HEYMAGGIE'S 2c

Phooey

2008-08-02T23:43:13Z

A lot of free websites are like drugs. They get you hooked on all the cool free stuff you can do and then they say now that you are addicted, it's really gonna cost ya. So I will be leaving the following website: Flickr I got a free pro account with my att/yahoo dsl account and after several years of some amazing Flickr stuff, hey, now it's not free anymore.

Here's the notice I got:

FlickrMail
From: Flickr HQ
Subject: [Flickr] Your Flickr Pro Account Is About to Expire

Hi heymaggie,

We have an important update about your Flickr Pro account. Beginning January 2009, AT&T Internet members will no longer receive free Flickr Pro.

All AT&T Internet Flickr pro accounts will be converted to free Flickr accounts, which are subject to some limits. You can read more about the limits of a free Flickr account here:

http://www.flickr.com/help/limits/

Your Flickr Pro account will expire on: 1st February, 2009. This date includes any existing months of Flickr Pro that you may have purchased prior to receiving your free Pro account through AT&T Internet Service.

You can purchase another year or two of Flickr pro goodness here: http://www.flickr.com/upgrade/email/

And to thank you for staying with us, you'll get two additional months at no cost when you renew Pro at the regular price of $24.95 a year.

To find out more:

http://flickr.com/help/account/#452229

The Flickreenos

Almost everything I get on my att/yahoo email is spam, even though I have a spam filter. It probably won't work until I start paying for it. Oh, wait, I do pay for it. Also my cool looking att/yahoo homepage, which I also pay for, is just chock full of ads that interest me not one whit.

Well, can't do much about it except complain, so I'll be complaining quite a bit till they start charging me for that too.

I WATCHED THIS EPISODE OF THE A TEAM WITH MY DADDY THE NIGHT BEFORE HE DIED

2008-06-26T03:47:55Z

Season 2, Episode 9: There's Always a Catch

Original Air Date: 15 November 1983
A small fishing village is held hostage by a greedy fisherman and his goons. They have a protection racket going and if the other seamen in the village don't give Garber (John Quade) half of their haul, Garber and his men capsize their boats. Of course, if the extortion continues, the bay's sea life will be depleted and none of the residents will be able to survive there anyway. The A-Team comes to the aid of the Mayer family which has fallen victim to Garber's men. Unfortunately, Col. Decker is also hot on their heels, too. The question is, will Decker leave with the A-Team or Garber in custody?

WILLY NILLY

2008-02-29T02:42:54Z

I was gonna be so good but instead I went a little willy nilly at the Walmart this evening. I bought movies. I bought a Microshield hard plastic case with detachable rotating belt clip for my iPod. And these are the movies I got: Terminator 2, Anger Management, Air Force One, Volunteers, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Mr. Deeds, and The Complete First Second and Third seasons of Bewitched. I also got a new book in the mail today from Zooba: The Cat Who Blew the Whistle by Lilian Jackson Braun. And, I got my new credits for Audible and am about to load a new book on my iPod. I just have to choose what I want to hear. Audible.com...I goze there now.

MR BEAN

2008-02-24T17:55:43Z

Zephyr and I just watched Mr. Bean's Holiday. I laughed my arse off. It was such a good movie. His best yet.

NEW ART GROUPS FOUND

2008-02-24T17:53:18Z

I had this really fine post ready to post and my ATT dsl disconnected and I lost it so I will just say (cause I don't want to write it all over again) that besides my original group Yahoo! Jams and Mailart, which will always be my favorite group, I have found some other groups to join. Nervousness (which has changed vastly since I first tried it out years ago) and Monday Art Day, have already provided me with some great trades and some new group swaps.

Also, some of my old friends from ATCards have joined forces to start a new group called ATCsforALL. I love love love this new group and hope to have lots of fun there.

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

2008-02-17T23:50:38Z

I'm sad about ATCards.com closing down but I've joined a couple of other groups to trade ATCs and have taken another look at Nervousness and was glad to see a better format than it used to have and so joined that yesterday.

The Bean is washing her clothes and we've been cleaning house all day.

Zephyrpie is watching Zach and Cody (The Suite Life of) and playing with her new Nentendo DS (playing Nentendogs) which finally came in to the stores again. We've been looking since before Christmas and no one has had one. I was getting so tired of hearing about it.

Shirley is asleep in her hiding place between the couch and the bookcase.

MissaSleepyhead is curled up asleep in the middle of my bed.

Bob and Charly are both on The Bean's bed. Bob is not asleep...Charly is.

I'm listening to an audiobook, The Ambler Warning by Robert Ludlum. I just finished Stephen King's Duma Key the other day. It was very good. I'm glad he's still writing.

Now I need to get some mail together to mail on Tuesday...no mail on Monday, President's Day.

See ya,
Maggie

MR. SCOTT

2007-11-23T01:58:57Z

Last weekend I lost Mr. Scott. He was almost three years old. He didn't act sick before he died, he just went into his barrel house and went to sleep and didn't wake up. He was a good fish and I loved him very much. I'll miss him. He was named for Mr. Scott on Star Trek because he looked like he had on a Star Trek uniform.

WORK DOESN'T SUCK QUITE AS MUCH

2007-10-08T00:21:15Z

Three years ago, I got transferred to another department without notice and ever since I've been trying to get back. Recently, the manager asked me to go to my original unit on a temporary basis and take over an early morning shift that had been vacated. I was thrilled! Then, on Thursday of last week, the manager told me I was officially back in the group and I was not to do any more work for the other group. I am so happy! Also, the pit behind me has been cleaned and disinfected and the occupant is gone for good.

Pilfered from KATYBEAN

2007-06-29T01:14:12Z

AFI's Top 100 Movies of All Time

Bold the ones you've seen.
Put in Italics ones you haven't seen but want to.

Some of these are really good but I might have chosen a different order. Plus French Kiss is my all time favorite movie and didn't make the list. Most of these I've seen many times and will watch them again.

1. "Citizen Kane," 1941.
2. "The Godfather," 1972.
3. "Casablanca," 1942.
4. "Raging Bull," 1980.
5. "Singin' in the Rain," 1952.
6. "Gone With the Wind," 1939.
7. "Lawrence of Arabia," 1962.
8. "Schindler's List," 1993.
9. "Vertigo," 1958.
10. "The Wizard of Oz," 1939.
11. "City Lights," 1931.
12. "The Searchers," 1956.
13. "Star Wars," 1977.
14. "Psycho," 1960.
15. "2001: A Space Odyssey," 1968.
16. "Sunset Blvd.", 1950.
17. "The Graduate," 1967.
18. "The General," 1927.
19. "On the Waterfront," 1954.
20. "It's a Wonderful Life," 1946.
21. "Chinatown," 1974. (Update 10/8/07: I watched this last week and was disappointed. Jack Nicholson was great but the story sucked. I never did figure out what Chinatown had to do with the movie.)
22. "Some Like It Hot," 1959.
23. "The Grapes of Wrath," 1940.
24. "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," 1982.
25. "To Kill a Mockingbird," 1962.
26. "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," 1939. - I'm not sure if I have or not
27. "High Noon," 1952.
28. "All About Eve," 1950.
29. "Double Indemnity," 1944.
30. "Apocalypse Now," 1979.
31. "The Maltese Falcon," 1941.
32. "The Godfather Part II," 1974.
33. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," 1975.
34. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," 1937.
35. "Annie Hall," 1977.
36. "The Bridge on the River Kwai," 1957.
37. "The Best Years of Our Lives," 1946.
38. "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," 1948.
39. "Dr. Strangelove," 1964.
40. "The Sound of Music," 1965.
41. "King Kong," 1933.
42. "Bonnie and Clyde," 1967.
43. "Midnight Cowboy," 1969.
44. "The Philadelphia Story," 1940.
45. "Shane," 1953.
46. "It Happened One Night," 1934.
47. "A Streetcar Named Desire," 1951.
48. "Rear Window," 1954.
49. "Intolerance," 1916.
50. "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," 2001.
51. "West Side Story," 1961.
52. "Taxi Driver," 1976.
53. "The Deer Hunter," 1978.
54. "M-A-S-H," 1970.
55. "North by Northwest," 1959.
56. "Jaws," 1975.
57. "Rocky," 1976.
58. "The Gold Rush," 1925.
59. "Nashville," 1975.
60. "Duck Soup," 1933.
61. "Sullivan's Travels," 1941.
62. "American Graffiti," 1973.
63. "Cabaret," 1972.
64. "Network," 1976.
65. "The African Queen," 1951.
66. "Raiders of the Lost Ark," 1981.
67. "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", 1966.
68. "Unforgiven," 1992.
69. "Tootsie," 1982.
072. "The Shawshank Redemption," 1994.
73. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," 1969.
74. "The Silence of the Lambs," 1991.
75. "In the Heat of the Night," 1967.
76. "Forrest Gump," 1994.
77. "All the President's Men," 1976.
78. "Modern Times," 1936.
79. "The Wild Bunch," 1969.
80. "The Apartment," 1960.
81. "Spartacus," 1960.
82. "Sunrise," 1927.
83. "Titanic," 1997.
84. "Easy Rider," 1969.
85. "A Night at the Opera," 1935.
86. "Platoon," 1986.
87. "12 Angry Men," 1957.
88. "Bringing Up Baby," 1938.
89. "The Sixth Sense," 1999.
90. "Swing Time," 1936.
91. "Sophie's Choice," 1982.
92. "Goodfellas," 1990.
93. "The French Connection," 1971.
94. "Pulp Fiction," 1994.
95. "The Last Picture Show," 1971.
96. "Do the Right Thing," 1989.
97. "Blade Runner," 1982.
98. "Yankee Doodle Dandy," 1942.
99. "Toy Story," 1995.
100. "Ben-Hur," 1959.

JACK'S BIG SHOW

2007-06-28T23:39:09Z

My friend Sharon won tickets to Jack's Big Show on Jack FM the radio station I now listen to when I'm not listening to my iPod or to Dr. Laura on The Word FM. Sharon sits next to me at work and we are both so excited about the show that we have overpowered the excitement of Michele's and Lisa's upcoming trip to Mexico. That's because it's not just one great band, it's Don Henley, Stray Cats, and The Pretenders. It's going to be a blast! Are you going to be there?

Wicked Game

2007-06-25T06:25:46Z

Ten Things That I Love ~ "E"

2007-05-13T17:42:22Z

Electricity
Eagles
Elephants
Eggs
E!
E.T.
Elvis
E.L.O.
eBay
Ed Grimley

Ten Things That I Love ~ "D"

2007-05-13T17:35:03Z

Donuts
Dogs
Dreams
Driving
Dire Straits
Dirty Vegas
Dr. Seuss
Dead Like Me
Design Shows on HGTV
Dinosaurs

Mothers Day Lunch

2007-05-13T17:15:00Z

I'm having breaded chicken patties with T.Marzetti Honey Dijon dressing. Yum!
Maggie

A REAL POST

2007-04-24T17:45:21Z

I hear thunder. It's raining. My migraine is back. I'm going back to bed.

I AM A SOUTHERN GIRL

2007-04-24T17:43:22Z

What American accent do you have?
Created by Xavier on Memegen.net

Southern. Love it or hate it, your accent says you're probably from somewhere south of the Ohio River.

Take this quiz now - it's easy!

I GET THE BEST STUFF FROM WURMWYD'S JOURNAL

2007-04-24T17:25:28Z

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Ten Things That I Love ~ "C"

2007-03-15T04:43:20Z

Cars(The)
Cats
Cake
Cookies
Chocolate
Candy
Chicken
Chris Isaak
Crayons
Chillin'

TV is My Life

2007-03-15T04:28:11Z

In case anyone is interested, here are my favorite TV shows right now:
Heros, Jericho, Ugly Betty, Men In Trees, Brothers and Sisters, What About Brian, The Office, Rules of Engagement, Monk, Psyche and can't wait for Dexter to come back on Showtime.

Also almost everything on HGTV, especially Design On A Dime.

Oh, I almost forgot the very best one: Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip!!!

Oh, wait, and Gray's Anatomy, too!

And all the CSIs and all the Law and Orders, plus Boston Legal, NCIS, Bones, and Criminal Minds.

And My Name Is Earl.

Told ya TV is my life.

Artist Trading Cards

2007-03-06T21:52:55Z

I posted some ATCs to trade at ATCards.com today and this one is my favorite. I named it Telepathy. It's an abstract paper collage. I also finished up some of my other ATCs that I had put away and forgotten about.

I took another vacation day today so that I could go with the Bean to her disability hearing. We ate lunch downtown at a barbeque cafe across the street from the federal building. They have a great location, cause as soon as you step out of the federal building door, you can smell the bbq on the wind. We could not help but go eat there. It was pretty good, but I wish they had had french fries instead of just potato salad or potato chips.

My cat Shirley just came in and begged for "fresh on top". She won't eat unless it's fresh catfood. She also won't eat canned cat food or kitty treats. She's been that way her whole life. My other cat Flea will eat just about anything, especially if it's something someone else is trying to eat.

I saw some interesting things in a National Geographic magazine while waiting for Katy today. Some stuff about hummingbirds and about Saturn. I am going to ngm.com to see about some related items they mentioned. That's a great magazine, one of my favorites. I also like the Smithsonian Magazine. Really neat-o stuff in both.

The powers that be at work have decided that we can't have any fish bowls or aquariums on our desks in our building so I am having to bring all my bettas home. I've brought two home and have four more that I still need to bring home. I can't think of a reason for this new rule. I guess it was just another way of asserting control. I've had the fish there for three years and never a single complaint. Plus it was very stress relieving to be able to watch them and they were never a distraction from my work.

Ten Things That I Love ~ "B"

2007-03-06T21:26:23Z

Blasterball
Bubble Gum
Banana Splits
Beatles
Bread
Babies
Books
Bible
Blogs
Bulldogs

Ten Things That I Love ~ "A"

2007-03-06T00:09:58Z

Art
Artist Trading Cards
Arkansas
Architecture
Abyssinian cats
Amazon.com
Alabaster dishes
Alien movies
Audio books
Avon

What I Did Today

2007-03-05T23:46:07Z

Today was a vacation day. Here's what I did:

~Slept till 10:30
~Made a new icon for LJ
~Cleaned up the kitchen
~Went to the grocery store
~Fed the fish and cats
~Took out the trash
~Ate an ice cream sandwich
~Read my LJ friends page
~Read Cuteness Overload

Now I'm cooking some chicken and dressing for supper.

Don't you wish you led the exciting life I lead?

Everything Test

2007-03-05T21:06:39Z

The Everything Test

There are many different types of tests on the internet today. Personality tests, purity tests, stereotype tests, political tests. But now, there is one test to rule them all.

Traditionally, online tests would ask certain questions about your musical tastes or clothing for a stereotype, your experiences for a purity test, or deep questions for a personality test.We're turning that upside down - all the questions affect all the results, and we've got some innovative results too! Enjoy :-)

Personality

You are more logical than emotional, more concerned about others than concerned about self, more religious than atheist, more dependent than loner, more lazy than workaholic, more traditional than rebel, more artistic mind than engineering mind, more idealist than cynical, more leader than follower, and more introverted than extroverted.

As for specific personality traits, you are religious (90%), intellectual (80%), adventurous (80%), greedy (73%).

Stereotypes
Old Geezer	83%
Punk Rock	80%
Geek	70%

Life Experience
Sex	17%
Substances	19%
Travel	26%

Politics
Your political views would best be described as Libertarian, whom you agree with around 58% of the time.

Socioeconomic
Your attitude toward life best associates you with Lower Middle Class. You make more than 0% of those who have taken this test, and 12% more than the U.S. average.

If your life was a movie, it would be rated PG.
By the way, your hottness rank is 62%, hotter than 88% of other test takers.

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ZEPHYR AND FLEA PLAYING SIMS

2007-02-26T21:25:33Z

Flea must be in the lap whenever Zephyr gets on the computer to play Sims.