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Google takes the wheel with driverless cars
Move over, George Jetson. These cars may not fly, but they pretty much take over at the wheel, and It all started with cruise control. Driverless cars were the topic of conversation at lunch when my...
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My poinsettia says it’s Christmas in July
It’s July 24, and my 2012 poinsettia is still hanging on with a few red leaves. The red ones look pretty sad, but the green ones are quite healthy. Ordinarily, I don’t pay a lot of attention to...
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Fashion Friday — leather up and sock it to me
Since leather and faux leather are back big-time, I had to post this Sarah metallic dress from ivyandblumaggyboutique.com. It’s metallic vegan leather — which is 60 percent polyurethane and 40 percent...
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Uncork wine-flavored popcorn
Well I am certainly late to this party, but what a party it is: wine flavored popcorn. A New York City popcorn company — Populence (the web site is under maintenance, so if it doesn’t work, don’t pop...
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A weekend for pancakes, real maple syrup and New Beers Eve
It’s a great weekend for sap and tap lovers. The Asbury Woods Maple festival is this weekend — read about it here. Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m, you can enjoy pancakes and real maple syrup at...
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What I learned from ‘Dancing with the Stars’
Even if you don’t “Dancing with the Stars,” this season is inspiring for one reason: Amy Purdy. The 34-year-old is dancing better than most of us could, and she has two prosthetic legs. At 19, she...
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What’s up Doc — it’s Bugs Bunny Day!
Bugs Bunny. It was the first Halloween costume I ever remember wearing. Plastic mask and all. Today we salute the carrot chomping wabbit because Bugs first appeared on April 30, 1938 in Porky’s Hare...
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DWTS — the grand finale tonight
Clockwise: Derek Hough and Amy Purdy; Meryl Davis and Maksim Chmerkovskiy; James Maslow and Peta Murgatroyd — eliminated last night; and Candace Cameron Bure and Mark Ballas. And then there were three....
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Teach your kids an elevator pitch
At a recent job fair, my daughter was among the people looking for college interns for her employer. It seems like yesterday that she was the one attending those job fairs looking for an internship and...
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VW goes from Beetle to Winterkorn
Herbie — the 1963 Volkswagen Beetle was so cute, it got its own name in a Disney movie in 1968 with The Love Bug. The Beetle dates back to 1938, according to Wikipedia, and my friend, Jean Monahan...
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