What happens when you rattle rusty chains in the Dark?

I promise that I will get my chains repaired and I will be on the postings right after the New Year!

Anyway, Happy New Year!!

Merry Christmas

Wow! A whole month missed me!

I can't believe it! I have not posted anything for a month. This will change!!!

Keep checking here as I gather my thoughts and rattle those chains.

Post coming soon!

Anthony on a trail bike

If you head over to my friend Anthony's blog you will read a story about his adventure on a trailbike. I want to tell you that it is pure crap!!! I have captured a satellite feed that shows the true picture of Anthony's bike ride. Hope this clears up all the misconceptions that he is telling about himself.
WOW!!! Never Falls Off The Bike - The most amazing bloopers are here

Tap Dancing!!

I have debated on commenting on the practice of toe tapping to get sexual favors from your stall neighbor in the bathroom, but the other day an 18-year-old was arrested in my home area for trying to get a sexual act from an undercover police officer that had followed him into a city park bathroom.

I don't know about you but the city park bathroom would be the LAST place I would want to find my dream guy (if I was gay). The smell alone would cause me not to want to spend much time in there in the first place.

The only form of tapping with toes that I was familiar with is best illustrated by Shirley Temple.












But it appears that this style of dancing has taken on a different sort of toe to toe dance. First you need a stall....

And then you need a Congressman, who cannot find a suitable partner in all of Washington D.C.

Larry Craig would have been what the teenagers call a "widestance". (look it up!! I did.

Down one but still good

My buddy Anthony had it right earlier last week concerning the Pats and D'boys. I was surprised to see the score though. I thought it should have been closer. T.O. was pushed out of bounds and the replay did not change the call. If the Pat defender had not hit TO and pushed him out of bounds his 2nd foot would have come down in bounds.

OH well 5 and one is not too bad.

Last second upset!!!

Dallas Cowboys did it again!!! In the last few seconds the Cowboys pulled Tony Romo's butt out of the fire. Tony had with five interceptions and one fumble. two of those interceptions were turned in too points for the Buffalo Bills.bills also had a kick off return
all the way for 103 yds and a touchdown. Tony should have been yanked from the game and sat on the bench, but his team did not give up on him and then he proved them right. As he said himself, he played poorly.

THE COWBOYS ARE UNDEFEATED!!!! Thanks to a great leg on this guy!!!! He is good Folk!!!!

My new car

Anthony asked that I post a picture of my new car that I won in this post. So this is as close as I will get to winning a new car. Of course, this is a Dodge Concept car. It is also as close as I will get to having a sports car. One can dream, though.

It's my Party and I'll cry if I want to!

On this blue Marble for too many years!! Happy Birthday to me!

See if you can top me.

Am-I-Dumb.com - Intelligence Test

Ready to OPERATE, Nurse!

NameThatDisease.com - Test your disease knowledge

I won!!! I won!!! I WON!!!!!

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Mea Cupa...But you are still an Idiot

News came out today that the umpire that was involved with Milton Bradley was suspended today for inciting Milton. OH WAA WAA!! You are paid how much more than the average joe that watches you "play" for your work? And you can't let someone say something to you that is offensive? I think you are a baby, Milton!


On related news: Mr. Vick is in deeper doo doo with the test that shows that he had an intimate relationship with one Miss MaryJane.

Stupid Idiots that make too much money!

Milton Bradley
Paris Hilton
Britney Spears
Alex Rodriquez
Mike Tyson
Michael Vick

First off: Milton Bradley....Padres left-fielder Milton Bradley will miss the rest of the season after he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee when he was spun to the ground by his manager during a blowup with an umpire.

Oh sure, let's blame the umpire... Why were you out of control, Milton, that your manager had to hold you back and in the process spin you to the ground, tearing your ACL? Was it worth it to be seen as a jackass?





Paris Hilton... Oh I just added her to see if it will help my stats. She doesn't really make money for the stupid stuff she does, does she?











Britney Spears: Did she ever had a singing voice?


Alex Rodriguez: A-Rod...Could NOT wait to leave Texas for The YANKEES!!!! Now, I see that His agent, Scott Boras is trying to deal him to the Cubs.








Mike Tyson: Again in trouble, this time it will mean some more prison time. Hope they serve ear in there.











Michael Vick's new theme song should be "who let the dogs out?" Of all the ones I decided to list, Michael is the biggest, stupid money maker. I thought something was out of sorts when he shot the finger as he was leaving the field after a game last year. Bow wow, was I right!!!!

So it is Fall in Texas

I am loving this year. My yard has stayed mostly green all summer and I have not watered at all. We had enough water in the spring to last the past few months and then we have had several nice rainy evenings to cool the heat of the summer. I do NOT want to even think about 105 degree temps that we had last year. We only broke 100 for a week this year. And people are complaining that it is hot. I can't stand whiners!!! Enjoy your life because it is the only one you have.

Already tired of the Election cycle

No Great Loss

Bill Clinton is visiting a school. In one class, he asks the students if anyone can give him an example of a "tragedy." One little boy stands up and offers that, "If my best friend who lives next door is playing in the street when a car came by and killed him, that would be a tragedy."

"No," Clinton says, "That would be an ACCIDENT."

A girl raises her hand. "If a school bus carrying fifty children drove off a cliff, killing everyone inside...that would be a tragedy."

"I'm afraid not," explains Clinton. "That is what we would call a GREAT LOSS."

The room is silent; none of the other children dare volunteer.

"What?" asks Clinton, "Isn't there anyone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?"

Finally a boy in the back raises his hand. In a timid voice, he says: "If an airplane carrying Bill and Hillary Clinton was blown up by a bomb, *that* would be a tragedy."

"Wonderful!" Clinton beams. "Marvelous! And can you tell me WHY that would be a tragedy?"

"Well," says the boy, "because it wouldn't be an accident, and it certainly would be no great loss!"

For Anthony!

Anthony has a crush on Paula and he posted this picture on his page but it was too dark. I lightened it for him. Visit him at http://my-sick.blogspot.com/

Rain Rain Go away for a while

Baby, it is wet outside. Several flash floods in the last few days has made life inconvenient for some people and down right hazardous for others. Several people have lost their homes and belongings to the flood waters. Several others have lost their lives in the flooding.

Funny thing is that we were in a five year drought through March of this year. Some cities are still restricting water usage. The area water districts are releasing water to keep the level on the lakes below flooding.

Rain is wonderful in small doses but the downpours the Dallas Ft Worth area have had in the last 3 months are over the top.

Importance of Writing it out first

I think they should
have not
ranittogether!!

How many of you are out there?

HowManyOfMe.com

There are 31 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Charles Nelson Riley

One of the funniest men alive died today. I was saddened to find out that his persona of a homosexual was not an act. I was also surprised that his obit listed his partner as the only immediate survivor. And to top it off, it was complications from pneumonia that killed him. I guess it was a major battle of pneumonia that he was fighting with since he had been ill for over a year.

I think it was complications from pneumonia that he died from but the root cause was not complications from pneumonia. I think it was AIDS but we are told not to think that AIDS is fatal, nor a result of any lifestyle choices. True, there are some that have gotten AIDS from other sources than lifestyle choices but the majority are not just accidental exposure to the virus. There was some sort of deviant behavior involved.

Deviant behavior is described as behavior that is not accepted as socially normal. Sadly , homosexual behavior is fast becoming acceptable normal behavior. To make a lifestyle choice that leads to a disease is not a wise choice. Smoking is a deviant behavior. Paying for sex is a deviant behavior. Having sex with multiple partners is deviant behavior. Taking illegal drugs is deviant behavior.

Is AIDS a punishment from God for homosexual behavior? NO! Just as getting lung cancer is not a punishment for smoking. However, with choices there are rewards and consequences. I suggest one should choose carefully.

How to be a Pin Up model in a few seconds.

Here is a fail-proof way to lose weight for your webpage.

My favorite Joke!!

This is one of my all time favorite jokes. Please enjoy as I get together some more exciting posts.

One day a group of scientists got together and decided that humans had come a long way and no longer needed God. So they picked one scientist to go and tell God so.

The scientist walked up to God and said, "God, we've decided that we no longer need you; We're to the point that we can clone people and do many miraculous things, so why don't You just go on and get lost."

God listened very patiently and kindly to the man. After the scientist was done talking, God said, "Very well, how about this? Let's say we have a man-making contest." To which the scientist replied, "Okay, great!"

"But," God added, "we're going to do this just like I did back in the old days with Adam."

The scientist said, "Sure, no problem" and bent down and grabbed himself a handful of dirt.

God looked at him and said, "No, no, no. You go get your own dirt."

Passover fun

Here is a little fun for you readers that happen to enjoy being Jewish and celebrate Passover.

Here is a Great little game to spend some time on.

I found this flash game a lot of fun. I got 920 meters. Can you top that?

Hit the bicyclist with the bat. First click starts the bike. Second swings the bat. Have fun. Post your score and update it as you get better.

http://www.tredz.co.uk/game/

UPDATE: NEW HIGH SCORE 1182.5
Update #2 May 11, 2007 1265.5

Dictation software included in MS OFFICE 2003

I am trying a new software that allows me to use my microphone to write with. It is modeled with Microsoft office 2003. I am behind the turn always with my software upgrades because of all the bug repair issues. Lately I have loaded the stand today and I’m testing it with this dog that I am writing. I think I will leave all the errors in this paragraph and RE a typed it manually so that you can see what I was trying to say I find that it’s a pretty good little program I went through the very first training session did not do advanced training which would have helped I think I am a slow typist but seemed to be a fairly fast talker. If I remember to say the word period after the sentence it will place a period in its place. I may find this to be a really cool thing to do or it may be boring and not use that much will say to see if it works of the dictation programs have come a long way in the last ten years that I was the looking at them. This program is pretty smart it learns as we use it and I will post this blood now to see what you think. I would be interested in reading comments that you have about your experiences with dictation software.

I am trying a new software that allows me to use my microphone to write with. It is bundled with Microsoft Office 2003. I am behind the turn with my software upgrades because of all the bug repair issues. I have loaded this program today and I am testing it with this blog I am writing. I think I will leave all the errors in this paragraph and retype it manually so that you can see what I was trying to say. I find that it is a pretty good program. I went through the very first training session but I did not do the advanced training. I think that would help make less mistakes. I think I am a slow typist but seem to be a fairly fast talker. If I remember to say the word “period” after a sentence, it will place one in the right place. I may find this to be a really cool thing to do or it may be boring and not used that much. Will have to see if it works. The dictation programs have come a long way in the last ten years since I started looking at them. This program is pretty smart since it learns as we use it and I will post this blog now to see what you think. I would be interested in reading comments that you have about your experiences with dictation software.

Are you my father?

Today has been a real downer of a day. I am not sure if it is the weather or just “the blues”. I have suffered with mild cases of depression for years and usually they occur in the fall. But this time it is hitting in late January. I wonder if it is related to the upcoming anniversary of my father’s death in 1978 on February 14^th. I was 18 and just starting what I thought would be a career in the US Air Force. I get a call that my father had died and so I jumped aboard a south bound flight from Washington State to the outlands of Texas named Lubbock.

When I arrived in Texas, I found out, contrary to the coroner’s report that my father had not just died from a heart attack but from a heart attack caused by the small gun shot wound to the back of his head. Yes, my friends, either my dad committed suicide or he was shot by my stepmother. Either way, he had enough clout to have the coroner not list the gun shot as the cause of death. He was 54 years old. He was an alcoholic and was suffering from the ravages of that lifestyle of drinking. I really cannot blame him, though.

He spent 6 months in a German POW camp during WWII and then became a top criminal defense attorney in Texas. Those two things would drive anyone to drink. I never really had a relationship with him because my mother and he divorced when I was 4 and I would see him on odd holidays and summers. I was much too young to remember much about him. Perhaps that is what is driving this funk.

I do remember sitting on the curb when I was about 6 or 7, waiting for his Lincoln Towncar to drive up the street. Being young, I did not understand the time that it took to drive from Lubbock to Waco, where my sister and I lived with our mom. All I remember is the wait and the disappointment when he did not show up as expected. When he did finally get there, he took us to the motel where he was staying and then to dinner and out to the “strip” in Lacy Lakeview, (Waco was a dry town), to get his liquid fortification. I had to stay in the car. It seemed that I was waiting a lot in those visits.

The last time I saw him alive was at the Hospital in Temple, where he was being treated for cancer among other issues. Nine months later he was dead. When I got back to my home in Washington, my friends seemed to notice that I had changed somehow. I didn’t see it but who does see how they react to things themselves? All I know is that I felt like I had lost a father for the second time and this time there would be no chance of getting to know him ever again.

My mother and I have not been on speaking terms for about five years now and while I know I should be working on resolving that issue, I cannot bring myself to see or talk to her. So I feel like an orphan or abandoned by my parents. My stepfather divorced my mother after 19 years of marriage and walked completely out of my life. I tried to communicate with him when my son was born but was rebuffed by his office staff. I know that he directed them to prevent us from talking because it happened on more than one occasion. I went to his office when I knew he was there and he refused to admit my family in.

I think I am an orphan and it sucks!

BACK UP!

Those two words have double meaning for me. One: back up means that I am back up on my computer and two: I will be doing a weekly back up of major project data. I am so mad at myself. Oh well, a friend told that she spent $800.00 for data recovery. Not sure I want to spend that much.

I am still trying to reload things but I know that some things are lost forever. I will not be able to get my bookmarks back and pictures that I had taken of my family. Oh well, the hazards of living in the digital age.

I think that I was hit by some electrical spike or something because I lost two harddrives, a video card and a motherboard. The drives are not even recognized in another machine. I had to go get a new motherboard and I was upset to find that it only has one IDE slot. So I had to remove my CD-rw and slave out my DVD-r off my hard drive. I will be replacing the motherboard again in the not too distant future.

OH NO!!!!!!!!

That was the first reaction that I expressed as I saw my hard drive crash and my mother board refuse to reboot. I was devastated as I realized that it had be over a year since i had done any back up!!! Oh Crap!! was the second reaction. More about this as I recover what I can!!

Cowboys are out played by The Seahawks

It is official! The Cowboys lost a close game tonite. Actually, Romo did ok until the end when he misplaced a ball for a field goal. One bright spot is that Tony signed a endorsement deal.

Julius Jones lost the ball that set up the win because he lost the ball in the Cowboys' own endzone, giving Seattle a safety 2 points. They only needed one of those to win the game.

Will Parcells be back? Will T.O. be back? Will Romo recover? Will Dallas have a winning season and a Superbowl run while still in Texas Stadium? These are the questions that we will ponder for the next few months as things take shape in Arlington for the NEW STADIUM, which will cost over a billion dollars to complete.

A billion Dollars!!! Do you have any idea how much a billion dollars is? Here is a simple graphic:



The mound of cash is 20 feet tall, 50 feet long, and 31¼ feet wide. The single stack of dollar bills is now climbing to 300,000 feet, or 56.8 miles.

It is about half as long as a conventional tennis court.

This is the dollar amount for the damage caused by a natural disaster, according to insurance claims filed by victims in four states that were affected by a category 3 hurricane, (Dennis) in July, 2005.

This amount of money is what an ideal elementary school class size (400 students) can expect to earn in their lifetimes, combined.

I would love to have a percentage of that amount. I am a little surprised that there is not an outcry about the money that sports teams have to throw around. But I guess if you are able to afford to charge $100 a ticket and get it, you can spend the money anyway you want to.

More reason for a flat consumption tax!

Wasting Time Part 2

Since I was talking about wasting time with commenting on other blogs in the earlier post, I thought I would share another major waste of my time. I have found this great website that offers decent software for FREE!!! This site also offers free games. I have included the link on the side panel. Check it out. I get nothing for you visiting but you can get free stuff without entering anything. The only catch is that you must download and activate the software before the time runs out at 12midnight your timezone (I think). If you do not activate before the time runs out on that day's download, you will not be able to activate for free. That is the only rule, you can download to as many computers as you want to but you must have internet access to activate before the timed deadline.

Anyway I have downloaded some fairly fun games and heck they are free and spyware and adware and virus free as well. Check them out and see if you don't add them as a link that you must visit every day. I do!

Wasting time

I just noticed that I have been wasting valuable time commenting on other people's blogs when I could be using those comments for fodder on my own blog. So I think I will start using the link system in my comments to bring people here to read my words of wisdom (big laugh here).

I just got through commenting about the tax structure on Substitute Teacher's blog. This one area that I feel strongly about and will elaborate more in a future posting.

Until then be sure to get your forms BEFORE April 15th as the Post Office will be sure to run out of the one form you need to get to beat the deadline.

Random thoughts

Here is a cool picture. For more information click Here.

Here are some Questions that I came across in my travels across the internet.


Whose idea was it to put an “S” in the word “lisp”?

What is the speed of darkness?

If the temperature is zero outside today and it’s going to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold will it be?

If it’s true that we are here to help others, what are the others doing here?

Do married people live longer than single ones or does it only seem longer?

Can you cry underwater?

How is it that we put a man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?

Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?

Did you ever stop and wonder……

Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, “I think I’ll squeeze these pink dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?”

Who was the first person to say, “See that chicken there… I’m gonna eat the next thing that comes outta it’s bum.”

Why do toasters always have a setting so high that could burn the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat?

Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?

Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don’t point to their bum when they ask where the bathroom is?

Why does your Obstetrician, Gynecologist leave the room when you get undressed if they are going to look up there anyway ?

Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They’re both dogs !

Can blind people see their dreams? Do they dream ??

If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests? (This one kills me !!!!)

If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables,
then what is baby oil made from ?

If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons ?

Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?

Stop singing and read on . . . . . .. . . . .

Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?

Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog’s face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?

Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster?