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Just loving Google this week.  Today they have an illustrated tribute to Hans Christian Anderson.  Make sure to click the teeny arrow at bottom right of the [...]

If you’ve headed over to your Google page this  morning, you’re in for a fun surprise.  Google has come up with the ultimate April Fool’s joke  (resonating over to Gmail, and likely other google apps.)  Grab your coffee, head over to google and read all about their “new” name…and then do your Topeka search! 

As for me, [...]

Today is 011010 — I like the binary code appeal of the date.  Switch on.  Switch off.  We have a base 10 system, 10 fingers and toes.  We like $10 bills and $100 bills.  Appreciate decades and centuries.  Ten Commandments.  I’m sure there is some meaning to the numerology of today, so if you [...]

An old (well…longtime) high school friend noted on his Facebook that he was selling off his Get Smart collectibles.  Of course, that sent me on a frenzied google and bing search for Get Smart collectibles.  Here’s the site:  http://www.wouldyoubelieve.com/collect.html  The prices some of these items can fetch is worthy of note…but the chuckles you’ll [...]

Love this — my sister just sent me this viral email with a virtual life expectancy calculator.  Have fun — and who knows how right it might be?  I discovered, according to this, that I’ll live til 90 and have 14,800 days left on the planet.  Works for me.  Ummm…if you are 89, I wouldn’t [...]

Have you ever called 311 in LA?  311 is the main line number to connect with Los Angeles City Hall.  In our city, the voice message is that of Mayor Antonio Villaragosa and he cheerfully invites you to take advantage of the many services available to you through the city government.  And even better, [...]