YOB: #10. See Some Ridiculously Exciting Fireworks (Part 2)

By Lara

Oh Yes. Ridiculously exciting fireworks, Lara style.

I know that Beth already described the fireworks in great detail, but now it's time for my take on the whole sordid incident. It felt slightly cliche for our "ridiculously exciting fireworks" to occur on the 4th of July, but we were running low on funds. The great thing about Independence Day fireworks displays is that they are usually free.

Beth had described the traditional Ambler fireworks display to me several times. It didn't sound like Disney World quality, but Beth promised that it was cooler than the average small town affair. I was skeptical regarding "ridiculously exciting," but continued to keep an open mind.

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Works For Me Wednesday: Blogging Tips

By MAD21

For this week's WFMW, Kristen asked us to share our favorite blogging tips. Even though it's almost been a year, I still feel new to the blogging world. But here are five things I've learned:

1. Care about what you are writing about. If you don't, your readers won't either.

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Haiti Relief Donations

By Heather (Balance with Purpose)

Taxpayers who donate to charities for the Haiti relief effort after January 11, 2010 and before March 1, 2010 are able to deduct these donations on their 2009 tax returns for an immediate tax break.

For more information click HERE.

Heather Sunseri is a Christian, wife and mother of two young children. She has worked as a CPA for the past 15 years for thoroughbred horse farms and in public accounting in Central Kentucky. She spends her free time as an inspirational writer and enjoys the little things in life from long bike rides in the country to homemade pizza and family game night.

Think, Draw, Make

Updated on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 5:00PM by MAD21

By Alan

You want to build something? The steps used to be: Think, sketch, draw, draft, design, prototype, engineer, fabricate, cut, form, machine, assemble, build, mass produce.

Some of those steps required specialized training, or years of experience to do. In the last few decades, the world changed because you could get fabrication from Computer Numerical Controlled machine tools to grind away material from a giant block of metal, plastic or wood.

But, in the last few years, this has dramatically changed. Imagine being able to think of a shape or object, draw it in the computer, and have a real model of it sitting in your hand an hour later. The part isn't carved away from a big block, instead it is created layer by layer from scratch, in plastic, metal,

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The Olympic Torch Is Coming To My Town February 2nd!!

By Kevin (Shooting the Breeze)

This Tuesday, the Olympic torch will make an appearance in Port Hardy, BC as it makes its way to Vancouver for the 2010 Olympics on February 12^th.  The torch began its 106 day journey on October 30^th, 2009 from Victoria, BC.  I happened to be there that day!  Here is a short video of some of the pictures that I took:

Here are some fun facts about the torch relay:

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