I am doing a lot of thinning of my various collectibles as we are planning to move in the next two to three months. I would really rather not box all of this stuff up and then unpack it at the new place. Too much wrapping in bubble wrap. Too many boxes.

I have decided to sell off many of my collectible items on eBay. Right now I am selling boxes of Football cards and some older silver coins. I will be adding new items every day for about the next 2 – 3 weeks.

Help me out a little and take some of these items off my hands …

~ Check Out My Football Cards / Boxes

~ Check Out My Silver Coins

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Every once in awhile I like to take one of my photographs and play around with it for 4-6 hours in Paint Shop and see all of the different variations I can come up with. Many just don’t work, and for the ones that do … they get posted here on the site.

I decided to do a few Paint Shop image effects on my Peek-A-Boo Kitten in Clover photograph ( see original photo here ). The effect I ran on this photo is called “neon glow”. I then added the black picture frame to it. I like the muted colors (almost blurry) and the very slight embossed look. Although I don’t really know why this is called “neon” ….

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We had a little excitement around the complex here today. Pictured above and below is a fallen 60 foot Eucalyptus Tree that took out a fence, a carport, and a motorcycle. I feel real bad for that motorcycle owner, but at least no one was injured as far as I know. I’m actually a little bummed out about the tree too … Eucalyptus trees are quite nice looking and it was definitely the largest tree around our apartment complex

California is experiencing its second large wind event in about two weeks with the wind gusts today reaching 50 to 60+ miles per hour. As you can imagine, there are plenty of branches, leaves, and some trees flying around out there. Certainly nothing like living through a hurricane, but it can still get wild at times.

Photos taken in October, 2009.

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Welcome to the week 7 recap of the NFL Football season !

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This post will be updated Monday night with the Monday Night Game results.

Minnesota Vikings 17
Pittsburgh Stelers 27

• This win for the Steelers was either “luck” or darn good defense at the end. I’m gonna go with the defensive statement. If it wasn’t for 3 big … very big … stops by the steelers defense then this game would have easily went to the Vikings. ( an interception and a fumble returned for touchdowns) The Steelers offense didn’t really play “bad”, they just didn’t do a heck of a lot … and they are stil not running very much. Mendenhall the leading rusher for the Steelers only had 10 carries in this game. For that matter Adrian Peterson is not being fully utilized by the Vikings either. It would seem that Peterson should be carrying 25 times a game …

  
  Fantasy Studs:
  * Adrian Peterson (RB, Min) – 69 rush yards, 60 rec. yards, 1 TD
  * Sidney Rice (WR, Min) – 136 yards
  * Mike Wallace (WR, Pit) – 72 yards, 1 TD

San Diego Chargers 37
Kansas City Chiefs 7

• Hmmm … no real surprise here. I’m really bored with the Chiefs to tell you the truth. Matt Cassel (QB, KC) has looked nothing like the multi-million dollar quarterback that he is supposed to be. Of course his surrounding cast isn’t very good either. To be honest, the Chargers are starting to bore me a little too … and I’m a fan. They are up one week down the next ….
  
  Fantasy Studs:
  * Philip Rivers (QB, SD) – 268 yards, 18 rush yards, 3 TDs
  * Darren Sproles (RB, SD) – 41 rush yards, 58 rec. yards, 1 TD
  * Vincent Jackson (WR, SD) – 142 yards, 1 TD

Green Bay Packers 31
Cleveland Browns 3

• Cleveland really put on a show. This was impressive. They put up … let me check here … 139 total yards. Hmm … nevermind
  
  Fantasy Studs:
  * Aaron Rodgers (QB, GB) – 246 yards, 23 rush yards, 3 TDs – (155.4 rating)
  * Donald Driver (WR, GB) – 84 yards, 1 TD

San Francisco 49ers 21
Houston Texans 24

• After getting blown out in the first half (0-21) the 49ers came roaring back in the second half but in the end it was not to be. Shaun Hill (QB, SF) was ineffective and ended up being benched in favor of quarterback Alex Smith. Smith led the second half charge and looked rather good. Smith may actually be a better quarterback then he was months ago … but I think it may not last.

  
  Fantasy Studs:
  * Alex Smith (QB, SF) – 206 yards, 3 TD, 1 int. – (118 rating)
  * Matt Schaub (QB, Hou) – 264 yards, 2 TDs – (116 rating)
  * Steve Slaton (RB, Hou) – 67 rush yards, 22 rec. yards, 2 TDs, 1 fumb.
  * Vernon Davis (TE, SF) – 93 yards, 3 TDs
  * Owen Daniels (TE, Hou) – 123 yards, 1 TD

Indianapolis Colts 42
St. Louis Rams 6

• Another very predictable game. No one really thought the Rams would win this right ? Marc Bulger had another real bad game (thinking replacement yet ?) with a QB rating of 37 on 2 interceptions and 140 yards.

  
  Fantasy Studs:
  * Peyton Manning (QB, Ind) – 235 yards, 3 TDs – (116 rating)
  * Steven Jackson (RB, St.L) – 134 rush yards (5.8 yards a carry)
  * Reggie Wayne (WR, Ind) – 83 yards, 1 TD

New England Patriots 35
Tampa Bay Bucs 7

• Ho hum … boring. This was not Josh Johnson’s (QB, TB) best day. He ended up tossing 3 interceptions and hanging a 29 rating in his trophy case. Tampa was just outclassed in this game … but I will throw a bone to the one person who caught a touchdown for the Bucs …
  
  Fantasy Studs:
  * Tom Brady (QB, NE) – 308 yards, 3 TDs, 2 ints. – (107 rating)
  * Wes Welker (WR, NE) – 107 rec. yards, 6 rush yards, 1 TD
  * Antonio Bryant (WR, TB) – 51 yards, 1 TD

Buffalo Bills 20
Carolina Panthers 9

• Wow … Jake Delhomme (QB, Car) is killing this team. He threw 3 interceptions (no touchdowns) and ended with a 55 rating. Here is how bad Carolina stunk in this game … Buffalo had only 167 total yards to Carolina’s 425 and Carolina had twice as many first downs as Buffalo but only converted 3 of 12 third downs. The Panthers still couldn’t win this game. There really was only one stud in this game and that was DeAngelo Williams with 139 total yards and 1 TD. To think they only ran him 16 times …
  
  Fantasy Studs:
  * HA

NY Jets 38
Oakland Raiders 0

• Well, this is typical for the Raiders this year. Is this something like their 5th shut-out so far ? Just kidding. The good thing is someone got smart and benched JaMarcus “Stinky” Russell (QB, Oak) during the game. He managed to toss 2 interceptions and rack up a splendid 31 rating before being replaced by Bruce Gradkowski. Apparently, though, he will be back on his throne next week. The Jets played a decent game … but then again they didn’t need to try very hard. Mark Sanchez (QB, NYJ) ran and threw for touchdown en route to a 114 rating on 143 passing yards.

  
  Fantasy Studs:
  * Thomas Jones (RB, NYJ) – 121 rush yards, 3 rec. yards, 1 TD
  * Shonn Greene (RB, NYJ) – 144 rush yards, 2 TDs

Chicago Bears 10
Cincinnati Bengals 45

• Cincy just demolished the Bears. ‘Bout all you can say about this. It is surprising to me because I though Chicago would put up more of a fight. The bengals had twice as many first downs and a 13 minute time of possession advantage over the Bears. Jay Cutler (QB, Chi) did not have a good day throwing 3 interceptions against 1 touchdown and ending with a 55 rating.

  
  Fantasy Studs:
  * Carson Palmer (QB, Cin) – 233 yards, 5 TDs – (146 rating)
  * Cedric Benson (RB, Cin) – 189 yards, 1 TD
  * Devin Hester (WR, Chi) – 101 yards, 1 TD, 1 fumb.
  * Chad Ochocinco (WR, Cin) – 118 yards, 2 TDs

Atlanta Falcons 21
Dallas Cowboys 37

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New Orleans Saints 46
Miami Dolfins 34

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Arizona Cardinals 24
NY Giants 17

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Sometimes ya feel just a little lethargic. Well, actually, 90% of the time if your a cat. Buddy is a pro at napping and can find some very interesting positions to lay in. In this photograph I believe we were piling items on top of him to see how long he would stay there. The first item was the purple teddy bear that is in the picture … he actually liked that. It kinda went downhill from there ….

I chose this picture for today because I have been feeling this way lately. As you probably noticed there were no posts for almost a week. I have been a little stressed out and just working on trying to get my ducks all back into a row.

Starting today there should be some regular posting again.


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