Latin (tem-pu̇s-ˈfü-git): Time Flies
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After a very nice afternoon with Mandi, her sisters and parents we had supper and birthday cake and then Scott opened his presents. It was a wonderful day. After dark Eric, Dez, Scott, Mom & I headed over to the neighbors on the west side of the point where it was less windy to launch Read More …
It’s the first summer weekend at the lake and we stopped in at Safeway to pick up a couple of things that were forgotten at home and some things are changing. For many years not too much wold change in Kenora from year to year, but then things started to happen. A new Canadian Tire Read More …
Find out how your name ranks over at The Baby Name Wizard’s NameVoyager. “Garry” was a big hit in the ’50s, how appropriate. In February 2005, IBM researcher Martin Wattenberg created a Web-based visualization applet, the NameVoyager, to help call attention to his wife’s first book, The Baby Name Wizard, a guide to American baby Read More …
You can rent one of these from Hertz in Las Vegas for a mere $150-175USD/day. Not bad for getting an opportunity to drive a legendary car. Shelby Automobiles, Inc. – NEWS Palm Beach, Fla. – April 1, 2007 – Lightning has struck again, the Ford Shelby GT-H “Rent-A-Racer” program from Ford Motor Company, Shelby Automobiles Read More …
You be the judge.
Smells can really trigger strong memories. Occasionally I’ll catch a wiff of something and it will instantly take me back 30 years to a very specific time and place. Sometime, I’ll smell the perfume my mom used to wear and a flood of memories will instantly come back to me. It’s quite an experience. Wow, Read More …
Reflections Originally uploaded by Big Dadoo. We’re at the lake this weekend and the weather is great. We’ve actually been suntanning on the dock! As you can see from the photo, there is no running water yet, just me, running for water. After fetching some water, it was breakfast and then a couple of cup Read More …
I have not seen this movie so I have no idea just how disturbing it probably is, but here is what is really a little disturbing. We, that’s the royal “we” as in Canadians and Americans spent well over $92.4 million dollars in a single weekend, as this is just the top 10 at the Read More …
So, this is Tempus Fugit, Time Flies in latin. Well today was another lesson in time flying by. If you’ve been around for a while and I won’t define how long “a while” is you might remember getting your oil changed for $20 – $30 at a fast food of oil franchise. Well I hadn’t Read More …
Robert Newman History of Oil, very clever and thought provoking. Tony Campolo with Strombo on the Hour – HT to Bill. Wow, there is good programming on CBC TV.