Well, it’s that time of year again when we have to turn our clocks back for Daylight Savings Time. For those of us that are still working, it will now be light when we leave for work in the morning and pretty close to dark when we leave to go home at night. I just [...]
Archive for November 1st, 2009
Fall Back and Spring Ahead
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ben Frankin, Daylight Savings Time on November 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Is This All it Takes To Be Happy ?
Posted in Happiness, tagged Denmark, Happiness, Oprah Winfrey on November 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Oprah had a good show on the week before last where she did some interviews with citizens from other countries around the world that are considered the world’s happiest. Denmark consistently makes it to the top of the list year after year and below is the clip from her show. There were several interesting points [...]
Halloween Art
Posted in Art, tagged Art, Halloween, jack 'o lanterns, New Albany, Pumpkins, trick or treating on November 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I like carving pumpkins. Hey, I even like hollowing out pumpkins, using a big spoon to scoop out the gunk and seeds and stringy wet orange threads, and then scraping the insides until they are dry and white. When you prepare a pumpkin correctly and scrape it out thoroughly, the resulting carved jack ‘o lantern [...]
A Noble Gesture (And Smart Besides)
Posted in Politics, tagged 2009, Democrats, NY-23 Race, Politics, Republicans on November 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Following up on UJ’s post, below, here is an AP article on the decision of the official Republican candidate to suspend her campaign for a New York congressional seat. The article makes it appear that her support was falling, and under the circumstances it probably was better for her to withdraw rather than get trounced [...]
