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• New at Cockleshells: Salvia Bright And Beautiful http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/cockleshells/?p=1218 #
• New at Traces: FDIC Closes Advanta Bank Corp. In Draper, UT http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14591 #
• New at Traces: FDIC Closes Century Security Bank In Duluth, GA http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14595 #
• New at Traces: FDIC Closes Appalachian Community Bank In Ellijay, GA http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14600 #
• New at Traces: FDIC Closes Bank of Hiawassee In Hiawassee, GA http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14603 #
• New at Traces: FDIC Closes First Lowndes Bank In Fort Deposit, AL http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14607 #
• New at Traces: FDIC Closes State Bank of Aurora In Aurora, MN http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14610 #
• New at Traces: FDIC Closes American National Bank In Parm, OH http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14614 #
• New at RCCA: California Dreaming Of Anybody But http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10511 #
• @greeneyedkat – tnx for the #FollowFriday in reply to greeneyedkat #
• New at Traces: Tracking GDI Through The Great Recession http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14618 #
• New at Traces: Our Family Will Get No Subsidy Under Obamacare http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14624 #
• RT @MelissaTweets: RT @steveegg: RT @RacineTEAParty: INSTANT TEA Party 2DAY Snow ending! Racine City Hall 730 Washington Ave (Hwy 20) 4:30pm #
• RT @EdMorrissey: RT @gretawire: Congressman Stupak just cancelled his press conference//Pelosi either can't cut a deal or doesn't need it. #
• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13745 #

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• Wastched "Ghost" on DVD last night — was distracted by how old the computers & telephones looked. It was made in 1990. #
• Politico: "Markey was a break-in-case-of-emergency vote…" | melt the phones on health care, folks http://bit.ly/d0m75Y #tcot #hhrs #
• New at RCCA: Rothenberg On CA Governor's Race http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10503 #
• Chart of the Day: current stock market rally "typical, short, below average in magnitude" http://bit.ly/dpWDpd #
• PJTV: Kill The Bill 3: Irate & Tireless, Americans Demand the End of Obamacare, http://bit.ly/96jlun #
• PJTV Trifecta: the "goat rodeo" trying to cross to the other side thru Demon Pass, http://bit.ly/dyY7t9 | cowards! #
• Daryl Cagle: "We'll just deem that it doesn't stink" http://bit.ly/9ZOOjb | politicl cartoon on Demon Pass #
• Joe Scarborough: loss on health care 'would be like a vote of no-confidence' in Prez B Cool http://bit.ly/cuAVdr | I'm down with that! #
• Big Hollywood: RIP Fess Parker, http://bit.ly/dveLX9 | Santa Barbara hotelier extraordinaire #
• Jon Voight invites you to a march in Washington on Saturday, http://bit.ly/cAFPkl | Tomorrow! #
• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13742 #

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• New at RCCA: Street Maintenance Spotlights Loss Of Local Control http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10495 #
• Mark Steyn: "The Tea Party has a certain paradoxical quality – a mass movement of self-reliant individuals," http://bit.ly/9IQSI0 #
• Jonah Goldberg: "tea parties: a political restoration movement that reflects our Constitution & precepts of ltd govt," http://bit.ly/dnI4BA #
• @stephenkruiser – how does CA state budget crisis make CA cities more dependent on federal govt (loss of local control)? in reply to stephenkruiser #
• @stephenkruiser – My pleasure. It's one of my pet peeves. in reply to stephenkruiser #
• New at Traces: Consumers Plow New Ground In 2010 Spending http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14572 #
• Kindle enthusiasm leads to bad reviews on Amazon for books not yet released in Kindle format, http://bit.ly/981ctB | & not yet read! #
• RT @bbcbusiness: The industrial giant Siemens says it is cutting more than 10% of its IT workforce http://bit.ly/cizWjw #
• Congress & Prez B Cool could raise their approval rating by 10 pts just by dropping the current health care reform bill. #
• Larry Sabato: "likeyl… ajority of all governors in 2011 will be newly installed" http://bit.ly/bjJ7rD #
• New at RCCA: SacBee: Field Polls Shows Campbell Ahead, Boxer Fading http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10500 #
• New at Traces: Prez B Cool On The Threshold Of Greatness http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14579 #
• Inside story of UndieBomber Flight 253, http://bit.ly/9TjgIE | via Mike Allen's Politico Playbook http://bit.ly/duweQV #
• @MelissaTweets – if so, he has accomplices in Sacramento in reply to MelissaTweets #
• New at Cockleshells: Ranunculus At Last http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/cockleshells/?p=1214 #
• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13739 #

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• Rasmussen: Boxer in 'virtual dead heat' with Campbell, http://bit.ly/bFeCy | 43% to 41% – but no Demon Sheep or Senator Blimp #
• I want Michael Graham's new book for the title: "That's No Angry Mob, That's My Mom" http://bit.ly/9wu7qS | Think my kids'll get it? #
• @AndySwan – <sarcasm> cuz the gummint will fine you if you don't, you lazy freeloader! </sarcasm> in reply to AndySwan #
• New at Kneadle Work: Wheatless Sour Cream Coffee Cake http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/kneadlework/?p=1286 #
• Just ran thru new submission process at Bigstock — EZ after you've done it once! (I overlooked the tabs for Categories etc at first) #
• Just finished a teensy studio shoot to illustrate a newly tweaked recipe for gluten-free coffee cake, http://bit.ly/dojkBE | eat the props! #
• RT @kingkurtus: Ford To Create App Store For Cars http://tinyurl.com/yap6d6e | teens downloading apps to cars? Nooooooo #
• @amoylan – can I deem my federal taxes owed as already paid? Can I? Huh? Can I PLEEEEEEZE?!? in reply to amoylan #
• Michael G. Franc raises a question of privilege regarding the Slaughterhouse Rule, http://bit.ly/bB6xfd #
• What happens when the 7.5M delinquent mortgage holders are forced to again pay for housing? http://bit.ly/bXZycV $7.5B/mo spending goes poof #
• Just filled out our official Census 2010 form. Will mail it tomorrow. #
• Bike attack: DOT secy LaHood: “This is the end of favoring motorized transportation at the expense of non-motorized.” http://bit.ly/9qx3Jx #
• RT @Kim_Minugh: Sac PD k9 Bandit in surgery; doctors seek to remove bullet, shrapnel from his neck. Vets say they expect a full recovery. #
• New at Cockleshells: West Side Yard Sunlight http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/cockleshells/?p=1202 #
• Wearing green in honor of St. Patrick, when everyone is Irish until proven otherwise. #
• Bill Whittle's family hails from coal country around Wigan, England: http://bit.ly/dffmrt | my family got here first! but just as broke #
• SacBee: Field Poll shows Meg Whitman edging Jerry Brown while trouncing Steve Poizner in CA gov race, http://bit.ly/bcoaPD #
• New at Traces: My Man Mitch, Rank Obstructionist http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14567 #
• New at Cockleshells: Tomato Sale http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/cockleshells/?p=1209 #
• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13735 #

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• Social Security will break open Al Gore's lockbox this year — and find it empty, http://bit.ly/chSdxp | Just the right time to spend more! #
• Just back from our mailbox: our census form has arrived. #
• First ice tea of 2010! Dang it: not quite Spring and it's hot pulling weeds today in Orange County, CA… #
• @SugarJones – frustrating, huh? I can't draw 2 save my life. Not even Photoshop tutorials that start "Image > Stylize > Find Glowing Edges" in reply to SugarJones #
• Promised family a quick bread to take the sting out of a dinner otherwise made up of leftovers. Going to tweak a sour cream coffee cake. #
• Short sharp quake felt in northwest OC ~ ten minutes ago. #
• 4.4 magnitude quake centered 3.3 miles SSW of Whittier Narrows Recreation Area, 11 miles ESE of Los Angeles, http://bit.ly/9jrIgK #
• Epicenter of 4.4 magnitude quake about 20 miles from where I'm sitting. Abrupt wake-up this morning before café mocha! #
• From personal experience, I am guessing there will be next to no damage outside of odd incidents of something knocked down or together… #
• @ConservativeLA – ha ha! I was just out of bed, about 20 miles from Whittier Narrows. No damage at my house. in reply to ConservativeLA #
• Dang! Just checked Chile in sympathy with SoCal's quake: another quake offshore Bio Bio, 6.7 magnitude just before midnight last night #
• RT @instapundit: THINGS YOU CAN DO TODAY, if you can’t be in DC: http://bit.ly/baexrF #
• oh, bad words… just knocked my orange juice over… can't even blame in on an earthquake, child or cat! #
• RT @LAFD: UPDATE: 1 Mile ENE of Pico Rivera LAFD is now OFF Earthquake Mode. No injuries or damage re… Read more at http://bit.ly/aEPVyJ #
• @markknoller – I hated flying for business but at least I fit under the overhead compartments. Big reason I went local freelance. in reply to markknoller #
• Slate profiles Andrew Breitbart, http://bit.ly/9o9m6b | via @instapundit #
• Political analyst Stuart Rothenberg profiles Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), http://bit.ly/9il6rT | moving up if she keeps her seat in the Fall? #

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• KDenninger: head of NYFRB — a bank clearinghouse & regulator — knew abt Lehman Bros., did nothing, & now runs Treasury. http://bit.ly/cgBN3r #
• Firefox 3.6 no longer opens new tabs consistenly at the far right. If opened from an existing tab, the new tab open next to the right. #
• Root of "Coffee Party" movement as deep as 2-ply tissue, http://bit.ly/8ZLUE2 | via @instapundit #
• Andy McCarthy: Gitmo defense attys arrange for pix of CIA agents for ID by Al Qaeda, http://bit.ly/8ZLUE2 | can anyone say "treason?" #
• Posted reconciliation bill a dummy to be gutted once out of committee, http://bit.ly/aO2mca | melt the phones, folks #
• Michael Barone: tea party movement will change the GOP, http://bit.ly/bqgvPD | Good! But Tea Partiers are more diverse than he describes. #

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• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13725 #
• Today is the one month anniversary of magnitude 7.0 quake in Haiti. #
• @NorsU – Tnx for retweet! in reply to NorsU #
• Analysis by Baracuda Networks claims that only 21% are "true Twitter users" http://bit.ly/aJnoKA | I would have used the adjective "active" #
• A long discussion of the velocity of money, GDP & the money supply, http://bit.ly/aCvxha | need incentive? see FRED http://bit.ly/9vb552 #
• New at Traces: Lax Oversight By Financial Regulators http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14522 #
• I earned the Lurker sticker on @GetGlue! http://bit.ly/a6QUYx #
• Tom Joad's grandchildren head back to Oklahoma from jobless California, http://bit.ly/bMGtc3 #catcot #tcot #
• @bettnet – pick up some organic mulch for my backyard raised bed, wouldja? in reply to bettnet #
• RIP Heinz Stahlschmidt, who refused orders to blow up the French port of Bordeaux, http://bit.ly/9YVNmp | what a war film that would make! #
• @Lileks – maybe they could do beefcakery in the Fall? (My office clock is already set forward.) in reply to Lileks #
• KDenninger points to Lehman Bros smoking gun, then to its clones on hair-triggers thruout our financial system, http://bit.ly/bPBkCv | SCARY #
• Another leap of faith by @ewerickson of RedState, http://bit.ly/4ZvjjR | keep him & his family in your prayers #
• Auction Byes: IRS to require new form 1099-K to track online sales beginning next year, http://bit.ly/9NxMyv #
• RT @markknoller: WH believes House will pass Senate #HCR bill by this time next week, says spksmn Robt Gibbs on FNS. | Disappoint them. #

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• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13720 #
• New at Traces: FDIC Offers Deal On Seized Mortgage-Backed Securities http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14467 #
• New at Prosthetic Device: In The Mail: D&AD ’09 http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/prostheticdevice/?p=1670 #
• New at Traces: FDIC Closes Park Avenue Bank In New York City, NY http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14470 #
• New at Traces: FDIC Closes Old Southern Bank in Orlando, FL http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14474 #
• New at Traces: FDIC Closes Statewide Bank in Covington, LA http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14477 #
• New at RCCA: Seal Beach: OCTA Bus Routes Slashed http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10487 #
• @TedNguyen – tnx for retweet! in reply to TedNguyen #
• Hugh Hewitt: donate to Tim Burns' campaign for John Murtha's House seat, http://bit.ly/daVFRF | each dollar a nail in Obamacare's coffin #
• @AmSpec – the problem is belief that another nation's interests will ever perfectly align with ours; trust, but verify… in reply to AmSpec #
• New at RCCA: Filing Deadline Extended For Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10492 #
• New at Cockleshells: Wandering Watering Can http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/cockleshells/?p=1190 #
• Fred Zeppelin & The Demon Sheep: Carly Fiorina pricks Barbara Boxer in a 7-min video to debut today, http://bit.ly/bcJu5M | via @Flag #tcot #
• Sorry! That last via should have been via @Flap not @Flag #
• Be careful out there: emai phishing scheme faking Amazon order cancellation making the rounds… #
• New at Traces: Tom Hanks and History http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14483 #
• New at Traces: Obama Proposes To Overhaul "No Child Left Behind" http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14494 #
• New at Traces: Scott Brown Fronts Republican Response To Last Ditch Push For Obamacare http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14502 #

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• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13715 #
• Hey, hey! A reasonable description of Tea Partiers! http://bit.ly/cKatnU Kudos to Jazz Shaw, and shame on the MSM! | via @EdMorrissey #
• Chile: 7.2 quake followed by a 6.9 quake about 80-90 miles southwest of Santiago, http://bit.ly/bx78bE #
• FOURTH quake in same region of Chile, this time magnitude 6.0, http://bit.ly/bx78bE #
• Crystal Ball: 2010 likely a good year for GOP, but demographic trends favor Dems, http://bit.ly/9RE4Jz | need sustained educational push #
• New at Traces: American Trust In Authority — Not So Much! http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14422 #
• FIFTH quake, this one magnitude 4.9, within 100 miles of Santiago, http://bit.ly/9a1y3J #
• SIXTH quake this morning within 100 miles of Santiago, http://bit.ly/9a1y3J #
• New at Traces: What Your Tax Dollars Are Paying For At Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14426 #
• Last night, by a unanimous vote, the Board of Trustees elected C. L. Max Nikias as the 11th president of USC. #
• Pacific Tsunami Warning Center expects no tsunami from series of quakes this morning in Chile, http://bit.ly/RaTAk #
• SEVENTH quake today within 100 miles of Santiago, Chile, http://bit.ly/c60AG3 #
• Yet another (7th? 8th?) quake today within 100 miles of Santiago, Chile, http://bit.ly/aQGBy9 | magnitude 5.5 #
• New at Traces: FDIC Closes LibertyPointe Bank In New York, New York http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14435 #
• Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife & daughter seriously injured in rear-end collision in Virginia, http://bit.ly/9RtuqT #
• Yet another quake within 100 miles of Santiago, Chile, http://bit.ly/cxnJAV | magnitude 4.9 #
• New at Traces: Retail Sales Up In February: Thank The Super Bowl http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14439 #
• New at Cockleshells: California In March: Starting Tomatoes http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/cockleshells/?p=1182 #

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• New at Traces: Rothenberg: Hanna An Unusual Candidate http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14386 #
• WaPo notes the arrival of Tea Partiers in Washington to oppose passage of health care reform, http://bit.ly/afHZsk #
• New at RCCA: Los Angeles: Why Watching Local Politics Is Critical http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10469 #
• New at Traces: Health Care Reform Humor http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14391 #
• New at RCCA: Cypress: Council Meets New Police Officers http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10475 #
• New at RCCA: Los Alamitos: Parade Participants Sought http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10479 #
• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13699 #
• New at RCCA: Cypress: Mayor Tours the USS Dewey http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10483 #
• "The investors’ famine and the government’s feast therefore are not merely coincidental, but causally connected." http://bit.ly/9jwlAh #
• New at Traces: Michael Yon In Afghanistan: Who Owns That Bridge? http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14405 #
• New at Traces: Chile Calming Down A Bit http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14409 #
• If you thought heath care by reconciliation was tub-ugly, wait till you read about health care by Slaughter, http://bit.ly/aZKkvr #
• @dmataconis – hardly alone – tho I'm wistful about Prez B Cool's continued talking after promising the time for talk was over… in reply to dmataconis #
• New at Cockleshells: Seedling Survivors http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/cockleshells/?p=1180 #
• New at Cockleshells: California In Winter: Geranium http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/cockleshells/?p=1134 #

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• On assignment this morning, I was annoyed to discover that I had lost ANOTHER lens cap. Happily, I just found it on the floor of my office. #
• How California stacks up to Texas, http://bit.ly/8Y4h5K | I'd move to Texas, but my husband would divorce me… #
• Slang terms formed during The Great Recession, http://bit.ly/cqDdtn | via The Big Picture, http://bit.ly/dbQybM #
• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13695 #
• Gas company discover a dozen shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea, dating from medieval to modern times, http://bit.ly/aRgS2m | watery time capsules #
• New at Traces: Another View Of The Labor Market: BLS Job Openings And Labor Turnover http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14361 #
• @MelissaTweets @PatrickRuffini – Mark Krikorian mentioned the FB group this morning at NRO's The Corner, http://bit.ly/dfLU2b in reply to MelissaTweets #
• New at RCCA: Scott L. Levitt Announces Candidacy for Lieutenant Governor of California http://bit.ly/dac8v4 #
• New at RCCA: Seal Beach: Photo of Suspect Released In Starbucks Robbery http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10464 #
• The more I read about Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY), the less I want to know. #
• CA gubernatorial candidate Poizner collects another conservative endorsement: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA46), http://bit.ly/dpXIXd #
• LAT: Corey Haim dead at age 38, http://bit.ly/bHesFp #

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• New at Traces: RNC Bad Trade On The Politics Of Fear http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14332 #
• RT @Flap: CA-Gov and CA-Sen: Poizner, DeVore get conservative group’s nod #cagop #catcot http://icio.us/4yoyuk #
• RT @Flap: CRA Endorses Poizner, DeVore, Runner, Steel, Aanestad, Dunn, Strickland, Walters, Eastman, Lenning #catcot http://icio.us/kbramj #
• Rothenberg: "[T]he one thing Obama and Congressional Democrats need is some good news." http://bit.ly/91r7Em | Hard to come by for Dems #
• @greeneyedkat – you're not alone. I live in a household of gals not weeping after Depp. in reply to greeneyedkat #
• Management 2.0 looks at reasons for Apple's string of successes, http://bit.ly/do81QJ | Yes, I want an iPad. #
• Temp hiring is a leading indicator for employment & temp hiring is up, http://bit.ly/dDeyYF | bad news: lead averages 12-18 months #
• Barry Ritholtz: Alan Greenspan guilty of regulatory nonfeasance leading up to the economic crisis, http://bit.ly/9PaD5R #
• New at Prosthetic Device: Logo No-Nos http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/prostheticdevice/?p=1663 #
• Chas Rowley reviews Thomas Sowell's definition of the constrained & unconstrained vision of man, http://bit.ly/aIUPV3 | conflict unavoidable #
• Steve Horwitz posts an update of the employment chart used to sell ARRA, http://bit.ly/a4PfsX | still WELL north of "without stimulus" #
• Breaking: Census Director notifies residents that a head count is imminent, pleads for peaceful cooperation next week. http://bit.ly/fAQDr #
• New at RCCA: Seal Beach: Police Dispatcher Recognized http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10450 #
• CA state senator arrested for DUI after leaving gay club, http://bit.ly/csF4lZ | He's Republican, he's drunk and he's gay: deal with it. #
• @Lileks – if it was a mocha latté with whipped cream, that could prove hard to explain in reply to Lileks #
• New at RCCA: CA Budget Proposals Get Around Legislative Authority http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10454 #
• @BearTwinsMom – I must confess to feeling splendid, in spite of a full schedule today & the rest of the week. I pray you feel better soon. in reply to BearTwinsMom #
• @BearTwinsMom – buckets of happiness – God wouldn't have it otherwise, although I could do without the contrasting hardship. in reply to BearTwinsMom #
• RT @politico: Pelosi's grip on House slips. http://bit.ly/czLKO2 | marvelous, if true and lasting #
• @BearTwinsMom – I have been there in the pit of depression. All color & taste & lilt & caress sucked from the world, or so it seems. in reply to BearTwinsMom #
• RT @JazzShaw: Dear @JoeNBC : I could have lived the rest of my life without hearing the Rahm / Massa shower story. Thanks. | Me, too. #
• @BearTwinsMom Tears help to wash it away. Engage your senses: smell a rose, or a cinnamon bun, or a young baby. in reply to BearTwinsMom #
• @BearTwinsMom – Paw thru the remainder bin at a cloth store, enjoying each different type of cloth. in reply to BearTwinsMom #
• @BearTwinsMom – sit still and listen for each sound, identify it and welcome it even if it's harsh. in reply to BearTwinsMom #
• @BearTwinsMom – once you've engaged all five usual senses, gear up your kinesthetic sense: move! yourself, other things. Just move. in reply to BearTwinsMom #
• @BearTwinsMom – cinnamon buns ARE good. Enjoy! in reply to BearTwinsMom #
• New at RCCA: Seal Beach: New Director Of Public Works http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10458 #
• @MarcyHernick – I understand the sentiment, but some of us Left Coasters are working hard to bring CA back into the fold… in reply to MarcyHernick #
• New at Traces: Robert Gibbs Blows Smoke At George Stephanopoulos http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14356 #

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• 5.8 magnitude quake near Bio-Bio, Chile, this morning, http://bit.ly/9EXFif | No rest for the weary down there #
• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13691 #
• Charles Rowley is amused by Rep. Barney Frank's (D-MA) new-found appreciation of risk in mortgage lending, http://bit.ly/9W5yL0 #
• Arnold Kling reads D Brooks & @jonahnro on #teaparty http://bit.ly/c5Bfq0 | Kling sees a basic incompatibility betwn DC & teaparty; me too #
• RT @LATimeslocal: Adam Gadahn, Al Qaeda agent from Southern CA, is arrested in Pakistan http://bit.ly/bPReXW | who owns him, Pak or US? #
• Goodnight to all the Oscar snarks out there. I don't care enough even to snark. At least Star Trek won for make-up. Ha! #
• Yay! @lileks returns to bleating tonight! http://bit.ly/aqxFiW He says he's been up to something interesting… #
• @cheeky_geeky – when they figure out how to combat it… in reply to cheeky_geeky #
• @fredwilson – saw your pic in the MIT Tech Review article on twitter in reply to fredwilson #
• New at Traces: Prez B Cool Gets Advice From Ex-Presidents http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14326 #
• Marin County, CA: 600 Tea Partiers, 2 LaRoucheites and a couple dozen Obamabots http://bit.ly/bQQFmE | via @instapundit #
• Obviously, I went to bed too soon: Sandra Bullock won best actress for "The Blind Side" & "Hurt Locker" won for best movie. #
• Roget L. Simon: "the look on Sean Penn's face when Sandra Bullock won…" http://bit.ly/bALbP9 #

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• New at Prosthetic Device: Font Squabble: Why So Hot Over Comic Sans http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/prostheticdevice/?p=1636 #
• New at Traces: Book Review: "Neon Dragon" by John F. Dobbyn http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14317 #
• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13687 #
• New at RCCA: Brea: Pacific Residential Financing Facing $2.4M Forced Mortgage Buy-Back http://bit.ly/a43wNQ #
• New at Traces: Consumers Continue Paying Down Revolving Credit http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14322 #
• @kevintylersmith – mmm, pad thai… yum in reply to kevintylersmith #
• New at Cockleshells: Seedling Sacrifice? http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/cockleshells/?p=1171 #
• Edgelings throws a birthday party for Photoshop, http://bit.ly/a7rQcN | 20 years and counting! #

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• New at Traces: National Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 9.7% http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14245 #
• New at RCCA: Anaheim: Registration Open For Spring Activities http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10427 #
• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13672 #
• CA EDD: NFP in CA rose by 32,500 and state unemployment hit 12.5% – more jobs AND more unemployed #
• Jake at EconomPic is looking for a job in the SF Bay area, http://bit.ly/drC192 #
• New at Traces: FDIC Closes Sun American Bank In Boca Raton, FL http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14274 #
• New at Traces: FDIC Closes Bank of Illinois In Normal, IL http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14280 #
• New at Traces: FDIC Closes Waterfield Bank In Germantown, MD http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14286 #
• Tim Hartford lists 5 tips for writing non-fictions, http://bit.ly/dhAd8Q | I do all five, but am weak on #4 for long projects #
• RT @ocbiz: Is your home prepared for disaster? Easy & cheap tips to prepare your home for fire, rain, floods, quakes. http://bit.ly/cUacE1 #
• Mish: Banks not lending to qualified applicants, under pressure from feds: expect many bank failures this year, http://bit.ly/9bFXQU #
• New at RCCA: Liquefaction?!? In Orange County? http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10431 #
• New at Traces: FDIC Pays Out Deposits Of Centennial Bank In Ogden, UT http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14292 #
• New at RCCA: Cypress: Two New Police Officers Sworn In http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10438 #
• @myvirtualjob – tnx for retweet in reply to myvirtualjob #
• Via a workmate of kid #4 koeksisters http://bit.ly/bCDUNp | sweet fried dough, "like donuts — but better!" #

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• Crowdsourcing author-scouting, http://bit.ly/99Ugoa | free for writers to post 10 pages – run it up the flag pole & see who salutes… #
• Tea Party Nation throwing a 2nd convu, in Las Vegas July 15-17, http://www.teapartynation.com | also calling up opposition to Dodd/Corker bill #
• Tribune Co. leads 3rd round of funding for Perfect Market, http://bit.ly/dqa3Fo | PM does SEO & matches relevant ads to optimized pages #
• Stupak on GMA: "I'm willing to take down the whole health care bill if abortion language not changed." http://bit.ly/92em2r | yay, Stupak! #
• Beware Senators in search of a legacy: Chris Dodd wants financial reform as his, http://bit.ly/92em2r | read the bill's text carefully #
• @jimgeraghty – the longer they wait, the larger & noisier the grassroots opposition grows in reply to jimgeraghty #
• Going AFK to try praline recipe in "Joy of Cooking" – see you when the pralines are cooling! (Yes, this counts as work: I'll post results.) #
• New at Kneadle Work: Pralines: First Try An Edible Failure http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/kneadlework/?p=1269 #
• New at RCCA: CA Sends Cease And Desist Letter To Fox Bank In Hesperia, CA http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10412 #
• Jeri Thompson (Fred's wife) writes in support of Jim Bunning's one-man stand against out-of-control federal spending, http://bit.ly/93PT4Q #
• New at RCCA: La Palma: Animal Shelter Open House http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10416 #
• Wow: CA gets exactly zero "Race to the Top" money for education, http://bit.ly/cScgwl #
• New at RCCA: WSJ: How Green Is Brown? http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10421 #
• @PeanutShelter – tnx for retweet! in reply to PeanutShelter #
• CA City Employee Gives up Job so that Colleague Won’t Be Let Go During Fiscal Cuts, http://bit.ly/cV5CoR #
• Is a promise of reconciliation merely a ploy to get enough votes to pass the Senate version of h/c in the House? http://bit.ly/b8iGM3 #
• Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV) mistrusts voting yes on Senate version of h/c, http://bit.ly/9QXsK7 | she thinks reconciliation will fade away #
• Onion: how with the end of print journalism affect old loons who collect newspapers? http://onion.com/bsCzys #
• @stephenkruiser – will Dems follow thru with reconciliation if House votes yes on Senate's version of h/c? in reply to stephenkruiser #
• @stephenkruiser – who has the best hair among California gubernatorial candidates? in reply to stephenkruiser #
• @stephenkruiser – why is the new CA assembly speaker trying to lower the # votes needed for budget bills? in reply to stephenkruiser #
• @stephenkruiser – how can the CA Coastal Commission be reined in? in reply to stephenkruiser #
• Make your travel plans: Washington's cherry blossoms will be at peak bloom March 31 to April 11, http://bit.ly/9qMA6l #
• New at Traces: Rumors Of Treacherous Tactic To Pass Health Care Reform http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14221 #
• Jim Geraghty's whip count on health care in the House, http://bit.ly/9MEwcR | one vote needed to kill the bill #
• RT @jimgeraghty: Ignore what I Tweeted earlier. The current totals are 216-216, not counting any waverers (including likely 1s like Stupak) #
• Because CA has so much extra money, Asm Spkr Karen Bass handed out promotions & raises on her last day, http://bit.ly/cUwIDI #
• Rothenberg: MA 10 moves to "Democrat Favored" following retirement of Rep. Bill Delahunt (MA-10), http://bit.ly/angdoy #
• Peggy Noonan on Obamacare: "What a disaster it has been." http://bit.ly/cTKlL4 | We're not out of the Obamawoods yet #
• New at Traces: Chile: Still Shaking http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14230 #
• New at Traces: Hoyer Suggests "Clean-Up" Bill For Abortion Sticking Point http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14236 #
• New at Cockleshells: Florida Shivers, Tomato-Lovers Weep http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/cockleshells/?p=1157 #

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• @mlane – freelancing may be hard, but it's also the Only Job In The World — for me. in reply to mlane #
• @ericjodom – that Nevada Tea Party smells fishy to me #teaparty in reply to ericjodom #
• New at Traces: Chile Earthquake: A Reminder http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14205 #
• Charles Rowley provides examples of political virtue to set out as role models, http://bit.ly/985wHY | Churchill heads the list #
• UK Parliament with no clear majority likely, http://bit.ly/cPCVbG | a hung Parliament means no austerity budget & higher debt costs #
• @benpolitico – 'pointless babble' describes most conversations in reply to benpolitico #
• US taxpayers to bail out Greece? http://bit.ly/aCMwZ8 I can't even afford to bail out California… #
• Jacob Gube at Six Revisions offers "10 Simple Tips For Launching A Website," http://bit.ly/a5PZ6G #
• New at Cockleshells: Save The Seeds http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/cockleshells/?p=1138 #
• New at RCCA: Cypress: Author To Speak at Chamber Breakfast http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10390 #
• New at RCCA: Mission Viejo: Mock DUI Collision at Trabuco Hills High School http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10399 #
• Insane CA Coastal Commission asserts control over private backyard adjoining public beach, http://bit.ly/cvObtF | live on the Left Coast #
• St. Louis Fed unofficially declares The Great Recession ended in June 2009, http://bit.ly/bEbhCg | feel better about having no job now? #
• Gah! Bigstock Photo changed their web interface, http://www.bigstockphoto.com | too bright & clear for this early in the morning… need caffeine… #
• Andy McCarthy: Dems h/c strategy is to pass a bill that will never get dismantled, http://bit.ly/bhoDJ8 | conservatives MUST see, plan, act #
• Page @JonahNRO – WSJ page 1 story on Marine 1Sgt Gunner, a bomb-sniffing dog with PTSD, http://bit.ly/9pAhuQ #
• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13667 #
• SacBee: new Asm speaker Pérez wants to lower vote req for budget legislation, handing more power to Dem majority & crippling Rep oppo #
• Spending Limit Amendment to federal constitution proposed, http://bit.ly/9wMgl5 | "better than a line item veto!" #
• Tax Day Tea Party moves to Los Vegas, NV, to keep an eye on Harry Reid & John McCain, http://www.taxdayteaparty.com #
• CERC grows from 2M to 2.5M visitors over the last year, http://www.catholiceducation.org | congratulations! (Oh, they need money to keep growing…) #
• Archbishop Chaput on "The Vocation of Christians in American Public Life," http://bit.ly/aFSzLi | 'chaput' like 'shampoo' without the 'm' #
• Gallup: West & East still letting go more workers than hiring; South & Midwest hiring more, http://bit.ly/dbNkpL #
• Crystal Ball peers thru fog to if House & Senate incumbents will indeed be shown the door this year, http://bit.ly/90fdgN | it's THAT way! #
• Dang: Crystal Ball's handy-dandy primary schedule sez the next primary is Indiana on May 4th, http://bit.ly/90fdgN | keep the tea pot hot! #
• @davidfraga – tnx for retweet! in reply to davidfraga #

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• Awesome laptop bag, http://bit.ly/cSMyWo | kind of steampunk, for laptop lovers who love the look & feel of old books #
• RT @WSJ: Chart: After spike, this flu season fizzled… rate is now way below normal http://on.wsj.com/bNeHtx | hand santizer! vampire cough! #
• Good news! Exactly zero Californians will lose unemployment benefits w/o an enacted extension, http://bit.ly/cc6kx2 | 49.6k in Florida lose #
• RT @GregWHoward: Plz help spread word about missing 17 y/o girl Chelsea King from San Diego #findchelsea http://is.gd/9yp0i. Pls RT #
• RT @JimDeMint: Here's video of my statement supporting Sen. Bunning, he's standing up for taxpayers http://bit.ly/aUOPll | me: I'm undecided #
• Oncetime CA Gov. Moonbeam wants another round onstage, this time as farce. #
• @debbitlawrence – NRO's The Corner & Campaign Spot said Rangel out, then maybe not in reply to debbitlawrence #
• New at Prosthetic Device: Turning Orange County Fauve http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/prostheticdevice/?p=1624 #
• New at RCCA: Fauvist Community Center http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10354 #
• Crowdsourcing amendments to block reconciliation of health care reform, http://bit.ly/bMwEQ4 #hhrs #tcot #healthcare #
• New at Traces: Sarah Palin, A Stand-Up Gal In Blue Jeans http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14182 #
• New at RCCA: Cypress: Shooting Leaves Victim In Serious Condition http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10364 #
• New at RCCA: Seal Beach: Bridgeport Community Meetings http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10368 #
• @OCFA_PIO – do you know the time of the open house for station #48 in Seal Beach on March 20th? #
• New at RCCA: Seal Beach: New Fire Station Opening http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10372 #
• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13662 #
• New at RCCA: Cypress: http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10377 #
• New at RCCA: Anaheim: Children's Book Author Raises Funds for Anaheim Family Justice Center http://bit.ly/9cisAU #
• New at Traces: MSNBC Runs Off The Rails Over Tea Partiers http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14186 #

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• Michael Barone on Puerto Rican statehood, http://bit.ly/akwF4U | I agree: ya gotta want it bad – it's not enough that Dems want extra votes #
• New at Traces: Conservatives Need A Strategy For AFTER The November Election http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14173 #
• I recommend today's Afterburner with Bill Whittle to Tea Partiers, Tea Party sympathizers and Tea Party opponents, http://bit.ly/bR9E78 #
• @markknoller – not eating enough veggies from Michelle's garden… in reply to markknoller #
• New at RCCA: Seal Beach: March DUI Checkpoint http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10345 #
• New at RCCA: Los Alamitos: Police Appreciation Luncheon http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/redcountycalifornia/?p=10349 #
• Keith Hennessey on fighting health care reconciliation, http://bit.ly/cA42Ji #
• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13657 #
• Setting up an email campaign? Updating an existing email campaign? This white paper might help, http://bit.ly/cJajIU (pdf) #

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• Pelosi again misrepresents Tea Partiers as in the tank for GOP, http://bit.ly/apXfdT | politically useful, emotionally satisfying, wrong #
• New at Traces: WSJ Headlines From One Year Ago Today http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=13587 #
• Hot from the oven: neighborhood bakery tweets what's ready right now, http://bit.ly/aLTYhh | Hyperlocal small business marketing #
• $6500 tax credit for homeowners to sell & buy another house has few takers, http://bit.ly/aBK5bo #
• Café Hayek: Medicare crowded out private philanthropy, http://bit.ly/bieJYj | based on an NPR report #
• New at Traces: One Reason That The Recovery Is Wobbly http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14151 #
• Andy Jacksons, Ben Franklins and gold-plated machine guns: loot of a busted Mexican drug lord, http://bit.ly/bQDeDj #
• @calebhays – tnx for retweet in reply to calebhays #
• Steven Horwitz asks why there are no Tea Parties in Europe, http://bit.ly/c4Z06Q | A: not enough parents & grandparents. Demography, stupid! #
• New at Traces: Advice For Prez B Cool: Get Hot http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14162 #
• Karl Denninger understands the politics of power functions, http://bit.ly/bw5lpF | as in exponential growth not Machiavellian strategy #
• Chicago public schools out of money, http://bit.ly/amlcQ0 | union contracts run thru 2012 & call for 4% annual raise – fantasy budgeting #
• 5.8 quake 160mi SW of Santiago, Chile, http://bit.ly/drRUCn #
• @jimgeraghty – not as memorable as Demon Sheep, though in reply to jimgeraghty #
• New at Traces: BEA Releases Personal Income Report For Janary 2010 http://www.cehwiedel.com/blogs/traces/?p=14169 #

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