Thoughts
Saturday, December 31, 2005
Friday, December 30, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 40
It's that time of year again.... the end that is.....
Whet was accomplished in the past year?....
Looks like a lot of people died, both needlessly and naturally.....
I lost few family members and acquaintances....
I have a place in a particular dead pool and lost again, just trying to figure out who to pick for the next year.... anybody got any ideas?....
My son moved away from the area with the woman he has picked as his own, or she picked him as her own.. not sure which and a little concerned .....
Oil and Hydro have skyrocketed, how do they expect people to just keep paying?
I am looking at a possible move up in the company I work for, with a little trepidation...
I don't like new years resolutions because they just seem to be ripe for the breaking but I do need to make some major changes in my life and damn soon...
Yea, just a random bunch of thoughts this morning and a lot of hhmmm....
Thoughts
Whet was accomplished in the past year?....
Looks like a lot of people died, both needlessly and naturally.....
I lost few family members and acquaintances....
I have a place in a particular dead pool and lost again, just trying to figure out who to pick for the next year.... anybody got any ideas?....
My son moved away from the area with the woman he has picked as his own, or she picked him as her own.. not sure which and a little concerned .....
Oil and Hydro have skyrocketed, how do they expect people to just keep paying?
I am looking at a possible move up in the company I work for, with a little trepidation...
I don't like new years resolutions because they just seem to be ripe for the breaking but I do need to make some major changes in my life and damn soon...
Yea, just a random bunch of thoughts this morning and a lot of hhmmm....
Thoughts
Thursday, December 29, 2005
Last HNT of 05...!!!
As requested, this is my favorite pic so far....
These have supported me no matter what I weigh, no matter what the weather, no matter the footwear.... they just keep on carrying...
Right now I have a plantar's wart on the one and that makes it extremely painful to walk but I have to get where I'm going and can't let a little thing like that stop me.
I put 4 plus miles on these things every single day.... My best friends, I guess.
Happy HNT to everyone else!
Thoughts
These have supported me no matter what I weigh, no matter what the weather, no matter the footwear.... they just keep on carrying...
Right now I have a plantar's wart on the one and that makes it extremely painful to walk but I have to get where I'm going and can't let a little thing like that stop me.
I put 4 plus miles on these things every single day.... My best friends, I guess.
Happy HNT to everyone else!
Thoughts
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
The 48 Laws of Power... 23/24
Law 23
Concentrate Your Forces
Conserve your forces and energies by keeping them concentrated at their strongest point. You gain more by finding a rich mine and mining it deeper, than by flitting from one shallow mine to another – intensity defeats extensity every time. When looking for sources of power to elevate you, find the one key patron, the fat cow who will give you milk for a long time to come.
Law 24
Play the Perfect Courtier
The perfect courtier thrives in a world where everything revolves around power and political dexterity. He has mastered the art of indirection; he flatters, yields to superiors, and asserts power over others in the mot oblique and graceful manner. Learn and apply the laws of courtiership and there will be no limit to how far you can rise in the court.
Thoughts
Concentrate Your Forces
Conserve your forces and energies by keeping them concentrated at their strongest point. You gain more by finding a rich mine and mining it deeper, than by flitting from one shallow mine to another – intensity defeats extensity every time. When looking for sources of power to elevate you, find the one key patron, the fat cow who will give you milk for a long time to come.
Law 24
Play the Perfect Courtier
The perfect courtier thrives in a world where everything revolves around power and political dexterity. He has mastered the art of indirection; he flatters, yields to superiors, and asserts power over others in the mot oblique and graceful manner. Learn and apply the laws of courtiership and there will be no limit to how far you can rise in the court.
Thoughts
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 39
Hope everyone had a great Christmas....
I find it really hard to explain why I don't really feel anything for Christmas.
People come up to me and ask, "How was your Christmas?"
My answer, "It was a day off work"....
I can remember being so excited about the day and the presents and the season and..... it just isn't there for me anymore...
Sure, I see my kids and get gifts and good food but.... something is missing....
Can you get too old for it?
Can it just turn into another day?
A mere day off from work?
Maybe working the days on both sides of it make it less than a satisfying holiday?
At least I have the 2nd of January off....
I think I need to look for something else that is more satisfying in my life than what I am doing now. I have seen bloggers that are doing the same job hopping but they don't seem any happier either....
Anyway, hhmmm....
Thoughts
I find it really hard to explain why I don't really feel anything for Christmas.
People come up to me and ask, "How was your Christmas?"
My answer, "It was a day off work"....
I can remember being so excited about the day and the presents and the season and..... it just isn't there for me anymore...
Sure, I see my kids and get gifts and good food but.... something is missing....
Can you get too old for it?
Can it just turn into another day?
A mere day off from work?
Maybe working the days on both sides of it make it less than a satisfying holiday?
At least I have the 2nd of January off....
I think I need to look for something else that is more satisfying in my life than what I am doing now. I have seen bloggers that are doing the same job hopping but they don't seem any happier either....
Anyway, hhmmm....
Thoughts
Monday, December 26, 2005
Sunday, December 25, 2005
Saturday, December 24, 2005
Christmas eve 2005....
It is raining today, gonna rain tonight and tomorrow as well.....
Here is a little reminder of the time of year it is supposed to be....
And...
And here is a sample of today...
Oh well,
It's CHRISTMAS EVE!
1 final sleep to
1 final sleep to
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
Thoughts
Friday, December 23, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 38
How about that internal clock we each have......
Here it is almost 5:30 in the freaking morning and I got to be to work for 7.......
It's funny how, as a kid or teenager, there wasn't an alarm clock that could wake me up.
Even after I got married, the only thing I could get to wake my ass out of bed at anytime was the wife.
For the past five plus years, I've been working at the same place and my shift has gone completely around the clock. Since the wife left, so has my dependency on her waking me up, I can get out of bed at what ever hour I choose just by my decision to get up.
My usual day starts at about 6:30. I have to make sure the kid is up and ready to head for school before preparing for my day when I have to leave for work at about 8:30.
I was required to be at work today for new product training at seven and with no assistance from any external source, I am up at twenty minutes to five.
Just FYI, I walk to work which takes about 30 to 40 minutes, just in case anyone was wondering.
hhmmm....
Thoughts
Here it is almost 5:30 in the freaking morning and I got to be to work for 7.......
It's funny how, as a kid or teenager, there wasn't an alarm clock that could wake me up.
Even after I got married, the only thing I could get to wake my ass out of bed at anytime was the wife.
For the past five plus years, I've been working at the same place and my shift has gone completely around the clock. Since the wife left, so has my dependency on her waking me up, I can get out of bed at what ever hour I choose just by my decision to get up.
My usual day starts at about 6:30. I have to make sure the kid is up and ready to head for school before preparing for my day when I have to leave for work at about 8:30.
I was required to be at work today for new product training at seven and with no assistance from any external source, I am up at twenty minutes to five.
Just FYI, I walk to work which takes about 30 to 40 minutes, just in case anyone was wondering.
hhmmm....
Just two, two, two more sleeps before
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Thoughts
Thursday, December 22, 2005
Last HNT before Christmas
Here we are at the second last HNT of the year....
This is what happens when ya slip on the ice on yer front step and go down. Yea, I'll survive but man, it really hurt for a little while...
Happy HNT once again!
Only TREE more sleeps before
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Thoughts
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 37
How did we let politicians decide what they would be paid?
A local council decided not to give themselves a raise this year but did up the travel expense. This is a good thing, sorta...
It makes you stop and think, when it does come around again for the raise question, are they going to add this as another year"since" the last raise, therefore we deserve it?
Are the politicians really worth the money that they are being paid?
This is like the management system in big corporations but with a slight twist. We get to vote for the people we want in power but I'm not absolutely sure we really have that decision...
I know that of all the years I have voted, only one resulted in the party I wanted in but not the ass they was heading the whole thing. He actually brought shame to the party not to mention the country...
Just a few thoughts to make you go hhmmm....
hhmmm....
Thoughts
A local council decided not to give themselves a raise this year but did up the travel expense. This is a good thing, sorta...
It makes you stop and think, when it does come around again for the raise question, are they going to add this as another year"since" the last raise, therefore we deserve it?
Are the politicians really worth the money that they are being paid?
This is like the management system in big corporations but with a slight twist. We get to vote for the people we want in power but I'm not absolutely sure we really have that decision...
I know that of all the years I have voted, only one resulted in the party I wanted in but not the ass they was heading the whole thing. He actually brought shame to the party not to mention the country...
Just a few thoughts to make you go hhmmm....
hhmmm....
5 sleeps before
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Thoughts
Monday, December 19, 2005
Sunday, December 18, 2005
The 48 Laws of Power
Law 21
Play a Sucker to Catch a Sucker – Seem Dumber than your Mark
No one likes feeling stupider than the next persons. The trick, is to make your victims feel smart – and not just smart, but smarter than you are. Once convinced of this, they will never suspect that you may have ulterior motives.
Law 22
Use the Surrender Tactic: Transform Weakness into Power
When you are weaker, never fight for honor’s sake; choose surrender instead. Surrender gives you time to recover, time to torment and irritate your conqueror, time to wait for his power to wane. Do not give him the satisfaction of fighting and defeating you – surrender first. By turning the other check you infuriate and unsettle him. Make surrender a tool of power.
Thoughts
Play a Sucker to Catch a Sucker – Seem Dumber than your Mark
No one likes feeling stupider than the next persons. The trick, is to make your victims feel smart – and not just smart, but smarter than you are. Once convinced of this, they will never suspect that you may have ulterior motives.
Law 22
Use the Surrender Tactic: Transform Weakness into Power
When you are weaker, never fight for honor’s sake; choose surrender instead. Surrender gives you time to recover, time to torment and irritate your conqueror, time to wait for his power to wane. Do not give him the satisfaction of fighting and defeating you – surrender first. By turning the other check you infuriate and unsettle him. Make surrender a tool of power.
Only 7 more sleeps til
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Thoughts
Saturday, December 17, 2005
Some random pics and humour...
And just where do I find some of these?
You'll definitely want to teach yer kids to be fast...
This has to be a class "A" number one "redneck" home.,,
One of my favourites, you don't have to feed, pet, walk or clean up after one of these freebies!
And we are down to only 8 sleeps before
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Thoughts
Friday, December 16, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 36
FedEx...
This courier has a new delivery policy that has to be the dumbest move ever.
They have decided that if everybody has to pay extra for a signature delivery.
essentially, they can throw your package off of the truck anywhere they want and if you didn't pay the extra for the signature requirement, too bad, FedEx is not responsible.
WTF?
I think I just found a way for Hoss to make his pile.
He could hire a taxi to follow the FedEx delivery truck around picking up all of the packages that have been dropped and, look out eBay, new "shipment" for sale.
Not really funny because I already see it happening....
hhmmm....
Thoughts
This courier has a new delivery policy that has to be the dumbest move ever.
They have decided that if everybody has to pay extra for a signature delivery.
essentially, they can throw your package off of the truck anywhere they want and if you didn't pay the extra for the signature requirement, too bad, FedEx is not responsible.
WTF?
I think I just found a way for Hoss to make his pile.
He could hire a taxi to follow the FedEx delivery truck around picking up all of the packages that have been dropped and, look out eBay, new "shipment" for sale.
Not really funny because I already see it happening....
hhmmm....
8 more sleeps before...
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Thoughts
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Happy HNT !!!!!!
How would ya like to use that meat hook to feed yerself?The middle finger from the last joint to the tip was crushed a lot of years ago.
This is the same hand, when a nurse tried to put an intravenous in, had to try at least four times, twisting and turning, trying to find a vein and had to let a younger, less experienced one actually do it with one poke.
I can also put a walnut between the middle knuckle on the middle finger and index finger, ball my hand into a fist and crush the walnut. Good Christmas trick for the kids...
And guess what.... 9 more sleeps before
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Thoughts
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 35
School sports...
In most of the sports in the local schools, one team lines up and shakes hands with the other after the game.
In one of the games by one school, the one sets of coaches, rudely ignored the other team.
When was this tradition stopped?
Are we trying to show sportsmanship or that winning is the only acceptable option?
Understand that it is a "sport", a "game"....
Apparently, they are trying to get them ready for the hard life of professional "sports".
Just a stray thought on the subject..
Thoughts
In most of the sports in the local schools, one team lines up and shakes hands with the other after the game.
In one of the games by one school, the one sets of coaches, rudely ignored the other team.
When was this tradition stopped?
Are we trying to show sportsmanship or that winning is the only acceptable option?
Understand that it is a "sport", a "game"....
Apparently, they are trying to get them ready for the hard life of professional "sports".
Just a stray thought on the subject..
And 10 more sleeps before
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Thoughts
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 34
I don't know about you people but it is getting either too damn cold or I'm getting too damn old.....
This morning we get up to a -22 (that is a little minus sign, below zero cold)
We didn't hit a record which is -25 but man, I got to walk through 2 miles of this damn cold to get to work.
I'm going to have to leave at least a half hour early so I got time to thaw before I can actually start to work.
The other scarey item is paying for the oil to keep my house warm through this weather. It was unaffordable last year and the cost of oil is up now so good luck to all who are either at or below the poverty line or those on a single income, such as me.
Sure it used to be a crap load colder when I was a kid but I WAS A KID, and it didn't mean much to me. Arthritis has made it a lot less bearable not to mention the other ailments of age. And crap, I'm not that old. I feel like I'm 180 but that is a slight exaggeration of my real age of 48.
Oh well, we do what we gotta do.
Supposed to be as cold tomorrow but warming a bit near the end of the week.
Good luck to all today.
Thoughts
This morning we get up to a -22 (that is a little minus sign, below zero cold)
We didn't hit a record which is -25 but man, I got to walk through 2 miles of this damn cold to get to work.
I'm going to have to leave at least a half hour early so I got time to thaw before I can actually start to work.
The other scarey item is paying for the oil to keep my house warm through this weather. It was unaffordable last year and the cost of oil is up now so good luck to all who are either at or below the poverty line or those on a single income, such as me.
Sure it used to be a crap load colder when I was a kid but I WAS A KID, and it didn't mean much to me. Arthritis has made it a lot less bearable not to mention the other ailments of age. And crap, I'm not that old. I feel like I'm 180 but that is a slight exaggeration of my real age of 48.
Oh well, we do what we gotta do.
Supposed to be as cold tomorrow but warming a bit near the end of the week.
Good luck to all today.
Only 11 more sleeps before
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Thoughts
Monday, December 12, 2005
Sunday, December 11, 2005
Time for another MEME...
1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4 and type it here:
Ryan and Jeff. It's a trick. Jeff's kidnapped our son. -...hear the children calling... by Clare
McNally.
2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first?
My computer.
3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?
Monty Python's "The Life Of Brian".
4. Without looking guess what time it is?
About 12:30 am (just after midnight).
5. Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?
12:18 am.
6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
The radio station.
7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
About 6:30 pm when I came back from doing my laundry.
8. Before you came to this website, what did you look at?
Blogs.
9. What are you wearing?
Jeans and a T-shirt, no shoes or socks.
10. Did you dream last night?
Not that I remember.
11. When did you last laugh?
Whie watching the movie mentioned above.
12. What is on the walls of the room you are in?
Pale bule paint on panelling(yuck), print of the Titanic behind me, oil painting of a creek in
front of me and two mirrors to my left.
13. Seen anything weird lately?
Depends on your meaning of "Weird".
14. What do you think of this quiz?
Stupid but kills time.
15. What is the last film you saw?
Can't remember, been a year or more.
16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?
The house I'm living in.
17. Tell me something about you that I don't know:
I can knit and create petite point items.
18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you
do?
Kill all of the politicians and criminals so we can start over clean.
19. Do you like to dance?
No.
20. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
She was our second and named her Marie.
21. Imagine your second child is a boy, what do you call him?
He was first and named him Robert and the third was a boy we named Andrew.
22. Would you ever consider living abroad?
Definitely.
There ya go, feel free to take it fer yer own...
Thoughts
Ryan and Jeff. It's a trick. Jeff's kidnapped our son. -...hear the children calling... by Clare
McNally.
2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first?
My computer.
3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?
Monty Python's "The Life Of Brian".
4. Without looking guess what time it is?
About 12:30 am (just after midnight).
5. Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?
12:18 am.
6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
The radio station.
7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
About 6:30 pm when I came back from doing my laundry.
8. Before you came to this website, what did you look at?
Blogs.
9. What are you wearing?
Jeans and a T-shirt, no shoes or socks.
10. Did you dream last night?
Not that I remember.
11. When did you last laugh?
Whie watching the movie mentioned above.
12. What is on the walls of the room you are in?
Pale bule paint on panelling(yuck), print of the Titanic behind me, oil painting of a creek in
front of me and two mirrors to my left.
13. Seen anything weird lately?
Depends on your meaning of "Weird".
14. What do you think of this quiz?
Stupid but kills time.
15. What is the last film you saw?
Can't remember, been a year or more.
16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?
The house I'm living in.
17. Tell me something about you that I don't know:
I can knit and create petite point items.
18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you
do?
Kill all of the politicians and criminals so we can start over clean.
19. Do you like to dance?
No.
20. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
She was our second and named her Marie.
21. Imagine your second child is a boy, what do you call him?
He was first and named him Robert and the third was a boy we named Andrew.
22. Would you ever consider living abroad?
Definitely.
There ya go, feel free to take it fer yer own...
Thoughts
Saturday, December 10, 2005
A sort of tag....
This was a little project from the one blog I visit occasionally locted at the end of the post...
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Whoa, you said you wouldn't tell a single soul and guess what? Every damn person I meet from that city knows what went down that night!
Did you think you could get away scott free?
Those women thought is was just plain hilarious but me and the rest of the guys.... well let me tell you.....
When we think of that night all we can do is wince and cross our legs.
Who would have thought you could be so cruel and insensitive?
After all I have done for you and you treat me and my buds this way.
What are you going to do next?
I had better not hear anything more about this where I live now.
You remember the guy I hired for your little problem the last time, I can spend a little to protect myself this time....
By the way, you can keep all of that cash you found under the seat, I have the rest that was in the trunk.
Behave yourself, or else.....
Thoughts
http://thecerebraloutpost.blogspot.com/
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Lets see what comes of it..
Thoughts
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Whoa, you said you wouldn't tell a single soul and guess what? Every damn person I meet from that city knows what went down that night!
Did you think you could get away scott free?
Those women thought is was just plain hilarious but me and the rest of the guys.... well let me tell you.....
When we think of that night all we can do is wince and cross our legs.
Who would have thought you could be so cruel and insensitive?
After all I have done for you and you treat me and my buds this way.
What are you going to do next?
I had better not hear anything more about this where I live now.
You remember the guy I hired for your little problem the last time, I can spend a little to protect myself this time....
By the way, you can keep all of that cash you found under the seat, I have the rest that was in the trunk.
Behave yourself, or else.....
Thoughts
http://thecerebraloutpost.blogspot.com/
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Lets see what comes of it..
Thoughts
Things that make you go hhmm.... 33
What is it about CEO's that make them think they have the right to screw with other people?
Is it because they think they are far superior?
How is it, if they are so superior, they can barely understand the technology they have and can barely use.
I made a call to a fellow who was having an issue with a printer. He had an older one that printed the documents he had created, correctly, lo those many years ago, and now that he has purchased a newer one, expects it to work exactly the same.
Of course some modifications have to be made to the documents to work with the newer units and drivers but he can't be made to understand that he has to change with the technology.
The only issue was with documents that were created with two Microsoft products but he outright refused to believe that they could make some adjustments that may work.
His response to my suggestion to seek assistance from Microsoft was to state, "I am the CEO of three companies and all you can offer me is to talk to Microsoft?"
I said, "Yes."
He wanted some adjustments to be made to the printer to work with the program.
Just because he is the "all important, bow to my frickin, better than you" ass, I have to kiss his ass?
Not on your life!
If some of these self important, self righteous, self centered asses were to take some time to learn a little more about the workings of technology that they want and need to use, and quit harassing and berating those that support the products, they might get a whole new insight into the real world.
What the hell am I saying? It will always be "those that have will rule those that don't"
Oh, well, that is the rant for tonight...
hhmmm....
Thoughts
Is it because they think they are far superior?
How is it, if they are so superior, they can barely understand the technology they have and can barely use.
I made a call to a fellow who was having an issue with a printer. He had an older one that printed the documents he had created, correctly, lo those many years ago, and now that he has purchased a newer one, expects it to work exactly the same.
Of course some modifications have to be made to the documents to work with the newer units and drivers but he can't be made to understand that he has to change with the technology.
The only issue was with documents that were created with two Microsoft products but he outright refused to believe that they could make some adjustments that may work.
His response to my suggestion to seek assistance from Microsoft was to state, "I am the CEO of three companies and all you can offer me is to talk to Microsoft?"
I said, "Yes."
He wanted some adjustments to be made to the printer to work with the program.
Just because he is the "all important, bow to my frickin, better than you" ass, I have to kiss his ass?
Not on your life!
If some of these self important, self righteous, self centered asses were to take some time to learn a little more about the workings of technology that they want and need to use, and quit harassing and berating those that support the products, they might get a whole new insight into the real world.
What the hell am I saying? It will always be "those that have will rule those that don't"
Oh, well, that is the rant for tonight...
hhmmm....
Thoughts
Friday, December 09, 2005
TGIF Humour
Me, a half hour before quitting time friday's...
I am the one...
Looks like an idea for Friday night, Saturday, Saturday night and if you got enough, Sunday too...
Anyway, cheap post but at least it is a post...
Thoughts
Thoughts
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Happy HNT !!!!!!
There it is. Surgery was performed on this thing the first time when I was about 15. From then I have since had three more and the damn thing is totaled inside.
The next time they touch this, they will be replacing both.
If you look real close, you can see the scar running up the one side.
Happy HNT!
Thoughts
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 32
Yippee... Got my camera replacement last Friday, not so yippee, it needs to be replaced again... damn.....
It thought it was great that I had my brand new replacement.
The only problem with having it replaced is the fact that I work Monday to Friday, leaving the house around 8:30 in the morning and not back till between 7:30 and 8:00 in the evening.
I'm one of those walk to work people and the distance is about two miles one way. Yea, I do get my exercise but if I'd had my druthers, I would definitely be driving.
Anyway, with the hours I work, good luck getting or sending anything by courier. Someone has to be available between the hours of 8 and 8. Does this work for me? Yea, right...
Good thing I happen to be on reasonable terms with my ex so she waits for couriers and things on one of her days off which is Thursday.
This is a pic from the camera, not too bad for a broken camera. FYI, this was taken at night without the flash, focus set to infinity and a very unsteady hand.
Oh well, looking forward to HNT anyway....
hhmmm....
Thoughts
It thought it was great that I had my brand new replacement.
The only problem with having it replaced is the fact that I work Monday to Friday, leaving the house around 8:30 in the morning and not back till between 7:30 and 8:00 in the evening.
I'm one of those walk to work people and the distance is about two miles one way. Yea, I do get my exercise but if I'd had my druthers, I would definitely be driving.
Anyway, with the hours I work, good luck getting or sending anything by courier. Someone has to be available between the hours of 8 and 8. Does this work for me? Yea, right...
Good thing I happen to be on reasonable terms with my ex so she waits for couriers and things on one of her days off which is Thursday.
This is a pic from the camera, not too bad for a broken camera. FYI, this was taken at night without the flash, focus set to infinity and a very unsteady hand.
Oh well, looking forward to HNT anyway....
hhmmm....
Thoughts
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 31
Global Warming....
There was some sort of meeting on global warming yesterday, sorry, just heard a snippet this morning but the "meteorologist" on the radio said something that I thought had to be just about the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
Ooops, that was a run on sentence wasn't it?
Anyway, the ass on the radio said that the global warming thing was a lot of hooey...
Apparently he may be a little retarded.
He noted that the glaciers etc, have been melting for millions of years.
Just how long has the planet got?
Does he really believe that the ice on this planet will last forever?
Is it possible that the earth will never change?
I can remember, crap, I now sound like the Ol' Man, when we had real snow. We had the first bit of snow here around the first of December. Does anyone else remember when we had real, ass deep, shovel till your heart quits, freeze the snot to your face, cold, winter snows in October?
I remember trips to our cottage for Christmas when you could not see the power lines along the sides of the roads because the snow was deep enough to cover them.
Now we have about three months that could actually be called winter and people are bitching about the cold.
I can remember, last one in this post, I promise, walking to work on a Saturday morning when it was minus thirty five and with the windchill, minus seventy five. It was a nice brisk walk.
These days, more because of my age and ailments, I would be found probably within ten feet of my front door, frozen to death in a three inch high snow bank, if the temp was as low as minus thirty.
Memory, a wonderful thing...
hhmmm.....
Thoughts
There was some sort of meeting on global warming yesterday, sorry, just heard a snippet this morning but the "meteorologist" on the radio said something that I thought had to be just about the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
Ooops, that was a run on sentence wasn't it?
Anyway, the ass on the radio said that the global warming thing was a lot of hooey...
Apparently he may be a little retarded.
He noted that the glaciers etc, have been melting for millions of years.
Just how long has the planet got?
Does he really believe that the ice on this planet will last forever?
Is it possible that the earth will never change?
I can remember, crap, I now sound like the Ol' Man, when we had real snow. We had the first bit of snow here around the first of December. Does anyone else remember when we had real, ass deep, shovel till your heart quits, freeze the snot to your face, cold, winter snows in October?
I remember trips to our cottage for Christmas when you could not see the power lines along the sides of the roads because the snow was deep enough to cover them.
Now we have about three months that could actually be called winter and people are bitching about the cold.
I can remember, last one in this post, I promise, walking to work on a Saturday morning when it was minus thirty five and with the windchill, minus seventy five. It was a nice brisk walk.
These days, more because of my age and ailments, I would be found probably within ten feet of my front door, frozen to death in a three inch high snow bank, if the temp was as low as minus thirty.
Memory, a wonderful thing...
hhmmm.....
Thoughts
Monday, December 05, 2005
Sunday, December 04, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 30
I went to see a doctor today, at a local walk-in clinic.
I have a sore spot on my foot, I think it was a sliver I got in July. It had twinged once in a while but no biggy.
Well, it seems it has progressed into a Plantar's Wart.
Damn, this thing is really no fun at all. It has gotten to the point where it appears to be a crater in the bottom of my foot. Yea, it is a little gross but I do take care of my feet. I put anywhere from two to six miles on them, almost every single day.
Anyway, I had suspicions that it in fact was one of these damnable warts but just wanted a confirmation from a medical person. I had already arranged through someone who has been a registered nurse for more years than I have been alive, to get me some silver nitrate sticks which are the perfect medicine(poison) for killing off the virus that causes these warts.
The so-called doctor came in and asked what the problem was. I pointed at my foot as I took my sock off, and said I think this is a plantars wart. He reached over and jammed his thumb right down in the middle of it and says yes.
Now anyone that has had one of these can tell you, nobody has any business jamming anything into the middle of it, much less something the size of a thumb. I, of course, winced and pulled back.
The doctor took no notice stating, "We'll have to take a little off around it, I'll go and get the liquid nitrogen."
WTF? I just wanted a confirmation that it in fact was what I thought it was.
I said, "I have some silver nitrate at home, that is all I'll need."
He said, "That won't do anything!"
I said, "Yes it will, I just wanted to know that it was a plantar's wart so I wouldn't be throwing poison at it needlessly."
To which he replied, "Fine!"
This is the same damn doctor who, when I went to the clinic with a sinus infection about two years ago, tried to make me feel stupid and as if I didn't know what the hell I was talking about.
I am forty eight years old and have had enough infections in my time to know when and where the problem was.
hhmmm....
I have a normal family doctor that is pretty much of the same frickin attitude.
I had a problem where, when I got up in the morning, I was three times more tired than when I went to bed the night before. It took more than eight years to finally get the ass to refer me to a sleep clinic.
It turns out I have a severe case of sleep apnea. The usual process for the clinic is to go up the first night so they can test you and then the second night to try out a cpap apparatus.
Within the first hour and a half, my oxygen level had gone down to 65%. Scared the crap out of the girl that was testing me. I now have a cpap unit that cost well over $2000 to keep me alive.
Most of these units run at top end of 9 PSI. Mine runs at 12 PSI
Just how much damage has occurred to my brain as a result of the lack of oxygen over the years?
I'll never know and you can bet that doctor will deny any responsibility.
a crap load more hhmmm....
I'll get into the whole rant another day, this is just the tip of he iceberg on doctors.
Thoughts
I have a sore spot on my foot, I think it was a sliver I got in July. It had twinged once in a while but no biggy.
Well, it seems it has progressed into a Plantar's Wart.
Damn, this thing is really no fun at all. It has gotten to the point where it appears to be a crater in the bottom of my foot. Yea, it is a little gross but I do take care of my feet. I put anywhere from two to six miles on them, almost every single day.
Anyway, I had suspicions that it in fact was one of these damnable warts but just wanted a confirmation from a medical person. I had already arranged through someone who has been a registered nurse for more years than I have been alive, to get me some silver nitrate sticks which are the perfect medicine(poison) for killing off the virus that causes these warts.
The so-called doctor came in and asked what the problem was. I pointed at my foot as I took my sock off, and said I think this is a plantars wart. He reached over and jammed his thumb right down in the middle of it and says yes.
Now anyone that has had one of these can tell you, nobody has any business jamming anything into the middle of it, much less something the size of a thumb. I, of course, winced and pulled back.
The doctor took no notice stating, "We'll have to take a little off around it, I'll go and get the liquid nitrogen."
WTF? I just wanted a confirmation that it in fact was what I thought it was.
I said, "I have some silver nitrate at home, that is all I'll need."
He said, "That won't do anything!"
I said, "Yes it will, I just wanted to know that it was a plantar's wart so I wouldn't be throwing poison at it needlessly."
To which he replied, "Fine!"
This is the same damn doctor who, when I went to the clinic with a sinus infection about two years ago, tried to make me feel stupid and as if I didn't know what the hell I was talking about.
I am forty eight years old and have had enough infections in my time to know when and where the problem was.
hhmmm....
I have a normal family doctor that is pretty much of the same frickin attitude.
I had a problem where, when I got up in the morning, I was three times more tired than when I went to bed the night before. It took more than eight years to finally get the ass to refer me to a sleep clinic.
It turns out I have a severe case of sleep apnea. The usual process for the clinic is to go up the first night so they can test you and then the second night to try out a cpap apparatus.
Within the first hour and a half, my oxygen level had gone down to 65%. Scared the crap out of the girl that was testing me. I now have a cpap unit that cost well over $2000 to keep me alive.
Most of these units run at top end of 9 PSI. Mine runs at 12 PSI
Just how much damage has occurred to my brain as a result of the lack of oxygen over the years?
I'll never know and you can bet that doctor will deny any responsibility.
a crap load more hhmmm....
I'll get into the whole rant another day, this is just the tip of he iceberg on doctors.
Thoughts
Saturday, December 03, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 29
This may be a little late as a post but what the heck, I grab what I can when I can.
Fall leaf raking....
How do some people decide that it is time to rake?
Is it the layer of natural fertilizer on the grass that is extremely offensive to the neat, tidy and ordered life of some people?
Is it the need to control something that can't be controlled?
I have a couple of neighbors on this little dead end street on which I live which seem to me to be just a little bit off...
About maybe a tenth of the leaves had fallen from the trees and the one neighbor was out in her front yard running up and down with a 'vacuum" retrieving all of the leaves on her grass.
Now, think about this for a minute, nine tenths of the possible leaves in the trees were still in the trees.....
Not only that, but she vacuumed just her grass leaving a distinct line between her property, the city property and street in front of it and the neighbors yards on either side, including, of course, mine.
Needless to say, not even an hour after she had completed her task, her yard was half covered in leaves once again.
The neighbor on the other side at least tried to mulch theirs into the grass, but the same failure was the result.
The second neighbor was the same person who took great offence in a native hawk feeding on sparrows and rodents in the area that it could catch. She even had the gall to contact animal control to see if they had a way to remove it.
I guess this seems more about control freaks than anything else, although I do have stories about them for future postings to.
For now, hhmmm....
Thoughts
PS: I have my replacement camera so I'm prepared for HNT next week not to mention anything else I can find that would make an interesting post.
Fall leaf raking....
How do some people decide that it is time to rake?
Is it the layer of natural fertilizer on the grass that is extremely offensive to the neat, tidy and ordered life of some people?
Is it the need to control something that can't be controlled?
I have a couple of neighbors on this little dead end street on which I live which seem to me to be just a little bit off...
About maybe a tenth of the leaves had fallen from the trees and the one neighbor was out in her front yard running up and down with a 'vacuum" retrieving all of the leaves on her grass.
Now, think about this for a minute, nine tenths of the possible leaves in the trees were still in the trees.....
Not only that, but she vacuumed just her grass leaving a distinct line between her property, the city property and street in front of it and the neighbors yards on either side, including, of course, mine.
Needless to say, not even an hour after she had completed her task, her yard was half covered in leaves once again.
The neighbor on the other side at least tried to mulch theirs into the grass, but the same failure was the result.
The second neighbor was the same person who took great offence in a native hawk feeding on sparrows and rodents in the area that it could catch. She even had the gall to contact animal control to see if they had a way to remove it.
I guess this seems more about control freaks than anything else, although I do have stories about them for future postings to.
For now, hhmmm....
Thoughts
PS: I have my replacement camera so I'm prepared for HNT next week not to mention anything else I can find that would make an interesting post.
Friday, December 02, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 28
Have you ever stopped to watch people?
A most interesting activity. The people you watch can be ones you know or complete strangers, their activity can still make you wonder.
I watched some people doing laundry a couple of weeks back. This is just something to do while my clothes were in the washer and then the dryer.
I saw three guys that must have been college students although one of them looked to be too old for it. They looked for the biggest washing machine in the place and stuffed pretty much everything they could into it. I have also seen some of the meeker looking people do the same thing.
Most men just take the stuff out of the dryer, throw it in the little laundry cart, wheel it over to the dryer and throw it in.
Others, like myself, separate each piece of clothing so that you don't get spots that haven't dried due to being knotted up in a ball.
Then you get ladies that look at each and every piece of clothing as it goes into the washing machine and again when they put the same items in the dryer, not sure what they may be looking for.
Then you have the people who rush to every washing machine they have that has stopped and grab every dryer they can before anyone else has a chance. God forbid they should have to put an actual full load into one dryer.
Even in the laundromat, you can clearly see the "me, me, mine mine, gimme gimme, I'm the only person that counts" attitude.
This is the attitude that is destroying this world right now. Every single person I know is looking out for number one.
Sure, they may be giving some to others in an attempt to show how good they are or buying their way into "heaven", but in fact, they are just tooting their own horn and making sure the rest of the world knows about it.
I would love to have the world recognize my efforts and everything I have done for others but it is not necessary. It should be enough to know that you did this yourself.
hhmmm....
After writing this, it seems a little disjointed but if you need some clarification, leave a comment. I'd be more than happy to enlighten.
Thoughts
A most interesting activity. The people you watch can be ones you know or complete strangers, their activity can still make you wonder.
I watched some people doing laundry a couple of weeks back. This is just something to do while my clothes were in the washer and then the dryer.
I saw three guys that must have been college students although one of them looked to be too old for it. They looked for the biggest washing machine in the place and stuffed pretty much everything they could into it. I have also seen some of the meeker looking people do the same thing.
Most men just take the stuff out of the dryer, throw it in the little laundry cart, wheel it over to the dryer and throw it in.
Others, like myself, separate each piece of clothing so that you don't get spots that haven't dried due to being knotted up in a ball.
Then you get ladies that look at each and every piece of clothing as it goes into the washing machine and again when they put the same items in the dryer, not sure what they may be looking for.
Then you have the people who rush to every washing machine they have that has stopped and grab every dryer they can before anyone else has a chance. God forbid they should have to put an actual full load into one dryer.
Even in the laundromat, you can clearly see the "me, me, mine mine, gimme gimme, I'm the only person that counts" attitude.
This is the attitude that is destroying this world right now. Every single person I know is looking out for number one.
Sure, they may be giving some to others in an attempt to show how good they are or buying their way into "heaven", but in fact, they are just tooting their own horn and making sure the rest of the world knows about it.
I would love to have the world recognize my efforts and everything I have done for others but it is not necessary. It should be enough to know that you did this yourself.
hhmmm....
After writing this, it seems a little disjointed but if you need some clarification, leave a comment. I'd be more than happy to enlighten.
Thoughts
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Mid week humour...
Think you're having a Bad Day?
Two animal rights defenders were protesting the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn, Germany. Suddenly, all two thousand pigs broke loose and escaped through a broken fence, stampeding madly. The two helpless protesters were trampled to death.
Still having a Bad Day??
Iraqi terrorist Khay Rahnajet didn't pay enough postage on a letter bomb. It came back with "Return to Sender" stamped on it. Forgetting it was the bomb, he opened it and was blown to
bits.
There now, feeling Better ?
Thoughts
Two animal rights defenders were protesting the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn, Germany. Suddenly, all two thousand pigs broke loose and escaped through a broken fence, stampeding madly. The two helpless protesters were trampled to death.
Still having a Bad Day??
Iraqi terrorist Khay Rahnajet didn't pay enough postage on a letter bomb. It came back with "Return to Sender" stamped on it. Forgetting it was the bomb, he opened it and was blown to
bits.
There now, feeling Better ?
Thoughts
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 27
Stupid people......
As some may know, I do tech support in a call center.
I have heard racism from all sorts of people but stupid knows no race although I get a pretty one sided view of it at this point.
I am Canadian as are the people I work with. The original nationality of some of these people has been brought into question by the people I have as customers.
One gentleman is East Indian and a good friend of mine. I have had my customers say derogatory things about him and I enjoy nothing more than putting them in their place. My words to them, "That gentleman is a very good friend of mine and we are equals. He has the same ability as I do to resolve any issue you may have with your product, and he is quite good at it!"
They tend to shut up after that and if they get to him first, they tend to think before talking.
I was talking to an "American" lady yesterday. That is what she referred to herself as. She did nothing more than rag on the company and about how it outsources. When she asked where I was located and I replied with "Canada", she noted that she had been screwed by a Canadian on an eBay sale and then proceeded to rag on the Canadians.
Where the hell does she think Canada is?
How long would it take her to find a US citizen that would put up with the unreasonable tirade she was on?
How long would it take her to find another company to purchase from if they had to raise the cost of their products because of on shore support? Not long, I'm thinking.
Now, I am not ragging on the US citizens but that is the nation whose products I support. I have done support for Canadians and have run into the same kind of foolishness.
The next time you contact support, think before you speak, that maybe your neighbor you're talking to and you may be making a point that is pointless.
hhmmm....
Thoughts
As some may know, I do tech support in a call center.
I have heard racism from all sorts of people but stupid knows no race although I get a pretty one sided view of it at this point.
I am Canadian as are the people I work with. The original nationality of some of these people has been brought into question by the people I have as customers.
One gentleman is East Indian and a good friend of mine. I have had my customers say derogatory things about him and I enjoy nothing more than putting them in their place. My words to them, "That gentleman is a very good friend of mine and we are equals. He has the same ability as I do to resolve any issue you may have with your product, and he is quite good at it!"
They tend to shut up after that and if they get to him first, they tend to think before talking.
I was talking to an "American" lady yesterday. That is what she referred to herself as. She did nothing more than rag on the company and about how it outsources. When she asked where I was located and I replied with "Canada", she noted that she had been screwed by a Canadian on an eBay sale and then proceeded to rag on the Canadians.
Where the hell does she think Canada is?
How long would it take her to find a US citizen that would put up with the unreasonable tirade she was on?
How long would it take her to find another company to purchase from if they had to raise the cost of their products because of on shore support? Not long, I'm thinking.
Now, I am not ragging on the US citizens but that is the nation whose products I support. I have done support for Canadians and have run into the same kind of foolishness.
The next time you contact support, think before you speak, that maybe your neighbor you're talking to and you may be making a point that is pointless.
hhmmm....
Thoughts
Monday, November 28, 2005
Graffitti Monday... 10
I didn't realize how much detail is in some of these things. I will be looking more closely as there are some lighter stings in there that can prove most interesting.Have a great monday people!
Thoughts
Sunday, November 27, 2005
YIPPEE!!!!!!
I can now get back to the blog postings.
I have won at the NANOWRIMO thingy this year.
Wonder if I'll be able to do it again next year too?
Anyway, congratulate me, you may get to read the damn thing somewhere down the road.
Now it is time for sleep.....
Have a great Sunday!
Thoughts
Saturday, November 26, 2005
And now for something completely different....
A Woman's Prayer:
Dear Lord, I pray for:
Wisdom, To understand a man.
Love, To forgive him and;
Patience, For his moods.
Because, Lord, if I pray for Strength
I'll just beat him to death.
Good thing the wife didn't have the strength before she went her way.......
Thoughts
Dear Lord, I pray for:
Wisdom, To understand a man.
Love, To forgive him and;
Patience, For his moods.
Because, Lord, if I pray for Strength
I'll just beat him to death.
Good thing the wife didn't have the strength before she went her way.......
Thoughts
Friday, November 25, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 26
I don't have friends, I don't have family, I have acquaintances.
What is a friend?
What is a relative?
In my years I have come to find that they are merely people you know but are only there when they want something.
I am adopted and the only reason the one brother came looking for us was to find out if one of the unknown siblings had any money.
The one sister called and left a message on my voicemail after I haven't heard from her for over five years. Her inquiry? I have a problem and wonder if you could look at my Pentium. hhmmm...
I don't have wheels right now as I haven't the funds to keep a set on the road. I walk every where I need to go and went to a grocery store last weekend. I met what I thought was a friend while there but I guess I was mistaken. It was another acquaintance. He knew that I had no wheels and he has a minivan but no offer was forth coming to give me a quick little lift to my house with the groceries I had. In fact, after a quick hello and chat about coffee, he dissappeared, presumably to avoid that very offer. hhmmm....
I only know people and people know me for what they can take from me. Sounds a bit cynical but that is what my life experience has taught me.
I do know a couple of people that help out whenever they can and know that they are helping themselves as much as they are helping me.
I guess it is the way of the world. Each and every one on this planet is here for themselves. Even the philanthropic people are here only to make themselves look better.
The next time some asks you for some help or something, think about it.
The next time someone offers you some help in any way, think about it. I have...
hhmmm....
Thoughts
What is a friend?
What is a relative?
In my years I have come to find that they are merely people you know but are only there when they want something.
I am adopted and the only reason the one brother came looking for us was to find out if one of the unknown siblings had any money.
The one sister called and left a message on my voicemail after I haven't heard from her for over five years. Her inquiry? I have a problem and wonder if you could look at my Pentium. hhmmm...
I don't have wheels right now as I haven't the funds to keep a set on the road. I walk every where I need to go and went to a grocery store last weekend. I met what I thought was a friend while there but I guess I was mistaken. It was another acquaintance. He knew that I had no wheels and he has a minivan but no offer was forth coming to give me a quick little lift to my house with the groceries I had. In fact, after a quick hello and chat about coffee, he dissappeared, presumably to avoid that very offer. hhmmm....
I only know people and people know me for what they can take from me. Sounds a bit cynical but that is what my life experience has taught me.
I do know a couple of people that help out whenever they can and know that they are helping themselves as much as they are helping me.
I guess it is the way of the world. Each and every one on this planet is here for themselves. Even the philanthropic people are here only to make themselves look better.
The next time some asks you for some help or something, think about it.
The next time someone offers you some help in any way, think about it. I have...
hhmmm....
Thoughts
Thursday, November 24, 2005
HAPPY HNT!!!!!!
This is my hand holding a prize for some stats for a member of the team on our floor.
It was about a $120 champagne glass filled with gourmet jelly beans. The idea was to earn chances to guess the number of beans and the closest won the glass and everything in it.
I would like to have had it, fits my hand just right doesn't it?
Thoughts
It was about a $120 champagne glass filled with gourmet jelly beans. The idea was to earn chances to guess the number of beans and the closest won the glass and everything in it.
I would like to have had it, fits my hand just right doesn't it?
Thoughts
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Ode to the Nice Guys
This rant was written for the Wharton Undergraduate Journal
This is a tribute to the nice guys. The nice guys that finish last, that never become more than friends, that endure hours of whining and bitching about what assholes guys are, while disproving the very point. This is dedicated to those guys who always provide a shoulder to lean on but restrain themselves to tentative hugs, those guys who hold open doors and give reassuring pats on the back and sit patiently outside the changing room at department stores. This is in honor of the guys that obligingly reiterate how cute/beautiful/smart/funny/sexy their female friends are at the appropriate moment, because they know most girls need that litany of support. This is in honor of the guys with open minds, with laid-back attitudes, with honest concern. This is in honor of the guys who respect a girl’s every facet, from her privacy to her theology to her clothing style.
This is for the guys who escort their drunk, bewildered female friends back from parties and never take advantage once they’re at her door, for the guys who accompany girls to bars as buffers against the rest of the creepy male population, for the guys who know a girl is fishing for compliments but give them out anyway, for the guys who always play by the rules in a game where the rules favor cheaters, for the guys who are accredited as boyfriend material but somehow don’t end up being boyfriends, for all the nice guys who are overlooked, underestimated, and unappreciated, for all the nice guys who are manipulated, misled, and unjustly abandoned, this is for you.
This is for that time she left 40 urgent messages on your cell phone, and when you called her back, she spent three hours painstakingly dissecting two sentences her boyfriend said to her over dinner. And even though you thought her boyfriend was a chump and a jerk, you assured her that it was all ok and she shouldn’t worry about it. This is for that time she interrupted the best killing spree you’d ever orchestrated in GTA3 to rant about a rumor that romantically linked her and the guy she thinks is the most repulsive person in the world. And even though you thought it was immature and you had nothing against the guy, you paused the game for two hours and helped her concoct a counter-rumor to spread around the floor. This is also for that time she didn’t have a date, so after numerous vows that there was nothing “serious” between the two of you, she dragged you to a party where you knew nobody, the beer was awful, and she flirted shamelessly with you, justifying each fit of reckless teasing by announcing to everyone: “oh, but we’re just friends!” And even though you were invited purely as a symbolic warm body for her ego, you went anyways. Because you’re nice like that.
The nice guys don’t often get credit where credit is due. And perhaps more disturbing, the nice guys don’t seem to get laid as often as they should. And I wish I could logically explain this trend, but I can’t. From what I have observed on campus and what I have learned from talking to friends at other schools and in the workplace, the only conclusion I can form is that many girls are just illogical, manipulative bitches. Many of them claim they just want to date a nice guy, but when presented with such a specimen, they say irrational, confusing things such as “oh, he’s too nice to date” or “he would be a good boyfriend but he’s not for me” or “he already puts up with so much from me, I couldn’t possibly ask him out!” or the most frustrating of all: “no, it would ruin our friendship.” Yet, they continue to lament the lack of datable men in the world, and they expect their too-nice-to-date male friends to sympathize and apologize for the men that are jerks. Sorry, guys, girls like that are beyond my ability to fathom. I can’t figure out why the connection breaks down between what they say (I want a nice guy!) and what they do (I’m going to sleep with this complete ass now!). But one thing I can do, is say that the nice-guy-finishes-last phenomenon doesn’t last forever. There are definitely many girls who grow out of that train of thought and realize they should be dating the nice guys, not taking them for granted. The tricky part is finding those girls, and even trickier, finding the ones that are single.
So, until those girls are found, I propose a toast to all the nice guys. You know who you are, and I know you’re sick of hearing yourself described as ubiquitously nice. But the truth of the matter is, the world needs your patience in the department store, your holding open of doors, your party escorting services, your propensity to be a sucker for a pretty smile. For all the crazy, inane, absurd things you tolerate, for all the situations where you are the faceless, nameless hero, my accolades, my acknowledgement, and my gratitude go out to you. You do have credibility in this society, and your well deserved vindication is coming.
Fu-zu Jen, SEAS/WH, 2003
Thoughts
This is a tribute to the nice guys. The nice guys that finish last, that never become more than friends, that endure hours of whining and bitching about what assholes guys are, while disproving the very point. This is dedicated to those guys who always provide a shoulder to lean on but restrain themselves to tentative hugs, those guys who hold open doors and give reassuring pats on the back and sit patiently outside the changing room at department stores. This is in honor of the guys that obligingly reiterate how cute/beautiful/smart/funny/sexy their female friends are at the appropriate moment, because they know most girls need that litany of support. This is in honor of the guys with open minds, with laid-back attitudes, with honest concern. This is in honor of the guys who respect a girl’s every facet, from her privacy to her theology to her clothing style.
This is for the guys who escort their drunk, bewildered female friends back from parties and never take advantage once they’re at her door, for the guys who accompany girls to bars as buffers against the rest of the creepy male population, for the guys who know a girl is fishing for compliments but give them out anyway, for the guys who always play by the rules in a game where the rules favor cheaters, for the guys who are accredited as boyfriend material but somehow don’t end up being boyfriends, for all the nice guys who are overlooked, underestimated, and unappreciated, for all the nice guys who are manipulated, misled, and unjustly abandoned, this is for you.
This is for that time she left 40 urgent messages on your cell phone, and when you called her back, she spent three hours painstakingly dissecting two sentences her boyfriend said to her over dinner. And even though you thought her boyfriend was a chump and a jerk, you assured her that it was all ok and she shouldn’t worry about it. This is for that time she interrupted the best killing spree you’d ever orchestrated in GTA3 to rant about a rumor that romantically linked her and the guy she thinks is the most repulsive person in the world. And even though you thought it was immature and you had nothing against the guy, you paused the game for two hours and helped her concoct a counter-rumor to spread around the floor. This is also for that time she didn’t have a date, so after numerous vows that there was nothing “serious” between the two of you, she dragged you to a party where you knew nobody, the beer was awful, and she flirted shamelessly with you, justifying each fit of reckless teasing by announcing to everyone: “oh, but we’re just friends!” And even though you were invited purely as a symbolic warm body for her ego, you went anyways. Because you’re nice like that.
The nice guys don’t often get credit where credit is due. And perhaps more disturbing, the nice guys don’t seem to get laid as often as they should. And I wish I could logically explain this trend, but I can’t. From what I have observed on campus and what I have learned from talking to friends at other schools and in the workplace, the only conclusion I can form is that many girls are just illogical, manipulative bitches. Many of them claim they just want to date a nice guy, but when presented with such a specimen, they say irrational, confusing things such as “oh, he’s too nice to date” or “he would be a good boyfriend but he’s not for me” or “he already puts up with so much from me, I couldn’t possibly ask him out!” or the most frustrating of all: “no, it would ruin our friendship.” Yet, they continue to lament the lack of datable men in the world, and they expect their too-nice-to-date male friends to sympathize and apologize for the men that are jerks. Sorry, guys, girls like that are beyond my ability to fathom. I can’t figure out why the connection breaks down between what they say (I want a nice guy!) and what they do (I’m going to sleep with this complete ass now!). But one thing I can do, is say that the nice-guy-finishes-last phenomenon doesn’t last forever. There are definitely many girls who grow out of that train of thought and realize they should be dating the nice guys, not taking them for granted. The tricky part is finding those girls, and even trickier, finding the ones that are single.
So, until those girls are found, I propose a toast to all the nice guys. You know who you are, and I know you’re sick of hearing yourself described as ubiquitously nice. But the truth of the matter is, the world needs your patience in the department store, your holding open of doors, your party escorting services, your propensity to be a sucker for a pretty smile. For all the crazy, inane, absurd things you tolerate, for all the situations where you are the faceless, nameless hero, my accolades, my acknowledgement, and my gratitude go out to you. You do have credibility in this society, and your well deserved vindication is coming.
Fu-zu Jen, SEAS/WH, 2003
Thoughts
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Having a Bad Day????
The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez Oil spill in Alaskawas $80,000.00.
At a special ceremony, two of the most expensively saved animals were being released back into the wild amid cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute later, in full view, a killer whale ate them both.
Still think you are having a Bad Day????
A woman came home to find her husband in the kitchen shaking frantically, almost in a dancing frenzy, with some kind of wire running from his waist towards the electric kettle. Intending to
jolt him away from the deadly current, she whacked him with a handy plank of wood, breaking his arm in two places.
Up to that moment, he had been happily listening to his Walkman.
Thoughts
At a special ceremony, two of the most expensively saved animals were being released back into the wild amid cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute later, in full view, a killer whale ate them both.
Still think you are having a Bad Day????
A woman came home to find her husband in the kitchen shaking frantically, almost in a dancing frenzy, with some kind of wire running from his waist towards the electric kettle. Intending to
jolt him away from the deadly current, she whacked him with a handy plank of wood, breaking his arm in two places.
Up to that moment, he had been happily listening to his Walkman.
Thoughts
Monday, November 21, 2005
Sunday, November 20, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 25
The next in the line of hhmmm...'s
Bicycle shorts and helmets.
Now I can understand the people in the big important races using these items so they can win the races.
I can also understand why they would be wearing them in practising for said races.
But my curiosity got me when, while doing my laundry, I saw an older gentleman going by on a bike wearing a shiny black streamlined helmet and a yellow and black spandex full body suit.
Do these feel that good that they feel the need to show the family jewels to all?
Do they jsut feel good and maybe they get off while wearing them..... eeewwww.....?
Do you really think it gives you a speed advantage when you are stopping at the traffic lights on every second cross street?
Do they think they look good and are just trying to turn on the onlookers?
Come on people, if your not in a race or practicing for a race then you just look like damn fools.
And especially the old geezers that are trying to regain their youth.
I'm young enough to do some goofy things, old enough to know better than do other goofy things and at a point where I don't care what others think of me but really, not gonna do it and you can't make me....
hhmmm....
Have a great Sunday....
Thoughts
Bicycle shorts and helmets.
Now I can understand the people in the big important races using these items so they can win the races.
I can also understand why they would be wearing them in practising for said races.
But my curiosity got me when, while doing my laundry, I saw an older gentleman going by on a bike wearing a shiny black streamlined helmet and a yellow and black spandex full body suit.
Do these feel that good that they feel the need to show the family jewels to all?
Do they jsut feel good and maybe they get off while wearing them..... eeewwww.....?
Do you really think it gives you a speed advantage when you are stopping at the traffic lights on every second cross street?
Do they think they look good and are just trying to turn on the onlookers?
Come on people, if your not in a race or practicing for a race then you just look like damn fools.
And especially the old geezers that are trying to regain their youth.
I'm young enough to do some goofy things, old enough to know better than do other goofy things and at a point where I don't care what others think of me but really, not gonna do it and you can't make me....
hhmmm....
Have a great Sunday....
Thoughts
Saturday, November 19, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 24
Is it not time to qualify the statements made by the asses that are reporting on the news?
A person has made the statement that there are too many Pit Bulls and vagrants downtown to be safe. He also stated that he would never take his children downtown because of the conditions.
I challenge the ass to meet a guy who goes downtown every week and to show me all of these so called Pit Bulls.
I admit that there are some less savoury people down there but most can simply be ignored. As for the dogs, I own a Pit Bull and in my walks downtown, I have not seen a single Pit Bull in more than a few months. Once again, some uninformed, ignorant hate monger trying to turn the attention away fromn the real issues.
He is the same person who says that parking is not the big issue.
As one of the people who used to work on the block right next to city hall, I know that the parking situation in the downtown is absolutely assinine as well as the attitude of the people making decisions on that parking.
Sean Kelly once again shows his irresponsile, arrogant, ignorant, hate mongering ways.
This is a guy with no respect for anyone or anything.
One day last summer, a listener called to complain to this ass and inform him that this listener had stopped listening to his radio station because of the attitude of sean. His response was to ask his collegues "did we lose a point in market share?"
Apparently individual listeners don't count.
This is the attitude that puts companies out of business.
This morning, sean made note that it was a "high level morning show meeting" that he had attended to allow a young groups sound to be heard on "his" station.
Some arrance in this city?
hhmmm.......
Thoughts
A person has made the statement that there are too many Pit Bulls and vagrants downtown to be safe. He also stated that he would never take his children downtown because of the conditions.
I challenge the ass to meet a guy who goes downtown every week and to show me all of these so called Pit Bulls.
I admit that there are some less savoury people down there but most can simply be ignored. As for the dogs, I own a Pit Bull and in my walks downtown, I have not seen a single Pit Bull in more than a few months. Once again, some uninformed, ignorant hate monger trying to turn the attention away fromn the real issues.
He is the same person who says that parking is not the big issue.
As one of the people who used to work on the block right next to city hall, I know that the parking situation in the downtown is absolutely assinine as well as the attitude of the people making decisions on that parking.
Sean Kelly once again shows his irresponsile, arrogant, ignorant, hate mongering ways.
This is a guy with no respect for anyone or anything.
One day last summer, a listener called to complain to this ass and inform him that this listener had stopped listening to his radio station because of the attitude of sean. His response was to ask his collegues "did we lose a point in market share?"
Apparently individual listeners don't count.
This is the attitude that puts companies out of business.
This morning, sean made note that it was a "high level morning show meeting" that he had attended to allow a young groups sound to be heard on "his" station.
Some arrance in this city?
hhmmm.......
Thoughts
Friday, November 18, 2005
48 Laws Of Power.... 19/20
Law 19
Know Who You’re Dealing with – Do Not Offend the Wrong Person
There are many different kinds of people in the world, and you can never assume that everyone will react to your strategies in the same way. Deceive or outmaneuver some people and they will spend the rest of their lives seeking revenge. They are wolves in lambs’ clothing. Choose your victims and opponents carefully, then – never offend or deceive the wrong person.
Law 20
Do Not Commit to Anyone
It is the fool who always rushes to take sides. Do not commit to any side or cause but yourself. By maintaining your independence, you become the master of others – playing people against one another, making them pursue you.
Thoughts
Know Who You’re Dealing with – Do Not Offend the Wrong Person
There are many different kinds of people in the world, and you can never assume that everyone will react to your strategies in the same way. Deceive or outmaneuver some people and they will spend the rest of their lives seeking revenge. They are wolves in lambs’ clothing. Choose your victims and opponents carefully, then – never offend or deceive the wrong person.
Law 20
Do Not Commit to Anyone
It is the fool who always rushes to take sides. Do not commit to any side or cause but yourself. By maintaining your independence, you become the master of others – playing people against one another, making them pursue you.
Thoughts
Thursday, November 17, 2005
HAPPY HNT!!!!!
That time of week already????
My daughter got a new watch and just had to take a pic of it.
Have great HNT day all.....
Thoughts
My daughter got a new watch and just had to take a pic of it.
Have great HNT day all.....
Thoughts
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Another bit of humour
Sorry about the quality of the last couple of posts, we have a few more hours at work, these are mandatory and I am working on the NaNoWriMo. Bear with me for a while, I'll get through this.
And without further ado........
A woman was leaving a convenience store with her morning coffee when she noticed a most unusual funeral procession approaching the nearby cemetery. A long black hearse was followed by a second long black hearse about 50 feet behind the first one. Behind the second hearse was a solitary woman walking a pit-bull on a leash. Behind her, a short distance back, were about 200 women walking single file.
The woman couldn't stand her curiosity. She respectfully approached the woman walking the dog and said, "I am so sorry for your loss", I know now is a bad time to disturb you, but I've never seen a funeral like this. Whose funeral is it?"
"My husband's."
"What happened to him?"
The woman replied, "My dog attacked and killed him."
She inquired further, "Well, who is in the second hearse?"
The woman answered, "My mother-in-law. She was trying to help my husband when the dog turned on her."
A poignant and thoughtful moment of silence passed between the two women.
"Can I borrow the dog?"
"Get in the line."
Happy humpday!
Thoughts
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Random Joke
One night Jerry brought home a dozen red roses to his wife.
"How lovely, dear," she said. "What's the occasion?"
"I want to make love to you," he said simply.
"Not tonight, dear. I have a headache," answered his wife.
The next night Jerry came home with a big box of chocolates and explained that he wanted to make love with her.
"I'm awfully tired, honey," said his wife. "Not tonight."
Every night for a week Jerry brought home something, but each time his wife's answer was no.
Finally he came home with six black kittens with little red bows around their necks and handed them to his wife.
"How adorable, Jerry!" she exclaimed. "But what are they for?"
The husband replied, "These are six little pallbearers for your dead pussy."
Thoughts
"How lovely, dear," she said. "What's the occasion?"
"I want to make love to you," he said simply.
"Not tonight, dear. I have a headache," answered his wife.
The next night Jerry came home with a big box of chocolates and explained that he wanted to make love with her.
"I'm awfully tired, honey," said his wife. "Not tonight."
Every night for a week Jerry brought home something, but each time his wife's answer was no.
Finally he came home with six black kittens with little red bows around their necks and handed them to his wife.
"How adorable, Jerry!" she exclaimed. "But what are they for?"
The husband replied, "These are six little pallbearers for your dead pussy."
Thoughts
Monday, November 14, 2005
Sunday, November 13, 2005
Random
I think it is time for a random photo posting. I am writing in the NANOWRIMO and just kicked out about 10,000 words, need a break from tyoing, so enjoy.......
One of the last pictures from my current camera, flash is done. Just waiting to send it in for replacement.
A scupture that my daughter took a pic of. Not sure what it is supposed to be.
And of course, a little humour.
Thoughts
Saturday, November 12, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 23
City sidewalks....
Now, one would think these were put in place to assist in the movement of pedestrians.
Not so!. They are merely there for an attractive urban look and a break between the lawns and the roads.
If they were actually for the pedestrians, would they not try to ensure that they are in good operational condition?
In a couple of places on the one I use to get to work, if it rains more than a couple of minutes at any one time, you wind up having to either walk though the 2 inches of water trapped in those sections or take yer chance walking on peoples lawns. The other option would be to walk on the street.
Think about the possibilities in winter too. Water build up and poof instant skating rinks.
And for winter, the city purchased a new snowblower rig for clearing the sidewalks.
I could kick more snow off the sidewalks by merely walking on them.
An when would you think they should be cleared of snow? Say mid-morning after everyone has had to trudge through all of the snow or walked along the edge of the road, avoiding traffic as best you can or before they would be most likly to get the most traffic, say 6 or 7 am.
Not to mention the sections that have heaved due to winter frost.
I wonder if they city wound up with a multi-million dollar lawsuit, if it would change the way they care for the sidewalks? Apparently that is not a great worry to them...
Hhmmm....
Thoughts
Now, one would think these were put in place to assist in the movement of pedestrians.
Not so!. They are merely there for an attractive urban look and a break between the lawns and the roads.
If they were actually for the pedestrians, would they not try to ensure that they are in good operational condition?
In a couple of places on the one I use to get to work, if it rains more than a couple of minutes at any one time, you wind up having to either walk though the 2 inches of water trapped in those sections or take yer chance walking on peoples lawns. The other option would be to walk on the street.
Think about the possibilities in winter too. Water build up and poof instant skating rinks.
And for winter, the city purchased a new snowblower rig for clearing the sidewalks.
I could kick more snow off the sidewalks by merely walking on them.
An when would you think they should be cleared of snow? Say mid-morning after everyone has had to trudge through all of the snow or walked along the edge of the road, avoiding traffic as best you can or before they would be most likly to get the most traffic, say 6 or 7 am.
Not to mention the sections that have heaved due to winter frost.
I wonder if they city wound up with a multi-million dollar lawsuit, if it would change the way they care for the sidewalks? Apparently that is not a great worry to them...
Hhmmm....
Thoughts
Friday, November 11, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 22
Automated phone systems.....
What do you think of these damnable things?
I was trying to contact my credit card company and my internet service provider last weekend and ran into these things.
First, the one for the isp asks which official language you would prefer, not so bad. Then it asks for the phone number with the area code, still not really bad but I do have a sight impairment, still, it is easier than the credit card one. It then asks for the "pin" number.
This is the stupid part. It tells you where to find the pin but that number certainly is not what it is looking for. And I can't find any other number that works at all but all of that is kind of moot. It then thanks you, whether you punched a number in or not and then kicks you to the support agent. So why have this step if it is not needed? Are they figuring on a good number of people being stymied and hanging up? Fewer people to deal with? Not sure.
The next one is the credit card company. All you need is the number of the card and you can find out the balance and how much credit is available. This would be a good thing for those that steal these. Not so great for the card holder. Once you get by this you can actually just hit the "0" and get by the rest. At least they gave a way out. So, that really makes the rest of it a waste of money, doesn't it?
One other company that I encountered was for a piece of electronic equipment that had an issue. This particular line required verbal responses to work. I could not get this stupid piece of crap to understand what I was saying. How are you to know what response it will take to get you where you want to go? I am a senior level technician and nothing obvious could get me through it. Thank Christ I could punch the "0" here too, to get to a real person quickly.
A waste of money? Could they put the money to a better use? I think the answer is yes. Get an extra person to answer the calls and avoid all of the irate people just from dealing with the damn phone systems in place.
Thoughts
What do you think of these damnable things?
I was trying to contact my credit card company and my internet service provider last weekend and ran into these things.
First, the one for the isp asks which official language you would prefer, not so bad. Then it asks for the phone number with the area code, still not really bad but I do have a sight impairment, still, it is easier than the credit card one. It then asks for the "pin" number.
This is the stupid part. It tells you where to find the pin but that number certainly is not what it is looking for. And I can't find any other number that works at all but all of that is kind of moot. It then thanks you, whether you punched a number in or not and then kicks you to the support agent. So why have this step if it is not needed? Are they figuring on a good number of people being stymied and hanging up? Fewer people to deal with? Not sure.
The next one is the credit card company. All you need is the number of the card and you can find out the balance and how much credit is available. This would be a good thing for those that steal these. Not so great for the card holder. Once you get by this you can actually just hit the "0" and get by the rest. At least they gave a way out. So, that really makes the rest of it a waste of money, doesn't it?
One other company that I encountered was for a piece of electronic equipment that had an issue. This particular line required verbal responses to work. I could not get this stupid piece of crap to understand what I was saying. How are you to know what response it will take to get you where you want to go? I am a senior level technician and nothing obvious could get me through it. Thank Christ I could punch the "0" here too, to get to a real person quickly.
A waste of money? Could they put the money to a better use? I think the answer is yes. Get an extra person to answer the calls and avoid all of the irate people just from dealing with the damn phone systems in place.
Thoughts
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Happy HNT!
Gonna have to dig through some old pics for at least next week, gotta get the camera fixed.
This is the third and final ear pic I have for now. Who knows what body part will be next.......
Not sure just how happy it is going to be here, temp is to drop to below freezing tonight...
Have a great day people!
Thoughts
This is the third and final ear pic I have for now. Who knows what body part will be next.......
Not sure just how happy it is going to be here, temp is to drop to below freezing tonight...
Have a great day people!
Thoughts
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Found stuff
Ideas for torturing an unwelcome roommate...
1. I would host cock fighting matches in the garage. Long spur style, of course.
2. I would have unprotected sex with homeless, French whores suffering from Tourettes
Syndrome on his Bowflex. This would be after he catches me scrubbing the toilet with his
toothbrush.
3. I would buy the world’s loudest vibrator because, “Sometimes at night I really need to get off
to burn off some of my energy since I have a lot of it!” *
4. I would cook pork, and the next day ask, “Uh, you’re a doctor. So what are the first signs of
trichinosis?” *
5. We would have live oysters for dinner every night, cause nothing is more satisfying than
shucking 60 or 70 wet oysters. Peanut brittle for dessert.
6. I would learn to sing to whales. From my bedroom.
7. I would learn Urdu from a series of lessons on tape. So would my Urdu-speaking cats. *
8. Beekeeping. Killer beekeeping.
9. I would line my room with cellphane, chalkboards, styrofoam and bubble wrap.
10. I would become hooked on hydroponics. *
11. Three words: One man band.
12. I would cook blackened, Cajun chicken while reciting Molière and playing Renaissance dance
music at full volume. The recipe would come from a magazine. *
13. I would buy shoes made of rough-cut glass and replace the carpet with sheet metal.
14. I would sleep in a hammock made by silkworms.
15. Howler monkeys are not on the list, so I assume those are acceptable pets.
16. I would learn home dentistry and practice with the drill on squirrels.
17. I would start a home balloon-tying business and talk with helium.
18. I would wear chainmail bathrobes.
19. I would take up Primal Scream Therapy.
20. Randomly, I would require a lengthy and forceful exorcism.
These were ideas left on another blog, I think, I've had it for sometime and lost track of where I got it.
Thoughts
1. I would host cock fighting matches in the garage. Long spur style, of course.
2. I would have unprotected sex with homeless, French whores suffering from Tourettes
Syndrome on his Bowflex. This would be after he catches me scrubbing the toilet with his
toothbrush.
3. I would buy the world’s loudest vibrator because, “Sometimes at night I really need to get off
to burn off some of my energy since I have a lot of it!” *
4. I would cook pork, and the next day ask, “Uh, you’re a doctor. So what are the first signs of
trichinosis?” *
5. We would have live oysters for dinner every night, cause nothing is more satisfying than
shucking 60 or 70 wet oysters. Peanut brittle for dessert.
6. I would learn to sing to whales. From my bedroom.
7. I would learn Urdu from a series of lessons on tape. So would my Urdu-speaking cats. *
8. Beekeeping. Killer beekeeping.
9. I would line my room with cellphane, chalkboards, styrofoam and bubble wrap.
10. I would become hooked on hydroponics. *
11. Three words: One man band.
12. I would cook blackened, Cajun chicken while reciting Molière and playing Renaissance dance
music at full volume. The recipe would come from a magazine. *
13. I would buy shoes made of rough-cut glass and replace the carpet with sheet metal.
14. I would sleep in a hammock made by silkworms.
15. Howler monkeys are not on the list, so I assume those are acceptable pets.
16. I would learn home dentistry and practice with the drill on squirrels.
17. I would start a home balloon-tying business and talk with helium.
18. I would wear chainmail bathrobes.
19. I would take up Primal Scream Therapy.
20. Randomly, I would require a lengthy and forceful exorcism.
These were ideas left on another blog, I think, I've had it for sometime and lost track of where I got it.
Thoughts
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Having a bad day? ...1
Having a bad day?????
In a hospital's Intensive Care Unit, patients always died in the same bed, on Sunday morning, at about 11:00 am., regardless of their medical condition.
This puzzled the doctors and some even thought it had something to do with the supernatural. No one could solve the mystery as to why the deaths occurred around 11:00 a.m.on Sunday, so a worldwide team of experts was assembled to investigate the cause of the incidents.
The next Sunday morning, a few minutes before 11:00 a.m., all of the doctors and nurses nervously waited outside the ward to see for themselves what the terrible phenomenon was all about. Some were holding wooden crosses, prayer books, and other holy objects to ward off the evil spirits.
Just when the clock struck 11:00, Pookie Johnson, the part-time Sunday sweeper, entered the ward and unplugged the life support system so he could use the vacuum cleaner.
Thoughts
In a hospital's Intensive Care Unit, patients always died in the same bed, on Sunday morning, at about 11:00 am., regardless of their medical condition.
This puzzled the doctors and some even thought it had something to do with the supernatural. No one could solve the mystery as to why the deaths occurred around 11:00 a.m.on Sunday, so a worldwide team of experts was assembled to investigate the cause of the incidents.
The next Sunday morning, a few minutes before 11:00 a.m., all of the doctors and nurses nervously waited outside the ward to see for themselves what the terrible phenomenon was all about. Some were holding wooden crosses, prayer books, and other holy objects to ward off the evil spirits.
Just when the clock struck 11:00, Pookie Johnson, the part-time Sunday sweeper, entered the ward and unplugged the life support system so he could use the vacuum cleaner.
Thoughts
Monday, November 07, 2005
Graffitti Monday... 7
Graffitti Monday again!
Hope I have enough of these, my camera has to go in for replacement, damn flash quit working.
Oh well, my kinda luck, have great day people.
Thoughts
Sunday, November 06, 2005
48 Laws Of Power.... 17/18
Law 17
Keep Others in Suspended Terror: Cultivate an Air of Unpredictability
Humans are creatures of habit with an insatiable need to see familiarity in other people’s actions. Your predictability gives them a sense of control. Turn the tables: Be deliberately unpredictable. Behavior that seems to have no consistency or purpose will keep them off-balance, and they will wear themselves out trying to explain your moves. Taken to an extreme, this strategy can intimidate and terrorize.
Law 18
Do Not Build Fortresses to Protect Yourself – Isolation is Dangerous
The world is dangerous and enemies are everywhere – everyone has to protect themselves. A fortress seems the safest. But isolation exposes you to more dangers than it protects you from – it cuts you off from valuable information, it makes you conspicuous and an easy target. Better to circulate among people find allies, mingle. You are shielded from your enemies by the crowd.
Thoughts
Keep Others in Suspended Terror: Cultivate an Air of Unpredictability
Humans are creatures of habit with an insatiable need to see familiarity in other people’s actions. Your predictability gives them a sense of control. Turn the tables: Be deliberately unpredictable. Behavior that seems to have no consistency or purpose will keep them off-balance, and they will wear themselves out trying to explain your moves. Taken to an extreme, this strategy can intimidate and terrorize.
Law 18
Do Not Build Fortresses to Protect Yourself – Isolation is Dangerous
The world is dangerous and enemies are everywhere – everyone has to protect themselves. A fortress seems the safest. But isolation exposes you to more dangers than it protects you from – it cuts you off from valuable information, it makes you conspicuous and an easy target. Better to circulate among people find allies, mingle. You are shielded from your enemies by the crowd.
Thoughts
Saturday, November 05, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 21
Funerals
Puzzling, really.
A person has passed on and what do we do? We celebrate with first a "wake"?
Called a wake why?, because it is the tail end of life perhaps?
Anyway, everybody that person knew can come and see what his body looks like without him cluttering it up. When people say, "He looked so natural" , or "alive" or "youthful" or any number of other comments.
The person is DEAD! Probably the most relaxed he has been since birth but dead all the same.
They then set up a parade? I like parades but this getting stupid!
All traffic, and people have to stop to show what, respect? For someone I never met much less knew? What did they do to earn my respect? Die? That will only work if the right people die and in the way in which they should.
Sorry people, dead is dead. When I'm done crapping on and being crapped on, cook my ass in a fire to help heat someone less fortunate or just find a box and throw me in the ground somewhere out of the way and not in the prime realestate being used for cemetaries.
Again, we go hhmmm....
Thoughts
Puzzling, really.
A person has passed on and what do we do? We celebrate with first a "wake"?
Called a wake why?, because it is the tail end of life perhaps?
Anyway, everybody that person knew can come and see what his body looks like without him cluttering it up. When people say, "He looked so natural" , or "alive" or "youthful" or any number of other comments.
The person is DEAD! Probably the most relaxed he has been since birth but dead all the same.
They then set up a parade? I like parades but this getting stupid!
All traffic, and people have to stop to show what, respect? For someone I never met much less knew? What did they do to earn my respect? Die? That will only work if the right people die and in the way in which they should.
Sorry people, dead is dead. When I'm done crapping on and being crapped on, cook my ass in a fire to help heat someone less fortunate or just find a box and throw me in the ground somewhere out of the way and not in the prime realestate being used for cemetaries.
Again, we go hhmmm....
Thoughts
Friday, November 04, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 20
2 pit bulls rescue Nebraska woman from red chow
13/04/2005 3:00:00 PM
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Two dogs whose breed has a reputation for being mean played the roles of rescuers for a woman who was being attacked by another dog.
A red chow was on top of Angie Pecoraro, 22, in her yard on Monday when two pit bulls jumped over a fence and fought off the chow, Nebraska Humane Society spokeswoman Pam Wiese said.
Witnesses said the chow had bitten Pecoraro several times on her hands, arms and stomach, Wiese said.
An ambulance took Pecoraro to a hospital, where she was treated and released, Wiese said.
The Humane Society impounded the chow, and its owner was ticketed for not having the dog restrained and for harbouring a dangerous animal. It will be quarantined to make sure it doesn't have rabies, Wiese said.
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OK, so where are the people who condemn the Pit Bull on this one?
There is a local radio announcer who hasn't the cahonas to even answer his own email about the subject and would not even think of mentioning this article merely because of the contrary viewpoint to his own.
Guess I should stop there before I really get into a rant......
Just another piece of the hhmmm... pie.
Thoughts
13/04/2005 3:00:00 PM
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Two dogs whose breed has a reputation for being mean played the roles of rescuers for a woman who was being attacked by another dog.
A red chow was on top of Angie Pecoraro, 22, in her yard on Monday when two pit bulls jumped over a fence and fought off the chow, Nebraska Humane Society spokeswoman Pam Wiese said.
Witnesses said the chow had bitten Pecoraro several times on her hands, arms and stomach, Wiese said.
An ambulance took Pecoraro to a hospital, where she was treated and released, Wiese said.
The Humane Society impounded the chow, and its owner was ticketed for not having the dog restrained and for harbouring a dangerous animal. It will be quarantined to make sure it doesn't have rabies, Wiese said.
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OK, so where are the people who condemn the Pit Bull on this one?
There is a local radio announcer who hasn't the cahonas to even answer his own email about the subject and would not even think of mentioning this article merely because of the contrary viewpoint to his own.
Guess I should stop there before I really get into a rant......
Just another piece of the hhmmm... pie.
Thoughts
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Happy HNT!
I know that the piece in front is a cat's ear and I'm not sure but I think that is another ear in the back.....
I believe my daughter took this pic, she just likes to use the camera, for anything.....
Thoughts
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Things that make you go hhmm.... 19
http://www.ilikejam.dsl.pipex.com/audiophile.htm
Found this link and, man, who are the people buying this stuff?
Imagine spending over $9,000 for a cable, can anybody actually hear the difference?
Changing the knobs on the front of yer stereo can make it sound better?
Have I been working in the wrong direction with the placement of my speakers and the type and quality of my speakers not to mention the stereo components themselves?
Seems to be a little goofy to me.
These are more for them to be able to say, "I am retarded and spent $XXXXXXX on my stereo, doesn't it sound great?"
Ok now, everybody, a great big hhmmm....
Thoughts
Found this link and, man, who are the people buying this stuff?
Imagine spending over $9,000 for a cable, can anybody actually hear the difference?
Changing the knobs on the front of yer stereo can make it sound better?
Have I been working in the wrong direction with the placement of my speakers and the type and quality of my speakers not to mention the stereo components themselves?
Seems to be a little goofy to me.
These are more for them to be able to say, "I am retarded and spent $XXXXXXX on my stereo, doesn't it sound great?"
Ok now, everybody, a great big hhmmm....
Thoughts
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
A little humour that was sent to me....
Vampire bat
A vampire bat came flapping in from the night covered in fresh blood and parked himself on the roof of the cave to get some sleep.
Pretty soon all the other bats smelled the blood and began hassling him about where he got it.
He told them to go away and let him get some sleep but they persisted until finally he gave in.
"OK, follow me" he said and flew out of the cave with hundreds of bats behind him.
Down through the valley they went, across a river and into a forest full of trees.
Finally he slowed down and all the other bats excitedly milled around him.
"Now, do you see that tree over there?" he asked.
"Yes, Yes, Yes!" the bats all screamed in a frenzy.
"Good" said the bat, "Because I sure as hell didn't!"
A vampire bat came flapping in from the night covered in fresh blood and parked himself on the roof of the cave to get some sleep.
Pretty soon all the other bats smelled the blood and began hassling him about where he got it.
He told them to go away and let him get some sleep but they persisted until finally he gave in.
"OK, follow me" he said and flew out of the cave with hundreds of bats behind him.
Down through the valley they went, across a river and into a forest full of trees.
Finally he slowed down and all the other bats excitedly milled around him.
"Now, do you see that tree over there?" he asked.
"Yes, Yes, Yes!" the bats all screamed in a frenzy.
"Good" said the bat, "Because I sure as hell didn't!"
Monday, October 31, 2005
Graffitti Monday... 6
Yah, it's ..... Monday.......crapp!
Happy Graffiti Day!
And this one seems to be in keeping with the spirit of Halloween...
Happy Graffiti Day!
And this one seems to be in keeping with the spirit of Halloween...
Sunday, October 30, 2005
48 Laws Of Power.... 15/16
Law 15
Crush your Enemy Totally
All great leaders since Moses have known that a feared enemy must be crushed completely. (Sometimes they have learned this the hard way.) If one ember is left alight, no matter how dimly it smolders, a fire will eventually break out. More is lost through stopping halfway than through total annihilation: The enemy will recover, and will seek revenge. Crush him, not only in body but in spirit.
Law 16
Use Absence to Increase Respect and Honor
Too much circulation makes the price go down: The more you are seen and heard from, the more common you appear. If you are already established in a group, temporary withdrawal from it will make you more talked about, even more admired. You must learn when to leave. Create value through scarcity.
Thoughts
Crush your Enemy Totally
All great leaders since Moses have known that a feared enemy must be crushed completely. (Sometimes they have learned this the hard way.) If one ember is left alight, no matter how dimly it smolders, a fire will eventually break out. More is lost through stopping halfway than through total annihilation: The enemy will recover, and will seek revenge. Crush him, not only in body but in spirit.
Law 16
Use Absence to Increase Respect and Honor
Too much circulation makes the price go down: The more you are seen and heard from, the more common you appear. If you are already established in a group, temporary withdrawal from it will make you more talked about, even more admired. You must learn when to leave. Create value through scarcity.
Thoughts
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