492 - Two pictures and a site

Here's a site that I found because of the wootoff (they are good for something). This picture is from that site and I must have been in a good mood when I first saw it because it cracked me up. I still think it's a good picture but you had to be there when I first saw it. And I'm not even there anymore.



I like the "street" section the best. That's where this picture is from.

Link - Mark Jenkins



And then there is this picture. Talk about a guy with no friends. Did he miss anybody on his banner? I'm on there a couple of times. Especially the lower left hand corn..... we'll talk about that later.
Click on the picture so you don't miss anything.

491 - Who ya gonna vote for?

Well your going to have to vote for somebody in the presidential race. Here's something to get you pumped up for McCain.



Don't live in the USA? Not to worry. We have dead people that vote here. (I think there may be some in this picture) So if you're alive your vote counts!
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490 - been busy tonight

You gotta laugh.

489 - Another one

Well I was wondering where I was going to get some material for today and along comes a wootoff. I've talked about going to the comments section before on a wootoff for some funny stuff. "SOMEBODY BUY THIS CRAP SO WE CAN SEE THE NEXT ITEM!" Like that and more. More as in pictures. Here's some of the 'still' pictures from this and other wootoffs. The pictures actually in the comments section can get more creative. (monorail cat slides down the bar) And for some reason cats are the thing to post.

Link - woot









And God help us John, this guy has a Cardinals shirt on.

488 - Questions

Questions to fellow bloggers. Do you find yourself going back to your regular blogs to check the comments? Especially after you have left a comment? How many times do you check? Do you forget if you've checked? Do you forget that you've already left a comment? (been there, done that)

And how often do you check the links of other bloggers? (I just updated mine) I've got some links on my 'link list' that I haven't been to in a while.

487 - Check you tires

Here's you government protecting you and your loved ones.

Link - Tires

And after watching that video here's something to lighten things up a little. I saw this on someones Tshirt today. She said her friend said this all the time so they had Tshirts made.

the main thing
    is to keep
the main thing
the main thing

Update - This is a Stephen R. Covey quote. I knew I should have looked it up first. And it turns out he wrote the book, "Seven habits of highly irritating people", or something like that.
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486 - Test for Dementia

Here's a 'Test for Dementia'. No not really but it will make you think you have it. I put it on my long article blog because of all the white space in the post.

Link - Test

485 - Male/female brain

You can just look at the picture or go to the article link and read all about the difference between mens and womens brains. You DID know there was a difference didn't you? (click the picture to make it more readable)



Link - Whole article

Link - NewScientist
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484 - Math check

No not a math test. Or even checking your math. It's a check, that needs math to cash. Can anybody figure out the amount of the check? I've been out of school waaaaay to long to figure this one out.

483 - He's got a point

A priest and a rabbi were sitting next to each
other on an airplane. After a while, the priest
turned to the rabbi and asked, "Is it still a
requirement of your faith that you not eat pork?"

The rabbi responded, "Yes, that is still one of
our beliefs."

The priest then asked, "Have you ever eaten pork?"

To which the rabbi replied, "Yes, on one occasion
I did succumb to temptation and tasted a ham
sandwich." The priest nodded in understanding and
went on with his reading.

A while later, the rabbi spoke up and asked the
priest, "Father, is it still a requirement of your
church that you remain celibate?"

The priest replied, "Yes, that is still very much
a part of our faith."

The rabbi then asked him, "Father, have you ever
fallen to the temptations of the flesh?

The priest replied, "Yes, rabbi, on one occasion
I was weak and broke with my faith."

The rabbi nodded understandingly and remained
silent, thinking, for about five minutes.

Finally, the rabbi said, "Beats a ham sandwich,
doesn't it?"
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482 - Goes along with post 480

If this would have come out 2 days ago I would have posted this and Garfield together.



Link - Ziggy
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481 - Don't get it

One of the hazards of not being one of the first million people to see the new Batman movie. I don't know what song Mc is singing. Anybody seen the movie? I do know it's the Batman movie because I've seen enough COMMERCIALS about it that I should know the song.



Link - Mike Peters

(and I fixed a typo on yesterdays post)

480 - Speaking of sleep

I couldn't have said it better myself.



Link - Garfield
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479 - Saturday

I missed. Posting today that is. I worked on a Habitat project yesterday and today and last night was just the inbetween time for recovery and sleep.

478 - EWWWE

Ewwwe, what's this?! More puns? Several as a matter of fact. They're so bad they might to put you to sheep. But don't count on them to do that.




Link - Grimmy
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477 - What kind of music do you like?

Well you've got a bunch of genre to pick from. I was on myspace on the
shows page. It has a drop down box for genre. This is what dropped down.

2-step
A'cappella
Acousmatic / Tape music
Acoustic
Afro-beat
Alternative
Ambient
Americana
Big Beat
Black Metal
Bluegrass
Blues
Bossa Nova
Breakbeat
Breakcore
Celtic
Chinese pop
Chinese traditional
Christian
Christian Rap
Classic Rock
Classical
Classical Opera and Vocal
Club
Comedy
Concrete
Country
Crunk
Death Metal
Disco House
Down-tempo
Drum & Bass
Dub
Dutch pop
Electro
Electroacoustic
Electronica
Emo
Emotronic
Experimental
Flamenco
Folk
Folk Rock
Freestyle
French pop
Funk
Fusion
Garage
German pop
Ghettotech
Glam
Gospel
Gothic
Grime
Grindcore
Grunge
Happy Hardcre
Hard House
Hardcore
Hawaiian
Healing & EasyListening
Hip Hop
House
Hyphy
IDM
Idol
Indie
Industrial
Italian pop
Jam Band
Japanese Classic Music
Jazz
J-POP
Jungle
K-POP
Latin
Live Electronics
Lounge
Lyrical
Melodramatic Popular Song
Metal
Minimalist
Neo-soul
New Wave
Nu-Jazz
Other
Pop
Pop Punk
Post punk
Powerpop
Progressive
Progrsv House
Psychedelic
Psychobilly
Punk
R&B
Rap
Reggae
Reggaeton
Regional Mexican
Religious
Rock
Rockabilly
Roots Music
Salsa
Samba
Screamo
Shoegaze
Showtunes
Ska
Soul
Southern Rock
Spanish pop
Surf
Swing
Tango
Techno
Thrash
Trance
Trance
Trip Hop
Tropical
Turntablism
Visual
Western Swing
Zouk

One of them caught my attention. I made it a link. I thought what the hell could that be? I looked it up on wikipedia and the name actually made sense. Click on it to see. And then I went to the myspace "shows" link just to see if anybody was playing any Zouk near my house. And there is!!!! Click on it above to see what's playing near your house.

476 - BroadbandCensus.com

Another NewScientist article. This time on broadband access in the US. It looks short but if you follow the links you'll be reading for a while.
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Could a wiki-style website speed up broadband access in the US?

Because the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) releases little information on the availability and quality of existing services, it's hard to know where to start, although the US government has a mandate to increase access to broadband.

To tackle the problem, analyst Drew Clark of Washington DC will launch BroadbandCensus.com. People will enter where they live, the price of their service and how happy they are with it. A speed test will measure connection quality.

Awaiting a vote in the Senate, the Broadband Census of America Act will force the FCC to release information such as the promised speed of various services. Clark's site will provide a cross-check with actual speeds and experiences.

475 - Out of your body?

Or just out of your mind? I know I was out of my mind trying to copy this and make it look semi normal without making the jepgs so big they would take days to download.





Link - NewScientist

474 - 67 vs 07

Got this email recently. It obviously has a conservative bent to it but some of the stuff is funny anyway. I added the scenario at the end to balance it all out.
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1967 vs. 2007

Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.

1967 - Vice principal comes over to look at Jack's shotgun. He goes to his own car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.

2007 - School goes into lock-down, and FBI is called. Jack is hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.


Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his dad gives him a whipping with his belt.

1967 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.

2007 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy is placed in foster care and joins a gang. State psychologist convinces Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself, and their dad goes to prison. Billy's Mom has affair with psychologist.


Scenario: Mark has a headache and brings some aspirin to school.

1967 - Mark takes aspirin in lunchroom and headache goes away.

2007 - Police called. Mark is expelled from school for drug violations. Car is searched for drugs and weapons.


Scenario: Pedro fails English in high school.

1967 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.

2007 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English banned from curriculum. Pedro is given a diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.


Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a fire ant hill.

1967 - Ants die.

2007 - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Homeland Security, and FBI called. Johnny is charged wit h domestic terrorism. The FBI investigates parents; siblings are removed from home; computers are confiscated. Johnny's dad goes on Terror Watch List and is never allowed to fly again.


Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher who hugs him to comfort him.

1967 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.

2007 - Teacher is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces three years in state prison. Johnny undergoes five years of therapy .

-- And now to balance things out. --

Scenario: Johnny's teacher sexually abuses him.

1967 - Johnny goes home and tells his parents. Parents spank Johnny for saying things like that about a teacher. Say never to mention it again. Johnny grows up to become an abuser himself.

2007 - Pervert teacher is arrested and put in a place where child abusers are not appreciated.

473 - Healthful foods

Here's an article I put aside a few weeks ago. I think it's time to bring it out for a late Sunday post.

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Nutritionist and author Jonny Bowden has created several lists of healthful foods people should be eating but aren’t. But some of his favorites, like purslane, guava and goji berries, aren’t always available at regular grocery stores. Dr. Bowden, author of “The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth,” was asked to update his list with some favorite foods that are easy to find but don’t always find their way into our shopping carts. Here’s his advice.

1.Beets: Think of beets as red spinach, Dr. Bowden said, because they are a rich source of folate as well as natural red pigments that may be cancer fighters.
How to eat: Fresh, raw and grated to make a salad. Heating decreases the antioxidant power.

2.Cabbage: Loaded with nutrients like sulforaphane, a chemical said to boost cancer-fighting enzymes.
How to eat: Asian-style slaw or as a crunchy topping on burgers and sandwiches.

3.Swiss chard: A leafy green vegetable packed with carotenoids that protect aging eyes.
How to eat it: Chop and saute in olive oil.

4.Cinnamon: Helps control blood sugar and cholesterol.
How to eat it: Sprinkle on coffee or oatmeal.
5.Pomegranate juice: Appears to lower blood pressure and loaded with antioxidants.
How to eat: Just drink it.

6.Dried plums: Okay, so they are really prunes, but packed with cancer-fighting antioxidants.
How to eat: Wrapped in prosciutto and baked.

7.Pumpkin seeds: The most nutritious part of the pumpkin and packed with magnesium; high levels of the mineral are associated with lower risk for early death.
How to eat: Roasted as a snack, or sprinkled on salad.

8.Sardines: Dr. Bowden calls them “health food in a can.'’ They are high in omega-3’s, contain virtually no mercury and are loaded with calcium. They also contain iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, copper and manganese as well as a full complement of B vitamins.
How to eat: Choose sardines packed in olive or sardine oil. Eat plain, mixed with salad, on toast, or mashed with dijon mustard and onions as a spread.

9.Turmeric: The “superstar of spices,'’ it has anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties.
How to eat: Mix with scrambled eggs or in any vegetable dish.

10.Frozen blueberries: Even though freezing can degrade some of the nutrients in fruits and vegetables, frozen blueberries are available year-round and don’t spoil; associated with better memory in animal studies.
How to eat: Blended with yogurt or chocolate soy milk and sprinkled with crushed almonds.

11.Canned pumpkin: A low-calorie vegetable that is high in fiber and immune-stimulating vitamin A; fills you up on very few calories.
How to eat: Mix with a little butter, cinnamon and nutmeg.

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Smack myself in the head!!! I forgot to remind everybody that today was Friday the 13th. See!! I told everyone how it can sneak up on you when it's not on Friday.
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472 - Driving test

When was the last time you took a written driving test? Here's one from GMAC insurance company. I took it and didn't do as well as I thought because apparently I read like I type. What are reading typos called anyway (treedo's, wrypo's, wreado's)? So out of 20 questions I got two wrong and I disagreed with another for 85%. Passing but not good enough in my opinion. Here's the test.

Link - Test
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471 - Speaks for itself

I scanned this out of NS rather than try and find it on the site. I wanted to get this out as soon as possible. There are a few people out there that need to know this information!
Link - from NewScientist

470 - Just before the pain begins

My friend Rick has been sending me more stuff than I can use. Keep up the good work Rick. Here's some pictures that will make you wince. Enjoy.






And the biggest OW of them all -

469 - The customer is "not always right".

You think this looks like a short post? It's not. Because if you haven't been to "not always right" recently you've got a lot of reading to do to catch up.

It's a site I have on my links that might not catch your attention very often. It's retail employees complaining about goofy customers. Here's an example and the link.

Buuuurn
RETAIL | NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, USA

(A man shoves himself to the front of a long line of people.)

Me: “Sir, I’m afraid you’re going to have to go to the back of the line.”

Him: “NO! I’m the Messiah!”

Me: “Wow. The Jews are in for a BIG disappointment.”

(He stands there for a second and shuffles to the back of the line. The other customers applaud.)

Link - notalwaysright
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468 - T-shirts (geek t-shirts that is!)

For family and friends that can't come up with gift for me for whatever occasion, here's a list. (I usually avoid long posts but sometimes you just go WTF.)













I've got a couple more that I'll add lat

Link - tshirts
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467 - Urban legends

I got an urban legend email today about the holocaust. Rather than go into the whole email I'll just let you read one (or all) of the links about it. The point is to check an email before you send it on to someone else. Something I would never ever do (except by accident)(or because I forgot to check)(or because the rumor was to funny not to pass on).

Link - snopes
Link - hoax-slayer
Link - factcheck
Link - urbanlegends.about.com
Link - truthorfiction

And then there is a site that just deals with urban legends in general.
Link - urbanlegends

You can also do a google search on "urban legends" and get quite a list of sites. The ones above seem to have the most up to date information.
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465 - Two guy things

Here's a couple of guy things to the max.

464 - Sofa King

I got a bunch of joke pictures in one email but this one deserves a post of it's own. Bilbo will get the joke right away. Won't you? Actually I had to read it twice before I went, DOH!

464 - SIDS

Quick extra today. I found this article on Google news. It was an article in the LA times about SIDS. I did a Google search to see if I could find the source article. I think the link is the source. (think the link??!!! ;) ;) )
Link - SIDS
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463 - Diabetics beware

This is just to weird. You couldn't make something like this up.
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A dog chewed off an Alton woman’s big toe while she napped earlier this week.

Linda Floyd, 56, is recovering at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Alton, Illinois. She is a diabetic who suffers from neuropathy and has no feeling in her feet.

Floyd said she was given the year-old dog when he was about eight weeks old. She said Roscoe weighed about eight pounds and was said to be a miniature dachshund, although she was not sure of his pedigree. In any case, she said, he had been a good pet and she was very fond of him.

Floyd took a nap Monday afternoon and awoke to find Roscoe licking her right foot. But she soon realized that her toe was gone. She said her reaction was "total shock."

The dog chewed off the toe and part of the toe joint and also severed an artery. Floyd said there had been an adhesive bandage on the toe because she had a hangnail.

An ambulance took Floyd to the hospital and Madison County Animal Control personnel picked up Roscoe.

Floyd said she later authorized his euthanization out of concern he might hurt someone else. She said the alternatives were adoption to another home or returning him to her home. Floyd shares her home with two daughters, a son-in-law and an infant grandson.

Link - ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
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462 - DTV

I finally went out and bought my two NTSC to ATSC converters. For those outside the USA a big TV signal conversion is coming. Analog to digital TV. I already had a converter/recorder but these two are just converters. And so far so good. Hooked up a couple more TV's. Now I need to start getting people that have cable to order their converter coupons for me so I can get the other TV's going. Yes I have to many TV's. But it's to handy, depending on what room I'm plopped in, to have a TV going in the background. Especially when PBS already has 4 digital channels going.

461 - Twofer Thursday - Guns - big ones.

Go to Uncle Jays site for this week. Wait for the 36 second mark to come up and get ready to see a big rifle. I'm mean freakin big. I can't find any info on the thing so it may take a while to find one to buy. But it will be worth the wait to have the biggest gun in the neighborhood.
Link - Uncle Jay

Then go to this site to see a video on some guys shooting a little bit smaller BIG gun. Some funny stuff.
Link - BOOM!

460 - Mike's been punny lately

I had to explain the last one to somebody. If you don't get it and you dare leave a comment saying so, I'll let you know the pun.

Link - Grimmy
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459 - Lots to do

I know everybody goes back to my post 169 on a regular basis to find out more about themselves. Well maybe not. So here's a reminder for you. I mean there was a reminder for you.

So I found another health link site that should just excite the heck out of everybody. The main site is associated with the New York Times but will send you to other sites for more specific info. Also linked is the main health page for the BBC.
Link - NYT
Link - BBC

And for John, here's the NYT optical illusion link.
Link - illusion
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458 - Gas rebate for WHAT?!

Gas prices are affecting all kinds of businesses. Even the "Hey where are you going? MIND YOUR OUR BUSINESS!" businesses. Here's the story and a link to a video. The story is mainly about a particular type of business. The video is about businesses in general.

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Rising fuel prices are putting a pinch on the world's oldest profession.

Nevada brothels that cater to long-haul truckers are offering gas cards and other promotions after seeing business decline as much as 25 percent from a year ago, industry officials said. Geoffrey Arnold, president of the Nevada Brothel Owners' Association, said truckers account for up to 75 percent of business at the state's rural brothels along Interstate 80 and U.S. Highway 95. He said business is down about 19 percent at his two northern Nevada brothels along I-80: Donna's Ranch in Wells and Donna's Battle Mountain Ranch.

"We're being affected by the economy like everybody else," Arnold said. "Times are tougher ... and truckers have less money to spend. They're not high-rollers anymore." Diesel fuel costs roughly $4.70 a gallon, up 67.5 percent from a year ago, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

Of Nevada's 28 legal brothels, 16 are located in rural areas that are being hurt by truckers' higher diesel costs, Arnold said. Brothels closer to Reno and Las Vegas, which rely more on tourists and conventioneers, say business is up this year.

In response to a 5 percent drop in business, the Shady Lady Ranch along U.S. 95 about 150 miles north of Las Vegas plans to offer $50 gas cards to clients who spend $300 and $100 gas cards to those who spend $500. The brothel also offers special monthly discounts, including an offer of 45 minutes of services for $175 instead of the usual rate of $200. "Anything that has to do with discretionary income is down," owner Bobbi Davis said. "Instead of spending $500 out here, they might only spend $300. I see it every time they raise gas prices."

Under a promotion under way at the Moonlite BunnyRanch near Carson City, the first 100 customers who arrive with government stimulus checks receive twice the services for the same regular price. "We're calling it double your stimulus," said BunnyRanch owner Dennis Hof. "The brothel industry is having to get more creative just like all consumer products in America. Everybody has got to deal, and we're doing the same thing."

Sue's Fantasy Club in Elko doesn't need to extend any promotions because it doesn't rely on truckers, said the brothel's manager, who would identify herself only as Victoria. Business is up from last year because of a booming local economy driven by mining and rising gold prices, she said. "We would be hurting, too, if we had to depend on truckers," she said.

Hardest hit are independent truckers, who must pay for their own fuel, said George Flint, a lobbyist for the brothel owners' association. "So there goes your disposable income to have a little fun," Flint told the Reno Gazette-Journal. Since January, the number of long-haul trucks based in Nevada has dropped by 4,100, or 12 percent, said Paul Eons of the Nevada Motor Transport Association.

Arnold predicted the industry would weather the slowdown. "The customers won't be spending as much, but the brothels will still be there," he said. "After food, the most important activity, at least for men, is sex. Sex is not going away." The downturn also has affected brothels by leading to an increase in the number of women seeking jobs as legal prostitutes, Arnold added. As business for escort services and strip clubs goes flat, "more women are interested in joining the (brothel) industry," he said.

Nevada is the nation's only state that allows brothels. Prostitution is legal in 10 of Nevada's 17 counties, but it's illegal in the Reno and Las Vegas metropolitan areas.


Link - Video