Tuesday, May 31, 2005

 
Took a nap - now, need to get to work, so here's a cute picture from the weekend. Posted by Hello

Monday, May 30, 2005

 

A post about nothing in particular.

Last night, I was sitting on my computer chair, in front of the computer, when the chair made some squeaking noise. Then, something fell to the floor! It was a bar (not the one with alcohol), about three inches long, that might have had a wing-nut on the other end. I looked all over that chair to find out where it belonged. Couldn't find where it came from. Hmmm. One of these days, the chair back is going to break and I'll end up on the floor. I just know it.
A couple days ago, I moved the site meter box down to the bottom of my blog, to keep the little blogger box company. In doing so, I seem to have lost the little envelope for E-mailing a post. The envelope was right next to the comment link. Does anyone know what I need to do, to get it back? Not a real big thing, but just wondering.
Oh, yeah, I see many blogs have an open thread, now and then. Please consider this an open thread. Say anything at all.

 

Baghdad Burning

Riverbend picks Thomas Friedman's article "Outrage and Silence" to pieces. Attagirl!

 
Sgt Mango insisted I get up. I took a short tour of my yard. I love the cooling shade of my trees. The Ash is looking particularly lovely this early am. Posted by Hello

The doves were cooing, but when I finally saw one, it wouldn't allow a picture. There are birds all over the place, tweeting and chirping up a storm. No wonder the cats are restless.

 
Name that tune

Sunday, May 29, 2005

 

Sunday comics

I finally looked at the papers.. and the comics. I found this one to be hilarious. Monty
Opus was terrific, too, but I couldn't find it on-line. At a coffee shop, Opus is fixing his coffee and this pretty lady is fixing hers right across from him. She's talking - one of her comments is "But I have this shocking "age of terror" urge to ask you to kiss me." She continues talking and Opus jumps up on the counter, lays down, face up, making kissy lips. She says to him, "I was on the phone", and shows him the earpiece. Hahahahaha!
I found this link that shows May's Sunday strips up to May 15, 2005. Maybe, in the next couple weeks, it will be updated? In my search to find a link to today's Opus cartoon, I saw this complaint:
Beacon Journal | 03/27/2005 | Relocate `Opus' As comics pages ...... having the comic strip `Opus' on the front page of your Sunday comics offensive. My young teen daughter reads the comics and will try to read `Opus', ...

...What? That strip is darned funny! I don't know how it can be so offensive that someone would be worried their "young" teenaged daughter might read it.

 
14 pictures of these 2 cats, sleeping. I need to set the camera down... walk away...  Posted by Hello

Good call on the nap, though, kitties.

Update: Bryan reminded me of something I wanted to do. I was going to flip one of the kitty pictures. This one is as good as any other. Posted by Hello

 

That's too bad

Tropical Humidity and Politics Threaten Hemingway's Rambling Estate in Cuba,By Vanessa Arrington -Associated Press Writer - Published: May 29, 2005 ...American preservationists riding to the rescue have run up against the politics dividing the U.S. and Cuban governments...
...The Bush administration has taken a tough stance on the communist-run island, tightening long-standing trade and travel restrictions. The result: The preservationists were denied a license to travel to Cuba last year...


Apparently, after re-applying, they have, now, gotten the license to go and evaluate the condition of the estate. The rehab will cost millions, but they still won't be able to import the needed materials.

 

Operation Lighting? I thought it was Lightning..oh, my.

Iraqi Forces Launch Massive Baghdad Crackdown; Insurgents Hit Back, Killing at Least 25 People,By Paul Garwood Associated Press Writer - Published: May 29, 2005.
...The first of more than 40,000 soldiers and police, supported by U.S. forces, searched hundreds of vehicles and raided several houses, described as "terrorist dens" in Baghdad's Dora neighborhood, arresting several suspects, army Capt. Ihssan Abdel-Hamza said...
...It was not known how long the Operation Lighting would last...


I really don't know what to say about this. Someone made a comment, I think last night (on another blog) about how we won't have to worry about Iraq after a while, because we'll have helped kill off all the residents. The only people left will be us. *** I guess it's Operation Lightning.

 

Words of Cheney

Cheney Says U.S. Relying on China to Pressure North Korea to End Nuclear Ambitions - The Associated Press -Published: May 29, 2005...."The Chinese need to understand that it's incumbent upon them to be major players here," Cheney said in a taped interview with CNN's "Larry King Live" scheduled to air Monday night.

Here we go again - WE'll tell YOU what you need to do!

Hey Mr Squirrel, Let me tell you what you need to do! Posted by Hello

 
More of the same, only today.... Besides a few critical problems that were resolved, to the best of my ability, the scanner jammed, this morning, as I was finishing up the worst reqs from Friday. I tried to figure out the problem, but could not. I called the main scanner guy who apparently called ourCompany Computer Guy. He, with his small son in tow, quickly found the problem (part of a sticky label had gotten stuck on the ceiling of the scanning area) and put my world to rights!
Today is much better than yesterday - very few phone calls, few requisitions... and I get to leave at noon!

 
Climbing roses and a bush (I have no idea what type) with little bitty white flowers. Posted by Hello

Bed time - I'm changing the time to 12:00 so this shows for Sunday. Is that wrong?

Saturday, May 28, 2005

 

The cat is cute, but the rant is ugly!

You might want to leave, now, because under this picture is a rant about my day! Posted by Hello

Yes, I sat there and watched Saddie pull a leaf off the plant, this morning. As you can see, it's obviously a toy. He really should not be messing with the plants, but I didn't feel like scolding him. He is just too cute. The kitties really made my morning. They must have realized I didn't want to go to work:) In the living room, while I was having some caffeine, Cotton and Saddie played like they were going to fight. When I had to throw on some work clothes, Sgt Mango amused me by rolling around on the bed, playing with the catnip frog. After the kitties' antics to brighten my morning, I was ready for the day. A day from hell! The scanner guy didn't get there until I was at lunch, off jogging. When I came back, the scanner was ready to go.
I pulled all of last night's requisitions and placed a certain amount of them in the tray. It started scanning so I left it to answer the phone. I got back and the reqs were all on the floor. I had not set the top tray to catch them properly. This happened several times. In between those times, the phone rang(I had to run and answer, of course) and the scanner jammed. I don't know how many times it jammed, but it was quite annoying. Some of the reqs had small attachments that need to be copied to a full size sheet of paper. Some of the reqs had staples in them. The scanner does not like staples... one iota!
So, I was making copies of the small attachments when the stupid copier decides to jam up. It's one of those new-fangled dealies with the fax included and 2 or 3 different trays for it to send the copies. Why it decided it needed to send this copy to the tray directly beneath the glass, I don't know. I unjammed it. The copy was made, but the copier still had it in the memory. It jammed again...and again..and again. I finally figured out how to get that copy out of its memory and to redirect the copies to an outside tray. I think I ended up with about 15 copies of that one slip of paper. I finished the scanning and had to concentrate on the current day's reqs. They needed to be entered in the computer.
I think I had about 30 left when another department (can't release results until they were entered) called me to find out why they weren't finished. Luckily, the caller was a friend. (He likes to call and whisper, "I smell dead people", (copying the "I hear dead people" kid from the movies) when I answer the phone. He & wife are moving away next month, bummer! He said he would give me his new email address so I could email "I smell dead people" to him. When I left, I was READY to leave. I stopped and picked up two powerball tickets. COME ON POWERBALL NUMBERS! Thank goodness, I had 3 wonderful babies to come home to:)

 

Ha!

I took a small break and stopped over AT Mike's Hidden Genius. Mike is blogging about braiding hair? That's pretty funny, Mike.

 

You put the lime in the coke U nut


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I guess these are the words in the ad. I like both the advertisement and the product.

"You put the lime in the coke, you nut, you drink them both together.
You put the lime in the coke, you nut, and you'll feel better.
You put the lime in the coke, you nut, you drink them both together.
You put the lime in the coke, you nut, and you'll feel better.
You put the lime in the coke, you nut, you drink them both together.
You put the lime in the coke, you nut, now let me get this straight?
You put the lime in the coke, you nut, and you'll feel better.
You put the lime in the coke, you nut, and you'll feel better.
You put the lime in the coke, you nut, you drink them both together.
You put the lime in the coke, you nut, and you'll feel better."

I hope this tune doesn't play in your head... all... day... long!

 
This is how my day is going to be, tomorrow! Posted by Hello


When I left my day job, I was able to snap this shot of the sky. It rained (but not as bad as I thought it would be) on the drive to the part-time job.
We had a pretty shaky night, tonight. The scanner broke down right after I arrived at work. Because of that, nothing was scanned in. The scanner fix-it guy is going to go in tomorrow and fix it. Guess who has to work this weekend? Guess who gets to scan everything in, along with her normal duties? Yup... Luckily, the scanning is not too difficult.

So, here's my music list for the weekend!

Platinum Country - various artists
Queen - The Miracle
REO Speedwagon - The Hits
David Bowie - Labyrinth
Sweet - The Best of
Jethro Tull - MU The Best of
Iron Butterfly - Scorching Beauty

Update: So I made it to work, got ready to turn on the phone so I could call another dept to let them know I was here. The phone lights were off. I waited a couple minutes and they came on. I checked all the phones (only need one logged in, since I'm the only one in department, today) - they had all logged on. I had to go around and turn the other phones off. The big boss's door is locked, but luckily, one of the supervisors showed me (yesterday) where the key was to unlock the door to turn off the boss's phone, otherwise, if I'm on the phone and someone calls, the call rolls over to the next phone... which, since the others are off, would be that one. One Saturday, a very busy Saturday, after lunch, there was a phone surge which caused all the phones to log on. They rang and rang. I finally had all the others turned off, but that one. The calls camp on the phone so I had calls backed up with my phone and that phone, both, either ringing or busy! I'm still waiting for the scanner dude to get here - I hope he doesn't wait to show up until afternoon.

Friday, May 27, 2005

 
CIA plays cyberwar games
The CIA is conducting a cyberwar game this week geared to simulate a major Internet attack by enemy computer hackers, an intelligence official said Thursday.

One of my co-workers asked me if I read this.... Huh?...and, no, I have little paranoia... at this time, but...

 

Oh, I feel like I'm gonna puke!

What Bush is saying when he's talking

Link found at DrudgeReport.

(IMHO, he's saying "Screw you", to the people)

 
Friday cat blogging - "Get out of my window." Posted by Hello

Thursday, May 26, 2005

 

"Ve haf vays of making you open your vallet"

Instruments of torture Posted by Hello


"What instrument of torture do you want to use, first, Evil Doc?"

Evil Doc Posted by Hello


"Ah, first ve'll pick at zee gums und teeth until zey hurt, zen ve'll
pull up zee loose cap and cement it back down.

Finally, she vill open her vallet!"

 

I blame Eli

Over at Eschaton, in the comment thread for What'd They Expect?, I finally realized that anything that goes wrong is Eli's fault. Works for me!

Wednesday, May 25, 2005

 
Sgt Mango just read this article Baghdad's Polluted Water Makes Children Sick With Cholera.  Posted by Hello

He's happy he has nice clean water to drink, but is saddened that the people of Iraq have to go through another period where waterborn diseases sicken them.

 
You scored as agnosticism. You are an agnostic. Though it is generally taken that agnostics neither believe nor disbelieve in God, it is possible to be a theist or atheist in addition to an agnostic. Agnostics don't believe it is possible to prove the existence of God (nor lack thereof).

Agnosticism is a philosophy that God's existence cannot be proven. Some say it is possible to be agnostic and follow a religion; however, one cannot be a devout believer if he or she does not truly believe
agnosticism 79%
Buddhism 63%
Paganism 63%
Hinduism 63%
Christianity 58%
Islam 58%
Satanism 54%
atheism 46%
Judaism 38%
Which religion is the right one for you? (new version) created with QuizFarm.com. I stopped by The Green Knight's blog and found this. The Green Knight was not surprised by his score. I'm kind of surprised by mine. Satanism 54%? I'm not sure what that means. I had to take the results out of the pretty table, because it was taking too much room. I didn't feel like trying to figure out what needed to be changed, to fix the blog alignment.

Tuesday, May 24, 2005

 

An Understanding.....of sorts.

Dark Wraith wrote a tremendously moving analysis about some community college students, their occupational options, and war. He explains the town divisions, the job situation, and several reasons the students are going to college. In "Analysis: Fire and Seeds," Dark Wraith discloses conversational bits the students, while on break, have about war, and the future.

...Three young men are talking out there, and the one young man, who's just enlisted, says, "Fuck, yeah. I'd fucking shoot 'em. They shit on themselves! Did you hear about that?—they shit on themselves when you lock 'em up!" The other two are snickering and nodding their heads in agreement...

...The culture of these males just oozes a deepening affinity to what the neo-conservatives have done to re-tool America into a war nation. The economy is failing them, the world of high and broad knowledge is pretty much unavailable to them, and the prospect of a country at peace is uninteresting to them. But despite all that should be telling them to fight for change, to insist upon and demand a civil society that provides abundantly for its people, these men line up to embrace the very mentality that sets upon them the boot of want and despair...


After reading the post, I was saddened. I really started thinking, in depth, about the military troops, and why so many young men(and young women) end up enlisting. When there's lack of employment, people have to determine what course they must take, to bring home an income. They may not want to join the military, but if it's the option left, they will (most likely) take that step.

It's a thought-inducing post that helps to understand others' situations. It's well worth the time taken to read it.

 

Overheard last night

Regarding a requisition, for lab tests,
submitted from a veterinarian office:

"This dog has no sex"

"Same here - never thought I'd have
something in common with a dog."

 

One of these articles is not like the others...

Spokane Mayor Accused in Sex Scandal Apologizes for 'bad Judgment,' Refuses to Resign

Car Bombs, Suicide Attacks Kill at Least 49, Wound 130 in Iraq

Mother Charged in Setting House Fire That Killed Two Young Daughters in Pennsylvania

Four Teens Shot to Death in Huntington, W.Va.; Two Had Just Attended Prom

Police Say Fla. Teen Admitted To Trying to Entomb Girl, 8

Animal Control rescues kitten from storm drain

Monday, May 23, 2005

 
Cotton Posted by Hello

 

Ok, Richard Cohen, I finally forgive you.

Newsweek's Mistakes by Richard Cohen - The first reaction I saw to Newsweek's retraction of that now-famous item came from out of the blogosphere -- someone attributing the mistake to the magazine's "antiwar reporting." The headline -- just in case you missed the point -- was "Newsweek's Antiwar Crusade Kills," and though the piece marshaled many facts, it came to the wrong conclusion. Newsweek, I am here to tell you, simply made a mistake...

...I will spare you any harangue today about the mistakes and lies that got us into Iraq in the first place. Suffice it to say that for the White House and the Pentagon to come down on Newsweek for making a mistake is the height of hypocrisy.

Where, just for starters, is the retraction from Dick Cheney, who said that Iraq had "reconstituted" its nuclear weapons program? Where are the right-wing bloggers insisting he do so? And where, when it comes to such a touching sensitivity to the feelings of the Muslim world, was the conservative objection to the mad screeds of Ann Coulter, who wrote right after the Sept. 11 attacks, "We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity"? The National Review subsequently dropped her and virtually pronounced her unbalanced -- but she has been adopted by right-wingers everywhere...


Cohen pissed me off, some time ago, with his pro-war columns. I stopped reading much of what he wrote. Every once in awhile, I would read one of his pieces and think "Not good enough, bud!" He had finally taken a turn in his thinking, but I wasn't fogiving him just yet.
His article Baloney, Moore or Less was kind of pissy, too.
Well, with this latest article, I've decided that I will forgive him (not that he would know or care:). People do make mistakes and he really has done a good job, lately.

Sunday, May 22, 2005

 

I'm so jealous!

My cousin, his wife, and their bike. Honda Shadow (I believe it's the Aero), what a beautiful bike.  Posted by Hello

So, I was minding my own business, visiting blogs and having a real good time. I had already planted the Cosmos, the rose, and some Liatris bulbs. I had just gone to Weblackey's blog Toyblog and her first post talked about running. I had not jogged for a week. Sure, I had walked, but I still needed to go jogging. I had aches from riding horses yesterday, too, that could be shaken out. I turned off the computer, jumped in the car, and went to my favorite place. I jogged (and walked some). Coming home, I found (one of my favoritest) cousin and his wife just putting their helmets on, getting ready to leave, because I was not here. I was so happy I got home in time to see them. They mentioned they have stopped by at other times. My cousin asked me if my phone number was XXX-XXXX. No, and if it had, it was quite some time ago. Well, they now have my cell phone and the correct land line. I told them that my land phone is tied up by internet often. His wife said "our's too," as she pointed to him. Well, we are a bit alike. He helped me put a computer together from parts back in 1997.

 

Tell me what you think... really.

Sometimes, I submit a story or poem to The Practical Press. I finished up a short story, today, that I had been thinking of for awhile. I like it, but what do others think? Kitten Story

 
The Airplane plant bloomed, but what a big flower! Oh, wait, that's Saddie.  Posted by Hello


and speaking of flowers, I have some Cosmos and a rose bush that need to be planted. I guess I need to get that done, today!

 

Star Wars

Last of the 'Star Wars' Films Hits One-Day Record of $50 Million - The Associated Press - Published: May 20, 2005. LOS ANGELES (AP) - The last of the "Star Wars" movies has done what no movie in history has ever accomplished - sold $50 million worth of tickets in a single day...

I'm thinking I might like to see it, but I'm really not in a hurry. If there are people running around in costumes at the theatres, here, it might be worth the money just to see those folks:)

 

Health....

I found this link at Whatreallyhappened.com. It's quite interesting to read. Ten Lies About Health Your Doctor Taught You

Lie #4: Vitamins give you "expensive urine."

Truth #4: The most expensive urine in the world is created by taking multiple overpriced prescription drugs, not vitamins. With more than 40% of the U.S. population now on prescription drugs, the drug content in human urine is now so high that trace amounts of antidepressant drugs can be found in public water supplies. Compared to drugs, vitamins are cheap prevention.


We're even ruining the water with our pharmacies.

Oh, lookie here - WRH also had a link to this piece by Charley Reese More Manly Galloways, Fewer Slimy Colemans - If you would like a role model on how a manly person should act in front of politicians and the media, I highly recommend the Honorable George Galloway, a member of the British Parliament...

Saturday, May 21, 2005

 
The top two photos are the same pig. I'm posting them for Rugo. The pig's name is Hank. The sleepy cat's name is Frank. These are some of the creatures that reside at my sister's house.  Posted by Hello

 

Not race horses, but awfully sweet.

Hermie is being shod. Posted by Hello

Jeremiah and Millie Posted by Hello

My sister's horses. Their shoes were tightened or replaced, this morning, then we rode. What a great day!

Update: Was the Preakness race exciting, or what? Afleet Alex going to his knees was a shock. I yelled "oh no!" The TV station cut to a video bite of the owners. One of them was saying, "son of a bitch."

Win - Afleet Alex
Place - Scrappy T
Show - Giacomo

I guess it's a good thing I didn't bet. Sun King came in fourth and Going Wild went wild at fourteen.

 

Not always do I agree with you, Hank, but this time, you're right!

Newsweek’s story - Fact or fiction? By HENRY J. WATERS III, Publisher, Columbia Daily Tribune.
...I hope most people can see through all this crap. If Newsweek made a false report, it should be criticized, but we have not heard anything clearly invalidating what it wrote. No doubt editors are sorry they ran such an inflammatory story without stronger sources, but they should not be charged with lying and sedition.

If benefits of doubt are to be handed out, I’d just as soon trust the editors of Newsweek as their critics in talk radio and the government.


Indeed! Also, on the same page, was this political cartoon by Mike Keefe.

 

Moo

Over at Metacomments, Thersites was Cowblogging. The picture, he has posted, shows some pretty CUTE cows. I've never seen cows that look like that. Perhaps, I've been confused all these years. Adorable!

 
blue light Posted by Hello

red light Posted by Hello

One of my co-workers brought this Iris in. Her husband had mowed and accidentally knocked the flower off it's stalk. She, originally, had it at her desk, but thought the pollen was bothering her, so she put it on mine. Another co-worker came through our aisle and saw it. This guy enjoys photography and knows I have similar interest. At break, he suggested I take pictures while he shone some small lights on the flower. These are two of the pictures.

Friday, May 20, 2005

 

Preakness

Preakness race information: horse, jockey, trainer, odds can be found at this link - Preakness Stakes post positions, odds

Preakness runners Saturday, May 21, 2005.

1 Malibu Moonshine
2 High Fly
3 Noble Causeway
4 Greeley’s Galaxy
5 Scrappy T
6 Hal’s Image
7 Closing Argument
8 Galloping Grocer
9 Wilko
10 Sun King
11 High Limit
12 Afleet Alex
13 Giacomo
14 Going Wild


Can you believe it? Don't Get Mad isn't running. He was fourth in the Kentucky Derby! He coulda been a contenda! Ok, I'm going to cheer on Giacomo, Going Wild, and Sun King. I'm not putting any money on it, but I will cheer as I watch it on TV:)

 

Thank you, postal workers of America

What a great day! The mail came today and there was my Curly package from Jeffraham Prestonian and another package containing the lovely photo:Fire in Fog from NTodd.

Thanks guys and gals at USPS! Thanks JP and NTodd!

 

Friday cat blogging - featuring Cotton.

I was getting ready to go to work. Cotton was doing his part getting white cat hairs all over my stuff. Posted by Hello

Thursday, May 19, 2005

 

Some thoughts.

My co-workers sometime annoy me, and I, sometimes, annoy them. It’s one of those giving relationships! Every couple days, or so, it's just great to work with them, though. Our corridor gets really stuffy during the day. We've complained and the maintenance dudes have tried to fix the vents, several times. They came by today to work on them, again. The ceiling above me was opened and they left... Q from another aisle came by asking about it. My co-workers are such smart asses:) I told Q that the maint people were up in the ceiling (not really) – so everyone jumped in…. "They were making BunkCubes", from N. "Moving some of my stuff into the attic to give me more room", from X across from me. From there, they jumped to "white gas escaping from the ceiling" and how I was the canary. When I passed out, they would all leave. Which went on mouth to mouth resuscitation. I told them not to even try it, let me die! Y said I'd probably have a heart attack, anyway, if I revived to see one of their faces in my face:) The maint guys were finished with the ceiling above my cube. It was, then, time to go back to work.

Having 6 people in the row, we don't, all, come in every day. Because it seemed more times someone was out, than all at work, we devised the smiley face on a calendar. When all 6 are at work, someone (doesn't matter who) makes a smiley face on that date square of the calendar.. Last month, we were creative....this month, not so much. We're doing better about all showing up. This week is a 4/5 week. We already know some will be out tomorrow.

Crack Crème
"With a name like Crack Crème, you know it's gotta be good."

And how are you?

 

death by disease

Some frightening links found at Drudge Report

Marburg virus toll in Angola crosses 300 mark Since October 2004, 337 cases, 311 deaths.

Ebola outbreak spreads to Congo Eleven cases, nine dead, in the past two weeks.

 

I don't understand people like this.

Drudge Report has a link to this article in the UK Telegraph. Woman kept 246 dogs, 16 cage birds and 7 cats in her home,By Nigel Bunyan...Rosalind Gregson, 55, confined most of her pets to cages, often in pairs and often piled on top of each other in conditions so cramped they could not stand to their full height...
...A district judge at Preston magistrates' court heard that when the RSPCA team raided Gregson's £500,000 detached house at Silverdale, near Carnforth, Lancs, they were initially "overwhelmed" by the stench of ammonia and faeces. They found the animals living in virtually unlit, rat-infested rooms with little water and food. Most of the water they did have was contaminated with cat litter...


Those poor animals. Didn't this woman realize she was harming the animals. Apparently, she was obsessed with collecting them, but, why subject them to such incarceration? Sometimes... often, I don't understand people.

Wednesday, May 18, 2005

 

George Galloway...

Video: Galloway takes on US oil accusers From Information Clearing House.

Thanks to Faramin at HUMAN first, then a proud IRANIAN
for bringing this one to my attention.

...Now you say in this document, you quote a source, you have the gall to quote a source, without ever having asked me whether the allegation from the source is true, that I am 'the owner of a company which has made substantial profits from trading in Iraqi oil'.

"Senator, I do not own any companies, beyond a small company whose entire purpose, whose sole purpose, is to receive the income from my journalistic earnings from my employer, Associated Newspapers, in London. I do not own a company that's been trading in Iraqi oil. And you have no business to carry a quotation, utterly unsubstantiated and false, implying otherwise...


Go get 'em Tiger!

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

 

Eleven cents...

Tonite, my jogging pal and I went to see the movie, "Hitchiker's Guide to the Universe". She had already seen it with her hubby, but when I mentioned I wanted to see it on one of my nights off, offered to go along. She had not read the book, previously, to the first viewing. After the show was over, she said she definitely got a lot more out of it, by seeing it the second time. We both agreed that it was worth the money (Matinee, cost $5.50 per person).
After the show, we walked about two miles and I found, first, a dime, then a penny. I was thinking how lucky I was to find the eleven cents. When I got home, I picked up the mail and found my state income tax refund. I was expecting a check for $4.00, but must have calculated it incorrectly, because my check was for $22.00. Ah, good times.

 

Well, I found it amusing.

June 2005, Mad Magazine, Issue 454,
Page 9 - What people earn...
Ann Coulter
Los Angelos, California
Mean-Spirited Right-Wing Skank
$2,500,000


Ha ha ha haha ha.. Who says the media's not liberal?
What, You mean Mad Magazine isn't the media?

 

Transportation in so many different forms

 Posted by Hello

 Posted by Hello

I enjoy seeing the trains with the bridge in the background. Crossing the bridge are cars and trucks. There is a spot where I can get a photo of the train, the sanddredge, the barge, and the bridge in one picture. Right before I took these pictures, there was also a helicopter in the air. It moved too soon for me to snap a picture.

 

A change of heart?

US hardens stance on Uzbekistan
Uzbek authorities have sealed off the town of Andijan. The US says it is "deeply disturbed" by reports that troops in Uzbekistan fired on unarmed civilians during a protest in the east of the country.

Remember when the Iraqis were protesting and certain people fired into their midst?
I do, too.

According to this article, several hundred people were killed in this attack. There is too much blood being spilled, in this world of ours. It is so incredibly sad.

 

It could have happened anywhere.

Coach Beaten Unconscious in Fight During Girls Rugby Match in California Town
"I never saw them coming," said Craig Stewart, 55, who kicked in the head and face by another coach and parents during a game Saturday, according to witnesses and police.

Several of the adults had fled by the time police arrived on the scene. Authorities were working to identify those involved in the fight. No one had been arrested by late Sunday.

Poor guy. People are getting angrier and angrier. I can't decide whether it's from all the bad news, or because there are so many people around. Maybe, a bit of both. With all those angry motorists, I think a good deal of it's from all the cars (people) in their way.

Monday, May 16, 2005

 

Please, don't ask directions from me.

Why do people ask me how to get anywhere? With all the people walking around, they pick me, the worst direction giver in the world, how to get somewhere. Today, I was walking as a "wakening" break. I need to wake up or else fall asleep. Which will it be? Anyway, a young man asked me where some building was. He had the address. I thought I knew the street and it was near. I thought the street right out front changed into the street he needed. I told him so and he headed for his car. I should have told him to ask someone else, just to be sure.
I got back to my cube and asked my co-workers where the street was. They said it was right out front. I was right, for once. Thank goodness, I didn't send that young man out on a wild goose chase!

 
Now, this really bummed me out. Posted by Hello

I finally remembered that I wanted to photograph my paintings. They had been placed in the spare room, in the closet. Sometime ago, the wall of the shower leaked, but I did not realize how bad. I fixed the leak, but didn't go check on my paintings... until today. Because of my laxness, I ruined eight paintings. Some have small damage, but a couple others are as bad as these two.

Sunday, May 15, 2005

 

Ok, this is the last fun and games I'm going to post...today.










Your Deadly Sins

Wrath: 40%
Envy: 20%
Pride: 20%
Sloth: 20%
Gluttony: 0%
Greed: 0%
Lust: 0%
Chance You'll Go to Hell: 14%
You will die, after conquering the world as an evil dictator.


How Sinful Are You?

If they would give me decent answers to pick, maybe it wouldn't have turned out this way! Damn! Now, I AM PISSED... :)

 

Mine says the same thing as The Green Knight's.




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What kind of blogger are you?
Link was found at The Green Knight. I did answer the questions, just got the same result. Who knew? Maybe we're the same blogger...nah - just kidding, there.

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