Author Archives: debpentland
Reblogging is Back!
Reblogged from WordPress.com News: As we mentioned last week, you can like and reblog posts directly from your reader, which displays a stream of all the updates published on all the blogs you follow from your WordPress.com account. We’ve also brought the reblog button back to the toolbar that appears at the top of the [...]
How Many Beatings Did He Get In 1 Week?
That question was asked of 3rd graders at a Georgia elementary school as part of a Math assignment. Yup, this is really a question from a 3rd grade math assignment. Here’s a picture of the actual question: A teacher at Beaver Ridge Elementary School in Norcross, Georgia allegedly included this question, and others referring to [...]
Why You Should Drink More Coffee!
. . I’m pretty sure I already do that! I found this today as I was cruising my social networks & it made me chuckle so, of course, I wanted to share it with you! (I have no idea who the author/creator is. Nor does my friend. If anyone knows, please let me know & [...]
Merry Christmas!
Just wanted to take a minute after wrapping presents to wish ALL of you a Very Merry Christmas! I hope that you have a wonderful holiday & make many memories as you enjoy family & close friends on this most special day. I want to say a special Thank You to my followers & those [...]
Great Transformation Happening on the Planet
What follows is an excerpt from Mijanou Montealegre’s 1st article in the Huffington Post (online). She is the founder of http://www.mysticmamma.com. In this article she discusses some of the changes that many are going through now. It is commonly thought that these changes are the beginning of the transformation that we will experience in 2012. [...]
Let it snow: Google’s hidden Xmas treasures
Here’s a few seasonal twists recently added to Google Search. (Courtesy of Steve Woods at Techmorati): In your Firefox or Google Chrome browser, visit Google’s Search page and perform a search of the words Let it snow to see a cascade of snow fall from the top of the browser window, rapidly filling up (and [...]
U.S. Post Office Bans Christmas Carolers
Apparently this news is nearly a week old, but I missed it! I don’t know how. I must have gone to get a drink, or something, at every airing of the news that day. The following is a preview of the article written by Todd Starnes at Fox News & Commentary: A group [...]
“I don’t know what to do about Christmas!”
Image via Wikipedia A young married woman called me today & said, “I don’t know what to do about Christmas!” She went on to tell me that they had gifts for the babies since she’d put them on lay-a-way earlier this fall. But she asked what she was going to do about all the relatives [...]
Wait A Minute, Mr. Postman!
How about if we, every now and then, instead of sending an e-mail or a text, we were to send an old-fashion letter to a loved one? Wouldn’t that be so special? We live in such a fast-paced world, and feel so comfortable using the computer and other devices to send e-mails, texts, and the [...]
