Sometime in my youth I probably ordered a bumper sticker for my tricycle and it seems that since then I have been on the mailing list of every English language catalog publisher in the Western World - well at least in America.
And it pays to look and hesitate (procrastinate might be a better word) before ordering. Couple of cases at point:
The National Geographic catalog offers the Irish Donegal Tweed Cap for $62.00; Hammacher Schlemmer offers the identical cap for $49.95.
Hammacher Schlemmer offers 120 CD selector box that stores your CD and DVDs along with an index where you can make a choice and the desired CD or DVD pops up into your hand. Price: $149.95. You can get the identical product from the Herrington catalog for $89.95.
If you are in the market for a "learn to play Illuminated Fret Electric Guitar" you can get one of those for a $499.95 or for $179.95 you can order a "learn to play Violin and DVD of instructions."
There is no limit to the range of goods offered in these catalogs. Right now I am looking at the Vermont Country Store and a Large Brandy Plum Pudding. I will keep my readers informed.
(The foregoing is an e-mail version of a blog entry made this day. Click on the link for the complete blog.)
Saturday, October 24
Saturday, October 10
Praise for our daughter
Dear Mary and Archie
Had it not been for Martha, I don't know how our family would have coped with our loss of Steve in July.
Not only was she naturally professional in her duties, but she extended such a warm and personal touch that I wanted you to know how much we appreciate your lovely daughter!
It takes a very special person to do the job Martha handles so well, and I know you are all very proud of her!! We are!!
Rita Lucas
(Proud father's note: Martha is our fourth child and first daughter. She has been in the funeral business for 20 years and is currently Manager at Stuhr's Chapel on Greenridge Road, North Charleston.)
Had it not been for Martha, I don't know how our family would have coped with our loss of Steve in July.
Not only was she naturally professional in her duties, but she extended such a warm and personal touch that I wanted you to know how much we appreciate your lovely daughter!
It takes a very special person to do the job Martha handles so well, and I know you are all very proud of her!! We are!!
Rita Lucas
(Proud father's note: Martha is our fourth child and first daughter. She has been in the funeral business for 20 years and is currently Manager at Stuhr's Chapel on Greenridge Road, North Charleston.)
Saturday, October 3
Let him out
I told a friend who has mental impairment and lives in a nursing home that I had gone to the Piggly Wiggly to get a flu shot. He responded, "Piggly Wiggly for a flu shot, I guess you'll go to the hospital to get your groceries."
Thursday, October 1
Good decision in a post 9/11 World
New York Federal Judge Denies Request For CIA Secret Documents
By Carolyn Weaver - Voice of America
New York
01 October 2009
A U.S. federal judge has ruled that hundreds of documents detailing the Central Intelligence Agency's now-shuttered overseas secret detention program of suspected terrorists, including extreme interrogation methods, may be kept secret.
U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein on Wednesday refused to release documents describing Central Intelligence Agency terror interrogations, and the names of detainees or CIA contractors involved in the secret rendition program. He said he would defer to the CIA's judgment on the need to keep the papers secret in order to protect intelligence methods and sources.
By Carolyn Weaver - Voice of America
New York
01 October 2009
A U.S. federal judge has ruled that hundreds of documents detailing the Central Intelligence Agency's now-shuttered overseas secret detention program of suspected terrorists, including extreme interrogation methods, may be kept secret.
U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein on Wednesday refused to release documents describing Central Intelligence Agency terror interrogations, and the names of detainees or CIA contractors involved in the secret rendition program. He said he would defer to the CIA's judgment on the need to keep the papers secret in order to protect intelligence methods and sources.
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