Archive for August, 2007

In 1769 Napolean Bonaparte was born.

In 1911, Procter & Gamble introduced Crisco.

In 1912, Julia Child was born.

In 1914, the Panama Canal opened to traffic.

In 1923, Rose Marie was born.

In 1935, Will Rogers was killed in a plane crash.

In 1945, Hirohito unconditionally surrenders.

In 1961, the Berlin wall was built.

In 1968, Debra Messing was born.

In 1969, Woodstock begins.

In 1972, Ben Affleck was born.

In 1983, Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast.

You can find out more about this day in history at the History Channel, and Those Were The Days.

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When we moved into our house, we originally put out big screen television in the basement, and converted one room into a movie room. It was awesome. The only thing it was missing was home theater seating. Since then, we’ve moved the tv back upstairs and the movie room is no more. I sure wish we had kept it all down there, then I could sneak away to watch a movie from time to time.

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When we moved into our house, the lighting was absolutely horrible. The first thing we did was go from room to room changing all of the light fixtures so we could actually see what we were doing.

It’s amazing, no matter how much you like a house when you buy it, you always spend the first couple of years, and a boatload of money, changing the things you don’t like.

A while back I was talking about vacations and “getting away from it all”. It seems that someone I know has invested in some prime Wilmington NC real estate and has invited us to vacation there if we want.

I am not so sure that I would choose Wilmington, North Carolina, over say, Panama City Beach, Florida, but it’s the thought that counts.

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Many of you know I recently purchased a new truck, but we have also been thinking of purchasing a small second car for the wife. She needs something to make quick runs to the market, or to the fabric store, so we thought we would start looking. It may be a while until we can swing a second car payment, but that shouldn’t stop us from test driving them should it?

So far we have only test driven a few cars, but our favorite, by far, was the Volkswagen Eos. I have always had a soft spot for Volkswagens. In fact, several years ago I was finally able to buy my dream car, a 1969 Volkswagen Type 2 Bus. It was awesome, but then I had to sell it because we needed more funds when we moved into our new house. The Eos definitely doesn’t drive like the old Volkswagens, that’s for sure. With air conditioning, anti-lock brakes and power steering, it was a completely different experience than driving that old VW Bus.

The Eos we test drove was black, and had a convertible top. Needless to say, it was pretty fun cruising around Atlanta in a sporty looking for convertible. I loved the fact the convertible top was a hardtop, because when the top was up you really couldn’t tell it was a convertible. I really liked everything about that car. The power seats with lumbar support were to die for. How does anyone live without that these days?

The Eos handled very well, and we were quite impressed with the look and feel of it on the road. It had a 3.2L V6 engine, with automatic transmission (another thing my bus didn’t have) which made getting through traffic quite simple. Although we won’t be able to get a second car for a while, we are definitely going to consider a Used VW when the time comes.

In 1784, the Continental Congress met for the first time in Annapolis, Maryland.

In 1860, Annie Oakley was born.

In 1889 William Gray patented the coin-operated telephone.

In 1895, Burt Lahr was born.

In 1899, Alfred Hitchcock was born.

In 1929, Pat Harrington was born.

In 1930, Don Ho was born.

In 1934, Al Capp started drawing Li’l Abner.

In 1951, Dan Fogelberg was born.

In 1959, Danny Bonaduce was born.

In 1964, Dean Martin’s Everybody Loves Sombody was topping the charts.

You can find out more about this day in history at the History Channel, and Those Were The Days.