Daily Archives: October 6, 2006
True Love – Speechless Communication
When Cathy and I were dating, I could read her mind. How connected! To know one another’s thoughts without speaking a word is bliss.
All married couples are familiar with this non-verbal communication. It changes a little after tying the knot. Ok, it changes a lot. For instance, when dating, I knew what Cathy needed. Now [...]
Posted in Cathy, Daily Life, Family, Of Being Dad 4 Comments
Beware the Intertubes!
No wonder I can’t get any work done! It’s that 97% thing!
Posted in Daily Life 1 Comment
Odeo closes Audioblogger
If you have used Audioblogger (run by Odeo, Inc.) then you need to know that they are closing the service. MP3s made with the service will continue to exist and be hosted but you cannot create anything new. I never realized that Audioblogger wasn’t owned by that evil company Blogger.com.
Hello,
As of November 1, 2006, Audioblogger [...]
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Hot Pants! Lee Can Sell Down Under (but not North America)
Well now, if you are in Australia (Tim), you can buy these pants. If you are in America, you had better not click that link from work!
Lee Jeans’ controversial “Lolita” ad poster for spring-summer 2006 has been found acceptable by the Advertising Standards Board.
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“The board (notes) that the woman is over 18, is fully clothed [...]
Posted in Of Interest, Sex, Touchy Subjects 3 Comments
InstaPost
THE FUNNIEST THING I’ve read all week. Thanks Jonathan.
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Woman Rapes Boy Then Sues Him For Child Support
If you got pregnant at 19 ½ when you had sex with a 13 ½ year old boy, at 22 don’t take him to court for child support because he can finally work at 16. Matter of fact, don’t ever ask him for child support.
“But for her having made the application in Family Court, we [...]
Posted in News, Of Interest 2 Comments
Quiet Down Class – Don’t Make Me Shoot My Gun!
Ah! Our reactive society thinks throwing guns at the teachers is going to make our schools safer. Ok. Maybe it will. At what cost? Our future is in the schools now. I am already disturbed by the overwhelming influence that the schools have on the upbringing of our children. I mean, for the bulk of [...]
Posted in Education, Health, Of Interest, Touchy Subjects 5 Comments
Star Trek’s 5 no 3 no 5 year mission
If you are a Star Trek fan, you’ll know that the original 5 year mission only lasted 3 years. What you may not know, is that production on the original series has begun again. At roughly $70,000 per episode, 4 of a planned 22 episodes, including guest appearances from original cast members, have been completed [...]
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Jesus Offroader
We all know the Jesus walking on water story. What happens when you give Jesus a Jeep?
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Poison in the air
Chlorine gas evacuates Apex, NC (relatively speaking, that’s just east of here – oh perhaps 3 to 500 miles east).
"This is the worst possible hazardous materials incident you could have," Radford said. [Source]
30 miles or so roughlly northwest of us they store the same stuff.
See also CNN coverage. This stuff makes me kick myself for [...]
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Of Grasshoppers
Student: What do you do as the wagon speeds out of control toward the cliff?
Master: Look at the brakes, not the cliff.
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The Nietzsche Family Circus