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Out with the Old…..

The time has come to bid a fond adieu to this blog. As of right now I will be shutting down all commenting (take that you mailbox-muddying, sex pill pushing spammers - ruiners of my morning mailcheck!) though the stuff that is up here will stay up for the foreseeable future. Who knows, I may even fire the old girl up again some other day but for now say bye-bye to the old and…

In With the New

Welcome to the new blog - “being sandy feet” that already has some groovy new stuff on it (the site feed link is http://feeds.feedburner.com/BeingSandyFeet so put that in your reader). If you go there you will learn the real reason why …

No pity for our enemies, the American of the twenty-first century seems to be saying; no mercy for terrorists, certainly, or even for opponents of the country’s economic supremacy. But we’ll let nature take her best shot.

RITA EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 5 - 914MB PRESSURE

The latest RECON, and confirmed measurements from NHC - report RITA’s central pressure is now down to 914mb. MAX sustained flight winds are 161Kts, with sustained surface winds of 165mph -=- and gusts to 185mph. The thermal eyewall temp difference is an astounding 21°C The pressure has been dropping at 6mb/hr which may be s some form of record of it’s own. Furthermore, there are no signs yet that Rita has finished intensifying.

This places Rita in the top 10 of all-time Atlantic Basin Storms — and in the top 4 for the Gulf of Mexico. At it’s peak — Katrina reached 902mb.

Latest numerical guidance continues to show a landfall on Saturday between Port …

Okay. I’m game.

Talk Like A Pirate Day - September 19

Interesting article on gender-specific differences in brain power written by one of my favorite writers - my sister Debra.

Jugglezine - Two Brains Are Better than One

NEWSCHANNEL 5

Hola from beautiful Playa del Carmen!

I have heard SPI people sing the praises of this place for decades and now I know why - there is much to love about it. I have a wonderful room at the Hotel Illusion - less than a block from the beach and right in the heart of all the shopping and fun stuff happening on 5th - and it even has wireless internet so I can stay in touch with everything from here. The production crew members are friendly and bilingual and took me to a fabulous private beach yesterday at a cenote where the water was brisk and a beautiful aqua marine. This morning I went shopping and found some excellent deals …

Today is my good buddy Nancy Marsden’s birthday. We will be celebrating her 49th year on this planet with Mike d’Piano Guy over at D’Pizza Joint and anyone who wants to wish her well should come on by and raise a glass with us.

(We ain’t scared of Texas Week - so there!)

Flores pushes for SPI Gambling

Someone just reminded me that tonight (1/25) is Putter’s last night in business. Very sad. Might have to drive across the bridge for this one.