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Archive for January, 2010

About the banner photos

Posted in Photos on January 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

All photos and graphic designs on this site are ⓒ Sue Owen Whaley unless stated otherwise. Here’s a little more about the headers I like to rotate out: Hickory burger no onions, please. With a fountain Dr Pepper and a side of beans. (Ate here so often in high school that I didn’t have to [...]

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Crazy woman with paintbrush

Posted in Crafty on January 24, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Recently my husband was in a serious car crash. He’s making a full recovery, but he was in the hospital for some time, and then in a physical rehab facility — where I couldn’t stay with him as in the hospital, but where they took very good care of him (this, plus my recovery from [...]

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Kindle royalties: Death knell for paper books?

Posted in Ramblings on January 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

A Twitter friend drew my attention to this explanation of Amazon’s new push to offer authors and publishers a bigger slice of royalties in return for a lower price per book on the Kindle — that is, even though the e-book is cheaper, the writer gets a bigger slice.  The publisher doesn’t go to the [...]

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Removing stains from white enamel sink

Posted in Ramblings, Workaround Sue on January 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

[Update April 3 '10: I see that a lot of people find this entry through Google -- Please leave a comment if it helped you!  Plus, here's a new discovery: Dishwasher detergent also removed old mold and stains from our white polymer shower stall (Corian-type material). Cover the stained area with a thick layer of paste and [...]

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Turning your PC into the BBC, Part 3: The Doctor and Sherlock Holmes

Posted in Anglophilia on January 16, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I can now add to my previous posts about Monty Python and other great British TV shows on Netflix Watch Instantly (streaming video to your PC or Mac) two eminent figures in British entertainment: Sherlock Holmes and the Doctor. Lots of old “Doctor Who” episodes have long been available on Watch Instantly, but now they’ve [...]

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