Quote of the day

3:33:24 PM     

Solemates: The Century in Shoes

The century in shoes..."We can either hide them or flaunt them, but they will always say something about who we are, what we do, where we've been, and where we're going." 

Me?  I'm an Easy Spirit kinda gal :)

3:28:54 PM     

Overcast

Are they blue, gray or green? Mysterious eyes
(as if in fact you were looking through a mist)
in alternation tender, dreamy, grim
to match the shiftless pallor of the sky.

That's what you're like- these warm white afternoons
which make the ravished heart dissolve in tears,
the nerves, inexplicably overwrought,
outrage the dozen mind.

Not always, though-sometimes
you're like the horizon when the sun
ignites our cloudy autumn-how you glow!
A sodden countryside in sudden rout,
turned incandescent by a changing wind.

Dangerous woman-demoralizing days!
Will I adore your killing frost as much,
and in that implacable winter, when it comes,
discover pleasures sharper than iron and ice?
  --Baudelaire

2:43:23 PM     

The Absinthe Guide

Although illegal in this country, absinthe connoisseurs (absintheurs) in other parts of the world present the history as well as a buyer's guide for the "green goddess". 

"From its fledgling days as a medicinal concoction, to the most trendy beverage of the Belle Epoque, to the Green Hydra condemned by early 20th century propaganda and finally to the meager imitations of today, absinthe seems perpetually tangled in a damning paradox: the very same disrepute which caused it to be outlawed is responsible for its enduring appeal."

10:59:01 AM     

An Introvert's Lexicon

The introvert definitions fit me to a tee....link via Anita's LOL

10:39:22 AM     

Electronic attack causes global internet slowdown

Via....Google News

Traffic on the many parts of the Internet slowed dramatically early today, the apparent effects of a fast-spreading, virus-like infection interfering with Web browsing and delivery of email.

Sites monitoring the health of the Internet reported significant slowdowns globally. Experts said the latest electronic attack bore remarkable similarities to "Code Red" virus during the summer of 2001 which also ground traffic to a halt on much of the Internet.    FULL STORY

Of course, it all happened while we were sleeping.  Did any of you notice the lag?

9:36:22 AM     

Tennessee Mom Hotwires Power After Electric Company Turns it Off

From WKRN - Nashville, Tennessee:

The lights went out for Peggy Stephenson on Tuesday when she failed to pay an overdue bill. The Hickman County woman decided to take matters into her own hands. The electric company caught on, and Stephenson's in the cold again.

Peggy Stephenson admits that Tuesday, she broke the law.

"I just broke that chip off and hooked it up with two wires. I had no choice."

Stephenson feels that way because she's a working single mom, sometimes unable to pay all the bills. In this case, it was the electric bill, due two weeks ago.

"It's not like I was asking them to go over another month. I was asking them to give me until Friday to pay it. They would not do it," Peggy said.     FULL STORY

I can't condone what she did. Theft of services is a felony, isn't it?

9:26:14 AM