Archive for October, 2009

Lights for Halloween »

If you haven’t finished decorating your home or yard for Halloween then it might feel like it’s too late. Don’t worry; it’s not. You can make some neat Halloween effects in your home without a lot of work at all. Starting with your light fixtures is an easy way to make the home feel spookier [...]

Don’t Scrap First Spouse Coins »

Are you one of the thousands of people who is looking into the selling your gold jewelry and coins to online pawn shops? Are you also one of the thousands of people who bought the First Spouse Coins that were issued a couple of years ago? If you answered yes to both of those questions [...]

Audiologist Founds Non-Profit for Kenyan Kids »

An audiologist named Tomi Browne has helped to found a new non-profit organization called Heart of the Village. This organization raises funds to assist children in Kenya who have experienced hearing loss. These children are at risk of never hearing again but can have the problem easily repaired with medical assistance. That assistance is only available [...]

Shuffleboard: Sport or Game? »

Perhaps someone out there in the blogosphere can answer a question that has been on my mind all week. That question is whether shuffleboard is a game or a sport.
The question came up last weekend when I started talking with a good friend of mine about how to play shuffleboard. I had learned to play [...]

Recovering After a Power Surge »

One of the things I have learned over the years is that if something is going to go wrong, it is going to go really wrong.  I guess that would make me a firm believer in Murphy’s Law – if anything will go wrong, it will.
This is exactly the situation that we found ourselves in [...]