Today; 10/31/11 - 10/31/11 10:28 AM
High 62  Low 43  Chance of Rain
 
"There can be no real freedom without
the freedom to fail." - Eric Hoffer
 
Coastal Carolina Fair - Today's Gate Hours - 3 - 9 p.m. -
                                     Admission - $5 ( 6 - 12 yrs ), $8 ( Adults )...
 
Al says - Lexophile:
              A thief who stole a calendar -
              Got twelve months...
 
Boeing - Will construct a space vehicle in the -
              former Space Shuttle hanger...
 
Bear Safety - Wildlife officials say that visitors to bear country should -
                      travel in groups, … (0 comments)

Today; 10/28/11 - 10/28/11 11:31 AM
High 69  Low 49  Partly Cloudy "One man's style must not be the rule of another's." - Jane Austen NYSX - Closed up with the DOW + 339.51... Al says - Staff: Golf course, may I help you? -            Caller : Yes, I had a tee time for this afternoon -                        but I'm  running late. Can you still -                        get me out early? ... Turkey - a 13 year old boy emerged alive from  the -              rubble of a collapsed apartment building-              early today 108 hours after the earthquake... Gut Reaction - "gut-wrenching" sadness? Intense emotional -                        distress taps into the same neural pathways -                        as … (0 comments)

Today; 10/27/11 - 10/27/11 08:45 AM
High 81  Low 58  Mostly Cloudy "To believe is to be strong. Doubt cramps energy.Belief is power." - Frederick William Robertson 'Trunk or Treat' - Today! -                            5 to 7 pm -                            Carolina One Real Estate office, -                            567 Crowfield Blvd., Goose Creek... Al says - Why do "overlook" and "oversee" mean -              opposite things? ... Hurricane Rina - now a Category 1, -                           near Cancun and may head east... Smile - It will make you happier... Pat says - I disagree with Kay Jewelers. -                 I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night, -                more kisses begin with Bud Light than Kay... Body Moisturizer … (0 comments)

Today; 10/26/11 - 10/26/11 11:00 AM
High 78  Low 56  Mostly Cloudy "Summer afternoon---summer afternoon: to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language." - Henry James Hurricane Rina - now a category 2 storm -                           headed to Cancun... Al says -Last year's GED examination:             Q. Name a major disease associated with cigarettes. -             A.  Premature death... Tsunami Debris - Up to 20 Million Tons from Japan's disaster -                            could arrive on Hawaii's shores by 2013... HPV vaccine - A government medical panel said the shot -                       given to girls , also should be given to boys... Looking thru the Milkglass - If you get into the … (0 comments)

Today; 10/24/11 - 10/24/11 10:22 AM
High 74  Low  49  Mostly Sunny "The light of a whole life diesWhen love is gone." - Francis William Bourdillon Libya - Interim rulers declared the country liberated, Sunday. -            Gadhafi's bloodied body remains on display... Al says - Lexophile:               When fish are in schools they sometimes... -               take debate... Turkey - 7.2M earthquake has killed as many as 100... Tropical Storm Rina - in the western Caribbean -                                  should not be a threat to the U.S. ... Looking thru the Milkglass - Can we all just agree to ignore -                                            whatever comes after Blue Ray? -                                            I don't want to have to restart my -                                            collection...again... Bangkok, … (0 comments)

Today; 10/19/11 - 10/19/11 08:39 AM
High 79  Low 47  Showers "Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understandonly because I love. Everything is, everything exists, onlybecause I love. Everything is united by it alone." - Leo Tolstoy ICE - Announced Tuesday that -        the agency deported 400,000 -        individuals this fiscal year... Al says - Lexophile:              To write with a broken pencil is... pointless... Iran's - Leader warned the U.S. on Sunday that any -            measures taken against Tehran would elicit -            a "resolute" response. ... Flooding - Displaced thousands in Thailand -                 rains have caused flooding and -                 landslides in central America... Pat says - I think the freezer … (0 comments)

Today; 10/14/11 - 10/14/11 11:01 AM
High 81  Low  54  Mostly Sunny "Never mistake motion for action." - Ernest Hemingway Al says - Senior Texting Code:              FWIW - Forgot where I was... Blackberry - service is back to normal. -                    after 3 days of interrupted service... Mortgage Rates - for 30 year fixed rate loans averaged -                            4.12% this week. ... Looking thru the Milkglass - Bad decisions, -                                            make good stories... "Strawberries pack the double punch of high levels of vitamin C                                     and ellagic acid", says Howard Murad, MD, -                                     FAAD, an associate clinical professor of -                                     dermatology at UCLA's Geffen School of -                                     Medicine. Vitamin C is essential for the -                                     … (0 comments)

Today; 10/13/11 - 10/13/11 08:43 AM
High 81  Low 61  Chance of storms "Curiosity is willing, a proud, an eager confession of ignorance." - Leonard Rubinstein Al says - Last year's GED test questions:              Q. What does 'varicose' mean? -              A. Nearby... Hurricane Jova - Drenched Mexico's Pacific coast early Wednesday -                           killing at least 5, then moved inland and weakened -                           to a tropical depression. ... Ayutthaya, Thailand - Large sections submerged in the worst -                                   flooding in 50 years. ../. Pat says - Life lessons from a cowboy:                 Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n -                 puttin' it back in... Sony - TV Recall ... Yogurt - You … (2 comments)

Today; 10/12/11 - 10/12/11 10:12 AM
High 80  Low 61  Chance of Storms "Real generosity towards the future lies ingiving all to the present." - Albert Camus Washington - the Justice Department has foiled an -                      Iranian terrorist plot to assassinate -                      the Saudi ambassador in Washington... Al says - Lexophile:              I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger -              then it hit me... Hurricane Jova - drenching the Pacific coast of Mexico -                           near Puerta Vallarta... Vitamin E - according to a recent study, high doses for -                  an extended period of time increases the risk -                  of prostate cancer... Looking thru the Milkglass - MapQuest really needss to start their directions … (0 comments)

Today; 10/11/11 - 10/11/11 09:27 AM
High 77  Low  65   Showers "At every party there are two kinds of people--those whowant to go home and those who don't. The trouble is,they are usually married to each other." - Ann Landers Real Estate - Locally, the number of homes for sale dipped -                     in September, while sales increased for the 3rd -                     straight month. But the median price was almost -                     $5,000 lower than a year earlier... Al says - Texting Codes for Seniors:              CUATSC - See You at the Senior Center... Hurricane Jova - expected to reach Cat. 4 strength today -                           near Barra de Navidad and Puerta Vallarta... Charleston, SC - … (0 comments)

Today; 10/10/11, I do this 5 days/week, subscribe Today! - 10/10/11 09:58 AM
High 75  Low 67  Thunderstorms "I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gatherstrength from distress, and grow brave by reflection." - Thomas Paine U.S. Auto Sales - Up 9% from last year... Al says - for you 'Lexophiles':              You can tune a piano, -              But you can't tuna fish... Hurricane Jova - 260 miles southwest of -                           Manzanillo, Mexico... Sirte, Libya - Revolutionary forces have seized key sites -                     in the loyalists last stronghold...  Looking thru the Milkglass - Was learning cursive really necessary? ... Cocoa - Use it as a bath soak, suggests Ginger McLean, spa director for -              the Spa at … (0 comments)

Today; 10/7/11 - 10/07/11 12:00 PM
High 79  Low  61  Partly Sunny "I came, I saw, I conquered." - Julius Caesar Sumter County, SC - Continental Tire will build a $500M plant -                                  creating 1600 jobs, the first phase will be -                                  completed in 2017...   Al says - Last Year's GED exam:                Q. How can you delay milk turning sour/ -                A. Keep it in the cow... Hurricane Philippe - in the Atlantic east of Bermuda -                                NOT a threat to ;land... Mortgage Rates - for 30 year fixed rate loans averaged -                            3.94% this week... Looking thru the Milkglass - I totally take back all those times -                                            I didn't want … (0 comments)

Today; 10/6/11 - 10/06/11 08:14 AM
High 81  Low 58  Mostly Sunny "Don't let yesterday use up too much of today." - Will Rogers Steve Jobs - Apple, 1955-2011... Al says - Senior Text Code:               CBM - Covered by Medicare... Sarah Palin - announced that she will NOT -                      seek the Republican nomination -                      for president in 2012... Tropical Storm Philippe - should pass to the east of Bermuda, today... Pat says - A Cowboy's Guide to Life:                 When you're throwin' your weight around, -                 be ready -                 to have it thrown around by somebody else... Exfoliate - by using the body scrub recipe from Kym Douglas, -                author of 'The Beauty Cookbook': Grind … (0 comments)

Today; 10/5/11 - 10/05/11 11:11 AM
High 80  Low 56  Clear "Words are the dress of thoughts; which should no more bepresented in rags, tatters, and dirt than your person should." - Philip Dormer Stanhope New York - Three U.S.-born scientists, Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt, -                  and Adam Riess won the Nobel Prize in Physics, Tuesday -                  for discovering that the universe is expanding at an -                  accelerating rate. ... Al says - Why do we sing, -              "Take me out to the ball game" -              When we are already there? ... Trenton, NJ - Gov. Chris Christie announced that he -                      will NOT run for president in 2012. ... New Weight-Loss … (1 comments)

Today; 10/4/11 - 10/04/11 09:00 AM
High 79  Low 54  Clear "All changes are more or less tinged with melancholy,for what we are leaving behind is part of ourselves." - Amelia E. Barr Ralph Steinman - Of Rockefeller University in New York, -                            was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine Monday -                            He was a pioneer in understanding how cells fight disease -                            Steinman passed away of pancreatic cancer Friday, -                            he was 68... Al says - Actual GED test questions:              Q. What happens to your body as you age? -              A. When you get old, so do your bowels and -                  you get intercontinental. ... Italy - Amanda Knox - … (0 comments)

Today; 10/3/11 - 10/03/11 01:47 PM
High 73  Low 49  Beautiful "The moment one gives close attention to anything, evena blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome,indescribably magnificent world in itself." - Henry Miller Al says - Text Code for Seniors:               BTW - Bring the Wheelchair... Denmark - the first country to TAX Fat... Tropical Storm Ophelia - drenching Newfoundland -Tropical Storm Phillipe - Weakening in the Atlantic...  Looking thru the Milkglass - Nothing is worse than that moment -                                            during an argument when you realize -                                            you're wrong. ...  Manila Philippines - Typhoon Nalgae followed another storm -                               killing at least 59 and stranding villagers -                               with flooding... Little Tikes … (0 comments)