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Terrible Figures

Posted on12. Jan, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

I was reading headlines yesterday and saw a few news stories reporting 2.6 million American workers lost their jobs in 2008. This is just stunning, and I even thought the numbers low. I did a quick search on how many New Yorkers lost jobs in 2008, and couldn’t find an exact number (just percentages, which [...]

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The Future Kitchen?

Posted on11. Jan, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

I admit, I do snicker a little when I see magazine writers and designers creating “modern” kitchen designs of the future. I have seen “modern” kitchens that were prophesied from the 1950s and 60s; robots that buttered your toast, sensors that watered your herbs, las vegas slot machines that popped out your breakfast cereal, etc. [...]

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Livvy Unplugged

Posted on10. Jan, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

My blogging friend, Lady Banana, recently posted of her kitty Mabel’s recent spaying (or is it neutering? I can never remember which is which). My kitty Olivia (Livvy) is about the same age as Mabel, and both Lady Banana got our kitties at about the same time. I like her updates, and reading about one [...]

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It Just Keeps Coming

Posted on08. Jan, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

Snow. And rain. Yesterday we had ice and rain. Then about dinnertime, the air was filled with little icy round pellets, very fine but crusty. They made a hissing noise as they plopped from the sky onto the crusty snow on the ground.
This morning I looked out my window and saw that the little pellets [...]

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Amazing Japanese Car Inventions

Posted on07. Jan, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

These are far, far from practical, but I enjoyed watching this video of some really interesting Japanese inventions in electric cars. These are from the motor show in Tokyo in October 2007. Pretty amazing!! They remind me of George Jetson’s car from that old cartoon, The Jetsons. LOL!

Futuristic Japanese Carsby DiagonalView

The car coated with silicone [...]

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