Domestic Geek

Nope, no muscles here. There might have been if Marcus would've let me write on his arm, but you're stuck with mine. There will be plenty of muscle the day after Thanksgiving, though — Muscle Cars, that is! SPEEDtv is airing their Muscle Car Marathon on Friday, November 24th at 9am EST. I've always wanted a 1970 Yellow Mach 1 Mustang. They sure don't make cool cars like that anymore! Check it out. It's going to be more fun than fighting the malls on Black Friday!

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I meant to write about this last night, but Dave W. stopped by visit and took me to dinner. Someone left a bomb that exploded on the Ebay/Paypal campus in San Jose, CA. That's crazy that nobody is giving a reason for the bomb. I wonder what the perpetrator's beef with Ebay or Paypal is?

EBay shut down its North San Jose campus on Wednesday, clearing the way for bomb-sniffing dogs and investigators, who still don't know who planted a powerful explosive that blew out a window and forced more than 1,900 employees to work elsewhere.

Nobody was injured in the Halloween night blast -- and other Silicon Valley companies were not put on alert. EBay expected Thursday morning to reopen the campus that also houses some of its PayPal operations.

The company received no threats before or after the blast, which happened about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in a landscaped breezeway outside the 100,000 square-foot, four-story building.

Thirteen Pets I Have Had in My Lifetime

1. Dogs - I've had dogs almost all my life. My first dog was named Herman.
2. Hamsters - My first small pet was a hamster. I've had many different hamsters.
3. Birds - I've had 4 different birds. Three were parakeets and the one Lovebird I have now.
4. Chameleon - I got to take this home after a class project. He didn't live very long.
5. Hermit Crabs - We used to keep these. They're kind of creepy to look at when they're changing shells.
6. Guinia Pigs - I had a couple of these. They didn't live long (got diseases). Poor things.
7. Rabbits - I've had many rabbits. Right now I have five.
8. Gold Fish - Too many of these in my lifetime to count.
9. Oscars - Marcus brought home some really big ones. He liked them because they ate other fish.
10. Frog - I raised him from a tadpole.
11. Cat - My parents had a cat named Annabelle when I was born. She was hit by a car.
12. Snails - I like snails. They're really cool moving around an aquarium.
13. Chia Pet - OK, not really a pet, but I ran out at 12.

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What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland
		95%
"You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
The West		88%
Boston		69%
North Central		66%
The Inland North		41%
The South		35%
Philadelphia		33%
The Northeast		27%
What American accent do you have?

I wrote several weeks back that I was going to make and send Holiday cards this Christmas. If you'd like one, please .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) your snail mail address and leave a comment that you've done so. I'd like to get them in the mail the first week of December.