St Louis Iraq Veterans Parade video

January 29, 2012

My memory card filled up before the parade was finished but I got most of it:

 

Click here for video

Foldable electric car

January 28, 2012

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St Louis thanks Iraq veterans for their service

January 27, 2012

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Click here for parade flyer

“First It Was the Catholics”

January 26, 2012

Thanks to Sharon K for the link to the article (top):

Click here for the article

Click here for a Catholic’s perspective

FETE DE GLACE

January 25, 2012

Right now the weather looks good for the event. A few images from my 2010 visit are below:

Saturday, January 28, 2012
Historic St. Charles Downtown District
9:30 am – 3:30 pm
Fete de Glace (The Festival of Ice) is an outdoor ice-carving competition where skilled carvers from around the region turn blocks of ice into amazing creations while spectators watch the ice chips fly. Coffee, hot chocolate, and fire pits are available to keep everybody warm.
Free
For more information call 636-946-1898

Haunting Portraits of the Homeless

January 24, 2012

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Tree Rat Attacks Bird Feeder

January 23, 2012

This little guy gave it a valiant effort but did not reach the feeding rail. Had he reached the feeding rail much to his chagrin the doors to the feeding ports would have closed. The feeding rails are designed to only support the weight of several birds and anything heavier will close the metal doors to the feeding portals. So far it has worked flawlessly but you never know when a wily squirrel will show up with a tree hook to hang onto while he devours the seeds.

Click the image to start the video:

Movie of Civil War soldiers reunited – priceless

January 22, 2012

Thanks to Dennis V for the below link:

In the movie you will see the below rock wall and barn shown in the photo I took at Gettysburg during my visit in 2001. The wall you see is the wall Union soldiers were crouching behind for protection from Confederate fire (to better see the wall double-click image). Robert E Lee sent over 12,000 soldiers across the huge open field with no cover from the Union rifle and cannon fire. I have seen estimates stating 10,000 of those 12,000 men were slaughtered in the unbelievable carnage of Pickett’s Charge. To me it was a very bad decision to attack dug in troops in such a manner and some historians have blamed it on a strange illness Lee suffered several weeks before the battle. Some believe his illness was actually a stroke and Lee’s cognitive function was impaired.  Whatever the cause it was certainly a costly decision for the Confederacy and Gettysburg was the beginning of the end of the Confederacy.

My photo

Photo from the below movie

Click here for the rarely seen footage

Consumer groups rip mandatory arbitration ruling

January 22, 2012

Click here for article

My past posts on this totally unfair business practice which you can prevent by reading  your contract:

My post one: Click here

My post two: Click here

Girl Scout Cookies: Campaign starts today – help e’m out

January 21, 2012

Just ordered mine from a little gal that knocked on the door:


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