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Please tell Congress to renew the flood insurance program

8 Apr 2010 – 17:40

This is a quick plea for your help and attention. My sister and her husband — first time homebuyers — are on the brink of losing the house they have a winning bid on and are totally on track to close on April 14. EXCEPT that they cannot get the flood insurance they need for the loan [...]

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Hummingbird babies have hatched!

13 Apr 2009 – 15:03

In the last two days, we have witnessed the hummingbirds emerge from their shells (as “live” as possible without the help of a webcam). The first baby hatched sometime yesterday (Apr 12, 2009), the second one today (Apr 13, 2009)! Welcome to the world little ones! Baby #1 has hatched (only one egg is broken, [...]

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Hummingbird eggs

31 Mar 2009 – 9:23

There are two tiny eggs in Beatrice’s little nest! I’ve heard they are each about the size of a whole coffee bean! They must be tiny because the whole nest is about the size of a 1-year old’s fist.

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Interesting words

17 Feb 2009 – 21:05

Last week I received three interesting “words” (with definitions) in my word of the week poll on Mechanical Turk. Has anyone heard of these before?: 1) spatulamancy: divination using the shoulder bone of a sheep 2) Aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic: describing the spa waters at Bath, England, is attributed to Dr. Edward Strother (1675-1737). 3) Sexy-Ugly: Someone who [...]

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Word of the week (Feb 15, 2009)

17 Feb 2009 – 21:01

The stimulus bill passed last week and Saturday was Valentine’s day. With the exception of a ‘heartless’ and ‘sexy-ugly’ there weren’t many other signs that V-day came and went. Here are the Words of the Week for the week ending February 15, 2009:

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