Month: April 2005

  • Bloody ‘ell

    Heading to the ER. The blood stopped so did we. The ER won’t deal with him if its not pouring out but man if we had have showed up the way it was pouring this morning I bet we’d be at the front of the line!

  • Tight Schedule Today

    Computer repair in the morning, programming throughout the day, Pack meeting this evening.

  • Kindness

    At 12:01am yesterday the second domino fell then miraculously I had the sudden ability to right either the first or second domino but not both and before I was faced with that choice, apparently some kind soul righted the first domino and I was able to right the second. I didn’t have time to look into it yet but my thanks goes out to you.

  • Where does one find powdered resin?

    In my post on Making Bird Calls I forgot to mention the grief we went through trying to locate "powdered resin" Today someone found my blog by searching google for "bird caller resin to purchase" so others must be having the same grief.

    MATERIALS: 2″ hardwood, eye screw, resin powder

    Take a close grained hardwood such a rock maple or mountain ash, about 2″ long.
    Drill a hole in one end, slightly smaller than the screw threads of your eye screw. Turn the eye screw into it. Unscrew the eye, put a little resin powder in the hole. As you twist the screw back and forth in the hole, very slowly, you can make a chirp chirp or trill in loud, clear notes.
    With practice, this device will produce an astounding variety of bird noises.
    Paint or decorate if desired.
    Elective 12h in the Bear Handbook

    To those searching, the powdered resin that worked for us was simply the resin bag that a baseball player or bowler would use. It’s on sale at Amazon for $2.99. Perhaps climber’s chaulk would work also. We did not tear the bag open rather we placed it on the eye screw and shock the sack a little. When the screw was white with powder the scout put it into the block of wood for a 2nd time and chased birds.

    The calls do work and work well. I want to make one for myself now.

  • Why is there not a pill replacement for sleep?

    I’d much rather take a pill that does to my body what sleep does. An occasional night’s real sleep would be nice like an occasional vacation is nice but for the most part I’d rather be doing than sleep.

    On that note, I overslept last night going down about 10pm and waking at 6am. Thank you wife for the wakeup call!

  • It begins…

    The first domino fell tonight.

  • Domestic Terrorists Urge the Destruction of America Thru the Elimination of Civil Liberties and Basic Freedoms Without Checks and Bounds

    Officials Urge Renewal of Patriot Act

    The Bush administration’s two top law enforcement officials on Tuesday urged Congress to renew every provision of the anti-terror Patriot Act. FBI Director Robert Mueller also asked lawmakers to expand the bureau’s ability to obtain records without first asking a judge.

    FBI Director Robert Mueller of course is the reincarnation of J Edgar Hoover

    What are the dangers to a democracy of a national police organization, like the FBI, which operates secretly and is unresponsive to public criticism?” – The essay question that pissed off Hoover. It was optional question number 7 on UC’s 1959 English aptitude test for high school applicants. See: Reagan, Hoover and the UC Red Scare – a SF Chronicle Special Report "Secret FBI files show how the bureau’s covert campaign to disrupt the Free Speech Movement and topple UC President Clark Kerr helped launch the political career of an actor named Ronald Reagan"

    Let’s review these words “asked lawmakers to expand the bureau’s ability to obtain records without first asking a judge.” Incase you don’t get it, they are asking for unbarred permission to outright spy on the American people using “terrorism” as a scare tactic to encourage you to give up your rights. Terrorism has been around for decades. The Patriot Act is not helping.

    He said that some of the most controversial provisions of the Patriot Act have proven invaluable in fighting terrorism and aiding other investigations.

    I’d like to see some evidence supporting this.

    He also asked Congress to expand the FBI’s administrative subpoena powers, which allow the bureau to obtain records without approval or a judge or grand jury.

    More requests to open opportunity to the abuse of privileges and the harassment of the American people without checks and bounds.

    In one of his concerts, Bruce Springsteen said, “Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed.” Never was a truer word spoken, and it is particularly correct at this time.

    Now is not the time for ambivalence. Now is not the time for apathy. Now is not the time for blind faith in your leaders! Now is the time to be political. Stand up for your rights. Contact your congress person today!


    Other quotes:

    “Cooler heads can now see that the Patriot Act went too far, too fast and that it must be brought back in line with the Constitution,” said Gregory Nojeim, associate director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Washington legislative office.

    (AP) Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testifies on reauthorization of the Patriot Act before the…
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    The ACLU is part of an unusual coalition of liberal and conservative groups, including the American Conservative Union, that have come together in a joint effort to lobby Congress to repeal key provisions of the Patriot Act.

    Among the controversial provisions is a section permitting secret warrants for “books, records, papers, documents and other items” from businesses, hospitals and other organizations.

    …criticism has led five states and 375 communities in 43 states to pass anti-Patriot Act resolutions…

    Even some Republicans are concerned.

    …the central concern of opponents, which is that it allows the government to seize records of people who are not suspected terrorists or spies.

    Gonzales also notes that the law has been used in non-terrorism cases.

  • Terrorists Supplant Jeb Bush

    Jeb Bush praises Scientologists. I can hear his brother George now saying, “That ain’t my brother. Goss git on down to Florida I think terrorists have body snatched my brother. They know the Republicans can’t win in 2008 without Florida!”

  • Make regular backups

    You really should backup your computer so that you don’t become this guy. Warning! Vulgarities in the audio.

  • Featured Site

    I love the colors on Princess Ponderings! I typically don’t like busy backgrounds but in this case it adds so much to her design. I think she did a great job!

  • Yummy and Dreams

    I tried the vanilla tease last night and it was quite good! I used to own a tea strainer. I wonder if I still do.

    Last night my dreams were technicolor, brilliant and vivid!

  • Logs Sawed

    I went to bed at 10pm last night and watched some television with the wife. I was suddenly conflicted. I had the energy to stay up and program, I could let sleep take me, or, I discovered, I could watch Battlestar Galactica! I watched the show. Midnight rolled around and I passed out for some much needed sleep to rise at 5am and get to business.

    The dog didn’t follow me upstairs this morning which is good. She doesn’t spend as much time with Cathy as I would like.

  • Soliciting Links

    In my previous post I solicited links for TN Lottery Results suggesting we could jump it from 2 to 5 in pagerank.

    A better solution would be a few extra links to Aspergerteen as its pagerank is 4. If we can get it up to 5 then Cathy shall have her well deserved tea!

  • In Tea Heaven…sort of

    My Adagio Tea arrived today. I was excited and a little disappointed. My wife had a page rank of 5 and should have gotten the ingenuiTEA Set but when her site was evaluated the link had slipped into an archive post so she got 1 tea, no thank you note, and no instructions. The tea was vanilla (Tea Sample).

    My page rank was 4 and I learned from my wife and Zero Boss so I took a little extra effort and made the banner ad above and the advertising square to the left. I didn’t expect anything extra for those. I was sad that my wife was so terribly disappointed in not receiving her just rewards due to Adagio’s poor instructions so instead of ordering Herbal which she would avoid drinking for now I ordered Flavors because I read somewhere that 4 flavors would arrive and she might enjoy some variety. The tea that arrived today was vanilla (4oz Tin of Tea).

    (see also Catawampus, Serendipitous Reflections and my original post and the day I received the email notification incase you want to see the time frame it takes to get your tea)

    Perhaps some of you kind folk could find a spot on your sites to link to TN Lottery Results (yes, it’s ugly right now). If its page rank would jump from 2 to 5 I could get Cathy the ingenuiTEA Set.