National Ice Cream Sandwich Day, Mia Bella's Gourmet Candles, and TGIF!

National Ice Cream Sandwich Day - Today is National Ice Cream Sandwich Day!

On the beach or in an ice cream shop, these sweet sandwiches are always delicious.

Ice cream sandwiches come in many varieties. In their traditional form, vanilla ice cream is tucked between two thin layers that resemble chocolate cake. Other versions include chipwiches—ice cream between two chocolate chip cookies.

Mia Bella's Gourmet Candles - Mia Bella Gourmet Candles represent the first innovation in candle-making in 150 years. Mia Bella Candles are a safer alternative for both you and the environment.

Mia Bella's Cleaner Burning Gourmet Candles are clean burning and virtually soot free, double wicked and triple scented, burn longer and more evenly, smell amazing right to the last flicker, have a tremendous scent throw, are all natural and non-toxic, hand poured in the USA with renewable products grown in the USA, and clean up with hot water and soap!

I was given two Mia Bella Gourmet Candles by a local distributor who asked me to evaluate them. I was very favorably impressed. I highly recommend Mia Bella's Gourmet Candles. For additional information, I recommend that you visit the Light Your World Web site

TGIF - This has been a long, tiresome week. TGIF!!!

Hot Weather, Nexus 7 2013, and TGIF!

Hot Weather - The hot weather from which we have been suffering for what seems an interminable period is forecast to continue through the weekend!

I enjoy summer, but this heat wave has well outlived its attractiveness! It is time for the temperature to fall below 100°!

During such periods, it is critical that one remains hydrated! One must be cautious to drink water throughout the day!

The weatherpeople predict that next week will see temperatures in the mid-to-high 90s in this area, and that will seem positively frosty compared to the 110°+ we have seen for the last several weeks!

One must be alert and watch for warning signs of heat stroke and what to do if one's pet becomes overheated!

Other than staying indoors, relaxing in air-conditioned comfort, it is difficult finding respite from the heat, and innovative measures must be employed!

Nexus 7 2013 - I have used a Nexus 7 2012 since its release last year. I have thoroughly enjoyed it and use it throughout the day. I also use an ASUS Transformer Prime Android tablet. It is awesome, but at times the size of the Transformer Prime makes it less comfortable to use than the relatively small size and weight of the Nexus 7.

I have a Nexus 7 2013 on order (along with a Google Chromecast dongle) and am excitedly awaiting its arrival.

TGIF - Enjoy the weekend, and be cautious of the hot weather!

TGIF, Taxes, and Gun Control

TGIF - TGIF, Indeed! It seems to me that this year is passing very quickly. I realize that, in actuality, such is an impossibility: Each day is of equal length, each week equals the time of the prior week, and so on and so on and so forth.

Nonetheless—although it is, I realize, only a sensation and not a reality—it does truly seem that this year is passing quickly. It is nearly February, and I do not have a clear sensation that January has nearly passed. Perchance this feeling is simply a result of the general malaise under the thrall of which I have fallen and the desire for this season to pass quickly.

I cry out for sunshine, warmth, blue skies, and singing birds. It seems that as years pass and age accumulates upon me, more and more I long for the kinder, gentler time of yesteryear: Television and movies mirror the moral decay that has taken place during the last decade, at most.

All this was, certainly, predicated upon the removal of prayer from schools. This allowed the moral fabric of this nation to decay to such an extent that philosophical belief systems that previously had been patently unacceptable became fully acceptable—while we slept, as it were—and that which previously had been considered immoral became the "new normal."

I cling to the values of old and eschew all else. I am in the world, yet I am not of the world!

Taxes - I e-filed our state and federal income tax returns earlier this week. I cannot explain why I avoid doing this, since the process is relatively simple and takes but a few minutes. I use QuickBooks(r) to do my accounting throughout the year, and I use TurboTax(r) to prepare and e-file my returns. TurboTax(r) quickly and easily grasps the information it needs from QuickBooks(r), and the entire process takes but 20 minutes or so.

Gun Control - As I have said many times, "Gun control is all a matter of shot placement!"