Oh, and speaking of green…..
It’s soapbox time, folks.  Don’t think that you can do anything about global warming?  How about following these simple tips from A Beautiful Lie and It’s Your Nature:
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And here’s the video from 30 Seconds to Mars. Good song, great message.
Hurricane Creek Flooding
Here’s a harsh reminder about how much respect Mother Nature is due! Â
Out in SouthWest DeSoto County we have this creek called Hurricane Creek snaking it’s way through developments, under roads and around fields, and with all the rain we’ve had recently, it’s come up over it’s very deep banks. Â Â
Here’s what the fields on the North side of the creek looked like before:

Right at the corner of Fogg and Conger Rds:

And here it is today:

The only road you can see in these is Fogg Road, because Conger Road is gone:


I hope no one was anywhere near here when the bottom fell out!
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Dude, you sure you wanna get that Dell?
NEW YORK (CNN) — Dell Inc. deceived customers in a massive “bait and switch” scheme to increase sales of its computer and electronic products, a New York state judge ruled Tuesday.
State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo sued Dell in 2007 on behalf of hundreds of customers who claimed that the electronics company lured them into buying products with promises of attractive deals and promotions.
In reality, the lawsuit alleged, most customers were denied or misled into believing that they had been approved for low interest or financing rates.
The lawsuit also accused Dell of depriving customers of technical support that they were entitled to, in some instances, by pressuring them into performing repairs on their own or subjecting them to long wait times on the phone.
In a 26-page decision, Supreme Court Justice Joseph C. Teresi found in favor of the consumers.
“Dell has engaged in repeated misleading, deceptive and unlawful business conduct, including false and deceptive advertising of financing promotions and the terms of warranties, fraudulent, misleading and deceptive practices in credit financing and failure to provide warranty service and rebates,” Teresi said in his decision.
The court will hold further proceedings to determine how much restitution Dell will have to pay its customers.
Where’s a kitty whisperer when you need one?
Well, I took Socks to the vet, and it turns out he’s nuts. Â Big shocker. Â The vet says that since he can’t tell us what his malfunction is, we have to try out some different anti-crazy medicines until he normals back up. Â So once a day we have to give him kitty Prozac. Â Wonderful. It is better than the alternative, which is everyone else in the house taking meds to deal with him!




