news: Today; 8/8/14
- 08/08/14 12:25 AM
High 92 Low 74 Chance of Storms "You must give some time to your fellow men. Even if it's a little thing, do something for others---something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it." - Albert Schweitzer... Al says - The brain operates on the same amount - of power as a 10-watt light bulb... Washington - President Obama announced late Thursday that - he had authorized the Pentagon to launch targeted - air strikes if needed to protect Americans from - Islamic militants... Hurricane Iselle - Outer bands … (0 comments)
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news: Today; 8/5/14
- 08/05/14 02:15 AM
High 90 Low 72 Chance of T-Storms "Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young." - Henry Ford... Al says - Though it interprets pain signals from the - rest of the body, the brain itself cannot feel pain... Northern California - Flash floods, mud slides, and wild fires, - have damaged 30+ homes... Hurricane Iselle - Near Hawaii - Hurricane Bertha - may now be back to Tropical Storm - strength is expected to stay clear … (0 comments)
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news: Today; 8/4/14
- 08/04/14 01:33 AM
High 84 Low 72 Thunderstorms... "Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose." - Helen Keller... Al says - Will Rogers on Growing Older: "You know you're getting old when everything either dries up or leaks."... Toledo, Ohio - An algae bloom in Lake Erie is thought to - have created toxins that makes the drinking - water unusable, affecting at least 500,000 people... T.S. Bertha - Headed north and not considered a threat to land... … (0 comments)
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news: Today; 8/1/14
- 08/01/14 12:51 AM
High 88 Low 72 Chance of Storms "Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you." - Roger Ebert... Al says - By 60 years of age, - 60% of men and 40% of women - will snore... Ebola - Over 700 have died. Two American aid workers - diagnosed with Ebola are on their way back to - the U.S. for treatment... Libya - Islamic hard line militants have claimed - control of Benghazi... Pat says - Punography: I stayed up all night to see where … (0 comments)
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news: Today; 7/31/14
- 07/30/14 10:39 PM
High 88 Low 72 Partly Cloudy "Good temper, like a sunny day, sheds a brightness over everything, it is the sweetener of toil and the soother of disquietude." - Washington Irving ... Al says - Murphy's other Laws: If the shoe fits, - get another one just like it... SC Tax Free Weekend... Liberia - The Ebola outbreak has led to U.S. Peace Corps - evacuations, school closures, and civil servants furloughs... Yosemite Wild Fire - Firefighters worked Wednesday to protect - the Giant Sequoias in Merced Grove... Looking through the Milkglass … (1 comments)
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news: Today; 7/29/14
- 07/29/14 12:55 AM
High 88 Low 67 Mostly Sunny :) "Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?" - Benjamin Franklin... Al says - The first product Motorola started to develop - was a record player for automobiles. At that time, - the most known player on the market was the 'Victrola' - so they called themselves Motorola... Gaza City, Gaza Strip - Prime Minister Netanyahu told Israeli's - Monday to be ready for a "prolonged" war... Iraq - Residents of Mosul pushed back when fighters from - the … (0 comments)
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news: Today; 7/28/14
- 07/28/14 03:21 AM
High 98 Low 70 Thunderstorms "I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies." - Aristotle... Al says - Your eyes are always the same size from birth - but your nose and ears never stop growing... Liberia - A high-profile doctor has died of Ebola. - The outbreak in West Africa has killed more than 670... Libya - Heavy clashes between Libyan soldiers loyal to - a renegade general and Islamist-led militias killed 38, - officials said Sunday... Looking through the Milkglass - My favorite exercise at … (0 comments)
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news: Today; 7/25/14
- 07/25/14 01:00 AM
High 92 Low 74 Chance of Storms "Waste your money and you're only out of money, but waste your time and you've lost a part of your life." - Michael LeBoeuf... Al says - If you get into the bottom of a well or a - tall chimney and look up you can see stars, - even in the middle of the day... Charleston County - Monday night, Tony Morris, a Marine veteran of - Desert Storm disarmed a would-be robber - in his front yard... Gaza City, Gaza Strip - A U.N. … (0 comments)
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news: Today; 7/23/14
- 07/23/14 03:57 AM
High 91 Low 74 Chance of Storms "Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight." - Benjamin Franklin... Al says - The tooth is the only part of the - human body that cannot repair - itself... Flights to Israel - Suspended by the U.S. and Europe Tuesday - after a rocket fell about a mile from the - Ben Gurion International airport outside of - Tel Aviv... Lightning Strikes - Have killed 14 Americans this year... Pat says - Punography: PMS jokes aren't funny, period. ... … (0 comments)
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news: Today; 7/22/14
- 07/22/14 12:26 AM
High 89 Low 74 Chance of T-Storms "Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basic of dynamic and creative intellectual activity." - John F. Kennedy ... Al says - The shortest distance between any two points - on a golf course is a straight line that passes - directly through the center of a very large tree... Hrabove, Ukraine - Pro-Russian separatists released a train - packed with bodies and handed over the - black boxes from the downed Malaysian - airliner... … (0 comments)
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news: Today; 7/16/14
- 07/16/14 12:01 AM
High 90 Low 70 Chance of Storms "Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another." - Napoleon Hill... Al says - Don't worry, you must lose over - 50% of your scalp hairs before - it is apparent to anyone... Typhoon Rammasun - Churned across the Philippines - on killing at least five people... Israel - resumed its heavy bombardment of Gaza Tuesday - after Hamas rejected an Egyptian truce plan... Looking through the Milkglass - Map … (0 comments)
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news: Today; 7/15/14
- 07/15/14 02:21 AM
High 93 Low 74 Chance of Storms "The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope." - Henry Ward Beecher Al says - How can you drop a raw egg - onto a concrete floor without - cracking it? Anyway you want, - concrete floors are very hard to crack... Egypt - presented a cease-fire plan Monday to end - a week of fighting between Israel and Hamas - militants in the Gaza strip... Dakar, Senegal - Ebola hemorrhagic fever has also turned up - in Liberia, … (2 comments)
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news: Today; 7/10/14
- 07/10/14 04:24 AM
High 92 Low 74 Chance of Storms "The more you learn what to do with yourself, and the more you do for others, the more you will learn to enjoy the abundant life." - William Boetcker... Al says - How can you drop a raw egg - onto a concrete floor without - cracking it? ... Iraq - The Prime Minister accused the - Kurdish self-rule region of - harboring Sunni militants... Dick Jones - The voice of Pinocchio in the classic 1940 - Walt Disney cartoon has died, he was … (0 comments)
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news: Today; 7/9/14
- 07/09/14 02:20 AM
High 95 Low 74 Partly Cloudy... "If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge." - Napoleon Hill... Al says - Humans are the only animals - to produce emotional tears... Iraq - has informed the United Nations that - Islamist State extremists have taken - control of a vast chemical weapons facility... Mogadishu, Somalia - Somali troops retook - the presidential palace - from militants Tuesday... Pat says - Astronomer: When you rearrange the letters: - MOON STARER... … (0 comments)
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news: Today; 7/8/14
- 07/07/14 10:56 PM
High 94 Low 74 Partly Sunny "Good, the more Communicated, more abundant grows." - John Milton... Al says - If your saliva cannot dissolve something, - you cannot taste it. ... Donetsk, Ukraine - Three bridges leading to the city - were blown up Monday... Maiduguri, Nigeria - More than 60 girls and women abducted - two weeks ago by Islamic extremists managed - to escape, officials said Monday... Looking through the Milkglass - Actual Employee Evaluation: "I would not allow this employee to breed." ... Typhoon Neoguri - Churned … (0 comments)
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news: Today; 7/2/14
- 07/02/14 02:46 AM
High 92 Low 74 Chance of Storms "Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses, and disappointments, but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures." - Joseph Addison... Al says - "By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher." - Socrates... Tropical Storm Arthur - Off the coast of Florida and is expected - to become a hurricane later today... Belgium - 2, USA - 1... … (0 comments)
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news: Today; 7/01/14
- 06/30/14 10:08 PM
High 91 Low 74 Partly Cloudy "When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen." - Ernest Hemingway... Al says - Humans can go longer without food - than sleep... U. S. Supreme Court - Ruled that some businesses can hold - religious objections that allow them to - opt out of the new health law requirement - that they cover contraception for women... USA vs. Belgium - 4 p.m. today... Tropical Storm Arthur - Is expected to form off the Atlantic coast - near Florida today... Looking through the Milkglass - Sometimes … (0 comments)
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news: Today; 6/24/14
- 06/24/14 02:32 AM
High 89 Low 72 Chance of Storms "Love the moment, and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries." - Corita Kent... Al says - "I had a rose named after me and I was flattered. But I wasn't pleased about the description in the catalogue: 'No good in a bed, but fine against a wall.' " - Eleanor Roosevelt... Alaska - 7.9M earthquake in the Aleutian Islands... Ukraine - Insurgents promised Monday to honor a cease-fire - declared by the Ukrainian president and engage in talks... Pat says … (0 comments)
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news: Today; 6/23/14
- 06/23/14 12:26 AM
High 91 Low 79 Thunderstorms "Sincerity is the highest compliment you can pay." - Ralph Waldo Emerson Al says - Every human spent about half an hour - after being conceived, as a single cell... Syria - Israeli warplanes bombed the Syrian military - headquarters Sunday in response to a cross-border - attack that left an Israeli teenager, dead... Iraq - Sunni militants captured two border crossings, Sunday... Looking through the Milkglass - I disagree with Kay Jewelers. - I would bet on any given Friday - or Saturday night, more kisses - … (0 comments)
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news: Today; 6/18/14
- 06/18/14 01:01 AM
High 92 Low 72 Mostly Cloudy "No act of kindness no matter how small, is ever wasted." - Aesop... Al says - "Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself, 'Lillian, you should have remained a virgin...' " - Lillian Carter (Mother of Jimmy Carter) Washington - U.S. Special Forces seized a key leader of the - Benghazi, Libya attack and he is on board a U.S. Navy - ship on his way back to the U.S. for trial... Iraq - Sunnis, Shiites are on the verge of warfare... Looking … (0 comments)
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High 92 Low 74 Chance of Storms "You must give some time to your fellow men. Even if it's a little thing, do something for others---something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it." - Albert Schweitzer... Al says - The brain operates on the same amount - of power as a 10-watt light bulb... Washington - President Obama announced late Thursday that - he had authorized the Pentagon to launch targeted - air strikes if needed to protect Americans from - Islamic militants... Hurricane Iselle - Outer bands … (0 comments)
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