Today's Net: 21 pages of documentation. I wonder how much *new* documentation there was and how much was deleted? I don't wonder enough to try to figure it out. DONE FOR THE DAAAAYYYYY!

You can vote for which places will be added to Google Street View's special collections! If you don't care what university, please vote for Rochester Institute of Technology, NY. :-D


https://services.google.com/fb/forms/streetviewussuggestions/?utm_campaign=en&utm_medium=van&utm_source=en-van-na-us-gns-svn-com/trike

This is a US-only company. This is the e-mail I got.


Do you know of households that would like to join the PineCone Research Panel? If so, please FORWARD A COPY of this email to each household you would like to refer so that they may click on the registration link shown below. That household should complete the registration form themselves and submit it. REMEMBER THAT ONLY ONE PERSON PER HOUSEHOLD MAY REGISTER. Multiple registrations of the same Household will void all registrations.

Here is the link to the registration:

http://www.pineconeresearch.com/signup/RR570DS1.asp


As a member in good standing, you've already seen the benefits of being part of PineCone Research. So please, share the benefits of membership with a friend. Don't forget, please don't tell them about any of the products that you have seen in our questionnaires or tried in your home. Remember, it's important that your PineCone Research survey and product testing experiences remain confidential. </si>

I "discovered" (ie, heard on the radio) these 2 songs recently and I just have to share them. If I did the whole mp3 player thing, these songs would be among the top played.

It took me a while to track down the title/artist of this first song. I heard it on the radio a few times before I could pick out enough lyrics (and remember them more than 20 minutes) to google it. I love the funky beat and the spirit behind the whole song.

Michael Franti & Spearhead : Say Hey


The way that the lyrics are simple yet complex and syncopated just makes me want to listen to this one over and over.

Owl City - Fireflies (embedding disabled)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI4JLa0hbUw

Oh there were about 80 kids! WHOA!!!

( pssst, back here! )

More than a month ago now, sillyliss posted a Then & Now post with a picture of her at her high school graduation and a picture of her now and asked for everyone to follow suit. And I was going to... but apparently time got away from me. So here's my pictures!

( Behind the cut for your viewing pleasure )

Yesterday I bought a bushel of apples for $21 (btw, that's definitely 40+ pounds, but not totally sure how much). Today, we (mom, liz and me) turned those apples into many, many, many quarts of apple sauce. Some of said apple sauce is at this very moment being reduced to become apple butter. The apple butter will be canned tomorrow after church. ahhh.... I love working in the kitchen. Maybe pictures later this week.

Just got this e-mail! Sign-up if you want to get $3 per online survey.

Dear CATHERINE:



PineCone Research is growing and we invite you to help! We are offering select members the opportunity to recommend membership to a friend or relative who is NOT a member of their household.


Do you know of households that would like to join the PineCone Research Panel? If so, please FORWARD A COPY of this email to each household you would like to refer so that they may click on the registration link shown below. That household should complete the registration form themselves and submit it. REMEMBER THAT ONLY ONE PERSON PER HOUSEHOLD MAY REGISTER. Multiple registrations of the same Household will void all registrations.

Here is the link to the registration:

http://www.pineconeresearch.com/signup/RR570DS1.asp


As a member in good standing, you've already seen the benefits of being part of PineCone Research. So please, share the benefits of membership with a friend. Don't forget, please don't tell them about any of the products that you have seen in our questionnaires or tried in your home. Remember, it's important that your PineCone Research survey and product testing experiences remain confidential.

If your referral has any questions, they can email us at scott@pineconeresearch.com or click on the attached links to learn more about PineCone Research.

http://www.pineconeresearch.com//about.HTM

http://www.pineconeresearch.com//policy.htm

While this is not a paid referral program, we genuinely appreciate your help in spreading the word that PINECONE IS GROWING!

Thank you,

Karen Scott

Web site: http://www.pineconeresearch.com

There is a printable pdf coupon available here:
http://www.the711club.com/coupons/coupon.pdf

For a free 12-oz coffee, cappuccino, hot chocolate, or tea. It is good until 10/31 and you can use one coupon per customer per day. So basically, a free drink every day until the end of the month. SCORE! Download it and print it as many times as you will use it.

Just could not keep this one to myself. There is a 7-11 on my way to work. I'll be there every day.

I am getting so much crap excellent usable stuff out of here. It is so amazing. Maybe we will be able to clear enough of the floor to vacuum. WOULD BE AWESOME.

What I really mean is that I don't like shopping for clothes and do-dads. I LOOOOOOOOVE shopping for DEALS.

Today I hit up:

CVS (got a rain check, and managed to get them to give me $2 back in cash since the reward bucks didn't work)
Rite Aid (used $41.49 in coupons)
Giant Foods (Total before savings: $75.69, total after? 40.33)

Stopped home for a break & to print a few more coupons, then:

Target (Spent: $6, saved: $10.55)
Walmart (Spent: $24, saved: $10)


I'm going to try to focus on the RiteAid and CVS "games" for the next month or so and only buy produce & dairy at the grocery store.

I can't get to my e-mail.... and I can't find any info about any outage! Anyone else having this problem?

edit: Restarted firefox and now it works! The weird thing is that http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ was saying that it was down. Huh.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.
-Salman Rushdie, writer (b. 1947)

So, on Saturday night, I got to see Jim Gaffigan at the Hershey Theatre thanks to an awesome find on Craigslist ($30 ticket instead of $45-60).

When I got there, the security lady questioned my bag o' stuff to have signed and she informed me that he wasn't going to be staying to sign autographs after the show. (Her words: "He's skipping town right after the show is over.") That was a huge disappointment. I had a lovely Oscar Myer box of bacon for him to sign and fan mail to give him from Albert. So, I went back to the car so I didn't have to have the stuff with me all night (and also to put my water bottle in the car since they weren't letting ANYTHING in). It was raining and they weren't letting people bring umbrellas into the theatre, so that was weird, but they did have umbrella racks and Hershey is full of trustworthy people, apparently. :-P

Rich Brooks (myspace link) opened for Jim (I think this is the guy. I missed his name but only caught his last name, so this is what my google search found). Rich was very funny and I enjoyed his comedy. The same type of clean-ish humor that Gaffigan does, and it seemed to flow well from Brooks to Gaffigan.

Jim was AWESOME. He did some stuff about Hershey at the beginning and then launched into his regular routines. He did some stuff I never heard before and some of the classic stuff (ie, HOT POCKETS!) so it was a great mix.

The show started at 8 and was over around 9:30 and I didn't even get out of the parking lot until 10pm because of where my space was and the fact that I had to back out. I just sat in the car and waited for the lot to clear. :-P Got home around 10:10pm. All in all, a great night. :-) I did hear via facebook that one of my classmates from high school was there and they saw Jim leave the theatre and get directly into a cab and speed away. :-(

I did take notes in sort of a "set list" way, but it was hard to capture every topic. Anyway, this is what I ended up with:

( If you care, it's back here )

20% of Americans know someone who was injured or killed in the attacks.


Total number killed in attacks (official figure as of 9/5/02): 2,819


Estimated units of blood donated to the New York Blood Center: 36,000


Estimated number of children who lost a parent: 3,051


Days fires continued to burn after the attack: 99


Estimated number of New Yorkers suffering from post-traumatic-stress disorder as a result of 9/11: 422,000


(source: http://nymag.com/news/articles/wtc/1year/numbers.htm)

Someone amazing thought to combine 2 of my favorite things. I started out pretty good, but then I got distracted. This is a pretty fun game!!

Cheese or Font?
http://cheeseorfont.mogrify.org/

I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer.
-Douglas Adams, satirist (1952-2001)

There was just a knock at my door (the first non-pre-arranged one) and it was my neighbors from about 10 doors down. They are having a party and just wanted to let people know that if it is louder than usual to come down and let them know instead of calling the cops. :-P I am thinking they are Russian or eastern-european due to the accent. Nice of them, though. Didn't invite me, however. :-P

Poll #1449752
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 17

Which do you prefer to use?

Discuss.

Put an X next to the states you have visited. The average is 8. How do you measure up?

Airports don't count!

( the list back here )

Note: This is just from memory; I don't have my master list with me.