4.30.2006

The Antichrist Revealed

I figured out who the antichrist is. I originally was convinced it was George W. Bush and his bad political moves/policies/campaigns and anti-terrorism acts that made things oh so much worse. I'm still convinced he'll be the downfall of America. But I've changed my mind on the antichrist issue... The antichrist is actually this new-age magician guy David Blaine.

Have you seen the tricks this guy can do? He makes cards switch places, move from here to there, appear in people's pockets, he re-gurgitates peoples cards, makes ripped up cards whole again. Okay and I know that these are all common magic tricks... but he goes on to bite solid quarters in half and then repairing them, re-filling empty beer/pop cans. In one show he pulls out his own heart! Oh and did I mention the man can levitate? Like seriously six inches off the ground levitate, it's creepy as all get-go!! He's also locked himself in a block of ice for three days and lived, been buried alive, stood on a podium for days on end, oh and his next trick is that he is apparently going to drown himself! This man is not natural!!!

The other night South Park did an episode with David Blaine in it where there was a cult of his followers called Blaintologists. They all committed mass-suicide at the end of the episode... but I don't think that is too far from the truth... just wait until he starts getting a following... it'll all be downhill from there!

Ripping .swf Files

So I found a neato site that lets you rip .swf files out of websites... thus enabling me to download Geeks in Love & Neurotically Yours!! Pretty neat little tool, works good too!

http://www.browsertools.net/SWF-Opener/swf-player.html

4.29.2006

iLife

Is anyone else concerned by the speed at which Macintosh is trying to take over our lives? This becamse esepecially apparent as I surfed to their website the other day looking for iPod accessories and came across a promotion for iLife. iLife is a service provided by Mac that takes care of your e-mail addys, webpages, bookmarks, web storage and groups on the internet. Pretty well eliminating the need for other services beyond Mac. It promotes it as a family package to keep all the members of your family in one group and updated. (How sad is that when you need Mac products to keep connected with your family members?!?)

They've even gone so far as to make their slogaon on the website ".mac Your life on the Internet."...

I don't want Mac taking over my life, one way or the other, I mean I am a firm Windows user who dabbles into Linux every now and again and I don't really need Mac taking over my Life. I mean I know that Microsoft on many levels does the same, but not near as culty as Mac does. Mac promotes themselves like if you have Mac you're cool and a sense of belonging in the "group" it's so bad that people buy into that! Microsoft tells you you need updates but then lets you choose if you want them or not. I can't believe the way Mac is taking over and that no one eles is stopping this!

I mean I own an iPod Shuffle, but I got it for free and to use the darn thing they tried to convince me I needed iTunes, well I of course figured out a way to bypass that! No Mac friendly software for me!! In fact if Quicktime weren't absolutely necessary to view video clips on the internet by computer would happily be a Mac free zone!

http://www.apple.com/dotmac/
http://www.apple.com/dotmac/features.html

4.28.2006

Quote of the Day

"Good friends are like stars. You don't always see them but you always know they are there"

" Blessed are the cracked: For it is they who let in the light"

"Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart."

4.27.2006

Poem

Here's a nice poem I found on the net I wanted to share with y'all.

Drinkin' From My Saucer

I've never made a fortune, and it's probably too late now.
But I don't worry about that much, I'm happy anyhow.

And as I go along life's way,
I'm reaping better than I sowed.
I'm drinking from my saucer,
'Cause my cup has overflowed.

Haven't got a lot of riches,
And sometimes the going's tough.
But I've got loving ones all around me,
And that makes me rich enough.

I thank God for his blessings,
And the mercies He's bestowed.
I'm drinking from my saucer,
'Cause my cup has overflowed.

I remember times when things went wrong,
My faith wore somewhat thin.
But all at once the dark clouds broke,
And the sun peeped through again.

So Lord, help me not to gripe,
About the tough rows I have hoed.
I'm drinking from my saucer,
'Cause my cup has overflowed.

If God gives me strength and courage,
When the way grows steep and rough.
I'll not ask for other blessings,
I'm already blessed enough.

And may I never be too busy,
To help others bear their loads.
Then I'll keep drinking from my saucer,
'Cause my cup has overflowed.

(author unknown)

4.26.2006

Ribbed For Her Amber

So this thing generates slogans, just type in your name and it'll give you a slogan!!! :P Just as stellar as mine! LOL

http://www.thesurrealist.co.uk/slogan.cgi

I just had the clicke the "sloganize" button again... this is what I got the 2nd time:

When You've Got Amber, Flaunt It.


eheheheh

New Quarter


So Canada made another new quarter, this one has a pink breast cancer ribbon on it. It's pretty neat. Did you know that the poppy quarter that came out last year was the first coloured coin minted in the world? Neat huh!

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2006/03/31/1514655-cp.html

"Pink-ribbon quarter unveiled by mint
By LORRAYNE ANTHONY

The breast cancer 25-cent piece is the second coloured coin for circulation to be produced by the Royal Canadian Mint is shown in this undated handout photo.

Next time a cashier hands you change, you may notice two-bits worth of colour in your palm. The newest quarter, a collaboration between the Royal Canadian Mint and the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, is adorned with the image of a pink ribbon in the centre. The coin, which goes into circulation Saturday, is part of an effort to remind people of a disease that touches many lives.

Last year more than 21,000 women were diagnosed with breast cancer, and more than 5,000 women died of the disease.

"This coin will serve to remind all Canadians that by working together, we can contribute to creating a future without breast cancer," Lawrence Cannon, federal minister of transport and communities, said in a statement.

The mint will produce up to 30 million breast cancer coins. People can exchange a regular quarter for a pink-ribbon coin at Shoppers Drug Mart or Pharma Prix stores.

While the mint has created coins to commemorate anniversaries - such as the Terry Fox $1 coin in 2005 to mark the 25th anniversary of his Marathon of Hope - working with a cause is new.
"It's the first time we've actually tried to create an awareness for a cause," said Pam Aung Thin, vice-president of communication for the mint.


The pink-ribbon coin, designed by the mint's director of engraving Cosme Saffioti, is the second coloured coin to be produced for circulation. The first, a 25-cent red poppy coin issued in 2004, garnered attention as the world's first painted circulation coin.

Technical problems affected some of the poppy coins, including poor separation of black and red colours, and colour applied to the wrong side of coins.

The mint says the colouring process has been improved from two years ago. A heat curing step has been added, which means the colour should be able to withstand day to day use. However, harsh chemicals, friction and sharp objects could removed the colour.

In addition to the 25-cent piece, the mint is offering coin-embedded bookmarks at the participating pharmacies for $13.95 each. One dollar from each bookmark will go to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.

The mint also invited 12 Canadian designers to create one-of-a-kind fashions, jewelry and accessories to be auctioned off on the website www.mint.ca , with all the money going to the foundation."




4.25.2006

Quote of the Day

"May you always have Love to Share, Health to Spare and Friends that Care." - Annon

4.24.2006

Song of the Week

"Would you Lay With Me (In a field of stone)" -Tanya Tucker



Would you lay with me, in a field of stone?
If my needs were strong, would you lay with me?

Should my lips grow dry, would you wet them, dear.
In the midnight hour, if my lips were dry.

Would you go away to another land?
Walk a thousand miles through the burnin' sand?
Wipe the blood away from my dyin' hand,
If I give myself to you?

Will you bathe me, in the stream of life?
When the moon is full, will you bathe me?

Will you still love me, when I'm down and out?
In my time of trial, will you stand by me?

Would you go away to another land?
Walk a thousand miles through the burnin' sand?
Wipe the blood away from my dyin' hand,
If I give myself to you?

Would you lay with me, In a field of stone?
Should my lips grow dry, should you wet them, dear?

Will you bathe me, in the stream of life?
Would you still love me, when I'm down and out?

Would you lay with me, in a field of stone?
Should my lips grow dry, would you wet them, dear?

4.23.2006

Pet the Cat

YOU HAVE GOT TO PET THIS CAT!!!!

If you tease her with the mouse pointer on her chest or stomach she will purr, I got her to meow also, by rubbing her forehead with the pointer. If you make a slow circle around her body, (counter-clockwise) not only will her head/eyes follow your pointer, but toward the top, her paw will go up, and when in front of her paws at the bottom, her foot comes out like she wants to play! LOL

http://www.broenink-art.nl/maukie2.swf

4.22.2006

Quote of the Day

" We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they all exist very nicely in the same box."

4.21.2006

Darn You Nokia!!!

Yesterday I embarked on what has since become a quest to "fix" my new phone. I recently got a Nokia 6620 from Rogers, it's a very sweet phone with cool capabilities, mp3 playable, camera/video phone, internal memory, symbian os, etc. etc. But it has one wee problem. Every time I get a new voicemail my phone sends me a text telling me I have new voicemail. Thus whenever I get voicemail at work when I check my phone on break I have 3 alerts on my phone, 1 that I missed a call, 1 that I have voicemail and 1 that I have a new text message which then tells me I have voicemail and gives me the option of calling my voicemail to get it! I mean talk about overkill!!!

I figured there would be an easy solution to this so I called Rogers yesterday. Rogers told me it was a problem on the phone itself and transferred me to Nokia, the call did not go through. It said "the number you have dialed is not available". So I went online and found the number for Nokia, called again and it said the same thing, so I looked up the number for business solutions, called them and they're closed for the night. Oh well, I go to bed.

Today I wake up and call Nokia while I'm making my lunch, pretty sure I got India, and they told me it was a network thing to send texts... Well that makes sense, so I called Rogers back. The girl at Rogers said it was a Nokia thing and there was no fix, but network solution may be able to help if I called back after they opened at 9am.

So I called back during my first break around noon, got a man who after explaining my problem (yet again) told me he would talk to network solutions and get back to me, put me on hold and came back a few minutes later and told me he'd talked to them and they would tell me there was nothing I could do. He then up-sold some damn thing I don't need... I don't even know what it was and wasted like my entire break!

Called back to Rogers this evening somehow got Customer Care who transferred me to Technical Support who said they were internet phone tech support and transferred me to e-mail tech support who told me there was nothing that could be done because they could block all text messages and I said that didn't help me any 'cuz I like texts. I then asked if they could just block that number that sends me the voicemail texts and he said no, quite rudely and said there was nothing I could do...

So I called Nokia back, they're closed for the day... I now have the Adobe version of my user manual opened and I am scouring for information, if I can't find anything I call back to Nokia tomorrow morning and thus the quest continues!

4.20.2006

Something Interesting...

Here's a fwd I received and I have no idea if this is true, but it's interesting none the less:

"In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick. She had stomach spasms and she was having a hard time getting around. Walking was amajor chore. It took everything she had just to get out of bed; she was in so much pain. By March 2002, she had undergone several tissue and muscle biopsies and was on 24 various prescription medications. The doctors could not determine what was wrong with her. She was in so much pain, and so sick...she just knew she was dying.

She put her house, bank accounts, life insurance, etc., in her oldest daughters name, and made sure that her younger children were to be taken care of. She also wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip to FL (basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd.

On March 19th I called her to ask how her most recent tests went, andshe said they didn't find anything on the test, but they believe she had MS.

I recalled an article a friend of mine E-mailed to me and I asked my sister if she drank diet soda? She told me that she did. As a matter of fact, she was getting ready to crack one open that moment... I told her not to open it, and to stop drinking the diet soda !!! I E-mailed her the article my friend, a lawyer, had sent.

My sister called me within 32 hours after our phone conversation and told me she had stopped drinking the diet soda AND she could walk!!!! The muscle spasms went away. She said she didn't feel 100% but she sure felt a lot better. She told me she was going to her doctor with this article and would call me when she got home.

Well, she called me, and said her doctor was amazed! He is going to call all of his MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial sweeteners of any kind... In a nutshell, she was being poisoned by the Aspartame in the diet soda... and literally dying a slow and miserable death.

When she got to FL March 22nd, all she had to take was one pill, and that was a pill for the Aspartame poisoning! She is well on her way to a complete recovery . and she is walking!!! No wheelchair!!!

This article saved her life If it says "SUGAR FREE" on the label, DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!!!

I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE on "ASPARTAME," marketed as 'NutraSweet,' 'Equal,' and 'Spoonful.' In the keynote address by the EPA, it was announced that in the United States in 2001 there is an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus. It was difficult to determine exactly what toxin was causing
this to be rampant.

I stood up and said that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject. will explain why Aspartame is so dangerous: When the temperature of this sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in ASPARTAME converts to formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in turn causes metabolic acidosis. Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire ants. The methanol toxicity mimics, among other conditions, multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus.

Many people were being diagnosed in error. Although multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence.. methanol toxicity is!

Systemic lupus has become almost as rampant as multiple sclerosis, especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers. The victim usually does not know that the Aspartame is the culprit. He or she continues its use; irritating the lupus to such a degree that it may become a life-
threatening condition. We have seen patients with systemic lupus become asymptotic, once taken off diet sodas.

In cases of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, (when in reality, the disease is methanol toxicity), most of the symptoms disappear. We've seen many cases where vision loss returned and hearing loss improved markedly. This also applies to cases of tinnitus and fibromyalgia.

During a lecture, I said, "If you are using ASPARTAME (NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc.) and you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms, spasms, shooting, pains, numbness in your legs, cramps, vertigo, dizziness, headaches, tinnitus, joint pain, unexplainable depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision, or memory loss...you probably have ASPARTAME poisoning!"

People were jumping up during the lecture saying, "I have some of these symptoms." Is it reversible?" Yes! Yes! Yes! STOP drinking diet sodas and be alert for Aspartame on food labels!

Many products are fortified with it!!! This is a serious problem. Dr. Espart (one of my speakers) remarked that so many people seem to be symptomatic for MS and during his recent visit to a hospice; a nurse stated that six of her friends, who were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond coincidence!

Diet soda is NOT a diet product! It is a chemically altered, multiple SODIUM (salt) and ASPARTAME containing product that actually makes you crave carbohydrates. It is far more likely to make you GAIN weight!

These products also contain formaldehyde, which stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips and thighs. Formaldehyde is an absolute toxin and is used primarily to preserve "tissue specimens."

Many products we use every day contain this chemical but we SHOULD NOT store it IN our body!!!

Dr. H. J. Roberts stated in his lectures that once free of the "diet products" and with no significant increase in exercise; his patients lost an average of 19 pounds over a trial period.

Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics. We found that some physicians, who believed that they had a patient with retinopathy, in fact, had symptoms caused by Aspartame. The Aspartame drives the blood sugar out of control. Thus diabetics may suffer acute memory loss due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are NEUROTOXIC when taken without
the other amino acids necessary for a good balance. Treating diabetes is all about BALANCE. Especially with diabetics, the Aspartame passes the blood/brain barrier and it then deteriorates the neurons of the brain; causing various levels of brain damage, seizures, depression, manic depression, panic attacks, uncontrollable anger and rage.

Consumption of Aspartame causes these same symptoms in non- diabetics, as well. Documentation and observation also reveal that thousands of children diagnosed with ADD and AHD have had complete turnarounds in their behavior when these chemicals have been removed from their diet. So called "behavior modification prescription drugs" (Ritalin
and others) are no longer needed. Truth be told, they were never NEEDED in the first place!

Most of these children were being "poisoned" on a daily basis with the very foods that were "better for them than sugar."

It is also suspected that the Aspartame in thousands of pallets of diet Coke and diet Pepsi consumed by men and women fighting in the Gulf War, may be partially to blame for the well-known Gulf War Syndrome.

Dr. Roberts warns that it can cause birth defects, i.e., mental retardation, if taken at the time of conception and during early pregnancy. Children are especially at risk for neurological disorders and should NEVER be given artificial sweeteners. There are many different case histories to
relate of children suffering grand mal seizures and other neurological disturbances due to the use of NutraSweet.

Unfortunately, it is not always easy to convince people that Aspartame is to blame for their child's illness. Stevia, which is a sweet herb, NOT A MANUFACTURED ADDITIVE, helps in the metabolism of sugar, which would be ideal for diabetics. It has now been approved as a dietary supplement by the FDA. It is known that for many years the FDA outlawed this true sweet
food," due to their loyalty to MONSANTO Chemical Company."Books on this subject are available:

EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE THAT KILLS written by Dr. Russell Blayblock (Health Press 1-800-643-2665) AND: DEFENSE AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE-written by DR H. J. Roberts, also a diabetic specialist.

These two doctors will soon be posting a position paper with case histories on the deadly effects of Aspartame on the Internet. According to the Conference of the American College of Physicians, "We are talking about a plague of neurological diseases directly caused by the use of this deadly posion.

Herein lies the problem: There were Congressional Hearings when Aspartame was included 100 different products and strong objection was made concerning it's use. Since this initial hearing, there have been two subsequent hearings and still, nothing has been done. The drug and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets. Sadly, MONSANTO'S patent on Aspartame has EXPIRED!!

There are now over 5,000 products on the market that contain this deadly chemical and there will be thousands more introduced. Everybody wants a "piece of the Aspartame pie." I assure you that MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame, knows how deadly it is. And isn't it ironic that MONSANTO funds, among others, the American Diabetes Association, the American Dietetic Association and the Conference of the American College of Physicians? This has been recently exposed in the New York Times. These cannot criticize any additives or convey their link to MONSANTO because they take money from the food industry and are required to endorse their products.

Senator Howard Metzenbaum wrote and presented a bill that would require label warnings on products containing Aspartame, especially regarding pregnant women, children and infants. The bill would also institute independent studies on the known dangers and the problems
existing in the general population regarding seizures, changes in brain chemistry, neurological changes and behavioral symptoms. The bill was killed.

It is known that the powerful drug and chemical lobbies are responsible for this, letting loose the hounds of disease and death on an unsuspecting and uninformed public.

Well, you're informed now!!!! YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW!!!! Please print this out and/or e-mail to your family and friends. They have a right to know too."

4.19.2006

4.18.2006

Every Woman Should Have...

Here's a fwd I got from my Auntie awhile ago, I really like it though and would like to share it with y'all.

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE...
A set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and A black lace bra.
One friend who always makes her laugh and one who lets her cry
A good piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone else in her family
Eight matching plates, wine glasses with stems, and a recipe for a meal that will make her guests feel honored
A feeling of control over Her destiny

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
How to fall in love without losing herself
How to quite a job
Break up with a lover
Confront a friend without ruining the friendship
When to try harder and when to walk away
That she can't change The length of her calves, the width of her hips, or the nature of her parents
That her childhood may not have been perfect but; Its over...
What she would and wouldn't do for love or more...
How to live alone even if she doesn't like it
Whom she can trust, and whom she can't, And why she shouldn't take it personally
Where to go, be it to her best friend's kitchen table or a charming inn in the woods. when her soul needs soothing
What she can and can't accomplish In a day, a month and a year

4.17.2006

Blogwise

So I found a site that is a directory of blog sites. I wanted to add my little blog of the net to it... so I clicked on the add now button, filled out the form and hit submit.... only to receive this message:

"There are currently 32125 blog(s) in the queue. Your blog is expected to be added within 111 day(s)."

Isn't that stellar? :P

http://www.blogwise.com/

4.16.2006

Easter

THE STORY OF EASTER
By Linda Edwards

What an awfully sad day it had been for the friends of Jesus! They had stood watching sorrowfully, as Jesus hung on the cross dying. They didn't fully understand why it had to happen.

They believed that Jesus was the Son of God, and they remembered how He had healed the sick and made blind people see. They remembered how He had fed thousands of people with just a few loaves of bread and fish. They even remembered how He had caused dead people to come back to life. He was such a good, kind man; why did He have to die?

Just before the sun was beginning to sink into the west, Joseph, one of Jesus' friends, noticed that Jesus was no longer breathing. He hurriedly went to ask Pilate if he could have the body of Jesus so he could bury Him. When Pilate agreed, Joseph and Nicodemus (another friend) carefully wrapped Jesus' body in clean cloths. Then they took Him to a tomb to bury Him.

The next day, the Pharisees started thinking about Jesus. They were the people that had wanted to kill Jesus. They remembered how He had taught them, saying that He would rise again after three days. They were worried that it might be true! They also thought that Jesus' disciples would remember and might try to steal the body from the tomb just so they could say that

Jesus rose again. They went to Pilate, suggesting that the tomb be closed up with a huge stone and that guards be placed all around the tomb.

Just before daylight the next day, the most amazing thing happened! There was a GREAT EARTHQUAKE! An ANGEL from the Lord came down from heaven, moved the gigantic stone away from the door of the tomb and sat on it. The guards began to shake with fear! They fell down to the ground as if they were dead!

Mary and some other women had decided to get up very early in the morning and go to visit the tomb where Jesus was placed. While walking down the road, they were discussing how they were going to get inside the tomb. They had brought along some spices and perfume that they wanted to place on Jesus' body. They knew the huge stone had been placed in the doorway and they had no idea how they were going to move it.

What a SURPRISE they found when they reached the tomb! The stone had already been moved! And . . . there was an ANGEL sitting on the stone! The women were quite afraid, but the angel spoke gently to them:

"Don't be afraid. I know that you have come to see Jesus. He is not here; for he is risen just as he said. Come inside and see the place where he lay."

The women went inside the tomb and found it empty, just as the angel had told them. The angel spoke to the women one more time:

"Go quickly and tell the other disciples that Jesus has risen from the dead; and he is going into Galilee where you will see him."

The women did just as the angel had told them. They ran quickly from the tomb, with fear and great joy, to tell the good news to the other disciples. But... when the women found Peter and their other friends and tried to tell them the good news... no one believed them!

When the women persisted, Peter decided that he needed to find out for himself. He ran all the way to the tomb. He went inside. He saw the cloths that had been wrapped around Jesus, but the body was not there.
He wondered if it could possibly be true. Did Jesus really raise from the dead? Was Jesus really alive?

Two of Jesus' other friends were going on a journey to a village called Emmaus. As they walked and talked, they discussed all the things that had happened over the past few days. A man came along and joined the group. He walked along with them and wanted to join their discussion. Cleopas began telling the man about how Jesus was crucified on the cross. They talked about how the women found the empty tomb.

As they continued their journey, they invited the man to come in with them and have dinner. When they sat down to eat their meal, the man picked up a loaf of bread and broke it in pieces. Then he prayed for the meal and gave the bread to the men. At that very moment they realized that the man was JESUS! They had been talking to Jesus the whole time and didn't even know it!

Then . . . ANOTHER strange thing happened. As soon as they realized who it really was that sat at the table with them… Jesus disappeared! They talked about the wonderful time they had talking with Jesus down the road, and they just couldn't help talking about his strange disappearance. They got up from their meal and returned to Jerusalem where they told all the other disciples the good news that Jesus REALLY DID raise from the dead and had talked with them.

As they were talking, Jesus again appeared to them. They were afraid and thought they were seeing a ghost, but Jesus told them not to be afraid. He showed them His hands and feet where He had been nailed to the cross, so they would believe that it was really Him.

When they saw the nail holes in His hands and feet, they finally believed that Jesus had risen from the dead, just like He said He would. They were soooo happy and joyful to have their friend with them again. They were soooo excited that they had to tell EVERYBODY the good news that JESUS IS ALIVE!

http://misslink.org/children/biblestories/easter.html

4.15.2006

South Park

Lyrics to Wendy's Fingerbang Song:

WellMrs. Landers was a health nut
She cooked food in a wok
Mr. Harris was her boyfriend
And had a great big
Cockadoodle doodle
The rooster just won't quit
And I don't want my breakfast
Because it tastes like
Shitzus make good house pets
They're cuddly and sweet
Monkeys aren't good to have
'cause they like to beat their
Meeting in the office
A meeting in the hall
The boss he wants to see you
So you can suck his
Balzac was a writer
He lived with Alan Funt
Mrs. Roberts didn't like him
But that's 'cause she's a
Contaminated water
Can really make you sick
Your bladder gets infected
And blood comes out your
Dictate what I'm saying
Because it will bring you luck
And if you all don't like it
I don't give a flying f_ck!

4.14.2006

God or the Girl...

There's a new series on TLC called "God or the Girl" it's about people who are wanting to go into the Catholic priesthood so they have to choose "God or the girl". (As Catholic priests are s'posed to be celebit.) This show idea kind of frustrates me.... actually in general reality TV has been frustrating me lately.

I totally see the point of shows like "Survivor", the first season anyways, "Fear Factor" or "Amazing Race". Even the shows like "Trading Spouses", "Beauty & the Geek", or "Big Brother" are interesting. It's interesting to see social experiments in which people who don't normally jive are put together and forced to do jus that.

Shows like "Nanny 911", "Honey We're Killing the Kids", "Clean Sweep" or "Trading Spaces" also serve a purpose in that they teach people how to do better than what they are doing. How to raise their kids better, or keep better care over their homes.

The problem I'm having with reality TV these days is shows like "God or the Girl" or "Little People, Big World" in which they take common-day occurances like people become priests or little people (midgets) living in real society. There's nothing spectacular about these phenomenon, they've been happening for hundreds of years without needing to be glamourized or televised (I know only this has been an option for less than 100 years) it's just so frustrating... every hour you spend watching someone else's life is an hour you can't spend living your own!

I won't lie to you, I have spend hours watching all of the above mentioned shows... but it is because of this I can come to these conclusions. Reality TV should focus on the extremes and ovscures of reality, not the everday ho-hums!

4.13.2006

Hell

I've decided that hell is not in fact a place of fire & brimstone as many perceive it to be... Hell would in fact be a windy sandstorm where the wind blows from all directions so there is no cover from it and the grit continuously blows in your face, mouth, eyes, nose, ears. Also you would have long hair that you could never cut so it would tangle around your face and drive you crazy!!!

This I determined after yet another windy day in Lethbridge accompanied by all the dirt from snow removal all winter blowing in my face when I had no hat on and no bandana in my hair! LOL

4.12.2006

Hamsters Part 11

I named the hamsters today, well officially named all the babies.

In the end there were 5 babies that lived, 2 girls and 3 boys. The girls are named Spunk & Runt. Runt is obviously the smallest baby and Spunk is the fastest one who was named by Terry who's gonna take her when she's six weeks old.

The boys are named Hedgehog, Chipmunk & Sugar Glider (Sugar for short) Sugar is the ablino one who looks like Kus, and Hedgehog & Chipmunk look almost the same like C.C. & G.P.

4.11.2006

Bizzare Stuff

Here's an interesting linky:
http://www.bizarrebids.com/

It's this site where they post all the bizzare stuff that people sell on E-Bay, it's stellar! LOL

4.10.2006

Hamsters Part 10

Today I purchased a new cage for the babies, as it is they are over three weeks old which means they have to be separated from mummy & daddy. Well more specificially from the parent of the sex they are not. (Hamsters can apparently mate at four weeks.) So I went out and bought a new cage, a Habitrail Safari cage & a maze. It's very exciting. So now the boys are in the Safari cage, the girls are in the Playground cage, Mouse is in the Gigi cage & Kus is still in her space cage.

We made one mis-calculation by putting Kus by herself so young, she can now never live with anyone else! Go figure :P Thins I should've read up on more I s'pose.

Song of the Week

"Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)" - Harry Dacre, 1892

There is a flower
Within my heart,
Daisy, Daisy!
Planted one day
By a glancing dart,
Planted by Daisy Bell!
Whether she loves me
Or loves me not,
Sometimes it's hard to tell;
Yet I am longing to share the lot -
Of beautiful Daisy Bell!

Daisy, Daisy,
Give me your answer do!
I'm half crazy,
All for the love of you!
It won't be a stylish marriage,
I can't afford a carriage
But you'll look sweet upon the seat
Of a bicycle made for two.

We will go 'tandem'
As man and wife,
Daisy, Daisy!
'Peddling' away
Down the road of life,
I and my Daisy Bell!
When the road's dark
We can both despise
P'licemen and 'lamps' as well;
There are 'bright lights’
In the dazzling eyes
Of beautiful Daisy Bell!

Daisy, Daisy,
Give me your answer do!
I'm half crazy,
All for the love of you!
It won't be a stylish marriage,
I can't afford a carriage
But you'll look sweet upon the seat
Of a bicycle made for two.

I will stand by you
In 'wheel' or woe,
Daisy, Daisy!
You'll be the bell(e)
Which I'll ring you know!
Sweet little Daisy Bell!
You'll take the 'lead'
In each 'trip' we take,
Then if I don't do well,
I will permit you to
Use the brake,
My beautiful Daisy Bell!


http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/daisy.htm

Daisy, Daisy, give me you answer true.
I'm half-crazy all for the love of you.
It won't be a stylish marriage,
I can't afford a carriage;
But you'll look sweet
Upon the seat
Of a bicycle built for two.
2. Henry, Henry, here is your answer true;
I'm not crazy over the likes of you.
If you can't afford a carriage,
Forget about the marriage;
'Cause I won't be jammed,
I won't be crammed
On a bicycle built for two.



http://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/usa/daisydai.htm

"The composer known as Harry D'Acre was actually a collaboration of two people: one was an English songwriter who also used the name Frank Dean (as per ASCAP) and who may have been born Henry Decker. His writing partner was a Mr. Coy whose first name is under investigation.

This fact is verified in a 1900 journal from South Africa published as "The Johannesburg Pioneer Journals" in which a person wrote that their Uncle Frank J. London had written songs "in partnership with Harry Dacre (Frank Dean & Coy) ...of bicycle-built-for-two" fame.

The origin of the song is that Mr. D'Acre/Dean/Decker visited the United States from England, and was trying to ship a bicycle he bought here back to England, or so the story goes.

According to "The Book of World-Famous Music" compiled by James J. Fuld, he had to pay customs duty on the bicycle, and so a friend joked "it was fortunate that the bicycle was not built for two, as the duty would have been doubled."

This apparently triggered the idea for the love song set in the context of a man pursuing his sweetheart on a two-seater bicycle, and the song and its sheet music was an instant hit on two continents.]

Composer: Harry D'Acre (ASCAP/PRS) [aka: Frank Dean; professional name of Henry Decker in collaboration with a Mr. Coy]

Original Publishers: T. B. Harms & Co., Inc. of New York, NY; Francis, Day & Hunter of London, England 2006 Publisher: [in the Public Domain] Copyright Date: August 19, 1892.”

http://www.classicthemes.com/50sTVThemes/themePages/beatTheClock.html

4.09.2006

Bypass and Disable Genuine Windows Validation Check

And it actually works!!

"As detailed in Bypass Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Check in Windows Update, Microsoft has made it harder for illegitimate, or for whatever reason, your copy of Microsoft Windows couldn’t be validated, users to retrieve updates via Microsoft Updates or Windows Update, and download programs from Microsoft Download Center.If you just want to download and apply critical updates to your system, you will be still able to do that without any hack and crack. Just set your Windows’ Automatic Updates (found in Control Panel) setting to Automatic, and let Windows does the updating job in the background. The downside is, it won’t get for you the optional updates.

If you want to download optional components from Windows Update, or simply want to download Windows Defender, Windows Media Player 10, Photo Story 3, DirectX 9 and other application softwares from Microsoft Download Center that require WGA validation tool, you will need to apply a easy and safe hack to bypass the checking.

1. Open Windows Explorer by clicking Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Windows Explorer.

2. Browse to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Windows Genuine Advantage\data folder.

3. Delete (or backup or move to another folder, if you want) data.dat file.

4. Create a new empty data.dat: You can create a new text file by (make sure you are at the right folder at above) clicking File -> New -> Text Document or right clicking on Windows Explorer window then click New -> Text Document. Then, either rename the file to data.dat. The original .txt extention of the text file need to be changed too. You can disable the hiding of extension of known file types, or follow the following steps to create a new file out of the text file: - Open the text document you just created.
- Click on File -> Save As.
- Change the Save as type to “All Files”.
- In the File name, type data.dat
- Click Save.
- Go back to the Windows Explorer, at folder C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Windows Genuine Advantage\data, check that data.dat exists.
Delete the text file you created previously.

5. Set the attributes of data.dat to Hidden and Read-Only. Attributes can be set by right click on the data.dat file, and then click on Properties.

6. Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation check has been disabled.

Note: The data.dat that are replacing the original data.dat can be blank text file or empty, or you may type whatever you want there.

With this hack (or crack if you want), Windows WGA piracy check will be bypassed and you can now download software from Download Center or apply updates from Microsoft/Windows Updates. "

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/03/07/bypass-and-disable-genuine-windows-validation-check/

4.08.2006

Schedule Adherence

A wee bit of a rant regarding schedule adherence:

Every day at work there is a program we can open that has our schedule for the day in it. I barely ever open mine and the guys I sit with are constantly bothering me about not following schedule adherence. They go on about how important it is for the entire center to function we all have to follow our schedules so the the call volume vs. Quality, etc, etc. Service level, blah, agents on the floor, agents on the phone, etc, etc. Adds up. Well I think it's a load of crap!

They are always complaining that the service level of the center is too high, so if they let us take our breaks whenever we wanted perhaps it would actually balance out! I don't need a break 1 1/2 hours into my shift, ever! I need one like three hours in so that's when I take one! I certainly don't need lunch three hours into my shift so I take it four or five hours in! They don't pay me for lunch so how can they say that I can only be gone for 30 minutes? It doesn't seem right! I always make sure my time card balances at 8 hours at the end of the day and beyond that why should they care? They pay me for 8 hours work and I work 8 hours!

I never agreed to following their schedule! I only agreed to getting there and leaving when I said I would which is 8:30-5:00. I never agreed that I would follow their schedule for my breaks & lunches only that I would take 2 15-minute breaks and 1 half hour lunch!

4.07.2006

Rooms in Exchange for Sex

So apparently there's this website that offers people the chance to post listings for... well... anything. Some of that anything is for apartments in exchange for sexual favours... terribly bizzaro! Apparently it's not against the law because posting the ads is not illegal only if someone were to go into such an agreement does it cross the line into illegal.

The host of the website trys to keep such things off the site, but as it's a free forum it's hard to blacklist all such listings. He relys on subscribers to the page to inform him of inappropriate listings and some slip through the cracks....

So here's the site:
http://www.craigslist.org

4.06.2006

Tim Hortons Conspiracy

It's roll-up-the-rim time at Tim Hortons and I'm quite convinced that there is a prejudice against Western provinces in this contest. When I was home in Ontario my family had 18 roll-up cups and won 4 times which works out to the 1 in 6 is a winner that they promote. Since I've come back to Alberta I've had over a dozen cups and not yet won once!!

When I discussed this with a friend they said that perhaps it was due to the larger population in Ontario that they have to give out more winning cups for the average winner to balance... but as a person living in a Western province I feel thoroughly jipped!

4.05.2006

4.04.2006

The Giver


"The Giver" One of my favourite books of all time... over the years, read more times than any other book... Ironically I don't own a copy of the book... but many a library have leant it to me. It's just amazing.... It's the story of a young boy who lives in a "perfect" society, only he is less than perfect, he thinks and feels and knows things people in a "perfect" world have no business knowing and he is alienated for the knowing. Just amazing, y'all should read it!! It's by Lois Lowry... I've read a few other of her books... all of them are quite awesome... if you're into juvenile literature... which I apparently am. LOL




More on Lois Lowry:
http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-lowry-lois.asp
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/lowry.html

4.03.2006

Song of the Week

"Stairway to Heaven" - Led Zepplin

There’s a lady who’s sure
All that glitters is gold
And she’s buying a stairway to heaven.
When she gets there she knows
If the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for.
Ooh, ooh, and she’s buying a stairway to heaven.

There’s a sign on the wall
But she wants to be sure
’cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.
In a tree by the brook
There’s a songbird who sings,
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it makes me wonder.

There’s a feeling I get
When I look to the west,
And my spirit is crying for leaving.
In my thoughts I have seen
Rings of smoke through the trees,
And the voices of those who standing looking.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it really makes me wonder.

And it’s whispered that soon
If we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason.
And a new day will dawn
For those who stand long
And the forests will echo with laughter.

If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow
Don’t be alarmed now,
It’s just a spring clean for the may queen.
Yes, there are two paths you can go by
But in the long run
There’s still time to change the road you’re on.
And it makes me wonder.

Your head is humming and it won’t go
In case you don’t know,
The piper’s calling you to join him,
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow,
And did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.

And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul.
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How ev’rything still turns to gold.
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last.
When all are one and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll.

And she’s buying a stairway to heaven.

4.01.2006

Summer Blue Day

Today was the first summer-sky blue day of the year, it was very exciting! Summer-sky blue is rich and vibrant although very washed out. It is different from fall-sky days that are very, very vibrant blue and winter-blue days that are painfully bright with a white quality. Spring-blue days are slightly hazy and very vibrant but spring/summer days are almost as pretty as fall-blue days and today was one of them!

April

In April I will go away, to far-off Spain or old Bombay,
And dream about hot soup all day.
Oh my once, oh my twice, oh my chicken soup with rice.