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Underwater, sinking, drowning. & shoefetti

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   Over the past few years the term underwater has come to mean something brand new to me. Hold your breath for as long as you can and hope you don't drown.    I'm not talking about bikini bottom, or pirates of the Caribbean. I'm talking about my mortgage. Like many new homeowners over the past ten years, I was chasing a dream: start a family, own my own home, cars.. and flourish in my career. I already had three out of the four, so it was time to get out from under the reins of a landlord and into my own  home. My thinking at the time was.. just get a condo, let your investment grow and then get into a house. Now looking back on the situation. Oh, how i was wrong. When you buy a condo, you aren't just purchasing your own little piece of the earth (land, home and all). You are buying into a co-operative community that may not always work the way you want it to, spend the way you want it to or when you want it to. looking back, who knew the condo was 30-40 thous...

The future Camera & Pork flavored doughnuts

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Just a few things I noticed today that have nothing to do with each other . It appears heart scientists have come up with a new camera technique allowing you and Me to shoot video and still images at the same time and with the same camera... No you don't have to switch to video mode and ask for a replay. If you understand it here's the info from the Nature Methods article http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.1429 .( 1000 fps . just for fun, (i like to see things burn.) So, take a look at the pictures and video below from this thing... not that impressive. I guess you have to take into account these are heart doctors who are used to viewing their surgeries in black and white, while the rest of the world is in techno-color. Oh and its also supposed to be cheaper. So i still want to see this thing go up against a camera like this... is it even in the same ballpark? Pentax | Pentax K-x Digital SLR with 18-55mm Zoom Lens | 16302 and in other unrelated news... pork flavored doughnuts ...