I have no picture of the “before” for today’s tackle. It was sort of an impromptu thing. A few months ago, we bought a big potted plant with 6 different herbs and a tomato plant. In my kitchen window a basil plant has been sitting and so has Zach’s pea plant that he planted at school. All of these things have needed re-potting in bigger (or separate) pots for quite some ti
Purple Wildflower for Green Thumb SundayGreen Thumb Sunday BlogrollHow to join Green Thumb SundayI found these pretty little wildflowers growing by the ocean.Not sure what kind they are, but they are tiny and a beautiful shade of light purple.They didn't have any scent, and they grew along a stem, one bloom at a time.A few inches up the stem, there would be another bloom. They weren't attracting
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This Sunday, there are some wonderful things blooming in the garden..Some of which I can name, and some not so much... This is Lantana living in pots by my kitchen door... Beautiful Echinacea Sunrise in the "hot" garden... This is...
Silver Rimmed Grass for Green Thumb SundayGreen Thumb Sunday BlogrollHow to join Green Thumb SundaySpying these blades of grass along the bank of the lake, I had to grab a shot.The light was just right . It was coming from behind the grass and it seemed to set them aglow.Their thin edges allowed more light through which gives them the illusion of being trimmed in silver.Finding the right light is
I’ve had some food from my garden already - a radish and beat leaf met with my mouth on Friday. More plants will perish at the hands of my hands and hoe. Weeds have felt the wrath of my push hoe’s blade, and new ones should just not bother coming up. You hear me weeds??? [...]
It's not a true Fourth of July for me until I burn myself. Last night... I burnt my thumb black with the first firework I shot off. It rendered flicking a lighter useless for me for about an hour.
You know the best part though? My dad bought something similar to one of these, only a little smaller:
Zorbing
I went down their hill in it. Halfway down, I realized I was riding (spinning? zorbing?)
Today is a very special Green Thumb Sunday...Below, you will see a picture of a rare and beautiful flower, my mom... Mom arrived yesterday at Portland International Airport at 6:43 pm. It was the hottest day of the year, close...
Thin Grass for Green Thumb SundayGreen Thumb Sunday BlogrollHow to join Green Thumb SundayWhile the boys were fishing along the edge of a river, I was exploring the plant life.Not much growing alongside this moving water but I did find some grass that was leaning over a narrow band of sand on the riverbank.These thin strands of green were dipping their fine ends into the water as a few bubbles dri
Buffalo Japan has released two usb thumb drive models in the likes of two very popular characters, the classic Ultraman and the otaku favourite Rei Ayanami. I must admit that the Rei Ayanami version is really cute.
These cute cartoon character thumb drives have a capacity of 2GB and they will sit quietly [...]
The cost of USB Thumb Drive has dropped significantly during the past few years. To make use of the amount of storage in those drives, I recommend the use of this PortableApps.
PortableApps is a collection of portable software that allow customers to add to USB Thumb Drive. There are a total of 12 different applications for your everyday use. It also included a user menu as illus
Marketing Thumb-rules #204: Dedicate at least 20% of your productive time to marketing.
Most of my clients are so busy and so successful that marketing time seems to “get in the way.” But marketing is about planting seeds that will bear fruit in months down the road. 20% is about 1 day a [...]
Pink Wild Roses for Green Thumb SundayGreen Thumb Sunday BlogrollHow to join Green Thumb SundayThis little Wild Rose bush has been with me for over 16 years. We picked it up towards the end of the summer planting season. It was on clearance, and it wasn't looking too strong or healthy. For the price I took it home with me.She has bloomed ever since I put her in the ground - including that first
For many years, I have generally avoided petunias. Once in a while I would plant, mostly as a cascading container plant. There are other plants I avoid, too, like brown wax begonias...probably because they were so overused in the area...
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I’m pretty sure you know the importance of a USB thumb drive nowadays. At a basic level, it helps you store important data and transfer files related to your projects from one computer to another.
If you’ve only ever used your thumb drive for the entry-level tasks of storing and transferring data, it’s [...]
Hi Kids...It is Green Thumb Sunday! I am putting up a quick post of all that is blooming outside...quick because we are having our FOURTH day of sun! I have almost caught up on gardening chores. Today, we will work on the largest border...hooray! So, here we go...Who says veggie flowers can't be beautiful? These are the flowers from one of the potato varieties I am growing...And how about these lo
Songwriter Wendell P. Loveless told of a 64-year-old woman in Illinois who had been confined to her bed for more than 16 years. She was in constant pain and unable to move her limbs. Yet she was one of the most thankful people Loveless had ever met. She rejoiced that God had left her a great blessing--the use of the thumb on her right hand. The other hand was stiff and completely useless. With a t
If you liked what you saw in the screenshot tour of Opera and were impressed by its performance in our speed tests, you can now grab Opera 9.5 USB to run from your thumb drive. [via]
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Andy Murray pulls out of Queen’s with sore thumb
Briton Andy Murray withdrew from the Queen’s Club ATP tournament on Friday shortly before he was due on court to face Andy Roddick in the quarter-finals.
The 21-year-old injured his thumb during his third round victory over Ernests Gulbis on Thursday and said at the time he would check with doctors before deciding whether to face defending
Some time back I wrote about one of the female ministers of Africa, telling of her new social policy exhorting people to go back to growing their own gardens to help feed all families locally… tribal groups had gotten dependent on trucked in food, and between the cost of that kind of food and [...]
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Green Thumb Sunday 06/08/08, originally uploaded by BenSpark.
A Daisy at the beach taken with my super wide fisheye lens.
How To Join Green Thumb SundayGreen Thumb Sunday BlogrollOr checkout Green Thumb Sunday on Technorati I am glad to report that the raised vegetable patch is proving to be a great success. Everything that I have planted is doing really well . I have had to remove a few plants as I had planted them to close together in my eagerness to grow as much as I could. The Green Roof is also exceeding my exp
I have a fascination with plants. During my university years, it was much better for the plant if the admiration was from afar, since caring for them never seemed to go over well. However, I kept at it and finally had a few plants that survived my yellow thumb. Sadly, I had to part with [...]
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Green Thumb Sunday 06/01/08, originally uploaded by BenSpark.
I think this is an Orchid Iris. It is out front and was the only one with white petals on the inside.
Yes folks, it's time for Green Thumb Sunday, once again...I have been working in the yard the past couple of days...we finally had sun again. Although a little worse for wear, I got a lot accomplished. Haven't had time to pay much attention to my flower beds since I have been out planting veggies in the Back 40. But by next weekend, I should be able to focus on my little pretties...Another couple
Pink Hollyhock for Green Thumb SundayGreen Thumb Sunday BlogrollHow to join Green Thumb SundayThese pretty little Pink Hollyhocks are so fragile.The color was gorgeous - a creamy center with light pink edges.They didn't have a very strong scent - just a light sweet smell.Most of the blooms had passed on this plant.I was happy to have caught this one in all it's glory.
I picked up just a couple tomato plants, and not the beef stake ones like last year that didn’t produce. Granted, they weren’t in full sun last year, so maybe they didn’t stand a chance. In any case, this time it’s a try with an ultra-sweet, and some other that produces supposedly in under 70 [...]
How To Join Green Thumb SundayGreen Thumb Sunday BlogrollOr checkout Green Thumb Sunday on Technorati In the last few days the wild plants have gone mad. Colour is everywhere making it a magical time. One of the wild flowers appearing at the moment is the Campion (Silene Dioica) both the red and white varieties. Don't ask me why but apparently Silenus, the drunken, merry god of the woodlands in Gr
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Internet Warrior Rallies Women to Support Al Qaeda - NYTimes.com — More evidence to show how insane they are in the EU. This is like having Tokyo Rose during WWII living in and broadcasting from NYC. Since the local Muslims have failed to shut up this [...]
Mr Brown Thumb: "Spring sprung without me" announces that Mr. Brown Thumb is back and filling us in on his life during the blogging absence. I was so happy to read a post by him- he is one of my personal favorites in garden blogging. I hope he thrives and prospers! (and survives those helpful "garden coaches"). Prayers for his mother, too.Carol of May Dreams is a garden blogger I follow on Twitter
How To Join Green Thumb SundayGreen Thumb Sunday BlogrollOr checkout Green Thumb Sunday on Technorati After yesterdays work party at the Lawley Green Space, I went off on a mission for Butterfly Conservation It follows on from work that I was involved in last year, recording and relocating two species of butterfly. The two species being Dingy Skipper and the Green Hairstreak . The two species can
Last Sunday and Monday I planted.
Beets (two types) peas, cucumbers (2 types), zucchini, spaghetti squash, green peppers, potatoes, spinach, romaine lettuce, radishes, beens (2 types), carrots, kohlrabi, two sunflowers. Hopefully everything comes up :-)
It rained on Saturday, and is supposed to rain on Sunday. Unfortunately, I’m away from the city for a prayer service for [...]
Purple Lilacs for Green Thumb SundayGreen Thumb Sunday BlogrollHow to join Green Thumb SundayThere is nothing sweeter in the spring than the smell of the lilacs.We transplanted these purple lilacs to our home over 23 years ago.The state had just passed a proposal to put in ramps to the highway, and they took the three homes that were on the land they needed by eminent domain.One evening after work
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Green Thumb Sunday 05/25/08, originally uploaded by BenSpark.
A Beach Rose across the street from our house on Cape Cod. They haven’t bloomed yet but soon they will be out in force.
Last night before bed, I read The Rooster a book about Gorillas."Primates have one thumb and four fingers on each hand," we learned.The Rooster held up her right hand and counted.Amazed at the result, she held up her left hand and counted.Her eyes widened, sparkling."Mommy," she exclaimed, "I AM A PRIMATE!!!""Yes!" I said. "You are a primate.""And YOU are a primate!""Yes.""The Mayor is a primate,
The Associated Press reported Monday that Utah Jazz reserve forward Paul Millsap will have surgery on Thursday to repair a torn ligament in his left thumb. Millsap, who just completed his second season in the Association, injured the thumb Friday night when the Jazz were eliminated by the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Western [...]
I still need to get out and plant. Yesterday was so windy, I was afraid I’d lose all my topsoil if I disturbed it, but so far it’s nicer today. I should take my potatoes and throw ‘em in.
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UPDATE: I did throw the potatoes into the ground. And some peppers, radishes (I think), leeks, and [...]
As I mentioned last Sunday, I am now participating in Green Thumb Sundays...I think I should have done this yesterday...still learning the ropes...in any case, here are my artistic attempts at showing you what is blooming now...This is a pair of beautiful white ranunculus and on the left, you can see the bottom of an iris about to bloom.This is the virtual arrangement my mom received for Mother's
How To Join Green Thumb SundayGreen Thumb Sunday BlogrollOr checkout Green Thumb Sunday on Technorati Down at the bottom of our small garden we have a beautiful tree. It is a hawthorn calledCrimson Cloud (crataegus laevigata)We have had the tree around 4 years now and this has to be the best I have seen it blossom. As you can see it is covered in these beautiful blossoms, set off with the leaves.H
Large Green Ferns for Green Thumb SundayGreen Thumb Sunday BlogrollHow to join Green Thumb SundayThe photo does not show it, but these ferns were some of the largest I have ever seen. And I have only captured the tips of them. There is no way I could have fit the whole fern in the frame.In their relaxed position in the photo, they are up to my chest. If they were held straight up, they would be
Photo by saltoriccoMy friends think that I'm a freak for wanting to read Macbeth for leisure. I never thought that I would ever want to read it again either after the whole torture that was literature class. Then on a one fine day, I had this urge to dig up my old copy of Macbeth but unfortunately, I'd given it away. So I got a new one. Reading it now, I have a somewhat better understanding and mo
Tom Thumb. (pulgarcito). Cuentos infantiles clásicos en inglés. Literatura.
There was once a poor peasant who sat in the evening by the hearth and poked the fire, and his wife sat and spun. Then said he, “How sad it is that we have no children. With us all is so quiet, and in other houses it [...]
Hay veces que queremos achicar el tamaño de alguna imagen digital, y no tenemos el recurso para lograrlo fácilmente, entonces lo que hacemos es recurrir al paint para contraer el tamaño de nuestra imagen.
Basta de ese tedioso proceso: llego Oscars JPEG Thumb-Maker, que es un creador fotografías pequeñas, creado de manera especial para la modificación [...]
How To Join Green Thumb SundayGreen Thumb Sunday BlogrollOr checkout Green Thumb Sunday on Technorati The Green Roof on my shed has surpassed all my expectations even before any of the seeds have come into flower. Their is so much colour and every day when I pop up to have a look something different has come into flower or the seeds are that bit further on. It will be interesting from this point on to see how the plants cope with the drier weather, this might be the best that it will do, or if we have a little rain every now and then it will only get better. My neighbours are loving it to and it causes quite a lot of comment from the ones that can see it. The vegetable patch is also doing very nicely and it wont be long before the first veggies sampled. The radishes are growing by the minu
Cue trumpets and choir... "Behold, I give you Tuberous Begonias!"And, they are one of my favorite flowers...but tuberous? That is just wrong...I mean, Begonia is such a romantic, inspirational name...Tuberous, ummm, not so much...sort of sounds like a diagnosis.Doctor: Ms. Van Krevelen (yes, that's my real last name), we regret to inform you that your toe has become tuberous. We are going to have to remove it.Patient: What?!?! I always wore shoes in the garden! How could that happen??I supposed we could call them by their initials, "TB"...oops, ok, that sounds worse...let's just go with Begonias and we will all know what I mean...What's weird, is that I found an article that said their flowers are edible. Seriously? It suggested creating a begonia flower sorbet...I am not sure...it soun
Snake on a Log for Green Thumb SundayGreen Thumb Sunday BlogrollHow to join Green Thumb Sunday Walking past the woodpile, a small movement caught my eye.This little garden snake had been napping, and it raised it's little head as I passed by.It stayed nice and still so I could capture a photo - I just wish I had included the tip of the tail that leads off the bottom of the image.I have only seen it there once - but I keep waiting for it to surprise me when I least expect in a new spot in the yard.
I got some free potting soil, so I refreshed some of my indoor plants, and put some pots on the balcony to get them ready for some tiny veggies or herbs. I tried planning a couple radishes, and a couple yellow peppers, so hopefully they sprout. There is plenty of rain forecast for this week. [...]
The PortableApps.com Suite is a collection of free portable apps including a web browser (Firefox), email client (Thunderbird), office suite, calendar/scheduler, instant messaging client, antivirus, sudoku game, backup utility and integrated menu, all preconfigured to work portably. This guide will take you through installing and setting up PortableApps to best suit your needs.
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The PortableApps.com Suite is a collection of free portable apps including a web browser (Firefox), email client (Thunderbird), office suite, calendar/scheduler, instant messaging client, antivirus, sudoku game, backup utility and integrated menu, all preconfigured to work portably. This guide will take you through installing and setting up PortableApps to best suit your needs.
To [...]
Setting up a small green house as a hobby is a totally different ball game from making a business out of it in the form of a commercial green house. If you have the right aptitude, attitude and resources and are willing to put in the hard work and commitment that is required in managing [...]
The clever people at Giga-Byte announced recently a newly constructed interface for use on its GSmart Windows Mobile smartphones such as the so called Smart Touch. This new interface is apparently a thumb-friendly UI which is apparently quite intuitive and flexible, however with few icons on the screen it would appear that maybe an idea [...]
See a sample of some of my seeds? I should sow some on Sunday.
Red, green, and hot peppers, an orange seed (not going to plant that one), and some wimpy sunflower seeds that probably won’t work, and a couple of pea seeds that I doubt will sprout too. I also have several packets including radishes, [...]
How To Join Green Thumb SundayGreen Thumb Sunday BlogrollOr checkout Green Thumb Sunday on Technorati Blossom in the orchard Over the last week with the weather improving several of the fruit trees in the orchard are coming into blossom. The first to show was the Williams Pear. Then the Braeburn Applefollowed by the Kidds Orange AppleThe Morello Cherry And finally the Red Fallstaff Apple. All the rest of the trees are now into leaf and well worth a visit. One of the things on the 'to do' list, is to make an information board so that visitors can tell what type of fruit grows on each tree. Over in the wildlife area we have been working on removing grass that has taken over in the flower areas, as you can see from the picture their was quite a bit of grass and now that it has been removed al
The thumb knot is one of my favorite knots and with practice is very quick and easy to tie. It is a popular knot for attaching hooks, swivels and rings to very heavy monofilament or fluorocarbon fishing line. The knot tightens down very well and provides a strong connection.note - this knot should not be confused with the overhand knot, which is also called the thumb knot in rope tying circlesIt will take some practice to get this knot correctClick to enlarge1. Thread your hook with the lineand make a loop so that the hookis suspended from the loop.2. Wrapping your left thumband loop with the tag three times.3. Push the tag back under those three wraps.4. Hold both ends and ease the wraps off your thumb,one at a time, in sequence.5. Close the knot by exerting pressureon the loop against t
If the weather holds out, I may do a little planting this weekend. I’ve been neglecting photographs for a while, but I’ve been away on Sundays, so have a pretty good excuse. I went to see my garden plot in the community garden on Grant Rd. and it looks big enough to grow quite a [...]
Blades of Grass for Green Thumb SundayGreen Thumb Sunday BlogrollHow to join Green Thumb SundayAfter being heavily packed down by the tremendous weight of the snow, the grass is finally beginning to make an appearance in our yard.I have noticed this spring that many of the dried grasses in the fields have suffered from this winter's record snowfall.Even the dried leaves in the woods are very compacted.The new growth is having a hard time to push through - but it is coming - and what a great sight it is to see!
This brief tutorial will take you through the steps to enable ReadyBoost, a feature of Vista that allows you to improve your PC’s performance by utilizing the faster speeds of flash memory vs. your hard drive. It’s similar to adding more RAM to your PC, without having to actually add more RAM.
It’s also very [...]
Thumb Sucking And Pacifiers - All infants are born with a sucking reflex. Because of this reflex, they will suck on a fist, finger, nipple or anything else that comes in contact with their mouths. The sucking is, of course, necessary for feeding. More: continued here Other Review: Treasures of Disney Animation Art (Hardcover)
This article has been written by blog reader and SQL Server Expert Praveen Barath in response to my previous article SQL SERVER - Optimization Rules of Thumb - Best Practices.
Well Query Optimizations rules are not limited.
It depends on business needs as well,
For example we always suggest to have a relationship between tables but if they [...]
There are few rules for optimizing slow running query. Let us look at them one by one see how it can help.
Rule # 1 : Always look at query plan first.
I always start looking at query plan. There is always something which catches eyes. I pay special attention to part which has taken the most [...]
Preoccupying yourself in a hobby like gardening has grown to be a feel good hobby, that involves a considerable amount of work but at the end of the day, it can be satisfying and rewarding. Some people indulge in it as a personal therapy and others it is the time to bond with their family [...]
How To Join Green Thumb SundayGreen Thumb Sunday BlogrollOr checkout Green Thumb Sunday on Technorati After just over a month of being planted the fruit trees in the orchard are at bursting point All 16 trees have taken and are at various points of growth. With the weather expected to warm up next week I bet there will be much more to see soon.
Thumb Studio nos permitirá generar una linda galería o álbum de fotos a partir de nuestras propias imágenes. Es muy fácil de utilizar y presenta 3 características: presentación de imágenes en miniatura, presentación de diapositivas y creador de álbum de fotos web. También nos permitirá convertir nuestras imágenes a 3 tamaños diferentes a la vez y en formatos diferentes.Además de ello, están las características que cualquier álbum presenta como agregar tags a nuestras fotos, una descripción, definir en cuántas columnas y filas quieres que se muestren tus imágenes pequeñas, elegir un color de fondo, tipo de letra, etc.Las fotos las puedes subir vía FTP a tu servidor y generar tu álbum de fotos para verlas en la web o también puedes trabajar vía offline y verlas loca
I definitely wouldn’t mind a phone that requires little to no tactile simulation (n/h). Instead of a QWERTY keypad, this Koo Ho Shin concept phone has only three buttons – one button for calling, the second button for checking missed calls and the third button to check voice mail. The person to person and the [...]
Thumb Studio Free es la versión gratuita de una suite de herramientas para la gestión de imágenes con la cual podemos crear galerías de imágenes, como también álbumes de fotos, o los que son más específicos, álbumes web, listos para publicarlos en la web.
De igual manera Thumb Studio Free permite crear “Slideshow”, es decir, presentaciones [...]
This past weekend the sun was out and I really felt the need to get out and garden. I pulled out my last year's Mothers Day gift - a portable green house and started filling the trays with starter mix and seeds. Hopefully most of the new seeds will germinate and I will be ready for transplanting outdoors in six weeks.
I know there are many other people itching to get out and garden and ti - R
Thistle Macro with Bee for Green Thumb SundayGreen Thumb Sunday BlogrollHow to join Green Thumb SundayAnother image from last summer - a macro shot of Purple Thistle.There was quite a patch of these pretty purple beauties and they were surrounded by little bees.I had never seen this type of bee before - they had the most beautiful metallic green color on their backs.Their little pollen sacks were filled to overflowing as they hovered around the flower tops.It was very hard to get a photo of them as they were very quick, and every photo kept coming out blurry as they flew around.I set a higher shutter speed to catch them in action, but the depth of field ended up suffering for it - the back of the flower isn't in focus.Macro photography is tricky to begin with as the DOF is usually very sha
How To Join Green Thumb SundayGreen Thumb Sunday BlogrollOr checkout Green Thumb Sunday on Technorati Well today The Green Fingered Photographer is a year old, I have found it to be a fascinating year, meeting loads of interesting and like minded people from all over the world, learning plenty of new things and generally enjoying myself.The idea of the blog was initially to show you our trials and tribulations of growing vegetables in our back garden, from that it has evolved to cover all sorts of topics that are of interest to me. I hope you have enjoyed the blog so far and I'm looking forward to another year of blogging with you all. My First post was about choosing which flower bed to turn into the vegetable patch. Once chosen it was cleared and planted with vegetables. 2007 turned out
I just finished up the dishes - all of them. I actually scrubbed a couple of pans and dried them and put them away rather than letting them soak again. Old soggy spaghetti is so fucking gross. I scrubbed the stove top. Tonight, we went to Pizza King since the child support showed up in the savings account (after being 2 weeks late, I thought for sure I would never see a deposit again), so luckily I didn't have to cook (but the dishes were from LAST night). We sat in a booth at P-King and had a Royal Feast and played "Chatahochee" and "Hang on Sloopy" on the juke box. I just did a load of laundry, too. I read the Grimm version of Snow White to my toddler before I tucked her in (I think she liked it better than the movie - the "then she fell down dead" parts actually just made her lau
Wednesday's game against the Detroit Tigers proved to hurt the Boston Red Sox in the short-term as third baseman Mike Lowell sprained his thumb and had to leave in the bottom of the second inning; X-rays on his thumb proved to be negative, and as a result, has been listed as day-to-day. Depending on the team's decision today prior to their game against Detroit, it is entirely possible that Kevin Youkilis could see action at third while Sean Casey could get a start at first base.
With the growing season creeping up, I’m thinking a new camera may be in order to take some photos outdoors. A handy list is steering me toward another Canon Powershot. This time it will have Image Stabilization, but I’m also considering a camera where I can attach better lenses, including ones suited to extreme close [...]
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Years ago the average home had two gardens. One for flowers to help beautify the house and the second was the 'kitchen' garden, one just steps from the kitchen to grow the vegetables and herbs needed to feed the family. While the woman of the house oversaw it, the children helped to work in it, weeding, gathering foodstuff and even picking berries and fruits for the meals.Over the years as grocery stores grew in size, transportation became more dependable and we were able to import foods year round, the 'kitchen garden' became a thing of the past.Today, many children are born and raised in the city among 'concrete' parks, no green space and obviously, no gardens; flower or food. Since 2003, Fiskars has awarded a grant to 10 groups across the US to help develop and build community ga
One of my favorite rules of thumb is that a dollar saved in your twenties supplies one dollar in income in your sixties. In order to test the validity of this rule I used historical S&P 500 total return data from Prof Shiller for the period from 1921 – 2008.
I assumed that a person would invest $1000 once in a single year and would not contribute more money later. I would then calculate the
How To Join Green Thumb SundayGreen Thumb Sunday BlogrollOr checkout Green Thumb Sunday on TechnoratiLawley Green Space GroupThis is the most exciting project that I have ever been involved in. The reason why, is that it involves the community and the green space where I live.For the past 6 years I have been looking after a wildlife area in front of my house. I have been able to look after and maintain that area due to it's size. However I had other plans and thought this would be a great opportunity to involve the rest of the community.(to enlarge click on the images) As you can see large development work is taking place all around us . This development is called Ironstone and will involve some 3000 new houses, a school and local amenities. I along with everyone else am quite concerned ho
Moss Covered Root for Green Thumb SundayGreen Thumb Sunday BlogrollHow to join Green Thumb SundayThis shot was taken last spring and there is so much snow still on the ground this year, it will hard to find this sight any time soon.So looking forward to spring arriving!
Taken in a restaurant by the title name, in Winnipeg.
The “weed” that will haunt many a gardener this year. Remember, if you catch them young, and unsprayed, you can eat their delectable little green leaves in salad. Their yellow heads can be carefully picked for wine making.
Today’s marketplace is crowded with smart and talented business owners. If you want to hook your business on to the fast track, your first step would be to increase the exposure of your business to the market. Let’s just agree that without exposure, your market wouldn’t even notice that you’re there among the other smart [...]
Thank God, my weekend alone is over. I have to say, as weekends go, this one sucked more than usual. This was going to be my first time to sleep in (even just a little) since the time changed last weekend. But did I get to sleep in??? Hell, NO!PS: Would anyone like to purchase a cat? He's a fine cat, a great mouser, very personable. His only fault is that he gets lonely when his children are gone and then feels the need to suck on ones pajamas and purr loudly at 6 AM. No amount of cursing and physical abuse will deter him. (Interested takers, contact me soon.) OK, have any of you people happened to meander into a store to buy flour lately? Dammit, I just have to buy a bag of flour for the first time in three weeks, and it's like the world has suddenly gone crazy. IT COSTS TWICE AS MUCH AS
How To Join Green Thumb SundayGreen Thumb Sunday BlogrollOr checkout Green Thumb Sunday on TechnoratiMy Green Roof has been up and running for 3 weeks now and a few changes have taken place.I have added a bug box , made from the left over wood that went around the edge. I filled it with dried teasel stems and hopefully it will provide shelter and breeding places for bees, ladybirds and lacewings that will visit the flowers on the roof . I have added more plants as well, most are alpines so they should be used to the growing conditions they will experience on the roof. I have also added 5 wild strawberries ( Fragaria vesca ) around the edge so that they will dangle over. I have also added several logs from my garden with the intention of creating a focal point and also additional habitat fo
I don’t suppose it’s come up for gardeners too much yet, but Monsanto has flexed its corporate might a great step too far with farmers the last decade (or longer). Percy took them on, on more than one occasion, and came away smelling like a rose. His latest victory is an important one. $660 isn’t [...]
If you ever want to carry a functional linux distribution around on your keychain you may want to look at "Damn Small Linux" (DSL).
DSL was originally developed as an experiment to see how many usable desktop applications could fit inside a 50MB. It has since evolved to be a complete desktop system.
Some advantages of DSL include:
1) The ability to boot of USB or CD
2) Ability to boot DSL from within Windows or other OS's.
3) DSL can also transform into a full Debian install using a traditional hard drive.
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