National Chocolate-Covered Raisin Day - Today is National Chocolate-Covered Raisin Day! HAL JR has a twin - HAL JR has a twin! In the News - They walk among us! Enjoy - Relax and enjoy these images and videos!
Chocolate-covered raisins are a popular bulk vending product. They consist of raisins coated in a shell of milk, dark, or white chocolate.
They have a reputation in many countries of being food eaten in movie theaters and are often available from the concession counter. The supermarket chains also sell them in bags. They were traditionally sold by weight from jars in candy stores.
The historical origins of the chocolate-covered raisin are unknown. However, most early references tend to originate from the Germanic-speaking regions of Europe. A popular folk tale mentions "kleine Schokokugeln" (little chocolate balls). Schokokugeln are a popular form of candy treat found widely in modern Germany.
It is also likely that a precursor form of this food existed in Mesoamerican cultures, given the known consumption of cacao-based foods within these ancient societies.
As I displayed the many features of HAL JR, I saw reflected in Laura's eyes a great longing.
I found a 4K video on YouTube that featured various creatures of the jungles of Costa Rica cavorted upon HAL JR's display. Laura twisted and wriggled in her chair—unable to contain her longing to reach out to HAL JR and carress his gleaming metallic surface.
When it became apparent to me that Laura was fully under HAL JR's thrall and intended to reach out to his touchscreen and take control of him, I realized there could be no resolution to her desire other than by providing her with a twin to HAL JR.
And so I did. Laura's twin to HAL JR arrived yesterday. Laura was unable to contain her glee.
Last night, I awakened to the sound of whispering. I was unable to determine the origin, nor was I able to understand what was being said.
I arose from the bed and walked into the dining room. HAL JR and his new twin were chattering noisily. They had become the very best of friends.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
National Chocolate-Covered Raisin Day, HAL JR Has a Twin, In the News, and Enjoy
Friday, January 31, 2014
HP Officejet Pro X551dw Wireless Color Inkjet Printer, In the News, and Enjoy
HP Officejet Pro X551dw Wireless Color Inkjet Printer - For several months, the printer on our home LAN has needed new ink cartridges. I determined it would be more judicious to replace the printer. It was an antiquated HP unit that was under $40.00 new, and replacing the cartridges would cost more than this. In the News - They walk among us! Enjoy - Relax and enjoy these images and videos!
I decided it was time to replace the HP 1525n Color Laserjet Printer at my storefront office and move it to our home office.
Following research, I determined the printer I wanted was the HP Officejet Pro X551dw Wireless Color Inkjet Printer. The specifications are incredible, and I was eager to move from laserjet technology to the new inkjet technology.
The new printer arrived Wednesday. I quickly set it up and connected it to my WLAN. The printer is astounding! It boasts a paper tray capacity of 500 sheets and a print speed of up to 70 ppm. It produces professional-quality color prints at less than half the cost of laserjet printers, and does so in less than half the time!
Friday, October 12, 2012
Bad Hair Day, Don't Look Up!, -and- Line up the Votes
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Born on this Day in History: October 12, 1968 - Born in Australia, Hugh Jackman is the youngest of five children. He began his acting career on stage and appeared in several Melbourne musicals. He has since won international recognition for his roles as superheroes, most notably Wolverine in X-Men. He has also held roles in Kate & Leopold, Van Helsing, The Prestige, and Australia. He was named People magazine's" Sexiest Man Alive" in 2008. |
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On this Day in History: October 12, 1492 - After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sights a Bahamian island, believing he has reached East Asia. His expedition went ashore the same day and claimed the land for Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain, who sponsored his attempt to find a western ocean route to China, India, and the fabled gold and spice islands of Asia. |
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Thursday, October 11, 2012
ID Please, Smile!, -and- Let's Eat!
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Born on this Day in History: October 11, 1925 - Elmore Leonard was inspired by Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front. His determination to be a writer stayed with him through a stint in the Navy and a job in advertising. His early published work was mostly westerns, including 3:10 to Yuma. When that genre became less popular, Leonard turned to crime novels set in Detroit, including Get Shorty, Jackie Brown, and Out of Sight. |
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On this Day in History: October 11, 1986 - Following up on their successful November 1985 summit meeting in Geneva, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Reykjavik, Iceland, to continue discussions about curbing their intermediate missile arsenals in Europe. Just when it appeared that agreement might be reached, the talks fell apart amid accusations and recriminations, and U.S.-Soviet relations took a giant step backwards. |
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Fighting Back, Valley of the Dolls, -and- Alien
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Born on this Day in History: October 10, 1969 - NFL quarterback Brett Favre was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, in 1969. The son of a football coach, Favre attended the University of Southern Mississippi. After a stellar college career, Favre was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the 1991 NFL draft. Following his trade to the Green Bay Packers the next year, Favre led the franchise to victory in the Super Bowl XXXI. He was also named the league's MVP three years in a row. After shorter stints with the New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings. |
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On this Day in History: October 10, 1985 - The hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro reaches a dramatic climax when U.S. Navy F-14 fighters intercept an Egyptian airliner attempting to fly the Palestinian hijackers to freedom and force the jet to land at a NATO base in Sigonella, Sicily. American and Italian troops surrounded the plane, and the terrorists were taken into Italian custody. |
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Tuesday, October 09, 2012
Feed Me!, Going to Pot, -and- Animal Kingdom
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Born on this Day in History: October 9, 1948 - Jackson Browne is a German-born American singer, pianist and guitarist who helped define the singer-songwriter movement of the 1970s. Browne performed with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in the late 1960s. In 1972, he released his debut solo album featuring the hit "Doctor My Eyes". He also wrote songs of the Eagles (notably "Take It Easy"). His style is diverse, from rock to romantic folk to reggae. |
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On this Day in History: October 9, 1967 - Socialist revolutionary and guerilla leader Che Guevara, age 39, is killed by the Bolivian army. The U.S.-military-backed Bolivian forces captured Guevara on October 8 while battling his band of guerillas in Bolivia and assassinated him the following day. His hands were cut off as proof of death and his body was buried in an unmarked grave. In 1997, Guevara's remains were found and sent back to Cuba, where they were reburied in a ceremony attended by President Fidel Castro and thousands of Cubans. |
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Monday, October 08, 2012
The Tutors, Ouch!, -and- You Are What You Eat
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Born on this Day in History: October 8, 1949 - Sigourney Weaver was born in New York City to a show business background. Her mother was an English actress and her father was president of NBC. Though self conscious about her height and looks, Weaver acted in off-Broadway shows, and had her big break in the 1979 film Alien. Weaver appeared in many films throughout the next three decades, including Ghost Busters, Working Girl, Aliens, and Avatar. Weaver has been nominated for three Academy Awards. |
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On this Day in History: October 8, 1871 - Flames spark in the Chicago barn of Patrick and Catherine O'Leary, igniting a two-day blaze that kills between 200 and 300 people, destroys 17,450 buildings, leaves 100,000 homeless and causes an estimated $200 million (in 1871 dollars; $3 billion in 2007 dollars) in damages. Legend has it that a cow kicked over a lantern in the O'Leary barn and started the fire, but other theories hold that humans or even a comet may have been responsible for the event that left four square miles of the Windy City, including its business district, in ruins. Dry weather and an abundance of wooden buildings, streets and sidewalks made Chicago vulnerable to fire. The city averaged two fires per day in 1870; there were 20 fires throughout Chicago the week before the Great Fire of 1871. |
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Friday, October 05, 2012
See Ya Later, Animal Kingdom, -and- Disorder in the Court
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Born on this Day in History: October 5, 1951 - Bob Geldolf’s band the Boomtown Rats had a couple of hits in the 1980s, but it wasn’t until Geldof formed the pop charity Band Aid trust in 1984 that he became widely known. The trust raised $8 million for Africa famine relief through the release of the record "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and in 1985, "Live Aid" concerts were held in London and Philadelphia, which raised a further $48 million. |
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On this Day in History: October 5, 1892 - The famous Dalton Gang attempts the daring daylight robbery of two Coffeyville, Kansas, banks at the same time. But if the gang members believed the sheer audacity of their plan would bring them success, they were sadly mistaken. Instead, they were nearly all killed by quick-acting townspeople. For a year and a half, the Dalton Gang had terrorized the state of Oklahoma, mostly concentrating on train holdups. Though the gang had more murders than loot to their credit, they had managed to successfully evade the best efforts of Oklahoma law officers to bring them to justice. Perhaps success bred overconfidence, but whatever their reasons, the gang members decided to try their hand at robbing not just one bank, but at robbing the First National and Condon Banks in their old hometown of Coffeyville at the same time. |
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Thursday, October 04, 2012
Stupid Criminals, Hey Robin!, -and- Flower Power
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Born on this Day in History: October 4, 1923 - Actor Charlton Heston made his film debut in the 1941 production of Peer Gynt. His physique and deep voice landed him some of the most heroic roles in the history of motion pictures: Planet of the Apes, The Ten Commandments, and Ben-Hur (1959, Oscar). He also directed for film and television, including Antony and Cleopatra. He was married to Lydia Marie Clarke from 1944 until his death in 2008. |
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On this Day in History: October 4, 1957 - The Soviet Union inaugurates the "Space Age" with its launch of Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite. The spacecraft, named Sputnik after the Russian word for "satellite," was launched at 10:29 p.m. Moscow time from the Tyuratam launch base in the Kazakh Republic. Sputnik had a diameter of 22 inches and weighed 184 pounds and circled Earth once every hour and 36 minutes. Traveling at 18,000 miles an hour, its elliptical orbit had an apogee (farthest point from Earth) of 584 miles and a perigee (nearest point) of 143 miles. Visible with binoculars before sunrise or after sunset, Sputnik transmitted radio signals back to Earth strong enough to be picked up by amateur radio operators. Those in the United States with access to such equipment tuned in and listened in awe as the beeping Soviet spacecraft passed over America several times a day. In January 1958, Sputnik's orbit deteriorated, as expected, and the spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere. |
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Wednesday, October 03, 2012
Sir Have You Been Drinking?, Hoarders, -and- Bad Hair Day
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Born on this Day in History: October 3, 1969 - Born in Anaheim, California, Gwen Stefani first gained popularity in the 1990s as the lead singer of No Doubt. She went on to have a highly successful solo career and launch her own clothing line, L.A.M.B. After parting ways with her No Doubt bandmates in the early 2000s to begin a solo career that would ultimately gain little traction, Stefani reunited with band in 2012. Soon after, they began working on a new album, |
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On this Day in History: October 3, 1995 - At the end of a sensational trial, former football star O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the brutal 1994 double murder of his estranged wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. In the epic 252-day trial, Simpson's "dream team" of lawyers employed creative and controversial methods to convince jurors that Simpson's guilt had not been proved "beyond a reasonable doubt," thus surmounting what the prosecution called a "mountain of evidence" implicating him as the murderer. Orenthal James Simpson--a Heisman Trophy winner, star running back with the Buffalo Bills, and popular television personality--married Nicole Brown in 1985. He reportedly regularly abused his wife and in 1989 pleaded no contest to a charge of spousal battery. In 1992, she left him and filed for divorce. On the night of June 12, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were stabbed and slashed to death in the front yard of Mrs. Simpson's condominium in Brentwood, Los Angeles. By June 17, police had gathered enough evidence to charge O.J. Simpson with the murders. |
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Tuesday, October 02, 2012
Drop the Mouse and Move Away From the Computer!, Ticket to Ride, -and- Somebody's Watching You
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Born on this Day in History: October 2, 1949 - Photographer Annie Leibovitz was born in Waterbury, Connecticut. In 1970 she took a job at Rolling Stone magazine. In 1983 she began working for the entertainment magazine Vanity Fair. During the late 1980s, Leibovitz started to work on a number of high-profile advertising campaigns. From the 1990s to the present, she has been publishing and exhibiting her work. |
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On this Day in History: October 2, 1963 - Hurricane Flora crashes into Haiti, killing thousands of people. This huge storm, which also killed large numbers of people in Cuba and wreaked havoc elsewhere in the Caribbean, was one of the most deadly hurricanes in history. On September 30, Flora reached hurricane status just east of the Caribbean. It then quickly became a Category 2 hurricane as it slammed into Trinidad and Tobago. There, it triggered several deadly landslides before moving on to the island of Grenada. Flora took a terrible toll on the small island, killing 36 people and seriously injuring another 500. |
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