Mac users: I have a bunch of scanned .jpg photos on a flash drive, and when I import them into iPhoto I get a notice that some 104 of them are in an “unrecognized format” and they won’t import. I can read the photos from the flash drive in Preview just fine. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, …
The confirmed death toll from the March 11 disaster reached 15,413 as of Saturday, although 13 per cent, or about 2000 bodies, have yet to be identified, the National Police Agency, says. Another 8069 people remain missing. Three months down the road and there are still eight thousand people missing. That’s heartbreaking. More understandable, perhaps, …
Now this is a scam which makes no bones about its illegality. It begins: I apologize for disturbing you but if I can have your attention, we will make a fortune out of this. I have US$12.5 million dollars that my former Director pulled from our Local Government Council crude oil allocation fund last month …
You’ve served us well, old friend, but you’re headed for the scrap heap now. From Events On the left, the old and tired. On the right, the new and untested.
Out of curiosity I went to my library’s website to see what the wait time would be if I wanted to request “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1”. Bear in mind that movie was released in November of 2010, seven months ago. There are 270 library patrons waiting in line to check it …
Deathly Hallows Part 2 opens July 15. Is anyone excited yet? Back in July of ’09 I commented that I’d seen no buzz about “Half-Blood Prince” when it was about to open. Since then “Deathly Hallows Part 1” has come and gone, and I don’t recall seeing any chatter about that movie at all. When …
Without a working microwave I’ve had to be creative when cooking vegetables. I’ve completely forgotten how to cook frozen peas, green beans, whole kernel corn, etc. in saucepans. “Lessee. Just enough water to cover? A cup? Oh, to heck with it. I’m gonna grill zucchini slices.” So that’s what I’ve been doing. I have to …
Best comedy of its time, hands down.
Remember when every Republican governor was howling that public pensions were going to destroy state finances and had to be diminished or eliminated? Remember how every right-wing commentator and columnist reinforced that belief loudly and vociferously? C’mon, it was only about six months ago: you remember that. Only, it wasn’t true. The National Conference of …
From Events That hole is where our microwave oven was. It’s in the shop awaiting parts. Now I have to remember how to cook veggies in saucepans.