Category: Daily Life

Ramblings, often stream of conscious, journaling the events of my life.

  • Political

    I like this pledge on Instapundit.

    Glen Reynolds words “…and I think that Kerry should consider whether he wants to concede gracefully or become a second Al Gore.” just get my ire. I remember the previous election. It was Bush that failed to concede the election gracefully. I contend that if GW’s brother was not the governor of Florida that these past 4 years would have been drastically different. Al Gore did the right thing and should have pushed it further!

  • More election results

    Media Matters has a nice presentation of how and when the television networks called a state.

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    This Morning

    These election results are horrible! This election is tight. Perhaps this is why I get so frustrated with people from time to time. Slightly over 50% of the people I run into do not think like I do. Perhaps it is time to move to New England or California.

    Mark my words. If Bush takes this election, he will immediately start procedures to seek a third term. He is the closest thing to a dictator this country has ever seen and with near a decades time in office and the ability to appoint a supreme court justice he will make changes to America that will take decades to undo. Your grandchildren will never know the freedoms you knew.

    Should we not be listening when Washington DC has only 9% of its voters decide on Bush?

    I don’t want knowledge. I want certainty.

      

  • Election Results

    Yahoo has a nice election results map. I find this interesting because they are coloring in states on certain confidences. At this moment, 19% of the precincts in North Carolina have reported with 57% going to Bush and 43% to Kerry so they have colored the map red. At this same moment, 52% of Florida precincts have reported with 53% Bush and 46% Kerry so they refuse to color the state. Only 2% of Maine precincts have reported with 51% Kerry and 47% Bush so they have colored it Blue. Do the other 98% not count?!

    Don’t get too stressed while watching the news coverage.

  • Huffing – Canned Air (reprint)

    (I still see regular hits in the stats on this) I probably get a hit a day to my blog from people searching for information on “tetrafluoroethane huffing”. I don’t know if these are concerned parents or experimenters looking for instructions on how to do it safely. THERE IS NO SAFE WAY!

    Live healthy, eat healthy and you will have natural buzzes that beat anything a substance can give you!

    My original post from April appears in the box below.

    I had a question about my “canned air” reference. This is neat stuff. The chemical composition is 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane (at least in the Fellowes brand that I buy). It’s a chemical under pressure that is typically used to blow dust out of computers. If you turn it upside down the chemical will spray out in liquid form and can freeze ants or be used to remove bubble gum stuck to something.

    I found it interesting that when I bought this at Walmart I had to have an “age verification” which severely slowed me down at the self-serve checkout. This forum discusses the “blackouts” and “paralysis” caused by huffing canned air. Would You Know If Your Child Was “Huffing”? (scroll down to see article. Note 1999 publish date.)

        

  • Traffic Crashes

    Bubba Down! Bubba Down!

    Pundit Down! Pundit Down!

    Where am I supposed to follow this ‘lectshun?!

  • Quote of the Day

    A life without purpose is a languid, drifting thing; Every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught!

    – — Thomas A. Kempis

  • I did my duty!

    In my attempt to save democracy, I have voted for John Kerry!

  • Early Retirement

    You may or probably may not have noticed that I finally placed my Google Adsense banner on my blog. Now I’m planning for my retirement! I must thank you kind souls. Yesterday I made 10 cents!!

  • Candidate info

    Candidate Info by the (biased) Knoxville News Sentinel. (see Bug Me Not for login.)

  • Election Day

    A New Day!

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    This Morning

    GO VOTE!

    ( and preferrably for Kerry )
  • From the Mouths of Babes

    Dad: “Amy, want your hot dog?”

    Amy: “No, I’m building!”

    later-

    Amy: “Hey Dad! I’m building!”

  • Legs of Fire

    Ok. My bod is recovering from the juggling last night for the most part. The pain is now mostly in my thighs.