(4889,1,'2011-03-31 20:43:54','2011-04-01 03:43:54','<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">SHOCKING PHOTOS BELOW!!!</span></strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\">I SWEAR to you on all things sacred in my life (including Little Miss B) that this is NOT an April Fool\'s joke.</span></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI felt a lot of pressure to whip out some sort of stellar April Fool\'s joke for you today, but I just couldn\'t seem to get it together.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd then I thought, why am I sweating over this?  I don\'t NEED an April Fool\'s Joke!  I have Bella\'s Doggie DNA test results, and NOTHING could top this joke!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/24/day-149-doggie-dna-test-yes-ive-lost-my-mind/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>You may recall that on Day 149 I temporarily lost my sanity and dished out 70 buckaroos + tax for a Doggie DNA test.</strong></a> I\'m not sure if I was brave enough to share the expenditure with you back then, but I\'m coming clean now.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis is what people without human kids do.  We overindulge our pets.  And our insatiable canine curiosity, in this instance.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBella is most obviously the Poster Child for \"Wire-Haired Terrier Mix\".\n\n&nbsp;\n\nShe also moonlights as the Poster Child for \"Cutest Dog You Will Ever See In Your Life\".  It\'s true.  Total strangers stop and coo over Little Miss B.  Everyone\'s first question (after the \"She is adorable!\" profession):   \"What kind of dog is she?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI\'ve been told by People in the Know (Mixed-Up Mutts Rescue and her vets) that she is a \"wire-haired terrier mix\".\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWisdom Panel/Mars Veterinary, the makers of the Doggie DNA Test, have shared Bella\'s results with me.  Before the reveal...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nLet\'s play a little game.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhich of the breeds below do you think match Bella\'s gene pool?  You may pick up to three.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4873\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/skys/24625704/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4874\" title=\"24625704_eafe9f6f3b\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/24625704_eafe9f6f3b-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\nWas her biological mother a Yorkie?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4875\" title=\"Bella holiday 1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/ayayan/527787596/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4876\" title=\"527787596_8bd2ffd556\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/527787596_8bd2ffd556-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nWas Daddy a poodle?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4877\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.saveadog.org.au/adoption_stories/toby_story.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4878\" title=\"bobby(jrt)_r2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/bobbyjrt_r2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" /></a>\n\nPerhaps she has a touch of wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier in her lineage?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4879\" title=\"Bella-3\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/marionenkevin/3455993466/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4880\" title=\"3455993466_1b5cea8ffb\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/3455993466_1b5cea8ffb-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>\n\nOr...she was found in the streets of Yuma which is very close to Mexico.  Chihuahua?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4881\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/90738513@N00/2139649370/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4883\" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\nCould my 10 pound peanut have Neopolitan Mastiff in her DNA?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\">Here are the results from Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel.  May I have a drumroll, please?</span></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n(Click each item to enlarge if you need.)\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4885\" title=\"BreedReport2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4886\" title=\"BreedReport\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMars Veterinary, it may be April 1st, but I am no fool.  And you are no scientific organization.  I want my money back.','Day 185:  Bella\'s Doggie DNA Results Are In!','','inherit','open','open','','4866-revision-9','','','2011-03-31 20:43:54','2011-04-01 03:43:54','',4866,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/31/4866-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(4890,1,'2011-03-31 20:46:49','2011-04-01 03:46:49','<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">SHOCKING PHOTOS BELOW!!!</span></strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I SWEAR to you on all things sacred in my life (including Little Miss B) that this is NOT an April Fool\'s joke.</span></strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI felt a lot of pressure to whip out some sort of stellar April Fool\'s joke for you today, but I just couldn\'t seem to get it together.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd then I thought, why am I sweating over this?  I don\'t NEED an April Fool\'s Joke!  I have Bella\'s Doggie DNA test results, and NOTHING could top this joke!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/24/day-149-doggie-dna-test-yes-ive-lost-my-mind/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>You may recall that on Day 149 I temporarily lost my sanity and dished out 70 buckaroos + tax for a Doggie DNA test.</strong></a> I\'m not sure if I was brave enough to share the expenditure with you back then, but I\'m coming clean now.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis is what people without human kids do.  We overindulge our pets.  And our insatiable canine curiosity, in this instance.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBella is most obviously the Poster Child for \"Wire-Haired Terrier Mix\".\n\n&nbsp;\n\nShe also moonlights as the Poster Child for \"Cutest Dog You Will Ever See In Your Life\".  It\'s true.  Total strangers stop and coo over Little Miss B.  Everyone\'s first question (after the \"She is adorable!\" profession):   \"What kind of dog is she?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI\'ve been told by People in the Know (Mixed-Up Mutts Rescue and her vets) that she is a \"wire-haired terrier mix\".\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWisdom Panel/Mars Veterinary, the makers of the Doggie DNA Test, have shared Bella\'s results with me.  Before the reveal...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nLet\'s play a little game.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhich of the breeds below do you think match Bella\'s gene pool?  You may pick up to three.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4873\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/skys/24625704/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4874\" title=\"24625704_eafe9f6f3b\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/24625704_eafe9f6f3b-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\nWas her biological mother a Yorkie?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4875\" title=\"Bella holiday 1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/ayayan/527787596/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4876\" title=\"527787596_8bd2ffd556\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/527787596_8bd2ffd556-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nWas Daddy a poodle?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4877\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.saveadog.org.au/adoption_stories/toby_story.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4878\" title=\"bobby(jrt)_r2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/bobbyjrt_r2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" /></a>\n\nPerhaps she has a touch of wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier in her lineage?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4879\" title=\"Bella-3\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/marionenkevin/3455993466/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4880\" title=\"3455993466_1b5cea8ffb\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/3455993466_1b5cea8ffb-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>\n\nOr...she was found in the streets of Yuma which is very close to Mexico.  Chihuahua?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4881\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/90738513@N00/2139649370/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4883\" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\nCould my 10 pound peanut have Neopolitan Mastiff in her DNA?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\">Here are the results from Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel.  May I have a drumroll, please?</span></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n(Click each item to enlarge if you need.)\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4885\" title=\"BreedReport2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4886\" title=\"BreedReport\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMars Veterinary, it may be April 1st, but I am no fool.  And you are no scientific organization.  I want my money back.  Now.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 185:  Bella\'s Doggie DNA Results Are In!','','inherit','open','open','','4866-revision-10','','','2011-03-31 20:46:49','2011-04-01 03:46:49','',4866,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/31/4866-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(4891,1,'2011-03-31 20:54:39','2011-04-01 03:54:39','<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">SHOCKING PHOTOS BELOW!!!</span></strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I SWEAR to you on all things sacred in my life (including Little Miss B) that this is NOT an April Fool\'s joke.</span></strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI felt a lot of pressure to whip out some sort of stellar April Fool\'s joke for you today, but I just couldn\'t seem to get it together.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd then I thought, why am I sweating over this?  I don\'t NEED an April Fool\'s Joke!  I have Bella\'s Doggie DNA test results, and NOTHING could top this joke!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/24/day-149-doggie-dna-test-yes-ive-lost-my-mind/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>You may recall that on Day 149 I temporarily lost my sanity and dished out 70 buckaroos + tax for a Doggie DNA test.</strong></a> I\'m not sure if I was brave enough to share the expenditure with you back then, but I\'m coming clean now.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>This is what people without human kids do.  We overindulge our pets.  And our insatiable canine curiosity, in this instance.</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBella is most obviously the Poster Child for \"Wire-Haired Terrier Mix\".\n\n&nbsp;\n\nShe also moonlights as the Poster Child for \"Cutest Dog You Will Ever See In Your Life\".  It\'s true.  Total strangers stop and coo over Little Miss B.  Everyone\'s first question (after the \"She is adorable!\" profession):   \"What kind of dog is she?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI\'ve been told by People in the Know (Mixed-Up Mutts Rescue and her vets) that she is a \"wire-haired terrier mix\".\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.wisdompanel.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Wisdom Panel/Mars Veterinary</a></strong>, the makers of the Doggie DNA Test, have shared Bella\'s results with me.  Before the reveal...\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Let\'s play a little game.</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Which of the breeds below do you think match Bella\'s gene pool?  You may pick up to three.</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4873\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/skys/24625704/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4874\" title=\"24625704_eafe9f6f3b\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/24625704_eafe9f6f3b-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\nWas her biological mother a Yorkie?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4875\" title=\"Bella holiday 1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/ayayan/527787596/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4876\" title=\"527787596_8bd2ffd556\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/527787596_8bd2ffd556-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\nWas Daddy a Poodle?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4877\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.saveadog.org.au/adoption_stories/toby_story.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4878\" title=\"bobby(jrt)_r2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/bobbyjrt_r2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" /></a>\n\nPerhaps she has a touch of wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier in her lineage?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4879\" title=\"Bella-3\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/marionenkevin/3455993466/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4880\" title=\"3455993466_1b5cea8ffb\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/3455993466_1b5cea8ffb-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>\n\nOr...she was found in the streets of Yuma which is very close to Mexico.  Chihuahua?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4881\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/90738513@N00/2139649370/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4883\" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\nCould my 10 pound peanut have Neapolitan Mastiff in her DNA?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\">Here are the results from Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel.  May I have a drumroll, please?</span></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n(Click each item to enlarge if you need.)\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4885\" title=\"BreedReport2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4886\" title=\"BreedReport\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMars Veterinary, it may be April 1st, but I am no fool.  And you are no scientific organization.  I want my money back.  Now.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nDear Readers, what do you think?  Hmmmm???\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIs this a scam?  Should Mars Veterinary kindly refund my money?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 185:  Bella\'s Doggie DNA Results Are In!','','inherit','open','open','','4866-revision-11','','','2011-03-31 20:54:39','2011-04-01 03:54:39','',4866,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/31/4866-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(4892,1,'2011-03-31 20:54:44','2011-04-01 03:54:44','<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">SHOCKING PHOTOS BELOW!!!</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I SWEAR to you on all things sacred in my life (including Little Miss B) that this is NOT an April Fool\'s joke.</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI felt a lot of pressure to whip out some sort of stellar April Fool\'s joke for you today, but I just couldn\'t seem to get it together.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then I thought, why am I sweating over this?  I don\'t NEED an April Fool\'s Joke!  I have Bella\'s Doggie DNA test results, and NOTHING could top this joke!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/24/day-149-doggie-dna-test-yes-ive-lost-my-mind/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>You may recall that on Day 149 I temporarily lost my sanity and dished out 70 buckaroos + tax for a Doggie DNA test.</strong></a> I\'m not sure if I was brave enough to share the expenditure with you back then, but I\'m coming clean now.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>This is what people without human kids do.  We overindulge our pets.  And our insatiable canine curiosity, in this instance.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella is most obviously the Poster Child for \"Wire-Haired Terrier Mix\".\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe also moonlights as the Poster Child for \"Cutest Dog You Will Ever See In Your Life\".  It\'s true.  Total strangers stop and coo over Little Miss B.  Everyone\'s first question (after the \"She is adorable!\" profession):   \"What kind of dog is she?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI\'ve been told by People in the Know (Mixed-Up Mutts Rescue and her vets) that she is a \"wire-haired terrier mix\".\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.wisdompanel.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Wisdom Panel/Mars Veterinary</a></strong>, the makers of the Doggie DNA Test, have shared Bella\'s results with me.  Before the reveal...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Let\'s play a little game.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Which of the breeds below do you think match Bella\'s gene pool?  You may pick up to three.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4873\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/skys/24625704/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4874\" title=\"24625704_eafe9f6f3b\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/24625704_eafe9f6f3b-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWas her biological mother a Yorkie?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4875\" title=\"Bella holiday 1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/ayayan/527787596/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4876\" title=\"527787596_8bd2ffd556\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/527787596_8bd2ffd556-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWas Daddy a Poodle?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4877\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.saveadog.org.au/adoption_stories/toby_story.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4878\" title=\"bobby(jrt)_r2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/bobbyjrt_r2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\nPerhaps she has a touch of wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier in her lineage?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4879\" title=\"Bella-3\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/marionenkevin/3455993466/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4880\" title=\"3455993466_1b5cea8ffb\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/3455993466_1b5cea8ffb-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOr...she was found in the streets of Yuma which is very close to Mexico.  Chihuahua?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4881\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/90738513@N00/2139649370/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4883\" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCould my 10 pound peanut have Neapolitan Mastiff in her DNA?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\">Here are the results from Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel.  May I have a drumroll, please?</span></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Click each item to enlarge if you need.)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4885\" title=\"BreedReport2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4886\" title=\"BreedReport\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMars Veterinary, it may be April 1st, but I am no fool.  And you are no scientific organization.  I want my money back.  Now.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDear Readers, what do you think?  Hmmmm???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs this a scam?  Should Mars Veterinary kindly refund my money?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 185:  Bella\'s Doggie DNA Results Are In!','','inherit','open','open','','4866-revision-12','','','2011-03-31 20:54:44','2011-04-01 03:54:44','',4866,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/31/4866-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(4893,1,'2011-03-31 20:54:58','2011-04-01 03:54:58','<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">SHOCKING PHOTOS BELOW!!!</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I SWEAR to you on all things sacred in my life (including Little Miss B) that this is NOT an April Fool\'s joke.</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI felt a lot of pressure to whip out some sort of stellar April Fool\'s joke for you today, but I just couldn\'t seem to get it together.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then I thought, why am I sweating over this?  I don\'t NEED an April Fool\'s Joke!  I have Bella\'s Doggie DNA test results, and NOTHING could top this joke!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/24/day-149-doggie-dna-test-yes-ive-lost-my-mind/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>You may recall that on Day 149 I temporarily lost my sanity and dished out 70 buckaroos + tax for a Doggie DNA test.</strong></a> I\'m not sure if I was brave enough to share the expenditure with you back then, but I\'m coming clean now.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>This is what people without human kids do.  We overindulge our pets.  And our insatiable canine curiosity, in this instance.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella is most obviously the Poster Child for \"Wire-Haired Terrier Mix\".\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe also moonlights as the Poster Child for \"Cutest Dog You Will Ever See In Your Life\".  It\'s true.  Total strangers stop and coo over Little Miss B.  Everyone\'s first question (after the \"She is adorable!\" profession):   \"What kind of dog is she?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI\'ve been told by People in the Know (Mixed-Up Mutts Rescue and her vets) that she is a \"wire-haired terrier mix\".\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.wisdompanel.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Wisdom Panel/Mars Veterinary</a></strong>, the makers of the Doggie DNA Test, have shared Bella\'s results with me.  Before the reveal...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Let\'s play a little game.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Which of the breeds below do you think match Bella\'s gene pool?  You may pick up to three.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4873\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/skys/24625704/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4874\" title=\"24625704_eafe9f6f3b\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/24625704_eafe9f6f3b-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWas her biological mother a Yorkie?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4875\" title=\"Bella holiday 1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/ayayan/527787596/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4876\" title=\"527787596_8bd2ffd556\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/527787596_8bd2ffd556-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWas Daddy a Poodle?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4877\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.saveadog.org.au/adoption_stories/toby_story.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4878\" title=\"bobby(jrt)_r2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/bobbyjrt_r2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\nPerhaps she has a touch of wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier in her lineage?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4879\" title=\"Bella-3\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/marionenkevin/3455993466/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4880\" title=\"3455993466_1b5cea8ffb\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/3455993466_1b5cea8ffb-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOr...she was found in the streets of Yuma which is very close to Mexico.  Chihuahua?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4881\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/90738513@N00/2139649370/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4883\" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCould my 10 pound peanut have Neapolitan Mastiff in her DNA?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\">Here are the results from Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel.  May I have a drumroll, please?</span></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Click each item to enlarge if you need.)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4885\" title=\"BreedReport2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4886\" title=\"BreedReport\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMars Veterinary, it may be April 1st, but I am no fool.  And you are no scientific organization.  I want my money back.  Now.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDear Readers, what do you think?  Hmmmm???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs this a scam?  Should Mars Veterinary kindly refund my money?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 185:  Doggie DNA Results Are In!','','inherit','open','open','','4866-revision-13','','','2011-03-31 20:54:58','2011-04-01 03:54:58','',4866,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/31/4866-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(4894,1,'2011-03-31 20:57:08','2011-04-01 03:57:08','&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">SHOCKING PHOTOS BELOW!!!</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I SWEAR to you on all things sacred in my life (including Little Miss B) that this is NOT an April Fool\'s joke.</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI felt a lot of pressure to whip out some sort of stellar April Fool\'s joke for you today, but I just couldn\'t seem to get it together.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then I thought, why am I sweating over this?  I don\'t NEED an April Fool\'s Joke!  I have Bella\'s Doggie DNA test results, and NOTHING could top this joke!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/24/day-149-doggie-dna-test-yes-ive-lost-my-mind/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>You may recall that on Day 149 I temporarily lost my sanity and dished out 70 buckaroos + tax for a Doggie DNA test.</strong></a> I\'m not sure if I was brave enough to share the expenditure with you back then, but I\'m coming clean now.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>This is what people without human kids do.  We overindulge our pets.  (And our insatiable canine curiosity, in this instance.)</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella is most obviously the Poster Child for \"Wire-Haired Terrier Mix\".\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe also moonlights as the Poster Child for \"Cutest Dog You Will Ever See In Your Life\".  It\'s true.  Total strangers stop and coo over Little Miss B.  Everyone\'s first question (after the \"She is adorable!\" profession):   \"What kind of dog is she?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI\'ve been told by People in the Know (Mixed-Up Mutts Rescue and her vets) that she is a \"wire-haired terrier mix\".\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.wisdompanel.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Wisdom Panel/Mars Veterinary</a></strong>, the makers of the Doggie DNA Test, have shared Bella\'s results with me.  Before the reveal...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Let\'s play a little game.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Which of the breeds below do you think match Bella\'s gene pool?  You may pick up to three.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4873\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/skys/24625704/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4874\" title=\"24625704_eafe9f6f3b\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/24625704_eafe9f6f3b-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWas her biological mother a Yorkie?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4875\" title=\"Bella holiday 1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/ayayan/527787596/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4876\" title=\"527787596_8bd2ffd556\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/527787596_8bd2ffd556-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWas Daddy a Poodle?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4877\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.saveadog.org.au/adoption_stories/toby_story.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4878\" title=\"bobby(jrt)_r2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/bobbyjrt_r2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\nPerhaps she has a touch of wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier in her lineage?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4879\" title=\"Bella-3\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/marionenkevin/3455993466/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4880\" title=\"3455993466_1b5cea8ffb\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/3455993466_1b5cea8ffb-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOr...she was found in the streets of Yuma which is very close to Mexico.  Chihuahua?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4881\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/90738513@N00/2139649370/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4883\" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCould my 10 pound peanut have Neapolitan Mastiff in her DNA?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\">Here are the results from Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel.  May I have a drum roll, please?</span></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Click each item to enlarge if you need.)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4885\" title=\"BreedReport2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4886\" title=\"BreedReport\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMars Veterinary, it may be April 1st, but I am no fool.  And you are no scientific organization.  I want my money back.  Now.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDear Readers, what do you think?  Hmmmm???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs this a scam?  Should Mars Veterinary kindly refund my money?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 185:  Doggie DNA Results Are In!','','inherit','open','open','','4866-revision-14','','','2011-03-31 20:57:08','2011-04-01 03:57:08','',4866,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/31/4866-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(4895,1,'2011-03-31 20:58:07','2011-04-01 03:58:07','&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">SHOCKING PHOTOS BELOW!!!</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I SWEAR to you on all things sacred in my life (including Little Miss B) that this is NOT an April Fool\'s joke.</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI felt a lot of pressure to whip out some sort of stellar April Fool\'s joke for you today, but I just couldn\'t seem to get it together.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then I thought, why am I sweating over this?  I don\'t NEED an April Fool\'s Joke!  I have Bella\'s Doggie DNA test results, and NOTHING could top this joke!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/24/day-149-doggie-dna-test-yes-ive-lost-my-mind/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>You may recall that on Day 149 I temporarily lost my sanity and dished out 70 buckaroos + tax for a Doggie DNA test.</strong></a> I\'m not sure if I was brave enough to share the expenditure with you back then, but I\'m coming clean now.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>This is what people without human kids do.  We overindulge our pets.  (And our insatiable canine curiosity, in this instance.)</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella is most obviously the Poster Child for \"Wire-Haired Terrier Mix\".\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe also moonlights as the Poster Child for \"Cutest Dog You Will Ever See In Your Life\".  It\'s true.  Total strangers stop and coo over Little Miss B.  Everyone\'s first question (after the \"She is adorable!\" declaration):   \"What kind of dog is she?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI\'ve been told by People in the Know (Mixed-Up Mutts Rescue and her vets) that she is a \"wire-haired terrier mix\".\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.wisdompanel.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Wisdom Panel/Mars Veterinary</a></strong>, the makers of the Doggie DNA Test, have shared Bella\'s results with me.  Before the reveal...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Let\'s play a little game.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Which of the breeds below do you think match Bella\'s gene pool?  You may pick up to three.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4873\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/skys/24625704/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4874\" title=\"24625704_eafe9f6f3b\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/24625704_eafe9f6f3b-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWas her biological mother a Yorkie?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4875\" title=\"Bella holiday 1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/ayayan/527787596/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4876\" title=\"527787596_8bd2ffd556\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/527787596_8bd2ffd556-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWas Daddy a Poodle?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4877\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.saveadog.org.au/adoption_stories/toby_story.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4878\" title=\"bobby(jrt)_r2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/bobbyjrt_r2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\nPerhaps she has a touch of wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier in her lineage?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4879\" title=\"Bella-3\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/marionenkevin/3455993466/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4880\" title=\"3455993466_1b5cea8ffb\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/3455993466_1b5cea8ffb-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOr...she was found in the streets of Yuma which is very close to Mexico.  Chihuahua?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4881\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/90738513@N00/2139649370/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4883\" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCould my 10 pound peanut have Neapolitan Mastiff in her DNA?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\">Here are the results from Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel.  May I have a drum roll, please?</span></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Click each item to enlarge if you need.)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4885\" title=\"BreedReport2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4886\" title=\"BreedReport\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMars Veterinary, it may be April 1st, but I am no fool.  And you are no scientific organization.  I want my money back.  Now.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDear Readers, what do you think?  Hmmmm???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs this a scam?  Should Mars Veterinary kindly refund my money?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 185:  Doggie DNA Results Are In!','','inherit','open','open','','4866-revision-15','','','2011-03-31 20:58:07','2011-04-01 03:58:07','',4866,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/31/4866-revision-15/',0,'revision','',0),(4896,1,'2011-03-31 20:59:36','2011-04-01 03:59:36','&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">SHOCKING PHOTOS BELOW!!!</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I SWEAR to you on all things sacred in my life (including Little Miss B) that this is NOT an April Fool\'s joke.</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI felt a lot of pressure to whip out some sort of stellar April Fool\'s joke for you today, but I just couldn\'t seem to get it together.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then I thought, why am I sweating over this?  I don\'t NEED an April Fool\'s Joke!  I have Bella\'s Doggie DNA test results, and NOTHING could top this joke!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/24/day-149-doggie-dna-test-yes-ive-lost-my-mind/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>You may recall that on Day 149 I temporarily lost my sanity and dished out 70 buckaroos + tax for a Doggie DNA test.</strong></a> I\'m not sure if I was brave enough to share the expenditure with you back then, but I\'m coming clean now.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>This is what people without human kids do.  We overindulge our pets.  (And our insatiable canine curiosity, in this instance.)</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella is most obviously the Poster Child for \"Wire-Haired Terrier Mix\".\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe also moonlights as the Poster Child for \"Cutest Dog You Will Ever See In Your Life\".  It\'s true.  Total strangers stop and coo over Little Miss B.  Everyone\'s first question (after the \"She is adorable!\" declaration):\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>\"What kind of dog is she?\"</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI\'ve been told by People in the Know (<strong><a href=\"http://www.mixedupmutts.net/adopt.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mixed-Up Mutts Rescue</a></strong> and her vets) that she is a \"wire-haired terrier mix\".\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.wisdompanel.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Wisdom Panel/Mars Veterinary</a></strong>, the makers of the Doggie DNA Test, have shared Bella\'s results with me.  Before the reveal...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Let\'s play a little game.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Which of the breeds below do you think match Bella\'s gene pool?  You may pick up to three.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4873\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/skys/24625704/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4874\" title=\"24625704_eafe9f6f3b\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/24625704_eafe9f6f3b-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWas her biological mother a Yorkie?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4875\" title=\"Bella holiday 1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/ayayan/527787596/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4876\" title=\"527787596_8bd2ffd556\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/527787596_8bd2ffd556-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWas Daddy a Poodle?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4877\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.saveadog.org.au/adoption_stories/toby_story.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4878\" title=\"bobby(jrt)_r2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/bobbyjrt_r2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\nPerhaps she has a touch of wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier in her lineage?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4879\" title=\"Bella-3\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/marionenkevin/3455993466/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4880\" title=\"3455993466_1b5cea8ffb\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/3455993466_1b5cea8ffb-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOr...she was found in the streets of Yuma which is very close to Mexico.  Chihuahua?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4881\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/90738513@N00/2139649370/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4883\" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCould my 10 pound peanut have Neapolitan Mastiff in her DNA?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\">Here are the results from Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel.  May I have a drum roll, please?</span></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Click each item to enlarge if you need.)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4885\" title=\"BreedReport2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4886\" title=\"BreedReport\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMars Veterinary, it may be April 1st, but I am no fool.  And you are no scientific organization.  I want my money back.  Now.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDear Readers, what do you think?  Hmmmm???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs this a scam?  Should Mars Veterinary kindly refund my money?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 185:  Doggie DNA Results Are In!','','inherit','open','open','','4866-revision-16','','','2011-03-31 20:59:36','2011-04-01 03:59:36','',4866,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/31/4866-revision-16/',0,'revision','',0),(4897,1,'2011-03-31 21:03:07','2011-04-01 04:03:07','&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">SHOCKING PHOTOS BELOW!!!</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I SWEAR to you on all things sacred in my life (including Little Miss B) that this is NOT an April Fool\'s joke.</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI felt a lot of pressure to whip out some sort of stellar April Fool\'s joke for you today, but I just couldn\'t seem to get it together.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then I thought, why am I sweating over this?  I don\'t NEED an April Fool\'s Joke!  I have Bella\'s Doggie DNA test results, and NOTHING could top this joke!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/24/day-149-doggie-dna-test-yes-ive-lost-my-mind/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>You may recall that on Day 149 I temporarily lost my sanity and dished out 70 buckaroos + tax for a Doggie DNA test.</strong></a> I\'m not sure if I was brave enough to share the expenditure with you back then, but I\'m coming clean now.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>This is what people without human kids do.  We overindulge our pets.  (And our insatiable canine curiosity, in this instance.)</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella is most obviously the Poster Child for \"Wire-Haired Terrier Mix\".\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe also moonlights as the Poster Child for \"Cutest Dog You Will Ever See In Your Life\".  It\'s true.  Total strangers stop and coo over Little Miss B.  Everyone\'s first question (after the \"She is adorable!\" declaration):\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>\"What kind of dog is she?\"</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI\'ve been told by People in the Know (<strong><a href=\"http://www.mixedupmutts.net/adopt.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mixed-Up Mutts Rescue</a></strong> and her vets) that she is a \"wire-haired terrier mix\".\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.wisdompanel.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Wisdom Panel/Mars Veterinary</a></strong>, the makers of the Doggie DNA Test, have shared Bella\'s results with me.  Before the reveal...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Let\'s play a little game.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Which of the breeds below do you think match Bella\'s gene pool?  You may pick up to three.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4873\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/skys/24625704/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4874\" title=\"24625704_eafe9f6f3b\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/24625704_eafe9f6f3b-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWas her biological mother a Yorkie?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4875\" title=\"Bella holiday 1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/ayayan/527787596/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4876\" title=\"527787596_8bd2ffd556\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/527787596_8bd2ffd556-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWas Daddy a Poodle?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4877\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.saveadog.org.au/adoption_stories/toby_story.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4878\" title=\"bobby(jrt)_r2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/bobbyjrt_r2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\nPerhaps she has a touch of wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier in her lineage?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4879\" title=\"Bella-3\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/marionenkevin/3455993466/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4880\" title=\"3455993466_1b5cea8ffb\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/3455993466_1b5cea8ffb-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOr...she was found in the streets of Yuma which is very close to Mexico.  Chihuahua?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4881\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/90738513@N00/2139649370/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4883\" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCould my 10 pound peanut have Neapolitan Mastiff in her DNA?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\">Here are the results from Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel.  May I have a drum roll, please?</span></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Click each item to enlarge if you need.)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4885\" title=\"BreedReport2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4886\" title=\"BreedReport\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mars Veterinary, it may be April 1st, but I am no fool.</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd you are no scientific organization.  Nor are your tests in any way, shape, or form \"authentic\".  I want my money back.  Now.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDear Readers, what do you think?  Hmmmm???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs this a scam?  Should Mars Veterinary kindly refund my money?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 185:  Doggie DNA Results Are In!','','inherit','open','open','','4866-revision-17','','','2011-03-31 21:03:07','2011-04-01 04:03:07','',4866,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/31/4866-revision-17/',0,'revision','',0),(4898,1,'2011-03-31 21:05:09','2011-04-01 04:05:09','&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">SHOCKING PHOTOS BELOW!!!</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I SWEAR to you on all things sacred in my life (including Little Miss B) that this is NOT an April Fool\'s joke.</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI felt a lot of pressure to whip out some sort of stellar April Fool\'s joke for you today, but I just couldn\'t seem to get it together.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then I thought, why am I sweating over this?  I don\'t NEED an April Fool\'s Joke!  I have Bella\'s Doggie DNA test results, and NOTHING could top this joke!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/24/day-149-doggie-dna-test-yes-ive-lost-my-mind/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>You may recall that on Day 149 I temporarily lost my sanity and dished out 70 buckaroos + tax for a Doggie DNA test.</strong></a> I\'m not sure if I was brave enough to share the expenditure with you back then, but I\'m coming clean now.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>This is what people without human kids do.  We overindulge our pets.  (And our insatiable canine curiosity, in this instance.)</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella is most obviously the Poster Child for \"Wire-Haired Terrier Mix\".\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe also moonlights as the Poster Child for \"Cutest Dog You Will Ever See In Your Life\".  It\'s true.  Total strangers stop and coo over Little Miss B.  Everyone\'s first question (after the \"She is adorable!\" declaration):\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>\"What kind of dog is she?\"</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI\'ve been told by People in the Know (<strong><a href=\"http://www.mixedupmutts.net/adopt.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mixed-Up Mutts Rescue</a></strong> and her vets) that she is a \"wire-haired terrier mix\".\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.wisdompanel.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Wisdom Panel/Mars Veterinary</a></strong>, the makers of the Doggie DNA Test, have shared Bella\'s results with me.  Before the reveal...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Let\'s play a little game.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Which of the breeds below do you think match Bella\'s gene pool?  You may pick up to three.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4873\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/skys/24625704/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4874\" title=\"24625704_eafe9f6f3b\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/24625704_eafe9f6f3b-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWas her biological mother a Yorkie?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4875\" title=\"Bella holiday 1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/ayayan/527787596/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4876\" title=\"527787596_8bd2ffd556\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/527787596_8bd2ffd556-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWas Daddy a Poodle?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4877\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.saveadog.org.au/adoption_stories/toby_story.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4878\" title=\"bobby(jrt)_r2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/bobbyjrt_r2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\nPerhaps she has a touch of wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier in her lineage?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4879\" title=\"Bella-3\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/marionenkevin/3455993466/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4880\" title=\"3455993466_1b5cea8ffb\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/3455993466_1b5cea8ffb-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOr...she was found in the streets of Yuma which is very close to Mexico.  Chihuahua?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4881\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/90738513@N00/2139649370/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4883\" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCould my 10 pound peanut have Neapolitan Mastiff in her DNA?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\">Here are the results from Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel.  May I have a drum roll, please?</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\">\r\n</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Click each item to enlarge if you need.)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4885\" title=\"BreedReport2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4886\" title=\"BreedReport\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mars Veterinary, it may be April 1st, but I am no fool.</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd you are no scientific organization.  Nor are your tests in any way, shape, or form \"authentic\".  I want my money back.  Now.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDear Readers, what do you think?  Hmmmm???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs this a scam?  Should Mars Veterinary kindly refund my money?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 185:  Doggie DNA Results Are In!','','inherit','open','open','','4866-revision-18','','','2011-03-31 21:05:09','2011-04-01 04:05:09','',4866,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/31/4866-revision-18/',0,'revision','',0),(4899,1,'2011-03-31 21:05:31','2011-04-01 04:05:31','&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">SHOCKING PHOTOS BELOW!!!</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\r\n</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I SWEAR to you on all things sacred in my life (including Little Miss B) that this is NOT an April Fool\'s joke.</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI felt a lot of pressure to whip out some sort of stellar April Fool\'s joke for you today, but I just couldn\'t seem to get it together.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then I thought, why am I sweating over this?  I don\'t NEED an April Fool\'s Joke!  I have Bella\'s Doggie DNA test results, and NOTHING could top this joke!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/24/day-149-doggie-dna-test-yes-ive-lost-my-mind/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>You may recall that on Day 149 I temporarily lost my sanity and dished out 70 buckaroos + tax for a Doggie DNA test.</strong></a> I\'m not sure if I was brave enough to share the expenditure with you back then, but I\'m coming clean now.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>This is what people without human kids do.  We overindulge our pets.  (And our insatiable canine curiosity, in this instance.)</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella is most obviously the Poster Child for \"Wire-Haired Terrier Mix\".\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe also moonlights as the Poster Child for \"Cutest Dog You Will Ever See In Your Life\".  It\'s true.  Total strangers stop and coo over Little Miss B.  Everyone\'s first question (after the \"She is adorable!\" declaration):\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>\"What kind of dog is she?\"</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI\'ve been told by People in the Know (<strong><a href=\"http://www.mixedupmutts.net/adopt.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mixed-Up Mutts Rescue</a></strong> and her vets) that she is a \"wire-haired terrier mix\".\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.wisdompanel.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Wisdom Panel/Mars Veterinary</a></strong>, the makers of the Doggie DNA Test, have shared Bella\'s results with me.  Before the reveal...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Let\'s play a little game.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Which of the breeds below do you think match Bella\'s gene pool?  You may pick up to three.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4873\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/skys/24625704/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4874\" title=\"24625704_eafe9f6f3b\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/24625704_eafe9f6f3b-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWas her biological mother a Yorkie?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4875\" title=\"Bella holiday 1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/ayayan/527787596/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4876\" title=\"527787596_8bd2ffd556\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/527787596_8bd2ffd556-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWas Daddy a Poodle?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4877\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.saveadog.org.au/adoption_stories/toby_story.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4878\" title=\"bobby(jrt)_r2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/bobbyjrt_r2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\nPerhaps she has a touch of wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier in her lineage?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4879\" title=\"Bella-3\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/marionenkevin/3455993466/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4880\" title=\"3455993466_1b5cea8ffb\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/3455993466_1b5cea8ffb-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOr...she was found in the streets of Yuma which is very close to Mexico.  Chihuahua?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4881\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/90738513@N00/2139649370/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4883\" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCould my 10 pound peanut have Neapolitan Mastiff in her DNA?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\">Here are the results from Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel.  May I have a drum roll, please?</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\">\r\n</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Click each item to enlarge if you need.)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4885\" title=\"BreedReport2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4886\" title=\"BreedReport\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mars Veterinary, it may be April 1st, but I am no fool.</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd you are no scientific organization.  Nor are your tests in any way, shape, or form \"authentic\".  I want my money back.  Now.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDear Readers, what do you think?  Hmmmm???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs this a scam?  Should Mars Veterinary kindly refund my money?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 185:  Doggie DNA Results Are In!','','inherit','open','open','','4866-revision-19','','','2011-03-31 21:05:31','2011-04-01 04:05:31','',4866,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/31/4866-revision-19/',0,'revision','',0),(4902,1,'2011-03-31 21:10:24','2011-04-01 04:10:24','&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">SHOCKING PHOTOS BELOW!!!</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\r\n</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I SWEAR to you on all things sacred in my life (including Little Miss B) that this is NOT an April Fool\'s joke.</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI felt a lot of pressure to whip out some sort of stellar April Fool\'s joke for you today, but I just couldn\'t seem to get it together.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then I thought, why am I sweating over this?  I don\'t NEED an April Fool\'s Joke!  I have Bella\'s Doggie DNA test results, and NOTHING could top this joke!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/24/day-149-doggie-dna-test-yes-ive-lost-my-mind/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>You may recall that on Day 149 I temporarily lost my sanity and dished out 70 buckaroos + tax for a Doggie DNA test.</strong></a> I\'m not sure if I was brave enough to share the expenditure with you back then, but I\'m coming clean now.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>This is what people without human kids do.  We overindulge our pets.  (And our own insatiable canine curiosity, in this instance.)</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella moonlights as the Poster Child for \"Cutest Dog You Will Ever See In Your Life\".  It\'s true.  Total strangers stop and coo over Little Miss B.  Everyone\'s first question (after the \"She is adorable!\" declaration):\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>\"What kind of dog is she?\"</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI\'ve been told by People in the Know (<strong><a href=\"http://www.mixedupmutts.net/adopt.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mixed-Up Mutts Rescue</a></strong> and her vets) that Little Miss B is a \"wire-haired terrier mix\".\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.wisdompanel.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Wisdom Panel/Mars Veterinary</a></strong>, the makers of the Doggie DNA Test, have shared Bella\'s results with me.  Before the reveal...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Let\'s play a little game.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Which of the breeds below do you think match Bella\'s gene pool?  You may pick up to three.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4873\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/skys/24625704/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4874\" title=\"24625704_eafe9f6f3b\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/24625704_eafe9f6f3b-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWas her biological mother a Yorkie?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4875\" title=\"Bella holiday 1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/ayayan/527787596/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4876\" title=\"527787596_8bd2ffd556\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/527787596_8bd2ffd556-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWas Daddy a Poodle?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4877\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.saveadog.org.au/adoption_stories/toby_story.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4878\" title=\"bobby(jrt)_r2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/bobbyjrt_r2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\nPerhaps she has a touch of wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier in her lineage?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4879\" title=\"Bella-3\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/marionenkevin/3455993466/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4880\" title=\"3455993466_1b5cea8ffb\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/3455993466_1b5cea8ffb-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOr...she was found in the streets of Yuma which is very close to Mexico.  Chihuahua?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4881\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/90738513@N00/2139649370/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4883\" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCould my 10 pound peanut have Neapolitan Mastiff in her DNA?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\">Here are the results from Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel.  May I have a drum roll, please?</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\">\r\n</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Click each item to enlarge if you need.)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4885\" title=\"BreedReport2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4886\" title=\"BreedReport\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mars Veterinary, it may be April 1st, but I am no fool.</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd you are no scientific organization.  Nor are your tests in any way, shape, or form \"authentic\".  I want my money back.  Now.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDear Readers, what do you think?  Hmmmm???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs this a scam?  Should Mars Veterinary kindly refund my money?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 185:  Doggie DNA Results Are In!','','inherit','open','open','','4866-revision-22','','','2011-03-31 21:10:24','2011-04-01 04:10:24','',4866,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/31/4866-revision-22/',0,'revision','',0),(4900,1,'2011-03-31 21:08:29','2011-04-01 04:08:29','&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">SHOCKING PHOTOS BELOW!!!</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\r\n</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I SWEAR to you on all things sacred in my life (including Little Miss B) that this is NOT an April Fool\'s joke.</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI felt a lot of pressure to whip out some sort of stellar April Fool\'s joke for you today, but I just couldn\'t seem to get it together.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then I thought, why am I sweating over this?  I don\'t NEED an April Fool\'s Joke!  I have Bella\'s Doggie DNA test results, and NOTHING could top this joke!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/24/day-149-doggie-dna-test-yes-ive-lost-my-mind/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>You may recall that on Day 149 I temporarily lost my sanity and dished out 70 buckaroos + tax for a Doggie DNA test.</strong></a> I\'m not sure if I was brave enough to share the expenditure with you back then, but I\'m coming clean now.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>This is what people without human kids do.  We overindulge our pets.  (And our own insatiable canine curiosity, in this instance.)</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella is most obviously the Poster Child for \"Wire-Haired Terrier Mix\".\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe also moonlights as the Poster Child for \"Cutest Dog You Will Ever See In Your Life\".  It\'s true.  Total strangers stop and coo over Little Miss B.  Everyone\'s first question (after the \"She is adorable!\" declaration):\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>\"What kind of dog is she?\"</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI\'ve been told by People in the Know (<strong><a href=\"http://www.mixedupmutts.net/adopt.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mixed-Up Mutts Rescue</a></strong> and her vets) that she is a \"wire-haired terrier mix\".\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.wisdompanel.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Wisdom Panel/Mars Veterinary</a></strong>, the makers of the Doggie DNA Test, have shared Bella\'s results with me.  Before the reveal...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Let\'s play a little game.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Which of the breeds below do you think match Bella\'s gene pool?  You may pick up to three.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4873\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/skys/24625704/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4874\" title=\"24625704_eafe9f6f3b\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/24625704_eafe9f6f3b-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWas her biological mother a Yorkie?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4875\" title=\"Bella holiday 1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/ayayan/527787596/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4876\" title=\"527787596_8bd2ffd556\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/527787596_8bd2ffd556-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWas Daddy a Poodle?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4877\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.saveadog.org.au/adoption_stories/toby_story.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4878\" title=\"bobby(jrt)_r2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/bobbyjrt_r2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\nPerhaps she has a touch of wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier in her lineage?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4879\" title=\"Bella-3\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/marionenkevin/3455993466/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4880\" title=\"3455993466_1b5cea8ffb\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/3455993466_1b5cea8ffb-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOr...she was found in the streets of Yuma which is very close to Mexico.  Chihuahua?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4881\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/90738513@N00/2139649370/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4883\" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCould my 10 pound peanut have Neapolitan Mastiff in her DNA?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\">Here are the results from Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel.  May I have a drum roll, please?</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\">\r\n</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Click each item to enlarge if you need.)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4885\" title=\"BreedReport2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4886\" title=\"BreedReport\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mars Veterinary, it may be April 1st, but I am no fool.</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd you are no scientific organization.  Nor are your tests in any way, shape, or form \"authentic\".  I want my money back.  Now.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDear Readers, what do you think?  Hmmmm???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs this a scam?  Should Mars Veterinary kindly refund my money?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 185:  Doggie DNA Results Are In!','','inherit','open','open','','4866-revision-20','','','2011-03-31 21:08:29','2011-04-01 04:08:29','',4866,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/31/4866-revision-20/',0,'revision','',0),(4901,1,'2011-03-31 21:08:37','2011-04-01 04:08:37','&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">SHOCKING PHOTOS BELOW!!!</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\r\n</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I SWEAR to you on all things sacred in my life (including Little Miss B) that this is NOT an April Fool\'s joke.</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI felt a lot of pressure to whip out some sort of stellar April Fool\'s joke for you today, but I just couldn\'t seem to get it together.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then I thought, why am I sweating over this?  I don\'t NEED an April Fool\'s Joke!  I have Bella\'s Doggie DNA test results, and NOTHING could top this joke!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/24/day-149-doggie-dna-test-yes-ive-lost-my-mind/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>You may recall that on Day 149 I temporarily lost my sanity and dished out 70 buckaroos + tax for a Doggie DNA test.</strong></a> I\'m not sure if I was brave enough to share the expenditure with you back then, but I\'m coming clean now.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>This is what people without human kids do.  We overindulge our pets.  (And our own insatiable canine curiosity, in this instance.)</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella is most obviously the Poster Child for \"Wire-Haired Terrier Mix\".\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe also moonlights as the Poster Child for \"Cutest Dog You Will Ever See In Your Life\".  It\'s true.  Total strangers stop and coo over Little Miss B.  Everyone\'s first question (after the \"She is adorable!\" declaration):\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>\"What kind of dog is she?\"</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI\'ve been told by People in the Know (<strong><a href=\"http://www.mixedupmutts.net/adopt.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mixed-Up Mutts Rescue</a></strong> and her vets) that she is a \"wire-haired terrier mix\".\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.wisdompanel.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Wisdom Panel/Mars Veterinary</a></strong>, the makers of the Doggie DNA Test, have shared Bella\'s results with me.  Before the reveal...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Let\'s play a little game.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Which of the breeds below do you think match Bella\'s gene pool?  You may pick up to three.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4873\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/skys/24625704/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4874\" title=\"24625704_eafe9f6f3b\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/24625704_eafe9f6f3b-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWas her biological mother a Yorkie?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4875\" title=\"Bella holiday 1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/ayayan/527787596/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4876\" title=\"527787596_8bd2ffd556\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/527787596_8bd2ffd556-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWas Daddy a Poodle?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4877\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.saveadog.org.au/adoption_stories/toby_story.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4878\" title=\"bobby(jrt)_r2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/bobbyjrt_r2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\nPerhaps she has a touch of wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier in her lineage?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4879\" title=\"Bella-3\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/marionenkevin/3455993466/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4880\" title=\"3455993466_1b5cea8ffb\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/3455993466_1b5cea8ffb-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOr...she was found in the streets of Yuma which is very close to Mexico.  Chihuahua?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4881\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/90738513@N00/2139649370/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4883\" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCould my 10 pound peanut have Neapolitan Mastiff in her DNA?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\">Here are the results from Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel.  May I have a drum roll, please?</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\">\r\n</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Click each item to enlarge if you need.)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4885\" title=\"BreedReport2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4886\" title=\"BreedReport\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mars Veterinary, it may be April 1st, but I am no fool.</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd you are no scientific organization.  Nor are your tests in any way, shape, or form \"authentic\".  I want my money back.  Now.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDear Readers, what do you think?  Hmmmm???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs this a scam?  Should Mars Veterinary kindly refund my money?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 185:  Doggie DNA Results Are In!','','inherit','open','open','','4866-revision-21','','','2011-03-31 21:08:37','2011-04-01 04:08:37','',4866,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/31/4866-revision-21/',0,'revision','',0),(4903,1,'2011-03-31 21:12:57','2011-04-01 04:12:57','&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">SHOCKING PHOTOS BELOW!!!</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\r\n</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I SWEAR to you on all things sacred in my life (including Little Miss B) that this is NOT an April Fool\'s joke.</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI felt a lot of pressure to whip out some sort of stellar April Fool\'s joke for you today, but I just couldn\'t seem to get it together.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then I thought, why am I sweating over this?  I don\'t NEED an April Fool\'s Joke!  I have Bella\'s Doggie DNA test results, and NOTHING could top this joke!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/24/day-149-doggie-dna-test-yes-ive-lost-my-mind/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>You may recall that on Day 149 I temporarily lost my sanity and dished out 70 buckaroos + tax for a Doggie DNA test.</strong></a> I\'m not sure if I was brave enough to share the expenditure with you back then, but I\'m coming clean now.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>This is what people without human kids do.  We overindulge our pets.  (And our own insatiable canine curiosity, in this instance.)</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella moonlights as the Poster Child for \"Cutest Dog You Will Ever See In Your Life\".  It\'s true.  Total strangers stop and coo over Little Miss B.  Everyone\'s first question (after the \"She is adorable!\" declaration):\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>\"What kind of dog is she?\"</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI\'ve been told by People in the Know (<strong><a href=\"http://www.mixedupmutts.net/adopt.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mixed-Up Mutts Rescue</a></strong> and her vets) that Little Miss B is a \"wire-haired terrier mix\".\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.wisdompanel.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Wisdom Panel/Mars Veterinary</a></strong>, the makers of the Doggie DNA Test, have shared Bella\'s results with me.  Before the reveal...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Let\'s play a little game.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Which of the breeds below do you think match Bella\'s gene pool?  You may pick up to three.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4873\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/skys/24625704/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4874\" title=\"24625704_eafe9f6f3b\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/24625704_eafe9f6f3b-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWas her biological mother a Yorkie?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4875\" title=\"Bella holiday 1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/ayayan/527787596/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4876\" title=\"527787596_8bd2ffd556\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/527787596_8bd2ffd556-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWas Daddy a Poodle?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4877\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.saveadog.org.au/adoption_stories/toby_story.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4878\" title=\"bobby(jrt)_r2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/bobbyjrt_r2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\nPerhaps she has a touch of wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier in her lineage?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4879\" title=\"Bella-3\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/marionenkevin/3455993466/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4880\" title=\"3455993466_1b5cea8ffb\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/3455993466_1b5cea8ffb-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOr...she was found in the streets of Yuma which is very close to Mexico.  Chihuahua?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4881\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/90738513@N00/2139649370/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4883\" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCould my 10 pound peanut have Neapolitan Mastiff in her DNA?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\">Here are the results from Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel.  May I have a drum roll, please?</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\">\r\n</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>*</strong></span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>*</strong></span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>*</strong></span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>*</strong></span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Click each item to enlarge if you need.)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4885\" title=\"BreedReport2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4886\" title=\"BreedReport\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mars Veterinary, it may be April 1st, but I am no fool.</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd you are no scientific organization.  Nor are your tests in any way, shape, or form \"authentic\".  I want my money back.  Now.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDear Readers, what do you think?  Hmmmm???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs this a scam?  Should Mars Veterinary kindly refund my money?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 185:  Doggie DNA Results Are In!','','inherit','open','open','','4866-revision-23','','','2011-03-31 21:12:57','2011-04-01 04:12:57','',4866,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/31/4866-revision-23/',0,'revision','',0),(4904,1,'2012-10-04 09:01:20','2012-10-04 16:01:20','&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">SHOCKING PHOTOS BELOW!!!</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\r\n</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I SWEAR to you on all things sacred in my life (including Little Miss B) that this is NOT an April Fool\'s joke.</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI felt a lot of pressure to whip out some sort of stellar April Fool\'s joke for you today, but I just couldn\'t seem to get it together.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then I thought, why am I sweating over this?  I don\'t NEED an April Fool\'s Joke!  I have Bella\'s Doggie DNA test results, and NOTHING could top this joke!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/24/day-149-doggie-dna-test-yes-ive-lost-my-mind/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>You may recall that on Day 149 I temporarily lost my sanity and dished out 70 buckaroos + tax for a Doggie DNA test.</strong></a> I\'m not sure if I was brave enough to share the expenditure with you back then, but I\'m coming clean now.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>This is what people without human kids do.  We overindulge our pets.  (And our own insatiable canine curiosity, in this instance.)</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella moonlights as the Poster Child for \"Cutest Dog You Will Ever See In Your Life\".  It\'s true.  Total strangers stop and coo over Little Miss B.  Everyone\'s first question (after the \"She is adorable!\" declaration) is:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>\"What kind of dog is she?\"</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI\'ve been told by People in the Know (<strong><a href=\"http://www.mixedupmutts.net/adopt.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mixed-Up Mutts Rescue</a></strong> and her vets) that Little Miss B is a \"wire-haired terrier mix\".\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.wisdompanel.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Wisdom Panel/Mars Veterinary</a></strong>, the makers of the Doggie DNA Test, have shared Bella\'s results with me.  Before the reveal...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Let\'s play a little game.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Which of the breeds below do you think match Bella\'s gene pool?  You may pick up to three.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4873\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/skys/24625704/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4874\" title=\"24625704_eafe9f6f3b\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/24625704_eafe9f6f3b-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWas her biological mother a Yorkie?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4875\" title=\"Bella holiday 1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/ayayan/527787596/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4876\" title=\"527787596_8bd2ffd556\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/527787596_8bd2ffd556-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWas Daddy a Poodle?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4877\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.saveadog.org.au/adoption_stories/toby_story.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4878\" title=\"bobby(jrt)_r2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/bobbyjrt_r2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\nPerhaps she has a touch of wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier in her lineage?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4879\" title=\"Bella-3\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/marionenkevin/3455993466/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4880\" title=\"3455993466_1b5cea8ffb\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/3455993466_1b5cea8ffb-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOr...she was found in the streets of Yuma which is very close to Mexico.  Chihuahua?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4881\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/90738513@N00/2139649370/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4883\" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCould my 10 pound peanut have Neapolitan Mastiff in her DNA?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\">Here are the results from Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel.  May I have a drum roll, please?</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\">\r\n</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>*</strong></span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>*</strong></span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>*</strong></span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>*</strong></span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Click each item to enlarge if you need.)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4885\" title=\"BreedReport2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4886\" title=\"BreedReport\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mars Veterinary, it may be April 1st, but I am no fool.</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\r\n</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd you are no scientific organization.  Nor are your tests in any way, shape, or form \"authentic\".  I want my money back.  Now.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDear Readers, what do you think?  Hmmmm???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs this a scam?  Should Mars Veterinary kindly refund my money?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 185:  Doggie DNA Results Are In!','','inherit','open','open','','4866-autosave','','','2012-10-04 09:01:20','2012-10-04 16:01:20','',4866,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/31/4866-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(4905,1,'2011-03-31 21:14:56','2011-04-01 04:14:56','&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">SHOCKING PHOTOS BELOW!!!</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\r\n</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I SWEAR to you on all things sacred in my life (including Little Miss B) that this is NOT an April Fool\'s joke.</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI felt a lot of pressure to whip out some sort of stellar April Fool\'s joke for you today, but I just couldn\'t seem to get it together.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then I thought, why am I sweating over this?  I don\'t NEED an April Fool\'s Joke!  I have Bella\'s Doggie DNA test results, and NOTHING could top this joke!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/24/day-149-doggie-dna-test-yes-ive-lost-my-mind/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>You may recall that on Day 149 I temporarily lost my sanity and dished out 70 buckaroos + tax for a Doggie DNA test.</strong></a> I\'m not sure if I was brave enough to share the expenditure with you back then, but I\'m coming clean now.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>This is what people without human kids do.  We overindulge our pets.  (And our own insatiable canine curiosity, in this instance.)</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella moonlights as the Poster Child for \"Cutest Dog You Will Ever See In Your Life\".  It\'s true.  Total strangers stop and coo over Little Miss B.  Everyone\'s first question (after the \"She is adorable!\" declaration) is:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>\"What kind of dog is she?\"</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI\'ve been told by People in the Know (<strong><a href=\"http://www.mixedupmutts.net/adopt.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mixed-Up Mutts Rescue</a></strong> and her vets) that Little Miss B is a \"wire-haired terrier mix\".\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.wisdompanel.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Wisdom Panel/Mars Veterinary</a></strong>, the makers of the Doggie DNA Test, have shared Bella\'s results with me.  Before the reveal...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Let\'s play a little game.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Which of the breeds below do you think match Bella\'s gene pool?  You may pick up to three.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4873\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC41271-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/skys/24625704/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4874\" title=\"24625704_eafe9f6f3b\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/24625704_eafe9f6f3b-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWas her biological mother a Yorkie?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4875\" title=\"Bella holiday 1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-holiday-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/ayayan/527787596/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4876\" title=\"527787596_8bd2ffd556\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/527787596_8bd2ffd556-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWas Daddy a Poodle?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4877\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4173-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.saveadog.org.au/adoption_stories/toby_story.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4878\" title=\"bobby(jrt)_r2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/bobbyjrt_r2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" /></a>\r\n\r\nPerhaps she has a touch of wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier in her lineage?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4879\" title=\"Bella-3\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bella-3-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/marionenkevin/3455993466/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4880\" title=\"3455993466_1b5cea8ffb\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/3455993466_1b5cea8ffb-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOr...she was found in the streets of Yuma which is very close to Mexico.  Chihuahua?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4881\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC4150-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/90738513@N00/2139649370/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4883\" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\nCould my 10 pound peanut have Neapolitan Mastiff in her DNA?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\">Here are the results from Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel.  May I have a drum roll, please?</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\">\r\n</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>*</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>*</strong></span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>*</strong></span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>*</strong></span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>*</strong></span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Click each item to enlarge if you need.)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4885\" title=\"BreedReport2\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport2-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4886\" title=\"BreedReport\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BreedReport-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mars Veterinary, it may be April 1st, but I am no fool.</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd you are no scientific organization.  Nor are your tests in any way, shape, or form \"authentic\".  I want my money back.  Now.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDear Readers, what do you think?  Hmmmm???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs this a scam?  Should Mars Veterinary kindly refund my money?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 185:  Doggie DNA Results Are In!','','inherit','open','open','','4866-revision-24','','','2011-03-31 21:14:56','2011-04-01 04:14:56','',4866,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/31/4866-revision-24/',0,'revision','',0),(4906,1,'2011-04-02 10:09:48','2011-04-02 17:09:48','<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/doos/3926576723/sizes/o/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4917\" title=\"3926576723_a6b3db9e8a_o\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/3926576723_a6b3db9e8a_o-300x228.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI am on waaayyyyy too many e-mail lists.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd that\'s with me consciously protecting my sacred personal email addresses.  I use hotmail and gmail for the unimportant stuff.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Yes, J at the Apple Store, I have waaayyyyy too many e-mail accounts as well.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nRecently, my home inbox has grown exponentially.  I can\'t keep up with the deluge of emails.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo I dove in and unsubscribed to I-lost-track-of-how-many.  20?  30?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis should appease my innate desire to declutter, which in this age, translates to my cyber-world.  Clear inbox = Clear mind.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Here\'s what I\'m holding on to for dear life and why:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.groupon.com \" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Groupon --</strong></a> great ideas for this blog at a reduced cost\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com \" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Living Social --</strong></a> ditto<a href=\"http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Art of Nonconformity --</strong></a> this was the first blog that I ever subscribed to so it\'s near and dear to my heart.  I also need to keep abreast of all things nonconformist as well as <a href=\"http://worlddominationsummit.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>World Domination</strong></a>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.alistbloggingbootcamps.com/\" target=\"_blank\">A-List Blogging Bootcamp --</a></strong> because I\'m still paying for the membership even though I haven\'t used it since the summer but keep meaning to when I \"find time\".  Riiiigggghttt.  I\'ll have time on Day 366.  Who am I kidding?  I smell an upcoming decision.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.changinghands.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Changing Hands -- </a></strong>because they are the Greatest Bookstore on the Planet\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.dbg.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Desert Botanical Gardens -- </a></strong>because I like butterflies, jazz, luminarias, and the smell of creosote.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.1lacrosse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">1Lacrosse --</a></strong> because this is my precious cousin whom I am SO proud of!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.declutter100.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Declutter100 --</a></strong> because I\'m a decluttering geek, and therefore enjoy reading about other geeks who declutter.  And he just killed his TV which we know <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?s=real+housewive\" target=\"_blank\">I\'ve been contemplating for quite some time.</a> </strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.southwest.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Southwest Airlines --</a></strong> because I need sale updates each Tuesday.  ???  I may need to rethink this one.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAre you an email junkie?  What can you let go of/say goodbye to (even temporarily)/unsubscribe from to stop the madness?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHopefully, it\'s not me.  But if it is, I understand.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe\'ll always have RSS.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd facebook.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd twitter.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 186:  Unsubscribing from the Avalanche','','publish','closed','closed','','day-186-unsubscribing-from-the-avalanche','','','2011-05-18 19:19:49','2011-05-19 02:19:49','',0,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?p=4906',0,'post','',4),(4907,1,'2011-04-01 11:32:33','2011-04-01 18:32:33','I am on waaayyyyy too many e-mail lists.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd that\'s with me consciously','Day 186:  Unsubscribing from the Avalanche ','','inherit','open','open','','4906-revision','','','2011-04-01 11:32:33','2011-04-01 18:32:33','',4906,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/01/4906-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4908,1,'2011-04-01 16:23:09','2011-04-01 23:23:09','I am on waaayyyyy too many e-mail lists.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd that\'s with me consciously protecting my sacred personal email addresses.  I use hotmail for the unimportant stuff.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nRecently, my home inbox has grown exponentially.  I can\'t keep up with the deluge of emails.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSo I dove in and unsubscribed to I-lost-track-of-how-many.  20?  30?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis should appease my innate desire to declutter, which in this age, translates to my cyber-world.  Clear inbox = Clear mind.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Here\'s what I\'m holding on to for dear life and why:</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.groupon.com \" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Groupon --</strong></a> great ideas for this blog at a reduced cost\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com \" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Living Social --</strong></a> ditto\n\n<a href=\"http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/\" target=\"_blank\">\n</a>\n\n<a href=\"http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Art of Nonconformity --</strong></a> this was the first blog that I ever subscribed to (and one of the few that I subscribe to via email) and I need to keep abreast of all things nonconformist as well as World Domination\n\n&nbsp;\n\nA-List Blogging Bootcamp -- because I\'m still paying for the membership even though I haven\'t used it since the summer but keep meaning to when I \"find time\".  Riiiigggghttt.  I\'ll have time on Day 366.  Who am I kidding?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nChanging Hands -- because they are the Greatest Bookstore on the Planet\n\n&nbsp;\n\nDesert Botanical Gardens -- because I like butterflies, jazz, luminarias, and the smell of creosote.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSouthwest Airlines -- because I need sale updates each Tuesday.  ???  I may need to rethink this one.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAre you an email junkie?  What can you let go of/say goodbye to (even temporarily)/unsubscribe from to stop the madness?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHopefully, it\'s not me.  But if it is, I understand.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWe\'ll always have RSS.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd facebook.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd Twitter.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 186:  Unsubscribing from the Avalanche ','','inherit','open','open','','4906-revision-2','','','2011-04-01 16:23:09','2011-04-01 23:23:09','',4906,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/01/4906-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(4909,1,'2011-04-01 17:45:18','2011-04-02 00:45:18','I am on waaayyyyy too many e-mail lists.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd that\'s with me consciously protecting my sacred personal email addresses.  I use hotmail for the unimportant stuff.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nRecently, my home inbox has grown exponentially.  I can\'t keep up with the deluge of emails.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSo I dove in and unsubscribed to I-lost-track-of-how-many.  20?  30?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis should appease my innate desire to declutter, which in this age, translates to my cyber-world.  Clear inbox = Clear mind.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Here\'s what I\'m holding on to for dear life and why:</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.groupon.com \" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Groupon --</strong></a> great ideas for this blog at a reduced cost\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com \" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Living Social --</strong></a> ditto<a href=\"http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Art of Nonconformity --</strong></a> this was the first blog that I ever subscribed to (and one of the few that I subscribe to via email) and I need to keep abreast of all things nonconformist as well as <a href=\"http://worlddominationsummit.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>World Domination</strong></a>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.alistbloggingbootcamps.com/\" target=\"_blank\">A-List Blogging Bootcamp --</a></strong> because I\'m still paying for the membership even though I haven\'t used it since the summer but keep meaning to when I \"find time\".  Riiiigggghttt.  I\'ll have time on Day 366.  Who am I kidding?  I smell an upcoming decision.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.changinghands.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Changing Hands -- </a></strong>because they are the Greatest Bookstore on the Planet\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.dbg.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Desert Botanical Gardens -- </a></strong>because I like butterflies, jazz, luminarias, and the smell of creosote.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.southwest.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Southwest Airlines --</a></strong> because I need sale updates each Tuesday.  ???  I may need to rethink this one.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAre you an email junkie?  What can you let go of/say goodbye to (even temporarily)/unsubscribe from to stop the madness?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHopefully, it\'s not me.  But if it is, I understand.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWe\'ll always have RSS.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd facebook.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd Twitter.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 186:  Unsubscribing from the Avalanche ','','inherit','open','open','','4906-revision-3','','','2011-04-01 17:45:18','2011-04-02 00:45:18','',4906,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/01/4906-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(4910,1,'2011-04-01 17:46:54','2011-04-02 00:46:54','I am on waaayyyyy too many e-mail lists.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd that\'s with me consciously protecting my sacred personal email addresses.  I use hotmail for the unimportant stuff.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nRecently, my home inbox has grown exponentially.  I can\'t keep up with the deluge of emails.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSo I dove in and unsubscribed to I-lost-track-of-how-many.  20?  30?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis should appease my innate desire to declutter, which in this age, translates to my cyber-world.  Clear inbox = Clear mind.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Here\'s what I\'m holding on to for dear life and why:</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.groupon.com \" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Groupon --</strong></a> great ideas for this blog at a reduced cost\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com \" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Living Social --</strong></a> ditto<a href=\"http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Art of Nonconformity --</strong></a> this was the first blog that I ever subscribed to (and one of the few that I subscribe to via email) and I need to keep abreast of all things nonconformist as well as <a href=\"http://worlddominationsummit.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>World Domination</strong></a>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.alistbloggingbootcamps.com/\" target=\"_blank\">A-List Blogging Bootcamp --</a></strong> because I\'m still paying for the membership even though I haven\'t used it since the summer but keep meaning to when I \"find time\".  Riiiigggghttt.  I\'ll have time on Day 366.  Who am I kidding?  I smell an upcoming decision.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.changinghands.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Changing Hands -- </a></strong>because they are the Greatest Bookstore on the Planet\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.dbg.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Desert Botanical Gardens -- </a></strong>because I like butterflies, jazz, luminarias, and the smell of creosote.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.southwest.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Southwest Airlines --</a></strong> because I need sale updates each Tuesday.  ???  I may need to rethink this one.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAre you an email junkie?  What can you let go of/say goodbye to (even temporarily)/unsubscribe from to stop the madness?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHopefully, it\'s not me.  But if it is, I understand.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWe\'ll always have RSS.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd facebook.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd twitter.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 186:  Unsubscribing from the Avalanche ','','inherit','open','open','','4906-revision-4','','','2011-04-01 17:46:54','2011-04-02 00:46:54','',4906,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/01/4906-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(4911,1,'2011-04-01 17:48:42','2011-04-02 00:48:42','I am on waaayyyyy too many e-mail lists.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd that\'s with me consciously protecting my sacred personal email addresses.  I use hotmail for the unimportant stuff.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nRecently, my home inbox has grown exponentially.  I can\'t keep up with the deluge of emails.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSo I dove in and unsubscribed to I-lost-track-of-how-many.  20?  30?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis should appease my innate desire to declutter, which in this age, translates to my cyber-world.  Clear inbox = Clear mind.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Here\'s what I\'m holding on to for dear life and why:</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.groupon.com \" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Groupon --</strong></a> great ideas for this blog at a reduced cost\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com \" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Living Social --</strong></a> ditto<a href=\"http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Art of Nonconformity --</strong></a> this was the first blog that I ever subscribed to (and one of the few that I subscribe to via email) and I need to keep abreast of all things nonconformist as well as <a href=\"http://worlddominationsummit.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>World Domination</strong></a>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.alistbloggingbootcamps.com/\" target=\"_blank\">A-List Blogging Bootcamp --</a></strong> because I\'m still paying for the membership even though I haven\'t used it since the summer but keep meaning to when I \"find time\".  Riiiigggghttt.  I\'ll have time on Day 366.  Who am I kidding?  I smell an upcoming decision.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.changinghands.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Changing Hands -- </a></strong>because they are the Greatest Bookstore on the Planet\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.dbg.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Desert Botanical Gardens -- </a></strong>because I like butterflies, jazz, luminarias, and the smell of creosote.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.1lacrosse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">1Lacrosse --</a></strong> because this is my precious cousin whom I am SO proud of!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.southwest.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Southwest Airlines --</a></strong> because I need sale updates each Tuesday.  ???  I may need to rethink this one.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAre you an email junkie?  What can you let go of/say goodbye to (even temporarily)/unsubscribe from to stop the madness?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHopefully, it\'s not me.  But if it is, I understand.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWe\'ll always have RSS.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd facebook.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd twitter.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 186:  Unsubscribing from the Avalanche ','','inherit','open','open','','4906-revision-5','','','2011-04-01 17:48:42','2011-04-02 00:48:42','',4906,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/01/4906-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(4912,1,'2011-04-02 10:03:26','2011-04-02 17:03:26','I am on waaayyyyy too many e-mail lists.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd that\'s with me consciously protecting my sacred personal email addresses.  I use hotmail and gmail for the unimportant stuff.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n(Yes, J at the Apple Store, I have waaayyyyy too many e-mail accounts as well.)\n\n&nbsp;\n\nRecently, my home inbox has grown exponentially.  I can\'t keep up with the deluge of emails.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSo I dove in and unsubscribed to I-lost-track-of-how-many.  20?  30?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis should appease my innate desire to declutter, which in this age, translates to my cyber-world.  Clear inbox = Clear mind.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Here\'s what I\'m holding on to for dear life and why:</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.groupon.com \" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Groupon --</strong></a> great ideas for this blog at a reduced cost\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com \" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Living Social --</strong></a> ditto<a href=\"http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Art of Nonconformity --</strong></a> this was the first blog that I ever subscribed to (and one of the few that I subscribe to via email) and I need to keep abreast of all things nonconformist as well as <a href=\"http://worlddominationsummit.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>World Domination</strong></a>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.alistbloggingbootcamps.com/\" target=\"_blank\">A-List Blogging Bootcamp --</a></strong> because I\'m still paying for the membership even though I haven\'t used it since the summer but keep meaning to when I \"find time\".  Riiiigggghttt.  I\'ll have time on Day 366.  Who am I kidding?  I smell an upcoming decision.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.changinghands.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Changing Hands -- </a></strong>because they are the Greatest Bookstore on the Planet\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.dbg.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Desert Botanical Gardens -- </a></strong>because I like butterflies, jazz, luminarias, and the smell of creosote.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.1lacrosse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">1Lacrosse --</a></strong> because this is my precious cousin whom I am SO proud of!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.declutter100.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Declutter100 --</a></strong> because I\'m a decluttering geek, and therefore enjoy reading about other geeks who declutter.  And he just killed his TV which we know I\'ve been contemplating for quite some time.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.southwest.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Southwest Airlines --</a></strong> because I need sale updates each Tuesday.  ???  I may need to rethink this one.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAre you an email junkie?  What can you let go of/say goodbye to (even temporarily)/unsubscribe from to stop the madness?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHopefully, it\'s not me.  But if it is, I understand.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWe\'ll always have RSS.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd facebook.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd twitter.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 186:  Unsubscribing from the Avalanche 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why:</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.groupon.com \" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Groupon --</strong></a> great ideas for this blog at a reduced cost\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com \" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Living Social --</strong></a> ditto<a href=\"http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Art of Nonconformity --</strong></a> this was the first blog that I ever subscribed to  I need to keep abreast of all things nonconformist as well as <a href=\"http://worlddominationsummit.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>World Domination</strong></a>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.alistbloggingbootcamps.com/\" target=\"_blank\">A-List Blogging Bootcamp --</a></strong> because I\'m still paying for the membership even though I haven\'t used it since the summer but keep meaning to when I \"find time\".  Riiiigggghttt.  I\'ll have time on Day 366.  Who am 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target=\"_blank\"><strong>Art of Nonconformity --</strong></a> this was the first blog that I ever subscribed to (and one of the few that I subscribe to via email) and I need to keep abreast of all things nonconformist as well as <a href=\"http://worlddominationsummit.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>World Domination</strong></a>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.alistbloggingbootcamps.com/\" target=\"_blank\">A-List Blogging Bootcamp --</a></strong> because I\'m still paying for the membership even though I haven\'t used it since the summer but keep meaning to when I \"find time\".  Riiiigggghttt.  I\'ll have time on Day 366.  Who am I kidding?  I smell an upcoming decision.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.changinghands.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Changing Hands -- </a></strong>because they are the Greatest Bookstore on the Planet\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.dbg.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Desert Botanical Gardens -- </a></strong>because I like butterflies, jazz, luminarias, and the smell of creosote.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.1lacrosse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">1Lacrosse --</a></strong> because this is my precious cousin whom I am SO proud of!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.declutter100.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Declutter100 --</a></strong> because I\'m a decluttering geek, and therefore enjoy reading about other geeks who declutter.  And he just killed his TV which we know <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?s=real+housewive\" target=\"_blank\">I\'ve been contemplating for quite some time.</a> </strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.southwest.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Southwest Airlines --</a></strong> because I need sale updates each Tuesday.  ???  I may need to rethink this one.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAre you an email junkie?  What can you let go of/say goodbye to (even temporarily)/unsubscribe from to stop the 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30?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis should appease my innate desire to declutter, which in this age, translates to my cyber-world.  Clear inbox = Clear mind.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Here\'s what I\'m holding on to for dear life and why:</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.groupon.com \" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Groupon --</strong></a> great ideas for this blog at a reduced cost\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com \" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Living Social --</strong></a> ditto<a href=\"http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Art of Nonconformity --</strong></a> this was the first blog that I ever subscribed to so it\'s near and dear to my heart.  I also need to keep abreast of all things nonconformist as well as <a href=\"http://worlddominationsummit.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>World Domination</strong></a>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.alistbloggingbootcamps.com/\" target=\"_blank\">A-List Blogging Bootcamp --</a></strong> because I\'m still paying for the membership even though I haven\'t used it since the summer but keep meaning to when I \"find time\".  Riiiigggghttt.  I\'ll have time on Day 366.  Who am I kidding?  I smell an upcoming decision.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.changinghands.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Changing Hands -- </a></strong>because they are the Greatest Bookstore on the Planet\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.dbg.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Desert Botanical Gardens -- </a></strong>because I like butterflies, jazz, luminarias, and the smell of creosote.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.1lacrosse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">1Lacrosse --</a></strong> because this is my precious cousin whom I am SO proud of!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.declutter100.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Declutter100 --</a></strong> because I\'m a decluttering geek, and therefore enjoy reading about other geeks who declutter.  And he just killed his TV which we know <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?s=real+housewive\" target=\"_blank\">I\'ve been contemplating for quite some time.</a> </strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.southwest.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Southwest Airlines --</a></strong> because I need sale updates each Tuesday.  ???  I may need to rethink this one.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAre you an email junkie?  What can you let go of/say goodbye to (even temporarily)/unsubscribe from to stop the madness?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHopefully, it\'s not me.  But if it is, I understand.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWe\'ll always have RSS.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd facebook.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd twitter.\n\n&nbsp;','Day 186:  Unsubscribing from the Avalanche ','','inherit','open','open','','4906-revision-9','','','2011-04-02 10:09:14','2011-04-02 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href=\"http://www.groupon.com \" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Groupon --</strong></a> great ideas for this blog at a reduced cost\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com \" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Living Social --</strong></a> ditto<a href=\"http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Art of Nonconformity --</strong></a> this was the first blog that I ever subscribed to so it\'s near and dear to my heart.  I also need to keep abreast of all things nonconformist as well as <a href=\"http://worlddominationsummit.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>World Domination</strong></a>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.alistbloggingbootcamps.com/\" target=\"_blank\">A-List Blogging Bootcamp --</a></strong> because I\'m still paying for the membership even though I haven\'t used it since the summer but keep meaning to when I \"find time\".  Riiiigggghttt.  I\'ll 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time.</a> </strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.southwest.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Southwest Airlines --</a></strong> because I need sale updates each Tuesday.  ???  I may need to rethink this one.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAre you an email junkie?  What can you let go of/say goodbye to (even temporarily)/unsubscribe from to stop the madness?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHopefully, it\'s not me.  But if it is, I understand.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe\'ll always have RSS.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd facebook.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd twitter.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 186:  Unsubscribing from the Avalanche ','','inherit','open','open','','4906-revision-10','','','2011-04-02 10:09:48','2011-04-02 17:09:48','',4906,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/4906-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(4917,1,'2011-04-02 10:17:36','2011-04-02 17:17:36','','3926576723_a6b3db9e8a_o','','inherit','open','open','','3926576723_a6b3db9e8a_o','','','2011-04-02 10:17:36','2011-04-02 17:17:36','',4906,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/3926576723_a6b3db9e8a_o.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(4918,1,'2011-04-02 10:18:04','2011-04-02 17:18:04','<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/doos/3926576723/sizes/o/\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4917\" title=\"3926576723_a6b3db9e8a_o\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/3926576723_a6b3db9e8a_o-300x228.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" /></a>I am on waaayyyyy too many e-mail lists.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd that\'s with me consciously protecting my sacred personal email addresses.  I use hotmail and gmail for the unimportant stuff.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n(Yes, J at the Apple Store, I have waaayyyyy too many e-mail accounts as well.)\n\n&nbsp;\n\nRecently, my home inbox has grown exponentially.  I can\'t keep up with the deluge of emails.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSo I dove in and unsubscribed to I-lost-track-of-how-many.  20?  30?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis should appease my innate desire to declutter, which in this age, translates to my cyber-world.  Clear inbox = Clear mind.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Here\'s what I\'m holding on to for dear life and why:</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.groupon.com \" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Groupon --</strong></a> great ideas for this blog at a reduced cost\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com \" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Living Social --</strong></a> ditto<a href=\"http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Art of Nonconformity --</strong></a> this was the first blog that I ever subscribed to so it\'s near and dear to my heart.  I also need to keep abreast of all things nonconformist as well as <a href=\"http://worlddominationsummit.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>World Domination</strong></a>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.alistbloggingbootcamps.com/\" target=\"_blank\">A-List Blogging Bootcamp --</a></strong> because I\'m still paying for the membership even though I haven\'t used it since the summer but keep meaning to when I \"find time\".  Riiiigggghttt.  I\'ll have time on Day 366.  Who am I kidding?  I smell an upcoming decision.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.changinghands.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Changing Hands -- </a></strong>because they are the Greatest Bookstore on the Planet\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.dbg.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Desert Botanical Gardens -- </a></strong>because I like butterflies, jazz, luminarias, and the smell of creosote.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.1lacrosse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">1Lacrosse --</a></strong> because this is my precious cousin whom I am SO proud of!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.declutter100.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Declutter100 --</a></strong> because I\'m a decluttering geek, and therefore enjoy reading about other geeks who declutter.  And he just killed his TV which we know <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?s=real+housewive\" target=\"_blank\">I\'ve been contemplating for quite some time.</a> </strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.southwest.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Southwest Airlines --</a></strong> because I need sale updates each Tuesday.  ???  I may need to rethink this one.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAre you an email junkie?  What can you let go of/say goodbye to (even temporarily)/unsubscribe from to stop the madness?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHopefully, it\'s not me.  But if it is, I understand.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWe\'ll always have RSS.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd facebook.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd twitter.\n\n&nbsp;','Day 186:  Unsubscribing from the Avalanche','','inherit','open','open','','4906-revision-11','','','2011-04-02 10:18:04','2011-04-02 17:18:04','',4906,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/4906-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(4919,1,'2011-04-02 10:18:24','2011-04-02 17:18:24','<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/doos/3926576723/sizes/o/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4917\" title=\"3926576723_a6b3db9e8a_o\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/3926576723_a6b3db9e8a_o-300x228.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" /></a>I am on waaayyyyy too many e-mail lists.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd that\'s with me consciously protecting my sacred personal email addresses.  I use hotmail and gmail for the unimportant stuff.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Yes, J at the Apple Store, I have waaayyyyy too many e-mail accounts as well.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nRecently, my home inbox has grown exponentially.  I can\'t keep up with the deluge of emails.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo I dove in and unsubscribed to I-lost-track-of-how-many.  20?  30?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis should appease my innate desire to declutter, which in this age, translates to my cyber-world.  Clear inbox = Clear mind.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Here\'s what I\'m holding on to for dear life and why:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.groupon.com \" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Groupon --</strong></a> great ideas for this blog at a reduced cost\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com \" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Living Social --</strong></a> ditto<a href=\"http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Art of Nonconformity --</strong></a> this was the first blog that I ever subscribed to so it\'s near and dear to my heart.  I also need to keep abreast of all things nonconformist as well as <a href=\"http://worlddominationsummit.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>World Domination</strong></a>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.alistbloggingbootcamps.com/\" target=\"_blank\">A-List Blogging Bootcamp --</a></strong> because I\'m still paying for the membership even though I haven\'t used it since the summer but keep meaning to when I \"find time\".  Riiiigggghttt.  I\'ll have time on Day 366.  Who am I kidding?  I smell an upcoming decision.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.changinghands.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Changing Hands -- </a></strong>because they are the Greatest Bookstore on the Planet\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.dbg.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Desert Botanical Gardens -- </a></strong>because I like butterflies, jazz, luminarias, and the smell of creosote.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.1lacrosse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">1Lacrosse --</a></strong> because this is my precious cousin whom I am SO proud of!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.declutter100.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Declutter100 --</a></strong> because I\'m a decluttering geek, and therefore enjoy reading about other geeks who declutter.  And he just killed his TV which we know <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?s=real+housewive\" target=\"_blank\">I\'ve been contemplating for quite some time.</a> </strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.southwest.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Southwest Airlines --</a></strong> because I need sale updates each Tuesday.  ???  I may need to rethink this one.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAre you an email junkie?  What can you let go of/say goodbye to (even temporarily)/unsubscribe from to stop the madness?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHopefully, it\'s not me.  But if it is, I understand.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe\'ll always have RSS.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd facebook.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd twitter.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 186:  Unsubscribing from the Avalanche','','inherit','open','open','','4906-revision-12','','','2011-04-02 10:18:24','2011-04-02 17:18:24','',4906,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/4906-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(4920,1,'2011-04-02 10:19:01','2011-04-02 17:19:01','<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/doos/3926576723/sizes/o/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4917\" title=\"3926576723_a6b3db9e8a_o\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/3926576723_a6b3db9e8a_o-300x228.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI am on waaayyyyy too many e-mail lists.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd that\'s with me consciously protecting my sacred personal email addresses.  I use hotmail and gmail for the unimportant stuff.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Yes, J at the Apple Store, I have waaayyyyy too many e-mail accounts as well.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nRecently, my home inbox has grown exponentially.  I can\'t keep up with the deluge of emails.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo I dove in and unsubscribed to I-lost-track-of-how-many.  20?  30?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis should appease my innate desire to declutter, which in this age, translates to my cyber-world.  Clear inbox = Clear mind.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #008000;\"><strong>Here\'s what I\'m holding on to for dear life and why:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.groupon.com \" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Groupon --</strong></a> great ideas for this blog at a reduced cost\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com \" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Living Social --</strong></a> ditto<a href=\"http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Art of Nonconformity --</strong></a> this was the first blog that I ever subscribed to so it\'s near and dear to my heart.  I also need to keep abreast of all things nonconformist as well as <a href=\"http://worlddominationsummit.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>World Domination</strong></a>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.alistbloggingbootcamps.com/\" target=\"_blank\">A-List Blogging Bootcamp --</a></strong> because I\'m still paying for the membership even though I haven\'t used it since the summer but keep meaning to when I \"find time\".  Riiiigggghttt.  I\'ll have time on Day 366.  Who am I kidding?  I smell an upcoming decision.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.changinghands.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Changing Hands -- </a></strong>because they are the Greatest Bookstore on the Planet\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.dbg.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Desert Botanical Gardens -- </a></strong>because I like butterflies, jazz, luminarias, and the smell of creosote.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.1lacrosse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">1Lacrosse --</a></strong> because this is my precious cousin whom I am SO proud of!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.declutter100.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Declutter100 --</a></strong> because I\'m a decluttering geek, and therefore enjoy reading about other geeks who declutter.  And he just killed his TV which we know <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?s=real+housewive\" target=\"_blank\">I\'ve been contemplating for quite some time.</a> </strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.southwest.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Southwest Airlines --</a></strong> because I need sale updates each Tuesday.  ???  I may need to rethink this one.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAre you an email junkie?  What can you let go of/say goodbye to (even temporarily)/unsubscribe from to stop the madness?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHopefully, it\'s not me.  But if it is, I understand.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe\'ll always have RSS.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd facebook.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd twitter.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 186:  Unsubscribing from the Avalanche','','inherit','open','open','','4906-revision-13','','','2011-04-02 10:19:01','2011-04-02 17:19:01','',4906,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/4906-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(4921,1,'2011-04-03 01:11:22','2011-04-03 08:11:22','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG00363-20110401-1914.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4923\" title=\"IMG00363-20110401-1914\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG00363-20110401-1914-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<span>Sarah invited me to Casino Night at her ultra <span>shi shi</span> health club. </span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nPoker is on my 365 list, and since I\'d rather play for fake money (never been a gambler), I told her that I was in!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Bonus: </strong></span> Sarah and Britt (also a member at <span>shi shi</span> health club) have both told me many, many times that <span>shi shi</span> health club attracts good looking men.  With Mr. Tall Drink of Water shattering and spilling everywhere this week, I thought it might be refreshing to ask for another glass of water, please. </span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAhem.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span>I apologize for the blurry <span>Crackberry</span> photo (I was pretending to text and not seem too obvious), but here was the crowd at Friday night\'s Casino Night:</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4924\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"These men are older than my father.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG00364-20110401-1949.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4924\" title=\"IMG00364-20110401-1949\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG00364-20110401-1949-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000080;\"><strong>Nobody told me that you needed a AARP card to get into Casino Night.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah, you owe me.  Big time.  :-)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span>Britt, you need to schedule your ophthalmologist appointment first thing Monday morning. </span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Readers, THIS is why I resort to Internet dating when I\'m feeling frisky.</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhich reminds me...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI hid my profile on That Dating Site after I met Mr. Tall Drink of Water.  Part of me wants to come out of hiding and try again, but part of me finds the whole process too exhausting.  Not to mention that it never seems to work.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000080;\"><strong>Dina dahling suggested that I put myself back up for rest of the month that I already paid for, but this time around, allow my friends to choose my dates. </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThoughts?  Do I run for the hills, or do I sit and stay awhile?','Day 187:  Casino Night','','publish','open','open','','day-187-casino-night','','','2011-04-02 13:15:04','2011-04-02 20:15:04','',0,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?p=4921',0,'post','',11),(4922,1,'2011-04-02 10:47:36','2011-04-02 17:47:36','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','4921-revision','','','2011-04-02 10:47:36','2011-04-02 17:47:36','',4921,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/4921-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4923,1,'2011-04-02 12:49:53','2011-04-02 19:49:53','','IMG00363-20110401-1914','','inherit','open','open','','img00363-20110401-1914','','','2011-04-02 12:49:53','2011-04-02 19:49:53','',4921,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG00363-20110401-1914.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4924,1,'2011-04-02 12:50:35','2011-04-02 19:50:35','','IMG00364-20110401-1949','','inherit','open','open','','img00364-20110401-1949','','','2011-04-02 12:50:35','2011-04-02 19:50:35','',4921,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG00364-20110401-1949.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4925,1,'2011-04-02 13:07:36','2011-04-02 20:07:36','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG00363-20110401-1914.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4923\" title=\"IMG00363-20110401-1914\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG00363-20110401-1914-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n<span>Sarah invited me to Casino Night at her ultra <span>shi shi</span> health club. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nPoker is on my 365 list, and since I\'d rather play for fake money (never been a gambler), I told her that I was in!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span>Bonus:  Sarah and Britt (also a member at <span>shi shi</span> health club) have both told me many, many times that <span>shi shi</span> health club attracts good looking me.  With Mr. Tall Drink of Water shattering and spilling everywhere this week, I thought it might be refreshing to ask for another glass of water, please. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAhem.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span>I apologize for the blurry <span>Crackberry</span> photo (I was pretending to text and not seem too obvious), but here was the crowd at Friday night\'s Casino Night:</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG00364-20110401-1949.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4924\" title=\"IMG00364-20110401-1949\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG00364-20110401-1949-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nNobody told me that you needed a AARP card to get in.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSarah, you owe me.  Big time.  :-)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span>Britt, you need to schedule your ophthalmologist appointment first thing Monday morning. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nReaders, THIS is why I resort to Internet dating when I\'m feeling frisky.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhich reminds me...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI hid my profile on That Dating Site after I met Mr. Tall Drink of Water.  Part of me wants to come out of hiding and try again, but part of me finds the whole process too exhausting.  Not to mention that it never seems to work.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span>Dina <span>dahling</span> suggested that I put myself back up for rest of the month that I already paid for, but this time around, allow my friends to choose my dates. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThoughts?  Do I run for the hills, or do I sit and stay awhile?','Day 187:  Casino Night','','inherit','open','open','','4921-revision-2','','','2011-04-02 13:07:36','2011-04-02 20:07:36','',4921,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/4921-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(4926,1,'2011-04-02 13:09:29','2011-04-02 20:09:29','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG00363-20110401-1914.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4923\" title=\"IMG00363-20110401-1914\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG00363-20110401-1914-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n<span>Sarah invited me to Casino Night at her ultra <span>shi shi</span> health club. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nPoker is on my 365 list, and since I\'d rather play for fake money (never been a gambler), I told her that I was in!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span>Bonus:  Sarah and Britt (also a member at <span>shi shi</span> health club) have both told me many, many times that <span>shi shi</span> health club attracts good looking me.  With Mr. Tall Drink of Water shattering and spilling everywhere this week, I thought it might be refreshing to ask for another glass of water, please. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAhem.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span>I apologize for the blurry <span>Crackberry</span> photo (I was pretending to text and not seem too obvious), but here was the crowd at Friday night\'s Casino Night:</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4924\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"These men are older than my father.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG00364-20110401-1949.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4924\" title=\"IMG00364-20110401-1949\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG00364-20110401-1949-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n&nbsp;\n\nNobody told me that you needed a AARP card to get in.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSarah, you owe me.  Big time.  :-)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span>Britt, you need to schedule your ophthalmologist appointment first thing Monday morning. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nReaders, THIS is why I resort to Internet dating when I\'m feeling frisky.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhich reminds me...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI hid my profile on That Dating Site after I met Mr. Tall Drink of Water.  Part of me wants to come out of hiding and try again, but part of me finds the whole process too exhausting.  Not to mention that it never seems to work.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span>Dina <span>dahling</span> suggested that I put myself back up for rest of the month that I already paid for, but this time around, allow my friends to choose my dates. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThoughts?  Do I run for the hills, or do I sit and stay awhile?','Day 187:  Casino Night','','inherit','open','open','','4921-revision-3','','','2011-04-02 13:09:29','2011-04-02 20:09:29','',4921,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/4921-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(4927,1,'2011-04-02 13:13:37','2011-04-02 20:13:37','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG00363-20110401-1914.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4923\" title=\"IMG00363-20110401-1914\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG00363-20110401-1914-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n<span>Sarah invited me to Casino Night at her ultra <span>shi shi</span> health club. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nPoker is on my 365 list, and since I\'d rather play for fake money (never been a gambler), I told her that I was in!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Bonus: </strong></span> Sarah and Britt (also a member at <span>shi shi</span> health club) have both told me many, many times that <span>shi shi</span> health club attracts good looking men.  With Mr. Tall Drink of Water shattering and spilling everywhere this week, I thought it might be refreshing to ask for another glass of water, please. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAhem.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span>I apologize for the blurry <span>Crackberry</span> photo (I was pretending to text and not seem too obvious), but here was the crowd at Friday night\'s Casino Night:</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4924\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"These men are older than my father.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG00364-20110401-1949.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4924\" title=\"IMG00364-20110401-1949\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG00364-20110401-1949-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000080;\"><strong>Nobody told me that you needed a AARP card to get into Casino Night.</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSarah, you owe me.  Big time.  :-)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span>Britt, you need to schedule your ophthalmologist appointment first thing Monday morning. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Readers, THIS is why I resort to Internet dating when I\'m feeling frisky.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhich reminds me...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI hid my profile on That Dating Site after I met Mr. Tall Drink of Water.  Part of me wants to come out of hiding and try again, but part of me finds the whole process too exhausting.  Not to mention that it never seems to work.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000080;\"><strong>Dina dahling suggested that I put myself back up for rest of the month that I already paid for, but this time around, allow my friends to choose my dates. </strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThoughts?  Do I run for the hills, or do I sit and stay awhile?','Day 187:  Casino Night','','inherit','open','open','','4921-revision-4','','','2011-04-02 13:13:37','2011-04-02 20:13:37','',4921,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/4921-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(4928,1,'2011-04-02 13:14:46','2011-04-02 20:14:46','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG00363-20110401-1914.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4923\" title=\"IMG00363-20110401-1914\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG00363-20110401-1914-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n<span>Sarah invited me to Casino Night at her ultra <span>shi shi</span> health club. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nPoker is on my 365 list, and since I\'d rather play for fake money (never been a gambler), I told her that I was in!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Bonus: </strong></span> Sarah and Britt (also a member at <span>shi shi</span> health club) have both told me many, many times that <span>shi shi</span> health club attracts good looking men.  With Mr. Tall Drink of Water shattering and spilling everywhere this week, I thought it might be refreshing to ask for another glass of water, please. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAhem.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span>I apologize for the blurry <span>Crackberry</span> photo (I was pretending to text and not seem too obvious), but here was the crowd at Friday night\'s Casino Night:</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4924\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"These men are older than my father.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG00364-20110401-1949.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4924\" title=\"IMG00364-20110401-1949\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG00364-20110401-1949-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000080;\"><strong>Nobody told me that you needed a AARP card to get into Casino Night.</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSarah, you owe me.  Big time.  :-)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span>Britt, you need to schedule your ophthalmologist appointment first thing Monday morning. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Readers, THIS is why I resort to Internet dating when I\'m feeling frisky.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhich reminds me...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI hid my profile on That Dating Site after I met Mr. Tall Drink of Water.  Part of me wants to come out of hiding and try again, but part of me finds the whole process too exhausting.  Not to mention that it never seems to work.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000080;\"><strong>Dina dahling suggested that I put myself back up for rest of the month that I already paid for, but this time around, allow my friends to choose my dates. </strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThoughts?  Do I run for the hills, or do I sit and stay awhile?','Day 187:  Casino Night','','inherit','open','open','','4921-revision-5','','','2011-04-02 13:14:46','2011-04-02 20:14:46','',4921,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/4921-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(4929,1,'2011-04-02 13:16:10','2011-04-02 20:16:10','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG00363-20110401-1914.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4923\" title=\"IMG00363-20110401-1914\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG00363-20110401-1914-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n<span>Sarah invited me to Casino Night at her ultra <span>shi shi</span> health club. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nPoker is on my 365 list, and since I\'d rather play for fake money (never been a gambler), I told her that I was in!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Bonus: </strong></span> Sarah and Britt (also a member at <span>shi shi</span> health club) have both told me many, many times that <span>shi shi</span> health club attracts good looking men.  With Mr. Tall Drink of Water shattering and spilling everywhere this week, I thought it might be refreshing to ask for another glass of water, please. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAhem.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span>I apologize for the blurry <span>Crackberry</span> photo (I was pretending to text and not seem too obvious), but here was the crowd at Friday night\'s Casino Night:</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4924\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"These men are older than my father.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG00364-20110401-1949.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4924\" title=\"IMG00364-20110401-1949\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/IMG00364-20110401-1949-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000080;\"><strong>Nobody told me that you needed a AARP card to get into Casino Night.</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSarah, you owe me.  Big time.  :-)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span>Britt, you need to schedule your ophthalmologist appointment first thing Monday morning. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Readers, THIS is why I resort to Internet dating when I\'m feeling frisky.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhich reminds me...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI hid my profile on That Dating Site after I met Mr. Tall Drink of Water.  Part of me wants to come out of hiding and try again, but part of me finds the whole process too exhausting.  Not to mention that it never seems to work.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000080;\"><strong>Dina dahling suggested that I put myself back up for rest of the month that I already paid for, but this time around, allow my friends to choose my dates. </strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThoughts?  Do I run for the hills, or do I sit and stay awhile?','Day 187:  Casino Night','','inherit','open','open','','4921-autosave','','','2011-04-02 13:16:10','2011-04-02 20:16:10','',4921,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/4921-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(4938,1,'2011-04-03 20:52:59','2011-04-04 03:52:59','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4932 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nListen, I\'m going to start off by telling you that I\'ve never eaten sushi, nor have I ever wanted to.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEVERYONE CALM DOWN!  I understand that you \"sushi people\" are very attached to your sushi, and this could be disturbing news for you.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis is one of the many reasons I\'m grossed out by sushi.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4931\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Call me crazy, but I don&#39;t want to eat anything that resembles placenta.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4931\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGranted, the stuff pictured above that reminds me of the fetal pig (was that Biology I or II) is not sushi.  It\'s ginger.  So they tell us.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnother reason I\'m grossed out by sushi:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSushi bars smell like dirty feet to me.  Next time you walk in one, take a whiff and try to tell me that I\'m wrong.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet another reason:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t like cooked fish, so why on earth would I suddenly like it raw.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMore reasons:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter Sarah invited me to try sushi for this blog (which is hardly soul-scintillating for me, but the conveyor belt serving style caught my attention), my mother warned me about sushi eaters getting parasites from raw fish.  She swore to me that there are DOCUMENTED CASES where sushi eaters have become infested.  <strong>And with my recent deworming (natural docs would call it a \"cleanse\"),</strong> why would I introduce new worms into my gut.  Bleck.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDOCUMENTED CASES!!!  Mom swears this is true.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI couldn\'t remember who, but one of my good friends was once rushed to the ER after eating sushi.  I suppose that counts as a documented case.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t need a reason.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHey, when you\'re 41, you\'ve earned the right to do whatever the hell you want.  I simply wanted to check out this revolving sushi joint for the novelty factor.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah said she was first introduced the conveyor belt/revolving gimmick 5 years ago in Vancouver.  This means it\'s probably been in New York for 10.  Me, being the Late Bloomer, never heard of it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor those of you as behind the times as me, here you go:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat I did try (nothing contained parasites, Mom):\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSeaweed Salad -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLas Vegas Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCalifornia Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAsparagus Roll -- o.k.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEdamame -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGyoza -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTotal price for all of these plates of food (for both me and Sarah):\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4934\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n$13!!!!!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNovelty factor:  Priceless.','Day 188:  Revolving Sushi','','inherit','open','open','','4930-revision-5','','','2011-04-03 20:52:59','2011-04-04 03:52:59','',4930,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/03/4930-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(4939,1,'2011-04-03 20:57:53','2011-04-04 03:57:53','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4932 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nListen, I\'m going to start off by telling you that I\'ve never eaten sushi, nor have I ever wanted to.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEVERYONE CALM DOWN!  I understand that you \"sushi people\" are very attached to your sushi, and this could be disturbing news for you.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis is one of the many reasons I\'m grossed out by sushi.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4931\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Call me crazy, but I don&#39;t want to eat anything that resembles placenta.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4931\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nGranted, the stuff pictured above that reminds me of the fetal pig (was that Biology I or II?) is not sushi.  It\'s ginger.  So they tell us.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnother reason I\'m grossed out by sushi:\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Sushi bars smell like dirty feet. </strong> </span>Next time you walk in one, take a whiff and try to tell me that I\'m wrong.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYet another reason:\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI don\'t like cooked fish, so why on earth would I suddenly like it raw.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMore reasons:\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAfter Sarah invited me to try sushi for this blog (which is hardly soul-scintillating for me, but the conveyor belt serving style caught my attention), my mother warned me about sushi eaters getting parasites from raw fish.  She swore to me that there are DOCUMENTED CASES where sushi eaters have become infested.  <strong>And with my recent deworming (natural docs would call it a \"cleanse\"),</strong> why would I introduce new worms into my gut.  Bleck.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>DOCUMENTED CASES!!!  Mom swears this is true.</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI can\'t remember who, but one of my good friends was once rushed to the ER after eating sushi.  I suppose that counts as a documented case.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnywho...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI don\'t need a reason.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHey, when you\'re 41, you\'ve earned the right to do whatever the hell you want.  I simply wanted to check out this revolving sushi joint for the novelty factor.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSarah said she was first introduced the conveyor belt/revolving gimmick 5 years ago in Vancouver.  This means it\'s probably been in New York for 10.  Me, Late Bloomer that I am, never heard of it.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nFor those of you as behind the times as me, here you go:\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>What I did try (nothing contained parasites, Mom):</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSeaweed Salad -- meh\n\n&nbsp;\n\nLas Vegas Roll -- meh\n\n&nbsp;\n\nCalifornia Roll -- meh\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAsparagus Roll -- o.k.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEdamame -- yum\n\n&nbsp;\n\nGyoza -- yum\n\n&nbsp;\n\nTotal price for all of these plates of food (for both me and Sarah):\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4934\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808000;\">$13!!!!!!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Novelty factor: </strong></span>Priceless.','Day 188:  Revolving Sushi','','inherit','open','open','','4930-revision-6','','','2011-04-03 20:57:53','2011-04-04 03:57:53','',4930,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/03/4930-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(4940,1,'2011-04-03 20:58:09','2011-04-04 03:58:09','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4932 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nListen, I\'m going to start off by telling you that I\'ve never eaten sushi, nor have I ever wanted to.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEVERYONE CALM DOWN!  I understand that you \"sushi people\" are very attached to your sushi, and this could be disturbing news for you.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis is one of the many reasons I\'m grossed out by sushi.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4931\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Call me crazy, but I don&#39;t want to eat anything that resembles placenta.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4931\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGranted, the stuff pictured above that reminds me of the fetal pig (was that Biology I or II?) is not sushi.  It\'s ginger.  So they tell us.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnother reason I\'m grossed out by sushi:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Sushi bars smell like dirty feet. </strong> </span>Next time you walk in one, take a whiff and try to tell me that I\'m wrong.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet another reason:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t like cooked fish, so why on earth would I suddenly like it raw.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMore reasons:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter Sarah invited me to try sushi for this blog (which is hardly soul-scintillating for me, but the conveyor belt serving style caught my attention), my mother warned me about sushi eaters getting parasites from raw fish.  She swore to me that there are DOCUMENTED CASES where sushi eaters have become infested.  <strong>And with my recent deworming (natural docs would call it a \"cleanse\"),</strong> why would I introduce new worms into my gut.  Bleck.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>DOCUMENTED CASES!!!  Mom swears this is true.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI can\'t remember who, but one of my good friends was once rushed to the ER after eating sushi.  I suppose that counts as a documented case.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t need a reason.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHey, when you\'re 41, you\'ve earned the right to do whatever the hell you want.  I simply wanted to check out this revolving sushi joint for the novelty factor.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah said she was first introduced the conveyor belt/revolving gimmick 5 years ago in Vancouver.  This means it\'s probably been in New York for 10.  Me, Late Bloomer that I am, never heard of it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor those of you as behind the times as me, here you go:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>What I did try (nothing contained parasites, Mom):</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSeaweed Salad -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLas Vegas Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCalifornia Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAsparagus Roll -- o.k.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEdamame -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGyoza -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Total price for all of these plates of food (for both me and Sarah):</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4934\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808000;\">$13!!!!!!!</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Novelty factor: </strong></span>Priceless.','Day 188:  Revolving Sushi','','inherit','open','open','','4930-revision-7','','','2011-04-03 20:58:09','2011-04-04 03:58:09','',4930,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/03/4930-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(4942,1,'2011-04-03 21:00:07','2011-04-04 04:00:07','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4932 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nListen, I\'m going to start off by telling you that I\'ve never eaten sushi, nor have I ever wanted to.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEVERYONE CALM DOWN!  I understand that you \"sushi people\" are very attached to your sushi, and this could be disturbing news for you.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis is photo is just one of the many reasons I\'m grossed out by sushi:\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4931\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Call me crazy, but I don&#39;t want to eat anything that resembles placenta.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4931\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nGranted, the stuff pictured above that reminds me of the fetal pig (was that Biology I or II?) is not sushi.  It\'s ginger.  So they tell us.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnother reason I\'m grossed out by sushi:\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Sushi bars smell like dirty feet. </strong> </span>Next time you walk in one, take a whiff and try to tell me that I\'m wrong.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYet another reason:\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI don\'t like cooked fish, so why on earth would I suddenly like it raw.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMore reasons:\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAfter Sarah invited me to try sushi for this blog (which is hardly soul-scintillating for me, but the conveyor belt serving style caught my attention), my mother warned me about sushi eaters getting parasites from raw fish.  She swore to me that there are DOCUMENTED CASES where sushi eaters have become infested.  <strong>And with my recent deworming (natural docs would call it a \"cleanse\"),</strong> why would I introduce new worms into my gut.  Bleck.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>DOCUMENTED CASES!!!  Mom swears this is true.</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI can\'t remember who, but one of my good friends was once rushed to the ER after eating sushi.  I suppose that counts as a documented case.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnywho...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI don\'t need a reason.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHey, when you\'re 41, you\'ve earned the right to do whatever the hell you want.  I simply wanted to check out this revolving sushi joint for the novelty factor.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSarah said she was first introduced the conveyor belt/revolving gimmick 5 years ago in Vancouver.  This means it\'s probably been in New York for 10.  Me, Late Bloomer that I am, never heard of it.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nFor those of you as behind the times as me, here you go:\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>What I did try (nothing contained parasites, Mom):</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSeaweed Salad -- meh\n\n&nbsp;\n\nLas Vegas Roll -- meh\n\n&nbsp;\n\nCalifornia Roll -- meh\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAsparagus Roll -- o.k.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEdamame -- yum\n\n&nbsp;\n\nGyoza -- yum\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Total price for all of these plates of food (for both me and Sarah):</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4934\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808000;\">$13!!!!!!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Novelty factor: </strong></span>Priceless.','Day 188:  Revolving Sushi','','inherit','open','open','','4930-revision-9','','','2011-04-03 21:00:07','2011-04-04 04:00:07','',4930,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/03/4930-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(4941,1,'2011-04-03 20:58:59','2011-04-04 03:58:59','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4932 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nListen, I\'m going to start off by telling you that I\'ve never eaten sushi, nor have I ever wanted to.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEVERYONE CALM DOWN!  I understand that you \"sushi people\" are very attached to your sushi, and this could be disturbing news for you.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis is photo is just one of the many reasons I\'m grossed out by sushi:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4931\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Call me crazy, but I don&#39;t want to eat anything that resembles placenta.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4931\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGranted, the stuff pictured above that reminds me of the fetal pig (was that Biology I or II?) is not sushi.  It\'s ginger.  So they tell us.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnother reason I\'m grossed out by sushi:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Sushi bars smell like dirty feet. </strong> </span>Next time you walk in one, take a whiff and try to tell me that I\'m wrong.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet another reason:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t like cooked fish, so why on earth would I suddenly like it raw.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMore reasons:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter Sarah invited me to try sushi for this blog (which is hardly soul-scintillating for me, but the conveyor belt serving style caught my attention), my mother warned me about sushi eaters getting parasites from raw fish.  She swore to me that there are DOCUMENTED CASES where sushi eaters have become infested.  <strong>And with my recent deworming (natural docs would call it a \"cleanse\"),</strong> why would I introduce new worms into my gut.  Bleck.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>DOCUMENTED CASES!!!  Mom swears this is true.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI can\'t remember who, but one of my good friends was once rushed to the ER after eating sushi.  I suppose that counts as a documented case.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t need a reason.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHey, when you\'re 41, you\'ve earned the right to do whatever the hell you want.  I simply wanted to check out this revolving sushi joint for the novelty factor.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah said she was first introduced the conveyor belt/revolving gimmick 5 years ago in Vancouver.  This means it\'s probably been in New York for 10.  Me, Late Bloomer that I am, never heard of it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor those of you as behind the times as me, here you go:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>What I did try (nothing contained parasites, Mom):</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSeaweed Salad -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLas Vegas Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCalifornia Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAsparagus Roll -- o.k.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEdamame -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGyoza -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Total price for all of these plates of food (for both me and Sarah):</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4934\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808000;\">$13!!!!!!!</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Novelty factor: </strong></span>Priceless.','Day 188:  Revolving Sushi','','inherit','open','open','','4930-revision-8','','','2011-04-03 20:58:59','2011-04-04 03:58:59','',4930,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/03/4930-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(4943,1,'2011-04-03 21:01:55','2011-04-04 04:01:55','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4932 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nListen, I\'m going to start off by telling you that I\'ve never eaten sushi, nor have I ever wanted to.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEVERYONE CALM DOWN!  I understand that you \"sushi people\" are very attached to your sushi, and this could be disturbing news for you.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis is photo is just one of the many reasons I\'m grossed out by sushi:\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4931\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Call me crazy, but I don&#39;t want to eat anything that resembles placenta.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4931\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nGranted, the stuff pictured above that reminds me of the fetal pig from Biology ( was it I or II?) is not sushi.  It\'s ginger.  So they tell us.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnother reason I\'m grossed out by sushi:\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Sushi bars smell like dirty feet. </strong> </span>Next time you walk in one, take a whiff and try to tell me that I\'m wrong.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYet another reason:\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI don\'t like cooked fish, so why on earth would I suddenly like it raw.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMore reasons:\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAfter Sarah invited me to try sushi for this blog (which is hardly soul-scintillating for me, but the conveyor belt serving style caught my attention), my mother warned me about sushi eaters getting parasites from raw fish.  She swore to me that there are DOCUMENTED CASES where sushi eaters have become infested.  <strong>And with my recent deworming (natural docs would call it a \"cleanse\"),</strong> why would I introduce new worms into my gut.  Bleck.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>DOCUMENTED CASES!!!  Mom swears this is true.</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI can\'t remember who, but one of my good friends was once rushed to the ER after eating sushi.  I suppose that counts as a documented case.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnywho...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI don\'t need a reason.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHey, when you\'re 41, you\'ve earned the right to do whatever the hell you want.  I simply wanted to check out this revolving sushi joint for the novelty factor.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSarah said she was first introduced the conveyor belt/revolving gimmick 5 years ago in Vancouver.  This means it\'s probably been in New York for 10.  Me, Late Bloomer that I am, never heard of it.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nFor those of you as behind the times as me, here you go:\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>What I did try (nothing contained parasites, Mom):</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSeaweed Salad -- meh\n\n&nbsp;\n\nLas Vegas Roll -- meh\n\n&nbsp;\n\nCalifornia Roll -- meh\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAsparagus Roll -- o.k.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEdamame -- yum\n\n&nbsp;\n\nGyoza -- yum\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Total price for all of these plates of food (for both me and Sarah):</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4934\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808000;\">$13!!!!!!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Novelty factor: </strong></span>Priceless.','Day 188:  Revolving Sushi','','inherit','open','open','','4930-revision-10','','','2011-04-03 21:01:55','2011-04-04 04:01:55','',4930,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/03/4930-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(4944,1,'2011-04-03 21:01:57','2011-04-04 04:01:57','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4932 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nListen, I\'m going to start off by telling you that I\'ve never eaten sushi, nor have I ever wanted to.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>EVERYONE CALM DOWN! </strong> I understand that you \"sushi people\" are very attached to your sushi, and this could be disturbing news for you.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis is photo is just one of the many reasons I\'m grossed out by sushi:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4931\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Call me crazy, but I don&#39;t want to eat anything that resembles placenta.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4931\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGranted, the stuff pictured above that reminds me of the fetal pig (was that Biology I or II?) is not sushi.  It\'s ginger.  So they tell us.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnother reason I\'m grossed out by sushi:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Sushi bars smell like dirty feet. </strong> </span>Next time you walk in one, take a whiff and try to tell me that I\'m wrong.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet another reason:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t like cooked fish, so why on earth would I suddenly like it raw?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMore reasons:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter Sarah invited me to try sushi for this blog (which is hardly soul-scintillating for me, but the conveyor belt serving style caught my attention), my mother warned me about sushi eaters getting parasites from raw fish.  She swore to me that there are DOCUMENTED CASES where sushi eaters have become infested.  <strong>And with my recent deworming (natural docs would call it a \"cleanse\"),</strong> why would I introduce new worms into my gut.  Bleck.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>DOCUMENTED CASES!!!  Mom swears this is true.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI can\'t remember who, but one of my good friends was once rushed to the ER after eating sushi.  I suppose that counts as a documented case.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t need a reason.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHey, when you\'re 41, you\'ve earned the right to do whatever the hell you want.  I simply wanted to check out this revolving sushi joint for the novelty factor.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah said she was first introduced the conveyor belt/revolving gimmick 5 years ago in Vancouver.  This means it\'s probably been in New York for 10.  Me, Late Bloomer that I am, never heard of it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor those of you as behind the times as me, here you go:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>What I did try (nothing contained parasites, Mom):</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSeaweed Salad -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLas Vegas Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCalifornia Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAsparagus Roll -- o.k.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEdamame -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGyoza -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Total price for all of these plates of food (for both me and Sarah):</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4934\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808000;\">$13!!!!!!!</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Novelty factor: </strong></span>Priceless.','Day 188:  Revolving Sushi','','inherit','open','open','','4930-revision-11','','','2011-04-03 21:01:57','2011-04-04 04:01:57','',4930,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/03/4930-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(4945,1,'2011-04-03 21:04:05','2011-04-04 04:04:05','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4932 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nListen, I\'m going to start off by telling you that I\'ve never eaten sushi, nor have I ever wanted to.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>EVERYONE CALM DOWN! </strong> I understand that you \"sushi people\" are very attached to your sushi, and this could be disturbing news for you.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis is photo is just one of the many reasons I\'m grossed out by sushi:\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4931\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Call me crazy, but I don&#39;t want to eat anything that resembles placenta.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4931\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nGranted, the stuff pictured above that reminds me of the fetal pig (was that Biology I or II?) is not sushi.  It\'s ginger.  So they tell us.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnother reason I\'m grossed out by sushi:\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Sushi bars smell like dirty feet. </strong> </span>Next time you walk in one, take a whiff and try to tell me that I\'m wrong.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYet another reason:\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI don\'t like cooked fish, so why on earth would I suddenly like it raw?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMore reasons:\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAfter Sarah invited me to try sushi for this blog (which is hardly soul-scintillating for me, but the conveyor belt serving style caught my attention), my mother warned me about sushi eaters getting parasites from raw fish.  She swore to me that there are DOCUMENTED CASES where sushi eaters have become infested.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/20/day-143-i-am-now-in-need-of-liver-scintillation/\" target=\"_blank\">And with my recent deworming (natural docs would call it a \"cleanse\"),</a></strong> why would I introduce new worms into my gut.  Bleck.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>DOCUMENTED CASES!!!  Mom swears this is true.</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI can\'t remember who, but one of my good friends was once rushed to the ER after eating sushi.  I suppose that counts as a documented case.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnywho...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI don\'t need a reason.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHey, when you\'re 41, you\'ve earned the right to do whatever the hell you want.  I simply wanted to check out this revolving sushi joint for the novelty factor.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSarah said she was first introduced the conveyor belt/revolving gimmick 5 years ago in Vancouver.  This means it\'s probably been in New York for 10.  Me, Late Bloomer that I am, never heard of it.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nFor those of you as behind the times as me, here you go:\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>What I did try (nothing contained parasites, Mom):</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSeaweed Salad -- meh\n\n&nbsp;\n\nLas Vegas Roll -- meh\n\n&nbsp;\n\nCalifornia Roll -- meh\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAsparagus Roll -- o.k.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEdamame -- yum\n\n&nbsp;\n\nGyoza -- yum\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Total price for all of these plates of food (for both me and Sarah):</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4934\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808000;\">$13!!!!!!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Novelty factor: </strong></span>Priceless.','Day 188:  Revolving Sushi','','inherit','open','open','','4930-revision-12','','','2011-04-03 21:04:05','2011-04-04 04:04:05','',4930,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/03/4930-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(4946,1,'2011-04-03 21:05:19','2011-04-04 04:05:19','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4932 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nListen, I\'m going to start off by telling you that I\'ve never eaten sushi, nor have I ever wanted to.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>EVERYONE CALM DOWN! </strong> I understand that you \"sushi people\" are very attached to your sushi, and this could be disturbing news for you.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis is photo is just one of the many reasons I\'m grossed out by sushi:\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4931\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Call me crazy, but I don&#39;t want to eat anything that resembles placenta.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4931\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nGranted, the stuff pictured above that reminds me of the fetal pig (was that Biology I or II?) is not sushi.  It\'s ginger.  So they tell us.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnother reason I\'m grossed out by sushi:\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Sushi bars smell like dirty feet. </strong> </span>Next time you walk in one, take a whiff and try to tell me that I\'m wrong.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYet another reason:\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI don\'t like cooked fish, so why on earth would I suddenly like it raw?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMore reasons:\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAfter Sarah invited me to try sushi for this blog (which is hardly soul-scintillating for me, but the conveyor belt serving style caught my attention), my mother warned me about sushi eaters getting parasites from raw fish.  She swore to me that there are DOCUMENTED CASES where sushi eaters have become infested.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/20/day-143-i-am-now-in-need-of-liver-scintillation/\" target=\"_blank\">And with my recent deworming (natural docs would call it a \"cleanse\"),</a></strong> why would I introduce new worms into my gut?  Bleck.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>DOCUMENTED CASES!!!  Mom swears this is true.</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI can\'t remember who, but one of my good friends was once rushed to the ER after eating sushi.  I suppose that counts as a documented case.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnywho...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI don\'t need a reason.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHey, when you\'re 41, you\'ve earned the right to do whatever the hell you want.  I simply wanted to check out this revolving sushi joint for the novelty factor.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSarah said she was first introduced the conveyor belt/revolving gimmick 5 years ago in Vancouver.  This means it\'s probably been in New York for 10.  Me, Late Bloomer that I am, never heard of it.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nFor those of you as behind the times as me, here you go:\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>What I did try (nothing contained parasites, Mom):</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSeaweed Salad -- meh\n\n&nbsp;\n\nLas Vegas Roll -- meh\n\n&nbsp;\n\nCalifornia Roll -- meh\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAsparagus Roll -- o.k.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEdamame -- yum\n\n&nbsp;\n\nGyoza -- yum\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Total price for all of these plates of food (for both me and Sarah):</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4934\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808000;\">$13!!!!!!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Novelty factor: </strong></span>Priceless.','Day 188:  Revolving Sushi','','inherit','open','open','','4930-revision-13','','','2011-04-03 21:05:19','2011-04-04 04:05:19','',4930,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/03/4930-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(4947,1,'2011-04-03 21:06:58','2011-04-04 04:06:58','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4932 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nListen, I\'m going to start off by telling you that I\'ve never eaten sushi, nor have I ever wanted to.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>EVERYONE CALM DOWN! </strong> I understand that you \"sushi people\" are very attached to your sushi, and this could be disturbing news for you.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis is photo is just one of the many reasons I\'m grossed out by sushi:\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4931\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Call me crazy, but I don&#39;t want to eat anything that resembles placenta.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4931\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nGranted, the stuff pictured above that reminds me of the fetal pig (was that Biology I or II?) is not sushi.  It\'s ginger.  So they tell us.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnother reason I\'m grossed out by sushi:\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Sushi bars smell like dirty feet. </strong> </span>Next time you walk in one, take a whiff and try to tell me that I\'m wrong.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYet another reason:\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI don\'t like cooked fish, so why on earth would I suddenly like it raw?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMore reasons:\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAfter Sarah invited me to try sushi for this blog (which is hardly soul-scintillating for me, but the conveyor belt serving style caught my attention), my mother warned me about sushi eaters getting parasites from raw fish.  She swore to me that there are DOCUMENTED CASES where sushi eaters have become infested.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/20/day-143-i-am-now-in-need-of-liver-scintillation/\" target=\"_blank\">And with my recent deworming (natural docs would call it a \"cleanse\"),</a></strong> why would I introduce new worms into my gut?  Bleck.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>DOCUMENTED CASES!!!  Mom swears this is true.</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI can\'t remember who, but one of my good friends was once rushed to the ER after eating sushi.  I suppose that counts as a documented case.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnywho...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI don\'t need a reason.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHey, when you\'re 41, you\'ve earned the right to do whatever the hell you want.  I simply wanted to check out this revolving sushi joint for the novelty factor.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSarah said she was first introduced the conveyor belt/revolving gimmick 5 years ago in Vancouver.  This means it\'s probably been in New York for 10.  Me, Late Bloomer that I am, never heard of it.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nFor those of you as behind the times as me, here you go:\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>What I did try (nothing contained parasites, Mom):</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSeaweed Salad -- meh\n\n&nbsp;\n\nLas Vegas Roll -- meh\n\n&nbsp;\n\nCalifornia Roll -- meh\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAsparagus Roll -- o.k.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEdamame -- yum\n\n&nbsp;\n\nGyoza -- yum\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Total price for all of these plates of food (for both me and Sarah):</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4934\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808000;\">$13!!!!!!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Novelty factor: </strong></span>Priceless.\n\n&nbsp;','Day 188:  Revolving Sushi','','inherit','open','open','','4930-revision-14','','','2011-04-03 21:06:58','2011-04-04 04:06:58','',4930,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/03/4930-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(4948,1,'2011-04-03 21:10:46','2011-04-04 04:10:46','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4932 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nListen, I\'m going to start off by telling you that I\'ve never eaten sushi, nor have I ever wanted to.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>EVERYONE CALM DOWN! </strong> I understand that you \"sushi people\" are very attached to your sushi, and this could be disturbing news for you.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis photo is just one of the many reasons I\'m grossed out by your precious sushi:\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4931\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Call me crazy, but I don&#39;t want to eat anything that resembles placenta.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4931\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nGranted, this mystery condiment that reminds me of the fetal pig from Biology (was that I or II?) is not sushi.  It\'s ginger.  So they tell us.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnother reason I\'m grossed out by sushi:\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Sushi bars smell like dirty feet. </strong> </span>Next time you walk in one, take a whiff and try to tell me that I\'m wrong.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYet another reason:\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI don\'t like cooked fish, so why on earth would I suddenly like it raw?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMore reasons:\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAfter Sarah invited me to try sushi for this blog (which is hardly soul-scintillating for me, but the conveyor belt serving style caught my attention), my mother warned me about sushi eaters getting parasites from raw fish.  She swore to me that there are DOCUMENTED CASES where sushi eaters have become infested.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/20/day-143-i-am-now-in-need-of-liver-scintillation/\" target=\"_blank\">And with my recent deworming (natural docs would call it a \"cleanse\"),</a></strong> why would I introduce new worms into my gut?  Bleck.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>DOCUMENTED CASES!!!  Mom swears this is true.</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI can\'t remember who, but one of my good friends was once rushed to the ER after eating sushi.  I suppose that counts as a documented case.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnywho...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI don\'t need a reason.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHey, when you\'re 41, you\'ve earned the right to do whatever the hell you want.  I simply wanted to check out this revolving sushi joint for the novelty factor.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSarah said she was first introduced the conveyor belt/revolving gimmick 5 years ago in Vancouver.  This means it\'s probably been in New York for 10.  Me, Late Bloomer that I am, never heard of it.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nFor those of you as behind the times as me, here you go:\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>What I did try (nothing contained parasites, Mom):</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSeaweed Salad -- meh\n\n&nbsp;\n\nLas Vegas Roll -- meh\n\n&nbsp;\n\nCalifornia Roll -- meh\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAsparagus Roll -- o.k.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEdamame -- yum\n\n&nbsp;\n\nGyoza -- yum\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Total price for all of these plates of food (for both me and Sarah):</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4934\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808000;\">$13!!!!!!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Novelty factor: </strong></span>Priceless.\n\n&nbsp;','Day 188:  Revolving Sushi','','inherit','open','open','','4930-revision-15','','','2011-04-03 21:10:46','2011-04-04 04:10:46','',4930,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/03/4930-revision-15/',0,'revision','',0),(4949,1,'2011-04-03 21:11:16','2011-04-04 04:11:16','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4932 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nListen, I\'m going to start off by telling you that I\'ve never eaten sushi, nor have I ever wanted to.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>EVERYONE CALM DOWN! </strong> I understand that you \"sushi people\" are very attached to your sushi, and this could be disturbing news for you.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis photo is just one of the many reasons I\'m grossed out by your precious sushi:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4931\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Call me crazy, but I don&#39;t want to eat anything that resembles placenta.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4931\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGranted, this mystery condiment that reminds me of the fetal pig from Biology (was that I or II?) is not sushi.  It\'s ginger.  So they tell us.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnother reason I\'m grossed out by sushi:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Sushi bars smell like dirty feet. </strong> </span>Next time you walk in one, take a whiff and try to tell me that I\'m wrong.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet another reason:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t like cooked fish, so why on earth would I suddenly like it raw?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMore reasons:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter Sarah invited me to try sushi for this blog (which is hardly soul-scintillating for me, but the conveyor belt serving style caught my attention), my mother warned me about sushi eaters getting parasites from raw fish.  She swore to me that there are DOCUMENTED CASES where sushi eaters have become infested.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/20/day-143-i-am-now-in-need-of-liver-scintillation/\" target=\"_blank\">And with my recent deworming (natural docs would call it a \"cleanse\"),</a></strong> why would I introduce new worms into my gut?  Bleck.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>DOCUMENTED CASES!!!  Mom swears this is true.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI can\'t remember who, but one of my good friends was once rushed to the ER after eating sushi.  I suppose that counts as a documented case.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t need a reason.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHey, when you\'re 41, you\'ve earned the right to do whatever the hell you want.  I simply wanted to check out this revolving sushi joint for the novelty factor.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah said she was first introduced the conveyor belt/revolving gimmick 5 years ago in Vancouver.  This means it\'s probably been in New York for 10.  Me, Late Bloomer that I am, never heard of it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor those of you as behind the times as me, here you go:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>What I did try (nothing contained parasites, Mom):</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSeaweed Salad -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLas Vegas Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCalifornia Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAsparagus Roll -- o.k.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEdamame -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGyoza -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Total price for all of these plates of food (for both me and Sarah):</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4934\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808000;\">$13!!!!!!!</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Novelty factor: </strong></span>Priceless.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 188:  Revolving Sushi','','inherit','open','open','','4930-revision-16','','','2011-04-03 21:11:16','2011-04-04 04:11:16','',4930,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/03/4930-revision-16/',0,'revision','',0),(4950,1,'2011-04-03 21:12:20','2011-04-04 04:12:20','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4932 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nListen, I\'m going to start off by telling you that I\'ve never eaten sushi, nor have I ever wanted to.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>EVERYONE CALM DOWN! </strong> I understand that you \"sushi people\" are very attached to your sushi, and this could be disturbing news for you.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis photo is just one of the many reasons I\'m grossed out by your precious sushi:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4931\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Call me crazy, but I don&#39;t want to eat anything that resembles placenta.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4931\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGranted, this mystery condiment that reminds me of the fetal pig from Biology (was that I or II?) is not sushi.  It\'s ginger.  So they tell us.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnother reason I\'m grossed out by sushi:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Sushi bars smell like dirty feet. </strong> </span>Next time you walk in one, take a whiff and try to tell me that I\'m wrong.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet another reason:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t like cooked fish, so why on earth would I suddenly like it raw?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMore reasons:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter Sarah invited me to try sushi for this blog (which is hardly soul-scintillating for me, but the conveyor belt serving style caught my attention), my mother warned me about sushi eaters getting parasites from raw fish.  She swore to me that there are DOCUMENTED CASES where sushi eaters have become infested.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/20/day-143-i-am-now-in-need-of-liver-scintillation/\" target=\"_blank\">And with my recent deworming (natural docs would call it a \"cleanse\"),</a></strong> why would I introduce new worms into my gut?  Bleck.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>DOCUMENTED CASES!!!  Mom swears this is true.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI can\'t remember who, but one of my good friends was once rushed to the ER after eating sushi.  I suppose that counts as a documented case.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t need a reason.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHey, when you\'re 41, you\'ve earned the right to do whatever the hell you want.  I simply wanted to check out this revolving sushi joint for the novelty factor.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah said she was first introduced the conveyor belt/revolving gimmick 5 years ago in Vancouver.  This means it\'s probably been in New York for 10.  Me, Late Bloomer that I am, never heard of it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor those of you as behind the times as me, here you go:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>What I did try (nothing contained parasites, Mom):</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSeaweed Salad -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLas Vegas Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCalifornia Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAsparagus Roll -- o.k.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEdamame -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGyoza -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Total price for all of these plates of food (for both me and Sarah):</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4934\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808000;\">$13!!!!!!!</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Novelty factor: </strong></span>Priceless.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 188:  Revolving Sushi','','inherit','open','open','','4930-revision-17','','','2011-04-03 21:12:20','2011-04-04 04:12:20','',4930,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/03/4930-revision-17/',0,'revision','',0),(4952,1,'2011-04-03 21:14:05','2011-04-04 04:14:05','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4932 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nListen, I\'m going to start off by telling you that I\'ve never eaten sushi, nor have I ever wanted to.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>EVERYONE CALM DOWN! </strong> I understand that you \"sushi people\" are very attached to your sushi, and this could be disturbing news for you.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis photo is just one of the many reasons I\'m grossed out by your precious sushi:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4931\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Call me crazy, but I don&#39;t want to eat anything that resembles placenta.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4931\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGranted, this mystery condiment that reminds me of the fetal pig from Biology (was that I or II?) is not sushi.  It\'s ginger.  So they tell us.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnother reason I\'m grossed out by sushi:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Sushi bars smell like dirty feet. </strong> </span>Next time you walk in one, take a whiff and try to tell me that I\'m wrong.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet another reason:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t like cooked fish, so why on earth would I suddenly like it raw?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMore reasons:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter Sarah invited me to try sushi for this blog (which is hardly soul-scintillating for me, but the conveyor belt serving style caught my attention), my mother warned me about sushi eaters getting parasites from raw fish.  She swore to me that there are DOCUMENTED CASES where sushi eaters have become infested.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/20/day-143-i-am-now-in-need-of-liver-scintillation/\" target=\"_blank\">And with my recent deworming (natural docs would call it a \"cleanse\"),</a></strong> why would I introduce new worms into my gut?  Bleck.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>DOCUMENTED CASES!!!  Mom swears this is true.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI can\'t remember who, but one of my good friends was once rushed to the ER after eating sushi.  I suppose that counts as a documented case.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t need a reason.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHey, when you\'re 41, you\'ve earned the right to do whatever the hell you want.  I simply wanted to check out this revolving sushi joint for the novelty factor.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah said she was first introduced the conveyor belt/revolving gimmick 5 years ago in Vancouver.  This means it\'s probably been in New York for 10.  Me, Late Bloomer that I am, never heard of it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor those of you as behind the times as me, here you go:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>What I did try (nothing contained parasites, Mom):</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSeaweed Salad -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLas Vegas Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCalifornia Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAsparagus Roll -- o.k.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEdamame -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGyoza -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Total price for all of these plates of food (for both me and Sarah):</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4934\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808000;\">$13!!!!!!!</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Novelty factor: </strong></span>Priceless.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 188:  Revolving Sushi','','inherit','open','open','','4930-revision-19','','','2011-04-03 21:14:05','2011-04-04 04:14:05','',4930,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/03/4930-revision-19/',0,'revision','',0),(4951,1,'2011-04-03 21:13:13','2011-04-04 04:13:13','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4932 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nListen, I\'m going to start off by telling you that I\'ve never eaten sushi, nor have I ever wanted to.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>EVERYONE CALM DOWN! </strong> I understand that you \"sushi people\" are very attached to your sushi, and this could be disturbing news for you.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis photo is just one of the many reasons I\'m grossed out by your precious sushi:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4931\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Call me crazy, but I don&#39;t want to eat anything that resembles placenta.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4931\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGranted, this mystery condiment that reminds me of the fetal pig from Biology (was that I or II?) is not sushi.  It\'s ginger.  So they tell us.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnother reason I\'m grossed out by sushi:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Sushi bars smell like dirty feet. </strong> </span>Next time you walk in one, take a whiff and try to tell me that I\'m wrong.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet another reason:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t like cooked fish, so why on earth would I suddenly like it raw?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMore reasons:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter Sarah invited me to try sushi for this blog (which is hardly soul-scintillating for me, but the conveyor belt serving style caught my attention), my mother warned me about sushi eaters getting parasites from raw fish.  She swore to me that there are DOCUMENTED CASES where sushi eaters have become infested.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/20/day-143-i-am-now-in-need-of-liver-scintillation/\" target=\"_blank\">And with my recent deworming (natural docs would call it a \"cleanse\"),</a></strong> why would I introduce new worms into my gut?  Bleck.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>DOCUMENTED CASES!!!  Mom swears this is true.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI can\'t remember who, but one of my good friends was once rushed to the ER after eating sushi.  I suppose that counts as a documented case.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t need a reason.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHey, when you\'re 41, you\'ve earned the right to do whatever the hell you want.  I simply wanted to check out this revolving sushi joint for the novelty factor.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah said she was first introduced the conveyor belt/revolving gimmick 5 years ago in Vancouver.  This means it\'s probably been in New York for 10.  Me, Late Bloomer that I am, never heard of it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor those of you as behind the times as me, here you go:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>What I did try (nothing contained parasites, Mom):</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSeaweed Salad -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLas Vegas Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCalifornia Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAsparagus Roll -- o.k.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEdamame -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGyoza -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Total price for all of these plates of food (for both me and Sarah):</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4934\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808000;\">$13!!!!!!!</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Novelty factor: </strong></span>Priceless.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 188:  Revolving Sushi','','inherit','open','open','','4930-revision-18','','','2011-04-03 21:13:13','2011-04-04 04:13:13','',4930,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/03/4930-revision-18/',0,'revision','',0),(4954,1,'2011-04-03 21:16:01','2011-04-04 04:16:01','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4932 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nListen, I\'m going to start off by telling you that I\'ve never eaten sushi, nor have I ever wanted to.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>EVERYONE CALM DOWN! </strong> I understand that you \"sushi people\" are very attached to your sushi, and this could be disturbing news for you.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis photo is just one of the many reasons I\'m grossed out by your precious sushi:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4931\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Call me crazy, but I don&#39;t want to eat anything that resembles placenta.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4931\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGranted, this mystery condiment that reminds me of the fetal pig from Biology (was that I or II?) is not sushi.  It\'s ginger.  So they tell us.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnother reason I\'m grossed out by sushi:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Sushi bars smell like dirty feet. </strong> </span>Next time you walk in one, take a whiff and try to tell me that I\'m wrong.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet another reason:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t like cooked fish, so why on earth would I suddenly like it raw?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMore reasons:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter Sarah invited me to try sushi for this blog (which is hardly soul-scintillating for me, but the conveyor belt serving style caught my attention), my mother warned me about sushi eaters getting parasites from raw fish.  She swore to me that there are DOCUMENTED CASES where sushi eaters have become infested.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/20/day-143-i-am-now-in-need-of-liver-scintillation/\" target=\"_blank\">And with my recent deworming (natural docs would call it a \"cleanse\"),</a></strong> why would I introduce new worms into my gut?  Bleck.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>DOCUMENTED CASES!!!  Mom swears this is true.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI can\'t remember who, but one of my good friends was once rushed to the ER after eating sushi.  I suppose that counts as a documented case.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t need a reason.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHey, when you\'re 41, you\'ve earned the right to do whatever the hell you want.  I simply wanted to check out this revolving sushi joint for the novelty factor.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah said she was first introduced the conveyor belt/revolving gimmick 5 years ago in Vancouver.  This means it\'s probably been in New York for 10.  Me, Late Bloomer that I am, never heard of it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor those of you as behind the times as me, here you go:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>What I did try (nothing contained parasites, Mom):</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSeaweed Salad -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLas Vegas Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCalifornia Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAsparagus Roll -- o.k.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEdamame -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGyoza -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Total price for all of these plates of food (for both me and Sarah):</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4934 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808000;\">$13!!!!!!!</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Novelty factor: </strong></span>Priceless.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 188:  Revolving Sushi','','inherit','open','open','','4930-revision-21','','','2011-04-03 21:16:01','2011-04-04 04:16:01','',4930,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/03/4930-revision-21/',0,'revision','',0),(4953,1,'2011-04-03 21:15:13','2011-04-04 04:15:13','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4932 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nListen, I\'m going to start off by telling you that I\'ve never eaten sushi, nor have I ever wanted to.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>EVERYONE CALM DOWN! </strong> I understand that you \"sushi people\" are very attached to your sushi, and this could be disturbing news for you.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis photo is just one of the many reasons I\'m grossed out by your precious sushi:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4931\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Call me crazy, but I don&#39;t want to eat anything that resembles placenta.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4931\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGranted, this mystery condiment that reminds me of the fetal pig from Biology (was that I or II?) is not sushi.  It\'s ginger.  So they tell us.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnother reason I\'m grossed out by sushi:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Sushi bars smell like dirty feet. </strong> </span>Next time you walk in one, take a whiff and try to tell me that I\'m wrong.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet another reason:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t like cooked fish, so why on earth would I suddenly like it raw?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMore reasons:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter Sarah invited me to try sushi for this blog (which is hardly soul-scintillating for me, but the conveyor belt serving style caught my attention), my mother warned me about sushi eaters getting parasites from raw fish.  She swore to me that there are DOCUMENTED CASES where sushi eaters have become infested.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/20/day-143-i-am-now-in-need-of-liver-scintillation/\" target=\"_blank\">And with my recent deworming (natural docs would call it a \"cleanse\"),</a></strong> why would I introduce new worms into my gut?  Bleck.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>DOCUMENTED CASES!!!  Mom swears this is true.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI can\'t remember who, but one of my good friends was once rushed to the ER after eating sushi.  I suppose that counts as a documented case.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t need a reason.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHey, when you\'re 41, you\'ve earned the right to do whatever the hell you want.  I simply wanted to check out this revolving sushi joint for the novelty factor.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah said she was first introduced the conveyor belt/revolving gimmick 5 years ago in Vancouver.  This means it\'s probably been in New York for 10.  Me, Late Bloomer that I am, never heard of it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor those of you as behind the times as me, here you go:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>What I did try (nothing contained parasites, Mom):</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSeaweed Salad -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLas Vegas Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCalifornia Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAsparagus Roll -- o.k.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEdamame -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGyoza -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Total price for all of these plates of food (for both me and Sarah):</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4934\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"13!!!!!\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4934\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808000;\">$13!!!!!!!</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Novelty factor: </strong></span>Priceless.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 188:  Revolving Sushi','','inherit','open','open','','4930-revision-20','','','2011-04-03 21:15:13','2011-04-04 04:15:13','',4930,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/03/4930-revision-20/',0,'revision','',0),(4955,1,'2011-04-03 21:17:42','2011-04-04 04:17:42','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4932 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nListen, I\'m going to start off by telling you that I\'ve never eaten sushi, nor have I ever wanted to.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>EVERYONE CALM DOWN! </strong> I understand that you \"sushi people\" are very attached to your sushi, and this could be disturbing news for you.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis photo is just one of the many reasons I\'m grossed out by your precious sushi:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4931\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Call me crazy, but I don&#39;t want to eat anything that resembles placenta.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4931\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGranted, this mystery condiment that reminds me of the fetal pig from Biology (was that I or II?) is not sushi.  It\'s ginger.  So they tell us.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnother reason I\'m grossed out by sushi:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Sushi bars smell like dirty feet. </strong> </span>Next time you walk in one, take a whiff and try to tell me that I\'m wrong.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet another reason:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t like cooked fish, so why on earth would I suddenly like it raw?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMore reasons:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter Sarah invited me to try sushi for this blog (which is hardly soul-scintillating for me, but the conveyor belt serving style caught my attention), my mother warned me about sushi eaters getting parasites from raw fish.  She swore to me that there are DOCUMENTED CASES where sushi eaters have become infested.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/20/day-143-i-am-now-in-need-of-liver-scintillation/\" target=\"_blank\">And with my recent deworming (natural docs would call it a \"cleanse\"),</a></strong> why would I introduce new worms into my gut?  Bleck.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>DOCUMENTED CASES!!!  Mom swears this is true.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI can\'t remember who, but one of my good friends was once rushed to the ER after eating sushi.  I suppose that counts as a documented case.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t need a reason.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHey, when you\'re 41, you\'ve earned the right to do whatever the hell you want.  I simply wanted to check out this revolving sushi joint for the novelty factor.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah said she was first introduced the conveyor belt/revolving gimmick 5 years ago in Vancouver.  This means it\'s probably been in New York for 10.  Me, Late Bloomer that I am, never heard of it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor those of you as behind the times as me, here you go:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/AYorH6rUckc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>What I did try (nothing contained parasites, Mom):</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSeaweed Salad -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLas Vegas Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCalifornia Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAsparagus Roll -- o.k.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEdamame -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGyoza -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Total price for all of these plates of food (for both me and Sarah):</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4934 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808000;\">$13!!!!!!!</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Novelty factor: </strong></span>Priceless.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 188:  Revolving Sushi','','inherit','open','open','','4930-revision-22','','','2011-04-03 21:17:42','2011-04-04 04:17:42','',4930,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/03/4930-revision-22/',0,'revision','',0),(4956,1,'2011-04-03 21:18:45','2011-04-04 04:18:45','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4932 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nListen, I\'m going to start off by telling you that I\'ve never eaten sushi, nor have I ever wanted to.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>EVERYONE CALM DOWN! </strong> I understand that you \"sushi people\" are very attached to your sushi, and this could be disturbing news for you.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis photo is just one of the many reasons I\'m grossed out by your precious sushi:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4931\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Call me crazy, but I don&#39;t want to eat anything that resembles placenta.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4931\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGranted, this mystery condiment that reminds me of the fetal pig from Biology (was that I or II?) is not sushi.  It\'s ginger.  So they tell us.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnother reason I\'m grossed out by sushi:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Sushi bars smell like dirty feet. </strong> </span>Next time you walk into one, take a whiff and try to tell me that I\'m wrong.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet another reason:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t like cooked fish, so why on earth would I suddenly like it raw?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMore reasons:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter Sarah invited me to try sushi for this blog (which is hardly soul-scintillating for me, but the conveyor belt serving style caught my attention), my mother warned me about sushi eaters getting parasites from raw fish.  She swore to me that there are DOCUMENTED CASES where sushi eaters have become infested.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/20/day-143-i-am-now-in-need-of-liver-scintillation/\" target=\"_blank\">And with my recent deworming (natural docs would call it a \"cleanse\"),</a></strong> why would I introduce new worms into my gut?  Bleck.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>DOCUMENTED CASES!!!  Mom swears this is true.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI can\'t remember who, but one of my good friends was once rushed to the ER after eating sushi.  I suppose that counts as a documented case.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t need a reason.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHey, when you\'re 41, you\'ve earned the right to do whatever the hell you want.  I simply wanted to check out this revolving sushi joint for the novelty factor.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah said she was first introduced the conveyor belt/revolving gimmick 5 years ago in Vancouver.  This means it\'s probably been in New York for 10.  Me, Late Bloomer that I am, never heard of it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor those of you as behind the times as me, here you go:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/AYorH6rUckc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>What I did try (nothing contained parasites, Mom):</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSeaweed Salad -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLas Vegas Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCalifornia Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAsparagus Roll -- o.k.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEdamame -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGyoza -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Total price for all of these plates of food (for both me and Sarah):</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4934 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808000;\">$13!!!!!!!</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Novelty factor: </strong></span>Priceless.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 188:  Revolving Sushi','','inherit','open','open','','4930-revision-23','','','2011-04-03 21:18:45','2011-04-04 04:18:45','',4930,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/03/4930-revision-23/',0,'revision','',0),(4957,1,'2011-04-03 21:20:45','2011-04-04 04:20:45','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4932 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nListen, I\'m going to start off by telling you that I\'ve never eaten sushi, nor have I ever wanted to.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>EVERYONE CALM DOWN! </strong> I understand that you \"sushi people\" are very attached to your sushi, and this could be disturbing news for you.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis photo is just one of the many reasons I\'m grossed out by your precious sushi:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4931\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Call me crazy, but I don&#39;t want to eat anything that resembles placenta.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4931\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGranted, this mystery condiment that reminds me of the fetal pig from Biology (was that I or II?) is not sushi.  It\'s ginger.  So they tell us.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnother reason I\'m grossed out by sushi:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Sushi bars smell like dirty feet. </strong> </span>Next time you walk into one, take a whiff and try to tell me that I\'m wrong.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet another reason:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t like cooked fish, so why on earth would I suddenly like it raw?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMore reasons:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter Sarah invited me to try sushi for this blog (which is hardly soul-scintillating for me, but the conveyor belt serving style caught my attention), my mother warned me about sushi eaters getting parasites from raw fish.  She swore to me that there are DOCUMENTED CASES where sushi eaters have become infested.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/20/day-143-i-am-now-in-need-of-liver-scintillation/\" target=\"_blank\">And with my recent deworming (natural docs would call it a \"cleanse\"),</a></strong> why would I introduce new worms into my gut?  Bleck.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>DOCUMENTED CASES!!!  Mom swears this is true.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI can\'t remember who, but one of my good friends was once rushed to the ER after eating sushi.  I suppose that counts as a documented case.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t need a reason.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHey, when you\'re 41, you\'ve earned the right to do whatever the hell you want.  I simply wanted to check out this revolving sushi joint for the novelty factor.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah said she was first introduced the conveyor belt/revolving gimmick 5 years ago in Vancouver.  This means it\'s probably been in New York for 10.  Me, Late Bloomer that I am, never heard of it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor those of you as behind the times as me, here you go:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/AYorH6rUckc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>What I did try (nothing contained parasites, Mom):</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSeaweed Salad -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLas Vegas Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCalifornia Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAsparagus Roll -- o.k.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEdamame -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGyoza -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Total price for all of these plates of food (for both me and Sarah):</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4934 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808000;\">$13!!!!!!!</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Novelty factor: </strong></span>Priceless.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 188:  Revolving Sushi','','inherit','open','open','','4930-revision-24','','','2011-04-03 21:20:45','2011-04-04 04:20:45','',4930,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/03/4930-revision-24/',0,'revision','',0),(4958,1,'2011-04-03 21:23:10','2011-04-04 04:23:10','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4932 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nListen, I\'m going to start off by telling you that I\'ve never eaten sushi, nor have I ever wanted to.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>EVERYONE CALM DOWN! </strong> I understand that you \"sushi people\" are very attached to your sushi, and this could be disturbing news for you.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis photo is just one of the many reasons I\'m grossed out by your precious sushi:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4931\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Call me crazy, but I don&#39;t want to eat anything that resembles placenta.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4931\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGranted, this mystery condiment that reminds me of the fetal pig from Biology (was that I or II?) is not sushi.  It\'s ginger.  So they tell us.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnother reason I\'m grossed out by sushi:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Sushi bars smell like dirty feet. </strong> </span>Next time you walk into one, take a whiff and try to tell me that I\'m wrong.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet another reason:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t like cooked fish, so why on earth would I suddenly like it raw?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMore reasons:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter Sarah invited me to try sushi for this blog (which is hardly soul-scintillating for me, but the conveyor belt serving style caught my attention), my mother warned me about sushi eaters getting parasites from raw fish.  She swore to me that there are DOCUMENTED CASES where sushi eaters have become infested.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/20/day-143-i-am-now-in-need-of-liver-scintillation/\" target=\"_blank\">And with my recent deworming (natural docs would call it a \"cleanse\"),</a></strong> why would I introduce new worms into my gut?  Bleck.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>DOCUMENTED CASES!!!  Mom swears this is true.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI can\'t remember who, but one of my good friends was once rushed to the ER after eating sushi.  I suppose that counts as a documented case.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t need a reason.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHey, when you\'re 41, you\'ve earned the right to do whatever the hell you want.  I simply wanted to check out this revolving sushi joint for the novelty factor.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah said she was first introduced the conveyor belt/revolving gimmick 5 years ago in Vancouver.  This means it\'s probably been in New York for 10.  Me, Late Bloomer that I am, never heard of it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor those of you as behind the times as me, here you go:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/AYorH6rUckc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>What I did try (nothing contained parasites, Mom):</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSeaweed Salad -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLas Vegas Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCalifornia Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAsparagus Roll -- o.k.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEdamame -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGyoza -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Total price for all of these plates of food (for both me and Sarah):</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4934 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808000;\">$13!!!!!!!</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Novelty factor: </strong></span>Priceless.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 188:  Revolving Sushi','','inherit','open','open','','4930-revision-25','','','2011-04-03 21:23:10','2011-04-04 04:23:10','',4930,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/03/4930-revision-25/',0,'revision','',0),(4960,1,'2011-04-05 01:11:34','2011-04-05 08:11:34','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4967\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>I can hardly remember life before <strong><a href=\"http://www.groupon.com\" target=\"_blank\">Groupon </a></strong>and <strong><a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com\" target=\"_blank\">Living Social</a></strong>.  They provide me with daily ideas for living curiously at a greatly reduced cost. What perfect timing for them to grow into their Superpower status right around the same time this blog was born!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEach morning after I power up my Crackberry, I stare blearily at my incoming emails (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/day-186-unsubscribing-from-the-avalanche/\" target=\"_blank\">greatly reduced now thanks to Day 186</a></strong>) to discover my Daily Deals.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago, I rolled out of bed to find an Amazing Race-style event Groupon.  I\'ve never seen myself as an Amazing Race kinda gal, and that\'s exactly why I knew I needed to tackle this urban adventure.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>My Partner-in-Crime: </strong></span> My Birthday Twin, Sarah.  (Not to be confused with <strong><a href=\"http://www.606diaries.com\" target=\"_blank\">my other Birthday Twin, Todd</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Our Mission That We Chose to Accept:</strong></span> Fun.  I\'m competitive at Scrabble, <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/02/day-95-rainy-day-rummikub/\" target=\"_blank\">Rummikub</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/14/day-48-card-sharks/\" target=\"_blank\">Scrooged</a></strong>, but I know my limitations.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHonestly, we had four hours to complete the race, and Sarah and I talked about taking pit stops for margaritas at a local bar and cobbler at a cobbler shop (cobbler shop as in \"pie\" not \"shoes\") that I\'ve <em>always</em> wanted to try but is <em>always </em>closed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Our Host: </strong></span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.challengenation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Challenge Nation.</a></strong> Great event.  I highly recommend signing up for the race in your fair city.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Rules:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>We were not allowed to use cars, bikes, scooters, etc.  We were allowed to use public transport, but Sarah and I preferred the Sunday afternoon stroll version.</li>\r\n	<li>We could use smartphones, maps, and a lifeline.  We opted for using the maps on our phones, and I also learned that Sarah has a pretty good sense of direction.</li>\r\n	<li>We had to solve 11 out of the 12 clues and take photos of ourselves at all locations.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>GO!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>\r\n</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe nearly 1000 registrants seemed pretty into it -- running and shouting like mad.  I was still in \"easy as Sunday morning\" mode and not quite prepared for the mayhem.  \r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah read the clues to me over and over.  We were both in brain fog until...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah captured my attention with a \"Curioser and Curioser\" clue #7:  As one of downtown\'s most visited institutions, it\'s likely you\'ve been here since it opened its newest home in 1997.  But you probably haven\'t seen the latest treat in their renovated lobby -- it was just dedicated on Friday night.  <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Titled \"Curioser and Curioser\" after a passage of <em>Alice in Wonderland </em></strong></span>enjoy the air conditioning and take a photo with one of your teammates using the eye piece and everyone else posing around them.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhy did this clue stand out for me above the rest, you\'re asking?  Take a look at the right-hand side of this page, please. (Third green rectangular box from the top.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>Holy Coinkidink, Batman!! </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI Googled \"curioser and curioser lobby phoenix\" and BAM!  Our destination was the AZ Science Center.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was officially awake and ready to compete.  I took photos of the clue sheet, and emailed them to my Lifeline aka Mom.  I called her, told her to enlarge all images so they were readable, and asked her to start cybersleuthing away.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s now time for my Second Slideshow Ever!  (Without any help from the Apple store or Christy Jo.  I have about 5 minutes to figure these things out these days.)\r\n&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/kZUeWaa61mE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;\r\nSarah and I completed the race in about 2 hours.  I thought we had a great shot at winning until we heard that we were 179th out of 240-ish.  Oh, well.  If we had only solved clues in the first 1/2 hour instead of discussing margaritas and cobbler, we may have cracked the top 50.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSomehow my new Twitter friend <strong><a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/warfin\" target=\"_blank\">@warfin </a></strong>(who came to the <strong><a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23challengephx\" target=\"_blank\">#challengephx</a></strong> hash tag rescue) finished 7th.  I\'m thinking he must be an athletic brainiac who doesn\'t care for cobbler or tequila.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n********\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA very special thanks to my Lifelines aka Mom &amp; Dad, as well as Brookie P who braved the downtown streets to show up and serve as our official photographer.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','189:  Urban Scavenger Hunt','','publish','open','open','','189-urban-scavenger-hunt','','http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/day-186-unsubscribing-from-the-avalanche/\nhttp://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/02/day-95-rainy-day-rummikub/\nhttp://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/14/day-48-card-sharks/','2011-04-05 13:12:57','2011-04-05 20:12:57','',0,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?p=4960',0,'post','',10),(4959,1,'2011-04-03 21:25:43','2011-04-04 04:25:43','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4932 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nListen, I\'m going to start off by telling you that I\'ve never eaten sushi, nor have I ever wanted to.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>EVERYONE CALM DOWN! </strong> I understand that you \"sushi people\" are very attached to your sushi, and this could be disturbing news for you.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis photo is just one of the many reasons I\'m grossed out by your precious sushi:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4931\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Call me crazy, but I don&#39;t want to eat anything that resembles placenta.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4931\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGranted, this mystery condiment that reminds me of the fetal pig from Biology (was that I or II?) is not sushi.  It\'s ginger.  So they tell us.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnother reason I\'m grossed out by sushi:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Sushi bars smell like dirty feet. </strong> </span>Next time you walk into one, take a whiff and try to tell me that I\'m wrong.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet another reason:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t like cooked fish, so why on earth would I suddenly like it raw?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMore reasons:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter Sarah invited me to try sushi for this blog (which is hardly soul-scintillating for me, but the conveyor belt serving style caught my attention), my mother warned me about sushi eaters getting parasites from raw fish.  She swore to me that there are DOCUMENTED CASES where sushi eaters have become infested.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/02/20/day-143-i-am-now-in-need-of-liver-scintillation/\" target=\"_blank\">And with my recent deworming (natural docs would call it a \"cleanse\"),</a></strong> why would I introduce new worms into my gut?  Bleck.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>DOCUMENTED CASES!!!  Mom swears this is true.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI can\'t remember who, but one of my good friends was once rushed to the ER after eating sushi.  I suppose that counts as a documented case.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI don\'t need a reason.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHey, when you\'re 41, you\'ve earned the right to do whatever the hell you want.  I simply wanted to check out this revolving sushi joint for the novelty factor.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah said she was first introduced the conveyor belt/revolving gimmick 5 years ago in Vancouver.  This means it\'s probably been in New York for 10.  I, Late Bloomer that I am, never heard of it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor those of you as behind the times as me, here you go:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/AYorH6rUckc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>What I did try (nothing contained parasites, Mom):</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSeaweed Salad -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLas Vegas Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCalifornia Roll -- meh\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAsparagus Roll -- o.k.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEdamame -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGyoza -- yum\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Total price for all of these plates of food (for both me and Sarah):</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4934 alignnone\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4020008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808000;\">$13!!!!!!!</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Novelty factor: </strong></span>Priceless.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 188:  Revolving Sushi','','inherit','open','open','','4930-revision-26','','','2011-04-03 21:25:43','2011-04-04 04:25:43','',4930,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/03/4930-revision-26/',0,'revision','',0),(4962,1,'2011-04-04 20:13:12','2011-04-05 03:13:12','I can hardly remember life before Groupon.  They provide me with daily ideas for living curiously at a greatly reduced cost. What perfect timing that they grew into their Superpower status right around the time this blog was born!  \n\nEach morning after I power up my Crackberry, I stare blearily at my incoming emails (greatly reduced now thanks to Day ) and discover the Groupon Deal of the Day.  \n\nA few weeks ago, I rolled out of bed to find an Amazing Race-style event Groupon.  I\'ve never seen myself as an Amazing Race kinda gal, and that\'s exactly why I knew I needed to tackle this urban adventure.  \n\nMy Partner-in-Crime:  My Birthday Twin, Sarah.  (Not to be confused with my other Birthday Twin, Todd.)  \n\nOur Mission That We Chose to Accept:  Fun.  I\'m competitive at Scrabble, Rummikub, and Scrooged, but I know my limitations.  \n\nRules:  \n\nWe were not allowed to use cars, bikes, scooters, etc.  We were allowed to use public transport, but Sarah and I preferred the Sunday afternoon stroll version.  \n\nWe could use smartphones, maps, and a lifeline.  We opted for using the map on our phones, and I also learned that Sarah has a pretty good sense of direction.  \n\nWe had to solve 11 out of the 12 clues and take photos of ourselves at all locations.  \n\nGO!  \n\nThe nearly 1000 registrants seemed pretty into it -- running and shouting like mad.  \n\nSarah read the clues to me over and over.  We were both in brain fog until...\n\nShe captured my attention with a \"Curioser and Curioser\" clue:  \n\nWhy did this clue stand out, you\'re asking?  Take a look at the right-hand side of this page, please.  \n\n!!!!\n\nI Googled \"curioser and curioser lobby phoenix\" and bam!  Our destination was the AZ Science Center.  \n\nI was officially awake and ready to compete.  I took photos of all of the clues, and emailed them to my Lifeline aka Mom.  I called her, told her to enlarge all images so they were readable, and asked her to start cybersleuthing ','189:  Urban Scavenger Hunt','','inherit','open','open','','4960-revision-2','','','2011-04-04 20:13:12','2011-04-05 03:13:12','',4960,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/04/4960-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(4963,1,'2011-04-04 21:32:37','2011-04-05 04:32:37','I can hardly remember life before <strong><a href=\"http://www.groupon.com\" target=\"_blank\">Groupon </a></strong>and <strong><a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com\" target=\"_blank\">Living Social</a></strong>.  They provide me with daily ideas for living curiously at a greatly reduced cost. What perfect timing for them to grow into their Superpower status right around the same time this blog was born!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEach morning after I power up my Crackberry, I stare blearily at my incoming emails (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/day-186-unsubscribing-from-the-avalanche/\" target=\"_blank\">greatly reduced now thanks to Day 186</a></strong>) and discover the my Daily Deals.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nA few weeks ago, I rolled out of bed to find an Amazing Race-style event Groupon.  I\'ve never seen myself as an Amazing Race kinda gal, and that\'s exactly why I knew I needed to tackle this urban adventure.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>My Partner-in-Crime: </strong></span> My Birthday Twin, Sarah.  (Not to be confused with <strong><a href=\"http://www.606diaries.com\" target=\"_parent\">my other Birthday Twin, Todd</a></strong>.)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Our Mission That We Chose to Accept:</strong></span> Fun.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI\'m competitive at Scrabble, <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/02/day-95-rainy-day-rummikub/\" target=\"_blank\">Rummikub</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/14/day-48-card-sharks/\" target=\"_blank\">Scrooged</a></strong>, but I know my limitations.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHonestly, we had four hours to complete the race, and Sarah and I talked about stopping for a margarita or a piece of cobbler at a cobbler shop (cobbler shop as in \"pie\" not \"shoes\") that I\'ve <em>always</em> wanted to try but is <em>always </em>closed.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Rules:</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n	<li>We were not allowed to use cars, bikes, scooters, etc.  We were allowed to use public transport, but Sarah and I preferred the Sunday afternoon stroll version.</li>\n	<li></li>\n	<li>We could use smartphones, maps, and a lifeline.  We opted for using the maps on our phones, and I also learned that Sarah has a pretty good sense of direction.</li>\n	<li></li>\n	<li>We had to solve 11 out of the 12 clues and take photos of ourselves at all locations.</li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>GO!</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThe nearly 1000 registrants seemed pretty into it -- running and shouting like mad. It\'s Sunday, people!  Chill!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSarah read the clues to me over and over.  We were both in brain fog until...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSarah captured my attention with a \"Curioser and Curioser\" clue #7:  As one of downtown\'s most visited institutions, it\'s likely you\'ve been here since it opened its newest home in 1997.  But you probably haven\'t seen the latest treat in their renovated lobby -- it was just dedicated on Friday night.  <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Titled \"Curioser and Curioser\" after a passage of <em>Alice in Wonderland </em></strong></span>enjoy the air conditioning and take a photo with one of your teammates using the eye piece and everyone else posing around them.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhy did this clue stand out for me above the rest, you\'re asking?  Take a look at the right-hand side of this page, please.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>Holy Coincidence, Batman!! </strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI Googled \"curioser and curioser lobby phoenix\" and bam!  Our destination was the AZ Science Center.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI was officially awake and ready to compete.  I took photos of all of the clues, and emailed them to my Lifeline aka Mom.  I called her, told her to enlarge all images so they were readable, and asked her to start cybersleuthing away.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIt\'s now time for my Second Slideshow Ever!  (Without any help from the Apple store or Christy Jo.  I have about 5 minutes to figure these things out these days.)\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSarah and I completed the race in about 2 hours.  I thought we had a great shot at winning until we heard that we were 179th out of 24oish.  Oh, well.  If we had solved clues in the first 1/2 hour instead of discussing margaritas and cobbler, we may have cracked the top 50.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSomehow my new Twitter friend @warfarin (who came to the #challengephx hash tag rescue) finished 7th.  I\'m thinking he must be an athletic brainiac who doesn\'t care for pie or tequila.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n********\n\n&nbsp;\n\nA very special thanks to my Lifelines aka Mom &amp; Dad and Brookie P who braved the downtown streets to show up and serve as our official photographer.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','189:  Urban Scavenger Hunt','','inherit','open','open','','4960-revision-3','','','2011-04-04 21:32:37','2011-04-05 04:32:37','',4960,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/04/4960-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(4964,1,'2011-04-04 21:38:52','2011-04-05 04:38:52','I can hardly remember life before <strong><a href=\"http://www.groupon.com\" target=\"_blank\">Groupon </a></strong>and <strong><a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com\" target=\"_blank\">Living Social</a></strong>.  They provide me with daily ideas for living curiously at a greatly reduced cost. What perfect timing for them to grow into their Superpower status right around the same time this blog was born!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEach morning after I power up my Crackberry, I stare blearily at my incoming emails (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/day-186-unsubscribing-from-the-avalanche/\" target=\"_blank\">greatly reduced now thanks to Day 186</a></strong>) and discover the my Daily Deals.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nA few weeks ago, I rolled out of bed to find an Amazing Race-style event Groupon.  I\'ve never seen myself as an Amazing Race kinda gal, and that\'s exactly why I knew I needed to tackle this urban adventure.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>My Partner-in-Crime: </strong></span> My Birthday Twin, Sarah.  (Not to be confused with <strong><a href=\"http://www.606diaries.com\" target=\"_parent\">my other Birthday Twin, Todd</a></strong>.)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Our Mission That We Chose to Accept:</strong></span> Fun.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI\'m competitive at Scrabble, <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/02/day-95-rainy-day-rummikub/\" target=\"_blank\">Rummikub</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/14/day-48-card-sharks/\" target=\"_blank\">Scrooged</a></strong>, but I know my limitations.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHonestly, we had four hours to complete the race, and Sarah and I talked about stopping for a margarita or a piece of cobbler at a cobbler shop (cobbler shop as in \"pie\" not \"shoes\") that I\'ve <em>always</em> wanted to try but is <em>always </em>closed.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Our Host: </strong></span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.challengenation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Challenge Nation.</a></strong> Great event.  I highly recommend joining one of their events in your fair city.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Rules:</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n	<li>We were not allowed to use cars, bikes, scooters, etc.  We were allowed to use public transport, but Sarah and I preferred the Sunday afternoon stroll version.</li>\n	<li>We could use smartphones, maps, and a lifeline.  We opted for using the maps on our phones, and I also learned that Sarah has a pretty good sense of direction.</li>\n	<li>We had to solve 11 out of the 12 clues and take photos of ourselves at all locations.</li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>GO!</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThe nearly 1000 registrants seemed pretty into it -- running and shouting like mad. It\'s Sunday, people!  Chill!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSarah read the clues to me over and over.  We were both in brain fog until...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSarah captured my attention with a \"Curioser and Curioser\" clue #7:  As one of downtown\'s most visited institutions, it\'s likely you\'ve been here since it opened its newest home in 1997.  But you probably haven\'t seen the latest treat in their renovated lobby -- it was just dedicated on Friday night.  <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Titled \"Curioser and Curioser\" after a passage of <em>Alice in Wonderland </em></strong></span>enjoy the air conditioning and take a photo with one of your teammates using the eye piece and everyone else posing around them.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhy did this clue stand out for me above the rest, you\'re asking?  Take a look at the right-hand side of this page, please.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>Holy Coincidence, Batman!! </strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI Googled \"curioser and curioser lobby phoenix\" and bam!  Our destination was the AZ Science Center.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI was officially awake and ready to compete.  I took photos of all of the clues, and emailed them to my Lifeline aka Mom.  I called her, told her to enlarge all images so they were readable, and asked her to start cybersleuthing away.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIt\'s now time for my Second Slideshow Ever!  (Without any help from the Apple store or Christy Jo.  I have about 5 minutes to figure these things out these days.)\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSarah and I completed the race in about 2 hours.  I thought we had a great shot at winning until we heard that we were 179th out of 24oish.  Oh, well.  If we had solved clues in the first 1/2 hour instead of discussing margaritas and cobbler, we may have cracked the top 50.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSomehow my new Twitter friend @warfarin (who came to the #challengephx hash tag rescue) finished 7th.  I\'m thinking he must be an athletic brainiac who doesn\'t care for pie or tequila.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n********\n\n&nbsp;\n\nA very special thanks to my Lifelines aka Mom &amp; Dad and Brookie P who braved the downtown streets to show up and serve as our official photographer.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','189:  Urban Scavenger Hunt','','inherit','open','open','','4960-revision-4','','','2011-04-04 21:38:52','2011-04-05 04:38:52','',4960,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/04/4960-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(4965,1,'2011-04-04 21:39:33','2011-04-05 04:39:33','I can hardly remember life before <strong><a href=\"http://www.groupon.com\" target=\"_blank\">Groupon </a></strong>and <strong><a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com\" target=\"_blank\">Living Social</a></strong>.  They provide me with daily ideas for living curiously at a greatly reduced cost. What perfect timing for them to grow into their Superpower status right around the same time this blog was born!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEach morning after I power up my Crackberry, I stare blearily at my incoming emails (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/day-186-unsubscribing-from-the-avalanche/\" target=\"_blank\">greatly reduced now thanks to Day 186</a></strong>) and discover the my Daily Deals.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago, I rolled out of bed to find an Amazing Race-style event Groupon.  I\'ve never seen myself as an Amazing Race kinda gal, and that\'s exactly why I knew I needed to tackle this urban adventure.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>My Partner-in-Crime: </strong></span> My Birthday Twin, Sarah.  (Not to be confused with <strong><a href=\"http://www.606diaries.com\" target=\"_parent\">my other Birthday Twin, Todd</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Our Mission That We Chose to Accept:</strong></span> Fun.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI\'m competitive at Scrabble, <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/02/day-95-rainy-day-rummikub/\" target=\"_blank\">Rummikub</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/14/day-48-card-sharks/\" target=\"_blank\">Scrooged</a></strong>, but I know my limitations.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHonestly, we had four hours to complete the race, and Sarah and I talked about stopping for a margarita or a piece of cobbler at a cobbler shop (cobbler shop as in \"pie\" not \"shoes\") that I\'ve <em>always</em> wanted to try but is <em>always </em>closed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Our Host: </strong></span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.challengenation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Challenge Nation.</a></strong> Great event.  I highly recommend joining one of their events in your fair city.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Rules:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>We were not allowed to use cars, bikes, scooters, etc.  We were allowed to use public transport, but Sarah and I preferred the Sunday afternoon stroll version.</li>\r\n	<li>We could use smartphones, maps, and a lifeline.  We opted for using the maps on our phones, and I also learned that Sarah has a pretty good sense of direction.</li>\r\n	<li>We had to solve 11 out of the 12 clues and take photos of ourselves at all locations.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>GO!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe nearly 1000 registrants seemed pretty into it -- running and shouting like mad. It\'s Sunday, people!  Chill!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah read the clues to me over and over.  We were both in brain fog until...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah captured my attention with a \"Curioser and Curioser\" clue #7:  As one of downtown\'s most visited institutions, it\'s likely you\'ve been here since it opened its newest home in 1997.  But you probably haven\'t seen the latest treat in their renovated lobby -- it was just dedicated on Friday night.  <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Titled \"Curioser and Curioser\" after a passage of <em>Alice in Wonderland </em></strong></span>enjoy the air conditioning and take a photo with one of your teammates using the eye piece and everyone else posing around them.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhy did this clue stand out for me above the rest, you\'re asking?  Take a look at the right-hand side of this page, please.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>Holy Coincidence, Batman!! </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI Googled \"curioser and curioser lobby phoenix\" and bam!  Our destination was the AZ Science Center.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was officially awake and ready to compete.  I took photos of all of the clues, and emailed them to my Lifeline aka Mom.  I called her, told her to enlarge all images so they were readable, and asked her to start cybersleuthing away.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s now time for my Second Slideshow Ever!  (Without any help from the Apple store or Christy Jo.  I have about 5 minutes to figure these things out these days.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah and I completed the race in about 2 hours.  I thought we had a great shot at winning until we heard that we were 179th out of 24oish.  Oh, well.  If we had solved clues in the first 1/2 hour instead of discussing margaritas and cobbler, we may have cracked the top 50.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSomehow my new Twitter friend @warfarin (who came to the #challengephx hash tag rescue) finished 7th.  I\'m thinking he must be an athletic brainiac who doesn\'t care for pie or tequila.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n********\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA very special thanks to my Lifelines aka Mom &amp; Dad and Brookie P who braved the downtown streets to show up and serve as our official photographer.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','189:  Urban Scavenger Hunt','','inherit','open','open','','4960-revision-5','','','2011-04-04 21:39:33','2011-04-05 04:39:33','',4960,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/04/4960-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(4966,1,'2011-04-05 13:06:41','2011-04-05 20:06:41','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4967\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>I can hardly remember life before <strong><a href=\"http://www.groupon.com\" target=\"_blank\">Groupon </a></strong>and <strong><a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com\" target=\"_blank\">Living Social</a></strong>.  They provide me with daily ideas for living curiously at a greatly reduced cost. What perfect timing for them to grow into their Superpower status right around the same time this blog was born!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEach morning after I power up my Crackberry, I stare blearily at my incoming emails (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/day-186-unsubscribing-from-the-avalanche/\" target=\"_blank\">greatly reduced now thanks to Day 186</a></strong>) to discover my Daily Deals.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nA few weeks ago, I rolled out of bed to find an Amazing Race-style event Groupon.  I\'ve never seen myself as an Amazing Race kinda gal, and that\'s exactly why I knew I needed to tackle this urban adventure.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>My Partner-in-Crime: </strong></span> My Birthday Twin, Sarah.  (Not to be confused with <strong><a href=\"http://www.606diaries.com\" target=\"_blank\">my other Birthday Twin, Todd</a></strong>.)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Our Mission That We Chose to Accept:</strong></span> Fun.  I\'m competitive at Scrabble, <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/02/day-95-rainy-day-rummikub/\" target=\"_blank\">Rummikub</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/14/day-48-card-sharks/\" target=\"_blank\">Scrooged</a></strong>, but I know my limitations.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHonestly, we had four hours to complete the race, and Sarah and I talked about taking pit stops for margaritas at a local bar and cobbler at a cobbler shop (cobbler shop as in \"pie\" not \"shoes\") that I\'ve <em>always</em> wanted to try but is <em>always </em>closed.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Our Host: </strong></span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.challengenation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Challenge Nation.</a></strong> Great event.  I highly recommend signing up for the race in your fair city.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Rules:</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n	<li>We were not allowed to use cars, bikes, scooters, etc.  We were allowed to use public transport, but Sarah and I preferred the Sunday afternoon stroll version.</li>\n	<li>We could use smartphones, maps, and a lifeline.  We opted for using the maps on our phones, and I also learned that Sarah has a pretty good sense of direction.</li>\n	<li>We had to solve 11 out of the 12 clues and take photos of ourselves at all locations.</li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>GO!</strong></span>\n\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>\n</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThe nearly 1000 registrants seemed pretty into it -- running and shouting like mad.  I was still in \"easy as Sunday morning\" mode and not quite prepared for the mayhem.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSarah read the clues to me over and over.  We were both in brain fog until...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSarah captured my attention with a \"Curioser and Curioser\" clue #7:  As one of downtown\'s most visited institutions, it\'s likely you\'ve been here since it opened its newest home in 1997.  But you probably haven\'t seen the latest treat in their renovated lobby -- it was just dedicated on Friday night.  <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Titled \"Curioser and Curioser\" after a passage of <em>Alice in Wonderland </em></strong></span>enjoy the air conditioning and take a photo with one of your teammates using the eye piece and everyone else posing around them.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhy did this clue stand out for me above the rest, you\'re asking?  Take a look at the right-hand side of this page, please. (Third green rectangular box from the top.)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>Holy Coinkidink, Batman!! </strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI Googled \"curioser and curioser lobby phoenix\" and BAM!  Our destination was the AZ Science Center.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI was officially awake and ready to compete.  I took photos of the clue sheet, and emailed them to my Lifeline aka Mom.  I called her, told her to enlarge all images so they were readable, and asked her to start cybersleuthing away.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIt\'s now time for my Second Slideshow Ever!  (Without any help from the Apple store or Christy Jo.  I have about 5 minutes to figure these things out these days.)\n\n\n\n\n\nSarah and I completed the race in about 2 hours.  I thought we had a great shot at winning until we heard that we were 179th out of 250-ish.  Oh, well.  If we had only solved clues in the first 1/2 hour instead of discussing margaritas and cobbler, we may have cracked the top 50.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSomehow my new Twitter friend <strong><a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/warfin\" target=\"_blank\">@warfarin </a></strong>(who came to the <strong><a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23challengephx\" target=\"_blank\">#challengephx</a></strong> hash tag rescue) finished 7th.  I\'m thinking he must be an athletic brainiac who doesn\'t care for cobbler or tequila.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n********\n\n&nbsp;\n\nA very special thanks to my Lifelines aka Mom &amp; Dad, as well as Brookie P who braved the downtown streets to show up and serve as our official photographer.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','189:  Urban Scavenger Hunt','','inherit','open','open','','4960-autosave','','','2011-04-05 13:06:41','2011-04-05 20:06:41','',4960,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/04/4960-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(4967,1,'2011-04-04 21:45:34','2011-04-05 04:45:34','','OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA','','inherit','open','open','','olympus-digital-camera-296','','','2011-04-04 21:45:34','2011-04-05 04:45:34','',4960,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4968,1,'2011-04-04 21:39:49','2011-04-05 04:39:49','I can hardly remember life before <strong><a href=\"http://www.groupon.com\" target=\"_blank\">Groupon </a></strong>and <strong><a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com\" target=\"_blank\">Living Social</a></strong>.  They provide me with daily ideas for living curiously at a greatly reduced cost. What perfect timing for them to grow into their Superpower status right around the same time this blog was born!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEach morning after I power up my Crackberry, I stare blearily at my incoming emails (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/day-186-unsubscribing-from-the-avalanche/\" target=\"_blank\">greatly reduced now thanks to Day 186</a></strong>) and discover the my Daily Deals.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago, I rolled out of bed to find an Amazing Race-style event Groupon.  I\'ve never seen myself as an Amazing Race kinda gal, and that\'s exactly why I knew I needed to tackle this urban adventure.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>My Partner-in-Crime: </strong></span> My Birthday Twin, Sarah.  (Not to be confused with <strong><a href=\"http://www.606diaries.com\" target=\"_parent\">my other Birthday Twin, Todd</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Our Mission That We Chose to Accept:</strong></span> Fun.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI\'m competitive at Scrabble, <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/02/day-95-rainy-day-rummikub/\" target=\"_blank\">Rummikub</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/14/day-48-card-sharks/\" target=\"_blank\">Scrooged</a></strong>, but I know my limitations.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHonestly, we had four hours to complete the race, and Sarah and I talked about stopping for a margarita or a piece of cobbler at a cobbler shop (cobbler shop as in \"pie\" not \"shoes\") that I\'ve <em>always</em> wanted to try but is <em>always </em>closed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Our Host: </strong></span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.challengenation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Challenge Nation.</a></strong> Great event.  I highly recommend joining one of their events in your fair city.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Rules:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>We were not allowed to use cars, bikes, scooters, etc.  We were allowed to use public transport, but Sarah and I preferred the Sunday afternoon stroll version.</li>\r\n	<li>We could use smartphones, maps, and a lifeline.  We opted for using the maps on our phones, and I also learned that Sarah has a pretty good sense of direction.</li>\r\n	<li>We had to solve 11 out of the 12 clues and take photos of ourselves at all locations.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>GO!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe nearly 1000 registrants seemed pretty into it -- running and shouting like mad. It\'s Sunday, people!  Chill!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah read the clues to me over and over.  We were both in brain fog until...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah captured my attention with a \"Curioser and Curioser\" clue #7:  As one of downtown\'s most visited institutions, it\'s likely you\'ve been here since it opened its newest home in 1997.  But you probably haven\'t seen the latest treat in their renovated lobby -- it was just dedicated on Friday night.  <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Titled \"Curioser and Curioser\" after a passage of <em>Alice in Wonderland </em></strong></span>enjoy the air conditioning and take a photo with one of your teammates using the eye piece and everyone else posing around them.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhy did this clue stand out for me above the rest, you\'re asking?  Take a look at the right-hand side of this page, please.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>Holy Coincidence, Batman!! </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI Googled \"curioser and curioser lobby phoenix\" and bam!  Our destination was the AZ Science Center.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was officially awake and ready to compete.  I took photos of all of the clues, and emailed them to my Lifeline aka Mom.  I called her, told her to enlarge all images so they were readable, and asked her to start cybersleuthing away.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s now time for my Second Slideshow Ever!  (Without any help from the Apple store or Christy Jo.  I have about 5 minutes to figure these things out these days.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah and I completed the race in about 2 hours.  I thought we had a great shot at winning until we heard that we were 179th out of 24oish.  Oh, well.  If we had solved clues in the first 1/2 hour instead of discussing margaritas and cobbler, we may have cracked the top 50.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSomehow my new Twitter friend @warfarin (who came to the #challengephx hash tag rescue) finished 7th.  I\'m thinking he must be an athletic brainiac who doesn\'t care for pie or tequila.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n********\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA very special thanks to my Lifelines aka Mom &amp; Dad and Brookie P who braved the downtown streets to show up and serve as our official photographer.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','189:  Urban Scavenger Hunt','','inherit','open','open','','4960-revision-6','','','2011-04-04 21:39:49','2011-04-05 04:39:49','',4960,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/04/4960-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(4969,1,'2011-04-04 21:48:41','2011-04-05 04:48:41','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4967\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>I can hardly remember life before <strong><a href=\"http://www.groupon.com\" target=\"_blank\">Groupon </a></strong>and <strong><a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com\" target=\"_blank\">Living Social</a></strong>.  They provide me with daily ideas for living curiously at a greatly reduced cost. What perfect timing for them to grow into their Superpower status right around the same time this blog was born!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEach morning after I power up my Crackberry, I stare blearily at my incoming emails (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/day-186-unsubscribing-from-the-avalanche/\" target=\"_blank\">greatly reduced now thanks to Day 186</a></strong>) to discover my Daily Deals.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago, I rolled out of bed to find an Amazing Race-style event Groupon.  I\'ve never seen myself as an Amazing Race kinda gal, and that\'s exactly why I knew I needed to tackle this urban adventure.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>My Partner-in-Crime: </strong></span> My Birthday Twin, Sarah.  (Not to be confused with <strong><a href=\"http://www.606diaries.com\" target=\"_parent\">my other Birthday Twin, Todd</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Our Mission That We Chose to Accept:</strong></span> Fun.  I\'m competitive at Scrabble, <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/02/day-95-rainy-day-rummikub/\" target=\"_blank\">Rummikub</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/14/day-48-card-sharks/\" target=\"_blank\">Scrooged</a></strong>, but I know my limitations.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHonestly, we had four hours to complete the race, and Sarah and I talked about stopping for a margarita or a piece of cobbler at a cobbler shop (cobbler shop as in \"pie\" not \"shoes\") that I\'ve <em>always</em> wanted to try but is <em>always </em>closed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Our Host: </strong></span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.challengenation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Challenge Nation.</a></strong> Great event.  I highly recommend signing up for their event in your fair city.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Rules:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>We were not allowed to use cars, bikes, scooters, etc.  We were allowed to use public transport, but Sarah and I preferred the Sunday afternoon stroll version.</li>\r\n	<li>We could use smartphones, maps, and a lifeline.  We opted for using the maps on our phones, and I also learned that Sarah has a pretty good sense of direction.</li>\r\n	<li>We had to solve 11 out of the 12 clues and take photos of ourselves at all locations.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>GO!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe nearly 1000 registrants seemed pretty into it -- running and shouting like mad. It\'s Sunday, people!  Chill!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah read the clues to me over and over.  We were both in brain fog until...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah captured my attention with a \"Curioser and Curioser\" clue #7:  As one of downtown\'s most visited institutions, it\'s likely you\'ve been here since it opened its newest home in 1997.  But you probably haven\'t seen the latest treat in their renovated lobby -- it was just dedicated on Friday night.  <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Titled \"Curioser and Curioser\" after a passage of <em>Alice in Wonderland </em></strong></span>enjoy the air conditioning and take a photo with one of your teammates using the eye piece and everyone else posing around them.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhy did this clue stand out for me above the rest, you\'re asking?  Take a look at the right-hand side of this page, please.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>Holy Coincidence, Batman!! </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI Googled \"curioser and curioser lobby phoenix\" and bam!  Our destination was the AZ Science Center.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was officially awake and ready to compete.  I took photos of all of the clues, and emailed them to my Lifeline aka Mom.  I called her, told her to enlarge all images so they were readable, and asked her to start cybersleuthing away.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s now time for my Second Slideshow Ever!  (Without any help from the Apple store or Christy Jo.  I have about 5 minutes to figure these things out these days.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah and I completed the race in about 2 hours.  I thought we had a great shot at winning until we heard that we were 179th out of 24oish.  Oh, well.  If we had solved clues in the first 1/2 hour instead of discussing margaritas and cobbler, we may have cracked the top 50.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSomehow my new Twitter friend @warfarin (who came to the #challengephx hash tag rescue) finished 7th.  I\'m thinking he must be an athletic brainiac who doesn\'t care for pie or tequila.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n********\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA very special thanks to my Lifelines aka Mom &amp; Dad and Brookie P who braved the downtown streets to show up and serve as our official photographer.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','189:  Urban Scavenger Hunt','','inherit','open','open','','4960-revision-7','','','2011-04-04 21:48:41','2011-04-05 04:48:41','',4960,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/04/4960-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(4970,1,'2011-04-04 21:50:39','2011-04-05 04:50:39','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4967\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>I can hardly remember life before <strong><a href=\"http://www.groupon.com\" target=\"_blank\">Groupon </a></strong>and <strong><a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com\" target=\"_blank\">Living Social</a></strong>.  They provide me with daily ideas for living curiously at a greatly reduced cost. What perfect timing for them to grow into their Superpower status right around the same time this blog was born!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEach morning after I power up my Crackberry, I stare blearily at my incoming emails (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/day-186-unsubscribing-from-the-avalanche/\" target=\"_blank\">greatly reduced now thanks to Day 186</a></strong>) to discover my Daily Deals.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago, I rolled out of bed to find an Amazing Race-style event Groupon.  I\'ve never seen myself as an Amazing Race kinda gal, and that\'s exactly why I knew I needed to tackle this urban adventure.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>My Partner-in-Crime: </strong></span> My Birthday Twin, Sarah.  (Not to be confused with <strong><a href=\"http://www.606diaries.com\" target=\"_blank\">my other Birthday Twin, Todd</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Our Mission That We Chose to Accept:</strong></span> Fun.  I\'m competitive at Scrabble, <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/02/day-95-rainy-day-rummikub/\" target=\"_blank\">Rummikub</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/14/day-48-card-sharks/\" target=\"_blank\">Scrooged</a></strong>, but I know my limitations.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHonestly, we had four hours to complete the race, and Sarah and I talked about stopping for a margarita or a piece of cobbler at a cobbler shop (cobbler shop as in \"pie\" not \"shoes\") that I\'ve <em>always</em> wanted to try but is <em>always </em>closed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Our Host: </strong></span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.challengenation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Challenge Nation.</a></strong> Great event.  I highly recommend signing up for their event in your fair city.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Rules:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>We were not allowed to use cars, bikes, scooters, etc.  We were allowed to use public transport, but Sarah and I preferred the Sunday afternoon stroll version.</li>\r\n	<li>We could use smartphones, maps, and a lifeline.  We opted for using the maps on our phones, and I also learned that Sarah has a pretty good sense of direction.</li>\r\n	<li>We had to solve 11 out of the 12 clues and take photos of ourselves at all locations.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>GO!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe nearly 1000 registrants seemed pretty into it -- running and shouting like mad. It\'s Sunday, people!  Chill!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah read the clues to me over and over.  We were both in brain fog until...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah captured my attention with a \"Curioser and Curioser\" clue #7:  As one of downtown\'s most visited institutions, it\'s likely you\'ve been here since it opened its newest home in 1997.  But you probably haven\'t seen the latest treat in their renovated lobby -- it was just dedicated on Friday night.  <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Titled \"Curioser and Curioser\" after a passage of <em>Alice in Wonderland </em></strong></span>enjoy the air conditioning and take a photo with one of your teammates using the eye piece and everyone else posing around them.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhy did this clue stand out for me above the rest, you\'re asking?  Take a look at the right-hand side of this page, please.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>Holy Coincidence, Batman!! </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI Googled \"curioser and curioser lobby phoenix\" and bam!  Our destination was the AZ Science Center.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was officially awake and ready to compete.  I took photos of all of the clues, and emailed them to my Lifeline aka Mom.  I called her, told her to enlarge all images so they were readable, and asked her to start cybersleuthing away.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s now time for my Second Slideshow Ever!  (Without any help from the Apple store or Christy Jo.  I have about 5 minutes to figure these things out these days.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah and I completed the race in about 2 hours.  I thought we had a great shot at winning until we heard that we were 179th out of 24oish.  Oh, well.  If we had solved clues in the first 1/2 hour instead of discussing margaritas and cobbler, we may have cracked the top 50.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSomehow my new Twitter friend @warfarin (who came to the #challengephx hash tag rescue) finished 7th.  I\'m thinking he must be an athletic brainiac who doesn\'t care for pie or tequila.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n********\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA very special thanks to my Lifelines aka Mom &amp; Dad and Brookie P who braved the downtown streets to show up and serve as our official photographer.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','189:  Urban Scavenger Hunt','','inherit','open','open','','4960-revision-8','','','2011-04-04 21:50:39','2011-04-05 04:50:39','',4960,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/04/4960-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(4971,1,'2011-04-04 21:52:09','2011-04-05 04:52:09','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4967\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>I can hardly remember life before <strong><a href=\"http://www.groupon.com\" target=\"_blank\">Groupon </a></strong>and <strong><a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com\" target=\"_blank\">Living Social</a></strong>.  They provide me with daily ideas for living curiously at a greatly reduced cost. What perfect timing for them to grow into their Superpower status right around the same time this blog was born!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEach morning after I power up my Crackberry, I stare blearily at my incoming emails (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/day-186-unsubscribing-from-the-avalanche/\" target=\"_blank\">greatly reduced now thanks to Day 186</a></strong>) to discover my Daily Deals.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago, I rolled out of bed to find an Amazing Race-style event Groupon.  I\'ve never seen myself as an Amazing Race kinda gal, and that\'s exactly why I knew I needed to tackle this urban adventure.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>My Partner-in-Crime: </strong></span> My Birthday Twin, Sarah.  (Not to be confused with <strong><a href=\"http://www.606diaries.com\" target=\"_blank\">my other Birthday Twin, Todd</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Our Mission That We Chose to Accept:</strong></span> Fun.  I\'m competitive at Scrabble, <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/02/day-95-rainy-day-rummikub/\" target=\"_blank\">Rummikub</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/14/day-48-card-sharks/\" target=\"_blank\">Scrooged</a></strong>, but I know my limitations.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHonestly, we had four hours to complete the race, and Sarah and I talked about taking pit stops for margaritas and cobbler at a cobbler shop (cobbler shop as in \"pie\" not \"shoes\") that I\'ve <em>always</em> wanted to try but is <em>always </em>closed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Our Host: </strong></span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.challengenation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Challenge Nation.</a></strong> Great event.  I highly recommend signing up for their event in your fair city.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Rules:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>We were not allowed to use cars, bikes, scooters, etc.  We were allowed to use public transport, but Sarah and I preferred the Sunday afternoon stroll version.</li>\r\n	<li>We could use smartphones, maps, and a lifeline.  We opted for using the maps on our phones, and I also learned that Sarah has a pretty good sense of direction.</li>\r\n	<li>We had to solve 11 out of the 12 clues and take photos of ourselves at all locations.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>GO!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe nearly 1000 registrants seemed pretty into it -- running and shouting like mad. It\'s Sunday, people!  Chill!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah read the clues to me over and over.  We were both in brain fog until...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah captured my attention with a \"Curioser and Curioser\" clue #7:  As one of downtown\'s most visited institutions, it\'s likely you\'ve been here since it opened its newest home in 1997.  But you probably haven\'t seen the latest treat in their renovated lobby -- it was just dedicated on Friday night.  <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Titled \"Curioser and Curioser\" after a passage of <em>Alice in Wonderland </em></strong></span>enjoy the air conditioning and take a photo with one of your teammates using the eye piece and everyone else posing around them.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhy did this clue stand out for me above the rest, you\'re asking?  Take a look at the right-hand side of this page, please.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>Holy Coincidence, Batman!! </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI Googled \"curioser and curioser lobby phoenix\" and bam!  Our destination was the AZ Science Center.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was officially awake and ready to compete.  I took photos of all of the clues, and emailed them to my Lifeline aka Mom.  I called her, told her to enlarge all images so they were readable, and asked her to start cybersleuthing away.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s now time for my Second Slideshow Ever!  (Without any help from the Apple store or Christy Jo.  I have about 5 minutes to figure these things out these days.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah and I completed the race in about 2 hours.  I thought we had a great shot at winning until we heard that we were 179th out of 24oish.  Oh, well.  If we had solved clues in the first 1/2 hour instead of discussing margaritas and cobbler, we may have cracked the top 50.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSomehow my new Twitter friend @warfarin (who came to the #challengephx hash tag rescue) finished 7th.  I\'m thinking he must be an athletic brainiac who doesn\'t care for pie or tequila.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n********\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA very special thanks to my Lifelines aka Mom &amp; Dad and Brookie P who braved the downtown streets to show up and serve as our official photographer.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','189:  Urban Scavenger Hunt','','inherit','open','open','','4960-revision-9','','','2011-04-04 21:52:09','2011-04-05 04:52:09','',4960,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/04/4960-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(4972,1,'2011-04-04 21:53:33','2011-04-05 04:53:33','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4967\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>I can hardly remember life before <strong><a href=\"http://www.groupon.com\" target=\"_blank\">Groupon </a></strong>and <strong><a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com\" target=\"_blank\">Living Social</a></strong>.  They provide me with daily ideas for living curiously at a greatly reduced cost. What perfect timing for them to grow into their Superpower status right around the same time this blog was born!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEach morning after I power up my Crackberry, I stare blearily at my incoming emails (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/day-186-unsubscribing-from-the-avalanche/\" target=\"_blank\">greatly reduced now thanks to Day 186</a></strong>) to discover my Daily Deals.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago, I rolled out of bed to find an Amazing Race-style event Groupon.  I\'ve never seen myself as an Amazing Race kinda gal, and that\'s exactly why I knew I needed to tackle this urban adventure.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>My Partner-in-Crime: </strong></span> My Birthday Twin, Sarah.  (Not to be confused with <strong><a href=\"http://www.606diaries.com\" target=\"_blank\">my other Birthday Twin, Todd</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Our Mission That We Chose to Accept:</strong></span> Fun.  I\'m competitive at Scrabble, <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/02/day-95-rainy-day-rummikub/\" target=\"_blank\">Rummikub</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/14/day-48-card-sharks/\" target=\"_blank\">Scrooged</a></strong>, but I know my limitations.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHonestly, we had four hours to complete the race, and Sarah and I talked about taking pit stops for margaritas at a local bar and cobbler at a cobbler shop (cobbler shop as in \"pie\" not \"shoes\") that I\'ve <em>always</em> wanted to try but is <em>always </em>closed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Our Host: </strong></span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.challengenation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Challenge Nation.</a></strong> Great event.  I highly recommend signing up for their event in your fair city.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Rules:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>We were not allowed to use cars, bikes, scooters, etc.  We were allowed to use public transport, but Sarah and I preferred the Sunday afternoon stroll version.</li>\r\n	<li>We could use smartphones, maps, and a lifeline.  We opted for using the maps on our phones, and I also learned that Sarah has a pretty good sense of direction.</li>\r\n	<li>We had to solve 11 out of the 12 clues and take photos of ourselves at all locations.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>GO!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe nearly 1000 registrants seemed pretty into it -- running and shouting like mad. It\'s Sunday, people!  Chill!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah read the clues to me over and over.  We were both in brain fog until...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah captured my attention with a \"Curioser and Curioser\" clue #7:  As one of downtown\'s most visited institutions, it\'s likely you\'ve been here since it opened its newest home in 1997.  But you probably haven\'t seen the latest treat in their renovated lobby -- it was just dedicated on Friday night.  <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Titled \"Curioser and Curioser\" after a passage of <em>Alice in Wonderland </em></strong></span>enjoy the air conditioning and take a photo with one of your teammates using the eye piece and everyone else posing around them.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhy did this clue stand out for me above the rest, you\'re asking?  Take a look at the right-hand side of this page, please.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>Holy Coincidence, Batman!! </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI Googled \"curioser and curioser lobby phoenix\" and bam!  Our destination was the AZ Science Center.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was officially awake and ready to compete.  I took photos of all of the clues, and emailed them to my Lifeline aka Mom.  I called her, told her to enlarge all images so they were readable, and asked her to start cybersleuthing away.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s now time for my Second Slideshow Ever!  (Without any help from the Apple store or Christy Jo.  I have about 5 minutes to figure these things out these days.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah and I completed the race in about 2 hours.  I thought we had a great shot at winning until we heard that we were 179th out of 24oish.  Oh, well.  If we had solved clues in the first 1/2 hour instead of discussing margaritas and cobbler, we may have cracked the top 50.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSomehow my new Twitter friend @warfarin (who came to the #challengephx hash tag rescue) finished 7th.  I\'m thinking he must be an athletic brainiac who doesn\'t care for pie or tequila.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n********\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA very special thanks to my Lifelines aka Mom &amp; Dad and Brookie P who braved the downtown streets to show up and serve as our official photographer.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','189:  Urban Scavenger Hunt','','inherit','open','open','','4960-revision-10','','','2011-04-04 21:53:33','2011-04-05 04:53:33','',4960,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/04/4960-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(4973,1,'2011-04-04 21:54:36','2011-04-05 04:54:36','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4967\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>I can hardly remember life before <strong><a href=\"http://www.groupon.com\" target=\"_blank\">Groupon </a></strong>and <strong><a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com\" target=\"_blank\">Living Social</a></strong>.  They provide me with daily ideas for living curiously at a greatly reduced cost. What perfect timing for them to grow into their Superpower status right around the same time this blog was born!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEach morning after I power up my Crackberry, I stare blearily at my incoming emails (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/day-186-unsubscribing-from-the-avalanche/\" target=\"_blank\">greatly reduced now thanks to Day 186</a></strong>) to discover my Daily Deals.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago, I rolled out of bed to find an Amazing Race-style event Groupon.  I\'ve never seen myself as an Amazing Race kinda gal, and that\'s exactly why I knew I needed to tackle this urban adventure.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>My Partner-in-Crime: </strong></span> My Birthday Twin, Sarah.  (Not to be confused with <strong><a href=\"http://www.606diaries.com\" target=\"_blank\">my other Birthday Twin, Todd</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Our Mission That We Chose to Accept:</strong></span> Fun.  I\'m competitive at Scrabble, <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/02/day-95-rainy-day-rummikub/\" target=\"_blank\">Rummikub</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/14/day-48-card-sharks/\" target=\"_blank\">Scrooged</a></strong>, but I know my limitations.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHonestly, we had four hours to complete the race, and Sarah and I talked about taking pit stops for margaritas at a local bar and cobbler at a cobbler shop (cobbler shop as in \"pie\" not \"shoes\") that I\'ve <em>always</em> wanted to try but is <em>always </em>closed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Our Host: </strong></span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.challengenation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Challenge Nation.</a></strong> Great event.  I highly recommend signing up for the race in your fair city.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Rules:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>We were not allowed to use cars, bikes, scooters, etc.  We were allowed to use public transport, but Sarah and I preferred the Sunday afternoon stroll version.</li>\r\n	<li>We could use smartphones, maps, and a lifeline.  We opted for using the maps on our phones, and I also learned that Sarah has a pretty good sense of direction.</li>\r\n	<li>We had to solve 11 out of the 12 clues and take photos of ourselves at all locations.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>GO!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe nearly 1000 registrants seemed pretty into it -- running and shouting like mad. It\'s Sunday, people!  Chill!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah read the clues to me over and over.  We were both in brain fog until...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah captured my attention with a \"Curioser and Curioser\" clue #7:  As one of downtown\'s most visited institutions, it\'s likely you\'ve been here since it opened its newest home in 1997.  But you probably haven\'t seen the latest treat in their renovated lobby -- it was just dedicated on Friday night.  <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Titled \"Curioser and Curioser\" after a passage of <em>Alice in Wonderland </em></strong></span>enjoy the air conditioning and take a photo with one of your teammates using the eye piece and everyone else posing around them.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhy did this clue stand out for me above the rest, you\'re asking?  Take a look at the right-hand side of this page, please.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>Holy Coincidence, Batman!! </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI Googled \"curioser and curioser lobby phoenix\" and bam!  Our destination was the AZ Science Center.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was officially awake and ready to compete.  I took photos of all of the clues, and emailed them to my Lifeline aka Mom.  I called her, told her to enlarge all images so they were readable, and asked her to start cybersleuthing away.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s now time for my Second Slideshow Ever!  (Without any help from the Apple store or Christy Jo.  I have about 5 minutes to figure these things out these days.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah and I completed the race in about 2 hours.  I thought we had a great shot at winning until we heard that we were 179th out of 24oish.  Oh, well.  If we had solved clues in the first 1/2 hour instead of discussing margaritas and cobbler, we may have cracked the top 50.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSomehow my new Twitter friend @warfarin (who came to the #challengephx hash tag rescue) finished 7th.  I\'m thinking he must be an athletic brainiac who doesn\'t care for pie or tequila.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n********\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA very special thanks to my Lifelines aka Mom &amp; Dad and Brookie P who braved the downtown streets to show up and serve as our official photographer.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','189:  Urban Scavenger Hunt','','inherit','open','open','','4960-revision-11','','','2011-04-04 21:54:36','2011-04-05 04:54:36','',4960,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/04/4960-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(4974,1,'2011-04-04 21:57:03','2011-04-05 04:57:03','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4967\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>I can hardly remember life before <strong><a href=\"http://www.groupon.com\" target=\"_blank\">Groupon </a></strong>and <strong><a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com\" target=\"_blank\">Living Social</a></strong>.  They provide me with daily ideas for living curiously at a greatly reduced cost. What perfect timing for them to grow into their Superpower status right around the same time this blog was born!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEach morning after I power up my Crackberry, I stare blearily at my incoming emails (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/day-186-unsubscribing-from-the-avalanche/\" target=\"_blank\">greatly reduced now thanks to Day 186</a></strong>) to discover my Daily Deals.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago, I rolled out of bed to find an Amazing Race-style event Groupon.  I\'ve never seen myself as an Amazing Race kinda gal, and that\'s exactly why I knew I needed to tackle this urban adventure.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>My Partner-in-Crime: </strong></span> My Birthday Twin, Sarah.  (Not to be confused with <strong><a href=\"http://www.606diaries.com\" target=\"_blank\">my other Birthday Twin, Todd</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Our Mission That We Chose to Accept:</strong></span> Fun.  I\'m competitive at Scrabble, <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/02/day-95-rainy-day-rummikub/\" target=\"_blank\">Rummikub</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/14/day-48-card-sharks/\" target=\"_blank\">Scrooged</a></strong>, but I know my limitations.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHonestly, we had four hours to complete the race, and Sarah and I talked about taking pit stops for margaritas at a local bar and cobbler at a cobbler shop (cobbler shop as in \"pie\" not \"shoes\") that I\'ve <em>always</em> wanted to try but is <em>always </em>closed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Our Host: </strong></span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.challengenation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Challenge Nation.</a></strong> Great event.  I highly recommend signing up for the race in your fair city.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Rules:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>We were not allowed to use cars, bikes, scooters, etc.  We were allowed to use public transport, but Sarah and I preferred the Sunday afternoon stroll version.</li>\r\n	<li>We could use smartphones, maps, and a lifeline.  We opted for using the maps on our phones, and I also learned that Sarah has a pretty good sense of direction.</li>\r\n	<li>We had to solve 11 out of the 12 clues and take photos of ourselves at all locations.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>GO!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>\r\n</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe nearly 1000 registrants seemed pretty into it -- running and shouting like mad. It\'s Sunday, people!  Chill!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah read the clues to me over and over.  We were both in brain fog until...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah captured my attention with a \"Curioser and Curioser\" clue #7:  As one of downtown\'s most visited institutions, it\'s likely you\'ve been here since it opened its newest home in 1997.  But you probably haven\'t seen the latest treat in their renovated lobby -- it was just dedicated on Friday night.  <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Titled \"Curioser and Curioser\" after a passage of <em>Alice in Wonderland </em></strong></span>enjoy the air conditioning and take a photo with one of your teammates using the eye piece and everyone else posing around them.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhy did this clue stand out for me above the rest, you\'re asking?  Take a look at the right-hand side of this page, please. (Third green rectangular box from the top.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>Holy Coincidence, Batman!! </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI Googled \"curioser and curioser lobby phoenix\" and bam!  Our destination was the AZ Science Center.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was officially awake and ready to compete.  I took photos of all of the clues, and emailed them to my Lifeline aka Mom.  I called her, told her to enlarge all images so they were readable, and asked her to start cybersleuthing away.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s now time for my Second Slideshow Ever!  (Without any help from the Apple store or Christy Jo.  I have about 5 minutes to figure these things out these days.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah and I completed the race in about 2 hours.  I thought we had a great shot at winning until we heard that we were 179th out of 24oish.  Oh, well.  If we had solved clues in the first 1/2 hour instead of discussing margaritas and cobbler, we may have cracked the top 50.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSomehow my new Twitter friend @warfarin (who came to the #challengephx hash tag rescue) finished 7th.  I\'m thinking he must be an athletic brainiac who doesn\'t care for pie or tequila.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n********\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA very special thanks to my Lifelines aka Mom &amp; Dad and Brookie P who braved the downtown streets to show up and serve as our official photographer.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','189:  Urban Scavenger Hunt','','inherit','open','open','','4960-revision-12','','','2011-04-04 21:57:03','2011-04-05 04:57:03','',4960,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/04/4960-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(4975,1,'2011-04-04 21:58:02','2011-04-05 04:58:02','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4967\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>I can hardly remember life before <strong><a href=\"http://www.groupon.com\" target=\"_blank\">Groupon </a></strong>and <strong><a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com\" target=\"_blank\">Living Social</a></strong>.  They provide me with daily ideas for living curiously at a greatly reduced cost. What perfect timing for them to grow into their Superpower status right around the same time this blog was born!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEach morning after I power up my Crackberry, I stare blearily at my incoming emails (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/day-186-unsubscribing-from-the-avalanche/\" target=\"_blank\">greatly reduced now thanks to Day 186</a></strong>) to discover my Daily Deals.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago, I rolled out of bed to find an Amazing Race-style event Groupon.  I\'ve never seen myself as an Amazing Race kinda gal, and that\'s exactly why I knew I needed to tackle this urban adventure.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>My Partner-in-Crime: </strong></span> My Birthday Twin, Sarah.  (Not to be confused with <strong><a href=\"http://www.606diaries.com\" target=\"_blank\">my other Birthday Twin, Todd</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Our Mission That We Chose to Accept:</strong></span> Fun.  I\'m competitive at Scrabble, <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/02/day-95-rainy-day-rummikub/\" target=\"_blank\">Rummikub</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/14/day-48-card-sharks/\" target=\"_blank\">Scrooged</a></strong>, but I know my limitations.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHonestly, we had four hours to complete the race, and Sarah and I talked about taking pit stops for margaritas at a local bar and cobbler at a cobbler shop (cobbler shop as in \"pie\" not \"shoes\") that I\'ve <em>always</em> wanted to try but is <em>always </em>closed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Our Host: </strong></span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.challengenation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Challenge Nation.</a></strong> Great event.  I highly recommend signing up for the race in your fair city.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Rules:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>We were not allowed to use cars, bikes, scooters, etc.  We were allowed to use public transport, but Sarah and I preferred the Sunday afternoon stroll version.</li>\r\n	<li>We could use smartphones, maps, and a lifeline.  We opted for using the maps on our phones, and I also learned that Sarah has a pretty good sense of direction.</li>\r\n	<li>We had to solve 11 out of the 12 clues and take photos of ourselves at all locations.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>GO!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>\r\n</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe nearly 1000 registrants seemed pretty into it -- running and shouting like mad. It\'s Sunday, people!  Chill!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah read the clues to me over and over.  We were both in brain fog until...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah captured my attention with a \"Curioser and Curioser\" clue #7:  As one of downtown\'s most visited institutions, it\'s likely you\'ve been here since it opened its newest home in 1997.  But you probably haven\'t seen the latest treat in their renovated lobby -- it was just dedicated on Friday night.  <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Titled \"Curioser and Curioser\" after a passage of <em>Alice in Wonderland </em></strong></span>enjoy the air conditioning and take a photo with one of your teammates using the eye piece and everyone else posing around them.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhy did this clue stand out for me above the rest, you\'re asking?  Take a look at the right-hand side of this page, please. (Third green rectangular box from the top.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>Holy Coincidence, Batman!! </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI Googled \"curioser and curioser lobby phoenix\" and BAM!  Our destination was the AZ Science Center.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was officially awake and ready to compete.  I took photos of all of the clues, and emailed them to my Lifeline aka Mom.  I called her, told her to enlarge all images so they were readable, and asked her to start cybersleuthing away.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s now time for my Second Slideshow Ever!  (Without any help from the Apple store or Christy Jo.  I have about 5 minutes to figure these things out these days.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah and I completed the race in about 2 hours.  I thought we had a great shot at winning until we heard that we were 179th out of 24oish.  Oh, well.  If we had solved clues in the first 1/2 hour instead of discussing margaritas and cobbler, we may have cracked the top 50.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSomehow my new Twitter friend @warfarin (who came to the #challengephx hash tag rescue) finished 7th.  I\'m thinking he must be an athletic brainiac who doesn\'t care for pie or tequila.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n********\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA very special thanks to my Lifelines aka Mom &amp; Dad and Brookie P who braved the downtown streets to show up and serve as our official photographer.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','189:  Urban Scavenger Hunt','','inherit','open','open','','4960-revision-13','','','2011-04-04 21:58:02','2011-04-05 04:58:02','',4960,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/04/4960-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(4976,1,'2011-04-04 21:59:31','2011-04-05 04:59:31','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4967\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>I can hardly remember life before <strong><a href=\"http://www.groupon.com\" target=\"_blank\">Groupon </a></strong>and <strong><a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com\" target=\"_blank\">Living Social</a></strong>.  They provide me with daily ideas for living curiously at a greatly reduced cost. What perfect timing for them to grow into their Superpower status right around the same time this blog was born!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEach morning after I power up my Crackberry, I stare blearily at my incoming emails (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/day-186-unsubscribing-from-the-avalanche/\" target=\"_blank\">greatly reduced now thanks to Day 186</a></strong>) to discover my Daily Deals.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago, I rolled out of bed to find an Amazing Race-style event Groupon.  I\'ve never seen myself as an Amazing Race kinda gal, and that\'s exactly why I knew I needed to tackle this urban adventure.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>My Partner-in-Crime: </strong></span> My Birthday Twin, Sarah.  (Not to be confused with <strong><a href=\"http://www.606diaries.com\" target=\"_blank\">my other Birthday Twin, Todd</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Our Mission That We Chose to Accept:</strong></span> Fun.  I\'m competitive at Scrabble, <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/02/day-95-rainy-day-rummikub/\" target=\"_blank\">Rummikub</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/14/day-48-card-sharks/\" target=\"_blank\">Scrooged</a></strong>, but I know my limitations.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHonestly, we had four hours to complete the race, and Sarah and I talked about taking pit stops for margaritas at a local bar and cobbler at a cobbler shop (cobbler shop as in \"pie\" not \"shoes\") that I\'ve <em>always</em> wanted to try but is <em>always </em>closed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Our Host: </strong></span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.challengenation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Challenge Nation.</a></strong> Great event.  I highly recommend signing up for the race in your fair city.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Rules:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>We were not allowed to use cars, bikes, scooters, etc.  We were allowed to use public transport, but Sarah and I preferred the Sunday afternoon stroll version.</li>\r\n	<li>We could use smartphones, maps, and a lifeline.  We opted for using the maps on our phones, and I also learned that Sarah has a pretty good sense of direction.</li>\r\n	<li>We had to solve 11 out of the 12 clues and take photos of ourselves at all locations.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>GO!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>\r\n</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe nearly 1000 registrants seemed pretty into it -- running and shouting like mad. It\'s Sunday, people!  Chill!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah read the clues to me over and over.  We were both in brain fog until...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah captured my attention with a \"Curioser and Curioser\" clue #7:  As one of downtown\'s most visited institutions, it\'s likely you\'ve been here since it opened its newest home in 1997.  But you probably haven\'t seen the latest treat in their renovated lobby -- it was just dedicated on Friday night.  <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Titled \"Curioser and Curioser\" after a passage of <em>Alice in Wonderland </em></strong></span>enjoy the air conditioning and take a photo with one of your teammates using the eye piece and everyone else posing around them.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhy did this clue stand out for me above the rest, you\'re asking?  Take a look at the right-hand side of this page, please. (Third green rectangular box from the top.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>Holy Coincidence, Batman!! </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI Googled \"curioser and curioser lobby phoenix\" and BAM!  Our destination was the AZ Science Center.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was officially awake and ready to compete.  I took photos of all of the clues, and emailed them to my Lifeline aka Mom.  I called her, told her to enlarge all images so they were readable, and asked her to start cybersleuthing away.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s now time for my Second Slideshow Ever!  (Without any help from the Apple store or Christy Jo.  I have about 5 minutes to figure these things out these days.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah and I completed the race in about 2 hours.  I thought we had a great shot at winning until we heard that we were 179th out of 240-ish.  Oh, well.  If we had only solved clues in the first 1/2 hour instead of discussing margaritas and cobbler, we may have cracked the top 50.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSomehow my new Twitter friend @warfarin (who came to the #challengephx hash tag rescue) finished 7th.  I\'m thinking he must be an athletic brainiac who doesn\'t care for pie or tequila.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n********\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA very special thanks to my Lifelines aka Mom &amp; Dad and Brookie P who braved the downtown streets to show up and serve as our official photographer.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','189:  Urban Scavenger Hunt','','inherit','open','open','','4960-revision-14','','','2011-04-04 21:59:31','2011-04-05 04:59:31','',4960,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/04/4960-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(4977,1,'2011-04-04 22:02:00','2011-04-05 05:02:00','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4967\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>I can hardly remember life before <strong><a href=\"http://www.groupon.com\" target=\"_blank\">Groupon </a></strong>and <strong><a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com\" target=\"_blank\">Living Social</a></strong>.  They provide me with daily ideas for living curiously at a greatly reduced cost. What perfect timing for them to grow into their Superpower status right around the same time this blog was born!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEach morning after I power up my Crackberry, I stare blearily at my incoming emails (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/day-186-unsubscribing-from-the-avalanche/\" target=\"_blank\">greatly reduced now thanks to Day 186</a></strong>) to discover my Daily Deals.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago, I rolled out of bed to find an Amazing Race-style event Groupon.  I\'ve never seen myself as an Amazing Race kinda gal, and that\'s exactly why I knew I needed to tackle this urban adventure.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>My Partner-in-Crime: </strong></span> My Birthday Twin, Sarah.  (Not to be confused with <strong><a href=\"http://www.606diaries.com\" target=\"_blank\">my other Birthday Twin, Todd</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Our Mission That We Chose to Accept:</strong></span> Fun.  I\'m competitive at Scrabble, <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/02/day-95-rainy-day-rummikub/\" target=\"_blank\">Rummikub</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/14/day-48-card-sharks/\" target=\"_blank\">Scrooged</a></strong>, but I know my limitations.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHonestly, we had four hours to complete the race, and Sarah and I talked about taking pit stops for margaritas at a local bar and cobbler at a cobbler shop (cobbler shop as in \"pie\" not \"shoes\") that I\'ve <em>always</em> wanted to try but is <em>always </em>closed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Our Host: </strong></span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.challengenation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Challenge Nation.</a></strong> Great event.  I highly recommend signing up for the race in your fair city.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Rules:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>We were not allowed to use cars, bikes, scooters, etc.  We were allowed to use public transport, but Sarah and I preferred the Sunday afternoon stroll version.</li>\r\n	<li>We could use smartphones, maps, and a lifeline.  We opted for using the maps on our phones, and I also learned that Sarah has a pretty good sense of direction.</li>\r\n	<li>We had to solve 11 out of the 12 clues and take photos of ourselves at all locations.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>GO!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>\r\n</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe nearly 1000 registrants seemed pretty into it -- running and shouting like mad. It\'s Sunday, people!  Chill!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah read the clues to me over and over.  We were both in brain fog until...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah captured my attention with a \"Curioser and Curioser\" clue #7:  As one of downtown\'s most visited institutions, it\'s likely you\'ve been here since it opened its newest home in 1997.  But you probably haven\'t seen the latest treat in their renovated lobby -- it was just dedicated on Friday night.  <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Titled \"Curioser and Curioser\" after a passage of <em>Alice in Wonderland </em></strong></span>enjoy the air conditioning and take a photo with one of your teammates using the eye piece and everyone else posing around them.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhy did this clue stand out for me above the rest, you\'re asking?  Take a look at the right-hand side of this page, please. (Third green rectangular box from the top.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>Holy Coincidence, Batman!! </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI Googled \"curioser and curioser lobby phoenix\" and BAM!  Our destination was the AZ Science Center.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was officially awake and ready to compete.  I took photos of all of the clues, and emailed them to my Lifeline aka Mom.  I called her, told her to enlarge all images so they were readable, and asked her to start cybersleuthing away.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s now time for my Second Slideshow Ever!  (Without any help from the Apple store or Christy Jo.  I have about 5 minutes to figure these things out these days.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah and I completed the race in about 2 hours.  I thought we had a great shot at winning until we heard that we were 179th out of 240-ish.  Oh, well.  If we had only solved clues in the first 1/2 hour instead of discussing margaritas and cobbler, we may have cracked the top 50.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSomehow my new Twitter friend <strong><a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/warfin\" target=\"_blank\">@warfarin </a></strong>(who came to the <strong><a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23challengephx\" target=\"_blank\">#challengephx</a></strong> hash tag rescue) finished 7th.  I\'m thinking he must be an athletic brainiac who doesn\'t care for pie or tequila.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n********\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA very special thanks to my Lifelines aka Mom &amp; Dad, as well as Brookie P who braved the downtown streets to show up and serve as our official photographer.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','189:  Urban Scavenger Hunt','','inherit','open','open','','4960-revision-15','','','2011-04-04 22:02:00','2011-04-05 05:02:00','',4960,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/04/4960-revision-15/',0,'revision','',0),(4978,1,'2011-04-04 22:04:39','2011-04-05 05:04:39','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4967\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>I can hardly remember life before <strong><a href=\"http://www.groupon.com\" target=\"_blank\">Groupon </a></strong>and <strong><a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com\" target=\"_blank\">Living Social</a></strong>.  They provide me with daily ideas for living curiously at a greatly reduced cost. What perfect timing for them to grow into their Superpower status right around the same time this blog was born!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEach morning after I power up my Crackberry, I stare blearily at my incoming emails (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/day-186-unsubscribing-from-the-avalanche/\" target=\"_blank\">greatly reduced now thanks to Day 186</a></strong>) to discover my Daily Deals.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago, I rolled out of bed to find an Amazing Race-style event Groupon.  I\'ve never seen myself as an Amazing Race kinda gal, and that\'s exactly why I knew I needed to tackle this urban adventure.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>My Partner-in-Crime: </strong></span> My Birthday Twin, Sarah.  (Not to be confused with <strong><a href=\"http://www.606diaries.com\" target=\"_blank\">my other Birthday Twin, Todd</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Our Mission That We Chose to Accept:</strong></span> Fun.  I\'m competitive at Scrabble, <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/02/day-95-rainy-day-rummikub/\" target=\"_blank\">Rummikub</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/14/day-48-card-sharks/\" target=\"_blank\">Scrooged</a></strong>, but I know my limitations.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHonestly, we had four hours to complete the race, and Sarah and I talked about taking pit stops for margaritas at a local bar and cobbler at a cobbler shop (cobbler shop as in \"pie\" not \"shoes\") that I\'ve <em>always</em> wanted to try but is <em>always </em>closed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Our Host: </strong></span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.challengenation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Challenge Nation.</a></strong> Great event.  I highly recommend signing up for the race in your fair city.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Rules:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>We were not allowed to use cars, bikes, scooters, etc.  We were allowed to use public transport, but Sarah and I preferred the Sunday afternoon stroll version.</li>\r\n	<li>We could use smartphones, maps, and a lifeline.  We opted for using the maps on our phones, and I also learned that Sarah has a pretty good sense of direction.</li>\r\n	<li>We had to solve 11 out of the 12 clues and take photos of ourselves at all locations.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>GO!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>\r\n</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe nearly 1000 registrants seemed pretty into it -- running and shouting like mad. It\'s Sunday, people!  Chill!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah read the clues to me over and over.  We were both in brain fog until...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah captured my attention with a \"Curioser and Curioser\" clue #7:  As one of downtown\'s most visited institutions, it\'s likely you\'ve been here since it opened its newest home in 1997.  But you probably haven\'t seen the latest treat in their renovated lobby -- it was just dedicated on Friday night.  <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Titled \"Curioser and Curioser\" after a passage of <em>Alice in Wonderland </em></strong></span>enjoy the air conditioning and take a photo with one of your teammates using the eye piece and everyone else posing around them.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhy did this clue stand out for me above the rest, you\'re asking?  Take a look at the right-hand side of this page, please. (Third green rectangular box from the top.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>Holy Coincidence, Batman!! </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI Googled \"curioser and curioser lobby phoenix\" and BAM!  Our destination was the AZ Science Center.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was officially awake and ready to compete.  I took photos of all of the clues, and emailed them to my Lifeline aka Mom.  I called her, told her to enlarge all images so they were readable, and asked her to start cybersleuthing away.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s now time for my Second Slideshow Ever!  (Without any help from the Apple store or Christy Jo.  I have about 5 minutes to figure these things out these days.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/kZUeWaa61mE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah and I completed the race in about 2 hours.  I thought we had a great shot at winning until we heard that we were 179th out of 240-ish.  Oh, well.  If we had only solved clues in the first 1/2 hour instead of discussing margaritas and cobbler, we may have cracked the top 50.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSomehow my new Twitter friend <strong><a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/warfin\" target=\"_blank\">@warfarin </a></strong>(who came to the <strong><a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23challengephx\" target=\"_blank\">#challengephx</a></strong> hash tag rescue) finished 7th.  I\'m thinking he must be an athletic brainiac who doesn\'t care for pie or tequila.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n********\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA very special thanks to my Lifelines aka Mom &amp; Dad, as well as Brookie P who braved the downtown streets to show up and serve as our official photographer.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','189:  Urban Scavenger Hunt','','inherit','open','open','','4960-revision-16','','','2011-04-04 22:04:39','2011-04-05 05:04:39','',4960,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/04/4960-revision-16/',0,'revision','',0),(4979,1,'2011-04-04 22:05:46','2011-04-05 05:05:46','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4967\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>I can hardly remember life before <strong><a href=\"http://www.groupon.com\" target=\"_blank\">Groupon </a></strong>and <strong><a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com\" target=\"_blank\">Living Social</a></strong>.  They provide me with daily ideas for living curiously at a greatly reduced cost. What perfect timing for them to grow into their Superpower status right around the same time this blog was born!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEach morning after I power up my Crackberry, I stare blearily at my incoming emails (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/day-186-unsubscribing-from-the-avalanche/\" target=\"_blank\">greatly reduced now thanks to Day 186</a></strong>) to discover my Daily Deals.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago, I rolled out of bed to find an Amazing Race-style event Groupon.  I\'ve never seen myself as an Amazing Race kinda gal, and that\'s exactly why I knew I needed to tackle this urban adventure.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>My Partner-in-Crime: </strong></span> My Birthday Twin, Sarah.  (Not to be confused with <strong><a href=\"http://www.606diaries.com\" target=\"_blank\">my other Birthday Twin, Todd</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Our Mission That We Chose to Accept:</strong></span> Fun.  I\'m competitive at Scrabble, <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/02/day-95-rainy-day-rummikub/\" target=\"_blank\">Rummikub</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/14/day-48-card-sharks/\" target=\"_blank\">Scrooged</a></strong>, but I know my limitations.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHonestly, we had four hours to complete the race, and Sarah and I talked about taking pit stops for margaritas at a local bar and cobbler at a cobbler shop (cobbler shop as in \"pie\" not \"shoes\") that I\'ve <em>always</em> wanted to try but is <em>always </em>closed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Our Host: </strong></span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.challengenation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Challenge Nation.</a></strong> Great event.  I highly recommend signing up for the race in your fair city.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Rules:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>We were not allowed to use cars, bikes, scooters, etc.  We were allowed to use public transport, but Sarah and I preferred the Sunday afternoon stroll version.</li>\r\n	<li>We could use smartphones, maps, and a lifeline.  We opted for using the maps on our phones, and I also learned that Sarah has a pretty good sense of direction.</li>\r\n	<li>We had to solve 11 out of the 12 clues and take photos of ourselves at all locations.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>GO!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>\r\n</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe nearly 1000 registrants seemed pretty into it -- running and shouting like mad. It\'s Sunday, people!  Chill!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah read the clues to me over and over.  We were both in brain fog until...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah captured my attention with a \"Curioser and Curioser\" clue #7:  As one of downtown\'s most visited institutions, it\'s likely you\'ve been here since it opened its newest home in 1997.  But you probably haven\'t seen the latest treat in their renovated lobby -- it was just dedicated on Friday night.  <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Titled \"Curioser and Curioser\" after a passage of <em>Alice in Wonderland </em></strong></span>enjoy the air conditioning and take a photo with one of your teammates using the eye piece and everyone else posing around them.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhy did this clue stand out for me above the rest, you\'re asking?  Take a look at the right-hand side of this page, please. (Third green rectangular box from the top.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>Holy Coincidence, Batman!! </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI Googled \"curioser and curioser lobby phoenix\" and BAM!  Our destination was the AZ Science Center.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was officially awake and ready to compete.  I took photos of all of the clues, and emailed them to my Lifeline aka Mom.  I called her, told her to enlarge all images so they were readable, and asked her to start cybersleuthing away.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s now time for my Second Slideshow Ever!  (Without any help from the Apple store or Christy Jo.  I have about 5 minutes to figure these things out these days.)\r\n&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/kZUeWaa61mE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;\r\nSarah and I completed the race in about 2 hours.  I thought we had a great shot at winning until we heard that we were 179th out of 240-ish.  Oh, well.  If we had only solved clues in the first 1/2 hour instead of discussing margaritas and cobbler, we may have cracked the top 50.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSomehow my new Twitter friend <strong><a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/warfin\" target=\"_blank\">@warfarin </a></strong>(who came to the <strong><a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23challengephx\" target=\"_blank\">#challengephx</a></strong> hash tag rescue) finished 7th.  I\'m thinking he must be an athletic brainiac who doesn\'t care for pie or tequila.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n********\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA very special thanks to my Lifelines aka Mom &amp; Dad, as well as Brookie P who braved the downtown streets to show up and serve as our official photographer.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','189:  Urban Scavenger Hunt','','inherit','open','open','','4960-revision-17','','','2011-04-04 22:05:46','2011-04-05 05:05:46','',4960,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/04/4960-revision-17/',0,'revision','',0),(4985,1,'2011-04-04 22:52:28','2011-04-05 05:52:28','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4967\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>I can hardly remember life before <strong><a href=\"http://www.groupon.com\" target=\"_blank\">Groupon </a></strong>and <strong><a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com\" target=\"_blank\">Living Social</a></strong>.  They provide me with daily ideas for living curiously at a greatly reduced cost. What perfect timing for them to grow into their Superpower status right around the same time this blog was born!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEach morning after I power up my Crackberry, I stare blearily at my incoming emails (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/day-186-unsubscribing-from-the-avalanche/\" target=\"_blank\">greatly reduced now thanks to Day 186</a></strong>) to discover my Daily Deals.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago, I rolled out of bed to find an Amazing Race-style event Groupon.  I\'ve never seen myself as an Amazing Race kinda gal, and that\'s exactly why I knew I needed to tackle this urban adventure.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>My Partner-in-Crime: </strong></span> My Birthday Twin, Sarah.  (Not to be confused with <strong><a href=\"http://www.606diaries.com\" target=\"_blank\">my other Birthday Twin, Todd</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Our Mission That We Chose to Accept:</strong></span> Fun.  I\'m competitive at Scrabble, <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/02/day-95-rainy-day-rummikub/\" target=\"_blank\">Rummikub</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/14/day-48-card-sharks/\" target=\"_blank\">Scrooged</a></strong>, but I know my limitations.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHonestly, we had four hours to complete the race, and Sarah and I talked about taking pit stops for margaritas at a local bar and cobbler at a cobbler shop (cobbler shop as in \"pie\" not \"shoes\") that I\'ve <em>always</em> wanted to try but is <em>always </em>closed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Our Host: </strong></span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.challengenation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Challenge Nation.</a></strong> Great event.  I highly recommend signing up for the race in your fair city.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Rules:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>We were not allowed to use cars, bikes, scooters, etc.  We were allowed to use public transport, but Sarah and I preferred the Sunday afternoon stroll version.</li>\r\n	<li>We could use smartphones, maps, and a lifeline.  We opted for using the maps on our phones, and I also learned that Sarah has a pretty good sense of direction.</li>\r\n	<li>We had to solve 11 out of the 12 clues and take photos of ourselves at all locations.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>GO!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>\r\n</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe nearly 1000 registrants seemed pretty into it -- running and shouting like mad.  I was still in \"easy as Sunday morning\" mode and not quite prepared for the mayhem.  \r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah read the clues to me over and over.  We were both in brain fog until...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah captured my attention with a \"Curioser and Curioser\" clue #7:  As one of downtown\'s most visited institutions, it\'s likely you\'ve been here since it opened its newest home in 1997.  But you probably haven\'t seen the latest treat in their renovated lobby -- it was just dedicated on Friday night.  <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Titled \"Curioser and Curioser\" after a passage of <em>Alice in Wonderland </em></strong></span>enjoy the air conditioning and take a photo with one of your teammates using the eye piece and everyone else posing around them.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhy did this clue stand out for me above the rest, you\'re asking?  Take a look at the right-hand side of this page, please. (Third green rectangular box from the top.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>Holy Coinkidink, Batman!! </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI Googled \"curioser and curioser lobby phoenix\" and BAM!  Our destination was the AZ Science Center.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was officially awake and ready to compete.  I took photos of the clue sheet, and emailed them to my Lifeline aka Mom.  I called her, told her to enlarge all images so they were readable, and asked her to start cybersleuthing away.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s now time for my Second Slideshow Ever!  (Without any help from the Apple store or Christy Jo.  I have about 5 minutes to figure these things out these days.)\r\n&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/kZUeWaa61mE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;\r\nSarah and I completed the race in about 2 hours.  I thought we had a great shot at winning until we heard that we were 179th out of 250-ish.  Oh, well.  If we had only solved clues in the first 1/2 hour instead of discussing margaritas and cobbler, we may have cracked the top 50.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSomehow my new Twitter friend <strong><a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/warfin\" target=\"_blank\">@warfarin </a></strong>(who came to the <strong><a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23challengephx\" target=\"_blank\">#challengephx</a></strong> hash tag rescue) finished 7th.  I\'m thinking he must be an athletic brainiac who doesn\'t care for cobbler or tequila.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n********\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA very special thanks to my Lifelines aka Mom &amp; Dad, as well as Brookie P who braved the downtown streets to show up and serve as our official photographer.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','189:  Urban Scavenger Hunt','','inherit','open','open','','4960-revision-21','','','2011-04-04 22:52:28','2011-04-05 05:52:28','',4960,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/04/4960-revision-21/',0,'revision','',0),(4981,1,'2011-04-04 22:20:49','2011-04-05 05:20:49','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4967\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>I can hardly remember life before <strong><a href=\"http://www.groupon.com\" target=\"_blank\">Groupon </a></strong>and <strong><a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com\" target=\"_blank\">Living Social</a></strong>.  They provide me with daily ideas for living curiously at a greatly reduced cost. What perfect timing for them to grow into their Superpower status right around the same time this blog was born!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEach morning after I power up my Crackberry, I stare blearily at my incoming emails (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/day-186-unsubscribing-from-the-avalanche/\" target=\"_blank\">greatly reduced now thanks to Day 186</a></strong>) to discover my Daily Deals.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago, I rolled out of bed to find an Amazing Race-style event Groupon.  I\'ve never seen myself as an Amazing Race kinda gal, and that\'s exactly why I knew I needed to tackle this urban adventure.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>My Partner-in-Crime: </strong></span> My Birthday Twin, Sarah.  (Not to be confused with <strong><a href=\"http://www.606diaries.com\" target=\"_blank\">my other Birthday Twin, Todd</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Our Mission That We Chose to Accept:</strong></span> Fun.  I\'m competitive at Scrabble, <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/02/day-95-rainy-day-rummikub/\" target=\"_blank\">Rummikub</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/14/day-48-card-sharks/\" target=\"_blank\">Scrooged</a></strong>, but I know my limitations.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHonestly, we had four hours to complete the race, and Sarah and I talked about taking pit stops for margaritas at a local bar and cobbler at a cobbler shop (cobbler shop as in \"pie\" not \"shoes\") that I\'ve <em>always</em> wanted to try but is <em>always </em>closed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Our Host: </strong></span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.challengenation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Challenge Nation.</a></strong> Great event.  I highly recommend signing up for the race in your fair city.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Rules:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>We were not allowed to use cars, bikes, scooters, etc.  We were allowed to use public transport, but Sarah and I preferred the Sunday afternoon stroll version.</li>\r\n	<li>We could use smartphones, maps, and a lifeline.  We opted for using the maps on our phones, and I also learned that Sarah has a pretty good sense of direction.</li>\r\n	<li>We had to solve 11 out of the 12 clues and take photos of ourselves at all locations.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>GO!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>\r\n</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe nearly 1000 registrants seemed pretty into it -- running and shouting like mad. It\'s Sunday, people!  Chill!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah read the clues to me over and over.  We were both in brain fog until...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah captured my attention with a \"Curioser and Curioser\" clue #7:  As one of downtown\'s most visited institutions, it\'s likely you\'ve been here since it opened its newest home in 1997.  But you probably haven\'t seen the latest treat in their renovated lobby -- it was just dedicated on Friday night.  <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Titled \"Curioser and Curioser\" after a passage of <em>Alice in Wonderland </em></strong></span>enjoy the air conditioning and take a photo with one of your teammates using the eye piece and everyone else posing around them.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhy did this clue stand out for me above the rest, you\'re asking?  Take a look at the right-hand side of this page, please. (Third green rectangular box from the top.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>Holy Coinkidink, Batman!! </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI Googled \"curioser and curioser lobby phoenix\" and BAM!  Our destination was the AZ Science Center.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was officially awake and ready to compete.  I took photos of the clue sheet, and emailed them to my Lifeline aka Mom.  I called her, told her to enlarge all images so they were readable, and asked her to start cybersleuthing away.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s now time for my Second Slideshow Ever!  (Without any help from the Apple store or Christy Jo.  I have about 5 minutes to figure these things out these days.)\r\n&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/kZUeWaa61mE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;\r\nSarah and I completed the race in about 2 hours.  I thought we had a great shot at winning until we heard that we were 179th out of 240-ish.  Oh, well.  If we had only solved clues in the first 1/2 hour instead of discussing margaritas and cobbler, we may have cracked the top 50.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSomehow my new Twitter friend <strong><a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/warfin\" target=\"_blank\">@warfarin </a></strong>(who came to the <strong><a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23challengephx\" target=\"_blank\">#challengephx</a></strong> hash tag rescue) finished 7th.  I\'m thinking he must be an athletic brainiac who doesn\'t care for pie or tequila.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n********\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA very special thanks to my Lifelines aka Mom &amp; Dad, as well as Brookie P who braved the downtown streets to show up and serve as our official photographer.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','189:  Urban Scavenger Hunt','','inherit','open','open','','4960-revision-19','','','2011-04-04 22:20:49','2011-04-05 05:20:49','',4960,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/04/4960-revision-19/',0,'revision','',0),(4980,1,'2011-04-04 22:11:59','2011-04-05 05:11:59','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4967\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>I can hardly remember life before <strong><a href=\"http://www.groupon.com\" target=\"_blank\">Groupon </a></strong>and <strong><a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com\" target=\"_blank\">Living Social</a></strong>.  They provide me with daily ideas for living curiously at a greatly reduced cost. What perfect timing for them to grow into their Superpower status right around the same time this blog was born!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEach morning after I power up my Crackberry, I stare blearily at my incoming emails (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/day-186-unsubscribing-from-the-avalanche/\" target=\"_blank\">greatly reduced now thanks to Day 186</a></strong>) to discover my Daily Deals.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago, I rolled out of bed to find an Amazing Race-style event Groupon.  I\'ve never seen myself as an Amazing Race kinda gal, and that\'s exactly why I knew I needed to tackle this urban adventure.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>My Partner-in-Crime: </strong></span> My Birthday Twin, Sarah.  (Not to be confused with <strong><a href=\"http://www.606diaries.com\" target=\"_blank\">my other Birthday Twin, Todd</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Our Mission That We Chose to Accept:</strong></span> Fun.  I\'m competitive at Scrabble, <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/02/day-95-rainy-day-rummikub/\" target=\"_blank\">Rummikub</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/14/day-48-card-sharks/\" target=\"_blank\">Scrooged</a></strong>, but I know my limitations.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHonestly, we had four hours to complete the race, and Sarah and I talked about taking pit stops for margaritas at a local bar and cobbler at a cobbler shop (cobbler shop as in \"pie\" not \"shoes\") that I\'ve <em>always</em> wanted to try but is <em>always </em>closed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Our Host: </strong></span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.challengenation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Challenge Nation.</a></strong> Great event.  I highly recommend signing up for the race in your fair city.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Rules:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>We were not allowed to use cars, bikes, scooters, etc.  We were allowed to use public transport, but Sarah and I preferred the Sunday afternoon stroll version.</li>\r\n	<li>We could use smartphones, maps, and a lifeline.  We opted for using the maps on our phones, and I also learned that Sarah has a pretty good sense of direction.</li>\r\n	<li>We had to solve 11 out of the 12 clues and take photos of ourselves at all locations.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>GO!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>\r\n</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe nearly 1000 registrants seemed pretty into it -- running and shouting like mad. It\'s Sunday, people!  Chill!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah read the clues to me over and over.  We were both in brain fog until...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah captured my attention with a \"Curioser and Curioser\" clue #7:  As one of downtown\'s most visited institutions, it\'s likely you\'ve been here since it opened its newest home in 1997.  But you probably haven\'t seen the latest treat in their renovated lobby -- it was just dedicated on Friday night.  <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Titled \"Curioser and Curioser\" after a passage of <em>Alice in Wonderland </em></strong></span>enjoy the air conditioning and take a photo with one of your teammates using the eye piece and everyone else posing around them.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhy did this clue stand out for me above the rest, you\'re asking?  Take a look at the right-hand side of this page, please. (Third green rectangular box from the top.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>Holy Coincidence, Batman!! </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI Googled \"curioser and curioser lobby phoenix\" and BAM!  Our destination was the AZ Science Center.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was officially awake and ready to compete.  I took photos of the clue sheet, and emailed them to my Lifeline aka Mom.  I called her, told her to enlarge all images so they were readable, and asked her to start cybersleuthing away.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s now time for my Second Slideshow Ever!  (Without any help from the Apple store or Christy Jo.  I have about 5 minutes to figure these things out these days.)\r\n&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/kZUeWaa61mE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;\r\nSarah and I completed the race in about 2 hours.  I thought we had a great shot at winning until we heard that we were 179th out of 240-ish.  Oh, well.  If we had only solved clues in the first 1/2 hour instead of discussing margaritas and cobbler, we may have cracked the top 50.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSomehow my new Twitter friend <strong><a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/warfin\" target=\"_blank\">@warfarin </a></strong>(who came to the <strong><a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23challengephx\" target=\"_blank\">#challengephx</a></strong> hash tag rescue) finished 7th.  I\'m thinking he must be an athletic brainiac who doesn\'t care for pie or tequila.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n********\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA very special thanks to my Lifelines aka Mom &amp; Dad, as well as Brookie P who braved the downtown streets to show up and serve as our official photographer.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','189:  Urban Scavenger Hunt','','inherit','open','open','','4960-revision-18','','','2011-04-04 22:11:59','2011-04-05 05:11:59','',4960,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/04/4960-revision-18/',0,'revision','',0),(4982,1,'2011-04-04 22:50:18','2011-04-05 05:50:18','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4967\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>I can hardly remember life before <strong><a href=\"http://www.groupon.com\" target=\"_blank\">Groupon </a></strong>and <strong><a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com\" target=\"_blank\">Living Social</a></strong>.  They provide me with daily ideas for living curiously at a greatly reduced cost. What perfect timing for them to grow into their Superpower status right around the same time this blog was born!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEach morning after I power up my Crackberry, I stare blearily at my incoming emails (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/day-186-unsubscribing-from-the-avalanche/\" target=\"_blank\">greatly reduced now thanks to Day 186</a></strong>) to discover my Daily Deals.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago, I rolled out of bed to find an Amazing Race-style event Groupon.  I\'ve never seen myself as an Amazing Race kinda gal, and that\'s exactly why I knew I needed to tackle this urban adventure.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>My Partner-in-Crime: </strong></span> My Birthday Twin, Sarah.  (Not to be confused with <strong><a href=\"http://www.606diaries.com\" target=\"_blank\">my other Birthday Twin, Todd</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Our Mission That We Chose to Accept:</strong></span> Fun.  I\'m competitive at Scrabble, <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/02/day-95-rainy-day-rummikub/\" target=\"_blank\">Rummikub</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/14/day-48-card-sharks/\" target=\"_blank\">Scrooged</a></strong>, but I know my limitations.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHonestly, we had four hours to complete the race, and Sarah and I talked about taking pit stops for margaritas at a local bar and cobbler at a cobbler shop (cobbler shop as in \"pie\" not \"shoes\") that I\'ve <em>always</em> wanted to try but is <em>always </em>closed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Our Host: </strong></span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.challengenation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Challenge Nation.</a></strong> Great event.  I highly recommend signing up for the race in your fair city.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Rules:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>We were not allowed to use cars, bikes, scooters, etc.  We were allowed to use public transport, but Sarah and I preferred the Sunday afternoon stroll version.</li>\r\n	<li>We could use smartphones, maps, and a lifeline.  We opted for using the maps on our phones, and I also learned that Sarah has a pretty good sense of direction.</li>\r\n	<li>We had to solve 11 out of the 12 clues and take photos of ourselves at all locations.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>GO!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>\r\n</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe nearly 1000 registrants seemed pretty into it -- running and shouting like mad.  I was still in \"easy as Sunday morning\" mode and not quite prepared for the mayhem.  \r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah read the clues to me over and over.  We were both in brain fog until...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah captured my attention with a \"Curioser and Curioser\" clue #7:  As one of downtown\'s most visited institutions, it\'s likely you\'ve been here since it opened its newest home in 1997.  But you probably haven\'t seen the latest treat in their renovated lobby -- it was just dedicated on Friday night.  <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Titled \"Curioser and Curioser\" after a passage of <em>Alice in Wonderland </em></strong></span>enjoy the air conditioning and take a photo with one of your teammates using the eye piece and everyone else posing around them.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhy did this clue stand out for me above the rest, you\'re asking?  Take a look at the right-hand side of this page, please. (Third green rectangular box from the top.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>Holy Coinkidink, Batman!! </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI Googled \"curioser and curioser lobby phoenix\" and BAM!  Our destination was the AZ Science Center.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was officially awake and ready to compete.  I took photos of the clue sheet, and emailed them to my Lifeline aka Mom.  I called her, told her to enlarge all images so they were readable, and asked her to start cybersleuthing away.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s now time for my Second Slideshow Ever!  (Without any help from the Apple store or Christy Jo.  I have about 5 minutes to figure these things out these days.)\r\n&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/kZUeWaa61mE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;\r\nSarah and I completed the race in about 2 hours.  I thought we had a great shot at winning until we heard that we were 179th out of 240-ish.  Oh, well.  If we had only solved clues in the first 1/2 hour instead of discussing margaritas and cobbler, we may have cracked the top 50.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSomehow my new Twitter friend <strong><a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/warfin\" target=\"_blank\">@warfarin </a></strong>(who came to the <strong><a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23challengephx\" target=\"_blank\">#challengephx</a></strong> hash tag rescue) finished 7th.  I\'m thinking he must be an athletic brainiac who doesn\'t care for cobbler or tequila.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n********\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA very special thanks to my Lifelines aka Mom &amp; Dad, as well as Brookie P who braved the downtown streets to show up and serve as our official photographer.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','189:  Urban Scavenger Hunt','','inherit','open','open','','4960-revision-20','','','2011-04-04 22:50:18','2011-04-05 05:50:18','',4960,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/04/4960-revision-20/',0,'revision','',0),(4983,1,'2011-04-06 01:11:13','2011-04-06 08:11:13','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040002.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4997\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>I can\'t throw a good wishbone away.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhen I was a kid, my Dad would save the wishbone from the turkey for me and my sister.  After a day of drying it out, Jennie and I would pull on the wishbone and make a wish.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDid you do this as a kid?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA couple of weeks ago when I had Mr. Tall Drink of Water (now Mr. Shattered and Spilled Glass of Water) over for dinner and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/25/day-178-best-birthday-cake-ever/\" target=\"_blank\">Best Birthday Cake Ever</a></strong>, I saved the wishbone from the rotisserie chicken.   I just couldn\'t seem to part with it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWith my bio sis living two states over, there was no chance of her and I making a wish and seeing whose wish would come true through this very scientific process of a wishbone pull.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWith Cooleenie being like a sis to me, I enlisted her help after lunch.  She\'s always willing to help out a blogger in a bind.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040003.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4999\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040003-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYay!!!  Wishes DO come true!  I\'m in luck!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAll of this wishbone talk also reminded me of another <strong><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112225/\" target=\"_blank\">Wishbone.</a></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nRemember him?  The little dog with the big imagination?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, how I adored that show!  I was a young teacher when it originally aired, and I would watch after school.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWishbone would jump into classic <del>tails</del> tales and star as one of the characters.  My personal favorite was Wishbone\'s performance of Romeo.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://familylicious.com/wishbone-dvd-review-and-two-winner-giveaway/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4990 alignnone\" title=\"images\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/images.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd with Bella looking more like a wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier than a Neapolitan Mastiff (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/01/day-185-doggie-dna-results-are-in/\" target=\"_blank\">popular opinion of the Highly Intelligent Readers of this Blog vs. Mars Veterinary</a></strong>), I\'m thinking that Little Miss B might be destined to star in Wishbone 2.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat do you think?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4995\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"214\" caption=\"Ms. Buckley, I&#39;m ready for my close-up.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC4127.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4995  \" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC4127-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 190:  Wishbones.  Two Types.  ','','publish','open','open','','day-190-wishbones-two-types','','\nhttp://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/25/day-178-best-birthday-cake-ever/','2011-04-05 21:27:19','2011-04-06 04:27:19','',0,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?p=4983',0,'post','',11),(4984,1,'2011-04-05 12:24:14','2011-04-05 19:24:14','I can\'t throw a good wishbone away.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhen I was a kid, my Dad would save the wishbone from the turkey for me and my sister.  After a day of drying it out, Jennie and I would pull on the wishbone and make a wish.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nDid you do this as a kid?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nA couple of weeks ago when I had Mr. Tall Drink of Water (now Mr. Shattered and Spilled Glass of Water) over for dinner and the Best Birthday Cake Ever, I saved the wishbone from the rotisserie chicken.   I just couldn\'t seem to part with it.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWith my sis living two states over,\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 190:  Wishbone','','inherit','open','open','','4983-revision','','','2011-04-05 12:24:14','2011-04-05 19:24:14','',4983,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/05/4983-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(4986,1,'2011-04-05 13:12:32','2011-04-05 20:12:32','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4967\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4030024-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>I can hardly remember life before <strong><a href=\"http://www.groupon.com\" target=\"_blank\">Groupon </a></strong>and <strong><a href=\"http://www.livingsocial.com\" target=\"_blank\">Living Social</a></strong>.  They provide me with daily ideas for living curiously at a greatly reduced cost. What perfect timing for them to grow into their Superpower status right around the same time this blog was born!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEach morning after I power up my Crackberry, I stare blearily at my incoming emails (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/02/day-186-unsubscribing-from-the-avalanche/\" target=\"_blank\">greatly reduced now thanks to Day 186</a></strong>) to discover my Daily Deals.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA few weeks ago, I rolled out of bed to find an Amazing Race-style event Groupon.  I\'ve never seen myself as an Amazing Race kinda gal, and that\'s exactly why I knew I needed to tackle this urban adventure.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>My Partner-in-Crime: </strong></span> My Birthday Twin, Sarah.  (Not to be confused with <strong><a href=\"http://www.606diaries.com\" target=\"_blank\">my other Birthday Twin, Todd</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Our Mission That We Chose to Accept:</strong></span> Fun.  I\'m competitive at Scrabble, <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/02/day-95-rainy-day-rummikub/\" target=\"_blank\">Rummikub</a></strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/14/day-48-card-sharks/\" target=\"_blank\">Scrooged</a></strong>, but I know my limitations.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHonestly, we had four hours to complete the race, and Sarah and I talked about taking pit stops for margaritas at a local bar and cobbler at a cobbler shop (cobbler shop as in \"pie\" not \"shoes\") that I\'ve <em>always</em> wanted to try but is <em>always </em>closed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Our Host: </strong></span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.challengenation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Challenge Nation.</a></strong> Great event.  I highly recommend signing up for the race in your fair city.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Rules:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>We were not allowed to use cars, bikes, scooters, etc.  We were allowed to use public transport, but Sarah and I preferred the Sunday afternoon stroll version.</li>\r\n	<li>We could use smartphones, maps, and a lifeline.  We opted for using the maps on our phones, and I also learned that Sarah has a pretty good sense of direction.</li>\r\n	<li>We had to solve 11 out of the 12 clues and take photos of ourselves at all locations.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>GO!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>\r\n</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe nearly 1000 registrants seemed pretty into it -- running and shouting like mad.  I was still in \"easy as Sunday morning\" mode and not quite prepared for the mayhem.  \r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah read the clues to me over and over.  We were both in brain fog until...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSarah captured my attention with a \"Curioser and Curioser\" clue #7:  As one of downtown\'s most visited institutions, it\'s likely you\'ve been here since it opened its newest home in 1997.  But you probably haven\'t seen the latest treat in their renovated lobby -- it was just dedicated on Friday night.  <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Titled \"Curioser and Curioser\" after a passage of <em>Alice in Wonderland </em></strong></span>enjoy the air conditioning and take a photo with one of your teammates using the eye piece and everyone else posing around them.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhy did this clue stand out for me above the rest, you\'re asking?  Take a look at the right-hand side of this page, please. (Third green rectangular box from the top.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #800080;\"><strong>Holy Coinkidink, Batman!! </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI Googled \"curioser and curioser lobby phoenix\" and BAM!  Our destination was the AZ Science Center.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was officially awake and ready to compete.  I took photos of the clue sheet, and emailed them to my Lifeline aka Mom.  I called her, told her to enlarge all images so they were readable, and asked her to start cybersleuthing away.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s now time for my Second Slideshow Ever!  (Without any help from the Apple store or Christy Jo.  I have about 5 minutes to figure these things out these days.)\r\n&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/kZUeWaa61mE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;\r\nSarah and I completed the race in about 2 hours.  I thought we had a great shot at winning until we heard that we were 179th out of 240-ish.  Oh, well.  If we had only solved clues in the first 1/2 hour instead of discussing margaritas and cobbler, we may have cracked the top 50.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSomehow my new Twitter friend <strong><a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/warfin\" target=\"_blank\">@warfarin </a></strong>(who came to the <strong><a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23challengephx\" target=\"_blank\">#challengephx</a></strong> hash tag rescue) finished 7th.  I\'m thinking he must be an athletic brainiac who doesn\'t care for cobbler or tequila.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n********\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA very special thanks to my Lifelines aka Mom &amp; Dad, as well as Brookie P who braved the downtown streets to show up and serve as our official photographer.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','189:  Urban Scavenger Hunt','','inherit','open','open','','4960-revision-22','','','2011-04-05 13:12:32','2011-04-05 20:12:32','',4960,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/05/4960-revision-22/',0,'revision','',0),(4987,1,'2011-04-05 20:09:18','2011-04-06 03:09:18','I can\'t throw a good wishbone away.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhen I was a kid, my Dad would save the wishbone from the turkey for me and my sister.  After a day of drying it out, Jennie and I would pull on the wishbone and make a wish.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nDid you do this as a kid?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nA couple of weeks ago when I had Mr. Tall Drink of Water (now Mr. Shattered and Spilled Glass of Water) over for dinner and the Best Birthday Cake Ever, I saved the wishbone from the rotisserie chicken.   I just couldn\'t seem to part with it.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWith my sis living two states over, there was no chance of her and I making a wish and seeing whose wish would come true through this very scientific process of a wishbone pull.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWith Cooleenie being like a sis to me, I enlisted her help after lunch.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYay!!!  Wishes DO come true!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAll of this wishbone talk also reminded me of another Wishbone.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nRemember him?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd with Bella looking more like a wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier than a Neapolitan Mastiff (popular opinion of Readers of this Blog vs. Mars Veterinary), I\'m thinking that Little Miss B might be destined to star in Wishbone 2.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nRemember that complete stranger who stopped me and insisted that Bella needs to have her own TV show?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhat do you think?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 190:  Wishbones.  Two Types.  ','','inherit','open','open','','4983-revision-2','','','2011-04-05 20:09:18','2011-04-06 03:09:18','',4983,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/05/4983-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(4988,1,'2011-04-05 20:19:42','2011-04-06 03:19:42','','wishclassic3','','inherit','open','open','','wishclassic3','','','2011-04-05 20:19:42','2011-04-06 03:19:42','',4983,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/wishclassic3.gif',0,'attachment','image/gif',0),(4989,1,'2011-04-05 20:14:29','2011-04-06 03:14:29','I can\'t throw a good wishbone away.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhen I was a kid, my Dad would save the wishbone from the turkey for me and my sister.  After a day of drying it out, Jennie and I would pull on the wishbone and make a wish.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nDid you do this as a kid?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nA couple of weeks ago when I had Mr. Tall Drink of Water (now Mr. Shattered and Spilled Glass of Water) over for dinner and the Best Birthday Cake Ever, I saved the wishbone from the rotisserie chicken.   I just couldn\'t seem to part with it.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWith my sis living two states over, there was no chance of her and I making a wish and seeing whose wish would come true through this very scientific process of a wishbone pull.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWith Cooleenie being like a sis to me, I enlisted her help after lunch.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYay!!!  Wishes DO come true!  I\'m in luck!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAll of this wishbone talk also reminded me of another <strong><a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wishbone_(TV_series)\" target=\"_blank\">Wishbone.</a></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nRemember him?  The little dog with the big imagination?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWishbone would jump into classic <del>tails</del> tales and star as one of the characters.  My personal favorite was Romeo.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd with Bella looking more like a wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier than a Neapolitan Mastiff (popular opinion of Readers of this Blog vs. Mars Veterinary), I\'m thinking that Little Miss B might be destined to star in Wishbone 2.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nRemember that complete stranger who stopped me and insisted that Bella needs to have her own TV show?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhat do you think?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 190:  Wishbones.  Two Types.  ','','inherit','open','open','','4983-revision-3','','','2011-04-05 20:14:29','2011-04-06 03:14:29','',4983,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/05/4983-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(4990,1,'2011-04-05 20:25:00','2011-04-06 03:25:00','','images','','inherit','open','open','','images','','','2011-04-05 20:25:00','2011-04-06 03:25:00','',4983,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/images.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4992,1,'2011-04-05 20:38:02','2011-04-06 03:38:02','','SONY DSC','','inherit','open','open','','sony-dsc-12','','','2011-04-05 20:38:02','2011-04-06 03:38:02','',4983,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC4125.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4993,1,'2011-04-05 20:41:29','2011-04-06 03:41:29','I can\'t throw a good wishbone away.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhen I was a kid, my Dad would save the wishbone from the turkey for me and my sister.  After a day of drying it out, Jennie and I would pull on the wishbone and make a wish.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nDid you do this as a kid?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nA couple of weeks ago when I had Mr. Tall Drink of Water (now Mr. Shattered and Spilled Glass of Water) over for dinner and the Best Birthday Cake Ever, I saved the wishbone from the rotisserie chicken.   I just couldn\'t seem to part with it.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWith my bio sis living two states over, there was no chance of her and I making a wish and seeing whose wish would come true through this very scientific process of a wishbone pull.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWith Cooleenie being like a sis to me, I enlisted her help after lunch.  She\'s always willing to help out a blogger in a bind.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYay!!!  Wishes DO come true!  I\'m in luck!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAll of this wishbone talk also reminded me of another <strong><a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wishbone_(TV_series)\" target=\"_blank\">Wishbone.</a></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nRemember him?  The little dog with the big imagination?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWishbone would jump into classic <del>tails</del> tales and star as one of the characters.  My personal favorite was Wishbone\'s performance of Romeo.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://familylicious.com/wishbone-dvd-review-and-two-winner-giveaway/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4990 alignnone\" title=\"images\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/images.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd with Bella looking more like a wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier than a Neapolitan Mastiff (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/01/day-185-doggie-dna-results-are-in/\" target=\"_blank\">popular opinion of Readers of this Blog vs. Mars Veterinary</a></strong>), I\'m thinking that Little Miss B might be destined to star in Wishbone 2.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC4125.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4992\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC4125-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nRemember that complete stranger who stopped me and insisted that Bella needs to have her own TV show?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhat do you think?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 190:  Wishbones.  Two Types.  ','','inherit','open','open','','4983-revision-4','','','2011-04-05 20:41:29','2011-04-06 03:41:29','',4983,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/05/4983-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(4994,1,'2011-04-05 20:42:12','2011-04-06 03:42:12','I can\'t throw a good wishbone away.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhen I was a kid, my Dad would save the wishbone from the turkey for me and my sister.  After a day of drying it out, Jennie and I would pull on the wishbone and make a wish.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDid you do this as a kid?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA couple of weeks ago when I had Mr. Tall Drink of Water (now Mr. Shattered and Spilled Glass of Water) over for dinner and the Best Birthday Cake Ever, I saved the wishbone from the rotisserie chicken.   I just couldn\'t seem to part with it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWith my bio sis living two states over, there was no chance of her and I making a wish and seeing whose wish would come true through this very scientific process of a wishbone pull.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWith Cooleenie being like a sis to me, I enlisted her help after lunch.  She\'s always willing to help out a blogger in a bind.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYay!!!  Wishes DO come true!  I\'m in luck!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAll of this wishbone talk also reminded me of another <strong><a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wishbone_(TV_series)\" target=\"_blank\">Wishbone.</a></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nRemember him?  The little dog with the big imagination?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWishbone would jump into classic <del>tails</del> tales and star as one of the characters.  My personal favorite was Wishbone\'s performance of Romeo.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://familylicious.com/wishbone-dvd-review-and-two-winner-giveaway/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4990 alignnone\" title=\"images\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/images.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd with Bella looking more like a wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier than a Neapolitan Mastiff (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/01/day-185-doggie-dna-results-are-in/\" target=\"_blank\">popular opinion of Readers of this Blog vs. Mars Veterinary</a></strong>), I\'m thinking that Little Miss B might be destined to star in Wishbone 2.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC4125.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4992\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC4125-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\">Remember that complete stranger who stopped me and insisted that Bella needs to have her own TV show?</a></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat do you think?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 190:  Wishbones.  Two Types.  ','','inherit','open','open','','4983-revision-5','','','2011-04-05 20:42:12','2011-04-06 03:42:12','',4983,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/05/4983-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(4995,1,'2011-04-05 20:50:29','2011-04-06 03:50:29','','SONY DSC','Ms. Buckley, I\'m ready for my close up.  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Two Types.  ','','inherit','open','open','','4983-revision-6','','','2011-04-05 21:02:33','2011-04-06 04:02:33','',4983,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/05/4983-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(4997,1,'2011-04-05 21:10:57','2011-04-06 04:10:57','','OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA','','inherit','open','open','','olympus-digital-camera-297','','','2011-04-05 21:10:57','2011-04-06 04:10:57','',4983,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040002.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4998,1,'2011-04-05 21:09:28','2011-04-06 04:09:28','I can\'t throw a good wishbone away.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhen I was a kid, my Dad would save the wishbone from the turkey for me and my sister.  After a day of drying it out, Jennie and I would pull on the wishbone and make a wish.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDid you do this as a kid?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA couple of weeks ago when I had Mr. Tall Drink of Water (now Mr. Shattered and Spilled Glass of Water) over for dinner and the Best Birthday Cake Ever, I saved the wishbone from the rotisserie chicken.   I just couldn\'t seem to part with it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWith my bio sis living two states over, there was no chance of her and I making a wish and seeing whose wish would come true through this very scientific process of a wishbone pull.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWith Cooleenie being like a sis to me, I enlisted her help after lunch.  She\'s always willing to help out a blogger in a bind.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYay!!!  Wishes DO come true!  I\'m in luck!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAll of this wishbone talk also reminded me of another <strong><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112225/\" target=\"_blank\">Wishbone.</a></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nRemember him?  The little dog with the big imagination?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, how I adored that show.  I was a young teacher, and I would watch every day.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWishbone would jump into classic <del>tails</del> tales and star as one of the characters.  My personal favorite was Wishbone\'s performance of Romeo.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://familylicious.com/wishbone-dvd-review-and-two-winner-giveaway/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4990 alignnone\" title=\"images\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/images.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd with Bella looking more like a wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier than a Neapolitan Mastiff (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/01/day-185-doggie-dna-results-are-in/\" target=\"_blank\">popular opinion of the Highly Intelligent Readers of this Blog vs. Mars Veterinary</a></strong>), I\'m thinking that Little Miss B might be destined to star in Wishbone 2.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4995\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"214\" caption=\"Ms. Buckley, I&#39;m ready for my close-up.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC4127.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4995 \" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC4127-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\">Remember that complete stranger who stopped me and insisted that Bella needs to have her own TV show?</a></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat do you think?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 190:  Wishbones.  Two Types.  ','','inherit','open','open','','4983-revision-7','','','2011-04-05 21:09:28','2011-04-06 04:09:28','',4983,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/05/4983-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(4999,1,'2011-04-05 21:13:41','2011-04-06 04:13:41','','OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA','','inherit','open','open','','olympus-digital-camera-298','','','2011-04-05 21:13:41','2011-04-06 04:13:41','',4983,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040003.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5000,1,'2011-04-05 21:11:31','2011-04-06 04:11:31','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040002.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4997\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>I can\'t throw a good wishbone away.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhen I was a kid, my Dad would save the wishbone from the turkey for me and my sister.  After a day of drying it out, Jennie and I would pull on the wishbone and make a wish.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDid you do this as a kid?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA couple of weeks ago when I had Mr. Tall Drink of Water (now Mr. Shattered and Spilled Glass of Water) over for dinner and the Best Birthday Cake Ever, I saved the wishbone from the rotisserie chicken.   I just couldn\'t seem to part with it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWith my bio sis living two states over, there was no chance of her and I making a wish and seeing whose wish would come true through this very scientific process of a wishbone pull.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWith Cooleenie being like a sis to me, I enlisted her help after lunch.  She\'s always willing to help out a blogger in a bind.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYay!!!  Wishes DO come true!  I\'m in luck!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAll of this wishbone talk also reminded me of another <strong><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112225/\" target=\"_blank\">Wishbone.</a></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nRemember him?  The little dog with the big imagination?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, how I adored that show.  I was a young teacher, and I would watch every day.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWishbone would jump into classic <del>tails</del> tales and star as one of the characters.  My personal favorite was Wishbone\'s performance of Romeo.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://familylicious.com/wishbone-dvd-review-and-two-winner-giveaway/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4990 alignnone\" title=\"images\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/images.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd with Bella looking more like a wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier than a Neapolitan Mastiff (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/01/day-185-doggie-dna-results-are-in/\" target=\"_blank\">popular opinion of the Highly Intelligent Readers of this Blog vs. Mars Veterinary</a></strong>), I\'m thinking that Little Miss B might be destined to star in Wishbone 2.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4995\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"214\" caption=\"Ms. Buckley, I&#39;m ready for my close-up.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC4127.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4995 \" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC4127-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\">Remember that complete stranger who stopped me and insisted that Bella needs to have her own TV show?</a></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat do you think?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 190:  Wishbones.  Two Types.  ','','inherit','open','open','','4983-revision-8','','','2011-04-05 21:11:31','2011-04-06 04:11:31','',4983,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/05/4983-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(5004,1,'2011-04-05 21:23:39','2011-04-06 04:23:39','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040002.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4997\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>I can\'t throw a good wishbone away.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhen I was a kid, my Dad would save the wishbone from the turkey for me and my sister.  After a day of drying it out, Jennie and I would pull on the wishbone and make a wish.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nDid you do this as a kid?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nA couple of weeks ago when I had Mr. Tall Drink of Water (now Mr. Shattered and Spilled Glass of Water) over for dinner and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/25/day-178-best-birthday-cake-ever/\" target=\"_blank\">Best Birthday Cake Ever</a></strong>, I saved the wishbone from the rotisserie chicken.   I just couldn\'t seem to part with it.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWith my bio sis living two states over, there was no chance of her and I making a wish and seeing whose wish would come true through this very scientific process of a wishbone pull.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWith Cooleenie being like a sis to me, I enlisted her help after lunch.  She\'s always willing to help out a blogger in a bind.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040003.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4999\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040003-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYay!!!  Wishes DO come true!  I\'m in luck!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAll of this wishbone talk also reminded me of another <strong><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112225/\" target=\"_blank\">Wishbone.</a></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nRemember him?  The little dog with the big imagination?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOh, how I adored that show!  I was a young teacher when it originally aired, and I would watch after school.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWishbone would jump into classic <del>tails</del> tales and star as one of the characters.  My personal favorite was Wishbone\'s performance of Romeo.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://familylicious.com/wishbone-dvd-review-and-two-winner-giveaway/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4990 alignnone\" title=\"images\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/images.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd with Bella looking more like a wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier than a Neapolitan Mastiff (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/01/day-185-doggie-dna-results-are-in/\" target=\"_blank\">popular opinion of the Highly Intelligent Readers of this Blog vs. Mars Veterinary</a></strong>), I\'m thinking that Little Miss B might be destined to star in Wishbone 2.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4995\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"214\" caption=\"Ms. Buckley, I&#39;m ready for my close-up\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC4127.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4995 \" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC4127-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhat do you think?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 190:  Wishbones.  Two Types.  ','','inherit','open','open','','4983-revision-12','','','2011-04-05 21:23:39','2011-04-06 04:23:39','',4983,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/05/4983-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(5001,1,'2011-04-05 21:18:15','2011-04-06 04:18:15','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040002.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4997\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>I can\'t throw a good wishbone away.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhen I was a kid, my Dad would save the wishbone from the turkey for me and my sister.  After a day of drying it out, Jennie and I would pull on the wishbone and make a wish.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nDid you do this as a kid?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nA couple of weeks ago when I had Mr. Tall Drink of Water (now Mr. Shattered and Spilled Glass of Water) over for dinner and the Best Birthday Cake Ever, I saved the wishbone from the rotisserie chicken.   I just couldn\'t seem to part with it.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWith my bio sis living two states over, there was no chance of her and I making a wish and seeing whose wish would come true through this very scientific process of a wishbone pull.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWith Cooleenie being like a sis to me, I enlisted her help after lunch.  She\'s always willing to help out a blogger in a bind.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040003.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4999\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040003-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYay!!!  Wishes DO come true!  I\'m in luck!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAll of this wishbone talk also reminded me of another <strong><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112225/\" target=\"_blank\">Wishbone.</a></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nRemember him?  The little dog with the big imagination?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOh, how I adored that show.  I was a young teacher when it, and I would watch after school.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWishbone would jump into classic <del>tails</del> tales and star as one of the characters.  My personal favorite was Wishbone\'s performance of Romeo.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://familylicious.com/wishbone-dvd-review-and-two-winner-giveaway/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4990 alignnone\" title=\"images\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/images.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd with Bella looking more like a wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier than a Neapolitan Mastiff (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/01/day-185-doggie-dna-results-are-in/\" target=\"_blank\">popular opinion of the Highly Intelligent Readers of this Blog vs. Mars Veterinary</a></strong>), I\'m thinking that Little Miss B might be destined to star in Wishbone 2.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4995\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"214\" caption=\"Ms. Buckley, I&#39;m ready for my close-up.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC4127.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4995 \" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC4127-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\">Remember that complete stranger who stopped me and insisted that Bella needs to have her own TV show?</a></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhat do you think?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 190:  Wishbones.  Two Types.  ','','inherit','open','open','','4983-revision-9','','','2011-04-05 21:18:15','2011-04-06 04:18:15','',4983,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/05/4983-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(5002,1,'2011-04-05 21:19:44','2011-04-06 04:19:44','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040002.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4997\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>I can\'t throw a good wishbone away.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhen I was a kid, my Dad would save the wishbone from the turkey for me and my sister.  After a day of drying it out, Jennie and I would pull on the wishbone and make a wish.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nDid you do this as a kid?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nA couple of weeks ago when I had Mr. Tall Drink of Water (now Mr. Shattered and Spilled Glass of Water) over for dinner and the Best Birthday Cake Ever, I saved the wishbone from the rotisserie chicken.   I just couldn\'t seem to part with it.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWith my bio sis living two states over, there was no chance of her and I making a wish and seeing whose wish would come true through this very scientific process of a wishbone pull.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWith Cooleenie being like a sis to me, I enlisted her help after lunch.  She\'s always willing to help out a blogger in a bind.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040003.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4999\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040003-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYay!!!  Wishes DO come true!  I\'m in luck!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAll of this wishbone talk also reminded me of another <strong><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112225/\" target=\"_blank\">Wishbone.</a></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nRemember him?  The little dog with the big imagination?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOh, how I adored that show!  I was a young teacher when it originally aired, and I would watch after school.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWishbone would jump into classic <del>tails</del> tales and star as one of the characters.  My personal favorite was Wishbone\'s performance of Romeo.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://familylicious.com/wishbone-dvd-review-and-two-winner-giveaway/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4990 alignnone\" title=\"images\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/images.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd with Bella looking more like a wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier than a Neapolitan Mastiff (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/01/day-185-doggie-dna-results-are-in/\" target=\"_blank\">popular opinion of the Highly Intelligent Readers of this Blog vs. Mars Veterinary</a></strong>), I\'m thinking that Little Miss B might be destined to star in Wishbone 2.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4995\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"214\" caption=\"Ms. Buckley, I&#39;m ready for my close-up.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC4127.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4995 \" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC4127-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\">Remember that complete stranger who stopped me and insisted that Bella needs to have her own TV show?</a></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhat do you think?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 190:  Wishbones.  Two Types.  ','','inherit','open','open','','4983-revision-10','','','2011-04-05 21:19:44','2011-04-06 04:19:44','',4983,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/05/4983-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(5003,1,'2011-04-05 21:21:14','2011-04-06 04:21:14','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040002.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4997\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>I can\'t throw a good wishbone away.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhen I was a kid, my Dad would save the wishbone from the turkey for me and my sister.  After a day of drying it out, Jennie and I would pull on the wishbone and make a wish.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nDid you do this as a kid?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nA couple of weeks ago when I had Mr. Tall Drink of Water (now Mr. Shattered and Spilled Glass of Water) over for dinner and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/25/day-178-best-birthday-cake-ever/\" target=\"_blank\">Best Birthday Cake Ever</a></strong>, I saved the wishbone from the rotisserie chicken.   I just couldn\'t seem to part with it.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWith my bio sis living two states over, there was no chance of her and I making a wish and seeing whose wish would come true through this very scientific process of a wishbone pull.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWith Cooleenie being like a sis to me, I enlisted her help after lunch.  She\'s always willing to help out a blogger in a bind.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040003.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4999\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040003-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYay!!!  Wishes DO come true!  I\'m in luck!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAll of this wishbone talk also reminded me of another <strong><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112225/\" target=\"_blank\">Wishbone.</a></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nRemember him?  The little dog with the big imagination?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOh, how I adored that show!  I was a young teacher when it originally aired, and I would watch after school.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWishbone would jump into classic <del>tails</del> tales and star as one of the characters.  My personal favorite was Wishbone\'s performance of Romeo.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://familylicious.com/wishbone-dvd-review-and-two-winner-giveaway/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4990 alignnone\" title=\"images\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/images.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd with Bella looking more like a wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier than a Neapolitan Mastiff (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/01/day-185-doggie-dna-results-are-in/\" target=\"_blank\">popular opinion of the Highly Intelligent Readers of this Blog vs. Mars Veterinary</a></strong>), I\'m thinking that Little Miss B might be destined to star in Wishbone 2.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4995\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"214\" caption=\"Ms. Buckley, I&#39;m ready for my close-up.  \"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC4127.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4995 \" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC4127-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\">Remember that complete stranger who stopped me and insisted that Bella needs to have her own TV show?</a></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhat do you think?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 190:  Wishbones.  Two Types.  ','','inherit','open','open','','4983-revision-11','','','2011-04-05 21:21:14','2011-04-06 04:21:14','',4983,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/05/4983-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(5005,1,'2011-04-05 21:25:16','2011-04-06 04:25:16','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040002.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4997\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>I can\'t throw a good wishbone away.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhen I was a kid, my Dad would save the wishbone from the turkey for me and my sister.  After a day of drying it out, Jennie and I would pull on the wishbone and make a wish.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nDid you do this as a kid?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nA couple of weeks ago when I had Mr. Tall Drink of Water (now Mr. Shattered and Spilled Glass of Water) over for dinner and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/25/day-178-best-birthday-cake-ever/\" target=\"_blank\">Best Birthday Cake Ever</a></strong>, I saved the wishbone from the rotisserie chicken.   I just couldn\'t seem to part with it.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWith my bio sis living two states over, there was no chance of her and I making a wish and seeing whose wish would come true through this very scientific process of a wishbone pull.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWith Cooleenie being like a sis to me, I enlisted her help after lunch.  She\'s always willing to help out a blogger in a bind.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040003.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4999\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040003-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYay!!!  Wishes DO come true!  I\'m in luck!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAll of this wishbone talk also reminded me of another <strong><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112225/\" target=\"_blank\">Wishbone.</a></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nRemember him?  The little dog with the big imagination?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOh, how I adored that show!  I was a young teacher when it originally aired, and I would watch after school.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWishbone would jump into classic <del>tails</del> tales and star as one of the characters.  My personal favorite was Wishbone\'s performance of Romeo.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://familylicious.com/wishbone-dvd-review-and-two-winner-giveaway/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4990 alignnone\" title=\"images\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/images.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd with Bella looking more like a wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier than a Neapolitan Mastiff (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/01/day-185-doggie-dna-results-are-in/\" target=\"_blank\">popular opinion of the Highly Intelligent Readers of this Blog vs. Mars Veterinary</a></strong>), I\'m thinking that Little Miss B might be destined to star in Wishbone 2.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhat do you think?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_4995\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"214\" caption=\"Ms. Buckley, I&#39;m ready for my close-up\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC4127.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4995 \" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC4127-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 190:  Wishbones.  Two Types.  ','','inherit','open','open','','4983-autosave','','','2011-04-05 21:25:16','2011-04-06 04:25:16','',4983,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/05/4983-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(5006,1,'2011-04-05 21:24:09','2011-04-06 04:24:09','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040002.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4997\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>I can\'t throw a good wishbone away.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhen I was a kid, my Dad would save the wishbone from the turkey for me and my sister.  After a day of drying it out, Jennie and I would pull on the wishbone and make a wish.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDid you do this as a kid?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA couple of weeks ago when I had Mr. Tall Drink of Water (now Mr. Shattered and Spilled Glass of Water) over for dinner and the <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/25/day-178-best-birthday-cake-ever/\" target=\"_blank\">Best Birthday Cake Ever</a></strong>, I saved the wishbone from the rotisserie chicken.   I just couldn\'t seem to part with it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWith my bio sis living two states over, there was no chance of her and I making a wish and seeing whose wish would come true through this very scientific process of a wishbone pull.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWith Cooleenie being like a sis to me, I enlisted her help after lunch.  She\'s always willing to help out a blogger in a bind.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040003.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4999\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P4040003-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYay!!!  Wishes DO come true!  I\'m in luck!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAll of this wishbone talk also reminded me of another <strong><a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112225/\" target=\"_blank\">Wishbone.</a></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nRemember him?  The little dog with the big imagination?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, how I adored that show!  I was a young teacher when it originally aired, and I would watch after school.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWishbone would jump into classic <del>tails</del> tales and star as one of the characters.  My personal favorite was Wishbone\'s performance of Romeo.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://familylicious.com/wishbone-dvd-review-and-two-winner-giveaway/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-4990 alignnone\" title=\"images\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/images.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd with Bella looking more like a wire-haired Jack Russell Terrier than a Neapolitan Mastiff (<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/01/day-185-doggie-dna-results-are-in/\" target=\"_blank\">popular opinion of the Highly Intelligent Readers of this Blog vs. Mars Veterinary</a></strong>), I\'m thinking that Little Miss B might be destined to star in Wishbone 2.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat do you think?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_4995\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"214\" caption=\"Ms. Buckley, I&#39;m ready for my close-up\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC4127.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4995 \" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC4127-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 190:  Wishbones.  Two Types.  ','','inherit','open','open','','4983-revision-13','','','2011-04-05 21:24:09','2011-04-06 04:24:09','',4983,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/05/4983-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(5008,1,'2011-04-07 01:11:19','2011-04-07 08:11:19','I was just telling Cooleenie the other day that I\'m getting an awful lot of forwarded emails these days now that my Dad is retired.  :-)  We were talking at work and <em>ping, ping, ping!</em> Three of them came through on my Crackberry.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOn Day 191, Dad sent me a sweet email with a warm-fuzzy movie that he thought I might be able to incorporate into the blog at some point.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSince my original bloggy plans for Day 191 had to be rescheduled (long story), I thought Heck!  That\'s perfect timing, Da!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLadies and token gent readers, I present to you powerful reminders from the old softie whom I am proud to call my Dad.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI can\'t embed it into the blog page like I normally do, so please visit <strong><a href=\"http://www.flickspire.com/m/IAAW/LifeIsLikeCoffee\" target=\"_blank\">Life is Like Coffee Movie</a></strong> but then come back!  I would like to share with you MY favorite Internet \"movie\" of all time!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n*********\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIsn\'t my Dad great?  :-)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n\r\nNow I would like to introduce you to my personal fav.  If you were friends with me 5 or so years ago, you may remember receiving this via email.  If you are a new friend (or an old friend with a poor memory -- he he he), then enjoy today!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter the movie, check out the website of Michael Bungay Stanier (the mastermind behind this magic) at <strong><a href=\"http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/\" target=\"_blank\">boxofcrayons.biz</a></strong>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHave an inspirational day, everyone!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/sZ7QpJLoloQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n&nbsp;','Day 191:  A Message from My Dad  ','','publish','open','open','','day-191-a-message-from-my-dad','','','2011-04-06 20:14:17','2011-04-07 03:14:17','',0,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?p=5008',0,'post','',1),(5009,1,'2011-04-06 19:59:00','2011-04-07 02:59:00','I was just telling Cooleenie the other day that I\'m getting an awful lot of forwarded emails these days now that my Dad is retired.  :-)  We were talking at work and <em>ping, ping, ping!</em> Three of them came through on my Crackberry.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOn Day 191, Dad sent me a sweet email with a warm-fuzzy movie that he thought I might be able to incorporate into the blog at some point.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSince my original bloggy plans for Day 191 had to be rescheduled (long story), I thought Heck!  That\'s perfect timing, Da!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nLadies and token gent readers, I present to you powerful reminders from the old softie whom I am proud to call my Dad.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI can\'t embed it into the blog page like I normally do, so please visit <strong><a href=\"http://www.flickspire.com/m/IAAW/LifeIsLikeCoffee\" target=\"_blank\">Life is Like Coffee Movie</a></strong> but then come back!  I would like to share with you MY favorite Internet \"movie\" of all time!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIsn\'t my Dad great?  :-)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nNow I would like to introduce you to my personal fav.  If you were friends with me 5 or so years ago, you may remember receiving this via email.  If you are a new friend, or an old friend with a poor memory, then enjoy today!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAfter the movie, check out the website of Michael Bungay Stanier (the mastermind behind this magic) at <strong><a href=\"http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/\" target=\"_blank\">boxofcrayons.biz</a></strong>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHave an inspirational day, everyone!\n\n&nbsp;','Day 191:  A Message from My Dad  ','','inherit','open','open','','5008-revision','','','2011-04-06 19:59:00','2011-04-07 02:59:00','',5008,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/06/5008-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(5010,1,'2011-04-06 19:59:06','2011-04-07 02:59:06','I was just telling Cooleenie the other day that I\'m getting an awful lot of forwarded emails these days now that my Dad is retired.  :-)  We were talking at work and <em>ping, ping, ping!</em> Three of them came through on my Crackberry.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOn Day 191, Dad sent me a sweet email with a warm-fuzzy movie that he thought I might be able to incorporate into the blog at some point.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSince my original bloggy plans for Day 191 had to be rescheduled (long story), I thought Heck!  That\'s perfect timing, Da!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLadies and token gent readers, I present to you powerful reminders from the old softie whom I am proud to call my Dad.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI can\'t embed it into the blog page like I normally do, so please visit <strong><a href=\"http://www.flickspire.com/m/IAAW/LifeIsLikeCoffee\" target=\"_blank\">Life is Like Coffee Movie</a></strong> but then come back!  I would like to share with you MY favorite Internet \"movie\" of all time!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIsn\'t my Dad great?  :-)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNow I would like to introduce you to my personal fav.  If you were friends with me 5 or so years ago, you may remember receiving this via email.  If you are a new friend, or an old friend with a poor memory, then enjoy today!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter the movie, check out the website of Michael Bungay Stanier (the mastermind behind this magic) at <strong><a href=\"http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/\" target=\"_blank\">boxofcrayons.biz</a></strong>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHave an inspirational day, everyone!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 191:  A Message from My Dad  ','','inherit','open','open','','5008-revision-2','','','2011-04-06 19:59:06','2011-04-07 02:59:06','',5008,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/06/5008-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(5011,1,'2011-04-06 19:59:51','2011-04-07 02:59:51','I was just telling Cooleenie the other day that I\'m getting an awful lot of forwarded emails these days now that my Dad is retired.  :-)  We were talking at work and <em>ping, ping, ping!</em> Three of them came through on my Crackberry.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOn Day 191, Dad sent me a sweet email with a warm-fuzzy movie that he thought I might be able to incorporate into the blog at some point.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSince my original bloggy plans for Day 191 had to be rescheduled (long story), I thought Heck!  That\'s perfect timing, Da!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLadies and token gent readers, I present to you powerful reminders from the old softie whom I am proud to call my Dad.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI can\'t embed it into the blog page like I normally do, so please visit <strong><a href=\"http://www.flickspire.com/m/IAAW/LifeIsLikeCoffee\" target=\"_blank\">Life is Like Coffee Movie</a></strong> but then come back!  I would like to share with you MY favorite Internet \"movie\" of all time!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIsn\'t my Dad great?  :-)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/sZ7QpJLoloQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNow I would like to introduce you to my personal fav.  If you were friends with me 5 or so years ago, you may remember receiving this via email.  If you are a new friend, or an old friend with a poor memory, then enjoy today!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter the movie, check out the website of Michael Bungay Stanier (the mastermind behind this magic) at <strong><a href=\"http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/\" target=\"_blank\">boxofcrayons.biz</a></strong>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHave an inspirational day, everyone!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 191:  A Message from My Dad  ','','inherit','open','open','','5008-revision-3','','','2011-04-06 19:59:51','2011-04-07 02:59:51','',5008,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/06/5008-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(5012,1,'2011-04-06 20:00:45','2011-04-07 03:00:45','I was just telling Cooleenie the other day that I\'m getting an awful lot of forwarded emails these days now that my Dad is retired.  :-)  We were talking at work and <em>ping, ping, ping!</em> Three of them came through on my Crackberry.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOn Day 191, Dad sent me a sweet email with a warm-fuzzy movie that he thought I might be able to incorporate into the blog at some point.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSince my original bloggy plans for Day 191 had to be rescheduled (long story), I thought Heck!  That\'s perfect timing, Da!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLadies and token gent readers, I present to you powerful reminders from the old softie whom I am proud to call my Dad.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI can\'t embed it into the blog page like I normally do, so please visit <strong><a href=\"http://www.flickspire.com/m/IAAW/LifeIsLikeCoffee\" target=\"_blank\">Life is Like Coffee Movie</a></strong> but then come back!  I would like to share with you MY favorite Internet \"movie\" of all time!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIsn\'t my Dad great?  :-)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNow I would like to introduce you to my personal fav.  If you were friends with me 5 or so years ago, you may remember receiving this via email.  If you are a new friend, or an old friend with a poor memory, then enjoy today!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter the movie, check out the website of Michael Bungay Stanier (the mastermind behind this magic) at <strong><a href=\"http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/\" target=\"_blank\">boxofcrayons.biz</a></strong>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHave an inspirational day, everyone!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/sZ7QpJLoloQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n&nbsp;','Day 191:  A Message from My Dad  ','','inherit','open','open','','5008-revision-4','','','2011-04-06 20:00:45','2011-04-07 03:00:45','',5008,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/06/5008-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(5013,1,'2011-04-06 20:00:55','2011-04-07 03:00:55','I was just telling Cooleenie the other day that I\'m getting an awful lot of forwarded emails these days now that my Dad is retired.  :-)  We were talking at work and <em>ping, ping, ping!</em> Three of them came through on my Crackberry.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOn Day 191, Dad sent me a sweet email with a warm-fuzzy movie that he thought I might be able to incorporate into the blog at some point.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSince my original bloggy plans for Day 191 had to be rescheduled (long story), I thought Heck!  That\'s perfect timing, Da!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLadies and token gent readers, I present to you powerful reminders from the old softie whom I am proud to call my Dad.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI can\'t embed it into the blog page like I normally do, so please visit <strong><a href=\"http://www.flickspire.com/m/IAAW/LifeIsLikeCoffee\" target=\"_blank\">Life is Like Coffee Movie</a></strong> but then come back!  I would like to share with you MY favorite Internet \"movie\" of all time!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIsn\'t my Dad great?  :-)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNow I would like to introduce you to my personal fav.  If you were friends with me 5 or so years ago, you may remember receiving this via email.  If you are a new friend, or an old friend with a poor memory, then enjoy today!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter the movie, check out the website of Michael Bungay Stanier (the mastermind behind this magic) at <strong><a href=\"http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/\" target=\"_blank\">boxofcrayons.biz</a></strong>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHave an inspirational day, everyone!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/sZ7QpJLoloQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n&nbsp;','Day 191:  A Message from My Dad  ','','inherit','open','open','','5008-revision-5','','','2011-04-06 20:00:55','2011-04-07 03:00:55','',5008,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/06/5008-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(5144,1,'2011-04-15 12:11:11','2011-04-15 19:11:11','<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/gammaman/5355588988/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5145\" title=\"5355588988_5015b3408e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/5355588988_5015b3408e-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>I\'m not a fan of April 15th.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was self-employed up until 2 years ago, and every year I wisely turned my spreadsheets and documents over to an accountant to make the whole tax preparation process as painless as possible.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor the past two years, I haven\'t really needed an accountant.  Tax filing should be simple for me because of TurboTax.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTurboTax is supposed to make life and taxes easy.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #808000;\"><strong>Not for me.  I  had \"issues\".  I kept my \"issues\" a secret.  I feared that I was the biggest taxes dufus on the planet. </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIsn\'t this software supposed to be turn-key?  Isn\'t it supposed to do all the work for you?  Accurately?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n\"Not so\", quoth Becky Jo one day at the water cooler.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(We weren\'t really at the water cooler -- we were at Becky Jo\'s desk -- but I\'ve always wanted to say that now that I work in Corporate America.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBecky Jo told me her TurboTax horror story, and the Masterful Accountant who came to her family\'s financial rescue.  The IRS now owes her a big fat Refund.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI took the Masterful Accountant\'s name and number, and I saved it for a rainy day.  Perhaps next January or February.  I was almost finished with my TurboTax for 2010 taxes.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then on Day 199 -- horror of horrors -- TurboTax made a costly calculation that smelled very fishy.  Very fishy indeed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #808000;\"><strong>An accountant friend and my Dad sniffed the putrescence as well.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI immediately stopped the madness and filed an extension with Masterful Accountant.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Soul-Scintillation Moment #1:  I am due a small refund on state taxes.  As a former self-employed lass, I am not used to refunds.  Woo Hoooo!!!!!</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Soul-Scintillation Moment #2:  I cannot tell you how FREEING it is to turn this chore over to a number cruncher who knows what he\'s doing for around $100</span><strong>. </strong>I\'m hoping for either a big fat Refund or at least some relief on my federal.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300; font-size: large;\"><strong>As God is my witness, I will never torture myself with filing my taxes again!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">*******</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Good eye!  Yes, this post is out of order.  I wanted to make sure it published on April 15th.  :-)  Day 198 coming soon...</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 199:  Tax Relief ','','publish','open','open','','day-198-tax-relief','','','2011-04-14 20:58:26','2011-04-15 03:58:26','',0,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?p=5144',0,'post','',1),(5015,1,'2011-04-06 20:01:33','2011-04-07 03:01:33','I was just telling Cooleenie the other day that I\'m getting an awful lot of forwarded emails these days now that my Dad is retired.  :-)  We were talking at work and <em>ping, ping, ping!</em> Three of them came through on my Crackberry.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOn Day 191, Dad sent me a sweet email with a warm-fuzzy movie that he thought I might be able to incorporate into the blog at some point.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSince my original bloggy plans for Day 191 had to be rescheduled (long story), I thought Heck!  That\'s perfect timing, Da!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLadies and token gent readers, I present to you powerful reminders from the old softie whom I am proud to call my Dad.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI can\'t embed it into the blog page like I normally do, so please visit <strong><a href=\"http://www.flickspire.com/m/IAAW/LifeIsLikeCoffee\" target=\"_blank\">Life is Like Coffee Movie</a></strong> but then come back!  I would like to share with you MY favorite Internet \"movie\" of all time!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIsn\'t my Dad great?  :-)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNow I would like to introduce you to my personal fav.  If you were friends with me 5 or so years ago, you may remember receiving this via email.  If you are a new friend, or an old friend with a poor memory, then enjoy today!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter the movie, check out the website of Michael Bungay Stanier (the mastermind behind this magic) at <strong><a href=\"http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/\" target=\"_blank\">boxofcrayons.biz</a></strong>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHave an inspirational day, everyone!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/sZ7QpJLoloQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n&nbsp;','Day 191:  A Message from My Dad  ','','inherit','open','open','','5008-revision-6','','','2011-04-06 20:01:33','2011-04-07 03:01:33','',5008,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/06/5008-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(5016,1,'2011-04-06 20:09:18','2011-04-07 03:09:18','I was just telling Cooleenie the other day that I\'m getting an awful lot of forwarded emails these days now that my Dad is retired.  :-)  We were talking at work and <em>ping, ping, ping!</em> Three of them came through on my Crackberry.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOn Day 191, Dad sent me a sweet email with a warm-fuzzy movie that he thought I might be able to incorporate into the blog at some point.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSince my original bloggy plans for Day 191 had to be rescheduled (long story), I thought Heck!  That\'s perfect timing, Da!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLadies and token gent readers, I present to you powerful reminders from the old softie whom I am proud to call my Dad.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI can\'t embed it into the blog page like I normally do, so please visit <strong><a href=\"http://www.flickspire.com/m/IAAW/LifeIsLikeCoffee\" target=\"_blank\">Life is Like Coffee Movie</a></strong> but then come back!  I would like to share with you MY favorite Internet \"movie\" of all time!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIsn\'t my Dad great?  :-)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n\r\nNow I would like to introduce you to my personal fav.  If you were friends with me 5 or so years ago, you may remember receiving this via email.  If you are a new friend, or an old friend with a poor memory, then enjoy today!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter the movie, check out the website of Michael Bungay Stanier (the mastermind behind this magic) at <strong><a href=\"http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/\" target=\"_blank\">boxofcrayons.biz</a></strong>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHave an inspirational day, everyone!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/sZ7QpJLoloQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n&nbsp;','Day 191:  A Message from My Dad  ','','inherit','open','open','','5008-revision-7','','','2011-04-06 20:09:18','2011-04-07 03:09:18','',5008,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/06/5008-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(5017,1,'2011-04-06 20:10:30','2011-04-07 03:10:30','I was just telling Cooleenie the other day that I\'m getting an awful lot of forwarded emails these days now that my Dad is retired.  :-)  We were talking at work and <em>ping, ping, ping!</em> Three of them came through on my Crackberry.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOn Day 191, Dad sent me a sweet email with a warm-fuzzy movie that he thought I might be able to incorporate into the blog at some point.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSince my original bloggy plans for Day 191 had to be rescheduled (long story), I thought Heck!  That\'s perfect timing, Da!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLadies and token gent readers, I present to you powerful reminders from the old softie whom I am proud to call my Dad.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI can\'t embed it into the blog page like I normally do, so please visit <strong><a href=\"http://www.flickspire.com/m/IAAW/LifeIsLikeCoffee\" target=\"_blank\">Life is Like Coffee Movie</a></strong> but then come back!  I would like to share with you MY favorite Internet \"movie\" of all time!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIsn\'t my Dad great?  :-)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n\r\nNow I would like to introduce you to my personal fav.  If you were friends with me 5 or so years ago, you may remember receiving this via email.  If you are a new friend, or an old friend with a poor memory, then enjoy today!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter the movie, check out the website of Michael Bungay Stanier (the mastermind behind this magic) at <strong><a href=\"http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/\" target=\"_blank\">boxofcrayons.biz</a></strong>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHave an inspirational day, everyone!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/sZ7QpJLoloQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n&nbsp;','Day 191:  A Message from My Dad  ','','inherit','open','open','','5008-revision-8','','','2011-04-06 20:10:30','2011-04-07 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href=\"http://www.flickspire.com/m/IAAW/LifeIsLikeCoffee\" target=\"_blank\">Life is Like Coffee Movie</a></strong> but then come back!  I would like to share with you MY favorite Internet \"movie\" of all time!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n*********\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIsn\'t my Dad great?  :-)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n\nNow I would like to introduce you to my personal fav.  If you were friends with me 5 or so years ago, you may remember receiving this via email.  If you are a new friend, or an old friend with a poor memory, then enjoy today!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAfter the movie, check out the website of Michael Bungay Stanier (the mastermind behind this magic) at <strong><a href=\"http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/\" target=\"_blank\">boxofcrayons.biz</a></strong>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHave an inspirational day, everyone!\n\n&nbsp;\n&nbsp;\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/sZ7QpJLoloQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\n&nbsp;','Day 191:  A Message from My Dad  ','','inherit','open','open','','5008-autosave','','','2011-04-06 20:13:49','2011-04-07 03:13:49','',5008,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/06/5008-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(5019,1,'2011-04-06 20:12:01','2011-04-07 03:12:01','I was just telling Cooleenie the other day that I\'m getting an awful lot of forwarded emails these days now that my Dad is retired.  :-)  We were talking at work and <em>ping, ping, ping!</em> Three of them came through on my Crackberry.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOn Day 191, Dad sent me a sweet email with a warm-fuzzy movie that he thought I might be able to incorporate into the blog at some point.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSince my original bloggy plans for Day 191 had to be rescheduled (long story), I thought Heck!  That\'s perfect timing, Da!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLadies and token gent readers, I present to you powerful reminders from the old softie whom I am proud to call my Dad.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI can\'t embed it into the blog page like I normally do, so please visit <strong><a href=\"http://www.flickspire.com/m/IAAW/LifeIsLikeCoffee\" target=\"_blank\">Life is Like Coffee Movie</a></strong> but then come back!  I would like to share with you MY favorite Internet \"movie\" of all time!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;********\r\n\r\nIsn\'t my Dad great?  :-)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n\r\nNow I would like to introduce you to my personal fav.  If you were friends with me 5 or so years ago, you may remember receiving this via email.  If you are a new friend, or an old friend with a poor memory, then enjoy today!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter the movie, check out the website of Michael Bungay Stanier (the mastermind behind this magic) at <strong><a href=\"http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/\" target=\"_blank\">boxofcrayons.biz</a></strong>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHave an inspirational day, everyone!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/sZ7QpJLoloQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n&nbsp;','Day 191:  A Message from My Dad  ','','inherit','open','open','','5008-revision-9','','','2011-04-06 20:12:01','2011-04-07 03:12:01','',5008,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/06/5008-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(5020,1,'2011-04-08 01:11:01','2011-04-08 08:11:01','<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/lawendula/5088305071/sizes/m/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5022\" title=\"raincollage\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/raincollage-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a>Something magical happened to me and Little Miss B on Day 192.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe were out walking with Kim C. and her dogs and...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWet stuff dripped down from the sky.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYes, actual RAIN.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis is a rare occurrence when you live in the desert.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn fact, it is so rare that we celebrate when it rains.  We <em>revel</em>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe continue to walk our dogs and care less about getting wet.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEven Little Miss B -- who normally flees like a madwoman from the bath -- seemed to enjoy herself.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #339966; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Added bonus: </strong></span> When you live in the desert and it starts to rain, the smell of <a href=\"http://phoenix.about.com/cs/desert/a/creosote.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>creosote</strong></a> fills the air.  Ahhhh...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n\"A Walk in the Rain\" had not been officially entered into <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/31/day-183-were-at-the-halfway-mark/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>My Book of Secrets</strong></a> (aka List of Ideas for this <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/365-or-bust/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>365 project</strong></a>), but \"Kiss in the Rain -- Like in the Movies!\" is in there.  Kim C. and I won\'t be kissing anytime soon, and Little Miss B doesn\'t count.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWith Monsoon Season rapidly approaching, I\'m wondering if I\'ll check that one off my list this summer.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 192:  A Walk in the Rain ','','publish','open','open','','day-192-a-walk-in-the-rain','','\nhttp://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/31/day-183-were-at-the-halfway-mark/','2011-04-07 13:04:58','2011-04-07 20:04:58','',0,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?p=5020',0,'post','',4),(5021,1,'2011-04-07 12:30:55','2011-04-07 19:30:55','','Day 192:  A Walk in the Rain ','','inherit','open','open','','5020-revision','','','2011-04-07 12:30:55','2011-04-07 19:30:55','',5020,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/07/5020-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(5022,1,'2011-04-07 12:48:43','2011-04-07 19:48:43','','raincollage','','inherit','open','open','','raincollage','','','2011-04-07 12:48:43','2011-04-07 19:48:43','',5020,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/raincollage.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5023,1,'2011-04-07 12:31:00','2011-04-07 19:31:00','','Day 192:  A Walk in the Rain ','','inherit','open','open','','5020-revision-2','','','2011-04-07 12:31:00','2011-04-07 19:31:00','',5020,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/07/5020-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(5024,1,'2011-04-07 12:53:21','2011-04-07 19:53:21','<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/lawendula/5088305071/sizes/m/\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5022\" title=\"raincollage\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/raincollage-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a>Something magical happened to me and Little Miss B on Day 192.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWe were out walking with Kim C. and her dogs and...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWet stuff dripped down from the sky.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYes, actual RAIN.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis is a rare occurrence when you live in the desert.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIn fact, it is so rare that we celebrate when it rains.  We revel.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWe continue to walk our dogs and care less about getting wet.  Even Little Miss B -- who normally flees like a madwoman from the bath -- seemed to enjoy herself.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAdded bonus:  When you live in the desert a','Day 192:  A Walk in the Rain ','','inherit','open','open','','5020-revision-3','','','2011-04-07 12:53:21','2011-04-07 19:53:21','',5020,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/07/5020-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(5025,1,'2011-04-07 13:00:04','2011-04-07 20:00:04','<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/lawendula/5088305071/sizes/m/\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5022\" title=\"raincollage\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/raincollage-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a>Something magical happened to me and Little Miss B on Day 192.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWe were out walking with Kim C. and her dogs and...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWet stuff dripped down from the sky.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYes, actual RAIN.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis is a rare occurrence when you live in the desert.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIn fact, it is so rare that we celebrate when it rains.  We revel.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWe continue to walk our dogs and care less about getting wet.  Even Little Miss B -- who normally flees like a madwoman from the bath -- seemed to enjoy herself.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #339966; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Added bonus: </strong></span> When you live in the desert and it starts to rain, the smell of <a href=\"http://phoenix.about.com/cs/desert/a/creosote.htm\"><strong>creosote</strong></a> fills the air.  Ahhhh...\n\n&nbsp;\n\n\"A Walk in the Rain\" had not been officially entered into <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/31/day-183-were-at-the-halfway-mark/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>My Book of Secrets</strong></a> (aka List of Ideas for this <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/365-or-bust/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>365 project</strong></a>), but \"Kiss in the Rain -- Like the Movies!\" is in there.  Kim C. and I won\'t be kissing anytime soon, and Little Miss B doesn\'t count.  With Monsoon Season approaching, I\'m wondering if I\'ll check that one of my list this summer.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 192:  A Walk in the Rain ','','inherit','open','open','','5020-revision-4','','','2011-04-07 13:00:04','2011-04-07 20:00:04','',5020,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/07/5020-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(5026,1,'2011-04-07 13:00:45','2011-04-07 20:00:45','<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/lawendula/5088305071/sizes/m/\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5022\" title=\"raincollage\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/raincollage-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a>Something magical happened to me and Little Miss B on Day 192.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe were out walking with Kim C. and her dogs and...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWet stuff dripped down from the sky.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYes, actual RAIN.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis is a rare occurrence when you live in the desert.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn fact, it is so rare that we celebrate when it rains.  We revel.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe continue to walk our dogs and care less about getting wet.  Even Little Miss B -- who normally flees like a madwoman from the bath -- seemed to enjoy herself.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #339966; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Added bonus: </strong></span> When you live in the desert and it starts to rain, the smell of <a href=\"http://phoenix.about.com/cs/desert/a/creosote.htm\"><strong>creosote</strong></a> fills the air.  Ahhhh...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n\"A Walk in the Rain\" had not been officially entered into <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/31/day-183-were-at-the-halfway-mark/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>My Book of Secrets</strong></a> (aka List of Ideas for this <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/365-or-bust/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>365 project</strong></a>), but \"Kiss in the Rain -- Like in the Movies!\" is in there.  Kim C. and I won\'t be kissing anytime soon, and Little Miss B doesn\'t count.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWith Monsoon Season rapidly approaching, I\'m wondering if I\'ll check that one off my list this summer.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 192:  A Walk in the Rain ','','inherit','open','open','','5020-revision-5','','','2011-04-07 13:00:45','2011-04-07 20:00:45','',5020,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/07/5020-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0);
