July 4 Pierogie Sale At HMB

July 4 Pierogie Sale At HMB — Based on extremely strong demand and community requests, Holy Myrrh-Bearers’ Pierogie-makers, are holding a “Special 4th of July Pierogie Sale”.  The delicious potato/cheese filled pierogies are $9 per dozen.  Please place order by Sunday, June 23. 

Leave your name, phone number and the number of pierogies you need on the “Pierogie Hotline” at  610-544-1216 or e-mail  HMBChurch@verizon.net.  

Pick up is Thursday, June 27, and Friday, June 28, from 11 a.m. through 3 p.m.. in the parish hall, 900 Fairview Road, Swarthmore, Pa., (Ridley Township) 19081.

July 4 Pierogie Sale At HMB
July 4 Pierogie Sale At HMB -- Based on extremely strong demand and community requests, Holy Myrrh-Bearers’ Pierogie-makers

Character, not circumstances William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 6-11-19

Character, not circumstances William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 6-11-19

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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
Booker T. Washington

Character, not circumstances William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 6-11-19
 Character not circumstances, makes the man.
Booker T. Washington

French Blue William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 6-10-19

The French Blue was the prized possession of King Louis XIV. It was a diamond specially cut to produce an image of a sun when mounted on a gold background. Louie was the Sun King after all. It was stolen in the French Revolution, recut and found its way to England where it resurfaced in 1812.

Eventually it was purchased by Thomas Hope, a rich British/Dutch banker better known for writing the 19th century bestseller Anastasius. Hope willed it to his grandson Henry Francis Pelham-Clinton Hope who married May Yohe, an American concert hall singer who ran off on him after his bankruptcy.

Take note Prince Harry.

Hope sold the diamond in 1902 to pay off debts. It was owned by a Turkish diamond collector, and various jewelry merchants including Pierre Cartier who eventually sold it to Washington D.C. socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean, who as “Missus Ned McLean,” is name-checked in Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes”.

She died in 1947 after much tragedy and her trust sold it to jeweler Harry Winston who donated it to the Smithsonian Institution where it is displayed at the National Museum of Natural History.

French Blue William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 6-10-19
French Blue William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 6-10-19

Deleting Alexa Commands

Deleting Alexa Commands — It’s being claimed that there is a new voice command that allows you to delete the directions you’ve given Amazon Alexa. Simply say “Alexa, delete everything I said today.” Apparently it only works for a partial day though.

Frankly, we don’t trust anything claimed for Sleepless in Seattle.

Hat tip Duck Duck Go, which is Proactive in Paoli.

Deleting Alexa Commands
Deleting Alexa Commands

Your God my God William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 6-10-19

By William W. Lawrence Sr

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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: Entreat me not to leave you or to return from following you; for where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God
Ruth

Your God my God William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 6-10-19
your God my God
Ruth

Forget injuries William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 6-9-19

Forget injuries William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 6-9-19

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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
Confucius

 

Forget injuries William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 6-9-19
Forget injuries

Princeton IoT Inspector Monitors Alexa While She Monitors You

Princeton IoT Inspector Monitors Alexa While She Monitors You — Alexa, who is listening in? Good luck with getting an answer. Actually, she’ll refrence a 1979 song by the Northern Irish group The Undertones.

If you wish to learn who is monitoring your life while you think Seattle’s Mata Hari is sound asleep, check out the Princeton IoT Inspector from Princeton University.

IoT means “internet of things.”

Princeton describes the Inspector as an open-source desktop tool with a one-click install process that lets you automatically discovers IoT devices and analyzes their network traffic and helps you identify security and privacy issues with graphs and tables

The Inspector requires minimal technical skills and no special hardware as Princeton notes.

Hat tip to DuckDuckGo, Chester County’s very own Google slayer.

Princeton Device Monitors Alexa While She Monitors You
Princeton IoT Inspector

More terrible than dying William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 6-8-19

More terrible than dying William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 6-8-19

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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.
Joan of Arc

More terrible than dying William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 6-8-19
 But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.
Joan of Arc