few days. There was a death in my family, and a lot of lay offs happened at work [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:09:00

Debt Reduction and Debt Elimination Programs: What’s the Catch?

One of the most frequent issues that readers contact me about is more information about a debt reduction or debt elimination program that they heard about on the radio on their way home from work. “The people on there claim to have eliminated 90 ... - but carefully worded. Usually, the claims look only at one narrow dimension of a person’s financial [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 20:00:36

Ambitious Solar Plans in France

The following guest post was written by Tom Standing, a "semi-retired, part-time civil engineer for the City of San Francisco ... MW solar thermal plant in Arizona. In this post, Tom examines France's ambitious solar plans ... to a completely decarbonized model: each home, company, and community will produce its own energy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 14:42:51

Old Devil’s Lake Bouldering Photos: The Keymaker (V11?)

repeat and subsequent downgrade of Walk Of Life. AllClimbing is currently running a poll on what your favorite brand of climbing shoes is ... up. Steve has some better pictures posted of the hard problems at Devil’s Lake that I was talking ... , not all the bouldering on the West Bluff at Devil’s Lake is spread out and hard to find.  A short [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:17:47

Top 50 Most Inspiring Travel Quotes Of All Time

I just noticed this in my side bar that the most viewed post I have is this 50 Most Inspiring Travel Quotes Of All Time. So, posting this again! you might want to snag a few quotes too;) 1. “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow ... , in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home.” - Dagobert D. Runes 9. “A journey [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 13:07:50

Zionists in America, A to Z

I hope it's okay with Malooga and Bernhard at MofA, but I'm posting this entire piece. It's very, very long, and you'll probably need to spend some hours both reading it and following its links... but this is the essential information we all need to master in confronting the racist and malignant movement known as Zionism [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:16:00

Step Two in the Year of Self-Care: Commit to Weekly Grocery Planning

Perhaps you are a lucky soul who lives in a time and place where, during your day, each day, ... shopping.  You wind your way home, where you tie on a beautiful apron, take a glorious deep breath ... , and, if so, if we think the lettuce we bought a while back, sitting at home in the bottom of the fridge [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:40:55

Mugabe’s wife shops, assaults photographer as Zimbabwe rots

Jon Swain, Michael Sheridan, The Sunday Times January 18, 2009 A Sunday Times photographer has been beaten up and punched repeatedly in the face by the wife of President Robert Mugabe. Grace Mugabe, 43, known as the First Shopper of Zimbabwe, flew into a rage when she was spotted last week leaving the exclusive Shangri-La hotel in Hong Kong [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 16:58:35

Tomorrow’s Star Bloggers Talk About Blogging

When a blogger becomes famous, everyone wants to get in touch with her, asking for interviews, sharing their post ideas, or just looking for a quick chat. But at that point, reaching out to her might already be too late. Unless the blogger tells you otherwise, there is nothing wrong with trying [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 11:17:29

Tomorrow’s Star Bloggers Talk About Blogging

When a blogger becomes famous, everyone wants to get in touch with her, asking for interviews, sharing their post ideas, or just looking for a quick chat. But at that point, reaching out to her might already be too late. Unless the blogger tells you otherwise, there is nothing wrong with trying [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:06:05

Tomorrow’s Star Bloggers Talk About Blogging

When a blogger becomes famous, everyone wants to get in touch with her, asking for interviews, sharing their post ideas, or just looking for a quick chat. But at that point, reaching out to her might already be too late. Unless the blogger tells you otherwise, there is nothing wrong with trying [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 13:04:41

Tomorrow’s Star Bloggers Talk About Blogging

When a blogger becomes famous, everyone wants to get in touch with her, asking for interviews, sharing their post ideas, or just looking for a quick chat. But at that point, reaching out to her might already be too late. Unless the blogger tells you otherwise, there is nothing wrong with trying [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 11:19:57

A new leader for 'a new age'

With one swift stroke—just 18 minutes of words, delivered in a stern tone with a steel gaze—Barack Hussein Obama sliced through the usual clutter ... , with repeated lines signaling a new direction and offering veiled but unmistakable indictments of what the 44th president called a “failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age.” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 21:07:09

National Day of Listening

Friday was National Day of Listening, but I've decided unilaterally that the whole weekend is fair listening game ... from her house to a nursing home (or a "compilation home," as the Aunda calls it) because my grandmother ... before her sixty-ninth birthday. She slipped on the narrow cement stairs going down to her basement [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 16:48:00

Tomorrow’s Star Bloggers Talk About Blogging

When a blogger becomes famous, everyone wants to get in touch with her, asking for interviews, sharing their post ideas, or just looking for a quick chat. But at that point, reaching out to her might already be too late. Unless the blogger tells you otherwise, there is nothing wrong with trying [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:21:33

Tomorrow’s Star Bloggers Talk About Blogging

When a blogger becomes famous, everyone wants to get in touch with her, asking for interviews, sharing their post ideas, or just looking for a quick chat. But at that point, reaching out to her might already be too late. Unless the blogger tells you otherwise, there is nothing wrong with trying [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:26:20

Tomorrow’s Star Bloggers Talk About Blogging

When a blogger becomes famous, everyone wants to get in touch with her, asking for interviews, sharing their post ideas, or just looking for a quick chat. But at that point, reaching out to her might already be too late. Unless the blogger tells you otherwise, there is nothing wrong with trying [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 01:24:38

Tomorrow’s Star Bloggers Talk About Blogging

When a blogger becomes famous, everyone wants to get in touch with her, asking for interviews, sharing their post ideas, or just looking for a quick chat. But at that point, reaching out to her might already be too late. Unless the blogger tells you otherwise, there is nothing wrong with trying [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 03:17:19

Tomorrow’s Star Bloggers Talk About Blogging

When a blogger becomes famous, everyone wants to get in touch with her, asking for interviews, sharing their post ideas, or just looking for a quick chat. But at that point, reaching out to her might already be too late. Unless the blogger tells you otherwise, there is nothing wrong with trying [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 00:20:27

Tomorrow’s Star Bloggers Talk About Blogging

When a blogger becomes famous, everyone wants to get in touch with her, asking for interviews, sharing their post ideas, or just looking for a quick chat. But at that point, reaching out to her might already be too late. Unless the blogger tells you otherwise, there is nothing wrong with trying [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 01:24:30

How to Achieve Your Goals this Year

... one. This will help you narrow down your choices. Those with too many cons may need to be omitted ... you may have. Being a lawyer can be a worthy goal, but if you have small children at home, this may [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 07:19:25

Some Macro-Thoughts on 2009

Well, 2009 is nearly upon us. I’m not one for predictions, and I won’t play that game ... the election results came in to announce plans to deploy nuclear-capable missiles into the Kaliningrad enclave… unless we back off the missile defense plans. My own take, expressed many times [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 15:54:25

MIND MELD: Members of Book View Cafe Reveal Their Favorite Books

After a brief respite from our Mind Meld interview feature, we're back! This week we accosted the good folks over at Book View Cafe, a group blog made up of more than 20 professionally published authors seeking to reach a wider audience by distributing their work directly to readers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 06:29:44

FIRST Wild Card Tour: Assaulted by Joy by Stephen Simpson

It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book’s FIRST chapter! This one keeps threatening to jump to the top of my TBR pile! [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 01:05:17

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