Smooch your honey...

Research show that kissing triggers the release of stress-busting chemicals in the body. So...kissy, kissy!

October is just around the bend...

I can't believe it's almost October and the daytime high is still in the upper 80s. But then again...I can't complain. You don't have to shovel a heat wave.

Harvest moon...

What sets tomorrow night's full moon apart from the others is that farmers – at the climax of the current harvest season – can work late into the night by the moon's light. It rises about the time the sun sets, but more importantly, at this time of year, instead of rising its normal average 50 minutes later each day, the moon seems to rise at nearly the same time each night.

And please remember...

If you do plan to attend the National Fair. Remember where you park.




My sweetheart and I were so excited the first year...we forgot.

For boat loads of fun...

Go here.

The shortest distance between two points is always under construction.

Check here for scheduled road construction.

Better Tetris...

Play here.

Beautiful!

The Glasswing Butterfly lives in South America. A butterfly with transparent wings is rare and beautiful. As delicate as finely blown glass, the presence of this rare tropical gem is used by rain forest ecologists as an indication of high habitat quality and its demise alerts them of ecological change. Rivaling the refined beauty of a stained glass window, the translucent wings of the Glasswing Butterfly shimmer in the sunlight like polished panes of turquoise, orange, green, and red. Beautiful!

Oooooh! Good one...

Word of the Day for Tuesday, September 18, 2007

potboiler \POT-boi-lur\, noun:

A usually inferior literary or artistic work, produced quickly for the purpose of making money.

So there...

It was on this day in 1851 that the first edition of The New York Times was published in a dirty, candlelit office just off Wall Street by Henry J. Raymond. Raymond had been fired by Horace Greeley at the New York Tribune, and he intended The New York Times to put the Tribune out of business, which it did, but not in Raymond's lifetime.

New game...

Tetris.

Play here.

Pittsburgh, PA...

It's a charming little town...and is becoming one of the most "Green" cities in the U.S.

Read more stats:

Established: 1758
City Population (2000): 369,879
County Population (2000): 1,281,666
Location: South Western Pennsylvania

Average High Temperature (July): 82.5° F
Average Low Temperature (January): 20.8° F

Port: Pittsburgh is the largest inland port in the U.S., providing access to the nation's 9,000 mile inland waterway system.

Bridges: Allegheny County has more than 1,700 bridges and 720 are within the Pittsburgh city limits.

Media: Two Major Newspapers; Thirty Two Radio Stations; and Five Major Television Stations.

Colleges and Universities: There are 29 colleges and universities in southwestern Pennsylvania.

Airport: The Pittsburgh International Airport was ranked one of the top five U.S. airports by Conde Nast Traveler.

Tourism: An average of 3.9 million people visit Pittsburgh annually.

Pittsburgh ranked in the top five Most Livable Cities in the 1983, 1985 and 1989 editions of the "Places Rated Almanac."

Dear Princess Bibesco,

I am afraid you must stop
writing these little love letters
to my husband while he and I
live together. It is one of the things which is not done in our world.

You are very young. Won't you
ask your husband to explain to you
the impossibility of such a situation?
Please do not make me write to you
again. I do not like scolding people
and hate having to teach them manners.

(from a letter by Katherine Mansfield)

They say it's your birthday...

Today is my sweethearts birthday...Happy Birthday Honey! Tonight we celebrate!

I'm a lonely little petunia...

Click
here
for
song.

You a fish?

Katey, Katey, Katey...

gave me this link...to tiny cup cakes, which has a link to tiny pies, and tiny hors d'oevres...I love, love, love tiny food. Thanks Katey!

Eureka!

He'd been asked by the king to find out whether his crown was pure gold without destroying it. Getting ready to step into his bath, as Archimedes put his foot in the water, he noticed how the water rose as his foot went in. That's when insight struck. He saw that all he had to do was submerge the crown in water to determine its density.

He got so excited that he shouted "Eureka!" – which means "I have found it!" — and ran out into the street, forgetting he wasn't wearing his toga. Well, ever since then, people have noticed these special moments when insight suddenly strikes. The challenge lies in knowing why these moments happen and what can be done to encourage them.

Today is Fight Procrastination Day...

For too many people, procrastination is a way of life. Today is a day to fight procrastination. Take action.

Is the word of Mark Twain..."Never put of until tomorrow, what you can do today!"

Have a very happy Fight Procrastination Day.

Are you a procrastinator...take the quiz here.

Happy Birthday Mei Lan!!

Elvis Aptitude Test...

How well do you know Elvis? Me...apparently not so much.

Play here.

Thanks TV Land.

I'm a huge bacon fan...but please...

peach cinnamon bacon...I don't think so.

Our new gourmet sampler contains 1 lb each of hickory smoked bacon, vanilla bourbon, blueberry cinnamon, apple-cinnamon, and peach cinnamon bacon. The popularity of our cinnamon sugar bacon has achieved quite a following since it was featured in a full-page color photo in the may 2003 food and wine magazine. We received numerous requests for other specialty cinnamon bacon. Therefore, we created others that have the same underlying sweet-verses-salty taste sensation with a unique fruity flavor to complement any meal.

Buy bacon here.