By phil on February 28, 2008
*** UPDATE at 12:40PM ***
ASPCA finally showed up. They quickly told me it is not against the law to leave a dog in a car for hours at a time even in 18 degree weather. They looked at the dog and said it is in good health and not mistreated.
They also told me NOT to [...]
Posted in Neighborhood, Pets, Thoughts
By phil on February 27, 2008
ATTENTION: If you are looking for current info on the strike against the Kingsbridge Heights Nursing Home please go to www.fipna.orgÂ
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I posted the other day about a strike at the nursing home across the street from my house. It is still in full swing and as of this date there have been no negotiations to [...]
Posted in Neighborhood, Thoughts
By phil on February 25, 2008
ATTENTION: If you are looking for current info on the strike against the Kingsbridge Heights Nursing Home please go to www.fipna.orgÂ
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As of Wednesday last week the Nursing Home workers across the street from my house went on strike. This strike is not for more money or something silly, but it is for health care benefits. [...]
Posted in Home, Neighborhood, Thoughts
By phil on February 20, 2008
With tonight being the last time a total lunar eclipse happens until 2010 I decided to take my cheap point and shoot camera outside and take some shots. Now for all you professional photo people out there, please don’t laugh as I really do need a much better camera.
Anyway here are the shots I was [...]
Posted in Fun, Thoughts
By phil on February 8, 2008
After installing Microsoft Office I noticed an annoying little button bar on my Windows task bar at the bottom of my screen. It is called the Language Bar and looks like this:
I can’t stand how it gets in the way of my task bar and hogs space. I don’t need it, I only [...]
Posted in Tech, Windows
By phil on February 8, 2008
It has been brought to my attention today that a domain name renewal scam is currently making the rounds. This scam is not new, but domain owners continue to fall victim to this practice on a daily basis. I just wanted to make you aware of how the scam works so that you can protect [...]
Posted in Internet, Scams, Tech
By phil on February 7, 2008
My Daughter came home with a riddle today and I thought it was cute enough to deserve a post. See if you can guess the correct answer to it?
The first person who posts the correct answer will win a free 125×125 button ad here on my blog for one month.
No cheating please, don’t Google it [...]
Posted in Alicia, Fun, Thoughts
By phil on February 7, 2008
Who would ever have thought that Science and Popcorn could go together? Or they could be so much fun (at least eating the popcorn was fun).
My Daughter had to do a science project for school so instead of the usual “potato makes electricity” we decided to do something more fun.
How does temperature affect popcorn?
We took [...]
Posted in Alicia, Cooking, Kids, Projects, School
By phil on February 7, 2008
Happy Chinese New Year, this is the year of the Rat. Other Rat years have been: 1912, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996 and now 2008.
People born [...]
Posted in Fun, Holidays
By phil on February 6, 2008
Now I feel real old… After visiting the day counter page I found that I am 15,222 Days  — or –  2,174 Weeks and 4 Days old.
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That puts things into perspective no?
How many days old are you?
~Phil
Posted in Fun, Me