Today; 3/27/12 - 03/27/12 08:07 AM
High 70  Low 47 Mostly Sunny
 
"If I am not for myself, who will be for me?
And if I am only for myself, then what am I?
And if not now, when?" - Hillel
 
Al says - Senior Texting Code:
               WTP - Where's the prunes? ...
 
'Diabesity' - New research gives clear proof that -
                   weight loss surgery can reverse and -
                   possibly cure diabetes. ...
 
Wildfire - Raging in the Colorado mountains -
               west of Denver. ...
 
Looking through the Milkglass - If you stop getting thirsty, -
                                                  you … (0 comments)

Today; 3/23/12 - 03/23/12 09:25 AM
High 81  Low 61  Storms Possible
 
"The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even
one's own -- even more, one's own, for that has been put in
our care and we are responsible for its well-being." - Katherine Anne Porter
 
Al says - Last Year's GED examination:
               Q. - What causes the tides in the oceans?
               A. - The tides are a fight between the earth and -
                      the moon. All water tends to flow towards the -
                      moon, because there is no water on the moon, -
                      and nature … (0 comments)

Today; 3/22/12 - 03/22/12 05:58 AM
High 79  Low 58  Chance of Storms
 
"The crazier the times are, the more important it is for
leaders to develop and to trust their intuition." - Tom Peters
 
Al says - Lexophile:
               You are stuck with your debt if you can't...
               you can't budge it. ...
 
Bamako, Mali - Soldiers stormed the TV and Radio Station Wednesday -
                         as fears of a possible coup gripped the country. ...
 
Home Sales - A mild winter and a stronger job market have helped -
                       boost sale to make this the best winter in 5 … (0 comments)

Today; 3/20/12 - 03/20/12 05:56 AM
High 82  Low 56  Partly Sunny
 
"Fear cannot be without some hope,
nor hope without some fear." - Baruch Spinoza
 
Al says - Paraprosdokian:
               'If I agreed with you, -
                we'd both be wrong.' ...
 
Cincinnati - A man who made comments about his estranged wife -
                   on his Facebook page was threatened with jail unless -
                   he posted daily apologies for a month. ...
 
Syria - Rebels battled regime forces in Damascus Monday. ...
          
Looking through the Milkglass - Bounce dryer sheets - Eliminates static electricity from your -
                                                                                       TV … (0 comments)

Today; 3/19/12 - 03/19/12 07:09 AM
High 83  Low 56  Partly Cloudy
 
"Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct from ability,
which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended." - Alfred North Whitehead
 
Al says - "The closet town to France is Dover.
                You can get to France on a train
                or you can go on a fairy." - Kid's comment on Geography
 
France - has rejected weapons requests -
              from Syrian rebels. ...
 
Mexico City - A report says the number of Monarch butterflies -
                      wintering in Mexico dropped 28.1% this year. ...
 
Looking through … (1 comments)

Today; 3/15/12 - 03/15/12 06:18 AM
High 83  Low 56  Mostly Sunny
 
"Experience keeps a dear school,
but fools will learn in no other." - Benjamin Franklin
 
Al says -" When you are dissatisfied
              and would like to back to youth,
              think of Algebra"...
 
Syria - the Syrian army has recaptured most of -
           the northern rebel stronghold of Idlib. ...
 
Wando River - A section will be closed this coming Mon.-Weds. -
                        March 22, and March 23 for Coast Guard training. -
                        Questions: Call 746-7955 or after hours 740-7050...
 
Looking through the Milkglass - If at … (0 comments)

Today; 3/13/12 - 03/13/12 09:01 AM
High 76  Low 56  Chance of Storms
 
"We have it in our power to
begin the world over again." - Thomas Paine
 
Al says - Golfer: "Please stop checking your watch all the time.
                            It's too much of a distraction."
               Caddy: "It's not a watch sir - it's a compass."
 
Washington - Starting January 1, 2014, new health insurance markets -
                      called "exchanges" must be running in each state. If the -
                      state is not ready, the law requires the federal government -
                      to step in. ...
 
Home Sales - Year-to-Date are … (0 comments)

Today; 3/12/12 - 03/12/12 07:08 AM
High 73  Low 54  Partly Sunny
 
"If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange
these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But
if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these
ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." - George Bernard Shaw
 
Al says - Paraprosdokian:
              Since light travels faster than sound, -
              some people appear bright until you hear them speak. ...
 
Syria - A special peace envoy failed to win a -
           cease-fire agreement with Assad. … (0 comments)

Today; 3/9/12 - 03/09/12 10:01 AM
High 72  Low 45  Showers
 
"It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it
is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man
is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect
sweetness the independence of solitude." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
Al says - Lexophile:
               A boiled egg is...hard to beat...
 
Syria - The Deputy Oil Minister reportedly defected from the government -
           Thursday. The highest-ranking defection to date. ...
 
Uganda - The advocacy group, Invisible Children, has posted a video -
                about … (0 comments)

Today; 3/8/12 - 03/08/12 05:40 AM
High 75  Low 56  Partly Sunny
 
"It is possible to fail in many ways..., while to succeed is
possible only in one way." - Aristotle
 
Solar Storm - When particles strike the earth today, -
                      it could disrupt power grids, GPS, and -
                      airplane flights. ...
 
Al says - Local Area Network in Australia:...
               The LAN down under...
 
Va. Governor Signed Ultrasound Measure - Abdominal ultrasounds for women -
                                                                      seeking abortions will become -
                                                                      mandatory July 1. ...
 
United Nations - Russia accused the Libyan government of supporting -
                           a … (0 comments)

Today; 3/7/12 - 03/07/12 07:25 AM
High 69  Low 52  Partly Sunny
 
"If we all tried to make other people's paths easy, our own
feet would have a smooth even place to walk on." - Myrtle Reed
 
Al says - "Sometimes in the war they take prisners
                and keep them as ostriges until the war
                is over. Some prisners end up in
                consterpation camps." - Kid's comment on History
 
U.S. Navy - Secretary Ray Mabus ordered the installation of -
                   breath-test machines on all ships and submarines, -
                   as well as Marine Corps Bases. ...
 
Washington - The … (0 comments)

Today; 3/6/12 - 03/06/12 06:13 AM
High 60  Low 43  Clear
 
"Life is a mission. Every other definition of life is false, and
leads all who accept it astray. Religion, science, philosophy,
though still at variance upon many points, all agree in this,
that every existence is an aim." - Giuseppe Mazzini
 
OREO cookies - are 100 years of age, today...
 
Al says - Paraprosdokian:
              Evening news is where they begin with -
              'Good Evening,' and then proceed to -
              tell you why it isn't. ...
 
Moscow - Hundreds of demonstrators were detained -
                protesting Putin's re-election...
               
Mt. … (0 comments)

Today; 3/5/12 - 03/05/12 02:25 PM
High 65  Low 32  Clear
 
"It's not the hours you put in your work that count.
It's work you put in the hours." - Sam Ewing
 
Al says - Caddy Response:
               Golfer: "You've got to be the worst caddy in the world." -
               Caddy: "I don't think so sir...That would be too much of a coincidence."...
 
Moscow - Vladimir Putin scored a decisive victory in Russia's -
                presidential election Sunday extending his hold on -
                power for 6 more years. ...
 
China - Military spending will pass $100B. ...
 
Looking through the … (0 comments)

Today; 3/1/12 - 03/01/12 05:38 AM
High 80  Low 58  Partly Cloudy
 
"Time can but make it easier to be wise
Though now it seems impossible, and so
all that you need is patience." - William Butler Yeats
 
Al says - It's better to lose your pride to the one you love, than -
              to lose the one you love because of pride. ...
 
North Korea - Will halt nuclear weapons tests -
                      in exchange for food from the U.S. ...
 
Syria - Vowed to "cleanse" a rebel-held -
            district of Homs. ...
 
Pat says - Before you pour … (2 comments)