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Ness-trodamus predicts: 1) No permanent damage from the shut down; 2) No default on the debt; 3) Obamacare lives on; 4) Most of these dipsh*ts will be reelected; 5) No significant change in the workings of the government; 6) Chiefs go 10 and 6

What's not to like??

And dang near carbon neutral!

I had the same thoughts, and started a 'read the Bible in a year program' the first of this year. But, I kinda ran out of gas. It only works out to a few pages a day (maybe 5-10), so it's certainly doable. I need to get back to it. I did an audio version of Atlas Shrugged a few years back. It just seemed like something I should read, and I sure wasn't going to plow through that monster of a book. I did it driving back and forth to work for a month or two and got through it. But, even that was a struggle for me. Didn't really care for the format or the story. But, maybe that's a good way to test the waters on some of the old classics.

I'd like to work some of the classics in at some point, but I'm pretty impatient and don't like to get bogged down in difficult, old school language. Was RC like that? Hemingway? I had to read Moby Dick in junior high, and hated it. Bad. You can sure ruin a book for a 13 year old when you force them to find all the hidden meaning instead of just enjoying the story. Here: let me save you the trouble: (Spoiler alert: the whale is the devil) I actually have been thinking trying that one again though. If anyone wants the Shackleton book, I'll mail it to you no charge. It's an old, yellowed paperback I got off Amazon -- not 'bookshelf' material.

I got a new puppy!

Wrapped up "Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage" about an Antarctic expedition that was stranded for nearly two years. Incredible, incredible story. Just started "This Town", the book Al was talking about in another thread, about the inner workings of Washington politicians, lobbyists, staffers and the press. Looks like it will be a pretty good read. It kinda confirms some things we all suspect go on, but adds a lot of details, names and describes personalities. It's written in a pretty casual/humorous style that helps you stomach the sad reality of the way it works there. The author seems to be an equal opportunity fun-poker -- everybody get's it.

I'm not ready to switch yet. I like it in a lot of other ways. My work, home and phone calendars, reminders, mail and contacts all seamlessly sync. I waited a looong time to have that work easily. Probably wouldn't change just because of that, regardless of what anyone says about their method. I'm pretty sure they'll fix the issues. They can't afford to PO customers with all the other offerings out there.

I even happens when I'm not on the merry-go-round. So it must be real. (Google "iOS 7 makes me sick")

Nobody else getting the vertigo from it? That's the real crappy part for me. Weird. CWF -- don't do it! I wish I hadn't. I can't think of a single thing that's better for me, the way I use it. I've been thinking about an iPad -- I sure won't do it until this stuff gets resolved now. I saw one article where the person said the iPad vertigo thing was even worse.

Yeah, I've got the parallax thing turned off. I think it's the zooming stuff that bothers most folks, me included. I did find a place to bold fonts and increase contrast and that helps in some places. The enlarge text thing was a joke -- in the apps where it worked the text would spill over the edges. Yeah -- forgot about the battery drain. I've got the automatic updates turned off now too. I can accept a learning curve, but reserve the right to grumble if it's not as good as before. Can't do car sick though.

Recently upgraded to iOS7 on my iPhone, and was really disappointed at all the changes. First thing I noticed was the low contrast and very thin fonts on everything. I went to settings and turned on a setting for larger fonts, but it only affected a few apps -- and the Apple ones (mail, calendar, etc.) all retained the little, skinny font. iTunes was changed and I had to fumble around to figure out how to get a song to play, then it kept repeating. Calendar doesn't have my preferred "list" view -- it now has a horrible white background with tiny, skinny red fonts. But the weird thing was I kept feeling kinda 'car sick' after using it. I searched around the web for ideas on what to do and I guess this is a very common set of complaints. Especially the sickness part. I've always felt the thing was a little less intuitive than most Apple products, but I accepted that because it's also doing so much more. But, dang. It's really not usable for me like this. Anybody else getting this?

Tons of energy for 15 to 20 minutes, then she drops dead. She's getting bolder around our older dog, who really doesn't want anything to do with her yet. She'll square off with him, start barking, then take off before anything happens. She's keeping us laughing.

Never been a fan of canned meat. For me, some good jerky is hard to beat.

No need to Google: 3 pounds banana peppers 2-1/2 cups cider vinegar 2 cups sugar 2 cups water 1 tablespoon Kosher salt 6 cloves garlic 1 quart sauerkraut Dash red pepper flakes Drain sauerkraut in a colander. Remove tops, core and seeds from peppers. Place in ice water bath for 10 minutes. Carefully stuff each pepper with as much kraut as it will hold and pack into jars. Add the garlic cloves. Bring water, vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper flakes to a boil. Pour into the jars with garlic. Seal and refrigerate for at least two weeks. Makes roughly 6 pints. That's the brine recipe I use, but I don't weigh the peppers and I doubt it's as much as three pounds. Adjust the volume of brine as needed. Gotta keep these refrigerated.

Looking good, BH. The speckled (stippled?) one looks like an heirloom I grow called Forellenschluss. That's one of my faves. Takes heat and cold well. The name is supposed to be Austrian for 'speckled trout', which just makes it all that much better. I've got bush beans, snap peas, lettuce, radishes, beets and collards in the ground. My mater's are still spitting out one or two a week. The cherry tomatoes are still going crazy -- I brought in ~7 pounds week before last and made some salsa with them. Tastes good, but they're orange and the salsa isn't very appetizing looking. Brought in a bunch of banana peppers and a few poblanos and Anaheims this weekend. I'll dry the poblanos and roast the Anaheims and freeze them. I've got a recipe for sauerkraut-stuffed pickled banana peppers that I like a lot. Sounds weird, but it's got a nice sweet/sour/spicy thing going on that's pretty good.

Man, you need to put a coaster and place mat down on that beauty

One click too many on that last picture -- back 'er off a little.

Thanks guys. Bfshn, I think she just froze midstep and didn't know what to do next . 7weeks old and hasn't been out in the 'wild' until today. Good going Gavin! I love those shepherds -- keep it occupied!

We had to put our older Brittany down back in May. We've been waiting on a litter from the breeder we got our younger one from. Went over and picked her up today. Please allow me to introduce Ruby: Fun times ahead!

Maybe you guys should try a bigger font?

Nothing at the moment. I night some balsa crank bodies, hooks, wire, rings, etc. couldn't find one vendor that had it all

I'm liking those, mic. But, I've got to resist the temptation to start something new right now. Too many irons in the fire Where are you buying your stuff? I ordered some from Lure Parts Online.com and Barlow's. Neither one had everything I needed. Also checked Jann's.

Those are good looking fish!

That's really cool, David. And like Justin said -- catching one on the NFOW is an accomplishment. You gotta tell US if you're hooked on it...