Kansas City with the Russian Accent » Poll http://www.kcmeesha.com Whatever Comes to Mind of One Russian-Jewish-American Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:57:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Poll:Who Eats Better http://www.kcmeesha.com/2009/04/14/pollwho-eats-better/ http://www.kcmeesha.com/2009/04/14/pollwho-eats-better/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:45:46 +0000 m.v. http://www.kcmeesha.com/?p=2678 [poll id="20"]

Update: I guess barley gave me away. Of course my cat eats better stuff. Tomorrow she will have “Saucy Seafood Bake With Rice and Garden Greens“; I will just have a salad. Related posts Waverly Fruit Crops OK Through Cold Spell (1) Untitled (8) Steering From Afar (7) Soyuz:To Infinity and Beyond (2) Russian Gourmet: Roasted Bell Peppers With Garlic [...]]]> [poll id="20"]

Update: I guess barley gave me away. Of course my cat eats better stuff. Tomorrow she will have “Saucy Seafood Bake With Rice and Garden Greens“; I will just have a salad.



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]]> http://www.kcmeesha.com/2009/04/14/pollwho-eats-better/feed/ 1 How Is My Driving? http://www.kcmeesha.com/2009/02/02/how-is-my-driving/ http://www.kcmeesha.com/2009/02/02/how-is-my-driving/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:12:25 +0000 m.v. http://www.kcmeesha.com/?p=1860 I always wondered if anyone ever called a number on the back of a vehicle, I personally don’t know anybody who called. Are these phone numbers real?

How Is My Driving?

[poll id="18"] Related posts Utilizing Unloved World Leaders (1) Spell-O-Vision (6) Farmer’s Almanac Spring Predictions (3) Care And Feeding Of Old Folks (5) Carbon Offsets: I’ll Take 2 (5) ]]> I always wondered if anyone ever called a number on the back of a vehicle, I personally don’t know anybody who called. Are these phone numbers real?

How Is My Driving?

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]]> http://www.kcmeesha.com/2009/02/02/how-is-my-driving/feed/ 3 Poll:Do you pay for image hosting? http://www.kcmeesha.com/2008/12/07/polldo-you-pay-for-image-hosting/ http://www.kcmeesha.com/2008/12/07/polldo-you-pay-for-image-hosting/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:03:29 +0000 m.v. http://www.kcmeesha.com/?p=1332 Today my Flickr home page met me with this:

Due to changes in your AT&T Internet Service, your Flickr Pro account will expire on 1st February, 2009. That’s in 55 days! You can renew Flickr Pro for just $24.95 for a one-year account. And to thank you for staying with us, we’ll give you another two [...]]]> Today my Flickr home page met me with this:

Due to changes in your AT&T Internet Service, your Flickr Pro account will expire on 1st February, 2009. That’s in 55 days! You can renew Flickr Pro for just $24.95 for a one-year account. And to thank you for staying with us, we’ll give you another two months at no cost.

I haven’t had to pay for image hosting since I started paying for the DSL years ago (to clarify: I have never paid for image hosting). I use Flickr and Picasa Web Albums to host my images, Picasa mostly for personal photos and Flickr for whatever else I like to share including my blog pictures. I don’t extensively use tags or community features so that’s not important to me. Personally I prefer Picasa Web Albums since I use Picasa software to organize and edit photos on my laptop and it features convenient one-click uploading and synchronizing to the web . The only limitation is the storage size of 1GB of which I already used up 62% mostly because I currently use Flickr for the bulk of my images. It’s possible to upload from Picasa to Flickr but not as convenient, although still very simple. The only features that I will miss with a free account is a limit of 3 sets and inaccessibility of large images.

My question is: do you actually pay for image hosting? If yes, which one? If you pick “other” please let me know which one. In all honesty I will probably stay with free. I may try getting another Google account and another gig of storage with it, or use other free hosts as I see fit. My Flickr photos are not going anywhere either and I will probably still use it for blogging.

I will appreciate your suggestions.

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]]> http://www.kcmeesha.com/2008/12/07/polldo-you-pay-for-image-hosting/feed/ 13 Poll Of The Week: Who Should Be The Pirate Spokesperson http://www.kcmeesha.com/2008/09/30/poll-of-the-week-who-should-be-the-pirate-spokesperson/ http://www.kcmeesha.com/2008/09/30/poll-of-the-week-who-should-be-the-pirate-spokesperson/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:18:43 +0000 m.v. http://www.kcmeesha.com/?p=895 Pirates came a long way since the days of the “Treasure Island“, they now have a spokesman.

“We are still surrounded by foreign ships. There is 24-hour surveillance, helicopters are flying overhead, but no action has been taken against us,” the pirates’ spokesman Sugule Ali said over satellite telephone from the ship.

This got me thinking: who [...]]]> Pirates came a long way since the days of the “Treasure Island“, they now have a spokesman.

“We are still surrounded by foreign ships. There is 24-hour surveillance, helicopters are flying overhead, but no action has been taken against us,” the pirates’ spokesman Sugule Ali said over satellite telephone from the ship.

This got me thinking: who would make a good pirate spokesperson? Pirates may not like women, but maybe they progressed with times. The spokesperson has to be somewhat scary looking to uphold the pirate image. He must be able to speak without preparation. He has to be convincing to project the image that he means what he says. Paulson is scary-looking but he stood on his knees, a big no-no for a pirate. Barney Frank has some speech defect which takes away from the grim pirate image. McCain may be OK, but he can’t say “My Friends”, pirates don’t have friends. G.W.Bush, well he has IQ of a pirate, that’s a plus. Hillary? Sarah? Jack Sparrow? Here are your choices:

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]]> http://www.kcmeesha.com/2008/09/30/poll-of-the-week-who-should-be-the-pirate-spokesperson/feed/ 3 Poll of the Week: Recycling Gone Pad http://www.kcmeesha.com/2008/07/30/poll-of-the-week-recycling-gone-bad/ http://www.kcmeesha.com/2008/07/30/poll-of-the-week-recycling-gone-bad/#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:54:24 +0000 m.v. http://www.kcmeesha.com/?p=498 I really wasn’t planning on doing a poll today. Only 13 people voted in the last one so I get the message: too many polls. My plans changed when I was at the UPS location earlier today and saw a woman shipping something in the giant box that used to contain feminine hygiene products. [...]]]> I really wasn’t planning on doing a poll today. Only 13 people voted in the last one so I get the message: too many polls. My plans changed when I was at the UPS location earlier today and saw a woman shipping something in the giant box that used to contain feminine hygiene products. It’s safe to assume (well, maybe not safe) that the original content of the box was not inside. Why would someone ship a box of these things anywhere? So I put myself in place of the recipient of said parcel and thought that it may be slightly embarrassing to receive such a package. If you are a man or a woman, a giant colorful box of maxi-pads sitting on your porch or delivered to work c/o security guard is capable of ruining your day. I know all about recycling and I routinely reuse mailing supplies, but please, if you have to mail me something, use unmarked boxes. I’ll buy my own pads.

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