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Last week. my family and I took a vacation in Ocean City Maryland and we drove to Assateague Island. We also watched all the boats that came in from Marlin Fishing, which is a big contest on the Eastern Shore. We had a great time and I would like to share some of the pics I took with you. 

Tomorrow I will say goodbye to a colleague who is retiring.  Her decision to retire was due to health reasons but I was still caught off guard.  In fact, in the past 3 years I have seen 5 of my close colleagues retire.  To top it off my Director with whom I've worked with for over 20 years will be retiring at the end of the year.  When she leaves I will be the last supervisor...

Lughnasadh (Lammas to some) is the first of the harvest feasts.  The menus includes grilled fresh veggies and items made from grains.  One tradition is to make a loaf of bread in the shape of a man - I changed that slightly.  I make homemade pizza in my gingerbread pan - so it is a Pizza Man.  I also make scones with fresh berries added.  This represents the Lugh the God of Light.  Grapes,...

I wanted a fun thread or seed to see what everyone enjoys watching, whether its Netflix, Hulu, or regular TV.... My hubs is mad that I'm still paying for hulu, but I watch it and I've been waiting for "Castle Rock" to start airing. Others on hulu would be the "Handmaidens Tale" and "The Path". Netflix, I'm currently watching "Rectify". I think I may stop paying for cable since we only watch a...

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June 17, 2018 I was naivePosted by Patrick at 05:43 PM * 199 comments I’ve realized that the reason I no longer write blog posts about politics is that events taught me that I was completely full of shit. I imagined I lived in a country that doesn’t exist. Turns out I live in a country 35-45% of which are super-happy with fascism, including the concentration-camps part. And 45-60% of the...

...to borrow from the group Rise Against. No, I have not been kicked out of NT.  No, Perrie and I have not had a lover's quarrel.  And no, I have not died. Frankly, I've been taking a mental health break from NT.  Because...well...this place is chock full of lunatics and Kool-aid drinking liberals.  And sometimes, it gets tiring saying the same thing to the same people and getting the same...

I was driving through West Virginia today, returning from a family reunion, and had to pull over for this view.

Download Video to your Computer hard drive In NT, go to your own Member name at the right of the top of the page to open your own Home page Click on Video on the tab bar Then click on the + icon to the far right on the blue VIDEO bar to open the window to create the video Give the Video a name on the Name bar If you want to create an album of videos, then give the Album a name...

Snarkiness is still here. I hope I have gotten over my own snarkiness. It is why I took some time away from here. I do find it interesting that those who bemoan the loss of civility, are themselves most guilty of non-civility. It isn't just here, it is everywhere.  So go on. Keep being the wonderful epitome of that which you decry in others. I will be there to point it out and make you whine...

We have had articles about favorite music, favorite songs, favorite artists. I don't know if we actually had one based on the visual video. Back in the day they were usually cheaply made and cheesy. Even if the music was really good. Sometimes the video did not even seem to match the song. I think the first video that was played on MTV was Video Killed The Radio Star. I think now with...