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A Solar Dichotomy Of Sorts

Let's just see if Mitch Battros or one of his minions ever does a search on the web for posts about them, or checks the links back to their website.

A few years ago, when I was more flush with money, I subscribed to Earth Changes website so I could have full access. At the time, I used PayPal and now I wish I had not. As it turns out, two years ago I quit subscribing to the EC site and marked my PayPal account subscriptions showing that I did not want to auto-renew. Or so I thought.

Last year in September I got an email notifying me that my subscription had been renewed. I didn't want that to have happened, and so I contacted PayPal and got them to get my money back. I thought it was all settled and would never happen again. Poor, silly, gullible me. Yup, you guessed it. This year, just like clockwork, they renewed my subscription again!!

I went through the whole process to try to get it undone and I can say that PayPal was absolutely NO help at all. It was like they didn't want to be bothered with my trivial little transaction. I wrote a letter to Earth Changes in Seattle, WA and told them I had not subscribed. No acknowledgement of that letter since I sent it two months ago. I guess I should have sent it registered mail.

Now, here's the dichotomy part of this whole deal. While I am not interested in being a subscriber to Battros' website anymore, I do find his theory of the sun affecting our planet and weather very plausable, and if I wasn't now on a fixed income I wouldn't even be balking at this subscription thing. I have nothing against the man, or his message, but as a website doing business here in Washington, his business practices are crap. There is a mailing address on his site, but the only phone number is a FAX number.

I did find an email address on their website tonight and wrote them a letter using that method, so now the ball is in their court regarding the refund.

The Halloween Hag

In celebration of Halloween, I present the one and only "Me"! Every Halloween my teeth need to be filed down, poor sad creature that I am. It begins exactly at midnight and continues all day, sometimes scaring the little trick-or-treaters who come to the door expecting goodies. Instead they are greeted by this monster of a woman sporting candy fangs. Oh, the humanity! Anyone want to donate to my dental repair fund? "Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my closeup now! "

(c) Carol Wilkerson - do not copy without attribution.
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You Can Eat These Witches' Fingers

Heather on the Beautiful British Columbia blog made these gruesomely cool cookies and sent them to friends. Very, very creative and icky.

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You Woke Me For This?

There I was, sleeping like a good cat boy, and then here comes Mom crawling on her belly to within inches of my paws. ::::Flash::: There she goes again with that flashy thing. Sheesh! Can't a guy get some rest? I'll get her back though...In the middle of the night I will paw at the blankets and try to get under the covers with her. Then, when I've awakened her just enough, I'll jump down and go meow around the house. It's so much fun torturing humans. 

This Baby Boomer Uses Facebook Too

My blog friend Patricia Rockwell at Communication Exchange recently noted, Facebook isn't just for kids anymore. Well, unless you count Baby Boomers as kids. After all, "65 is the new 45", so I hear.

As a matter of fact, I am a member of Facebook, and have been for at least a year, if not more. Since it's a free site, I don't see why more people aren't using it for social networking. I do have a MySpace account too, but I rarely go there. It seemed a little too "teeny-bopper" to me when I check it out, so I haven't been back.

So, what do I do on Facebook? I have joined groups, and connect with my blog friends that also use Facebook. My friend Alison in Scotland and I play Wordscraper (it's like Scrabble) almost daily, but the place I have been spending the majority of my time lately is at the Genea-Bloggers group. Just a few months ago there was just a handful of people. As you have probably guessed, the main interest of the group is genealogy, which of course is my addiction. Currently, the group boasts 227 members and it's growing almost daily. As each person in Genea-Bloggers adds their blog to Blog Networks I am able to track and visit them easily just by going to that application.

Something that works quite well for me is that whenever I post to this blog, or my genealogy blog iPentimento, I have it set up where it automatically posts a link to Facebook too. It's all about the networking in blogging, especially if you are trying to interest more readers.

For me, it was pretty easy to learn my way around Facebook. And, if you need help, a friend is just a link away. My overall experience has been that there is a lot more to do on Facebook than I have hours in my day. You are welcome to add me to your friends if you are so inclined.

She Will Make A Difference

Are you a registered voter? If not, get out there and get registered. Want to see who is going to break the gridlock in Washington, DC?

The answer may surprise you!

Fall Is In The Air Here In Washington

I think you might describe these Red Maple leaves as orange right now, rather than red. These two photos were taken today at around 2 PM. I love how the sun shining through them makes the tree seem to glow. They haven't been retouched or anything, other than the border effects. Yes, you can use these images, but please be courteous and link back to this blog. Thanks!

  

Cute As A Button

Since I am sick to death of politics, and you probably don't want to read more ranting and raving from me about it, how about something cute to look at instead? For your viewing pleasure and amusement, I bring you Garrett...when he was just a few months old. He is an 'old man' of 8 now, and would probably not take too kindly to this picture, but come on, I'm a grandma and I think it's cute. :)

 

Mysterious New Visitors In The Yard

These monsters arrived overnight after some cool wet weather. I wouldn't advise eating them though. I have no idea what kind they are, but I wouldn't take any chances. My husband dug them up and put them in the yard waste right after I took this picture. Yes, I had a little fun with my SnagIt program and added the squirrel and caption. Do you remember the movie with Clint Eastwood named "The Beguiled"? Jim and I have a standing joke about mushrooms related to the movie. When he came home yesterday from visiting his dad for three weeks he saw the mushrooms in the backyard and I told him I was going to "pick them especially for him"! Yes, I am wicked. Truthfully, it is a very good suspenseful movie and I recommend it.

Why Women Don't Remarry

As someone who has been married for many, many years, I think this story is pretty accurate!

Three women: one engaged, one married and one a mistress, are chatting about their relationships and decided to amaze their men. That night all three will wear black leather bras, stiletto heels and a mask over their eyes.

After a few days they meet up for lunch.

The engaged woman: The other night when my boyfriend came over he found me with a black leather bodice, tall stilettos and a mask. He saw me and said, "You are the woman of  my life. I love you." Then we made love all night long.

The mistress: Me too! The other night I met my lover at his office and I was wearing the leather bodice, heels, mask over my eyes and a raincoat. When I opened the raincoat he didn't say a word, but we had wild sex all night.

The married woman: I sent the kids to stay at my mother's house for the night. When my husband came home I was wearing the leather bodice, black stockings, stilettos and a mask over my eyes. As soon as he came in the door and saw me he said, "What's for dinner, Batman?"