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Saturday, March 31, 2007
Today's Insults
Your father screwed a houseplant and raised a blooming idiot. - unknown
Thou dissembling dizzy-eyed pignut! - unknown
She was what we used to call a suicide blonde - dyed by her own hand. - Saul
Bellow
A brain of feathers, and a heart of lead.- Alexander Pope
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Chao Mae Tuptim Shrine in Bangkok
19 years ago...After a 10 year childless marriage... I made an request
at this shrine... My son is now 18... We had offered Chao Mae Tuptim a gift of oranges if we had a son... 2 years later, we
made good on our arrangement... Best deal of my entire life. Straightforward...Simple... A son for a sack
of oranges... Payable ASAP... Chao Mae Tuptim is still spoken of quite reverently around my house
I never took pictures of the shrine... I 'm glad someone did.
6:47 pm pst | link
One of My Favorite Cartoons
I've asked myself so many times... "What were these people smoking?!"... This depiction of
Cheney and Wolfowitz hits the nail on the head.
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Friday, March 30, 2007
Bizarre Hexagon on Saturn - Weird!
The 15,000-mile-wide feature appears to be some sort of deep-seated standing
wave, through which other things move without changing the wave pattern... It also appears to be in sync with the planet's
quick 10-and-a-half-hour rotation.
Larry O'Hanlon, Discovery News
March 27, 2007 — Something downright weird has been sighted twirling over the north pole of Saturn: A long-lived
double hexagon formed in the clouds.
The two six-sided features — one inside the other — are in stark contrast to the hurricane-like vortex that has been observed
at the ringed planet's south pole. Both poles have been imaged by NASA's orbiting Cassini spacecraft.
"We haven't seen a (geometric) feature like this anywhere else on any other planet," said Cassini scientist Kevin Baines
of the NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "It's unbelievable."
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Killer bees' seem resistant to disorder killing honeybees
By Dan Sorenson
Arizona Daily Star
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Intel to Build $3.5 Billion in Factories in China & Vietnam
What's Wrong with this Picture?... Aren't these two countries still communists?... Isn't communism the anti capitalist system?... Do these Boneheads
even wonder what they're doing to American interests?
Intel, the world biggest semiconductor company, has started construction on its $1 billion chip assembly and testing
plant in Vietnam's southern business hub, a company official said Thursday.
The 500,000-square-foot facility was first announced in November. Construction, which started Wednesday, is expected to
end by mid-2009.
When operational, the facility is expected to employ 4,000 people, said Rick Howarth, general manager of Intel Products Vietnam. The plant will be Vietnam's first semiconductor facility, and
Intel's sixth testing facility in Asia.
On Monday, Intel announced plans to build a $2.5 billion wafer fabrication plant in Dalian, China.
Ol' Digger over at Digger's Realm puts about the same spin on this as I feel. .. But you can count on it that you'll be subjected to a full on Rant on this subject VERY SOON!
http://www.diggersrealm.com/mt/archives/001607.html
http://www.intel.com/jobs/vietnam/sites/hochiminhcity.htm
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/1700AP_Vietnam_Intel.html
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6134372.html
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Today's Insults
Congratulations!
You have just proved the theory that there is no limit to human stupidity. - unknown
"He doesn't
know the meaning of the word "fear" - but then again he doesn't know the meaning of most words" - unknown
"He does
the work of three men: Larry, Curly & Moe" - unknown
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Thursday, March 29, 2007
Parents, fear not the Net: Your kids are pretty savvy
I... for one am pretty comfortable with my teenager's web habits... It's the folks that push
their wares onto pages that LITTLE kids can get to that worry me.
MÓNICA GUZMÁN - Seattle PI NET NATIVE
Parents, relax. Your teens are doing fine online.
I know that sounds ridiculous. One in seven children receives unwanted sexual solicitations online
and 42 percent of kids ages 10 to 17 have seen online pornography in the past year.
It seems technology has made everything easier, except parenting. You can put away the video games
and shut off the TV, but you can't stand guard behind your teens every second they spend online. Nor can you kick the Internet
out of your house; you might as well keep your teens home from school.
Your only choice is to stuff them full of good sense, set some ground rules and let them go. But if
all you know about social networking sites is from the news, then you're as naive about the Internet as you're afraid that
your teens are about its dangers.
Try to think as they do.
9:17 am pst | link
Philips cell can run on AAA battery
I Hope Apple Puts This In The iPhone!
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007
You Think Your Boss Is Bad?
A list of bad boss stories.
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I've seen this look on my kids faces
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Today's Insults
What did you have for breakfast...A bowl of stupid? - seen on a bumper sticker
She has two brains... One's lost and the other's out looking for it - Uncle Renee
"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." Irvin S. Cobb
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Do You Think That They'll Pay Us Back Someday?
And ... Would We Deserve It?
In 1982, operatives from the USSR's Committee for State Security– known internationally as the KGB– celebrated the procurement
of a very elusive bit of Western technology. The Soviets were developing a highly lucrative pipeline to carry natural gas
across the expanse of Siberia, but they lacked the software to manage the complex array of pumps, valves, turbines, and storage
facilities that the system would require. The United States possessed such software, but the US government had predictably
turned down their Cold War opponent's request to purchase the product.
Never ones to allow the limitations of the law to dictate their actions, the KGB officials inserted an agent to abduct
the technology from a Canadian firm. Unbeknownst to the Soviet spies, the software they stole sported a little something extra:
a few lines of computer code which had been inserted just for them.
Read the rest of this entry »
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A Nice Birthday Calculator
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Courtesy of Jean:
A
Cowboy's Wife:
In Campbell County, Wyoming a Cowboy's
wife came
home just in time to find her husband in bed with
another
woman. With super-human strength, born of
fury
and cutting calves, she dragged him down the
stairs,
out the back door, and into the tool shed
out
back of the barn.
She
put his tally-whacker in a vice and then
secured
it tightly and removed the handle.
Next
she picked up an old carpenter's saw.
The
banged up Cowboy was terrified, and hollered,
"Stop!
Stop! You're not going to cut it off with
that
rusty damn saw are you?"
The
wife, with a gleam of revenge in her eye, put
the
saw in her husband's hand and said, "Nope. I'm
going
to set this old shed on fire, and go to town for a cold beer. You do whatever you
want!
6:07 am pst | link
And I Thought You Were Just a Jerk!
The computer-centric office has left everyone – and not just the IT crowd – lacking important interpersonal and soft
skills, according to one psychologist.
Most people have a relationship with a PC when they're at work - instead of focusing on their colleagues, Moir said. And
as we see an increase of technology within organisations we will see a reduction in interpersonal skills, he warned.
He added: "People who are within the IT industry have a greater need to be concentrating on their PC and therefore maybe
a greater need to develop their interpersonal skill set."
5:29 am pst | link
Intel modifies Wi-Fi to add mileage
BERKELEY, Calif.--Intel has come up with a form of Wi-Fi that would let a laptop in San Francisco connect to the Internet
from a base station in San Jose, Calif.
And there would still be about 10 miles of wiggle room to spare.
Academics and researchers from the company's labs have created a system that lets Wi-Fi signals, which ordinarily carry
a few hundred feet, to carry 100 kilometers, or more than 60 miles, said Eric Brewer, director of Intel Research Berkeley, a lab owned by the company that cooperates on research projects with
UC Berkeley.
5:24 am pst | link
Gee...I wonder Why?
Cannibalism is rampant in the animal kingdom, including
among some humans in the past. Since germs can sneak from victims to predators, one might suspect diseases linked to cannibalism
would prove widespread.
Instead, diseases spread by cannibalism
are rare. New calculations suggest this is because cannibals usually dine alone. If cannibals do feast together, germs could
begin taking advantage.
"Maybe this is why cannibalism is no longer common among
people as it was in the past, because of the strong negative effects it can have when transmitting a disease," ecologist Volker
Rudolf at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville told LiveScience.
Cannibalism is "stunningly common in nature,"
Rudolf explained. "In the past, there were misconceptions that cannibalism
was something that only happened in labs or under extreme conditions. But it isn't."
Even though people now typically abhor cannibalism, "it
was quite a common practice in many human societies in the past," Rudolf added.
5:16 am pst | link
A New Low
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Found on a Tombstone
- Harold J. Story (1919 1993)
- "Before you jump in here with me,
make sure you bring good memories. For here they're all we have to trade, and
where you are is where they're made."
4:39 am pst | link
Insults of the Day
There was something about you that I liked, but you spent it. - unknown
I could dance with you until the cows come home. On second thought I'd rather dance with the cows
until you come home. - Groucho Marx
4:37 am pst | link
Sorry about yesterday's light postings
Pressing Business kept me away from my computer until vey late... We'll try to make up for it today.
4:29 am pst | link
Monday, March 26, 2007
This Is Absolutely Crazy! - WARNING - GRAPHIC!!
It
Appears That These Poor Chaps Are Paying For The Pleasure.
WARNING... Pain!...Lots of it!... Kind of Loud Too.
Turn Down Your Sound If You're At Work.
Watch the Video called "What the F**K?!?!" on This Page
Last Warning!! - Really Bad!! -
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Sunday, March 25, 2007
Blogging Is Tough Work!
Did I Set My Sights For My Site Too High?
I’ve been blogging for 20 days now… I haven’t missed a day… I’m amazed at how much of a time eater this is!
It’s not that there isn’t enough to post… Heavens no!
There’s tons and tons of great content out there to be mined and shared… And lord knows there’s enough miscellaneous
miscellany to rant and rave about… And I certainly do enjoy this… this thing of ours… I do
consider this little blog a great sharing…So it’s ours …OK?
Anyway… Back to the thought at hand… I am particularly enamored of two specific blogs that inspired
me to get this one off of the ground… The problem is… Both Corkscrew-Balloon and Goodshit are run by retired guys with time to burn. I think that’s where my enthusiasm got the best of me. (continued)
Posted by the four eyes
1:04 pm pst | link
Wanna see a sonic boom?
What is a Sonic Boom? Can I See One?... This Sites Got Fourteen!
Kind of looks like he's emerging from a time warp or something ....huh?
10:00 am pst | link
Fruits & Trees... Not Birds & Bees
This is Rojaks Daily...The Blog is from Malaysia... So the english is a bit different... But read on and you'll get the gist of the stories.
Comparing men & women to fruits & trees.
9:41 am pst | link
Insults of the Day
"If brains were dynamite, you wouldn't have enough to blow the kneecap off a flea." -
unknown
"She is an egregiously parasitic trollop and a catatonic, cantankerously-caterwauling,
tainted spawn of a syphilitic swamp hog." - unknown
"Drunkenness is his best virtue, for he will be swine drunk, and in his sleep he does little
harm, save to his bedclothes about him." - Shakespeare
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PostSecret
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Saturday, March 24, 2007
Misconceptions About Evolution
Newspapers, TV programs, and other media have often inadvertently circulated inaccurate
information about evolution. As a result, many myths have been established as truth in the minds of the public. To sort out
fact from fiction, check out the misconceptions and corrections here:
4:54 pm pst | link
OH...MY...GOD.
Obama the 'Magic Negro'
The Illinois senator lends himself to white America's idealized, less-than-real black man.
By David Ehrenstein, L.A.-based DAVID EHRENSTEIN writes about Hollywood and politics. L.A. Times - March 19, 2007
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What Are These People Thinking?!?
WARNING - Contains Nudity
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New way to breathe under water without oxygen tanks
An Israeli Inventor has developed a breathing apparatus that will allow breathing underwater without the assistance of
compressed air tanks. This new invention will use the relatively small amounts of air that already exist in water to supply
oxygen to both scuba divers and submarines. (continued)
4:17 pm pst | link
A List of Live Webcams Worldwide
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Insults of the Day
"That boy's as sharp as a sack full of wet mice."- Foghorn Leghorn
"He has double chins all the way down to his stomach."- Mark Twain
"I'd like to leave you with one thought...but I'm not sure you have anywhere to put it!"-
unknown
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Last Sunday's Post Secret
Sorry... I forgot to post this last Sunday... New PostSecret Tomorrow!
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Friday, March 23, 2007
Why Our Species is Doomed to Extinction
Inhofe informed Gore that scientists are “radically at odds with your claims.” Displaying a photograph of icicles in Buffalo,
Inhofe demanded: “How come you guys never seem to notice it when it gets cold? . . . Where is global warming when you really
need it?”
And that’s about it, folks. Because it’s cold in Buffalo during the winter, global warming can’t be real.
There are times when I think we just deserve to die off. This is one of them.
2:17 pm pst | link
Aircraft Carrier USS John F. Kennedy Decomissioned
I hope that they name another ship after JFK... This one served proudly and well. The Ship will remain in Florida for the time being... I hope it becomes a museum someplace and not be scrapped.
1:50 pm pst | link
Bush administration objects to .xxx domains
I think it revolves more around companies being able to block the entire domains so that people couldn't cruise porn
sites at work.
Personally... I do my cruising at home... Late at night... Like a normal freak.
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Thursday, March 22, 2007
Fantastic Crystal Cave!
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An Amazing Account
| "This is the hairdresser who was shot dead outside of my house. Her body was lying there for four hours
before an American patrol came and cleaned the scene up. I couldn’t get close enough to get a clearer photo because we weren’t
sure whether the body was booby trapped—or being watched by snipers." Photo by the author. | 

Running for your life from fundamentalist bandits, helplessly watching innocent women being shot in the street,
and car-bomb explosions that shatter your bedroom window... Just another humdrum day in the life
of a student in Baghdad. (continued)
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Found on a Tombstone
Ron Obvious
- "Here lies a knave,
Where in the grave, His first good deed, Was feed the weed."
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Todays Insults
You're so dumb that blondes tell jokes about you - unknown
I see her as one great stampede of lips directed at the nearest derriere. - Noël Coward
The gates are down, the lights are flashing, but the train isn't coming.- unknown
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Liquid Body Armor! Let's Get This Stuff Out There!!
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Does George W. Bush Suffer From Senile Dementia?
I've Got Some Friends From The 70's That Display These Same Symptoms
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National Geographic Says Dr. Ruth Was A Sniper
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IQ Test... I Failed Miserably!
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Intelligent Dolphins
I've Always Believed That Dolphins Were As Intelligent As Humans...Some People Eat Them.
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Insults of the Day
I beg your pardon,
but I didn't understand that statement to a capacity that would allow me to even conceive of what your communications were
compiled. In other words... Huh? - Ray from San Diego
He'd make a lovely corpse.-
Charles Dickens
You're so fat that when you stand on the scale, it reads: "To be continued!" - unknown
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Miscellaneous Miscellany
Failed Civilizations Seem to Have Some of These Traits in Common
Developed nations consume 32 times more of the world's natural resources on a per capita basis than the rest of the world. If those nations continue to live
like gated communities, heedless of looming environmental catastrophe, we all risk falling prey to the dire fate of failed
civilizations.
Good Old Newt... Always Good For a Laugh!
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Did You Know?
An aircraft carrier gets about 6 inches per gallon of fuel.
The Chinese were using aluminum to make things as early as 300 AD... Western
civilization didn't rediscover aluminum until 1827.
Compact discs read from the inside to the outside edge, the reverse of
how a record works.
As much as 80% of microwaves from mobile phones are absorbed by your head.
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Insults of the Day
The poor
thing lacks even the dim flicker of sentience needed to qualify as a imbecile - unnkown
You have a face so ugly that Peeping
Toms break into your house and close the blinds. - unknown
"You live and learn... At any rate, you live."
- Douglas Adams
3:57 pm pst | link
You Think You've Had A Rough Day !?!?
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This has got to be Photoshopped!

This is a picture of a rock formation near a lake in Burma. The photo can only
be taken on a specific day once a year when the sun rays touch the rocks at a certain angle.
Tilt your head to the left and then look at it again
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Do We Really Need Spellcheck?
I
cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg_The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid! Aoccdrnig to a
rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer inwaht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is
taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Yaeh, and I awlyas
thought slpeling was ipmorantt.
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Monday, March 19, 2007
Insults of the Day
You are a cruelly debauched narcissist and a fiendish, gossip-mongering nauseating assault
on the senses. -unknown
He is useless on top of the ground; he aught
to be under it, inspiring the cabbages. - Mark Twain
If I had wanted to hear from somebody with your IQ,... I'd be at my local supermarket
talking to the vegetables. - unknown
5:40 pm pst | link
Is This An "Ah-Ha!" Moment?
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Washington State Ferry Klickitat Falling Apart
This is an issue that is close to my heart... I used to work on this ship and always loved riding them... I also feel that
the USA is actively destroying it's shipbuildng capacity... Pretty dumb for a nation that wants to remain a power on a planet
that is 75% water.
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Somehow ...I've Always Known That God was a Mac User!
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Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Insults of the Day
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." Mark Twain
Anyone who told you to be yourself couldn't have given you worse advice.
Unknown.
4:12 pm pst | link
WWJD?
Jesus Christ… Democrat or Republican ?
How about Libertarian?... Anarchist?
Apparently there's lots of people that are pretty sure he votes in their district... I just want to know if he's even registered to vote in the
first place!... I'm pretty sure that he hasn't voted in the last few elections. Maybe his absentee ballot got lost.
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Cow Eats Chickens
Cows are sacred in India…
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