super duper tuesday

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Ms. bookbabie has been all blinged out and is ready to sit back and watch the returns come in tonight. No matter what your political leanings happen to be, no one can deny that this year’s presidential primaries feel almost like the election itself. I’m 48 years old and I have never been as interested, as excited even, about an upcoming presidential election. I love that people everywhere are talking about the candidates, watching the debates, and I’m especially pleased that this enthusiasm seems to be spreading to a younger generation of voters. If your state is part of Super Tuesday, get to the polls so that your vote will count and your voice will be heard.

If you’d like to add a little bling to a photograph for your blog or MySpace page, go to blingee.com. When you’re done creating your masterpiece they give you several sizes, including an avatar that does not have their annoying logo on it!

I’m tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn’t work. Of course it doesn’t work. We are supposed to work it. ~Alexander Woollcott

weekend playdate

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If you happen to be a jigsaw puzzle fanatic there are some great websites you may want to visit and bookmark. JigZone has a ton of online puzzles. You choose a picture, like the Vincent van Gogh painting above, select the difficulty level and then left click on the pieces to move them into place. They even have an Auto Solve button for lazy people like me! Click here to work a neat moving puzzle, and at Jigsaw Planet and Photograph Puzzle Maker you can quickly and easily create your own puzzle from a photograph that you upload from your computer. Even if you don’t do puzzles in “real” time, these online puzzle sites are a lot of fun!

There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle. Deepak Chopra

the hideout

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Ran across another great site with lots of graphics and animations for blogs and My Space. It’s at glitter-graphics.com. Feeling a little worn out today. When stuff happens with my mom I get an adrenaline burst to get me through and then I crash. I think I’ll run to Kohl’s later and get her some smaller nightgowns. She’s lost a lot of weight but hasn’t been able to get out and shop. I love that snowy graphic. Don’t you just want to go and hide out in that house for a few weeks? It looks so peaceful.

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” Robert Frost

a million little pictures

I met a really cool artist in my web wanderings tonight. Her blog is called Misty Mawn and one of her posts included a mosaic self-portrait that she made at this online mosaic generator. Needless to say, I spent my evening uploading, and then downloading photos, saving the ones I liked best. If you click on the portrait of my son Andy, you’ll get a larger view and you will be able to see that his image is made up of thousands of other tiny images. It’s really quite beautiful. Give it a try and have yourself a lovely, art filled weekend!