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Kindle vs Sony Reader

Feature Amazon Kindle Keyboard Sony Reader Notes Power AC adapter or USB USB only Have to buy separate charger since wouldn't want to take a computer on vacation Preview First chapter No Amazon store with extensive ratings and community and preview is hands down winner Notes Cumbersome underlining, no drawing Click two buttons to pull up drawing tools This is the killer app reason I bought the Sony Reader since I am an active reader and the Kindle slowed things down Up and Running A breeze if you already have an Amazon account Obstacles: required contacting support, creating two logins, downloading software to PC

Curious first image from Curiosity

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Curiosity has landed!  The search for evidence of life on Mars is underway.   Our first image is now coming in... uh oh.

The Three Laws of Dentistry

A dentist must protect its own existence (make money $). A dentist must obey the orders and quotas of the dental high council, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. A dentist may not injure a patient or, through inaction, allow a patient to come to harm unless conflicts with First and second Laws ( NOOP )

a nice red, under ten

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a nice red, under ten helps me get through the day a nice red, under ten uncorks my cares away a nice red, under ten feel your toes wiggle a nice red, under ten pas straw de swizzle a nice red, under ten California, here I come a nice red, under ten with a hint of plum a nice red, under ten perhaps, un journey a Paris a nice red, under ten mais oui, nectar of berries a nice red, under ten that will be $10.85 monsieur a nice red, under ten j'ai oubliƩ la taxe, mon Dieu!

Sunday breakfast, alone

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Alone with nature No one would get up Nourishing to the soul Not even for doughnuts Today is not Sunday The hawks are circling With berries and nuts The alarm tweets arise With a sip of French roast I look to the skies Today is Cloud-day I enjoy it at last

Grape Gluten-Free Pasta

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Fusilli gluten-free pasta Roasted vegetables Melted Feta cheese Grape tomatoes Red seedless grapes Drink:  Green Mountain Espresso

120 Meter Hurdles

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Businesses are putting up more and more obstacles to opt-out of marketing material and selling your information to 3rd parties.  When it comes to filing taxes and entering in your most guarded financial information, I always opt out.  Here is my latest experience with H&R Block: When you register the program, they give you a dialog box about their privacy policy is available at www.hrblock.com/software/2011/privacy.  They did not make the text selectable so you can't copy it.  So you have to write it down or type it in notepad.  Wouldn't it be so much easier for consumers if they just had an opt-in/out checkbox as part of the registration process itself. Link is by tax year, so have to opt-out every single year.   http://www.hrblock.com/software/2011/privacy The link redirects to general privacy policy. http://www.hrblock.com/universal/privacy_policy.html The actual link from the privacy policy is located toward the bottom of long text.  I bet next year it will be e

How NOT to load salt in a water softener

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Next time I will get the 40 lb bag instead of the 60 lb one.