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Sunday 13 December

    Firehouse Santa and Tomas (12:40) - Saturdays are when Tomas comes over to visit us and spend some time with his mother Linda. Tomas' dad, kennan brought him over early this afternoon so Cassie and I could spend time with him just the three of us,... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Wednesday 9 December

    Hubble Ultra Deep Field 3D (15:36) - Psalm 8 God's glory is magnified by His works, and by His love to man To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Saturday 5 December

    This woman is an amazing artist (13:58) - Kseniya Simonova - Sand animation Kseniya Simonova is the amazing winner of "Ukrain's got talent 2009". All she needed was a bit of sand to demonstrate the history of her country during World War 2. You can see how emotional... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 27 October

    This is a great Karaoke Video! (15:22) - I saw this Youtube Karaoke video on Boing Boing this morning. Very creative, a great way to burn off stress at the office! ( I hope the boss has a great sense of humor!)... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments
    My Kitties (06:14) - Stuck in the house while recovering from man surgeries, pneumonia and stress I've been taking a bun h of photos of the cats. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoy taking them. Space Dog Buddy! Munchkin looking... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Monday 3 August

    What a great wedding procession! (01:35) - If you thought all wedding processionals were the same check out this Youtube Video!... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 20 July

    My Weight loss stats (04:27) -   I went to Walmart the other day to buy a new Bathing suit. Actually it is the first bathing suit I purchased that I don't feel embarrassed about wearing in about 25 years. Before my Bariactric surgery I was... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Sunday 28 June

    Little T's Big Adventure (17:55) - When my grandson Tomas comes over for a visit I always try to get him to go with me for a walk. I need to walk for my health and Cassie and I have been very worried about his weight.... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Saturday 13 June

    Today was The First Official Meeting of the DrG-DSers (08:33) - Today was the first Official get-together of the DrG-DS Group! We are patients of Dr. Greenbaum who have had the Duodenal Switch (Bariatric Surgery) What a great time we had! Our first meeting started with a cookout (we ate in... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments

Friday 5 June

    That's What Love is Like! (18:39) -     "You know when you listen to music playing from another room? And you're singing along because it's a tune that you really love? When a door closes or a train passes by so you can't hear the... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
    Aah, the Golden Years! (Sent to me in an email from my sweetheart Cassie!) (01:02) - Really; the only thing golden is the color of  your urine from taking all those dammed pills!!! LAUGH A LITTLE EVERY DAY....     SPECIAL POEM FOR OLDER FOLKS A row of bottles on my shelf Caused me to analyze... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 20 May

    Me and Little T my camera and the great outdoors (04:08) - What a beautiful day it was. I picked up my grandson Tomas from school and when we got home he had some mac & Cheese (his favorite after-school snack) then I asked him if he would like to go for... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 19 May

    I love Spring Flowers and Kozmo Kat and Mouse! (07:19) - These are flowers in front of our doctors office. I love the color! Kozmo likes to chill out on Cassie's and my bed. I can almost read his little mind in this photo. He just told me to get... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Saturday 9 May

Friday 8 May

    The Race is on... (09:59) - My Weight Ticker:   Cassie's Weight Ticker:   Cassie and I are running neck and neck in this losing race! Right now I'm down 5 pounds from her! I'm at 253 and she's now 258 and still losing! Yesterday evening... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Thursday 7 May

    The Darwin Awards Video Parts 1,2,3 (03:22) - | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
    I have GOT to get me one of these!! (02:37) - My wife, Cassie and I live in a very nice quiet neighborhood in New Jersey, there is only one problem though. The road we live on is long and windy and some of the folks who live here think they are... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 4 May

    Kristin's Semi-Formal (21:17) - My youngest step-daughter Kristin, (I consider all three of my step children; Bill, Heidi & Kristin, as my own. Michele my oldest and Linda my youngest make a total of five kids!) tries on the dress for her semi formal dance at... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Thursday 9 April

    78 pounds to go (19:38) -   I got on the scale this morning and discovered to my delight that I'd lost another 4 lbs. Cassie said I had to let her take some pics of me. Here are the best 2: As I was looking... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments
    Spring Party 2009 (02:00) - Today was Tomas' Spring Party (Easter, but they can't say that because of stupid people, but that's a whole other post. Nuff said!) Cassie and I love going to Tomas' parties and concerts, it's one of our favorite perks as... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
    Kozmo likes to play Peek-A-Boo! (01:38) - Monday on my way back to our bedroom, I passed through the door and stopped short!There was my kitty Kozmo sort of hiding behind the rumpled bed covers. As I watched he popped his head up to see what I... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 3 April

    Spring flowers (17:17) - Cassie and I picked Tomas up from school yesterday, and in front of the school is a pretty tree with beautiful white flowers. I just had to snap a few pics!  ... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Saturday 21 March

    Bill Bought his first car! (06:30) - Last week after looking through Craig's List My Step Son Bill found a couple of cars he'd thought were interesting enough to check out! So off we went to a place in New Egypt Annies Used cars on RT 537... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Saturday 31 January

    Random Survey (08:50) - Today at 11:03pm Fill out this survey then tag all the friends who's survey you would like to see filled out. While your at it, tag the person who tagged you in the first place, just so they know... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Monday 5 January

    Our Photo Gallery is back up and running! (02:08) - I had installed the open source program Gallery 2 a few years ago and it was great! Cassie and I stored all our photos on it and my family and friends could view them. Something happened to it several months... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Saturday 20 December

    Today is my sweetie's 54 Birthday (07:55) - Cassie turned 54 today and we celebrated it by my cooking her a wonderful dinner of prime rib steak potatoes and green beans. And for dessert we had a delicious Black forest cake. For Cassie birthday presents she got a... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Sunday 23 November

Sunday 16 November

    We Shall Overcome!! (04:39) - I woke from my nap this afternoon. I have been having very strange lucid dreams this week. Not Disturbing just strange. I usually don't remember much of them immediately but every now and then a remnant stays with me. Such... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Saturday 8 November

    Some political and dieting humor (16:30) - A political cartoon from the 'Net And some more Garfield dieting woes from my friend Nancy CLICK TO VIEW FULLSIZE  ... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Friday 24 October

    Dance off instead of debate (08:08) - Wouldn't it be great if all Presidential Debates went this way! Unbelievable McCain Vs. Obama Dance-Off - Watch more free videos... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 10 October

    Burlington County Pet Expo (13:39) - Last Saturday Cassie and I went to the Burlington County Pet Expo at the county Library. A friend who just happens to be an animal cop emailed us an invite. I didn't post this last week as my computer was broken!... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
    Kozmo and Cubby getting along (09:00) - This post is for Jean and Matt When Cassie and I adopted Sox and Cubby Cubby used to chase Kozmo all around the house. I don't think Cubby had any bad intentions towards Kozmo, I believe he just wanted to... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 1 October

    Cubby with a big smile 8^) (01:58) - This picture of Cubby, one of our cats is for my "doubting Tomas" daughter who thinks "cats don't smile, only dogs maybe." That she posted in comments under Oooops! Check out that very happy kitty with the big smile Michele!... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Friday 26 September

    Update To Sticker Shock (00:23) - The next day after we purchased our glasses, Cassie and decided to cancel our order. We felt we were taken advantage of, and misled by the advertising at America's Best Eyeglasses. So after discussing our options Cassie called them up... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Saturday 23 August

    Grandparents Day at Tuckerton Seaport and museum (01:00) - Thursday's are Grandparents day at the Tuckerton Seaport and museum. Cassie and I decided we would take our grandson Tomas there yesterday. The three of us went on Sunday, There we had a great time together even though we didn't... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

Thursday 24 July

Friday 4 July

Thursday 26 June

    The Tennessee gang has arrived (19:43) - This morning the harsh side of reality hit me in the gut with the force of a shotgun blast of double aught buckshot!  Yesterday after a meeting with our lawyer, we had been discussing our possibility of declaring bankruptcy, we... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments

Wednesday 14 May

    Hobbes and I are reunited (06:32) - When I was a young lad I had a stuffed tiger. I can't for the life of me remember what his name was but I do remember how he was with me wherever I went. I don't know what happened... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Sunday 27 April

Sunday 20 April

    Photography is a great way to send a message! (05:52) - I love the message this picture sends. They should use it on some commercials. The smoking room! Here is a link to other cool creative photos... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Saturday 5 April

Monday 31 March

Monday 4 February

    Bad Morning, Great Afternoon! (21:19) - This morning started out normal enough. I had a terrible night trying to sleep. When I finally woke up this morning Cassie told me Tomas had a half day of school and his mother didn't leave us a message to pick... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Monday 19 June

    Robosapien V2 (13:41) - Guess what I got from Billy, Heidi and Kristin for Father's Day? Can't guess? A Robosapian! Wowwee Kazowie!  ... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 15 May

    Don't remember if I said it before... (21:28) - If not let me say it again. I LOVE NEW JERSEY! I found this list of things about my state: Some of the things that make New Jersey special: * New Jersey is a peninsula. * Highlands, New Jersey has... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Sunday 14 May

    Happy Mother's Day (09:45) - Happy Mother's Day! To my Mom, mother of 6 and grandmother of 17, great grandmother of 6. To my wife, mother of three, step-mother of 2, grandmother of 5. To my oldest daughter, mother of 4. To my next... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Monday 1 May

    Walkabout (07:44) - Yesterday was such a beautiful day, unfortunately Cassie was feeling under the weather with some kind of bug. So when she decided to go back to bed around 11 o'clock I had to figure out what to do with my... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Monday 17 April

    Drive-In nostalgia (07:48) - I saw this post yesterday: Drive-Ins Make A Comeback and started to reminisce about growing up in NJ and visiting some of the many Drive-In theaters we had. Camden, NJ was the home of the first Drive-In theater, invented by... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Sunday 26 February

    Best Of Show! (17:54) - Heidi's art; "Artificial Respiration" Won Best of show at the Deborah Hospital Heart Challenge at her school Today! The picture just doesn't do justice to the color and the fine details on her art. The reflection from the overhead lights... | 1 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 21 February

    How my Canon digital camera was born! (08:30) - I found this cool article about the invention of the CCD (Charge coupled Device) that makes possible the "magic" of the digital camera. 1-Hour Brainstorm Gave Birth to Digital Imaging (Newsbytes Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)Even today, Willard S. Boyle can... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 13 February

    Full Moon Tonight (21:22) - I took this picture with my Canon Digital Rebel XT. Using a tripod and remote button with the auto setting for night pictures.It was taken at 9:25 PM... | 1 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Sunday 12 February

    Winter Wonderland (11:19) - We have been awaiting a Nor Easter to hit our area bringing a possible 8 to 13 inches of snow our way. Well it did and we got about 12 to 14 inches by 8:00 this morning. It's still snowing... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 1 December

    Digital Rebel XT (06:21) - Yesterday FedEx delivered my new Canon Digital Rebel XT. I purchased this from Dbuys.com a few days previously. I have been drooling and (dare I say it) lusting over this camera ever since it came out on the market (even... | 1 Comments

Sunday 23 October

    How 'bout that! I'm a red-blooded Ubersexual! (18:31) - Don't you love the labels they give us guys. I can never know just exactly what I am unless some idiot in the British media tells me! Metrosexual man bows to red-blooded ubersexuals Paul Harris in New York Sunday October...

Saturday 23 July

    I didn't know that! (06:15) - I found this interesting article on the history of the ice cream sundae and the related ingredients Where does a sundae come from? Malaysia, Yugoslavia, and Persia should all take a bow - but so should Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and a...

Thursday 21 July

    Nana and Pop-pop's House (17:50) - Cassie and I started a new blog called Nana and Pop-pop's House. There you will find information and fun stories Grand-parenting advocacy and other things relating to the grand-parenting scene. Why don't you drop in and visit. Here's the LINK... | 1 Comments

Saturday 4 June

    STARWARS GEEKDOM! (10:32) - I thought I was a die hard Starwars geek until I saw this. I am not a case modder by any stretch of the imagination, but I love to admire the creativity and skills of these people. I'm going to... | 3 Comments

Monday 30 May

    100 Greatest TV theme songs (18:37) - Visit the web site RetroCrush Here you go! The list of 100 greatest TV theme songs. I watched almost all of these shows growing up and some I will still watch. Many I remember all the words to and can... | 3 Comments
    For the techno geek (07:58) - Motorola Debuts First Ever Nano Emissive Flat Screen Display Prototype Motorola Debuts First Ever Nano Emissive Flat Screen Display Prototype Discussion at PhysOrgForum May 09, 2005 [Nanotube Fulleren] Building Upon Carbon Nanotube Technology, Motorola Prepares to Revolutionize the Flat Panel...

Friday 27 May

    The geek's geek! (22:52) - My sweetheart's power supply fan seized up this week. Cassie told me there was a funny smell and noise coming out of her computer and asked if I would check it out for her. Funny smell? I thought I'd better...

Saturday 7 May

    Who drinks this stuff? (13:13) - I was browsing a website dedicated to PC Modder's (A very creative bunch, by the way) and saw this advertisement for Jolt. Now that I'm back to work, and driving over two hours a day to and from, I have... | 1 Comments

Sunday 1 May

    Home security raised to a new level! (14:16) - Electronic projects for fun and security The Taser Cannon can direct a 15,000 Ampere plasma channel through the air along a straight trajectory, at grounded targets up to 35 ft downrange. The cannon consists of 30 high pressure pneumatic dart...

Sunday 24 April

    Dirty Kids Rejoice! (11:18) - Whilst surfing the web this beautiful morning, I came across this wonderful blog dedicated to soap making. It has some fun ideas for making all types of soap. I especially liked the soap bomb idea. Imagine the fun a child...
    Heidi won Best in show for this (02:20) - Heidi's school entered in an art contest for Deborah Heart and Lung and Heidi won best in show! This picture simply does not do the original justice. She is quite an artist! [composed and posted with ecto]... | 4 Comments

Sunday 17 April

    Ecto 1.7 (04:40) - Yahooo! I just downloaded the latest beta version of Ecto (1.7) My favorite blogging tool. there are some very nice and useful new features. I really like the side bar that shows a calendar or the categories and or the...

Friday 4 February

    Ecto 1.5 Beta test (16:26) - I just installed the latest version of Ecto, 1.5 Beta for Windows. The interface is more like MS Outlook. There are a few things I like about this so far and one thing I don't like. The category window should...

Thursday 20 January

    Woman Gives Birth to Giant Baby (11:52) - Wow there's a whole lotta blessing going on here! Woman Gives Birth to Giant Baby SAO PAULO, Brazil - A woman in northeastern Brazil has given birth to what one doctor called a "giant baby," a boy weighing 16.7 pounds.... | 1 Comments

Saturday 11 December

    Scrooge (22:40) - I had never seen the movie Scrooge with Albert Finney. It is a favorite Christmas movie of Cassie's. She thinks that I'm a scrooge because I wasn't into watching Christmas movies this year, so to prove her wrong I promised... | 1 Comments

Friday 10 December

    Christmas wish list! (11:39) - Casie wants to know what I want for Christmas. That's a difficult question. There are so many things I would like to have. I have been longing for a Canon Digital Rebel Camera ever since it came on the market.... | 1 Comments

Tuesday 9 November

    Very Cool! (14:42) - There are some very nice photos of the Aurora Borealis from November 8th this year Novermber 8, 2004 Aurora...

Sunday 31 October

Tuesday 19 October

    Buzz words from 1904 - 2004 (18:55) - Buzzwords from 1904 to 2004 1904 hip 1905 whizzo 1906 teddy bear 1907 egghead 1908 realpolitik 1909 tiddly-om-pom-pom 1910 sacred cow 1911 gene 1912 blues 1913 celeb 1914 cheerio 1915 civvy street 1916 U-boat 1917 tailspin 1918 ceasefire 1919 ad-lib...

Tuesday 28 September

    Take Cinnamon for Diabetes? (06:29) - Summarized by Robert W. Griffith, MD February 27, 2004 Introduction People with type 2 diabetes are 2-4 times more likely to get cardiovascular disease, associated with abnormal lipid levels. So something in the diet that could help normalize blood glucose...

Thursday 23 September

    Old Friends! (17:07) - There was a song my mom taught me when I was a youngster, it went like this: Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and the other is gold. Today while I was shopping at Walmart, I... | 3 Comments

Thursday 16 September

    What a great idea! (11:11) - I saw this article in the Philly Burbs, an on-line news source. I think this is a great idea, I would love to be able to travel to our Nation's Capital by Hovercraft. I enjoy visiting all the monuments and...

Monday 13 September

    How cool is this?! (11:57) - Ok, I know I said I wanted a Robosapiens for Christmas but after I saw this, WOW! Honey if you read this you hafta understand what this means to a Star Wars Geek. Please, please, PLEASE! Buy me this for...

Saturday 11 September

    I want one of these for Christmas (15:03) - In my office at home I collect all kinds of stuffed animals, mechanical toys cars, statues, I even have a Jackalope. I would love to add Robosapiens to my collection! My grandson Tomas, (almost 8 months old) can't stop looking...

Tuesday 7 September

    Yeah! No more finger sticks! (16:01) - Drawing blood could become history with MIT ultrasound technique February 29, 2000 CAMBRIDGE, Mass--The familiar prick of a needle for drawing blood could eventually be history, MIT researchers and colleagues hope. The team will report in the March issue of...

Monday 6 September

    Dome house! (11:35) - Eye on the Storms Home Built to Withstand Hurricanes and to Enjoy a Beachfront View