The Daily Bug

Fall Poetry Slam

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:24:00 GMT

Autumn Landscape by Van GoghBoy, that last thread didn't stay up long. It didn't even survive long enough to garner any comments! LOLI had an epiphany, whilst over at Pros' place.Fall poetry! Write your own. Post a favourite. Let's celebrate Fall!After Apple Picking by Robert FrostMy long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a treeToward heaven still,And there's a barrel that I didn't fillBeside it, and there may be two or threeApples I didn't pick upon some b...
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Please stand by.....

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:42:00 GMT

Time to take the Hugo entry down but I haven't gotten anything new ready to put up. Hence, the temporary thread.So, for the next week or so, this will have to do while I rummage around for something else.Feel free to come in, put your feet up, read the paper, work the crossword, sip some coffee and watch re-runs on TV. I think there are some cookies in the pantry.If you make a mess, clean it up. I don't run a maid service here, you know! Create your own visitor ...
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9/21/89 - Ground Zero

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:09:00 GMT

Map from WeatherUnderground archives. Ground Zero Post and Courier article in today's paper, 9/21/09Reliving the Reality of Hugo by P&C columnist, Ken BurgerSeptember 21, 1989Twenty years ago, Hurricane Hugo crashed ashore at about 26 mph, slightly north of the Charleston peninsula on the Isle of Palms as a Cat. 4. There was a peak gust of 137 mph recorded at the Charleston Naval Shipyard, just prior to landfall. If I recall correctly, Hugo made landfall at hig...
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This and that....

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:29:00 GMT

New thread under construction I just wanted to get the old entry down until I can get the new one up. I just have a few last minute things I need to check on. I do hope everyone has a great Sunday!
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Remembering 9/11/74

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:50:00 GMT

(Sorry - Being lazy and recycling an old image from my photobucket account!)Thanks to Yoholake, I found out today is Book Lovers Day! Book Lovers Day When : August 9th and/or first Saturday in November. Book Lovers Day encourages you to find a place in the shade to relax with a good book. Book reading is a great hobby. It's an important one, too. Employers look for it on resumes. Reading is educational, informative, and relaxing. It makes us both smarter, and happi...
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