tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57398762011-12-13T19:55:06.376-08:00The Relocated, but Original Blog du Jour of Mary WehmeierMary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.comBlogger681100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1168516453610336042007-01-11T03:50:00.001-08:002007-01-11T03:54:13.610-08:00

Mary Wehmeier has moved to www.hellomarylu.comYep it's official. I've moved to my own site and domain... http://www.hellomarylu.comWhile I have imported this site and am importing the old Radio Userland posts to the new site.Please redo your bookmarks, news readers and blogrolls to the new site and tell your friends!I will continue to hold this site for a while but like all things, when it

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Podcast & Portable Media Expo Award Winners Originally uploaded by mwehmeier.

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DSCN1161 Originally uploaded by mwehmeier.

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HelloMaryLu Originally uploaded by mwehmeier. Do you know this beach bum?

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The Day Fire from I-5 - Sept 21, 2006 Originally uploaded by mwehmeier.

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Yep it's official. I've moved to my own site and domain... http://www.hellomarylu.comI have imported this site and am importing all the old Radio Userland posts over to the new digs. Feel free to mosey on down the pipe, redo your bookmarks and blogrolls, and tell your friends!

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WNBC Today June 21 - Vincent Ferrari InterviewAOL Hell

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Here's your private invite to check out http://hellomarylu.com

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I've been looking to be in total control of my weblog for some time, and finally found the host that had all the things I needed. Now I'm looking to import my older Userland Radio Weblogs to Wordpress.... Does anyone have an import tool that could import my Radio Weblogs into Wordpress? Hit the comments button below or email me at hellomarylu*AT*gmailDOTcom.Thanks!

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"Every show is your last show in radio." Garrison Keillor My passion is still radio and broadcasting. After years of having my ever-widening fanny planted in front of an Avid, editing movies and shows, I can rarely watch television or go to the movies. While many people I know can spend countless hours in front of the tube or at a theater, I honestly don't enjoy watching them. However this week

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Ben Hammersley captures a great shot of Doc SearlsOriginally uploaded by Ben Hammersley. Doc Searls at Reboot8. Rarely does anyone capture Doc in his thinking mode, especially with his camera. This one is a classic.

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Short question: I'm looking for a new host for this blog site. I want domain and a host that isn't clueless. Who do you recommend? Email me or hit the comments link. Thanks.

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Wouldn't it just be easier just to GIVE IT BACK???Imagine if you will; A woman in NYC accidentally leaves her Sidekick in a cab. Somebody else finds it and was dumb enough to use it-- THEMSELVES! However, the Sidekick has a few extra features not known by everyone, but in essence the Sidekick knows all. The women who owns it with the help of some friends, IM's a message to the phone: REWARD IF

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This month we celebrate the truely American tradition of the Cocktail, which is celebrating it's 200th Anniversary this year. Events are being held in Las Vegas and New York City to celebrate this tradition.As the child of a "Certified Mixologist" I learned early that good cocktails are created, not just mixed-- and presentation is a performance art. The proper stemmed glass or properly garnished

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“Your friends will know you better in the first minute they meet you than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years.” BachMy friend, Eileen Cater passed away yesterday in New Jersey from long standing complications of Juvenile Diabetes. Eileen was a young 59 years old. From the moment I got the call this morning of her passing from her husband Bill, I knew I needed to say what was in

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A few weeks ago I was working on editing some photos and I noticed Ye' Old Omnibook was beginning to get slower than a boat anchor. It has served me very well for the past 5 years and as most of you know, I don't buy a new computer on a whim. Normally it's serious money and I take a considerable amount of time to research the current machines on the market. No cheapo, no-name, no performance

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I'd promised myself I'd attempt to write something at least a couple times a week here, in order to keep everyone posted. But it's not been on the top of my radar. Since I'm one of the major responsible people who is cares for an elderly parent, I've found its taxed me far more than I ever thought possible. At the moment Dr. Doug's Mom, E' isn't in need of constant 24/7 care now. But it wasn't

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Master of All He SurveysOne spring afternoon in 1990 I was headed to a meeting and noticed that a black lab puppy of no more than 4-5 months wandering around the neighborhood. He was cute, bright and appeared to be friendly. I supposed as I was getting ready, he was one of the neighbors dogs and someone would scoop him back home in short order. I went to my meeting and on the way home, I saw the

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The Devil's in the details, and recently he must have decided I should dance with him... and so this is why you haven't heard from me here.Short Version to follow here:1. During the Winter Olympics my computer acted up and we could talk about the countless hours trying to get the machine back on track-- but let's not. God knows everyone who has used a computer for over 10 years, has had these

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Comments to come shortly1 Sasha COHEN (USA) 66.732 Irina SLUTSKAYA (RUS) 66.703 Shizuka ARAKAWA (JAP) 66.024 Fumie SUGURI (JPN) 61.755 Kimmie MEISSNER (USA) 59.406 Elene GEDEVANISHVILI (GEO) 57.907 Emily HUGHES (USA) 57.088 Miki ANDO (JPN) 56.009 Joannie ROCHETTE (CAN) 55.8510 Sarah MEIER (SUI) 55.5711 Carolina KOSTNER (ITA) 53.7712 Susanna POYKIO (FIN) 53.7413 Elena LIASHENKO (UKR) 52.3514 Mira

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Happy Valentine's Day to Everyone. I wish each and everyone of you love from the ones you need.Tonight we're going to get some dinner early and be home to watch the Men's Short Program. Okay Question Du Jour: I've been considering a Video Hard Drive Recorder. I'm not thrilled with the idea of a Tivo, the additional fee for getting the programming has never appealed to me. I've heard mixed

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Michelle Kwan is a minimalist ice goddess with only one crooked tooth to remind us that she is human. - by David Swerdlick, popmatters.comDavid's article puts the entire situation into perspective. My wrap-up comments on Valentines Day. The Men's Short Program starts tonight. Has anyone put duct tape on Johnny Weir's mouth yet? PLEASE! He's going to embarrass someone at the USFSA. And I'm going

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Tonight's Pairs Final was a completely different event than the last one I reported on in Salt Lake City in 2002. Tonight's top three medal winners each overcame serious accidents and proved that while it looks so easy, in the blink of an eye an accident can completely change your life. In the end it all depends on how you deal with it.Gold Medalist, Tatiana Totmianina and Max Marinin of Russia

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While all the media attention has been on Michelle's withdrawal and Sasha's pending/potential coronation to the Gold Medal, the media has almost forgotten Kimmie Meissner, who placed 2nd in the US National Championships behind Cohen. The Rink Rumormill in Torino says Kimmie is soaking in the experience and is having great practices consistently hitting her content. My gut tells me NOT to count

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True confession time: I grew up in the Midwest and used to spend my "rest periods" at rink, drinking coffee and watching the curling leagues play in the adjoining ice sheets. It was one of the only places where I could talk to a "normal guy."We used to broadcast the curling leagues on the weekend, sponsored by the local beer companies. As a bratty teenager I called curling "Ice Bowling" and felt

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And once you thought the scandal was over...I got a copy of a press release written in January that announced that Salt Lake City Skating Judge, Jon Jackson had finally won his case in an arbitration court.The American Arbitration Association (AAA) awarded Jackson over $18,000 in attorneys' fees, costs and arbitration costs, following its ruling that US Figure Skating had failed to follow its own

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Today Michelle Kwan again said “No, thank you” to NBC’s offer to be a guest commentary for the Olympics Ladies Figure Skating Finals. NBC’s first offer had come when it was considered a possibility she would be unable to skate a couple months ago. This morning after her interview with Scott Hamilton and Bob Costas, they repeated the offer, but Michelle said she did not want to “she didn't want to

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The other night we were all watching The Games when we caught our first peek at the Torino Medals. My first reaction was… "Ah—That’s where all those AOL CD’s we tossed out went!" The Dr. Doug chimed in… "Couldn’t the Italian's afford an entire medal?" Friday night, Tonight Show host Jay Leno called them “A large washer with a ribbon through it!” Tonight, Olympic Speed Skating Gold Medalist

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A personal commentary:A few minutes ago the Peter Ueberroth, Chairmen of the USOC and Ron Hershberger, President of the USFSA , as well as other officials held a press conference in which they and Michelle Kwan's, officially announced her withdrawal from the 2006 Olympic Games in Torin, because of a new injury to her abductor area of her hip muscle. It is a new injury and makes it nearly

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1139735578804309622006-02-12T00:38:00.000-08:002006-02-12T01:39:24.970-08:00

About 25 minutes ago, it was announced through the Associated Press and the IOC Press Office that Michelle Kwan has withdrawn from the Women's Figure Skating event at the 2006 Olympic Games. She is scheduled to give a press conference or make a statement at 3 AM Pacific time.I suspect that Michelle after a poor practice yesterday, was nursing more pain than she was willing to admit. Reports are

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I woke up this morning to hear that Michelle Kwan cut her practice short this morning in Turin. She's said she felt stiff. I'm honestly not surprised. Michelle, who's now 25 and recovering from a serious groin injury, got a bye at Nationals to be appointed to the Olympic Team.Some people say she shouldn't be going. I'm not one of them. At 25 Michelle has earned the right to be on the ice and

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1139692813532220182006-02-11T13:14:00.000-08:002006-02-12T06:34:32.200-08:00

Got a call the other day from an family member asking where my old blog posts are listed. Nothing like the Olympics getting people to come back to me. Well at the moment the old posts are over on the old server at radio.weblogs.com.I'm seriously considering moving everything to a new site and bringing in the entire old site and cleaning up the mess. I am at a point where I want total control of

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This year's Super Bowl commerical winners are:The Honda Ridgeline's fantasy commerical where the Mudflap Girl meets Yosemite Sam and goes for a ride. Great fun!Budweiser's "Clydesdale American Dream" where the Clydesdale colt, dreams of being a member of the pulling team, and then puts his head in the harness-- and starts pulling the wagon, while two of the horses push the wagon secretly from

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Today the two astronauts on the International Space Station "launched" an old Russian space suit into space. This suit called SuitSat or Radio Sputnik (depending if you're American or Russian,) was completely rigged with a HAM Radio transmitter, broadcasting a message every 30 seconds on 145.99o MHz, in order to see if we earth-bound radio fans could track and recieve the audio and video

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1138432217420286252006-01-27T22:02:00.000-08:002006-01-27T23:10:17.506-08:00

Technology- gotta love it!Platescan is a name you are going to hear a lot about shortly. So pay attention. For you techies, Platescan is an OCR for license plates.Here in California, CHP has installed the Platescan system in several cars in California. What this system does is scan several hundred license plates per hour, right from the two-camera system which is installed in the CHP squadcars.

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1138103918663722992006-01-24T03:36:00.000-08:002006-01-24T05:27:52.620-08:00

While my favorite quilt (A Dog's Day - left) didn't win any prizes, I did enjoy seeing all the quilts and vendors at last weekends Road to California Quilt Show.For those of you who haven't attended a quilt show and exspect to see a lot of little old ladies running around-- be forewarned: Today's quilt show isn't your Grandmother's Quilt Show.Today's quilt shows are a combination of traditional

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1138058054829522062006-01-23T15:06:00.000-08:002006-01-24T03:34:15.160-08:00

Thanks to Ozmasgirl and a couple other bloggers who came to my rescue in the last couple days, and suggested I check out Spare Parts Warehouse and eBay to find either a new or used keyboard for the notebook. I found what I needed! It's on its way...

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Drat! Last night I was typing away, and all of a sudden my Q key came loose from the board on my old Omnibook 4100. It had happened before, but normally it just meant the key had become unhooked from the board. So I set it aside until this morning when I could see it in the light of day, and gather the tools to put the little sucker back on the board.So this morning, after having my coffee I

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1137671753956768792006-01-19T03:30:00.000-08:002006-01-24T15:58:55.306-08:00

Thursday morning, the Road to California Quilt Show starts in Ontario, CA at the Ontario Convention Center. I will be there, come hell or high water.(Cassandra Williams Port Mansfield, TX Quilt, pictured left, Won the Judges' Special Merit! Congradulations! )Every year I go to a few choice quilt shows, to visit with friends and associates. Since "Road" is so close to home, I always go. This year

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1137183409828846782006-01-13T12:14:00.000-08:002006-01-19T03:30:32.673-08:00

Sorry about the light blogging folks-- it's been a couple weeks since I've finally been able to pull my head above water and write.For the friends and family who have written or phoned: Dr. Doug's mother is doing better. She scared us when she developed sepsis and went into septic shock. We think the reason was because she was being treated for a UTI on top of the flu, but the drugs may not have

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1136497169208947452006-01-05T12:41:00.000-08:002006-01-08T09:01:03.946-08:00

Expect light blogging friends. Do not expect to see Dr. Doug and I appear at CES. Doug's mom is back in the hospital and it appears we're back to square one. While she's making positive progress, she is still in serious condition. So we're in the waiting mode, and taking turns being with her.Less than three weeks ago she was racing me down the aisle at Albertson's and having a great evening. Now

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1136376746014780802006-01-04T02:00:00.000-08:002006-01-04T04:12:26.230-08:00

Jeneane and I have tossed around our Chicken Soup Recipes in the past couple days. You might ask, why in the hell would two women who have much better things to do with their time, than attempt to upstage Martha post our recipes online? Simple stupid: WE CAN. And from my standpoint may be someone will read my weblog and find the courage to make something they once thought nearly impossible for

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1136294782247714482006-01-03T04:56:00.000-08:002006-01-03T05:26:22.320-08:00

Pardon me while I bitch a bit...Over a month ago Dr. Doug and I became more and more upset at the quality of our cable tv service from Adelphia. The upper channels were not always clear and WGN resembled a snowstorm. Cable modem service has and does go out regularly without notice for hours on end. Only after you call tech support do they tell you, they are performing upgrades or other such

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1136123996062234922006-01-01T04:41:00.000-08:002006-01-13T12:21:50.006-08:00

It's New Years Eve California Style. For years the Tournament of Roses Association, has had a pact with the 'old man upstairs if they never held the The Rose Parade on Sunday, it would never rain on the parade. And as you might have suspected, for the past 50-51 years it never rain on the parade. There have been years it's been close-- real close. Tonight the local weathermen warned everyone it

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1136099601806970302005-12-31T23:10:00.000-08:002006-01-02T17:44:19.710-08:00

Mary Lu's Kick Ass Chicken Soup(Normal Pot Size: I revised and made this recipe tonight, to use 1 chicken and a smaller pot.)Ingredients:1 Roaster Chicken from the Deli, Garlic or plain Roasted is fine. BBQ and Lemon Herb no way.2 64 oz containers of Chicken Stock (and equal amounts of water)1-2 cups of sliced carrots (depends on how you like them)1 medium 3-4 inch turnip or parsnip chopped 1/2-2

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1136071132694921132005-12-31T14:59:00.000-08:002005-12-31T22:21:36.330-08:00

It looks like Dave Sifry at Technorati is collecting 2006 New Years Resolutions.Normally I despise making resolutions for the normal laundry list of reasons. The other day I was sorting out my postcard collection and found this Victorian card that summarized exactly how I felt about the coming year.Therefore be it known that my New Years Resolution is: I resolve to get the best of everything, but

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1136031031853543412005-12-31T02:32:00.000-08:002006-01-01T17:34:29.596-08:00

PLEASE NOTE THE CORRECTIONS BELOW, AND I'VE WRITTEN THE PHYSICAL RECIPE ON DEC 31, 2005. Okay, yes Jeneane tried to shove a bowl of her Famous Chicken Soup thru' the internet for me the other night. I wish the guys at Skype would have figured out how to solve this problem before they gave me VOIP. It's worth more money in the long run guys. Trust me on that.Since Ms. Jeneane is sharing her family

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1135904918448636142005-12-29T16:01:00.000-08:002005-12-30T05:33:19.360-08:00

First off: thanks to Doc and Jeanne and several dozen others of you who have emailed and called since my last post. You have NO idea how it feels to be reconnected with many of you. It's the best holiday present I could get.Second: When I decided I wanted to begin blogging again and moved Mary Lu's Blog du Jour to here, from Userland I decided to separate my personal from my professional weblog.

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1135728822676078002005-12-27T15:42:00.000-08:002005-12-30T09:12:20.070-08:00

Here's the latest newsMany of you have written or called during the holidays, please don't take my lack of follow up as bad manners. I have barely had time to take a shower let alone write here. While I've written about the good things that happened during the holidays, I have not mentioned the rest of the story--Dr. D's mother Evelyn, fell a couple weeks ago, and by way of Kaiser's ER got

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1135549031802968282005-12-25T13:45:00.000-08:002005-12-25T14:18:40.976-08:00

Please note the names have been changed to protect the persons involved.Yesterday amidst the booking calls of Santa for his Christmas Eve visits, I took a call from a great mother who wanted Santa to come for a late night visit into West LA. This wasn't your normal mother and it wasn't your normal Santa call. Mom explained that her son was one of those kids who questioned EVERYTHING. He still

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1135195047723631082005-12-21T11:56:00.000-08:002005-12-25T14:27:21.733-08:00

Last night I had the pleasure to assist a special friend, the one and only Santa Claus at a personal appearance at the Christmas Show at St Rita's School, in Sierra Madre.As Santa's official event photographer, I took over 125 pictures of the children and sometimes even their parents with Santa.True Confession: Last night was one of the most enjoyable evenings I've spent in all my years since I

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1133066319757326222005-11-26T19:23:00.000-08:002005-12-27T16:38:10.953-08:00

Thanksgiving Day was relatively peaceful. We spent the early part of the day relaxing and watching the National Dog Show on TV. Andy and Teddy enjoyed seeing the dogs strut their stuff and watching John O'Hurley of Dancing with the Stars fame, dance with an Afghan. Years ago Teddy taught Andy how to watch TV, and now I have two confirmed couch potatoes when the dog shows air. Grrr... Don't even

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As I have seen a few more sunsets, it has become my personal tradition to celebrate Thanksgiving by attempting to list what I have to be thankful for in the past year. May be it’s an extension of a family tradition where when all of us were gathered around the family Thanksgiving dinner table, when after saying grace my Grandmother would ask “The Question,” “What is one thing you’re thankful for

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1132577613486588462005-11-21T04:16:00.000-08:002005-11-21T04:56:48.430-08:00

Move over Vegas; Palm Springs to premiere Cirque Dreams.Okay, let's admit it: Vegas has gotten overpriced and over-hyped. Try getting a reasonably priced ticket to a show? Fat chance, because the wanna-be high rollers will make it so tough you'll have to sell your soul to a pitboss, or pawn your first born to see a decent show. What once was a great place to go play and see a show isn't

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1132575152204019022005-11-21T04:12:00.000-08:002005-11-21T04:12:32.210-08:00

MW & Andy 

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The LA Times reported yesterday that we have made it to the top of the heap as the Smog Capital of the USA, again. It appears the air quality in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties,including there we live Diamond Bar, has exceeded the federal health standard for more than 2 1/2 months this year.However in the happiest place on earth has other areas we've hit the number one

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"In the valley of the jolly Ho! Ho! Ho! green giant."I don't know about many of you, but those words were owned by the booming voice of Len Dresslar, a singer and vocalist who was the voice of the Jolly Green Giant. Last week, Len passed away in Palm Springs of cancer. I had the pleasure of meeting Len and his wife Dorothy one evening during the weekly sing-song and dinner show at Tony's in Palm

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1129981604303575842005-10-22T04:00:00.000-07:002005-10-22T04:46:44.853-07:00

Nothing interesting to say...Today's comment du jour is best said by Dave Whamond creator of The Reality Check. Dave hits the nail on the head when it comes to a large number of blogs online today. "Nothing very interesting to say." When I first began blogging, there were less than 1000. The Blogging World consisted of a group of die-hard geeks and technically accomplished writers who not only

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1129758351457338912005-10-19T14:15:00.000-07:002005-10-22T06:18:32.046-07:00

Doc brought up the subject of trying to get high speed internet access (AKA broadband) when traveling. It's been a long term problem for me when we have to travel because for years I had the responsibilities of running several online forums. In the old days we had dial-up. Most hotels offered unlimited local calls so logging into CompuServe was a breeze most places, because they had the most

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1129552617660836372005-10-17T05:14:00.000-07:002005-10-17T05:36:57.690-07:00

Brian Webb who runs our local Space Archive Launch Alert group has notified the photophiles of the final Titan IV launch will take place on Wednesday, October 19, between 9 AM and 1PM PDT. The exact time is never announced for security reasons. If we are lucky enough to have a clear day, the rare daytime launch will be visible for hundreds of miles.For those of you who have never witnessed an

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1129546118833126542005-10-17T03:18:00.000-07:002005-10-17T05:39:48.346-07:00

A while back some fools released a full sized adult alligator into a Harbor City lake here in Los Angeles. To date "Reggie" the gator has elluded three gator professional wranglers, including Katrina evacuee Thomas "T-Bone" Quinn. Quinn who used to hunt alligators in Louisiana for profit. He graciously showed LA that Southern hospitiality and hard-working nature has a place here as he volunteered

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1127562109549347402005-09-24T04:22:00.000-07:002005-10-17T05:01:21.196-07:00

Tonight about 25 minutes ahead of schedule Hurricane Rita came inland about at 2:30 AM (Central Time), 5 miles east of Sabine Pass on the state border of Texas and Louisiana. Rita hit land with winds in excess of 120 mph (CAT 3) pushing a storm surge of 20 feet or more, and was moving northwest at 12 mph.As of 6:25 AM the Lake Charles, LA weather radar went out due to a power failure.Over in New

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1127392636718588852005-09-22T05:06:00.000-07:002005-10-17T05:00:45.906-07:00

auryn24 AKA Elizabeth “Liz” Welch is a registered nurse who worked the entire Hurricane Katrina disaster in New Orlean's Methodist Hospital. Over the last couple weeks Liz has shared her thoughts and feeling as to what really happened inside the hospital before, during and after the hurricane. She has also shared her thoughts on her own personal recovery from "caregivers trama." Her story is

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1127390691755110032005-09-22T04:22:00.000-07:002005-10-17T04:58:31.593-07:00

It was about 5 PM and I was at Petco buying foot for Andy and Teddy, when the cell phone rang. It was Pam, my girlfriend in LA who lives near LAX. She wanted to know if I'd seen the news-- which wasn't likely since Doug and I had been out for about 2 hours running errands. While I finished shopping for the boys, she brought me up to date on a problem with Jet Blue Flight 292. It appeared that the

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1127308766872882722005-09-21T06:12:00.000-07:002005-10-17T04:54:42.900-07:00

It looks like the guys over at DirectNIC are going to ride out Rita from the comfort of their well tested bunker in New Orleans. Mike's doing an excellent job of reporting and photographing the proceedings.Vandenburg Evening LaunchBrian Webb over at SpaceArchive has notified me that our good folks at Vandenburg AF Base, CA will be hosting a rare evening (dusk) launch next Thuesday Sept 22.

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1127215435302488212005-09-20T04:07:00.000-07:002005-10-17T04:56:33.716-07:00

Yes folks, I'm back to blogging again after a long sabbitical which was not of my choosing. While I was not blogging, I was reading and surfing through all your weblogs. It kept me sane. As for what I was doing during my sabbitical isn't important at the moment, I'll talk more about that later. However I do have a question which I need an answer...Does anyone have a clue how to get a RADIO weblog

Mary Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882067022884965058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739876.post-1062094156261619682003-08-28T11:09:00.000-07:002005-10-17T04:47:48.803-07:00

This is a test of the emergency blogcast system. This is only a test. If it were an emergency, you would have been advised where to go to recieve important local information. However this is only a test. Thank you for paying attention to our blogcast. We return you to your regularly scheduled blog-surfing.The Staff and Management of Hello Mary Lu's BlogcastNo trees were killed in the sending of

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