Monday, March 9, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Friday, March 6, 2009
I am NOT defending "Tot Mom," but...
Re: Tot mom: new images show morbid pictures of skeletons
Images:
1. Skull carved out of an apple: It was well done, and who is to say it wasn't done for a Halloween party?
2. Two skeletons kissing: Looks like a poster I've seen before, and it probably is. I think you used to be able to buy it at Spencer's.
3. "I Love Tattooed Boys" - who cares? I think this is a piece of flair on Facebook!
4. A tattoo design of a Frankenstein zombie "hottie" - so what? It's someone's tattoo design.
All of the above images are "evil" because why?
Images:
1. Skull carved out of an apple: It was well done, and who is to say it wasn't done for a Halloween party?
2. Two skeletons kissing: Looks like a poster I've seen before, and it probably is. I think you used to be able to buy it at Spencer's.
3. "I Love Tattooed Boys" - who cares? I think this is a piece of flair on Facebook!
4. A tattoo design of a Frankenstein zombie "hottie" - so what? It's someone's tattoo design.
All of the above images are "evil" because why?
WARNING!! Blackberries should NOT swim in water troughs!
(Crossposted, with permission of the original author, from the Chronicles of the Horse forum: TrueColours)
... sigh ...
Blackberries and water troughs do NOT mix well. Trust me on this one ...
NO matter how much they may beg and say the weather is nicer, just a little dip wont hurt anything, they are liars. Even a quick dip on a nice day is not good for cell phones. Not at all.
And then when you are bending over a water trough to fill it up, admiring the birds and the squirrels and that damned phone JUMPS out of its holder and goes "plop!" into the water trough on its own so you madly fish it out, get soaked in the process, and started whacking it against your sweatshirt and jeans to get the gurgling sound to go away from inside of it, wipe everything on your clothes to try and dry it off and race inside to get the hair dryer out
They may come out cleaner than when they went in, and when you reboot them, that nice little hour glass spins around happily and you think "okay! The Blackberry WAS right! A little swim never hurt anything ..." but then those damned buttons wont work anymore and you get out the hair dryer and you blow into every crevice it has and it still looks okay and very much cleaner, but it wont "go" any more ...
Then you try calling it and BINGO! It rings and you see who is calling but you cant push the buttons to answer the call so great - you can see who is calling you but you cant do a damned thing about it except to curse the damned swimming Blackberry ...
So - Ive got it plugged in now inside, and I thought maybe if it thinks about things for awhile and contemplates life in the huge cellphone junkheap in the sky, it might agree to work a little longer for me?
What are the chances? Anyone else have a Blackberry that went for a swim and actually worked afterwards?
... sigh ...
Blackberries and water troughs do NOT mix well. Trust me on this one ...
NO matter how much they may beg and say the weather is nicer, just a little dip wont hurt anything, they are liars. Even a quick dip on a nice day is not good for cell phones. Not at all.
And then when you are bending over a water trough to fill it up, admiring the birds and the squirrels and that damned phone JUMPS out of its holder and goes "plop!" into the water trough on its own so you madly fish it out, get soaked in the process, and started whacking it against your sweatshirt and jeans to get the gurgling sound to go away from inside of it, wipe everything on your clothes to try and dry it off and race inside to get the hair dryer out
They may come out cleaner than when they went in, and when you reboot them, that nice little hour glass spins around happily and you think "okay! The Blackberry WAS right! A little swim never hurt anything ..." but then those damned buttons wont work anymore and you get out the hair dryer and you blow into every crevice it has and it still looks okay and very much cleaner, but it wont "go" any more ...
Then you try calling it and BINGO! It rings and you see who is calling but you cant push the buttons to answer the call so great - you can see who is calling you but you cant do a damned thing about it except to curse the damned swimming Blackberry ...
So - Ive got it plugged in now inside, and I thought maybe if it thinks about things for awhile and contemplates life in the huge cellphone junkheap in the sky, it might agree to work a little longer for me?
What are the chances? Anyone else have a Blackberry that went for a swim and actually worked afterwards?
Hell's Kitchen Update
Well, finally, Colleen was kicked from Hell's Kitchen, but not by her fellow chefs and cooks, but by Chef Ramsay himself. I mean, I'll give the woman credit, she did, as Chef Ramsay said, have "tenacity," but tenacity alone does not make a great chef.
From the get go, Colleen had a rough ride. She is a culinary instructor with her own business. No matter what area of the kitchen Chef Ramsay put her in, she'd mess up: forgot shrimp on Caesar salads, served a raw pastry, added Marscapone cheese to Chef Ramsay's risotto recipe, etc.
And for those of you wondering about Lacey (the whiny crybaby on the show you just want to smack when she starts whining about everything?), her resumé said "corporate buffet cook." Andrew and I kidded around that that was a fancy way of saying "Ryan's Steakhouse" or "Golden Corral." In fact, she work(ed)(s) for Sodexho. From what I gathered from Sodexho's site, it's kind of like Aramark: cooking and preparing mass quantities of food for functions. If it is like Aramark, it's not necessarily high-quality/5-star food.
I haven't chosen who I think will win this season. There are a few dark horses, and there are a few people keeping their head down doing good work.
Guess we'll see.
From the get go, Colleen had a rough ride. She is a culinary instructor with her own business. No matter what area of the kitchen Chef Ramsay put her in, she'd mess up: forgot shrimp on Caesar salads, served a raw pastry, added Marscapone cheese to Chef Ramsay's risotto recipe, etc.
And for those of you wondering about Lacey (the whiny crybaby on the show you just want to smack when she starts whining about everything?), her resumé said "corporate buffet cook." Andrew and I kidded around that that was a fancy way of saying "Ryan's Steakhouse" or "Golden Corral." In fact, she work(ed)(s) for Sodexho. From what I gathered from Sodexho's site, it's kind of like Aramark: cooking and preparing mass quantities of food for functions. If it is like Aramark, it's not necessarily high-quality/5-star food.
I haven't chosen who I think will win this season. There are a few dark horses, and there are a few people keeping their head down doing good work.
Guess we'll see.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Welcome Volunteer Surprised by Husband's Homecoming
Welcome Volunteer Surprised by Military Husband's Homecoming
The 33 News (DFW, TX)
March 5, 2009
A regular volunteer with DFW International Airport's 'Welcome Home a Hero' program got a big surprise when she showed up this morning; her husband was among those returning from Iraq.
Media show up regularly to cover the return of deployed soldiers, so Garland ISD teacher Alicia Young thought nothing of the cameras this morning; being the first volunteer to arrive, she was not surprised when photographers began interviewing her about the program. Matthew Young worked with his wife's principal to plan the homecoming; family and friends secretly brought the couple's two sons and hid from Alicia until she greeted her husband.
Approximately 200 troops come through the airport each day to begin a two week R & R. Volunteers show up to ensure the soldiers receive a hero's welcome and know they are appreciated.
The 33 News (DFW, TX)
March 5, 2009
A regular volunteer with DFW International Airport's 'Welcome Home a Hero' program got a big surprise when she showed up this morning; her husband was among those returning from Iraq.
Media show up regularly to cover the return of deployed soldiers, so Garland ISD teacher Alicia Young thought nothing of the cameras this morning; being the first volunteer to arrive, she was not surprised when photographers began interviewing her about the program. Matthew Young worked with his wife's principal to plan the homecoming; family and friends secretly brought the couple's two sons and hid from Alicia until she greeted her husband.
Approximately 200 troops come through the airport each day to begin a two week R & R. Volunteers show up to ensure the soldiers receive a hero's welcome and know they are appreciated.
Monday, March 2, 2009
South Georgia Trip
Over the weekend, Andrew and I went to South Georgia to visit my parents. We left on Friday (in the rain), and we had a good visit. On Saturday morning, my mom, Andrew and I went garage sale shopping. We picked up a bike rack for the trunk of my car ($2), a waterproof beach bag for Jamaica ($1), but the steals of the day were a 3-pack collectible paperback excellent condition of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and the first five Harry Potter books (hardcover - first edition - U.S.) for...get this....$0.50/ea! Someone had stolen all of my Harry Potter books I had gotten (up to The Order of the Phoenix), and do you know how difficult it is to find even USED copies for under $15/ea? Let alone - $0.50/ea.
When we all walked back to the truck, Andrew and I laughed at the woman with the garage sale:
Me: "How much are these?" (Held up H.P. books)
Seller: "Let's see...1...2..3..4..5...at $0.50/ea....$2.50."
Andrew: "And these?" (Held up LOTR books)
Seller: "Well now THOSE are $1.00."
She made it sound like, "that packet of books is so great, it's $1.00 not $0.50."
Mom, of course, fixed huge meals. We played Wii when it started to storm, and on Sunday morning, we left at 8am due to the impending winter storm.
It started sleeting in Vienna, Georgia, but then it stopped. We mainly had rain the rest of the way until Kennesaw. By the time we reached Kennesaw, it was snowing. By the time we reached my apartment, it was raining.
All in all, a good weekend...though we got up at 6:45 am Saturday...and 7 am Sunday.
When we all walked back to the truck, Andrew and I laughed at the woman with the garage sale:
Me: "How much are these?" (Held up H.P. books)
Seller: "Let's see...1...2..3..4..5...at $0.50/ea....$2.50."
Andrew: "And these?" (Held up LOTR books)
Seller: "Well now THOSE are $1.00."
She made it sound like, "that packet of books is so great, it's $1.00 not $0.50."
Mom, of course, fixed huge meals. We played Wii when it started to storm, and on Sunday morning, we left at 8am due to the impending winter storm.
It started sleeting in Vienna, Georgia, but then it stopped. We mainly had rain the rest of the way until Kennesaw. By the time we reached Kennesaw, it was snowing. By the time we reached my apartment, it was raining.
All in all, a good weekend...though we got up at 6:45 am Saturday...and 7 am Sunday.
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