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| It's not "Bucket"-- although that's what I first heard and it made sense since you could mix up a big batch and serve it in a bucket-- it's "Banquet." |
Harry Stamps
Obituary
Harry Weathersby Stamps
December 19, 1932 -- March 9, 2013
Long Beach [Mississippi]
Harry Weathersby Stamps, ladies' man, foodie, natty dresser, and accomplished traveler, died on Saturday, March 9, 2013.
Harry was locally sourcing his food years before chefs in California starting using cilantro and arugula (both of which he hated). For his signature bacon and tomato sandwich, he procured 100% all white Bunny Bread from Georgia, Blue Plate mayonnaise from New Orleans, Sauer's black pepper from Virginia, home grown tomatoes from outside Oxford, and Tennessee's Benton bacon from his bacon-of-the-month subscription. As a point of pride, he purported to remember every meal he had eaten in his 80 years of life.
The women in his life were numerous. He particularly fancied smart women. He loved his mom Wilma Hartzog (deceased), who with the help of her sisters and cousins in New Hebron reared Harry after his father Walter's death when Harry was 12. He worshipped his older sister Lynn Stamps Garner (deceased), a character in her own right, and her daughter Lynda Lightsey of Hattiesburg. He married his main squeeze Ann Moore, a home economics teacher, almost 50 years ago, with whom they had two girls Amanda Lewis of Dallas, and Alison of Starkville. He taught them to fish, to select a quality hammer, to love nature, and to just be thankful. He took great pride in stocking their tool boxes. One of his regrets was not seeing his girl, Hillary Clinton, elected President.
He had a life-long love affair with deviled eggs, Lane cakes, boiled peanuts, Vienna [Vi-e-na] sausages on saltines, his homemade canned fig preserves, pork chops, turnip greens, and buttermilk served in martini glasses garnished with cornbread.
He excelled at growing camellias, rebuilding houses after hurricanes, rocking, eradicating mole crickets from his front yard, composting pine needles, living within his means, outsmarting squirrels, never losing a game of competitive sickness, and reading any history book he could get his hands on.
DORITOS! 3 \ $10!! [Inflation]
LADIE'S UNGRMENTS!! BY 2 GET ONE FREE!! [That's 33% off the lesser priced. No Big deal.]
5% 2nd Mortgage! BUILD a Deck!!
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JOEs CLEAN RESTROOMS Dinn Th - S Lunch @ noonMostly I just giggle. But this one caught my attention.
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BIG DATA: Study: Facebook Likes Can Be Used to Determine Intelligence, Sexuality.The Farm doesn't have a Facebook page.Simply by delving into volunteers’ Likes, the researchers could determine in 95 percent of cases whether a person was Caucasian or African American and in 88 percent of cases whether the person was heterosexual or homosexual. They could determine whether the person is Christian or Islamic 82 percent of the time.Facebook isn’t about privacy.
The researchers described Facebook Likes as “a generic class of digital record that could be used to extract sensitive information.” Volunteers used the myPersonality Facebook app to track their Likes, which were fed into algorithms to arrive at the results. The data were supported by information from volunteer profiles and personality tests.
Of course some of these Likes are a no-brainer. Liking “Being Gay” is at least a decent indicator of one’s sexuality. Liking Barack Obama means there’s a good chance you’re voting Democratic next time around. This is not exactly rocket science. But some Likes appeared to have zero connection to personal attributes. Sure, curly fries are delicious, but is Liking them the best indicator that you have a high IQ? Also, one of the Likes that helped identify heterosexual men was “Being Confused After Waking Up from Naps.” Is that really a trait only straight men are afflicted with?
While the results can be seen as hilarious for anyone that’s not a Harley-Davidson rider (I kid), the privacy implications are alarming. Facebook Likes are public by default.
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el·e·gant [el-i-guhnt] Show IPAWhere is the reference to an "elegant" proof? An "elegant" mechanism?
adjective
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tastefully fine or luxurious in dress, style, design, etc.: elegant furnishings.
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gracefully refined and dignified, as in tastes, habits, or literary style: an elegant young gentleman; an elegant prosodist.
3.
graceful in form or movement: an elegant wave of the hand.
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appropriate to refined taste: a man devoted to elegant pursuits.
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excellent; fine; superior: an absolutely elegant wine.
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| best classic everyone-should-know-it-by-heart line so far? |
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| We thought about putting 30 + 52 candles on the cake, but we didn't have that many. |
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| Mr. Bow Tie hooked the Nintendo box up to the Television Set. |
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| We were amazed by the Hi-Def Graphics. |
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| If you would have asked me, I would have said the chance of that word appearing in my blog was fairly low. |
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| Miss M tries a 2-fer.* |
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| at Instapundit.com |
ar·bi·trar·y [ahr-bi-trer-ee] Show IPA adjective, noun, plural ar·bi·trar·ies.from Dictionary.com
adjective
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subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion: an arbitrary decision.
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decided by a judge or arbiter rather than by a law or statute.
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having unlimited power; uncontrolled or unrestricted by law; despotic; tyrannical: an arbitrary government.
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capricious; unreasonable; unsupported: an arbitrary demand for payment.
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Mathematics . undetermined; not assigned a specific value: an arbitrary constant.
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ca·pri·cious [kuh-prish-uhs, -pree-shuhs] Show IPA
adjective
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subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
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Obsolete . fanciful or witty.
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| "that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life." |
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Dear Friends,[my emphasis]
This week, the House passed a bill that cuts $85 billion, delays implementation of Obamacare, and keeps the government funded through the end of the fiscal year. This is a victory for limited government, but there is much work left to do.
The good news is since Republicans took control of the House, we have cut discretionary spending 10%. The bad news is in those same years, mandatory spending has increased 11%. This is like a family cutting down on going out to eat, but spending even more on car payments and a second mortgage. Even if you are cutting from one area, spending is still going up overall.
Mandatory spending occurs automatically and is two thirds of the budget. It includes Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and welfare programs such as food stamps. Many of these programs are vital to ensuring a safety net for the most vulnerable members of our society, and retirees have paid taxes their entire working lives with the understanding they would receive a certain level of benefits in retirement. However, these programs are growing at an unsustainable rate and, without reform, will bankrupt us. A bankrupt government is not in a good position to help anybody.
Our attention will now turn to the 2014 budget and what we can do to achieve the same success with mandatory spending that we have begun to achieve on the discretionary side. You and I know the budget needs to be balanced and taxes should not be raised in order to do so. The only way to get from the mess we are in now to a balanced budget is addressing mandatory spending.
Stay in touch and God bless,
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| She's okay. |
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| and did some target shootin'. |
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| Time And Relative Dimension In Space |
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| Is this true? |
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| from "an interview" |
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| Is it? Sounds like an X-Phi question to me! |
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| Testify. |
[It's a game, people! And here at the Farm we take our games and other silly stuff quite seriously. We need time. No one wants to just blurt something out without thinking first. And speaking of silly stuff... . Work on the Tardis is progressing nicely!]
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| Customized plans are serious. |
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| We high-tailed it back to the house and I came back with my camera |
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| which fortunately has a really good zoom! |
From the Governor's Press ReleaseMore below.
Gov. Phil Bryant today signed into law two measures to protect gun owner rights. House Bill 485, which takes effect immediately, protects personal information collected from applicants for concealed carry permits. House Bill 2, effective July 1, clarifies the legal definition of carrying a concealed weapon.
“In January, I called on House and Senate leaders to take swift action to protect gun owners and the right to arms, and today I am signing two very important gun rights measures into law,” Gov. Bryant said.
House Bill 485, sponsored by Representative Mark Baker (R-Brandon), removes personal information collected from applicants for concealed carry permits from public record requirements. Applicant and permit holder information is still available if ordered by a court.
United States Constitution declared in effect 1789, and Washington became first President, although not inaugurated until April 30.From Anniversaries and Holidays: A Calendar of Days and How to Observe Them by Mary Emogene Hazeltine published by American Library Association (Chicago) in 1944.
Serfdom abolished in Russia 1861 by Alexander II.
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| Why is Battlestar Gallactica playing on a shelf in the workshop? |
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| What in the world is this box-project in the workshop? |
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| Who is this Tardis for? |
Remember all those monkeys sitting in front of computer keyboards just waiting to type out Macbeth or The Great American Novel? Now we know how that's gonna turn out.Hi would you mind stating which blog platform you're using?Not at all, dude. I use Blogger. My blog's address is Bigfoodetc.blogger.com. The Blogger part should give you a clue.
I'm going to start my own blog in the near future but I'm having a tough time deciding between BlogEngine/Wordpress/B2evolution and Drupal.Not my problem.
The reason I ask is because your design and style seems different then most blogs andI use a semi-modified "simple" blogger design that's undoubtedly used and modified similarly by others. Also, should be "seem" not "seems."
I'm looking for something completely unique."Different than most"-- not all-- but you want to be unique just as my blog is?
P.S Apologies for being off-topic but I had to ask! Here is my weblog:Not a problem. But let me get this straight. You want to start your own blog in the near future and you want me to visit you blog right now. Cool.
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| If nothing else, playing the Dinner Party Game kept us out of trouble for 12 whole days! |
