Jan

1

This site is making a move

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This site is making a move. Follow us to: http://sccreightons.blogspot.com/ where we till pick up this new year 2010.

Nov

4

Happy Late Halloween

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CRW_5760Took this shot Saturday morning at the SC State Museum.  I think this was the best Halloween yet.

Oct

13

The Year of March Continues

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At this rate it will be July 2011, that’s my prediction this month.  The year of March continues on and on.  March has 31 days and so far we are at the 28th of March.  This is a hard lesson learned about procrastination and patience.091013

Aug

19

A new toy…

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Get Your Own Visitor Globe!

Aug

4

Cash for Clunkers

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My friend Tom sent me an email and this is what it said:

I find the term “clunker” to be offensive and derogatory, so I’m starting the Clunker Anti-Defamation League.

These were older cars, true. Gas guzzlers, true. But they were valued members of our families for many years.

I propose we refer to these cars as “cherished cars” or “formerly new cars”.

Your thoughts?

I have to say that after thinking about it I agree, the term “clunker” is being used as stereotype to describe an old and trusted friend.

Our 95 Ford Explorer has been an important part our family it’s entire life, for 14 years from birth until (sniff) death.  We have had many fond memories of that SUV from trips to Disney World to New Orleans to Nashville to Pittsburgh we have been all over the South-Eastern US in that vehicle.  It has been a loyal and trusted means of conveyance and will be missed.
 
But what does it say about someone that will sell out a trusted partner for $4,500 and a new more efficient vehicle the moment it was offered?  Parents and In-Laws beware…

Jul

27

“Fu” decal

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Now that we got our new car I had to get a new “Fu” decal.

Here’s the link:  http://www.misterdecal.com/magento/index.php/tuner-decals/kanji-decals/kanji-happiness-fu-1-vinyl-decal.html

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Jul

27

Farewell ‘95 Explorer, Hello ‘10 Corolla

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We sold out and let Obama’s Cash for Clunkers program take care of our 1995 Ford Explorer XLT.  “Sniff”  We owned that SUV (we called it a truck) from day 1 to the end, 14 years and 172,104 miles we had a lot of memories and fun.  I actually had a hard time parting with that vehicle that we’ve owned for 14 years.  It was a part of the family just like the cats.  The only difference is that we didn’t bury the truck in the yard.  The truck affectionately named “Old” by my daughter has how been replaced be a 2010 Toyota Corolla LE.  While getting in and out for all of us is a bit tricky the fact that we have doubled our MPG has me grinning at the gas pump.  Bring on the $4 gas I’m ready.  I didn’t really mean that but if it comes true I won’t be the guy driving the MONSTER SUV crying at the gas pump. 

Long live our 2010 Toyota Corolla…

If you think you can get the $4,500 for your old car or truck here’s the link to the site with the rules:  http://www.cars.gov/

Good Luck

Jul

27

33 Months and Counting

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33Yep, we’ve been waiting for 33 months for Isabelle’s referral.  If I had to guess is will be June 2011 before we hear anything.  I can’t beleive it’s taking so long.  I even looked up the Chinese Charicter for “Patience”.

 

 

Think of us as we wait for Morgan’s baby sister.chinese_patience

Jul

31

ubuntu our new laptop OS

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I’ve always hated paying Microsoft $100 to upgrade to their new OS.  I’ve been paying for upgrades since the early DOS days.  Now there’s a FREE alternative and we’ve taken it, so far so good.  I only needed an OS so that we can surf the web and send email on an 8 year old laptop and ubuntu was thew solution.  It was the easiest install I’ve ever had not like Windows where you have to answer questions for hours and you still have to tweak it so your there behind the computer for hours. 

We actually installed xubuntu since our laptop was an older machine and resourses were slim.  xubuntu is so easy even Becky learned how to use what she needed quickly.  The best part is that it’s FREE and works Great…  Yes, it’s linux and it’s simple, stable and we love it.  If you have an old PC and wat to just surf the web try this.  Your web browser is Mozilla FireFox and your email program is Mozilla Thunderbird.  Both were easy to set up and run.  Long live Linux.

Apr

21

Do you know about “TED”?

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I got this email today from my Boss who got it from his wife who got it from someone else.  I was aware of the TED Convention a year ago via an email from another friend.  I ended up I forwarding that email around and my Boss was one of the recipients.  He knew I was intrested in stuff like the TED Convention so I was sent this link today.  I think you’ll find it very intresting:

If you don’t already know about TED.COM you should.  I’ll give you more details about TED in this email, but I really want you to listen to this presentation by Sir Ken Robinson.

About the video clip:

Why don’t we get the best out of people? Sir Ken Robinson argues that it’s because we’ve been educated to become good workers, rather than creative thinkers. Students with restless minds and bodies — far from being cultivated for their energy and curiosity — are ignored or even stigmatized, with terrible consequences. “We are educating people out of their creativity,” Robinson says. It’s a message with deep resonance. Robinson’s TEDTalk has been distributed widely around the Web since its release in June 2006.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4964296663335083307

Please take some time and listen to this presentation.  You will not be sorry.

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.

The annual conference now brings together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).

This site makes the best talks and performances from TED available to the public, for free. More than 200 talks from our archive are now available, with more added each week. These videos are released under a Creative Common license, so they can be freely shared and reposted.

The website is: http://www.ted.com/

  

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