We have to treat the soil before planting our garden...
More on that shortly... for now, enjoy the grub.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Grub-a-dub-dub...
These Critters are just below the surface...
We have to treat the soil before planting our garden...
More on that shortly... for now, enjoy the grub.
We have to treat the soil before planting our garden...
More on that shortly... for now, enjoy the grub.
Friday, April 24, 2009
WIIF? #114
Tatman hit the sweet spot last week!
Here is What Is It Friday? #114
Rebecca put a fork in it... and this weeks game is done!
The fine print: On Fridays I will post an image in hopes that visitors will leave a guess in the comment section. The following Friday (or when someone guesses correctly) I will post a wide shot of the item. Each Friday a NEW image, along with a link to the previous weeks post, will be posted.
Here is What Is It Friday? #114
Rebecca put a fork in it... and this weeks game is done!
The fine print: On Fridays I will post an image in hopes that visitors will leave a guess in the comment section. The following Friday (or when someone guesses correctly) I will post a wide shot of the item. Each Friday a NEW image, along with a link to the previous weeks post, will be posted.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Spring has sprung...
Oh, what a beautiful desktop image. Click below for a super sized image. This means you! CLICK IT! CLICK IT NOW!
Monday, April 20, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
WIIF? #113
Fenway tossed out a lifesaver last week.
Here is What Is It Friday? #113
Tatman hit the sweet spot this morning... and with a packet of this in my coffee, my sugar levels will lower in no time ;)
The fine print: On Fridays I will post an image in hopes that visitors will leave a guess in the comment section. The following Friday (or when someone guesses correctly) I will post a wide shot of the item. Each Friday a NEW image, along with a link to the previous weeks post, will be posted.
Here is What Is It Friday? #113
Tatman hit the sweet spot this morning... and with a packet of this in my coffee, my sugar levels will lower in no time ;)
The fine print: On Fridays I will post an image in hopes that visitors will leave a guess in the comment section. The following Friday (or when someone guesses correctly) I will post a wide shot of the item. Each Friday a NEW image, along with a link to the previous weeks post, will be posted.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
I'm not touching you...
Have you ever annoyed somebody by getting REALLY close to them?
Just wondering.
Just wondering.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Friday, April 10, 2009
WIIF? #112
Jason posted last weeks answer... pun intended.
Here is What Is It Friday? #112
Fenway gets the minty win this week!
The fine print: On Fridays I will post an image in hopes that visitors will leave a guess in the comment section. The following Friday (or when someone guesses correctly) I will post a wide shot of the item. Each Friday a NEW image, along with a link to the previous weeks post, will be posted.
Here is What Is It Friday? #112
Fenway gets the minty win this week!
The fine print: On Fridays I will post an image in hopes that visitors will leave a guess in the comment section. The following Friday (or when someone guesses correctly) I will post a wide shot of the item. Each Friday a NEW image, along with a link to the previous weeks post, will be posted.
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Safety first...
Electricity? Check
Water? Check
Safety? Hmmm...
I know it is safe... but I did a double-take when I looked up the other day.
Water? Check
Safety? Hmmm...
I know it is safe... but I did a double-take when I looked up the other day.
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Old stuff lasts...
I have a radio sitting on my desk at work that I use everyday. I had gotten it in my early teen years over 20 years ago. It is banged up and bruised... but it does not fail me.
My TV, on the other hand, is about three years old and has gone in for repair three times. At this point it can't be properly fixed and I am getting a prorated rebate that does not match the value of the set and the aggravation involved with it.
What happened to products that last?
My TV, on the other hand, is about three years old and has gone in for repair three times. At this point it can't be properly fixed and I am getting a prorated rebate that does not match the value of the set and the aggravation involved with it.
What happened to products that last?
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Which ball is your witch ball...
I had never heard of a witch ball before but the hollow sphere with glass strands throughout caught my eye. Click the link to read more about them. And click the image for a desktop image.
Monday, April 06, 2009
You complete me...
We met almost fifteen years ago...
...and we found these homies shortly afterward. I think it was meant to be... And maybe we should sue ;)
...and we found these homies shortly afterward. I think it was meant to be... And maybe we should sue ;)
Sunday, April 05, 2009
Saturday, April 04, 2009
Friday, April 03, 2009
WIIF? #111
Flo (sorry, no link supplied) thumbed her way through a magazine for a win!
Here is What Is It Friday? #111
Jason marked up the proof and put some stickies up for you to easily spot! Way to go!
The fine print: On Fridays I will post an image in hopes that visitors will leave a guess in the comment section. The following Friday (or when someone guesses correctly) I will post a wide shot of the item. Each Friday a NEW image, along with a link to the previous weeks post, will be posted.
Here is What Is It Friday? #111
Jason marked up the proof and put some stickies up for you to easily spot! Way to go!
The fine print: On Fridays I will post an image in hopes that visitors will leave a guess in the comment section. The following Friday (or when someone guesses correctly) I will post a wide shot of the item. Each Friday a NEW image, along with a link to the previous weeks post, will be posted.
Thursday, April 02, 2009
The Myth of 90 Percent...
I don't often divert my blog from my photos but when our elected officials feel the need to pump up numbers and give misleading information to put fear into the citizens of our country I feel the need to spread the truth.
Click the following for the full story.
Here are a few excerpts:
You've heard this shocking "fact" before -- on TV and radio, in newspapers, on the Internet and from the highest politicians in the land: 90 percent of the weapons used to commit crimes in Mexico come from the United States.
-- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said it to reporters on a flight to Mexico City.
-- CBS newsman Bob Schieffer referred to it while interviewing President Obama.
-- California Sen. Dianne Feinstein said at a Senate hearing: "It is unacceptable to have 90 percent of the guns that are picked up in Mexico and used to shoot judges, police officers and mayors ... come from the United States."
There's just one problem with the 90 percent "statistic" and it's a big one:
It's just not true.
In fact, it's not even close. By all accounts, it's probably around 17 percent.
What's true, an ATF spokeswoman told FOXNews.com, in a clarification of the statistic used by her own agency's assistant director, "is that over 90 percent of the traced firearms originate from the U.S."
In 2007-2008, according to ATF Special Agent William Newell, Mexico submitted 11,000 guns to the ATF for tracing. Close to 6,000 were successfully traced -- and of those, 90 percent -- 5,114 to be exact, according to testimony in Congress by William Hoover -- were found to have come from the U.S.
But in those same two years, according to the Mexican government, 29,000 guns were recovered at crime scenes.
In other words, 68 percent of the guns that were recovered were never submitted for tracing. And when you weed out the roughly 6,000 guns that could not be traced from the remaining 32 percent, it means 83 percent of the guns found at crime scenes in Mexico could not be traced to the U.S.
Ed Head, a firearms instructor in Arizona who spent 24 years with the U.S. Border Patrol, recently displayed an array of weapons considered "assault rifles" that are similar to those recovered in Mexico, but are unavailable for sale in the U.S.
"These kinds of guns -- the auto versions of these guns -- they are not coming from El Paso," he said. "They are coming from other sources. They are brought in from Guatemala. They are brought in from places like China. They are being diverted from the military. But you don't get these guns from the U.S."
Some guns, he said, "are legitimately shipped to the government of Mexico, by Colt, for example, in the United States. They are approved by the U.S. government for use by the Mexican military service. The guns end up in Mexico that way -- the fully auto versions -- they are not smuggled in across the river."
Click the following for the full story.
Here are a few excerpts:
You've heard this shocking "fact" before -- on TV and radio, in newspapers, on the Internet and from the highest politicians in the land: 90 percent of the weapons used to commit crimes in Mexico come from the United States.
-- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said it to reporters on a flight to Mexico City.
-- CBS newsman Bob Schieffer referred to it while interviewing President Obama.
-- California Sen. Dianne Feinstein said at a Senate hearing: "It is unacceptable to have 90 percent of the guns that are picked up in Mexico and used to shoot judges, police officers and mayors ... come from the United States."
There's just one problem with the 90 percent "statistic" and it's a big one:
It's just not true.
In fact, it's not even close. By all accounts, it's probably around 17 percent.
What's true, an ATF spokeswoman told FOXNews.com, in a clarification of the statistic used by her own agency's assistant director, "is that over 90 percent of the traced firearms originate from the U.S."
In 2007-2008, according to ATF Special Agent William Newell, Mexico submitted 11,000 guns to the ATF for tracing. Close to 6,000 were successfully traced -- and of those, 90 percent -- 5,114 to be exact, according to testimony in Congress by William Hoover -- were found to have come from the U.S.
But in those same two years, according to the Mexican government, 29,000 guns were recovered at crime scenes.
In other words, 68 percent of the guns that were recovered were never submitted for tracing. And when you weed out the roughly 6,000 guns that could not be traced from the remaining 32 percent, it means 83 percent of the guns found at crime scenes in Mexico could not be traced to the U.S.
Ed Head, a firearms instructor in Arizona who spent 24 years with the U.S. Border Patrol, recently displayed an array of weapons considered "assault rifles" that are similar to those recovered in Mexico, but are unavailable for sale in the U.S.
"These kinds of guns -- the auto versions of these guns -- they are not coming from El Paso," he said. "They are coming from other sources. They are brought in from Guatemala. They are brought in from places like China. They are being diverted from the military. But you don't get these guns from the U.S."
Some guns, he said, "are legitimately shipped to the government of Mexico, by Colt, for example, in the United States. They are approved by the U.S. government for use by the Mexican military service. The guns end up in Mexico that way -- the fully auto versions -- they are not smuggled in across the river."
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
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