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I’ve run into a kind of dillema, and I thought maybe some of you
out
there might have a different opinion than what I have already heard. It
has to do with blog software. I am visually impaired, so learning new
software is not easy for me. I have been using Thingamablog since I started blogging, and I already know the program fairly well, so I
am
not inclined to change. However, for those who don’t know, Thingamablog
stores everything on files on this computer, and if my computer crashes
in the wrong way, I run the risk of losing a small portion of my blog….we do keep backups, so I would only at most lose a few days worth.

The entire rest of my family, on the other hand, swears by
Wordpress.
Granted, it would be safer, as the whole thing is stored on my website,
which has had less than 10 minutes of downtime in two years, which is a
much better track record than my computer. What do the rest of you think? Is a switchover worth my learning a new program, or not?
Looking
for opinions outside my family, from people who know the Wordpress program, and I need to know the drawbacks.

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Well, there is still a LITTLE time before supper. This list isn’t nearly the bear to type the other one is, anyway… LOT shorter. I’m cheating with dinner anyway. I wimped out. We’re having McDonalds.

29 John the Baptist beheaded ( Note: Actual date is questionable ). 1533 Atahualpa last Incan King of Peru, murdered by Spanish conquerors. 1769 Edmond Hoyle games expert, dies (birth date unknown). 1877 Brigham Young 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies. 1960 Alexander Gauge actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 46. 1960 Hazza el-Majali PM of Jordan is assassinated. 1967 George Rockwell murdered. 1975 Eamon de Valera Irish independence fighter, dies at 92. 1976 Anissa Jones actress (Buffy-Family Affair), dies at 18. 1981 Lowell Thomas newscaster (High Adventure), dies in Pawling NY, at 89. 1982 Ingrid Bergman academy award winning actress, dies on 67th birthday. 1983 Simon Oakland actor (Toma, Kolchak, Baa Baa Black Sheep), dies at 61. 1985 Evelyn Ankers actress, dies at 67. 1985 Patrick Barr actor, dies at 77. 1987 Lee Marvin dies in Tucson, Ariz at 63.

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See there, I didn’t forget today. Now, here’s hoping I at least have time to do all these, huh:) I’ll do my best. It IS almost suppertime, though.

1632 John Locke England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance.
1780 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres French painter (Valpincon Bather).
1809 Oliver Wendell Holmes Cambridge, MA, physician/author (Old Ironsides). 1811 Henry Bergh 1st president of SPCA. 1815 Anna Ella Carroll US, civil war writer (Reconstruction). 1862 Maurice Maeterlinck Belgium, Symbolist poet (Nobel 1911). 1876 Charles F Kettering Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter). 1881 Valery Nicolas Larbaud France, novelist/translator (Enfantines). 1897 Charles Boyer Figeac France, actor (The Rogues). 1899 George Macready Providence RI, actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place). 1899 Lyman L Lemnitzer US Army General (WW II), Chief of Staff, US Army and Nato Commander. 1906 Lurene Tuttle Pleasant Lake Ind, actress (Father of Bride, Julia). 1909 Roy Reuther Wheeling WV, labor leader. 1912 Barry Sullivan NYC, actor (Duffy’s Tavern, Man Called X, Tall Man). 1915 Ingrid Bergman Sweden, actress (Casablanca, Cactus Flower). 1916 George Montgomery Brady Mont, actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination). 1917 Isabel Sanford NYC, actress (Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family). 1920 Charlie "Bird" Parker famous African-American jazzman. 1922 Charles White Perth Amboy NJ, actor (Troublemaker). 1923 Sir Richard Attenborough actor/director (Gandhi, Young Winston). 1924 Dinah Washington Chicago, singer (What a Difference a Day Makes). 1925 Donald O’Connor Chicago Ill, dancer/actor (Singing in the Rain). 1928 Charles Gray Bournemouth England, actor (Clay-Rawhide).
1928 Thomas Stewart San Saba Texas, baritone (La Roche Capriccio). 1929 Thom Gunn Kent England, poet (The Wound). 1934 David Pryor (Sen-D-Ark).
1938 Elliott Gould Queens NY, actor (M*A*S*H, Bob & Carol & Ted &
Alice). 1938 Peter Jennings Canada, news anchor (ABC TV). 1939 William Friedkin US, dir (Exorcist, Cruising, French Connection). 1940 Wilhelm Ruska Holland, judo champ (Olympic-gold-1972). 1941 Robin Leach TV host (Life Styles of Rich & Famous). 1945 Wyomia Tyus US, 100m dash (Olympic-gold-1964, 68). 1948 Charles D Walker astronaut (STS 41D, STS 51D, STS 61B). 1954 Chet Catallo guitarist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance).
1958 Michael Jackson Gary Indiana, singer (Thriller, Bad). 1959 Eddi Reader rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love). 1961 Tony Macalpine heavy metal rocker (Solo-Edge of Insanity). 1962 Carl Banks NFL line backer (NY Giants). 1962 Rebecca De Mornay actress (And God Created Women). 1963 Greg Steele rocker (Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It’s Over).

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Moving, changing everything about your life, can be a traumatic enough event without having to go through added stress from not being prepared.
There is a website that can help you through this stressful situation, however… an online directory that has information on movers, car movers, just about anything you have thought of, and a few things you haven’t. If you are considering a move, click the link and give them a try!

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I just heard from my oldest daughter AND my seconf oldest, calling me from their separate schools. They both had news. My oldest has decided to enroll in a karate class this semester. Her youngest sister is already taking karate classes here at home, and I think my oldest just wants to ensure that after years of torturing her sister, she still isn’t gonna get beat up by a twelve year old.

My second oldest daughter, the one in the prep school for geniuses, is studying genetics under a doctor who is a renowned expert in the field, and is doing what appears to be ground breaking research in the area of the gene that causes Reiter’s Syndrome, and I think she has hopes of finding a solution to the problem. Part of her research involves doing genetic testing on all of the lab rats….er, loving family members….here at home.

Sometimes it amazes me that my children can even communicate with each other.

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If you own a pedigreed show dog, chances are you have been to a lot of dog shows, and already know that being the winner can come down to how well the animals are groomed. When competition is tight, you can’t afford to let anything slide, and losing a show because of a grooming error can mar your show dog’s record for life. Having the best groomed animal possible means using the highest quality, professional grooming products, like the ones available through the Show Dog Store. They stock all manner of professional grooming products and handling equipment, from shampoos to dog grooming clippers . For mre information, just click the link.

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Here it is, the final installment of the "Gee I’m late again" trilogy.
Maybe, just MAYBE here in a little while I can get to the ones for TODAY and not have to rush like this tomorrow. Maybe:)

1609 Delaware Bay explored by Henry Hudson for the Netherlands. 1655 New Amsterdam & Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service. 1776 Battle of Long Island. 1789 Sir William Herschel discovers Saturn’s moon Enceladus. 1850 The opera "Lohengrin" is produced (Weimar). 1862 Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC. 1867 US occupies Midway Islands in the Pacific. 1884 1st known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard SD. 1884 Mickey Welsh strikes-out 1st 9 men he faces. 1907 United Parcel Service begins service, in Seattle. 1916 Italy declares war against Germany during WW I. 1917 10 suffragists arrested as they picket the White House. 1921 2nd Pan-African Congress meets (London, Brussels & Paris). 1922 Walker Cup golf tournament established. 1922 WEAF in NYC airs 1st radio coml (Queensboro Realty-$100 for 10 mins). 1938 Northwestern U awards honorary degree to dummy Charlie McCarthy. 1942 Gunther Hagg (Sweden) sets world record for 3,000m (8:01.2). 1949 Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill NY. 1951 Pirates snap NY Giants 16 game win streak. 1955 1st NFL preseason sudden death football, Rams beats Giants 23-17. 1957 Sen Thurmond begins 24-hr filibuster against civil rights bill. 1960 White Sox Ted Kluzewski’s 3-run HR is disallowed as ump called time. 1962 Dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid. 1962 Tony Sheridan & the Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)". 1963 200,000 demonstrate for equal rights in Washington, DC. 1963 Evergreen Point Floating Bridge connecting Seattle & Bellevue opens. 1963 Martin Luther King Jr’s "I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial. 1964 Race riot in Philadelphia. 1968 Police & anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago’s Dem Natl Conven. 1970 Phillies Larry Bowa steals home for 2nd time in 1970. 1973 6.8 quake centered in Oaxaca State in Mexico kills 527. 1974 Soyuz 15 returns to Earth. 1976 NY Cosmos beat Seattle Sounders 2-1 for NASL cup. 1977 NY Yankee Ron Guidry faces just 28 men & beats Texas Rangers 1-0. 1977 NY Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland Ore, winning their 2nd North American Soccer League championship. 1978 Donald Vesco rode 21′-long Kawasaki motorcycle at 318.598 mph. 1981 John Hinckley Jr pleads innocent in attempt to kill Pres Reagan. 1981 Sebastian Coe of UK sets 1-mi record of 3:47.33 (since broken). 1981 National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis & Kaposi’s sarcoma in gay men. 1983 Israeli PM Menachem Begin announces resignation. 1983 Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour. 1986 US Navy officer Jerry A Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying. 1988 70 killed in crash of 3 Italian AF fighters at air show in Germany. 1990 Iraq declares Kuwait its 19th province. 1991 5 die in a NYC subway’s 3rd worst accident. 1991 Red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martinez both perfect game pitcher.

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As usual, a MUCH shorter list than the births. You’d have thought that I would have at least had time to fit THIS one in yesterday, wouldn’t you? Oh, well. At least it’s here now.

1818 Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable trader, founder of Chicago, dies.
1955 Emmett Till kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi. 1961 Thomas Connolly 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies. 1964 Gracie Allen Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen), dies at 62. 1967 Paul Muni actor, dies at 71. 1968 Nick Castle choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland), dies at 58. 1983 Jan Clayton actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66. 1985 Ruth Gordon actress, dies at 88 suffering a stroke in her sleep.

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Okay, I know, I am really late again. Have you got any idea how much has been going on in the last couple days around here? No, of course you don’t. You’ll just have to take my word for it. It’s been really busy:) So, here we go with yesterday’s list.

1592 George Villiers duke of Buckingham, royal minister to James I. 1749 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Frankfurt, social philosopher (Faust). 1774 Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton 1st American Catholic saint. 1831 Lucy Ware Webb Hayes 1st lady. 1833 Sir Edward Burne-Jones England, Pre-Raphaelite painter/designer. 1878 George Hoyt Whipple US, astrophysicist (Nobel-1934). 1889 Charles Boyer France, actor (Algiers, Fanny, Barefoot in the Park). 1901 Paul Henry Lang Budapest, critic/musicologist (NY Herald Tribune). 1903 Bruno Bettelheim US, writer (Uses of Enchantment).
1905 Sam Levene actor (Demon, Gung Ho). 1906 Sir John Betjeman poet laureate of England (Mt Zion). 1908 Roger Tory Peterson NY, ornithologist/writer (How to Know Birds). 1913 Richard Tucker [Reuben Ticker],Brooklyn NY, Tenor (NY Met Opera). 1914 Glenn Osser Munising Mich, orch leader (Paul Whiteman Goodyear Revue). 1916 C Wright Mills sociologist, writer (The Power Elite). 1919 Ernest Martin [Markowitz], producer (Feuer & Martin-Chorus Line). 1921 Nancy Kulp Penn, actress (Beverly Hillbillies). 1924 Janet Frame NZ, novelist (Intensive Care, Owls Do Cry). 1924 Peggy Ryan Long Beach Calif, actress (Jenny-Hawaii Five-0). 1925 Marvin Davis Newark NJ, CEO (Davis Oil Company). 1929 Istv n Kert‚sz Budapest Hungary, conductor (Budapest Opera 1953-57). 1929 Rokie Roker Miami Fla, actress (Helen-Jeffersons). 1930 Ben Gazzara NYC, actor (Run for Your Life, QB VII). 1931 John Shirley-Quirk Liverpool England, baritone (Death in Venice). 1932 Andy Bathgate Canada, NY Ranger (1958 NHL MVP). 1939 Cassie Mackin newswoman (NBC TV). 1940 Richard Sanders actor (Les Nessman-WKRP, Berrengers, Spencer). 1940 William Cohen (Sen-R-Me). 1941 Paul Peter Plishka Old Forge Penn, bass (Bronx Botanical Gardens). 1943 David Soul Chicago, actor (Starsky & Hutch, Here Comes the Bride). 1943 Lou Pinella Yankee manager (1969 AL rookie of the year). 1946 Bob Beamon US, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1968). 1947 Alice Playton NYC, actress (Who Killed Mary Whats ‘er Name). 1949 Hugh Cornwell rocker (The Stranglers-Dreamtime).
1950 Ron "Louisana Lightning" Guidry Yankee pitcher (Cy Young 1978).
1951 Wayne Osmond Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie).
1957 Daniel Stern Stamford Ct, actor (City Slickers, Wonder Years). 1958 Scott Hamilton Toledo, figure skating champion (Olympic-gold-1984). 1960 Emma Samms [Samuels], London, actress (Colby’s, General Hospital). 1960 Leroy Chiao Milwaukee Wisc, astronaut. 1961 Kim Appleby rocker (Mel & Kim-Coming to America). 1963 Reyna Thompson NFL corner back (NY Giants).
1965 James Jagger son of Mick Jagger & Jerry Hall. 1966 Jerry Fehily rocker (Hothouse Flowers-Don’t Go). 1968 Scarlet Annette Morgan Pfafftown NC, Miss NC-America-1991. 1969 Jason Priestley Vancouver BC, actor (Brandon-Beverly Hills 90210). 1969 Mary McCartney daughter of Beatle Paul McCartney. 1971 Janet Evans US swimmer (Olympics-1992).

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If you’re like me, you absolutely hate moving.
It’s not even the having to get used to a new place part of it, and I love meeting new people. No, it’s the moving itself, having to try and get everything organized and changed over from one address to another, having to remember every little detail, and trying to carry all those heavy boxes! Yikes! And if you are changing cities and not just houses, it’s even worse, especially if you know nothing about your brand new city and can’t find anything or don’t know how to get things done there.
It’s a real nightmare.

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Think about it… if you have to move, why not leave the hassles to the experts? No more last minute moving emergencies for you, because having hired someone else, last minute emergencies are THEIR problem. You can spend your fiinal days in your old city saying goodbye to friends, confident that all the problems are being dealt with.

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