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Fri 
11/09/2007 23:49:41
 Guest  .time stamps
Jimmy - I thought you were going to start using an average of GMT and some random timezone choosen at the time an entry is made to your blog.
Wed 
10/31/2007 00:00:00
 jim  Halloween
Mon 
10/08/2007 00:00:00
 jim  Columbus Day
Tue 
09/04/2007 00:00:00
 Jim  Labor Day
:)
Sat 
08/25/2007 23:51:57
 jim  Went to a Blue Grass Festival
We saw the IMax at the Louisville Science Museum earlier ($4 x 2).
Anyway, we were just wanting to do something, so we thought we'd head out to the Taylorsville Lake.
Somewhere along the way, we realize we missed a turn, and ran into the last hour of a Blue Grass Festival.
So, it was free!
While there, we heard explosions. A fellow told us it was coming from Fort Knox.
After the festival, we went to Fort Knox. The trip took us through a one lane road with corn stalks everywhere.
That GPS takes us down some wild roads, I gotta tell ya.
We ended going through the Knobs, and finally arrived at Fort Knox.
I took a picture of a tank that said Fort Knox on it, and started to turn around.
WOW. The military guys were all over us, and I wasn't even near the visitor information area out side of the base.
Obviously, I shouldn't have even taken the exit off of Dixie Highway.
They had me delete the picture. What got me is, when they were coming after the truck, they all put their gloves on.
Its kind of interesting that I can see the base through Maps.Google and not through Maps.Live.
Maps.Live has it blocked out. Good old censorship!
Sun 
08/19/2007 21:50:17
 jim  New LVDUD features.
haha. If you click on the menu items above, a screen will show you the links for the menu listing, and it will show you a list of logs. I think its cool.
I made the change because I may get an IPhone.
The IPhone uses a Safari internet browser, and it admittedly has a few bugs.
Probably the first one most of us will notice is its menu listing for "Safari Home Pae". They didn't key in "Page" right. Well, my site looks great on the IPhone, except you can't log on, and the drop down menu goes UNDER the first frame. Thats just weird, but its easy to handle, coding wise.
Actually, I like the menu much better now. I like the Sign In screen better too!
Sat 
08/18/2007 11:09:49
 Jim  Ahhhhhh...the pleasures of sleep.
We started the night off with Iggs Benedict.
Its beef tips, tomatoes, nacho cheese, poached eggs and grilled toast.
To the untrained tongue, it might be repugnant.
But I have a cona-sewer's tongue.
BTW - That is our dining room table.
Its a fold up thingy that folds up into nothing, and we've taken it way past the manufacturers dreams. Its a laptop stand, dining room table, printer and phone stand. Its the Swiss Army's concept of tables, and weighs about 3lbs.
Half the time when I'm home, all I can see of Becky is her head sticking up over our two laptops.
Then we went to Sullys last night and had two Hurricanes.
Hurricanes are like cherry slushies with a real kick to them.
We came back home and
I had two Soma's. I know, you're not supposed to mix sleeping pills with alcohol.
But, if feels SO GOOD.
Last night was the first good nights sleep I've had since we got here.
Six hours a night is about average for where we're living. 
Its hard to justify sleeping when theres so much going on just 5 minutes away.
I just keep telling myself...hey, ohhhh what the heck; we're all just going to grow old and die anyway. Why not stay up and have FUN! I'll sleep when I'm gone.
Fri 
08/17/2007 22:46:16
 Jim  Of all the places - Ky insurance is the best.
I've got decent health insurance now for $320 a month, and its not group insurance.
I think thats really incredible.
Its Blue Cross / Blue Shield.
I was paying $620 a month in Nevada, for worse coverage.
I think it was something like $20,000 out of pocket. It stunk. I had to drop it.
If I remember right, in Nevada, the State Health/Insurance Commission says they don't have to have a general group for independant coverage. I'd have to have two people on my payroll to qualify for my own group health plan.
I got declined by them in Nevada as an independant.
Here, they have a group for independants.
Thu 
08/16/2007 22:18:02
 Jim  Renees Hot Baby Pictures
Sun 
08/12/2007 09:23:03
 Jim  Problem with having fun is.
On Friday, I lit the candle on one end.
On Saturday, I lit the candle on the other end.
I woke up at 5 am with a terrible leg cramp.
Oooo....I hate those.
Today, we were planning on going to Rod's church, then we were going to head off to Mammoth Cave for hiking.
I'm all burned out.
So, I guess its going to a day of limping around the area.
Maybe I can get Becky to nurse me back to health...lol
Thu 
08/09/2007 06:44:06
 Jim  The galaxies are crazy!
Some day, 4 billion years from now our Milky Way is going to be smashed into by the Andromeda galaxy.
The planets from our solar system (EG: Mars, Jupiter...) may become part of another solar system.
It was interesting to learn that it takes our solar system 250,000,000 years to orbit the Milky Way.
These things interest me, because I was reading about global warming.
It seems that every 150,000 years the Earth's temperature cycles between near ice age temperatures and global warming.
They can tell by studying the Earth at the poles.
Core samples, taken from different levels of the ice, tell the secrets about the Earth's atmosphere over time.
We are in the warming cycle right now.
The Earth is going to get hotter, regardless of the greenhouse gases, because history shows thats just what it does.
But don't buy a beach house in Greenland yet.
It may take another 50,000 years for the United States to fall below sea level, again.

one of the many costs of deforestation
one of the many costs of deforestation

The leaders of Tuvalu - a tiny island country in the Pacific Ocean midway between Hawaii and Australia - have conceded defeat in their battle with the rising sea, announcing that they will abandon their homeland. After being rebuffed by Australia, the Tuvaluans asked New Zealand to accept its 11,000 citizens, but it has not agreed to do so.
Thu 
08/09/2007 06:25:47
 Jim  The Cracker Barrel
Cracker Barrel has home-style vittles at very reasonable prices.
Its not your typical restaurant. They've got personality up the wazoo!
I tried their sampler, which is chicken dumplings, ham steak and meat loaf.
Becky had their roast beef. We each got 3 sides, fried okra, broccoli casserole,
corn, string beans, brussel sprouts, and mashed potatoes. Along with the rasperry
sweet tea, the bill came up to $22. We really liked the atmosphere of the restaurant. Its an old timers delite.
You pay at the store's cashier in front, and I found it hard to walk through the store without buying something.
I picked up a really cool harmonica for $5, some cherry pie filling (for grilled toast), and some apple twizzlers.
Like the sign says, it gives the impression of an old country store.
The only thing that was missing was Marshal Dillon and Miss Kitty walking in. They sold Gun Smoke DVDs there too.

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