http://www.megite.com Megite is the newspaper for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news sites and weblogs. Copyright 2009, Megite 30 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:37:34 GMT http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/1#item_1 c93b7a607830ad45dc8f21d61b67a771 Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:48:44 +0000 http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/1#item_2 94e5dd3d284b2f8948772b1e9258deae INDIANA, Pa. - Turn the corner onto Philadelphia Street in this small Western Pennsylvania town, and you might be on the main street of Bedford Falls, the mythical town in Frank Capra's Christmas classic film, It's a Wonderful Life. (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:07:30 PST http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/1#item_3 b65d780825746486fcdc37e9da6e7eb2 Mark and I have rounded up some of our favorite items from our 2009 Boing Boing reviews for the second-annual Boing Boing gift guide. We'll do one a day for the next six days, covering media (music/games/DVDs), gadgets and stuff, kids' books, novels, nonfiction, and comics/graphic novels/art books. Today, it's nonfiction! If Your Kid Eats This ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:59:19 -0500 http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/1#item_4 033456a22939b1de6c1891bde873baf4 "Glenn also has a rather dry sense of humour, which I'm guessing not enough people pick up on." -- Andrea See (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:36:55 GMT http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/1#item_5 b9c3c4125a56982238ea431b773cec27 Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:10:45 -0500 http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/1#item_6 09ae1f672115caf17893649a694df54c Attack on Pearl Harbor: a metaphor for least preferred model of social change. Image credit: IMSA.edu With COP15 soon to begin, I have been wondering whether we can change fast enough to implement the solutions that will save civilization, as I've described in Plan B 4.0 . When thinking about the enormous need for social change as we attempt to ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:10:03 +0000 http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/1#item_7 c9d75bf1ab71fe654897061119de1462 What do you get when four skinheads stab a Mexican in Huntington Beach’s Oak View barrio? Four beat-up skinheads facing hate-crime charges (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:07:08 PST http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/1#item_8 8eb4907319b71b988d1a369ca0acd804 Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:59:19 -0500 http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/1#item_9 63852a7f31cd4d1eef2f0d57832ce685 The announcement yesterday by Beijing's environmental officials that the city was about to hit 4 million automobiles -- and could withstand more -- was, at the very least, poorly timed. Official readings said the city's air was largely "unhealthy," while the US Embassy in Beijing, using a stricter air pollution metric, gave a "very unhealthy" ... 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Woman #2 : I really don't have many friends. --50th & 8th Overheard by: alan b hutscar Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:00:19 +0000 http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/1#item_17 d48e5cdc7cb149f05d0698ee067fdc02 Flashbacks Mars Square Pluto- Who Does Your Dirty Work? Capricorn And Leo In Your Chart- How To Be A Grown Up Child More On Those People Who Marry You When They Don’t Like You Today on the boards  - How Black Moon Lilith Works…what to do? Being Remembered After Death © Elsa for ElsaElsa.com , 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Add to ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-29T06:00:00-05:00 http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/1#item_18 721b92e72de4a255d950ff6a3b45af1b Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:15:22 PST http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/1#item_19 cb44b4a7638c421c9eeeb4d0a4877cb1 Professor Alexander's Botanical Vasculum - Steamed 300 watt Moss Terrarium from Etsy seller SteamedGlass is a beautiful blown-glass steampunk Rube Goldberg terrarrium: "This is the largest of our "steamed" light bulb terrariums with a bulb measuring 3 3/4" x 7 3/4". It stands 10 1/4" tall as mounted on the SteamPunked stand made of a simulated ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-29T03:00:00-05:00 http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/1#item_20 c2bd77c906c189261d3429bc079cf285 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:38:57 PST http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/21#item_1 97c078fb605f64a68c98a215512f69e6 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-29T00:00:00-05:00 http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/21#item_2 c17fadbb0afab6a39ea5e132604724e9 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:50:35 -0500 http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/21#item_3 a0155647a9432989cb35b181839d5e9c Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:55 +0000 http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/21#item_4 a8afc9b6f685f8d4f4afe683c1b6cc8f Click to enlarge Kirkwood, James, 1745/6-1827 & Sons Title: Kirkwood’s new plan of the City of Edinburgh. Imprint:[Edinburgh : s.n.], 1821. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:00:34 -0500 http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/21#item_5 ed65ae70d3a8299afcd7286af4d6f971 I had the pleasure of knowing Dick Pence for more than twenty-five years. He not only was an expert genealogist, he also was always very kind and amiable. He continually helped newcomers. Dick Pence passed away last Sunday from a heart attack. I cannot guess how many genealogists he helped over the years. I know that he helped me. Many of us ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-28T21:00:00-05:00 http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/21#item_6 ed826a687f6c91a4b89cc1d2c4078d00 Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:55:56 +0000 http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/21#item_7 b9bf2e413db0adbaf9c457eda179d93b Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:34:23 -0500 http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/21#item_8 9899bfac52e9dd343f3b8318b0ae58e1 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:34:23 -0500 http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/21#item_9 0b29df62155935db610df44a42258c91 One of the simplest ways to keep your home safe is to have locks…and to use them! A good lock and deadbolt set and locks on your windows will deter someone who is tempted by easy targets. Someone who decides to try a doorknob to see if it is open or will hop through a window that isn’t secured won’t be strolling through your front door if ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:52 +0000 http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/21#item_10 84ff2a0e3eff55bb89a5e58bd2bb1c99 Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:09 +0000 http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/21#item_11 9e3e0783024e2c2e8951edd767f4d81e My eye on the sky The Moon in Taurus trines Pluto in Capricorn and Virgo, who has not cut a break in what seems like a million years gets one today. This is true for all Virgos (ruler Mercury is in happy Sadge) but especially those with planets at the early degrees of the sign. Taurus and Capricorn are also faring well. Tauri who are aware of ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:55:51 +0000 http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/21#item_12 fd5d99adf17dae12907c0c6f74a85398 This wedding of ours is turning out to be very non-traditional and we both agreed that we wouldn’t care at all about wedding superstitions. Here are a few that I found that we definitely won’t be following… 1) The groom can’t… (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:00:12 +0000 http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/21#item_13 98393c2bfb98277158a934333f888001 Mr. Spaniel and I aren’t planning on fully combining our resources right away, but a few weeks before we moved in together this past July, we decided open a joint checking account for mutual expenses like rent, utilities, and groceries.… (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:13:57 +0000 http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/21#item_14 e3983c0bc745c382e62e7038d88e84cb Behind the scenes @ ElsaElsa Here is more of my (business) stupidity, revealed me over these last months.  As for consulting, I take each chart and I work on it in what I have come to realize is an old fashioned way. That is, I take each chart and each person’s concern and come up with what I should tell them and how to best go about it. I ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:15:57 +0000 http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/21#item_15 dddd2c904d2424fc21f7bdfc31fea5f4 Oh my dear caption lovers! How I love all of you. Last week I assaulted your eyes with this…very special image: and you sent in some superfantastic captions for it. Alas, there can be but one winner. This week it’s the ever lovely Margo for a caption that’s both pithy and to the point: “Let’s see J-Lo [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:44:58 +0000 http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/21#item_16 ceff4968b1a9ce5c459d6630e1a146c6 I saw The Original Christmas Classics Limited Keepsake Edition DVD set at Costco and promptly added it to our wish list. Santa’s chief elf sent me an e-mail the very next day, promising to deliver a copy and an offer for 5 lucky Thinga-readers to receive a copy too! The Prize: Five lucky winners will [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:27:20 -0500 http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/21#item_17 af88b5abe5e5140d4d55bb777b6df09f Not only do bears drive our cars and come into our kitchens to make themselves a sandwich, now they are officially certified by the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association as an infant sleeping device! Z Recs has the scoop: The Juvenile Product Manufacturers' Association (JPMA) is pleased to announce that G'Night Grizzly, more commonly known ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:45:27 -0500 http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/21#item_18 1f1d17a1165da64e454f88aecb4d9752 From the back cover of the fur-covered Tiny Bear's Bible Tiny Bear's Bible is a warm, fuzzy reminder of how God loves his children--in a format that kids can cuddle. Together with their friend Tiny Bear, children discover eleven Bible stories in a book they can carry with them wherever they go. The closing story leaves us with this loving ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:03:12 -0700 http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/21#item_19 ac05d48ff4df6408737927f82e4bc783 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:00:59 +0000 http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/21#item_20 eaeea42a8d9d39d7e757e1f3dd016d4e Put the turkey carcass, quartered onions, coarsely chopped carrots and celery, smashed garlic, bay leaf, and peppercorns in a large stockpot and add enough cold water to just cover, about 2 quarts. Bring the water to a boil, and then reduce the heat to maintain a gentle simmer and cook for 1 hour. Remove from the heat and strain the solids from ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:34:07 +0000 http://www.megite.com/life/1259515205/41#item_1 f797caf96e94f2b2365f82a99ca74e95 Eco Factor: Energy- and water-saving concept shower. We all love to have a hot shower after a hectic day at work. However, in doing so we do sometimes waste a lot of water and precious electricity. Industrial designer Paul Frigout has proposed a... (Read on Source) ]]>