TWENTY YEARS OLD! www.glenns-world.com

Top post/articles since 2007

1. 500 Days of Summer  6,336 views -- Music video posted in June of 2010.
   

2. WELCOME TO GLENN’S WORLD:  2,333 views. --Welcoming post containing a slideshow collection of cartoons and visual humor.
   

3.   Memorial Day:  725 views. -- A Memorial Day dedication.
   

4. The Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody  596 views --Music video re-posted from 2012.
   

5. Mary Did You Know  431 views -- Music video reposted from 2012.
   

6. From Washington to Obama  321 views -- I had seen this a few years ago before Bush and Obama.  Its pretty neat. Posted in 2010
   

7. One Love  282 views -- Music video from “Playing For Change”
   

8. Another Lady GaGa Cover: “Just Dance”  278 views – Music Video from 2010

9. Map Tutorial:    --  (relocated to the “Tabs” (top-of-page)) How 2 Use Website Maps:  A Tutorial or: What do you do when there are no instructions because its supposed to be 'intuitive.
   

10. Bluegrass Version of “Walk Like An Egyptian”:    265 views – Music Video from 2012
    

11. Playing For Change  261 views – Music Video from 2010
    

12. 2012 Independence WEEK Picnic: Delaware Shelter: 248 views
    

13. Born Again American   205 views – Music Video from “Declare Yourself” January 2009

20 years ago this year my original personal website was renamed “Glenn’s World”  and the domain name www.glenns-world.com was created. Since then the website has changed much and been moved from one platform to another. Its original function has also changed as the website outgrew itself until it was expanded into the “Glenn’s World Network”, see About. In 2007 the “Glenn’s World” website was moved from its traditional website platform to a “Blog” format. Since then Glenn’s World Network has expanded by as many as ten different blogs, each having its on point of emphasis.

since 2007

Will the world come to an end??? Glenn’s World that is.

For financial reasons I am considering giving up my Domain name... www.glenns-world.com in the future. I am accepting inquiries, if interested in purchasing it. Contact me via e-mail at: gdl@glenns-world.com 

Glenn’s-World content will be merged with the www.glennlittrell.org website.

Happy Father’s Day, Mom

Mother's Day Turns 100 (+1):

Its Surprisingly Dark History

from National Geographic:

…In the postwar years Jarvis and other women organized Mother's Friendship Day picnics and other events as pacifist strategies to unite former foes. Julia Ward Howe, for one—best known as the composer of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"—issued a widely read "Mother's Day Proclamation" in 1870, calling for women to take an active political role in promoting peace…

"Mother's Day," Not "Mothers' Day"

…Anna Jarvis never had children of her own, but the 1905 death of her own mother inspired her to organize the first Mother's Day observances in 1908.

On May 10 of that year, families gathered at events in Jarvis's hometown of Grafton, West Virginia—at a church now renamed the International Mother's Day Shrine—as well as in Philadelphia, where Jarvis lived at the time, and in several other cities…

Storming Mother's Day

…Anna Jarvis's idea of an intimate Mother's Day quickly became a commercial gold mine centering on the buying and giving of flowers, candies, and greeting cards—a development that deeply disturbed Jarvis. She set about dedicating herself and her sizable inheritance to returning Mother's Day to its reverent roots…

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This Might Explain The Popping In My Ears:

Pop Corn téléphone portable micro-ondes
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Buy Local, Buy Union, Buy American:

Still Made In America Website:   Articles and links concerning job outsourcing, globalization etc., as well as links to many shopping categories and toys made in the USA.
For Union Made Products go to: UNION LABEL and use the “Find Union-Made Products & Services” search box.   Wal-Mart: Think Before You Shop! Union Hotel Guide

How to Find Union-Made Tires:

courtesy of David Whitaker:

The U.S. Department of Transportation requires that all tires sold in the United States carry a code which shows, among other things, the company and plant that made the tire. The code would look like this:

DOT BE XX XXX XXX

The two symbols (either two letters or a letter and a number) which follow “DOT” indicate the company and the plant where a tire was manufactured. For example, the above code indicates a tire made by B. F. Goodrich in Tuscaloosa, AL. The following is a listing of all U.S. and Canadian unionized tire plants and their DOT codes. By comparing this list to the code on the tire you are buying, you can be certain you are getting a USW-made tire.

CODE         COMPANY, CITY

BE	B. F. Goodrich Tuscaloosa, Ala.
BF	B. F. Goodrich Woodburn, Ind.
VE, YE, YU, 8B	Bridgestone/Firestone Des Moines, Iowa
D2, E3, W1, Y7	Bridgestone/Firestone Lavergne, Tenn.
2C, 4D, 5D	Bridgestone/Firestone Morrison, Tenn.
UP	Cooper Findlay, Ohio
UT	Cooper Texarkana, Ark.
JU, PC, UK	Goodyear Medicine Hat, Alberta
DY	Denman Tire Warren, Ohio
JJ, MD, PU	Goodyear Gadsden, Ala.
DA	Dunlop Buffalo, N.Y.
JN, MJ, PY	Goodyear Topeka, Kan.
JE, MC, PT	Goodyear Danville, Va.
JT, MK, TA	Goodyear Union City, Tenn.
JF, MM, PJ	Kelly-Springfield Fayetteville, N.C.
CC	Yokohama Tire Salem, Va.

* Any Goodyear racing tire made in the United States is a USW-made tire.
** Any Goodrich racing tire or off-the road tire made in the United States is a USW-made tire.

In addition to company brands, these codes will also appear on “Associate Brand” and “Private Brand” tires manufactured at the above plants.
The key, then, to being sure of getting a USWmade tire is the DOT code. Be sure and check it with this listing.

from Label Letter, Vol. XXXVI, No. 3 May-Jun 2011 / Union Label & Service Trades Department, AFL-CIO.

Happy Holidays:

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GlennDL

wHY I SAY ‘hAPPY hOLIDAYS.’

Postcards From Santa???

Want your little one’s to receive a letter or card from Santa? Just write them a letter from Santa, put it in a stamped envelope addressed to your little one and mail them in a larger envelope to:

North Pole Holiday Cancelation
Postmaster
4141 Postmark Dr.
Anchorage, AK 99530-9998

The larger envelope will be opened, the sealed envelopes inside will be postmarked with a special ‘North Pole’ postmark and mailed back to your little one.

You can send postcards too.

The service is free (except for your stamps…remember to put the correct postage on the large envelope and all the envelopes inside) but be sure to mail your envelopes so that they will arrive in Alaska by Dec., 10. Be sure to use stamps and not pre-stamped envelopes or metered postage.

Happy Holidays
GlennDL

Post Cards from the North Pole: The U.S. Postal Service is offering a free North Pole postmark on holiday mail. To get the postmark, all you have to do is mail your stamped and addressed holiday cards and letters in a larger envelope.
You can write a message from Santa to your child on a post card or in a letter, enclose the post card or sealed letter in a larger envelope and mail it to the post office. They will open the larger envelope, postmark all your letters and post cards and mail them back to your child (children).
click here for more specific information and suggestions

Helpful Hints For Winter: UPDATE

reposted from 1-14-11

Haven’t tried these out and haven’t ‘fact checked’ them either, but if you find yourself in a crunch [Hello Georgia…how you like your white Christmas?] you might give them a try. Let me know which ones work or your opinion on any of them using the ‘Leave/Read a comment’ link below. My comments  are in this color & format…gdl                                          

• UPDATE: 2-3-11: Prior to freezing rain or sleet place those small plastic shopping bags over your mirrors to keep ice from forming. Use the handles to tie the bags on and just tear them off when your ready to drive.
• UPDATE: 2-3-11: Whenever parking for a lengthily period [overnight, shopping, at work] pull your windshield wipers away from your windows so they don’t freeze to the window.
• UPDATE 1-18-11: Discovered a new one myself. Instead of placing you ‘house’ broom by the door for cleaning snow and salt from my boots and shoes I bought a cheap toilet brush and stand at the dollar store and have it there. It’s better because the bristles are stiffer, the short handle allows better handling, the stand and you can put your broom back where it belongs.

Courtesy of A.Baker:

• Keep your headlights clear with car wax! Just wipe ordinary car wax on your headlights. It contains special water repellents that will prevent that messy mixture from accumulating on your lights - lasts 6 weeks. All these years I’ve been doing this by accident and didn’t realize it. Probably wore off between my last waxing and the first snow. I’ve found ‘RainX’ very effective for this.
• Squeak-proof your wipers with rubbing alcohol! Wipe the wipers with a cloth saturated with rubbing alcohol or ammonia. This one trick can make badly streaking & squeaking wipers change to near perfect silence & clarity.
• Ice-proof your windows with vinegar! Frost on it's way? Just fill a spray bottle with three parts vinegar to one part water & spritz it on all your windows at night. In the morning, they'll be clear of icy mess.. Vinegar contains acetic acid, which raises the melting point of water---preventing water from freezing! Also found ‘RainX’ helps here too.
• Prevent car doors from freezing shut with cooking spray! Spritz cooking oil on the rubber seals around car doors & rub it in with a paper towel.  The cooking spray prevents water from melting into the rubber. Guess this should work, might be better than my trick of knotting the end of a towel and placing it inside the car and closing the door on it with the other end hanging out: unlock the door, pull the handle and towel at the same time.
• Fog-proof your windshield with shaving cream! Spray some shaving cream on the inside of your windshield & wipe if off with paper towels. Shaving cream has many of the same ingredients found in commercial defoggers. ???
• De-ice your lock in seconds with hand sanitizer! Just put some hand sanitizer gel on the key & the lock & the problems solved! Makes since.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KELLY:

My Baby.

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