friendly faces born in 1961

777 points in a day

from ww.toothpastefordinner.com

the real winner of friday's debate

goooood morning

From Succulent Garden

not just a place in "The Phantom Tollbooth"

Doldrums - an area of the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean affected by the Intertropical Convergence Zone, a low-pressure area around the equator where the prevailing winds are calm. In colloquial usage, "being in the doldrums" refers to being in a state of listlessness, despondency, inactivity, stagnation, or a slump. (from wikipedia.org)

well hello again, mr. buffett

Mr. Buffett has long had a fascination with Goldman and first visited the firm when he was 10 with his father, according to someone familiar with the matter.

-from "Buffett to Invest $5bn in Goldman" on http://www.wsj.com/

keeping the old guts in check

success during crisis, how?

"Minimizing subprime lending is a reflection of a broader cultural difference at the bank, which is ultimately the bigger factor in the company's success" from sfgate.com 9/21/08

surprise - it's autumn

"There is a harmony in autumn and a lustre in its sky..."

-Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)

Autumn Equinox: 9/21/08

porch life

1,000 grandmothers

"Getting worn out is better than getting rusted"

-Amma

coolness confirmed

Echeveria Metallica II
Family: Crassulaceae


A seldom offered hybrid that resembles the famous Bittersweet but doesn't grow quite so large. It is deep red with a purple overcast and bright red edges.

from www.highlandsucculents.com

spoken like a true midwesterner

"Another not very dull day in the market"


-Dean J.

today's official buy list

"Firearms and canned soup"

-James Bacha

when in doubt, quilt

From Rose O' Sharon custom quilts

it's a propagation party

how to propagate new succulents from cuttings

the task at hand

words to live by

"I'd rather be dead than out of style."


-Aunt K

thrifter's salvation

lifetime supply $10

learn how to use it

seems simple enough

“If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.”

- Barack Obama

Print by Scott Hansen; $70

meganumber included

"Look around; happiness is trying to catch you."

09 12 36 39 41, 15

yours for $12 (or more)

"These high-quality, union-printed American Apparel shirts are part of a huge campaign to register 500,000 young Obama voters in swing states before Election Day."
- from moveon.org

wheel of future

"Both the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) and the Space program are vital if the human race is not to stultify and eventually die out. Together they cost less than one tenth of a per cent of world GDP. If the human race can not afford this, then it doesn't deserve the epithet 'human'."

- Stephen Hawking, Sept 2008

another thunder theif

MAGICAL METEORITE SONGWRITING DEVICE

collages by Exene Cervenka

the stuff of superheroes