261 - Interesting site

This is the site where I found the ad for the previous post. It has some interesting and fun things to read and do on it. Just don't buy anything.
Link - Null-hypothesis

260 - Why didn't I think of this?!!!!

Had I known that a little purple tube could do all these things, and that I could charge 90 bucks for it ........... well, I'm beside myself that I didn't think of this first!

Link - tesla shield

By the way, you can get the new and improved version for only 180 bucks for a limited time, reduced from $300. This is a really SPECIAL little purple tube.

259 - Selling fear

Link - Mike Peters

258 - Typo hell

Two lines on the last post. Two. 2. Dos. II. How many typos? Two. 2. Dos. II. The spell checker never seemed to work here so I'm in the habit of not using it. But it seems to work now so I'm going to try to start using it. We'll see.

257 - Magic

If you haven't seen this video it's worth a look. A little of the trick is given away when the switch to the purple dress happens.

Link - Magic

256 - From pro-life to anti-ethics

Here's an article by A. C. Grayling that shows if you word anything just the right way you can prove any point. Not that I'm against what he is saying, just that if you assemble the right words in the right way you can prove anything. This article is from the pro-choice point of view. And he does make a good point.
Link - pro-life to anti-ethics

255 - Work until you drop, just like the good ol' days

The following is a New York Times article on retiree health benefits. It was probably run in most newspapers but if you missed it, it's worth reading. Plus the comments on the web site are as good as the article. I moved the article to my 'long article' site.
Link - retiree health benefits

Link - Article (if still accessible)
Link - Comments (to many to copy)
Link - NY Times

254 - Exactly

An 86-year-old man went to his doctor for his quarterly check-up. The doctor asked him how he was feeling, and the 86-year-old said, “Things are great and I've never felt better. I now have a 20 year-old bride who is pregnant with my child. So what do you think about that Doc!?"

The doctor considered his question for a minute and then began to tell a story. "I have an older friend, much like you, who is an avid hunter and never misses a season. One day he was setting off to go hunting. In a bit of a hurry, he accidentally picked up his walking cane instead of his gun."

"As he neared a lake, he came across a very large male beaver sitting at the water's edge. He realized he'd left his gun at home and so he couldn't shoot the magnificent creature. Out of habit he raised his cane as if it were his favorite hunting rifle, aimed it at the beaver and went 'bang, bang'. Miraculously, two shots rang out and the beaver fell over dead."

"Now, what do you think of that?" asked the doctor. The 86-year-old said, "Logic would strongly suggest that somebody else pumped a couple of rounds into that beaver."

The doctor replied, "My point exactly."

253 - Love thy neighbor - NOT!

It's amazing what bothers some people when they don't have actual problems to worry about.
Link - MF

MF is generally a very conservative comic but comes to the center every once in a while.

252 - Made it!

Well, despite Santa having to go through security and the metal detector he made it to everyones house. Now all we have to do is figure out where to put the newly acquired "stuff".

251 - Sign of the times

Link - Nonsequitur

250 - USA

That's USA.gov. I found a another information web site for the government. It's got an interesting collection of links. In following one of these links I found a fraud site at the FBI. It lists a lot of old familiar scams but has some new ones to check out.
Link - usa
Link - fraud

249 - Nooope!

Link - Duplex

248 - Universal plug and play - disabled

I kept getting something trying to access port 1900 popping up on my anti-virus. So I did some investigation. Seems like someone from the outside was trying to access my PC via that port. Read the info on the following sites to see if you might want to disable it.

Link - updatexp.com (has more detailed info)
Link - grc.com (click on upnp link)

247 - Dave

I'm on a joke binge right now ------

Dave was bragging to his boss one day, "You know, I know everyone there is to know. Just name someone, anyone, and I know them." Tired of his boasting, his boss called his bluff, "OK, Dave, how about Tom Cruise?" "No dramas boss, Tom and I are old friends, and I can prove it." So Dave and his boss fly out to Hollywood and knock on Tom Cruise's door and Tom Cruise shouts, "Dave! What's happening? Great to see you! Come On in for a beer!"
Although impressed, Dave's boss is still skeptical. After they leave Cruise's house, he tells Dave that he thinks him knowing Cruise was just lucky. "No, no, just name anyone else," Dave says.
"President Bush," his boss quickly retorts. "Yup," Dave say's, "Old buddies, let's fly out to Washington and off they go. At the White House, Bush spots Dave on the tour and motions him and his boss over, saying, "Dave, what a surprise, I was just on my way to a meeting, but you and your friend come on in and let's have a cup of coffee first and catch up."
Well, the boss is very shaken by now but still not totally convinced. After they leave the White House grounds he expresses his doubts to Dave, who again implores him to name anyone else. "The Pope," his boss replies. "Sure!" says Dave. "I've known the Pope for years." So off they fly to Rome.
Dave and his boss are assembled with the masses at the Vatican's St. Peter's Square when Dave says, "This will never work. I can't catch the Pope's eye among all these people. Tell you what, I know all the guards so let me just go upstairs and I'll come out on the balcony with the Pope."
He disappears into the crowd headed towards the Vatican. Sure enough, half an hour later Dave emerges with the Pope on the balcony, but by the time Dave returns, he finds that his boss has had a heart attack and is surrounded by paramedics.
Making his way to his boss' side, Dave asks him, "What happened?" His boss looks up and says, "It was the final straw ... you and the Pope ... came out on to the balcony ... and the man next to me said, ... ‘Hey, who’s that on the balcony with Dave?"

246 - Jewish dinner at the White House

Israeli leader Ehud Olmert comes to Washington for meetings with Bush. For the state dinner, Laura Bush decides to bring in a special kosher chef and have a truly Jewish meal prepared in honor of their guest.

At the dinner that night, the first course is served and it's matzoh ball soup.

George W. looks at this and, after learning what it is called, he tells an aide that he can't eat such a gross and strange-looking brew. The aide says that Mr. Olmert will be insulted if he doesn't at least taste it.

Not wanting to cause any trouble (after all he ate a sheep's eye in honor of his Arab guests), George W. gingerly lowers his spoon into the bowl and retrieves a piece of matzoh ball and some broth. He hesitates, swallows, and a grin appears on his face. He finds he really likes it, digs right in, and finishes the whole bowl.

"That was delicious," he says to Olmert. "Do the Jewish people eat any other part of the matzoh, or just the balls?"

245 - Another presidential candidate test

I don't think I've posted this particular "who's your candidate test" before. Hope not. Here it is. Also a candidate position chart.
Link - Test
Link - Positions

244 - Lost and found

I was going to put an article from "news of the weird" here. It has been awhile since I have been to the NOTW site. It's been modernized. Lots of articles to read. This made me look at another site I haven't been to in a while. The Darwin awards. If you haven't seen these two site they can keep you busy for a long time. Ration your time.
Link - News of the weird
Link - Darwin awards

243 - Stuff, coming and going

Here's a link to a very liberal video on the life cycle of stuff and why it's going to kill the planet. Like I said it's a liberal point of view but interesting. It's 20 minutes long and starts off kind of slow (for the first 5 minutes) but then picks up. Make sure you have time to watch the whole thing.
There's some "facts" in it that may be questionable but no more than WMD "facts".
Link - Stuff

242 - Who's listening?

Link - nonsequitur

Don't forget this bumper sticker.

241 - Christmas

I always knew that Christmas was formally a pagan holiday and that the pagans celebrated on the solstice. But why the 25th instead of the 21st? Well wikipedia comes through again.

"It was therefore the day the Sun proved itself to be "unconquered" despite the shortening of daylight hours. (When Julius Caesar introduced the Julian Calendar in 45 BC, December 25 was approximately the date of the solstice. In modern times, the solstice falls on December 21 or 22.)"

Link - Christmas

240 - Email

It's 10:15pm and I checked email for the first time since yesterday. And surprise, no email. No spam. No nothing. It's just plain wierd. But I'll take it.

239 - Who's in charge?

All the organs of the body were having a meeting, trying to decide who should be in charge.
"I should be in charge," said the brain, "because I run all the body's systems, so without me nothing would happen."
"I should be in charge," said the blood, "because I circulate oxygen all over so without me you'd all waste away."
"I should be in charge," said the stomach, "because I process food and give all of you energy."
"I should be in charge," said the legs, "because I carry the body wherever it needs to go."
"I should be in charge," said the eyes, "because I allow the body to see where it goes
"I should be in charge," said the rectum, "because I'm responsible for waste removal."
All the other body parts laughed at the rectum and insulted him, so in a huff, he shut down tight.
Within a few days, the brain had a terrible headache, the stomach was bloated, the legs got wobbly, the eyes got watery, and the blood was toxic. They all decided that the rectum should be the boss.
The Moral of the story?
The asshole is usually in charge.

238 - GNO! GNO! GNO!

see post 235
Link - GNO!

I almost forgot to mention that everyone should be aware that Friday the 13th is on Thursday this month. You have been warned!

237 - Numbers

Well, I had an idea but it's been side tracked. Numeric life has decided to cut back on blogging so I thought why not start a stat site to pick up the slack. What name? Hey, how about "numbers don't lie"? Guess what? Numbers dont lie was used once in 2004 and then abandoned.
That's why I don't have bvn.blogspot.com. Somebody set it up as a test and then abandoned it. Emails to Google about removing them will go unanswered. It's a 'to bad pick something else' attitude.
I think if someone only posts a few times and then doesn't post again for years, the site should be removed. Or at least have a request form to have a Googleite look at it.
I'd ask for others opinions but I've already made up my mind and no amount of logic will change it. Don't confuse me with any facts.

236 - I ain't sniffin' THAT shit!!!

Click on the picture to get the full effect of the dogs eyes.

235 - Just go gnome Grnimmy.

Link - Grnimmy

234 - What to wear

What do you wear when you want an undisturbed nap?

233 - Man vs woman - electrical version

232 - Double pun II

Mike just keeps have pun and more pun.


Link - grimmy

231 - New MoveOn ads

Here's a link to some of the new ads MoveOn has produced. You get to vote for your favorite.
Link - Ads

230 - Brown grass criminal

Here's one from the AARP Bulletin. It's a hoot if your not Betty.
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When a police officer came to Betty Perry's door this past July, the 70-year-old Orem, Utah, resident says, she didn't have a clue why. As it turned out, the problem lay right before Perry's eyes: her brown lawn.

The unsightly grass violated the city's zoning ordinance, so the officer began writing her a ticket. Perry started to go back into her house. None too pleased that she refused to give her name and was attempting to leave, the officer handcuffed Perry and hauled her to jail.

When the officer's superiors learned of their new inmate, Perry was released after about an hour and was assured no charges would be filed. Months later, however, she is facing charges for failing to maintain her landscaping and resisting arrest, both misdemeanors. High-profile Los Angeles attorney Gloria Allred appeared with her when she entered her not guilty plea.

"You cannot arrest somebody because their grass is brown," Perry says. "That's the most unconstitutional thing."

Orem City Attorney Paul Johnson says Perry had spoken with an officer about her lawn last year and was aware of the landscaping ordinance. Johnson also insists Perry's lawn had nothing to do with her arrest. "When she's fighting with a police officer and wanting to get away from him, she's not going to get away with that," he says.

A trial is set for Feb. 11, 2008.

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This is what happens when towns and cities have been around for to long. People that have nothing to do put together a bunch of bizzare little laws that do nothing but harass people.

AND, take a look at the grass on Orem Cities home page.

Link - aarp bulletin

229 - UU and religion

I found a reference to a religion that just barely makes the cut as a religion. It's called Unitarian Universalism, or UU for short. Rather than following a narrow strict creed it seems to have a creedless notion of "everyone is sort of right". Follow the link to Wikipedia for the whole story.

Link - UU

228 - Once again discrimination rears it's ugly head....