tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63041323879463048872011-04-21T12:49:50.364-07:00Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02325513994562714204noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304132387946304887.post-39936888408277162372008-01-03T18:15:00.002-08:002008-01-03T18:29:19.523-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JBlU7oppGfI/R32W1-Px80I/AAAAAAAAAAc/n0QOcWG_kp8/s1600-h/Lit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JBlU7oppGfI/R32W1-Px80I/AAAAAAAAAAc/n0QOcWG_kp8/s320/Lit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151439402768134978" border="0" /></a>See that light fixture? Looks like the one in my kitchen which croaked last night. The ballast died. So I go to HomeDepot to get a new ballast and it's 24 bucks. Look around and see that the new fixture (the whole thing, frame, casing, ballast, everything) is 29 bucks. Dig that? The ballast was only 5 bucks cheaper than the whole damned light fixture!<br /><br />So I bought a new fixture, what else was I supposed to do?<br /><br />Yep, that's the way things work around here...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6304132387946304887-3993688840827716237?l=samksmusings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02325513994562714204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304132387946304887.post-33442866927327210932007-11-15T07:26:00.000-08:002007-11-15T08:03:53.924-08:00<center><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JBlU7oppGfI/RzxoCQqzrSI/AAAAAAAAAAU/o8Ynzg_1AMs/s1600-h/THANKSGIVING.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 369px; height: 386px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JBlU7oppGfI/RzxoCQqzrSI/AAAAAAAAAAU/o8Ynzg_1AMs/s320/THANKSGIVING.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5133092063339064610" border="0" /></a></center><br /><br />This is a "me too" post but for a good cause. We are all so fed up with the commercialization of holidays, aren't we? Well, it's about time we stopped talkin' and started doin'.<br /><br />Go here: <a href="http://abostonvignette.blogspot.com/2007/11/thanksgiving-comes-first.html">Bostonscapes Daily Photo</a> to learn more.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6304132387946304887-3344286692732721093?l=samksmusings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02325513994562714204noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6304132387946304887.post-82571837673755293932007-09-02T22:00:00.001-07:002007-10-30T09:17:55.013-07:00Do I want a blog?<br /><br />Maybe. I don't know.<br /><br />People tell me that blogging is good. Is it, really?<br /><br />Thing is I have no idea what to blog about.<br /><br />I don't even read many blogs, only a few. Just found out about the daily photo blogs from cities around the world. I like a few of those (NYC, Boston, Minneapolis, Budapest, London).<br /><br />I like photography but my pictures aren't very good and, of course, I put all the blame on my camera.<br /><br />Well, I think I'm starting to sound really silly and that's because I don't really feel like writing about anything (the muses must be walking the picket line...)<br /><br />I think I'll leave this alone for a while...<br /><br />Oh, yes, if reincarnation were true, I'd like to come back as this guy:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JBlU7oppGfI/RydXjOAqydI/AAAAAAAAAAM/voMHx6_HVQ8/s1600-h/Sour+Puss.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 414px; height: 335px;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JBlU7oppGfI/RydXjOAqydI/AAAAAAAAAAM/voMHx6_HVQ8/s320/Sour+Puss.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127162963352537554" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6304132387946304887-8257183767375529393?l=samksmusings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02325513994562714204noreply@blogger.com0