October 30, 2005
We're awesome, right?
This was in an article titled ‘Know thyself – easier said than done’ in MedicalNewsToday.com:
On the job, at school, or even in managing our own health, it is as though we all live in Garrison Keillor’s fictional Lake Wobegon, “where all the children are above average.” People’s opinions of themselves, their abilities, and their health outlooks are generally skewed quite strongly in a positive direction.
I don’t know about that. I KNOW i’m pretty freakin fabulous, as are all my friends. They must be talking about other people.
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October 29, 2005
Cool photo from space
“A full moon skirts the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere, or limb, in this photo by astronaut Leroy Chiao [from the ISS].” – courtesy of National Geographic News
Space stuff rules.
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October 27, 2005
Ha! I knew it!
I always suspected that echinacea didn’t do diddly squat, now I’m proven right!!!
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=32572&nfid=rssfeeds
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October 19, 2005
Saddam vs. the Judge
These excerpts are taken from BBC News. Pretty amusing stuff, sounds like this trial will go along at a nice, efficient clip.
Saddam:Those who fought in God’s cause will be victorious… I am at the mercy of God, the most powerful.
Judge Amin:
Mr Saddam, please tell us your identity, your name…. You have enough time, you will have enough time to say whatever you like and to express your thoughts. But this court has procedure and we have to follow the procedure.
Saddam:
Who are you? What are you doing here?
... I don’t answer this so-called court, with all due respect. And I reserve my constitutional right as the president of the country of Iraq, I will not go along…
I don’t acknowledge either the entity that authorises you, nor the aggression because everything based on falsehood is falsehood…
Have you ever been a judge before?
Judge Amin:
There is no room for this talk in the court.
Saddam:
I am here inside this military court from 0230 this morning and since 0900 I have been in this dress.
You know me, you are Iraqi and you know very well I don’t get tired.
Judge Amin:
I am here to ask you about your identity.
Saddam:
I have answered this question in writing and have sent it to you.
Judge Amin:
... Mr Saddam, go ahead. Are you guilty or innocent?
Saddam:
I said what I said, I am not guilty, I am innocent.
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October 15, 2005
Hysterical Fanmail
This is a piece of fanmail bass player John Shifflett (don’t ask me who he is, just found this somewhere, lol) received, it’s almost too funny to believe. The post script is the best part.
Coincidently, I just received the following message in this morning’s email. Unusual, to say the least – we certainly seem to attract an eclectic audience! He didn’t leave his mailing address, so looks like we’ve lost a big sale. I’ll try an email reply, but it appears to be via a Radio Shack store in North Carolina, so don’t hold your breath… JS———— Forwarded Message ————
Hello Mr. Shifflett hower you doing. Me an my dog was lisening to the radio yestiday and the most funny sounding song come on. Now that dog dint howl like he normaly duz when I put my records on so I figgered his ears was confewzd. But then my old lady comes in and sez lookithat animule’s keeping time with his tail. Blest if I know how he herd the beat cuz I sure cudnot but there you are. So then the radio man sez you are playing the bass and I herd some of them licks you let off and I figger you got a nice Nashville bass with 4 strings cuz I play me a 1 string gutbukit with Pete And The Big Pickers on frydays over in Ridgetown. And I dont bleeve nobody can play that many notes on a gutbukit. So anyways I had this fella at radioshak find out about you on his computr with his ww progam and you all seem like nice boys and my old lady sez to send 17 records COD cuz shes got some long hares on her side what she wants to givem fer Crismus.
Yor musicul comrad
Nelson H. Littletonps Pete dont have no record but if you make a fonecall to Billys Inn in Ridgetown any fryday nite tell old Billy to hold the fone up in the air for a wile and Im the one on the gutbukit and singing the slow songs.
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October 05, 2005
This site was hacked!
Having been the victim of a hack-attack (related to a Mac-attack… hmmmmm I’m hungry…) on Oct. 4, the 2 postings I had up here regarding Alli’s wedding and how school is kicking my ass were lost. Hacked on my b-day no less! HMMMPH!
I’ll repost it as soon as possible, probably this coming weekend. Sorry for the inconvenience!
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October 03, 2005
Hmmmm...
Bush nominated Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court this morning. I’m immediately suspicious of anyone who has been quoted as saying that Dubya is “the most brilliant man I’ve ever met.” Maybe she needs to get out more.
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