Recently at the Farmers Market in Claremont on Sunday, I bought a small 1-pound bag of fingerling potatoes. (There is a small booth there that seems to specialize in these.) So, now I had to find a good way to cook them…

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Patience:
You can succeed by finishing last.

~ Joe Henderson (Runner)

OK, I haven’t talked about it here, but I recently started running. OK, recently means back in December/January. I’ve run a few races…three 5Ks and a 10K, and somewhat decent times (for my age group).

Anyhow, as recently as a month ago I said I’d never do a marathon. Just sounded like too much. But, I guess it’s not, since not only have I signed up to run the L.A. Marathon in March 2007, but also I’ve found the new champion of “too much”

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FlyLady.net is a fabulous site that is aimed at helping you get control over your home life. That includes keeping it clean, organized and running smoothly.

FlyLady’s goal is to help you get control over your home, so that you have less stress. Manage efficiently so that you have more time for fun. The key to her program is routines that you develope…habits, as it were…that keep you on track and humming along and keep you from getting overwhelmed.

The other day she sent out an email with her “11 Commandments” and I’ve pasted them below for my reference…

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Whatever your goal or project is that you are trying to accomplish right now…

Speed bumps slow you down. They aren’t stop signs. Get over it and get back on track. You can do this!

The difference between success and failure is not that the successful people never fail.

It’s just that when they fail, no matter how many times, they get back up and try again.

OK, these are at least healthier than your typical Bisquick pancakes (which is what we always USED to make in our house….)

It uses ingredients that are from Trader Joe’s…their brand of Instant Complete Oatmeal and their Multigrain Baking & Pancake Mix. I’m sure you could use any instant oatmeal packet and other brand of whole grain baking mix, but the Nutrition Facts, shown below, would of course not apply.

I “created” this recipe this morning while trying to copy something that had been posted in the MyFoodDiary.com forums a while back…I ended up adding too much water and had to “save” the recipe somehow. Here is the result…which my daughter and I both liked. We will make these again.

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I’m trying to use your example code for sending an e-mail message with Python. I’m getting an error message and I assume I’m missing something very simple and basic, but I can’t see it.

The code I enter into IDLE and the results back are as follows:

>>> import smtplib
>>> smtpserver = ‘mail.HennepinPublicHealth.org’
>>> AUTHREQUIRED = 1
>>> smtpuser = ‘TheUSERID’
>>> smtppass = ‘ThePassword
>>> RECIPIENTS = ['ulandreman@msn.com']
>>> SENDER = ‘urban.landreman@co.hennepin.mn.us’
>>> mssg = ‘This is a test message.’
>>> session = smtplib.SMTP(smtpserver)

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “ “, line 1, in -toplevel-
session = smtplib.SMTP(smtpserver)
File “C:\Program Files\Python\lib\smtplib.py”, line 244, in __init__
(code, msg) = self.connect(host, port)
File “C:\Program Files\Python\lib\smtplib.py”, line 307, in connect
(code, msg) = self.getreply()
File “C:\Program Files\Python\lib\smtplib.py”, line 348, in getreply
line = self.file.readline()
File “C:\Program Files\Python\lib\socket.py”, line 340, in readline
data = self._sock.recv(self._rbufsize)
error: (10054, ‘Connection reset by peer’)
>>>

I’ve changed the User ID and password to some dummy ones for this posting, but I think the error comes from the
session = smtplib.SMTP(smtpserver) line.

Any ideas?

Urban Landreman