January 2009
BirthVerse :: Scripture Verse for your Birthday. →
Starbucks to cut 6,700 jobs, close 300 stores →
insomniaccoder:
This is the same company that was pissed off because McDonalds sells “premium” coffee for a lot less than $3/cup. Maybe because we are in a recession and $3 is a lot of money for just one cup of coffee?
Doesn’t surprise me one bit.
I don’t live where there is a Starbucks. We have mom and pop shops here in small town America. The nearest Wal-mart is 30 miles away.
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Indiana student ill, but wins Miss America crown -... →
We make ‘em real purdy here. :-)
I was in thie pageant program in college. I was crowned Miss Derby, Kansas in 1982. Before that I was first runner up for Miss Central Wichita.
I got to compete in the MIss Kansas pageant. It was a once in a lifetime experience. I loved every second of it.
But I sure was hungry.
NASA - NASA Sees the Dark Side of the Sun →
VERY COOL.
“‘Everyone of us is losing something precious to us,’ he says after the phone...”
– Kafka on the Shore (via 52books)
Unreturned library book leads to woman's arrest →
insomniaccoder:
$13.95 book, repeated calls and letters, and they even sent a cop to talk to her in September. Now she had to pay a $250 bond, ouch.
Okay, this is just stupid. If I were arrested for every book I lost (and told the library) I would be in prison for life! I just pay for the book and move on. The library should have just charged her for the book and then pulled her library card...
My Weaknesses.
maryrambin:
mascarah:
Anything spicy.
A good bargain on something of quality.
Brunch.
Sky high heels.
Men with accents.
Cookies.
Sundays in Bed.
Really long dinners.
Craps.
Spending Sunday in bed eating cookies with a man with an accent after a big dinner and night of craps. Oh wow!
The above list prompts me to make my own:
carbs
books
puppies
intelligent people with an...
Today's Epiphany
Sometimes, when God puts roadblocks in your path and your life doesn’t go the direction you think it should, you need to accept that He has a very good reason - and that you can trust Him with your life.
—Karla Akins, 1:33 PM EST
Must Hoard Books - Favorite Read-Alouds →
My new bookstore! I’m just getting started, but I’m excited about sharing my favorite books with others!
Must Hoard Books - Music I Love →
I finally figured out how to put just a little bit of my favorite music in my own store. It’s great music for writing and dreaming by.
