Tuesday, February 5, 2013

FUN & AWE ACCUMULATOR: Some Alternatives

Posted:  5 Feb 13


Purpose

To provide readers with convenient access to information that inflows, regularly, from favorite sources of light (and not-so-light) reading material.
  • The idea is to help enrich the idle moments with easy access to one of those life-long general-purpose free-time companions -- The Reader's Digest.  If a thing can help simplify the tasks of better living, then it is highly practical to insure that it falls into the "right" hands.
  • But not just the Reader's Digest -- the search for more and more wholesome "smile-and-WOW-generators" continues, as time permits...
  • Everyone needs to "reboot" those internal computers, from time to time -- and this link-list might help.
Speaking of fun, laughter, and the pursuit of happiness, you might enjoy these earlier PCJ articles (I hope):
2013

[***Idea:  If you find some things here which you want to call to another's attention, send them here and give them the date-codes you'd like them to see (even tell them exactly where on the list to look) -- can't hurt, might help]

April
0416 - 8 Wacky Petitions That Actually Got Signed


0411 - 2011 West Virginia University Marching Band Armed Forces Salute
0409 - Thumbs Up: Roger Ebert’s Funniest Zingers
0408 - 13 Surprising Marriage Laws You Might Be Breaking Right Now
0408 - How to Spot a Liar: 7 Clues Anyone Can Use

0404 - WEBMD: The Amazing Power of a Smile
0404 - Win a trip to the Florida Keys worth $14,500.00 – enter now!
0402 - Why Instagram is a Terrible Party Guest
0402 - Baaaaaad boys: How goats are putting you (and T-Swift) out of work
0402 - What the heck is Google Fiber?

0401 - 9 Moments That Changed the Game of Baseball Forever
0401 - 6 Inspiring Stories: You’re Never Too Old to Dream
0401 - 13+ Secrets Your Tax Planner Won’t Tell You
0401 - 9 Natural Upset Stomach Remedies
0401 - 7 Ways the Sequester Is Really Going to Hurt Kids »

March
0326 - Movies, News, and American Culture Explained in Pie Charts
0326 - Spring broke? Read our all-time favorite vacation cartoons


0319 - If Mad Men Pulled Its Plotlines From Reader's Digest
0319 - Everything you need to know about pop culture in four tasty pie charts
0318 - 10 Creative Ways to Cut Your Wedding Costs
0318 - 8 Spring-Cleaning Tips to Get It Done Faster
0318 - 6 Weird Kickstarters That Actually Got Funded
0318 - We Found Mad Men Season 6 Plots in Reader’s Digest!

0312 - Send us your favorite joke, or our new editor will get very, very cranky »
0312 - Michael Vick's new dog reacts to being adopted by Michael Vick
0312 - Scientists reveal their overly honest research methods

0311 - Lost and Found Pets: 6 Happy Tales
0311 - Weird News Round-Up: Killer Bees Swarm Tampa, Batman Is Real
0311 -  Funny: 6 Compelling Reasons Why Gary Busey Should Be the Next Pope

0305 - 3 Funny Recipes that are I.B.M.-Mmm-Mmm Good
0305 - 11 jokes the POTUS actually got away with
0305 - Oh, the memes we could dreams: 8 ways Seuss goes viral
0305 - Tell us your favorite joke, or we will shave these horses bald

0304 - Barefoot Teen Braves Fire, Saves Neighbors
0304 - 50 Bad Bosses You’d Never Want to Work For
0304 - Study: Exercise Increases Quality of Sleep
0304 - 7 Tricks to Make a Healthy Smoothie »

February
0226 - Readers Digest Best Seller: 7 Stages of Marriage -- for $5
0226 - Funny: The Academy Awards they forgot to hand out »
0226 - 6 Questionable Relationships Explained in Venn Diagrams
0225 - Remember Everything! 8 Apps that Banish Forgetfulness
0225 - 13 Things Your Pain Doctor Won’t Tell You
0225 - What You Eat May Affect How Well You Sleep »
0225 - 10 Medical Marvels You Might Have Missed »

0223 - Readers Digest Store: $5 Winter Clearance Sale
0222 - 40 iPad Minis, 40 winners | Enter today!
0220 - 8 Surprising Pieces of Space Junk
0220 - 10 of the goofiest facebook groups. Ever

0218 - Win $5,000 for a year of free groceries!
0218 - 3 Genius Ways Real People are Getting Hired
0218 - Inspiring Stories: 9 Ordinary People Who Changed History
0218 - 13+ Things Cardiologists Won’t Tell You
0218 - 5 Ways Not to Be That Annoying Sick Person at the Gym

0213 - That's amore: Sweet and funny love quotes
0212 - Funny Pickup Lines Guaranteed to Get a Laugh
0211 - 6 Ways Social Media Started a Revolution
0211 -  Funny Mustache Styles You’ve Never Heard Of
0211 - 12 Most Artful Presidential Campaign Posters of All Time

0205 - 10 Best One-Liners of All Time
0204 - Teen Saves Others from Deer Attack Using Just a Hammer

January
0129 - Our Funniest Pet Cartoons
0128 - 5 Great TV Shows That Changed The World

0122 - 10+ Great Movies That Got Rotten Reviews
0121 - True Story: “I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced”

0115 - Hardee Har Har: Our Best Corny Jokes
0114 - New! True Crime, TV Chefs Secrets, More

0108 - Thanks for the Lolz: Funniest Memes of 2012
0107 - Salt, the Enemy? and a Cats-Only Social Network

0101 - Hilarious New Year's Resolution Cartoons

2012
December
1225 - Laughing Through The Snow: Our Best Chirstmas Cartoons
1224 - A True Christmas Story: The Gold and Ivory Tablecloth

1217 - Football Safety: Why I Broke Up With the Sport. Plus: Great Holiday Movies
1211 - Win/Fail: Which As Seen On TV Products Are Worth It?
1210 - Why Can’t Linda Carswell Get Her Husband’s Heart Back?

1204 - 19 Wacky Ways to Decorate Your Christmas Tree
1203 - Magic Tricks Revealed, By Teller: 7 Ways to Fool the Brain

November
1127 - 13 Things You Didn't Know About Mustaches
1126 - 13+ Things You Didn't Know About Organic Food

1120 - 9 Funny Thanksgiving Quotes
1113 - Bathroom Humor: 10 Funny Toilet Designs from Around the World
1113 - In Case You Missed It: Hilarious Jokes Worth Repeating

1112 - The Year in Miracles: Inspirational Quotes
1106 - 10 Funny Jokes About Getting Older
1106 - Funny Texts From Parents Gone Bad
1106 - Life Imitating Art: Your Favorite Paintings Recreated in Photos
1106 - Election Day 2012: Cute Puppies for President!
1105 - 5 Things You Didn't Know About Obama & Romney


David Nelson




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Monday, February 4, 2013

MUSIC LOVERS! SUNDAY JAM SESSIONS ARE BACK!!! 10 Feb / 5 pm

Posted:  4 Feb 13

The Pittsburg Entertainment and Arts Hall of Fame: 


Hall of Fame Flyer 1  Please be patient.  Sometimes the flyer needs a few seconds to load...
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Saturday, February 2, 2013

FOR THE INNOCENT: Category 2: ANIMALS

Posted:  2 Feb 13

Friends,

Here is some important food for thought 
-- concerning the creatures that share the earth and times with us 
-- and how we treat them 
-- and how this affects us, directly.  

This morning, it was my great good fortune to find this material, through Council Member Ben Johnson's Facebook page -- posted there by Vince Davi.

Following the links, my eyes were quickly opened to something of which I was certainly aware -- but which never really sank in (or rose to the surface) -- till just now.

Please take a look at the below appeal and, if it makes sense for you to, go to the site and "sign" the petition.
  • The appeal is mounted on the "Causes.com" site, which is an inspired and brilliant use of The Internet blessing.  
  • Through this very intelligent (and, frankly, noble) service offering -- only conceivable because The Internet freely exists as it does --  any one of us now has the incredibly easy means to set before the world, any cause we feel is crying out for earnest attention.  
  • This has never, ever happened before, in all of human history.  
  • Society is still learning how to make best use of all its technological miracles -- and this is a particularly good and significant way to do so. 
  • Who dares to seriously say that good humans can't change this world for the much better?
I took liberties with the format, below, because the message is not all that easy to decipher (as a monolithic "word wall") on the website, but the words are the same compelling ones.  I hope I've done justice to the ideas with color, line-spacing, numbering, etc -- and my very presumptuous labeling.

This just might make a difference -- for little things can change a world -- and good little ones can do so, often, for the much better.  And, this proposed change is not little at all.

David Nelson

EXPOSE ALL ANIMAL ABUSERS
Support Registries for Animal Abusers

To: 
  • USA ( Nationwide - all States that do not have AA Registers), 
  • British Columbia - Canada, UK , Australian and NZ Governments
We the undersigned want ALL animal abusers exposed in our local areas! 

1.  THE CONCERN:  We are all concerned about the whereabouts of animal abusers, including:
2.  A MAJOR STEP:  An online registry of animal abusers would significantly benefit communities and law enforcement.

3.  ROOT OF THE PROBLEM:  Violence is more prevalent in our society and we need to take a stand to stop it from continuing. Any form of abuse should not be tolerated.

4.  A STARK REALITY:  Convicted animal abusers pose a real, ongoing threat to our pets, our families, and our local communities.

5.  FUNCTION:  Proposed animal abuser registries would make legislation that requires mandatory registration and community notification for convicted animal abusers.

6.  EXPECTATION:  These laws could also help make dramatic changes with keeping offenders away from potential new victims by allowing animal shelters and humane societies to be able to more thoroughly screen potential adopters—and by alerting the public to their whereabouts.

7.  PUBLIC "MIND-SHIFT" REQUESTED:  Please start taking animal cruelty seriously and help make these Animal abuser Registers available.

8.  ADVANTAGES:  A national animal abuser registry would close two information loopholes that allow animal abusers to continue their cruel behavior.
  • First, a national registry would alleviate the information deficit for individuals and organizations attempting to track animal abusers across states. 
  • Second, a national registry would help discourage animal abusers from selling animals over the Internet, a currently unregulated activity. Currently there is no uniform tracking system for animal abusers. 
9.  SCOPE:  A national animal abuse registry would help track animal abusers across the United States and any Nation that can create this system.

10.  THE IDEAL PURSUED:  An ideal national animal abuser registry would provide integrated, easily accessible information about animal abusers from all states.

[To simplify the correction of the whole problem]
It would give animal welfare organizations, law enforcement agencies, researchers, and the public a single place to search for abusers rather than a number of discrete state databases, much like the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website has integrated state sex offender registries. 

A national registry that included information from all states would minimize the risk of losing track of abusers when they move from state to state. 

11.  THE UNDENIABLE LOGIC:  In order to track offenders and prevent further abuse, it is essential to establish a national standardized animal abuser registry. 

You may look into this matter, further, at this website.  
Please do so, if you can, and show your support, 
if you judge it wise to do so.


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Thursday, January 31, 2013

City of Pittsburg: City Council Meeting - CANCELLED

City Council Meeting - CANCELLED
Date: 2/4/2013 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Council Chambers
65 Civic Avenue
Pittsburg, California 94565
MEETING CANCELLED


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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

USA.gov - What is the Federal Debt and How Does the Debt Limit Work?

Posted:  30 Jan 13


At the end of fiscal year 2011, the federal debt totaled $14.8 trillion.

The debt limit determines when the U.S. Department of Treasury can or cannot borrow money to cover the country's debts.

Learn more about the federal debt and the debt limit in Federal Debt 101.
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

PITTSBURG AREA TRAGEDY: Funerary Rites - Today & Tomorrow (1/29 & 30)

Posted:  28 Jan 13
*Updated:  29 Jan

Friends,

You may or may not be aware of the recent spate of gun violence that has brought tragedy to our very doors, here in the Pittsburg area.

BACKGROUND

Here is the Contra Costa Times, January 23rd story, to which I am referring.  In that story, you will note that young Steven Rosalez, age 16, was callously murdered within blocks of his home community where I live.  You will also see that this is not the only disaster inflicted on our typically calm area within that same time frame.

PARENTAL REQUEST

There are those, beyond my own deeply saddened neighborhood, who certainly knew and loved Steven and who might welcome the following information.  His parents requested that a donation be made, in Steven's name, in lieu of flowers, to the Pittsburg High School Athletic program -- as Steven was an avid lover of sports.
  • Here is the procedure, if you wish to donate to the school in his name.  The high school is well prepared to administer such matters.  Unfortunately, they can only handle cash or check, delivered by mail or in person. Nothing electronic.
  • Make the check (or money order) out to "Pittsburg High School," then, in the memo space write the words "Athletic Department in honor of Steven Rosalez." That's it. Of course the donation is tax deductible. 
  • Then, address the mailer this way: 
Pittsburg High School 
1750 Harbor Street
Pittsburg, CA 94565
Attn: Marisa Belleci-Brown 
  • Or drop by: Room B-21, PHS, after getting visitor's pass 
THE MEMORIAL SERVICES

A sequence of services for Steven, who was Catholic, will be held at the Pittsburg Funeral Chapel as follows:
  • Tuesday, 29 Jan -- 5 to 7:00 pm -- Visitation (open casket)
  • Tuesday, 7:00 pm -- Rosary / Vigil
  • Wednesday Mass -- 11:00 am -- * at St Peter Martyr of Verona Parish, at 8th & Black Diamond, Pittsburg
  • Interment will be at the Holy Cross Cemetery of Antioch -- no graveside service.
Here is the Funeral Chapel's Guest book for Steven where you may leave a message and view a photograph of this fine young man.

* Special thanks to neighbor, Carole Dooley, who provided this additional obituary link, so early this morning.

FUTURE CITY-JOURNAL POLICY

Such events are new in the life of this blog -- hence, no procedure had been worked out, before.  In future cases, may they never happen, families may notify me for similar assistance in disseminating this important information


Sadly yours,
David Nelson



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Monday, January 28, 2013

City of Pittsburg: Traffic Advisory

Traffic Advisory
Bailey Road Improvement Project
Date: 1/28/2013 8:30 AM - 2/1/2013 3:30 PM
Location:
Completion of the grinding and final paving of Bailey Road and its intersection with West Leland Road will begin today, January 28th, 2013.  Work will continue daily between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. until Friday, February 1, 2013. 


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