1. Grateful to God and all who help me get through a day
2. Grateful that I survived dinner at Taza
3. Grateful about CMA and new work done there - more to come!
Taza
Jibneh Lebanese
Spinach Salad
Veggie Soup
Mujadara Plate
Fatteh Lamb
Grilled Veggie
Hum Falafel Roll with Fries
Tea
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Grateful, Florida, traps
1. Grateful to God and all who help me get through a day
2. Grateful to places in Florida that would be interesting to visit
3. Grateful to have green products as pest controls, traps
Warm Mineral Springs
http://www.warmmineralsprings.com/
Shell Point Village
15101 Shell Point Blvd. - Fort Myers, Florida 33908
(239) 466-1131 - 1-800-780-1131 - www.shellpoint.org
Coral Trace Health Care Center.
216 Santa Barbara Blvd Cape Coral, FL 33991
The Springs is located at:
12200 San Servando Ave., North Port, FL. 34287
Here's how to find us:
From the South:
I-75, Exit 182 (Sumter Blvd.), west to US 41. Turn right on US 41 to Ortiz Blvd. Right on Ortiz Blvd. and take to end.
From the North:
I-75, Exit 191 (River Rd.), west to US 41. Turn left on US 41 to Ortiz Blvd. Left on Ortiz Blvd and take to the end.
Sugar Ant Hotel
* 1 cup borax
* 1 cup sugar
water
* 4 shallow glass jars with screw tops (small jar of marinated artichoke heart jars are ideal)
* 4 loose wads of toilet paper
In a bowl, mix the borax and sugar. Place a loose wad of toilet paper into each of four different screw-top jars. Pour a quarter of the sugar and borax mixture into each of the four jars, over the toilet paper. Fill each jar with water to one inch of the top. Screw the lids on the jars, and with a hammer and nail, make four to eight holes in the lid. Place the jars in areas where you have ants (but keep away from pets and children).
This ant trap will catch the workers but not the queen. A more comprehensive
solution is to blend 1/4 cup of confectioner’s sugar and one tablespoon of
borax and sprinkle it in ant traffic areas. There is not enough borax with
this method to kill the worker ants immediately, so they take it back to the
nest, ultimately eradicating it. (If the worker ants do die at the powder,
cut back on the borax.)
Caution: Keep borax products away from pets and other animals.
Citrus Solvent Spray
Place 1/4 cup of citrus solvent (such as Citra Solve) in a spray bottle, and add 2 cups of water. Spray in areas where there are ants. This works!
There are also a number of herbs such as mint and pennyroyal, and spices such as cayenne pepper, that repel ants
2. Grateful to places in Florida that would be interesting to visit
3. Grateful to have green products as pest controls, traps
Warm Mineral Springs
http://www.warmmineralsprings.com/
Shell Point Village
15101 Shell Point Blvd. - Fort Myers, Florida 33908
(239) 466-1131 - 1-800-780-1131 - www.shellpoint.org
Coral Trace Health Care Center.
216 Santa Barbara Blvd Cape Coral, FL 33991
The Springs is located at:
12200 San Servando Ave., North Port, FL. 34287
Here's how to find us:
From the South:
I-75, Exit 182 (Sumter Blvd.), west to US 41. Turn right on US 41 to Ortiz Blvd. Right on Ortiz Blvd. and take to end.
From the North:
I-75, Exit 191 (River Rd.), west to US 41. Turn left on US 41 to Ortiz Blvd. Left on Ortiz Blvd and take to the end.
Sugar Ant Hotel
* 1 cup borax
* 1 cup sugar
water
* 4 shallow glass jars with screw tops (small jar of marinated artichoke heart jars are ideal)
* 4 loose wads of toilet paper
In a bowl, mix the borax and sugar. Place a loose wad of toilet paper into each of four different screw-top jars. Pour a quarter of the sugar and borax mixture into each of the four jars, over the toilet paper. Fill each jar with water to one inch of the top. Screw the lids on the jars, and with a hammer and nail, make four to eight holes in the lid. Place the jars in areas where you have ants (but keep away from pets and children).
This ant trap will catch the workers but not the queen. A more comprehensive
solution is to blend 1/4 cup of confectioner’s sugar and one tablespoon of
borax and sprinkle it in ant traffic areas. There is not enough borax with
this method to kill the worker ants immediately, so they take it back to the
nest, ultimately eradicating it. (If the worker ants do die at the powder,
cut back on the borax.)
Caution: Keep borax products away from pets and other animals.
Citrus Solvent Spray
Place 1/4 cup of citrus solvent (such as Citra Solve) in a spray bottle, and add 2 cups of water. Spray in areas where there are ants. This works!
There are also a number of herbs such as mint and pennyroyal, and spices such as cayenne pepper, that repel ants
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Jokes, Elmore, fruit
1. Thank you to God and all who help me get through a day
2. Thank you for jokes that I think are funny and interesting books about writing
3. Thank you for birthday baskets with fruit
Sacha sent me this link to jokes about Communism
http://timesonline.typepad.com/comment/2008/06/great-item-on-t.html
xx
Amazed little boy: Daddy! Daddy! Why are we still
telling jokes about communism twenty years after it
ended?
Daddy: Just in case anyone would ever be tempted to
think there was any validity in Marx’s analysis of
Capitalism’s abject failure, as the dominant economic
system of the last 500 years, to feed and clothe the world.
xx
Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing by Elmore Leonard (Hardcover - November 1, 2007), illustrated by Joe Ciardiello, William Morrow (publisher), 85 pages, $14.95 on Amazon.
This book recently appeared at Mayfield Public Library on the shelf with new publications. I checked out the book, wondering what could be in a recently published book on writing.
At first the book reminded me of the Illustrated Elements of Style, which I enjoyed very much. Unfortunately, the Leonard book did not work as well. While I found the ideas interesting and worthwhile, the presentation was over the top.
When looking on Amazon, I saw that the book did not work for many readers. Of the 23 reviews, 6 reviewers gave the book the highest rating, while 8 reviewers gave it the lowest rating. Fans of Elmore Leonard tended to love the book. But, one fan who said that Leonard is her favorite writer actually found this book disappointing, noting that the book says no more than does the original New York Times article which contains the same text. The rich packaging and illustrations she found excessive and not adding enough to the ideas.
I'm a fan of white space, but in this case there is way too much white space on thick sheets of cardboard-like paper. The illustrations, on the other hand, do add a dimension to make the reader stop and think. The illustrations go nicely with the advice which often centers on how the individuals in a story should tell the story. The writer should be in the background. The illustrations focus on individuals, such as Hemingway, who provide examples of of writing that emphasizes the characters and their dialog and does not focus on the writer.
Who is Elmore Leonard? The wikipedia entry describes Leonard as a novelist and screenwriter with this one non-fiction book. What is some more of his advice on writing? He says to rewrite if it sounds like writing. He also says that if breaking the rules of grammar improves the delivery, that is what you should do. That is good advice, worthy of contemplation. I am happy to have read the book to get the advice and see the presentation, but wished for a more understated delivery. Instead of 10 rules in 84 pages, the same rules on half that number of pages without the cardboard would have been more effective.
xx
Some ideas for a fruit basket.
grapefruit - nectarines - apricots - blueberries - mangos
2. Thank you for jokes that I think are funny and interesting books about writing
3. Thank you for birthday baskets with fruit
Sacha sent me this link to jokes about Communism
http://timesonline.typepad.com/comment/2008/06/great-item-on-t.html
xx
Amazed little boy: Daddy! Daddy! Why are we still
telling jokes about communism twenty years after it
ended?
Daddy: Just in case anyone would ever be tempted to
think there was any validity in Marx’s analysis of
Capitalism’s abject failure, as the dominant economic
system of the last 500 years, to feed and clothe the world.
xx
Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing by Elmore Leonard (Hardcover - November 1, 2007), illustrated by Joe Ciardiello, William Morrow (publisher), 85 pages, $14.95 on Amazon.
This book recently appeared at Mayfield Public Library on the shelf with new publications. I checked out the book, wondering what could be in a recently published book on writing.
At first the book reminded me of the Illustrated Elements of Style, which I enjoyed very much. Unfortunately, the Leonard book did not work as well. While I found the ideas interesting and worthwhile, the presentation was over the top.
When looking on Amazon, I saw that the book did not work for many readers. Of the 23 reviews, 6 reviewers gave the book the highest rating, while 8 reviewers gave it the lowest rating. Fans of Elmore Leonard tended to love the book. But, one fan who said that Leonard is her favorite writer actually found this book disappointing, noting that the book says no more than does the original New York Times article which contains the same text. The rich packaging and illustrations she found excessive and not adding enough to the ideas.
I'm a fan of white space, but in this case there is way too much white space on thick sheets of cardboard-like paper. The illustrations, on the other hand, do add a dimension to make the reader stop and think. The illustrations go nicely with the advice which often centers on how the individuals in a story should tell the story. The writer should be in the background. The illustrations focus on individuals, such as Hemingway, who provide examples of of writing that emphasizes the characters and their dialog and does not focus on the writer.
Who is Elmore Leonard? The wikipedia entry describes Leonard as a novelist and screenwriter with this one non-fiction book. What is some more of his advice on writing? He says to rewrite if it sounds like writing. He also says that if breaking the rules of grammar improves the delivery, that is what you should do. That is good advice, worthy of contemplation. I am happy to have read the book to get the advice and see the presentation, but wished for a more understated delivery. Instead of 10 rules in 84 pages, the same rules on half that number of pages without the cardboard would have been more effective.
xx
Some ideas for a fruit basket.
grapefruit - nectarines - apricots - blueberries - mangos
Friday, June 6, 2008
More gratitude, conference
1. Grateful to God and all who help me get through a day
2. Grateful to the following jokes about Russia
http://timesonline.typepad.com/comment/2008/06/great-item-on-t.html
3. Grateful to nice people at STC conference and good sessions and what one person called the welcoming into the fellowship
Our NEO STC newsletter asked what were the best things we learned at the conference. Ah, where to begin.
On a professional level, I learned that content management vendors will tell you that content management projects fail, as many as 30%, if not implemented properly. I had heard similar statements in the past, but wondered what percentage would be given as a current rate. On a personal level, I learned that if you don't get your tickets for the conference in U.S. Mail, the tickets can be waiting for you, if you request this. I also learned that the best chapter in all of STC is the NEO STC chapter.
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