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Home - That Was Random!

Home - That Was Random! ...This site reminds me of a show from the late 70's called "Real People with Sarah Purcell" ... Today the site has a guy who can move his eyes independently of each other, and videos of people who have problems with travel trailers, and a bunch of other interesting bits. I wonder what ever became of Sarah Purcell? And why do I remember her name???

You need an MP3 player if your job is boring. Yes you do.

I have a Creative MuVo flash based 1 gig MP3 player, I'm not a very technical person, but have no problems ripping my favorite CD tracks. I have a very boring job, riding a 40' order picker in a warehouse. This little device has been a Godsend, I have a pair of battery powered speakers that I installed on the overhead and I just plug the player in when I get to work. This one also plays FM, and gets very good reception for something with no apparent antenna. I did have a problem with garbled music recently, but I went to thier website and downloaded new "firmware" for it and it's worked great since then. I know there are (much) larger MP3 players for just a little more than the $130 I paid for this at Amazon, but this one is flash based and (hopefully) will last a good long time. I only want my *very favorite* songs on it (sometimes I rotate songs out of the list because I get tired of them) and have never had more than 500mb of music on it, so I should...

iSerenity - Pencil Parade

At last, artificial "environments". I find this one with the scritchy sound of some egghead doing math with a pencil to be sort of relaxing. iSerenity - Pencil Parade It's not very realistic though. There is no " Awww crap > "

USDA approved Sunshine

It's another fine day of special hi-intensity government grade sunshine. They haven't figured out how to sell it, tax it, regulate it, or ban it outright. So enjoy. Of course, if you use sunglasses, sunscreen, or need treatment for skin cancer, you'll pay taxes on that stuff. Man, this government is out of control. Imagine if people threw a bunch of sunscreen in Boston Harbor. The EPA would be all over that. Oh well, have a nice day anyway.

Rachael Ray is at it again!

Another sign that Rachael Ray wants to kill me... Food Network: Crunchy Vanilla-Almond French Toast with Fancy Fruit Topping, Sweet-n-Smoky Bacon

Trouble in Lake Stevens!

For those that say nothing ever happens in Lake Stevens, we present this story; HeraldNet: Man dies in SUV in police shooting Why do they always have to Demonize Sports Utility Vehicles? The word "Durango" was used no less than FIFTEEN times on this page, including one reference to "the smoking Durango" - I think the newspaper crime beat guy secretly wants to be a paperback writer. The bystander quotes are always interesting; "'You could tell when he got away and he wasn't driving very well that he was dead,' he said."

Stupid Internet Quiz

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I can't believe I took the stupid "Napoleon Dynamite" quiz.... You are Tater Tots. Go get your own!! Which Napoleon Dynamite character are you? brought to you by Quizilla I am "tater tots"? That's not a character, it's a PROP.

Pa. Lawmaker Eyes Boy's Dog Seat Belt Idea - Yahoo! News

Pa. Lawmaker Eyes Boy's Dog Seat Belt Idea - Yahoo! News : "'I never did like dogs sticking their heads out the window,'" said 11 year-old McCann .... Dog seat belts... If I had the bread I would drive to Pennsylvania and have my dog stick his ASS out the window instead and crap on his beanie, the little twerp.

Get those Milk Bones in a circle, pilgrim...

Why do you have to have a baby in the house to get one of these cowboy rugs? He's only gunna throw up on it, and sooner or later the dog will claim it. Why not just buy it for the dog?

Hartz Flea and tick product danger

HartzVictims.org If you have a cat please take a look at this site. My sister's cat died last night, and she believes it is the direct result of recently putting a Hartz flea collar on the cat. I was sceptical and went to see if there was chatter about Hartz products in the dog and cat chatrooms and forums online, and apparently this is a huge problem. I had no idea.

Is this what the founding fathers intended?

Some moron set off some leftover firecrackers at SIX AM this morning!! I have trouble getting back to sleep if I get woke up on these sunny days. I have a pair of earmuffs to block out neighborhood noises, and I pull the blanket up to block out some of the light that gets through the shade (It's like that twighlight zone episode where the earth is drifting toward the sun) The problem is, these tools don't work together well. If the blanket rubs against the earmuffs, it sounds like rats trying to get into my head, and of course this induces nightmares. Unfortunately, the house is usually cool that time of morning, so if I leave the blanket down, I get shoulder chills, causing either the "haunted house" or "naked at work" nightmare. Maybe I shouldn't have that grilled chicken and beer with macadamia nut bar dessert too close to bedtime?

Ambient Orb

I just found out that I need an Ambient Orb , an egg that sits on the floor and changes colors to indicate the current direction of the stock market (I kid you not!). The main reason I want one though, is because I am curious as to how the dog would react to it. It looks like a supersized ostrich egg, probably not a good thing if you have kids in the house. You think you got in trouble for breaking that ugly lamp at the bottom of the stairs? Try breaking the Dow-Jones egg. You'll never get to go camping again.