Anyone in the tech world has Office Space
Ah! Generic pills means generic machines
So we make cheaper pain medicine by using inferior equipment?
WASHINGTON – A major manufacturer of acetaminophen sold by Wal-Mart, CVS, Safeway and more than 100 other retailers recalled 11 million bottles of the widely used pain-relieving pills Thursday after discovering some were contaminated with metal fragments.
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The contaminated pills included metal fragments ranging in size from “microdots†to portions of wire one-third of an inch long, the Food and Drug Administration said. Perrigo discovered the metal bits during quality-control checks after realizing the equipment it uses to make pills was wearing down prematurely… [Source]
Great Pictures!
You must see these pictures that Uncle Dean and Aunt Jeni took of the children! Nice work guys! Btw, their cat has his own blog.
I’m blind – and in trouble
When I lost my glasses I was actually being given a vision test. Turns out, for most of the day, they were resting gently on some beautiful, rolling landscape…er, cleavage.
Does your spouse ever make your eye twitch?
I love my wife more than anything. She is special! She fantastic! She is beautiful! She is my soul mate. All that aside, she still occasionally makes me feel like Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus.
Me, trying to portion dinner: "Honey, are you a little hungry or a lot hungry?"
Wife, as I mouth the answer: "Medium."
Me: Twitch. Twitch.
I love my wife!
Living Quad I
Dear Stephen R Covey,
How does your system work when _everything_ is Urgent and Important?
Sincerely,
Testing Tensile Strength
Politely Rude – Parking Lot Road Rage
So yesterday I pull into the parking lot of the Baptist church where my daughter gets her preschool classes. They have such an exceptional program! I nose into my parking space and the car to my left is backed in with a driver and passenger still in the large SUV. To my right is another van that is nosed in, perfectly parallel but maybe one tires width off center toward me. It is well within its space. Since the car beside me is occupied, I take an extra moment to make sure I have pulled into my space straight and well spaced. I am perfectly parallel to the white lines. I know this because when I got out I gave it a critical eye for a reason that is about to be explained. I am equally spaced between the two cars making my not perfectly centered in my parking space but well within the lines. I am probably a tire’s width off center and I could easily open my door and get out without the door crossing the virtual wall of the white line.
After I get out the occupied car’s engine cranks up, the car lunges forward, then backs up at an exagerated angle with the rear tire overlapping the white line and the backcorner now occupying the empty space beside him. I should have taken a picture with my camera phone.
Being a person not afraid of confrontation, I turn around and walk right up to his window and he rolls it down. I ask, "did I park too close to you?" He replies, "No, I was parked at angle." Me, "I am parked well in my spot with plenty of space between ours. Would you like me to move my car?" He politely replies, "No." I re-examine my parking job and am prideful of how straight I parked. I could have maybe been slightly more centered in the spot but not by much. Thank you Alan Shore for helping me not telling this guy what I really thought of him.
Fifteen minute later I return with my daughter and they are still sitting in the car and it is unmoved from the angled parking. These are the people that make me sad for they are the ones whose emotional problems are damaging our democracy and the American lifestyle.
I’m speechless…he should have remained speechless
Well now…DAAAaaaang! Have you seen the flustered Bush? Please take a moment to watch the video. Wow!
How to stop a 4 year old tantrum
- Close the child gate in the hall. When the child stomps from the front of the house toward her room she has to work a bit to get the gate open. This slows her down and burns steam.
- Leave a large pile of German shepherd dog poo in the middle of her bedroom. When she opens the door with intent to slam it shut, the smell and image will stun her into sedation. Tantrum avoided!
Done Right – Start to Finish In One Day
Yesterday I started a project, completed the project, and invoiced in the same day. That’s consulting!
A Passing in Our Small World.
A blogger’s grandfather has passed.
GAC is hanging in there although it sounds like the hospital is in dire need of a dialysis machine.
Lost Mind
My glasses are inconsequential. Almost decoration. But they help me focus and concentrate. Now they’ve gone missing. This bites.
I hate spam!
The stock ticker spam is out of control. My inbox is almost useless.
Giving hope and prayers
Newscoma mentions "It seems we are all sending each other hope these days." It does feel like everyone is going through something. Maybe it is our smaller world. Twenty-five years ago, the world would not be following a family’s fight for life in Oak Ridge. Maybe it would get a brief mention on local news but certainly not the world wide attention it has received.
I need hope now it ways that I cannot/will not discuss. But my troubles are put is such proportion by GAC’s battle between life and death. I feel selfish even thinking of myself.
Last night I had to put gas in the van to get Tommy to STAR. The lady on the other side of the pump swiped her card repeatedly until finally a booming voice came across the speaker declaring, "pump one still says declined." She speaks out to the air to cover the embarassment of the announcement to the world, "I’ll try my debt card." A wrinkled hand lifts a different piece of plastic. I wanted to swipe mine and say, "filler ‘er up on me" but I had to say a prayer that I didn’t get declined as I swiped for my own gas. The poverty trap sucks badly. Once you get in it is very hard to get out. As I move away from consulting and back into regular work, my budget (money and time) is going to include something to help save a family from poverty. Our economy is rotten.
Today’s Challenge
Now that the anxiety attack has died down, let’s fuel it again.
I have two small projects that both need to be completed today. One is a ColdFusion project. The other is a PHP project. Additionally I need to vote. The children are home and will need to be fed and occasionally need intervention. I have to fill out a ton of paperwork. I need to spend several hours on the telephone. I would like to clean my office and redesign my personal websites.
