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Thursday, January 6, 2011

It's "Holyoake" and other research details

Cindy's email yesterday said the street was named after an English gentleman, John Jacob Holyoake, who was among the first to introduce the cooperative concept in the late 1800s. He and the French businessman LeClaire were friends of N.O. Nelson, a St. Louis industrialist who built his factory just... Sign in to see full entry.

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About the Solitaire game & Sam444's comment:

This was so educating for me! I had no idea about the background of solitaire! I just play! lol sam posted by sam444 on January 5, 2011 at 5:04 PM | link to this | reply | report abuse Sorry if I misled you. This was not background on the game. It's how my mind wanders as I play. Thank you for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

In The Cards

For a while I thought of Solitaire as a nesting game, where playing the red queen on the black king was a marriage of sorts, and the black jack was their son, who had to find his way back into the family fold from another column. All the intervening plays were events in a normal family's life, one... Sign in to see full entry.

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Counterfeit Microsoft letter is a scam.

I rec'd an email from my daughter-in-law this morning with a warning of a new security problem. If this link won't take you to the website, copy it into your browser & search it. http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=1578 Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

The ELFs meet, & is it "Holyoke" or "Holyoake"?

ELF (E-ville Library Friends) We're supposed to met Jan 5 (Wed.) But the Boss Librarian suggests it might be better to wait until Feb. 2, because there's remodeling going on, and the conference room where we meet is doing double duty as an office. So we'd have to find a quiet corner of the library... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 3, 2011

Just when you think the sh*tstorm is over...

Along comes a son who overspent on the grandkids Christmas and needs $500 until payday. "If you've got it." Well, yes, I've got it. Although I did have plans for it. The light bill, the phone, things like that. I guess it can wait until next Thursday. He had a slip n slide on the ice in his driveway... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 2, 2011

No Parties for me and June

First thing I did during a quiet interval Sat. a.m. was to call Jean and say I couldn't make it to her New Years Day open house. I explained how sick I was and tried to get right off the phone when she decided to yammer on and on about something else, so I said "gotta go" and hung up. After that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 1, 2011

I didn't make it to the movie

Maybe in a day or two. Can you say food poisoning? (or possibly an extreme case of the flu). I went through every pair of pants I own, mopped the bathroom floor half a dozen times, and just the thought of food made me feel faint. At one point I woke up collapsed onto my left side, draped over the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 31, 2010

Coming Attractions and Old Notions

Thinking of going to a movie this afternoon. What’s pulling me is the big screen, dark theater, the popcorn, the sound system. The movie I’m thinking of is "True Grit," as presented by the Coen Brothers. It should be interesting, if not grim. Some reviewer said they use Shakespearean English, not... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 30, 2010

Happy Birthday to my Baby...

My baby boy is 39 years old today. It's kind of a miracle, considering that's exactly how old I claim to be. This last semester he finished (less one academic hour) his BS degree in computer science at the University of Iowa. He's been working as a lab assistant with a professor on a research... Sign in to see full entry.

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