A trillion here, a trillion there, pretty soon you’re talking about real money. 1Paraphrased from the original Everett Dirksen quote
Footnotes
| ↑1 | Paraphrased from the original Everett Dirksen quote |
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Finished My Third
I just finished my third Kindle book. The Kindle is everything I thought it would be and more. I don’t miss having the actual book in my hand and I love being able to grab the same thing all the time to read during the day.
I still read actual books. At night before lights-out, I read and actual book. And devotional type books, at least so far, are actual books.
Love my kindle.
My Kindle Shipped Today
A Christmas gift from Mrs. Major and Sweet Dau Major and birthday gift from Old Dad, my Kindle finally shipped today.
In case you don’t know what a Kindle is, it’s an electronic book. Kindle users can download books from Amazon.com or upload files to be read from their own computers.
Sweet Dau gave me an appropriately decorated Visa debit gift card with “KINDLE FUND O’ DADNESS” emblazoned on it. I couldn’t figure out how to apply that card as a partial payment for the Kindle so I pre bought a bunch of books. Here’s the list:
- Rusty Nail — J.A. Konrath
- Night Fire — Catherine Coulter
- The Motive — John Lescroart
- Valdez Is Coming — Elmore Leonard
- The Millionaires — Brad Meltzer
- Farewell, My Lovely — Raymond Chandler
- The Big Sleep — Raymond Chandler
- Black and Blue — Ian Rankin
- The Prince of Beverly Hills — Stuart Woods
- Third Person Singular — Kj Erickson
- Death of a Charming Man — M. C. Beaton
- Thr3e — Ted Dekker
- Shakespeare’s Landlord — Charlaine Harris
- Killing Floor — Lee Child
- Total Recall — Sara Paretsky
- Tunnel Vision — Sara Paretsky
- Hard Time — Sara Paretsky
Thanks Mrs. Major, Sweet Dau, and Old Dad.
Global Warming MIA in Central Florida
Rats! For the fourth time we will have to cover our plants this winter. This is double the number of times per winter since we’ve moved to Florida in February 2004. In addition, the total number of freeze nights so far (including tonight) are 13. We usually have two. Whatever happened to global warming?
Of course it’s my fault. If we hadn’t bought two Robellini palms and had kept the hibiscus potted and indoors, I wouldn’t have to cover anything. Despite plant covers, the poinsettias are trash. Too late to cover them now.
I know all you folks who live north of the frost line are saying, “Whine, whine, whine.” But, hey, we moved south to get away from all that.
Recovery Website
Hey Folks, in case you’re interested in the government’s massive bailout, there’s a website available. Here’s a quote from Recovery.gov:
Recovery.gov is a website that lets you, the taxpayer, figure out where the money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is going. There are going to be a few different ways to search for information. The money is being distributed by Federal agencies, and soon you’ll be able to see where it’s going — to which states, to which congressional districts, even to which Federal contractors. As soon as we are able to, we’ll display that information visually in maps, charts, and graphics.
There’s even a link to the actual bill that President Obama signed today.
Ok, time for some reading.