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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