Monthly Archives: July 2009

Wallpaper Psychology

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Kirk M

I don’t often write a post about my Lady Laurie, not because she isn’t interesting (she most certainly is) or that she isn’t rather unique (she has the uniqueness market cornered) or that she isn’t even somewhat unusual at times … Continue reading →

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Too Wet to Burn

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Kirk M

The amazing and wonderfully comfortable thing about most vets is that when you happen to meet up with another vet on the way to wherever you need to be,  say at my local VA medical facility, conversation is often picked … Continue reading →

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DoFollow Spam and Other Comment Type Improvements

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Kirk M

Within the last several months there’s been a change in the comment spam that’s plagued bloggers ever since the dregs of society first found out how they could benefit from leaving their crap in the comment sections of posts. You … Continue reading →

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Ever have days when you feel like this?

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Kirk M

Sometimes there are days when the “stupid” just overwhelms. Ever have one of those days?

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I wish WordPress could do this

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Kirk M

I have to admit that when it comes to browser bookmarklets, the WordPress “Press This” has evolved into a very usable, slimmed down, pinch hit publishing version of the TinyMCE editor that’s complete with all the basic features of the … Continue reading →

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The 2nd coming is at hand and commenting on blogs?

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Kirk M

A tree was cut in Ireland in the town of Rathkeale. And within the patterns of the rings along with the unique shape of the stump of the tree someone stated that they saw the Virgin Mary. It only takes … Continue reading →

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People living longer | Thursday ponderings

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Kirk M

I read an article in the New York Times today that stated that researchers have discovered an antibiotic that appears to prolong life in mice: Rapamycin treatment had the remarkable effect of extending life even though it was not started … Continue reading →

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Spending the 4th of July in Island Pond

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Kirk M

We took Long Meadow Farms Quilts to Island Pond, VT this forth of July just to see if the tent would blow away this time. Actually that’s not true since we brought both her old station wagon and my old … Continue reading →

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