unsung pop artist, obscure school teacher and graphic artist ,
Phillip Martin

Keep up the good work!

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And if you like that, try this one with over a million hits:

Cheers,

–Instead!!

So I guess if you are going to have long conversations then Skype is better. But if you just need to send a short message or ask a quick question, then Instant Messager is a good option.

Colin
SpotCrime.com

RottenTomatoes is one of my regulars, though. Watching for movies where there’s a positive consensus among reviewers has seldom steered me wrong.

Allen Taylor

It’s tough to UN-install, but I really loved it while using it! AND it’s free! I found it when looking for a free weight watcher’s alternative and found that it was fantastic!

I also made use of Babelfish’s French translation in corresponding with Moroccan hotels, though most of them were able to handle basic English reasonably well.

Before entrusting my travel plans to a translation engine, I did run some tests using German (in whcih I am relatively fluent). Once I was satisfied that the results were acceptable, I went ahead and entrusted it with my Spanish and French correspondence.

While I didn’t actually carry my trash, I started shredding all the junk mail and putting it out with the newspapers, and carefully putting everything that wasn’t organic or paper into the metal/plastic “curbie”. at the end of the week I had so little actual trash that I didn’t even bother to place it at the curb — I hung on to it for another week, and would have, in fact gone for three if there hadn’t been some rotting soy beans in there that were the result of trying to sprout some soy beans that weren’t designed for sprouting.

However I have a mega-sprouter (cost about $100) which pumps water over the seeds at frequent intervals. ^ days in there for mung beans, and they are just like the commercial ones.

I have a small garden plot, although this year I only have three tomato plants and nothing else in it at the moment. However I did harvest some Japanese Red Maple seeds and some green maple seeds, and I have a dozen seedlings started. Never tried it before, but they appear to be thriving. I shall transplant them into peat pots when they are about 2″ tall.

I reduced my winter thermostat setting from 72 to 68 (day) and 60 (night), and saved over $400 on my gas consumption for the year. The summer thermostat is set to 80 (day) and 88 (night).

I have picked up a trick from the UPS trucks — when I am in line at the ATM, or in other settings where I would normally allow my car to idle, I turn it off. The pennies saved on gasoline add up. Also I consciously calculate the actual gasoline cost of trips to Charlotte to shop and so forth. Miles from the odometer, avg about 20 MPG (it’s a Dodge Grande Caravan), and ever rising cost per gallon.

Spending $12 to go shopping at the Earth Fare Organics grocery, I better have a shopping list, and come back with a bunch of groceries. Otherwise shop locally.

The good news is that I don’t get any more of these silly stories. The bad news is that I often don’t get any more email from the sender at all.

I luv yr blog!