Archive for April, 2009

  • REAL WORLD Rules and Advice for High School Kids to Follow REAL WORLD Rules and Advice for High School Kids to Follow

    Rule #1. Life is not fair. Get used to it. The average teenager uses the phrase "it's not fair" 8.6 times a day. You got it from your parents, who said it so often you decided they must be the most idealistic generation ever. When they started hearing it from their own kids, they realized Rule #1. ...

  • Monday Night TV

    Monday nights, for me, is definitely all about CBS. I love all of the shows in the line-up. But for those of you with different tastes I will also list the shows available on the other networks. CBS Network 8:00pm - How I Met Your Mother A man named Ted, played by Josh Radnor, tells ...

  • Awesome Charlie Brown Theme song played on Bass

    Great video playing some Theme to Charlie Brown with a little finger tap improve on a 6 stringcBass guitar. "Linus and Lucy" is a jazz piano piece written by Vince Guaraldi and made popular in many of the Peanuts animated television specials. Although originally intended only for the Peanuts charac...

  • What is a Holter Monitor and Why Am I Wearing It? What is a Holter Monitor and Why Am I Wearing It?

    I got a lesson yesterday that sometimes the mind is stronger than the body. Never would I have thought that I would have to wear a heart holter monitor but with my family history and Type 2 diabetes it made sense. I had a stress test yesterday afternoon that I thought would only take an hour but ...

  • Vaccine for Adult Shingles is Approved

    The FDA has approved the first vaccine for adult shingles. The agency cleared the vaccine known as Zostavax for use in adults age 60 and older: studies showed it can prevent shingles roughly half the time. But experts say they're worried that partial insurance coverage of the vaccine may slow its...

  • Where Can I See the Bugatti Veyron Car - Fastest Car in the World Where Can I See the Bugatti Veyron Car – Fastest Car in the World

    The Bugatti Veyron can be found in America. You just have to know where to look. Follow the money. Every year, just as rowdy Bike Week is ending in Daytona Beach and even wilder spring break is in full swing along every coastal Florida town with sand and cheap motels, the Amelia Island Concours d...

  • Jakob Got His Cast Removed Today

    After about a month of being in a cast from breaking his arm at the Dracut Veterans Memorial park, Jakob got his cast removed from his arm. He was really a brave kid and although he thought the saw was going to hurt he said he didn't need any needles and would be tough. I hope the other kids ...

  • For Those of Us Who are NOT Well Traveled. Try Valium When Flying

    I never travel. Let me be real clear about that. Never. The last time I was on vacation was in October of 2000 and that only lasted 3 days due to a series of horrible events. Cursed when it comes to travel? You betcha. But for one reason or another my husband and I have decided to go on a cruise th...

  • The Life Saving Difference with Smoke Detectors

    Investigation reveals the differences between smoke detectors being sold to consumers. Statistics show that approximately 90 percent of U.S. homes have what are known as ionization smoke detectors, despite research that shows they may be slow to sound in smoldering fires. Photoelectric smoke dete...

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-10

    Suck it Trebek http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STAk6sPjEbw # It's one of those days. No not THOSE days. It's a good day. # retweet @Celtics Ray Allen and Stephon Marbury were sent home today, each suffering from a stomach bug. Were they kissing each other? # If I'm spending $400-$500/da...

  • Diabetes: Diabetics Fight Back

    Many cases of diabetes go unnoticed or unchecked before a person or their doctor realizes the inevitable. This disease silently uses destructive high blood sugars to gradually damage the body for months or even years, before symptoms are noted. This Global Epidemic, according to the US Government...

  • Why Is Daylight Savings Time Changing? Why Is Daylight Savings Time Changing?

    In 2005 an Energy Policy Act was put in place which calls for daylight savings time to start 3 weeks earlier. The springing forward of our clocks will now take place on the first Sunday in March at 2pm. This year it is on March 11th. It also ends a little later now with the moving back of the clocks...

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-03

    I'm totally burnt out on Microsoft Windows lately. Think I'm going to try working in Ubuntu or god forbid a Mac # going to attend: 7 Simple Steps to Email Compliance Webinar http://is.gd/pGK3 # how do you get around expensive PPC keywords. The main keywords for my company are $16-$32 PER CLICK o...

  • I’m Older Than My Dad & Just Like Him.

    So I was thinking the other day it's coming up on 23 years since my father Brian K. Savage died. I'll have to check on the day but I think it was May 1986. It's strange because I was about 13 or 14 when he died and yet he seems so much older and smarter than I was then. My mother has given me som...

  • I WON the LOTTERY and I want a lump sum

    Massachusetts lottery winners are rushing to cash in on a recent change in state law that allows them to negotiate with private companies for a lump-sum buyout of all or a portion of their 20-year income stream. Since November, when the change in the law took effect, nearly 270 lottery winners ha...