Sorry its late but just found it.
Friday, December 31, 2004
Thursday, December 30, 2004
Are People Really this Vain?
I guess when you love Elvis this much you will pay way too much
for something that was "said" to be his!
Something New
Here is something new,
The earthquake responsible for the Asian tsunami was so powerful that it changed the local geography, shifting islands and the mainland of Sumatra by as much as 120ft, American seismologists said yesterday. Read more...
The earthquake responsible for the Asian tsunami was so powerful that it changed the local geography, shifting islands and the mainland of Sumatra by as much as 120ft, American seismologists said yesterday. Read more...
Disgusted!
What the hell is up with this:
United States President George Bush was tonight accused of trying to undermine the United Nations by setting up a rival coalition to coordinate relief following the Asian tsunami disaster.Read more...(from Scotland's scotsman.com)
The UN was quick to say absolutely not when Bush decided to go to war! And when our troops were there and President Bush requested assistance, the UN said they would not even think about it! However, they are very quick to criticize the president when he offers a country aide after a horrific natural disaster!!!!
Isn’t the UN supposed to assist with peace between nations? Are they not supposed to lend a hand when any nation is in need? Please correct me if I am wrong!
I am disgusted!
United States President George Bush was tonight accused of trying to undermine the United Nations by setting up a rival coalition to coordinate relief following the Asian tsunami disaster.Read more...(from Scotland's scotsman.com)
The UN was quick to say absolutely not when Bush decided to go to war! And when our troops were there and President Bush requested assistance, the UN said they would not even think about it! However, they are very quick to criticize the president when he offers a country aide after a horrific natural disaster!!!!
Isn’t the UN supposed to assist with peace between nations? Are they not supposed to lend a hand when any nation is in need? Please correct me if I am wrong!
I am disgusted!
I Was Thinking...
I know that these have been in cerculation for a number of years but thought they were funny enough to be worth repeating.
1. Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?"
2. Who was the first person to say, "See that chicken there? I'm gonna eat the next thing that comes outta it's butt."
3. Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?
4. If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?
5. Can a hearse carrying a corpse drive in the car-pool lane?
6. Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don't point to their crotch when they ask where the bathroom is?
7. Why does your OB-GYN leave the room when you get undressed if they are going to look up there anyway?
8. Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs!
9. If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that Acme crap, why didn't he just buy dinner?
10. If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?
11. If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?
12. If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?
13. Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?
14. Stop singing and read on.........
15. Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?
16. Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?
17. Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster?
18. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
1. Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?"
2. Who was the first person to say, "See that chicken there? I'm gonna eat the next thing that comes outta it's butt."
3. Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?
4. If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?
5. Can a hearse carrying a corpse drive in the car-pool lane?
6. Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don't point to their crotch when they ask where the bathroom is?
7. Why does your OB-GYN leave the room when you get undressed if they are going to look up there anyway?
8. Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs!
9. If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that Acme crap, why didn't he just buy dinner?
10. If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?
11. If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?
12. If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?
13. Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?
14. Stop singing and read on.........
15. Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?
16. Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?
17. Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster?
18. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Work, Home and The World
I had to post two pics today just because I figured out how to upload them. I am using Hello as Blogger suggested. Very neat! I have a couple of friends and co-workers that saw and marveled over my blog so I must give them something to harass me over tomorrow. (Don't be surprised to see some oddball, and maybe even crude comments about certain posts, which are welcome and expected!) Don't be offended if you see something about a stupid Jew, or a f&#$%n beaner, It's not intended to target anyone but me. (especially since neither exist!)
Not much happened today at work, slow actually. (that a good thing) One of my co-workers who never emails any of the Tech staff, sent us an email today. The subject: "very cool....." And the body contained a link: http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0412expo2.html The co-worker seems to emphasize the fact that we "Windows" users bitch and complain too much and should give up and use a MAC. I do bitch moan and complain about my computers that I use at home and at work. However, spending $4000 plus on a single computer is way out of my league. Yes there is a reason there are $400 PC's out there that get infected with viruses the minute they connect to the internet, and you have to have such thing as firewalls and virus scans and adware/spyware removal tools, PC Cleanup tools, and and and and......(must I go on?) Its what I can afford and what I have only know(75% or more of the population of the world would more than likely agree) Argue with me! Go ahead!
Nothing new on the home front, just the kids enjoying their Christmas Vacation. It's been nice outside so the kids are out on the trampoline and running around. Quiet tonight since my daughter is at a friends doin the girlie slumber party thing (Poor Tim, he he he) and my wife is in bed, resting up for work early in the morning.
I know this is already getting old but cannot help but say more about it. The tsunami disaster is now(after 4 days) is all over the news. Its about time we knew more about it. And I found a site (thanks Jack) that gives even more insite on the situation. Its the same site that gives info on certain underlined words when typing an instant message using the updated version of Trillian by the way!
Anyway, the death toll is expected to reach 100,000 plus by the time all is said and done with the worry of infection and disease on the rise.
"We're facing a disaster of unprecedented proportion,'' said Simon Missiri, a top Red Cross official. "We're talking about a staggering death toll.''
I just cannot get over the fact that it really happened. God, please be with these people!
Not much happened today at work, slow actually. (that a good thing) One of my co-workers who never emails any of the Tech staff, sent us an email today. The subject: "very cool....." And the body contained a link: http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0412expo2.html The co-worker seems to emphasize the fact that we "Windows" users bitch and complain too much and should give up and use a MAC. I do bitch moan and complain about my computers that I use at home and at work. However, spending $4000 plus on a single computer is way out of my league. Yes there is a reason there are $400 PC's out there that get infected with viruses the minute they connect to the internet, and you have to have such thing as firewalls and virus scans and adware/spyware removal tools, PC Cleanup tools, and and and and......(must I go on?) Its what I can afford and what I have only know(75% or more of the population of the world would more than likely agree) Argue with me! Go ahead!
Nothing new on the home front, just the kids enjoying their Christmas Vacation. It's been nice outside so the kids are out on the trampoline and running around. Quiet tonight since my daughter is at a friends doin the girlie slumber party thing (Poor Tim, he he he) and my wife is in bed, resting up for work early in the morning.
I know this is already getting old but cannot help but say more about it. The tsunami disaster is now(after 4 days) is all over the news. Its about time we knew more about it. And I found a site (thanks Jack) that gives even more insite on the situation. Its the same site that gives info on certain underlined words when typing an instant message using the updated version of Trillian by the way!
Anyway, the death toll is expected to reach 100,000 plus by the time all is said and done with the worry of infection and disease on the rise.
"We're facing a disaster of unprecedented proportion,'' said Simon Missiri, a top Red Cross official. "We're talking about a staggering death toll.''
I just cannot get over the fact that it really happened. God, please be with these people!
How things have changed in 100 years!
With the end of 2004, I thought I would share some info about what went on a decade ago. It boggled my mind. (I do not have any references to credit the info to so if anyone does please send the info on)
How things have changed in 100 years!
THE YEAR 1904
The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years.
Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost elevendollars.
There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and only 144 miles ofpaved roads.
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavilypopulated than California.
With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only the 21stmost populous state in the Union.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower.
The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents an hour.
The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at home.
Ninety percent of all U.S. physicians had no college education.
Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which werecondemned in the press and by the government as "substandard."
Sugar cost four cents a pound.
Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.
Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.
Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used boraxor egg yolks for shampoo.
Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering thecountry for any reason.
The five leading causes of death in the U.S. were:
1.Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke
The American flag had 45 stars.
Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii, and Alaska hadn't beenadmitted to the Union yet.
The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was 30.
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't beeninvented.
There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
Two of 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write.
Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated high school.
Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over thecounter at corner drugstores.
According to one pharmacist, "Heroin clears the complexion,gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels,and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health."
Eighteen percent of households in the U.S had at least one full-time servant or domestic.
There were only about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S.
How things have changed in 100 years!
THE YEAR 1904
The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years.
Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost elevendollars.
There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and only 144 miles ofpaved roads.
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavilypopulated than California.
With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only the 21stmost populous state in the Union.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower.
The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents an hour.
The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at home.
Ninety percent of all U.S. physicians had no college education.
Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which werecondemned in the press and by the government as "substandard."
Sugar cost four cents a pound.
Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.
Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.
Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used boraxor egg yolks for shampoo.
Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering thecountry for any reason.
The five leading causes of death in the U.S. were:
1.Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke
The American flag had 45 stars.
Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii, and Alaska hadn't beenadmitted to the Union yet.
The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was 30.
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't beeninvented.
There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
Two of 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write.
Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated high school.
Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over thecounter at corner drugstores.
According to one pharmacist, "Heroin clears the complexion,gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels,and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health."
Eighteen percent of households in the U.S had at least one full-time servant or domestic.
There were only about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S.
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Asia, God Be With You!
This made news
Andre, another bloger, made note about this
Seal posted Read more.... (also from ABC News)
Google has also made attempts to help!
Jack Ortman has posted several links on his blog that is almost unbelievable. He writes:
In case you've been in a hole the last 24 hours, a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami has taken the lives of 22,000 in Asia. While the major international outlets are covering this fairly well (the domestic coverage, at least on TV, was pretty crappy), there are a pile of bloggers and independent sources for a pile of great photos and news about this. So here are a few links I've spotted in the past 24 hours:
Read more from his Blog
Andre, another bloger, made note about this
Seal posted Read more.... (also from ABC News)
Google has also made attempts to help!
Jack Ortman has posted several links on his blog that is almost unbelievable. He writes:
In case you've been in a hole the last 24 hours, a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami has taken the lives of 22,000 in Asia. While the major international outlets are covering this fairly well (the domestic coverage, at least on TV, was pretty crappy), there are a pile of bloggers and independent sources for a pile of great photos and news about this. So here are a few links I've spotted in the past 24 hours:
Read more from his Blog
Asia's Devistation
I have seen pictures of the damage done by such a horrific natural disaster. I was in tears when I found out that 1/3 of the 52,000 found were children. My jaw just hit the floor and my heart sank. I feel so bad for those people, especially since they did not know that it was coming. I decided since I did not understand what had actually append I was going to do a little research. I found this article at ABC News that helps explain why and what happened:
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Earthquakes and hurricanes make headlines for more often, but tsunami's are often deadlier. They mostly happen around thae edges of the Pacific, set off by earthquakes and volcanoes. Ninety-Five percent of the world's seismic activity happens in the Pacific, Which is why Sunday's devastation around the Indian Ocean was such a surprise.
The disaster began a few hundred miles off the coast of Indonesia, with a magnitude 9 earthquake. That quake was the largest recorded since one in 1960 in Chile.
The Shock wave - spreading from beneath the ocean floor - sent a giant bulge of water all the way to the surface, six miles above. The ripple effect quickly spread, reaching Sri Lanka in two hours, the coast of India in three hours and the easternmost parts of Africa in six
On the open ocean, a tsunami can move at 500 miles an hour, but the waves are surprisingly small. If you are on a ship you might not even feel them as they race by.
As they get into shallow water, though, they are slowed dramatically by friction from the bottom - and the force has nowhere to go but up.
"In the open ocean it was about 3 feet, on the coastline it's about 20[feet] to 30 feet," said Eddie N. Bernard, director of the Pacific Marine Environmental laboratory, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration.
And the greatest harm if often done as the waves crash back into the ocean - having ripped loose trees, houses and anything else in the way. The flow of debris that is generated by this wave is just a killer.
The U.S. mainland has not had a major tsunami in 150 years. There are many small ones, causing nothing more than beach erosion. But in Hawaii they've been the deadliest natural hazard of the last half-century, causing 300 deaths - more than earthquakes, typhoons or volcanic activity.
In the 1990s, the united States began formal tsunami warnings, using buoys in the pacific to detect waves. Warnings might be sent to Hawaii, southern Alaska and, albeit rarely, the coast of Washington, Oregon and California.
But the countries around the Indian ocean had no warning systems. There seemed no need for a phenomenon that had not been seen on a large scale there in at least 500 years.
The disaster began a few hundred miles off the coast of Indonesia, with a magnitude 9 earthquake. That quake was the largest recorded since one in 1960 in Chile.
The Shock wave - spreading from beneath the ocean floor - sent a giant bulge of water all the way to the surface, six miles above. The ripple effect quickly spread, reaching Sri Lanka in two hours, the coast of India in three hours and the easternmost parts of Africa in six
On the open ocean, a tsunami can move at 500 miles an hour, but the waves are surprisingly small. If you are on a ship you might not even feel them as they race by.
As they get into shallow water, though, they are slowed dramatically by friction from the bottom - and the force has nowhere to go but up.
"In the open ocean it was about 3 feet, on the coastline it's about 20[feet] to 30 feet," said Eddie N. Bernard, director of the Pacific Marine Environmental laboratory, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration.
And the greatest harm if often done as the waves crash back into the ocean - having ripped loose trees, houses and anything else in the way. The flow of debris that is generated by this wave is just a killer.
The U.S. mainland has not had a major tsunami in 150 years. There are many small ones, causing nothing more than beach erosion. But in Hawaii they've been the deadliest natural hazard of the last half-century, causing 300 deaths - more than earthquakes, typhoons or volcanic activity.
In the 1990s, the united States began formal tsunami warnings, using buoys in the pacific to detect waves. Warnings might be sent to Hawaii, southern Alaska and, albeit rarely, the coast of Washington, Oregon and California.
But the countries around the Indian ocean had no warning systems. There seemed no need for a phenomenon that had not been seen on a large scale there in at least 500 years.
"This information came from ABC News, by Ned Potter, and more information on how you can help victims of the devastating waves, got to http://www.usaid.gov/
Monday, December 27, 2004
Christmas Eve Snow
I know its late but I just started this blog today, (get over it!)
We Finally had a decent snow for the first time in who knows how many years. West Texas doesn't have bad winters like up north, so snow is sometime a pleasure here.
I think when it was all done we ended up with 1/2 inch on Christmas Eve. My daughter had me up and out in it at 8:30 that morning and wanted to build a snow man. There was not enough snow in the yard to make one more than 12 inches tall even if it did stick. So we drew on one the side walk. We used buttons for eyes and a carrot nose. By 2:00pm the snow was gone and there lay nothing but the buttons and carrot. I have pictures and will post them as soon as I have them developed. (and yes I know I should get a digital camera, the one we had broke and I haven't gotten one yet.)
We Finally had a decent snow for the first time in who knows how many years. West Texas doesn't have bad winters like up north, so snow is sometime a pleasure here.
I think when it was all done we ended up with 1/2 inch on Christmas Eve. My daughter had me up and out in it at 8:30 that morning and wanted to build a snow man. There was not enough snow in the yard to make one more than 12 inches tall even if it did stick. So we drew on one the side walk. We used buttons for eyes and a carrot nose. By 2:00pm the snow was gone and there lay nothing but the buttons and carrot. I have pictures and will post them as soon as I have them developed. (and yes I know I should get a digital camera, the one we had broke and I haven't gotten one yet.)
Work Rant and Email Humor
Christmas has come and gone, and Today Is a Monday, just twice as bad. The call load seemed to have doubled today since the office was closed for the holiday and the weekend. Working for the local internet office has shown me that people cannot live with out their internet or their email for even a hour much less a day. I received calls all day saying that they have called for help with their connection all weekend and wanted to know why they did not get a call back. Our customers must think we are supposed to be available 24/7 and at their beckoning call, even on Christmas Day. Mind you we are only a small internet company of only 4000 customers or so. WE ARE NOT AOL or SBC. Seems as though the customers I deal with think we are huge and most are shocked to find out we are not from Timbucktoo with a harsh foreign accent. If you are gonna read my Blog, you are gonna probably hear me rant on this subject some more.
But here is something, I got a very funny call today and seemed to go something like this:
A gentle man calls and says that he is not receiving any email at the address we set up for him last week. I checked to make sure that everything was set on our side for him to get mail and even sent him a test mail. Wanting to make sure he had him mail client set up right I then asked him "What do you use to get your mail." The gentleman said that he was not sure what I meant and then I asked again, "What do you use to retrieve your mail?" The man paused for a second and calmly said, "Well, I use the Post Office." I had to mute the phone and laugh out loud. Don't guess he was associating who he called and what he was asking about with the question I asked him.
You would not believe the calls we get sometimes. I will post more as they come along.
But here is something, I got a very funny call today and seemed to go something like this:
A gentle man calls and says that he is not receiving any email at the address we set up for him last week. I checked to make sure that everything was set on our side for him to get mail and even sent him a test mail. Wanting to make sure he had him mail client set up right I then asked him "What do you use to get your mail." The gentleman said that he was not sure what I meant and then I asked again, "What do you use to retrieve your mail?" The man paused for a second and calmly said, "Well, I use the Post Office." I had to mute the phone and laugh out loud. Don't guess he was associating who he called and what he was asking about with the question I asked him.
You would not believe the calls we get sometimes. I will post more as they come along.
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