Facebook founder

March 2nd, 2012 . No Comments »

Thanks to Darwin Barton

Just because we live in a small town in Tennessee, doesn’t mean I cannot keep up with things going on in the world. Anyone that knows me knows that I love to be on Facebook. I just know that the boy who invented it is such a genius. It is a tool that can be used for so many different things. The other day I was clicking around looking at all the channels that we have on television since we switched our cable television to www.direct.tv. I found a movie called The Social Network that is about how Facebook got started. I am sure that parts of it were fictional, but I liked seeing the thinking that went into getting such a huge project started that ended up changing so much in the world we live in today. The guy that actually started Facebook is named Mark Zuckerberg. I think that I would like to talk to that kid someday and pick his brain. But the guy that played him in the movie made him look like a weirdo. I saw there is another program coming on that looks more like a documentary called Mark Zuckerberg – Inside Facebook. I hope that Mark will be interviewed for that show. I kind of want to hear him talk.

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New England Squash Family Recipe

February 25th, 2012 . No Comments »

Years ago I took a trip with my mother to Massachusetts, which is where she spent some time as a child and we visited several relatives all around the Boston area. One such relative served us a wonderful squash dish that I ranted and raved so much about she decided to go ahead and share the recipe with me to take home and try. So I thought that I might pass this wonderful recipe along for you to try, I hope you like it.

 

2 lb (6) Cups) Sliced Yellow Summer Squash

1/4 Cup Chopped Onion

1 Can Cream of Chicken soup

1 Cup Sour Cream

1 Cup Shredded Carrots

1 8 oz Herb Seasoned Stove Top Stuffing Mix

1 cup Melted Butter

 

Boil Squash and onion for 5 minutes and drain. Combine chicken soup and sour cream. Stir in shredded carrots. Fold in squash and onions. Combine stuffing mix and melted butter. Use a 12 x 7 casserole dish. Put half of stuffing on the bottom of the pan, then the squash mixture and top with remaining stuffing. Bake at 350 degree for 25 – 30 minutes or until heated through.

 

Serves 6

 

 

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Perfect Score Mortgages At Low Low Rates Today

February 25th, 2012 . No Comments »

Seeing the low rate of 3.95% being offered for people with excellent credit scores for their mortgages is the lowest number I’ve ever seen or heard of. With the market still in deep do do the good folks with excellent credit scores can really scoop up some sweet deals on houses and properties all across the country.

The Internet has become a very valuable tool to help people find the best mortgage rates as most of us know by now. The process of applying for a mortgage is a long and tricky one, I wish that I had had access to the Internet when I was shopping around, I would have known a lot more, knowledge is power and power = money and when it comes to a mortgage, no matter how low the interest rate, is a lot of money even if you have perfect credit scores to your advantage.

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My sister bought a used hot tub

February 12th, 2012 . No Comments »

A couple of years ago my sister bought a used hot tub.  She bought it because she and her hubby have a lot of aches and pains and they feel better when they can spend a lot of time soaking in the tub.  Personally I think that they spend too much time in the tub; they seem to be in a state of constant “prune-ness!”  I thought that health experts recommend no more than 20 minutes at a time, but I could be mistaken.  but I don’t blame them for spending a lot of time in their tub; if I had a hot tub I’d probably spend a lot of time in it too!

The tub that they bought came with a spa cover, but it was pretty beat up.  Last weekend I was over to their place and they were showing me the tub and the beat-up cover.  I think they were hoping that I could repair it or upholster it or something!  It looked to me as if some rodents had tried over the winter to use the foam for bedding material!  I told them that I was way too busy to get involved in trying to repair or recover spa covers, especially when they can be bought for a reasonable price on the Internet!

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A great massage

February 6th, 2012 . No Comments »

Have you ever had a really great massage?  I can remember several years ago I had a great massage by a lady who had studied massage therapy.  By the end of the massage, I felt better than I had in years!  I am thinking that with the economy going downhill the way it has been going, there might be a new market for more therapeutic massages to help people deal with the stresses of dealing with the difficulties they are going to be facing.

I found a website that lists a lot of massage schools across Northern America.  I wish I could afford to go to one in a far-away location but since I’ve got too many family responsibilities I’m going to have to try to find one close to home so that I can commute.  I wonder if I’ll be able to actually build up enough upper body strength to give a good massage?  I’m concerned that I’ll tire out too quickly to be able to do that.  I’ll bet part of the courses are doing exercises to help build up strength and stamina!  I wonder if I can take classes just during the summer school break?  I think I’ll give one of the schools a call and find out more about it!

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