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Sunday, December 26, 2010

Coolest New Tool: Google Ngram - Research and Graph Trends

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This is nifty! The graph above tracks mentions of the following phrases in books published between 1950 and 2008: Childhood Obesity, Nutriti...

My Christmas Present

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I don't have all my presents yet, but it will be hard to top this one. When Paul gave me Sarah Palin's new book "America By Hea...
Thursday, December 23, 2010

A Texican Christmas Tree

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We are slowly changing over the decor in our house to be a little more SouthWestern / Old West / Texican Ranch style (YAY! some of our cute ...
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Monday, December 20, 2010

Total Lunar Eclipse TONIGHT (Early Tuesday AM 12/21/10)

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There's a total eclipse tonight (Thanks Mandy for reminding me!). The eclipse is caused by the shadow of Earth moving across the face of...
Sunday, December 19, 2010

Christmas for a Sharecropper's Orphan: The Salvation Army, Then and Now

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The 1920's - "the Roaring Twenties" - was a boom time, much like the 1980's or the 2000's , the communications and man...
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Monday, December 13, 2010

Look Up! Shooting Stars in the Western Sky in the Wee Hours

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Nick called and reminded me tonight> Set the alarm for the Geminid Meteor Shower: the article says the shower will peak about 5 am Centr...
Friday, December 10, 2010

Time For Gingerbread Cookies!

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This Gingerbread cookie recipe is tasty to eat and very easy to work with to make fine Gingerbread Boys. It's not quite sturdy enough t...