After removing the snow yesterday I am going to revise my estimate for the total that fell in the back yard – 17”. It took quite a while to get it cleaned out back there and I then took a nap. :)

Last night Dearest decided he want some beer. Before we could go anyplace I had to back the car out and clean off the ton of snow that was on top of it. Right when I am just about done me feet went out from under me on the ice in the drive. What’s worse…Dearest was in the car and didn’t even see me hit the ground!

I type my journal entries in Word before I go online in the mornings. I hate that it would put the little smiley faces in the text and I've finally found out how to delete them from the program!

I’ve been busy today and have one more thing to do before I put my feet up for the day.

I hope you had a nice day.

Recommended Reading

Wedding Ceremony - :)
http://www.flixxy.com/wedding-ceremony.htm - :)

Costco will never be the same - :)
http://www.youtube.com/embed/-icgySC4e2c

Francis Kelly guilty of trying to feed ham roll to police horses
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-21383945

Kumbh Mela: Thirty million pilgrims prepare to bathe
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-21398254

Genomic “dark matter” yields major melanoma discovery
http://www.broadinstitute.org/news/4623

Bloomberg to City Council: Back the F*ck Off!- good!
http://coreyrobin.com/2013/02/06/bloomberg-to-city-council-back-the-fck-off/

A New Manhattan Project
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/14445-a-new-manhattan-project

Chinese New Year, Beijing-style
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-21393175

New Year offerings to sweeten China's 'kitchen god'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/21367738

Tryweryn: Building the Capel Celyn memorial in 1967
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-21403745

Petitions – Important

Oppose Seismic Surveys in the Atlantic - sign it please
http://action.surfrider.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=6937


Tell Congress to Dump Monsanto's Riders!
http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=8644

Bury Power Lines in Cities and Towns, Prevent Long-Lasting Outages, Improve National Security
http://signon.org/sign/bury-power-lines-in-cities?mailing_id=7341&source=s.icn.em.cr&r_by=913515

Protect Global Internet Freedom - go sign the petition
http://protectinternetfreedom.net/

Fewer than 100 endangered wolves reside in Yellowstone National Park. At least ten of these wolves have already been shot this year simply because they wandered out of the park and despite having special collars identifying them as research wolves.

http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AhbTH/znhi/3R2f

Now Montana is considering allowing trapping to reduce wolf numbers. This could put Yellowstone wolves directly in the crosshairs! Please join me in uring the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission to stop this dangerous trapping plan before it's too late!

http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AhbTH/znhi/3R2f

In the coming weeks Congress will debate drastic changes to the federal budget to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff" of automatic cuts to spending programs. There is right way out of this mess: end the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 percent and cut the harmful subsidies to big oil, timber companies and other polluters.
Send the congress a letter here: http://action.sierraclub.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=9962



Do you really own the smartphone or computer you’re using to read this email?

If you sold your computer, would you be breaking the law? A federal court in New York says you would be.

It's unbelievable, but trademark and copyright holders really are trying to take away your right to sell things that you own. Please click here to fight back:
http://www.youvebeenowned.org/

The First-Sale Doctrine gives us the right to sell most property we own. But if the Supreme Court supports the lower court’s decision, we won't really “own” anything if it's from a different country. We expect them to issue a ruling later this year.

The President can urge the Court to side with consumers; then Congress will probably weigh in on the issue, no matter how the Court rules.

If we lose this fight, anybody who wants to resell foreign products, from Macbooks and iPhones to our clothing and textbooks, will have to ask copyright holders for permission first. And they'll have the right to deny it!

It's bad for so many reasons: It'll undermine Craigslist and Ebay, hurt the environment, increase incentives for manufacturers to move jobs off-shore, and effectively ban the traditional American yard sale.
Just click here to email your lawmakers right away:
http://www.youvebeenowned.org/

There are two very bad internet bills that you need to be aware of. The first concerns making streaming content a felony. Read about it here:
http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/ten_strikes?akid=700.450896.5hVZPC&rd=1&t=1

and the second is the Protect-IP Act that gives the government power to censor search engines and browsers. Read more about it here:
http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/protectip_docs
Both of the above pages have a petition to sign so please do so.


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