Sunday, October 31, 2004

Hendrick Motorsports Drivers


Jimmie Johnson, Brian Vickers, Jimmie Johnson's crew chief Chad Knaus, Jeff Gordon, and Terry Labonte.

Jimmie Johnson, Brian Vickers, Jeff Gordon, and Terry Labonte are the four Hendrick Motorsports in the NASCAR Nextel Cup series.

And just in case you're wondering, everybody in the pic is wearing their hat backwards as a small tribute to Ricky Hendrick.

Very emotional race indeed.

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Happy But Sad


Jimmie Johnson

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Congratulations Jimmie Johnson


A very emotional win for Jimmie Johnson and Hendrick Motorsports. Notice his hood as a tribute to the 10 lost.

After all that the Hendrick teams have been through this week, I'm so glad Jimmie won today.

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Bad Day For Jr.


Bad day for Dale Earnhardt, Jr. today in Atlanta.

Also bad days for Kurt Busch, Matt Kenseth, Jeff Gordon, Jeremy Mayfield, Kevin Harvick, and Elliott Sadler.

It was a good/sad/disappointing/exciting race.

There. I hope I captured all of the emotion for you. But wait - it's about to get more emotional.

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Texans 20, Jags 6


WTG Texans! We're now 2nd in the AFC South. Great job! Posted by Hello

Saturday, October 30, 2004

I Went And Did It

After getting my feet wet with Blogger and brushing up on my HTML, I'm craving more. And I've been thinking about it for a couple of weeks now.

So I registered a domain name and bought a hosting package. I bought/leased/whatever the domain name at GoDaddy.

The hosting is from HostPC.com. I have several friends with hosting through them and they've been nothing but pleased by them. I got in on the Fall Frenzy Sale for $8.99/yr.

It includes 1 Gig of bandwith/month and 100 Mb of space a month (along with many other things) and it uses DirectAdmin for its control panel. DirectAdmin is really easy & user friendly BTW. This is enough to get me started and I can always add more space and/or bandwith later if I want or need to.

If you might be interested in getting in on the deal, it expires tomorrow night at midnight.

The reason, of course, for all of this is because I want to really get my hands dirty. I want to learn/use CSS and I want to use WordPress for my blog.

I'm so excited! I can't wait to get started. Wish me luck on this new endeavor of mine.

P.S. Don't forget to set your clocks back an hour (well most of you anyway) before going to bed tonight.

Mmmm Lunch



< FatBastard>Get in my belly!< /FatBastard> Posted by Hello

Been A Long Time

Yes!

One of my favorite movies of all time is on!

I haven't seen it in ages so I'm lovin' it.

Thank you HBO.



Update: 5:00

Now Carrie is on. Woo Hoo!

Poor Fish! LOL



Fishy surprise

A flopping trout frightens (left to right) Alex Schaedler, 4, Annie Temple, 5, and Sam Carroll, 4, as Billie Thompson of the Johnson County, Kansas, Park Police tries to corral the fish. The children were among a crowd to see Heritage Park Lake stocked with trout.

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Friday, October 29, 2004

Brian Vickers Lost A Close Friend

Man, this article just tears me up so much.

Brings back bad memories for me. Memories I don't want to talk about. Memories you wouldn't understand.

Enough bad memories. I'm off to PartyPoker to smile. :)

Or maybe here (that link is Not Safe For Work - NSFW) if that doesn't work.

I Need Batteries

Damn it!

The batteries went out in one of my toys.

I guess I'm going to have to take care of the situation manually tonight.

Must. Buy. New. Batteries. Tomorrow.

I've Been Wondering The Same Thing

I love The Apprentice. It's my third favorite show right now behind Desperate Housewives and Lost respectively.

But something's been getting on my nerves lately about the show and it's Donald Trump's horrendous voice-overs in the board room. I mean you'll be watching the show and him in the board room and hearing his voice one way and then it switches to a poorly recorded Donald Trump voice while the camera focuses on the participants and then it switches back to his original voice in the board room and you'll see him talking again.

I'm so glad I found somebody else complaining about it. I was beginning to think I was going crazy (OK OK, crazier) than I already was.

Come on Don! Surely you can afford to have the voice-overs (if you really have to do them at all) done properly.

Or maybe you should tell the person(s) in charge of the audio recording and voice-over dubbing what I think.

How Do They Do This?

I wonder how & why this works. It's weird though - that's for sure.

Give it a try and see for yourself.

The Mystic Ball

Thursday, October 28, 2004

Men - Are You Brave Enough For This Costume?


Hehehe! Posted by Hello

Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Pretty Moon



I didn't take this picture. If only I could.... I desperately want a new digicam.

But it did look just like this to me earlier tonight. There are clouds here but I saw it! It was purty.

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Good Morning!

Click me and turn the sound up!

If you'd like more fun similar to this then I highly recommend your visiting this site.

Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Pumpkin Fun

Click me for some pumpkin fun!

Another Stupid Criminal Bites The Dust

Suspected burglar found dead in store's air duct
By ERIC HANSON
Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle

STAFFORD - A man who was found dead in a ventilation shaft at a Fort Bend County convenience store apparently became trapped while trying to burglarize the building, authorities said Monday.

The unidentified man was found about 8:30 a.m. Monday by an employee of the Amigo Express Drive-In Market in the 3000 block of Fifth Street near Stafford, said sheriff's Capt. Jerry Clements.

The employee was opening the store for business when he noticed feet protruding from a ventilation exhaust duct, Clements said. Police found the body wedged in the 12-inch-wide shaft.

Investigators found that the man had climbed onto the roof and removed the exhaust vent cover. He lowered himself feet-first into the shaft, but got stuck near the bottom, they said.

Detectives believe he died from asphyxiation.

"It had to be an excruciating ordeal," Clements said.

The evidence points to a botched burglary, Clements said.

Investigators were trying to identify the man, who they said appeared to be Hispanic and 30 to 40 years old. They believe he was a day laborer who often was seen near the store each day about 6 a.m., looking for work.

The man weighed 130 to 150 pounds and was about 5 feet 6 inches tall, officers said. He was wearing blue jean shorts, a blue Abercrombie & Fitch pullover shirt and white athletic shoes. The initials E.L.-E.T. were tattooed on the top of his left shoulder.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective B. Wall at 281-341-4686.
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Sunday, October 24, 2004

So Sad



So sad. Posted by Hello

Afterglow

I'd like the memory of me
to be a happy one.
I'd like to leave an afterglow
of smiles when life is done.
I'd like to leave an echo whispering
softly down the ways.
Of happy times and laughing times
and bright and sunny days.
I'd like the tears of those who grieve,
to dry before the sun.
Of happy memories that I leave,
when life is done.

Prayers to the Hendrick Family


Jimmy Johnson's burnout from today's win before finding out the sad news....

News here
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Very Sad

I've been a fan of NASCAR since 1979 and this kind of news always breaks my heart.

Plane Crash Kills 10, Including Son Of NASCAR Owner

The son of NASCAR owner Rick Hendrick was among 10 people killed Sunday when a small plane headed from Concord to Martinsville crashed in Patrick County in Virginia.

Ricky Hendrick, a former NASCAR driver, died in the incident. John Hendrick, Rick's brother, and Kimberly and Jennifer Hendrick, John's twin daughters, also died in the crash.

The plane was en route to Martinsville Speedway for Sunday's Subway 500. Jimmie Johnson was driving the Hendrick car in the race and was the winner.

Officials reportedly lost contact with the plane at about 12:30.

The names of the other people who died in the crash are: Dick Tracey, pilot, Liz Morrison, pilot, Joe Jackson, Jeff Turner, the VP and General Manager of Hendrick Motorsports, Randy Dorton and Scott Latham.
From here

This story is still unfolding as I type about it now. Jimmie Johnson, #48 of Hendrick Motorsports and teammate of Jeff Gordon, won the race at Martinsville today and instead of going to Victory Lane they rushed him out of his car immediately at the end of the race.

It is always scary to see something like this.

Peekaboo Pants

Anybody else remember this cat?

October 24, 2004 -- AL Green revealed more of himself than ever at the Apollo Thursday night when he came onstage in a resplendent white tuxedo - with his fly open. Compounding the problem, the soul singer very apparently wasn't wearing underwear. When audience members began to catch on and point toward the stage, one of his side musicians pulled Green aside and whispered in his ear. A witness said, "The Reverend gave a little shimmy and promptly zipped, before going on to sing a rather incoherent version of 'Let's Stay Together.'"
From here.

Hehehehehehe

The Porn Myth

The Porn Myth
In the end, porn doesn’t whet men’s appetites—it turns them off the real thing.

By Naomi Wolf

At a benefit the other night, I saw Andrea Dworkin, the anti-porn activist most famous in the eighties for her conviction that opening the floodgates of pornography would lead men to see real women in sexually debased ways. If we did not limit pornography, she argued—before Internet technology made that prospect a technical impossibility—most men would come to objectify women as they objectified porn stars, and treat them accordingly. In a kind of domino theory, she predicted, rape and other kinds of sexual mayhem would surely follow.

The feminist warrior looked gentle and almost frail. The world she had, Cassandra-like, warned us about so passionately was truly here: Porn is, as David Amsden says, the “wallpaper” of our lives now. So was she right or wrong?

She was right about the warning, wrong about the outcome. As she foretold, pornography did breach the dike that separated a marginal, adult, private pursuit from the mainstream public arena. The whole world, post-Internet, did become pornographized. Young men and women are indeed being taught what sex is, how it looks, what its etiquette and expectations are, by pornographic training—and this is having a huge effect on how they interact.

You can read the rest of the article here

There are some good points in this interesting article. Do you have any comments on this? I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Oh, and also along the lines of porn, why don't you Pornolize your site, my site, or any site? It's an oldy but a goody.

Friday, October 22, 2004

Even Yummier!



This is my current drink of choice though...

Now I'm off to play some Texas Hold 'Em at Party Poker. Anybody else like poker?
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Yum!



One of my favorite drinks.... Can you guess what it is? I betcha can't. Well, maybe some of you can guess it.

Just try. Posted by Hello

Thursday, October 21, 2004

Astros 2, Cards 5

This sucks. This really really sucks.

Congrats to the Cards though. They played a great game tonight and played a great series.

I now hope the Cards win the World Series.

Going to bed now to cry myself to sleep....

Go Astros!!!!

Good luck tonight Astros! Kick some Cardinal ass!

And an update on Jaws 2 - He is alive and kicking again. It turned out not to be the starter after all (after putting the new one in of course). It was an electrical part in the ignition. $35.99 at O'Reilly. Can't beat that.

Of course you guys know there will be more posts tonight either way. LOL :)

Now I'm off to bake a cake for a friend's birthday tomorrow.

Must start baking before game starts....

Wednesday, October 20, 2004

Cute!



Thought the Red Sox fans would get a kick out of this.

BTW, I didn't make this pic. I snagged it from somewhere (don't remember where). Posted by Hello

Congrats Red Sox!

Great game! I'm glad you kicked the Yankees' ass!

Astros 4, Cards 6



Argh! The Astros lost tieing up the series at 3-3.

Final game tomorrow. We have Clemens pitching so I hope we win it. The Cards are a great team and a tough team to beat though. Good luck to both the Astros & the Cards tomorrow. Even if we don't win and move on to the World Series, I hope the Cards kick Red Sox/Yankees ass in the World Series. Posted by Hello

Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Pretty Sad



Kind of sad. Well, not kind of. It is sad.

New York had to bring in the riot police after Yankees fans started throwing baseballs and stuff onto the field. The field had to be cleared. The umps feared for their safety. That's sad that people are going to remember this game for that.

Oh, Boston beat the Yanks 4 to 2. 

Start Me Up

Hopefully you know the song I'm talking about in the title. Hopefully you know the band I'm talking about in the title. Hopefully you can hear the song playing in your mind now. Hopefully by the end of this little rant you'll understand the humor in the title.

Starter. Went. Out. In. My. Car. At. The. Local. Diamond. Shamrock. After. Work. Today.

I had to pay $30 freaking bucks to get Jaws 2 (my car's name) towed home. May I add that my apartment is about a mile away from the friendly Diamond Shamrock? The folks at Diamond Shamrock were super friendly about it though (heck I'm in there about 3 times a week...I'm a regular there). So I spent about an hour-and-a-half there just hanging around with men thinking they could fix my car right there. Um no. I knew it was my starter because it had done this a couple of months ago (seized up) so their fiddling around with my battery cables and telling me it could be the alternator even though the lights and everything else worked in my car was to no avail. Just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I don't know jack shit about cars. At least there was no shortage of men trying to help - for that I can be thankful. One even stayed until the wrecker showed up. :) Hell, the wrecker guy was even cute. OK cuter than cute. He definitely didn't look like a wrecker driver but he was rough around the edges just like I like 'em. I certainly didn't have a problem with seeing him laid on his backside on the ground either....*wink

OK, back on topic. hehehe

Would this also be a good time to mention I still have the starter that I bought a couple of months ago in the back seat? I just need to find somebody to put it in. Ahhh, the curve balls (or sliders or fast balls depending on the situation) that can be thrown. The reason I didn't have the new starter put in is because the starter currently under the hood 'unseized' (is that a word???) itself so I've been putting off the inevitable. *smacks myself on the rear end

Oh, and get this. I didn't have a chance to check my personal email at work today because I was too busy so after calling a friend to get a ride to work in the morning I checked some of my email here at home and lo and behold I saw my horoscope for today. It said I was going to have an "unforeseen roadblock" today. Hmmmmm. Grrrrr. How appropriate that my horoscope actually fits me today.

I realize this post doesn't fit my other posts to this point as I've yet to really talk personally about myself but I just had to rant. If you actually stuck around to read all this - thank you but you must be CRAZY!!!! LOL

Take care all. I'm off to watch the Red Sox & Yankees game.

Monday, October 18, 2004

Astros 3, Cards 0



OMG. I can barely breathe.

The Astros beat the Cards and we're only 1 game away from the World Series!

Hard to understand unless you're an Astros fan I guess.

Want to hear a funny story? *stick around because I know you do

As soon as Kent hit that HR, the phone rang and I thought it was one of my friends excited because the Astros won. I was wrong and right at the same time. It was a stranger trying to call his niece from Minute Maid Stadium because the Astros won (this was literally happening as Kent was still making his bases). He was screaming and yelling and to tell you the truth I don't remember the name he asked for. I just told him he dialed the wrong number but that I was watching the game and we both screamed at the same time. We talked briefly about Kent's amazing homerun before we started yelling at each other again in a good way! LOL

I asked him if he was calling from the stadium and he said he was. I could barely hear him. It was amazing. That phone call from a stranger just made my night tonight. I loved it!

One game away from the World Series. Amazing.

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It's Monday


I don't want to go to work... Posted by Hello

Sunday, October 17, 2004

Rex Cries After He Ejaculates

In case you've been living under a rock the last month, my title to this post refers to tonight's episode of Desperate Housewives that airs on Sundays at 9:00 ET/8:00 CT.

I love this show so much! It's funny, sexy, slick, quirky, and mysterious all rolled into one.

I'm in love with the gardener even though he is almost half my age. I said almost. The single neighbor is super sexy. *suddenly I'm feeling parched...

The guys have some nice eye candy to feast their eyes on as well. Teri Hatcher looks gorgeous and, well, a lot of her was seen tonight.

Here are some places to read up on the show if you've missed any episodes or to just check out the speculation as to what's going on with the characters:

ABC's Desperate Housewives forums

TV Tome

The TVClubhouse

TWoP

Also, ABC has been re-airing the previous episode on the following Saturday. So if you missed tonight's epi and would like a chance to catch tonight's show check it out then.

I promise you - you will LOVE Desperate Housewives.

Astros 6, Cards 5



Man! What a great game today! The series is all tied up 2-2 now. Next game is tomorrow at 8:00 ET/7:00 CT.

Beltran is amazing. I sure hope the Astros can keep him for next year.

Today has been a wonderful day in Houston sports. Go Texans! Go Stros! Posted by Hello

Texans 20, Titans 10



Hell yeah! It's about time we kicked their asses. 
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VolcanoCam

How do you like it? Or do you hate it?

Any comments on it?

Toodles for now.

Saturday, October 16, 2004

Astros 5, Cards 2



Woooo! Clemens pitched a helluva game today!

Kick some butt tomorrow! Go Stros! Posted by Hello

I Is Scared

(Before any grammar nazis jump on me, the title is purposefully wrong.)

And now for the scary part....

Another "Chupacabra" Shot in Texas

October 14, 2004 Pollok, Texas - What are the strange, unidentified grey-blue animals that people keep seeing ­ and shooting ­ in Texas? Back in May this year, Elmendorf, Texas farmer, Devin McAnally, shot an animal eating mulberries that he also thought was killing his chickens. Devin was amazed that his bullets did not cause bleeding on the strange, grey body. See photo at end of this report and 07-31-04 Earthfiles. I had investigated the "chupacabras" mystery on a trip to Puerto Rico in 1996. Many locals described a grey-colored kangaroo-like creature with long teeth which was blamed for hundreds of punctures in chickens, rabbits and other farm animals, including some goats and dogs that were still alive after bloodless holes had been made in their forehead bone or neck. Chupa = sucker and cabra = goat.

At the time, I talked about the Elmendorf photographs with a San Antonio Zoo spokesman who said it was definitely not a coyote, but he did not know what it was. Some of the Elmendorf tissue was shipped to the University of California-Davis Veterinarian Genetics Laboratory for DNA analysis and results are pending.

Now we've got both another dead animal that closely resembles the Elmendorf creature and a sighting of one of the creatures alive only one-quarter mile away from the site where this animal was shot on October 8. It was at the Pollok, Texas, home of the Womack family....

You can read the rest of the article and see pics of the mysterious creature here.

Thankfully, Pollok is 3 counties away, due north, of where I'm at in far eastern Harris county. Probably a little over a three hour drive. That's actually not that far away...

On a happier note, I just pre-ordered The Lord of the Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy (Special Extended DVD Edition) with 1-day shipping for an extra $10.98. I already have the separate movies in theatrical release. 50 more minutes added in the EE trilogy! WooHoo! December 14th can't get here soon enough. I'm such a nerd. Hehehe.

Friday, October 15, 2004

God Worked at Univ of LA - Lafayette

UL Lafayette professor suspended after threatening class
By The Associated Press

LAFAYETTE -- A University of Louisiana at Lafayette physics professor was banned from the campus Wednesday and taken to the coroner's office for evaluation after threatening his class, university officials said.

Student Kacie Spears said Professor Louis Houston lost control right after class began Thursday morning and was yelling obscenities.

"Then he told us if we got out of our seats he's gonna kill us. He went on the black board and wrote '911 now,\'’ so we were really in fear for our lives," Spears told KATC-TV.

Spears said Houston slapped a student and then told his class he was God.

After class ended, students left the room in Broussard Hall and someone called campus security.

Glad none of my profs were that crazy. You can read the rest of the article here.

Thursday, October 14, 2004

Cleaned Up

Well, I cleaned up the blogs I go to every day. Many of you I go to many different times a day (you know who you are).

I got rid of a few that never EVER said anything about me or even contacted me. I hope you enjoyed the free publicity while it lasted.

I added one blog that I found from Stuck's links.

Now, I know just because I added you to my BlogRoll doesn't mean you have to add me to your 'Blogs Visited' section (or whatever you call it), but it's nice when you at least acknowledge that person for linking to you.

Or maybe I'm being old-fashioned.

Hell, I think I'll continue to be old-fashioned.

The Astros lost tonight. I know several of you out there are happy about that! ROFLMAO It's OK though. Next 3 games are here. You better cover your ass. :)

Asexual Then? LOL

Study: One in 100 adults asexual
Thursday, October 14, 2004 Posted: 11:34 AM EDT (1534 GMT)

LONDON, England (CNN) -- About one percent of adults have absolutely no interest in sex, according to a new study, and that distinction is becoming one of pride among many asexuals.

The new study was conducted by Anthony Bogaert, a psychologist and human sexuality expert at Brock University in St. Catherines, Ontario.

It was published in the latest issue of The Journal of Sex Research and is the focus of a report in this Saturday's issue of New Scientist.

Bogaert's analysis looked at responses to another study in Britain, published in 1994. That study was based on interviews of 18,000 people about their sexual practices.

It offered respondent a list of options. One read: "I have never felt sexually attracted to anyone at all." One percent said they agreed with the statement.

Read the rest of this article here.

Any comments on this one? ROFLMAO

Sleep Sex

Sex and the walking sleeper
14 October 2004
By Julie Robotham

By day, she was a respectable, middle-aged woman who lived with a steady partner. By night, she crept out of their house to seek random sex with strangers.

But the woman was unaware of her own double life, which was conducted while she was asleep, said the Sydney doctor who diagnosed and treated her.

"Incredulity is the first staging post for anyone involved in this - including medicos," said Peter Buchanan, a sleep physician at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. "One has to maintain a healthy degree of scepticism."

In this case, though, it was immediately clear the woman's story was not an ingenious cover for clandestine sexual liaisons. The patient was baffled; her partner was distraught.

"He was aware of some sleepwalking and there was circumstantial evidence, including the unexplained presence of condoms around the house," Dr Buchanan said. "On one occasion he awoke to find her absent from the bedroom and searched until he found her - engaged in such activity."

Read the rest of the article here.

Does anybody have any comments on this one? LOL

WTF?

NBA could shoot down threes

The NBA is considering a plan to abolish the three-point shot until the end of games to increase shooting percentages and make the sport more aesthetically pleasing.

The NBA may ban three-pointers until there are five minutes left in a game in its development league this season, said Stu Jackson, NBA senior vice president of basketball operations. The National Basketball Development League season is scheduled to begin Nov. 19.

"We've talked about it," Jackson said. "We're wrestling with the idea." He said it was too early to tell if the NBA would change the rule.

Read the rest of the article here.

Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Astros 7, Cards 10


Good game until the 6th inning.

Go Stros!
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Tuesday, October 12, 2004

A Tad Too Late Ya Think?

Federal spyware crackdown continues
But relief for consumers may be slow in coming

Government efforts to combat spyware stayed in focus Tuesday morning, as the Federal Trade Commission staged a press conference describing a lawsuit against purveyors of the sneaky software. Even as the federal government's top consumer protection agency was flexing its muscle, lawmakers were mulling over a variety of laws aimed at stiffening penalties against the Internet's newest nuisance.

Read the rest of the stupid article here.

Why do I call it stupid?

Wait. You know what? I'm wrong. The article itself isn't stupid and neither is spyware.

What's stupid is being a computer user nowadays and not protecting yourself. If you've been online longer than 5 minutes without Antivirus software, a firewall, Spybot Search & Destroy, and Ad-Aware then YOU are the stupid one.

BTW, all of the software linked above is free for non-commercial use. In other words, download and set it up now.

It's easy and could solve some of your computer problems. *wink

Monday, October 11, 2004

Hell Yes!!!!



Hell yes!

The Astros win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Astros 12, Braves 3

Eat this Braves.

Go call your WAAAAAHHHHMMMMBBBBulance Braves fans.

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Ken Caminiti & Christopher Reeve RIP

Wow.

I woke up this morning and turned on one of the local radio stations on my computer (as I do every weekday). Within a minute, a caller was talking about 'Cami'.

We called him 'Cami' down here in Houston when he played with the Astros 1987-1994 and 1999-2000. A great ball player who contributed so much to the Astros when he was with us. A shame he got involved with steroids & cocaine. He was just 41 when he passed.

And then I heard just a couple of seconds later about Christopher Reeve.

Just wow.

Sunday, October 10, 2004

Addicted to Squares

Ahhh. A new game addiction has developed. I have a feeling you'll have a new addiction as well. *wink

Your addiction awaits you.

Texans Lose a Good Game



Great game Texans. And especially good defense!

P.S. I don't want to talk about the NASCAR race today. It wasn't that exciting for me and besides, I don't particularly like the winner of the race. So there! Hmph!
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Astros 5, Braves 6



Looks like we're headed back to Atlanta for Game 5.

Go Stros!

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New Giant Apes Found

This is very interesting.

'New' giant ape found in DR Congo

Scientists believe they have discovered a new group of giant apes in the jungles of central Africa.

The animals, with characteristics of both gorillas and chimpanzees, have been sighted in the north of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

According to local villagers, the apes are ferocious, and even capable of killing lions.

The UK magazine New Scientist is to publish its report about the mysterious creatures next week.

If they are a new species of primate, it could be one of the most important wildlife discoveries in decades.

You can read the rest of the story here

Saturday, October 09, 2004

Astros 8, Braves 5



Way to go Astros! Posted by Hello

Favorite Salsa Recipe

Simple Texas Salsa

* 3 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
* 1/2 bunch fresh cilantro
* 2 cloves garlic, chopped
* 2 (14 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes
* 2 serrano chilis, seeded and chopped
* salt and pepper to taste

Combine chives, cilantro, garlic, tomatoes, peppers, salt and pepper to taste in an electric blender. Pulse until the salsa is to your desired consistency.

I always have sliced jalapenos in the fridge so I throw some of those in also for a little added heat. I like to add a little lime juice in as well if I have some around.

Best quick & easy salsa to make ever! I came across this a couple of months ago here. Just finished eating some of it with my favorite tortilla chips.

Yummy!

Super Sports Weekend

Wooo Hooo! Great sports weekend for me.

I have the Astros v. Braves game here in Houston starting now.

In less than an hour, the NASCAR Busch series will start their race at the Kansas Speedway.

And tomorrow, well, let's just say I'm too excited for my own good.

Yes, tomorrow is a granddaddy of a day.

The Astros are playing the Braves again here in Houston.

The NASCAR Nextel Cup races in Kansas.

Aaaaannnnnddddd, the Houston Texans are playing the Minnesota Vikings here at Reliant Stadium.

Goodness! I'm going to overdose on sports and it's going to be damned nice.

Any other sports nuts out there???

Friday, October 08, 2004

Good To Be In DC

Good To Be In DC, the latest offering by JibJab, is up!

Go check it out if you haven't already. It's hilarious.

Thursday, October 07, 2004

Astros 2, Braves 4


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It's OK though. They played a good game except for their idiotic chickensh*t protest of the game.

Now the Stros come back home to Minute Maid Park.

Go Stros!!!!

Funny eBay Auction of the Day

I feel sorry for the fool that falls for this.

Wednesday, October 06, 2004

Astros 9, Braves 3


WTG Stros! 

Hahahaha Braves.

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Good Morning


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Tuesday, October 05, 2004

RIP Rodney Dangerfield

RIP My Caddyshack man

Some great Dangerfield jokes....

I tell you, with my doctor, I don't get no respect. Well, I told him I've swallowed a bottle of sleeping pills. He told me to have a few drinks and get some rest.

I tell ya when I was a kid, all I knew was rejection. My yo-yo, it never came back!

When I was a kid I got no respect. The time I was kidnapped, and the kidnappers sent my parents a note they said, "We want five thousand dollars or you'll see your kid again."

Some dog I got too. We call him Egypt because he leaves a pyramid in every room.

With my dog I don't get no respect. He keeps barking at the front door. He don't want to go out. He wants me to leave.

What a dog I got. His favorite bone is in my arm!

Last week I saw my psychiatrist. I told him, "Doc, I keep thinking I'm a dog." He told me to get off his couch.

I worked in a pet store and people kept asking how big I'd get.

My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.

I'll tell ya, my wife and I, we don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless, and I donate money to the topless!

One night I came home. I figured, let my wife come on. I'll play it cool. Let her make the first move. She went to Florida.

I asked my old man if I could go ice-skating on the lake. He told me, "Wait til it gets warmer."

My doctor told me to watch my drinking. Now I drink in front of a mirror. I drink too much. Way too much. My doctor drew blood. He ran a tab.

When I was born the doctor came out to the waiting room and said to my father, "I'm very sorry. We did everything we could...but he pulled through."

I come from a stupid family. During the Civil War my great uncle fought for the west!

My father was stupid. He worked in a bank and they caught him stealing pens.

My mother had morning sickness after I was born.

My mother never breast fed me. She told me that she only liked me as a friend.

My father carries around the picture of the kid who came with his wallet.

When I played in the sandbox the cat kept covering me up.

I could tell that my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio.

One year they wanted to make me poster boy... for birth control.

I remember the time I was kidnapped and they sent back a piece of my finger to my father. He said he wanted more proof.

My uncle's dying wish was to have me sitting on his lap. He was in the electric chair.

Once when I was lost I saw a policeman and asked him to help me find my parents. I said to him, "Do you think we'll ever find them?" He said, "I don't know kid. There are so many places they can hide."

I remember I was so depressed I was going to jump out a window on the tenth floor. They sent a priest up to talk to me. He said, "On your mark..."

When my old man wanted sex, my mother would show him a picture of me.

I had a lot of pimples too. One day I fell asleep in a library. I woke up and a blind man was reading my face.

My wife made me join a bridge club. I jump off next Tuesday.

Last week my tie caught on fire. Some guy tried to put it out with an ax!

I met the surgeon general. He offered me a cigarette.

One time I went to a hotel. I asked the bellhop to handle my bag. He felt up my wife!

This morning when I put on my underwear I could hear the Fruit of the Loom guys laughing at me.

I'm a bad lover. Once I caught a peeping tom booing me.

My wife only has sex with me for a purpose. Last night she used me to time an egg.

It's tough to stay married. My wife kisses the dog on the lips, yet she won't drink from my glass!

My wife isn't very bright. The other day she was at the store, and just as she was heading for our car, someone stole it! I said, "Did you see the guy that did it?" She said, "No, but I got the license plate."

Last night my wife met me at the front door. She was wearing a sexy negligee. The only trouble was, she was coming home.

A girl phoned me and said, "Come on over. There's nobody home." I went over. Nobody was home!

A hooker once told me she had a headache.

I went to a massage parlor. It was self service.

If it weren't for pick-pocketers, I'd have no sex life at all.

I was making love to this girl and she started crying. I said, "Are you going to hate yourself in the morning?" She said, "No, I hate myself now."

I knew a girl so ugly that she was known as a two-bagger. That's when you put a bag over your head in case the bag over her head breaks.

I knew a girl so ugly, they use her in prisons to cure sex offenders.

I knew a girl so ugly, I took her to the top of the Empire State building and planes started to attack her.

I knew a girl so ugly, the last time I saw a mouth like hers it had a hook on the end of it.

I knew a girl so ugly, she had a face like a saint--a Saint Bernard!

I was tired one night and I went to the bar to have a few drinks. The bartender asked me, "What'll you have?" I said, "Surprise me." He showed me a naked picture of my wife.

During sex my wife always wants to talk to me. Just the other night she called me from a hotel.

My marriage is on the rocks again. Yeah, my wife just broke up with her boyfriend.

One day as I came home early from work, I saw a guy jogging naked. I said to the guy, "Hey buddy...why are you doing that for?" He said, "Because you came home early."

I went to see my doctor... Doctor Vidi-boom-ba. Yeah...I told him once, "Doctor, every morning when I get up and look in the mirror I feel like throwing up. What's wrong with me? He said, "I don't know, but your eyesight is perfect."

I told my dentist my teeth are going yellow. He told me to wear a brown necktie.

My psychiatrist told me I'm going crazy. I told him, "If you don't mind, I'd like a second opinion." He said, "All right. You're ugly too!"

I was so ugly, my mother used to feed me with a slingshot!

When I was born the doctor took one look at my face, turned me over and said, "Look, twins!"

And we were poor too. Why, if I wasn't born a boy, I'd have nothing to play with!

To My Fellow Gen X'ers

You will understand this.

Over and out Wild Bear.

B-to-the-e

Beer maker adds caffeine to entice young drinkers who want more
By NANCY SARNOFF
Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle

For the young beer drinker who can't make up his mind, Budweiser thinks it has the answer.

Budweiser's new brew, Be, pronounced "B-to-the-e," is a cross between an energy drink and a beer.

"You'll be able to wake up and dull the senses at the same time," said Eric Shepard, executive editor of Beer Marketer's Insights, a trade publication.

Anheuser-Busch, the maker of the low-carb Michelob Ultra, is launching the new caffeinated beer in November and making it in the east Houston plant where it brews Budweiser and other well-known brands.

In addition to its caffeine content, about as much as in a can of Mountain Dew, the beer will include ginseng and guarana, a Brazilian berry.

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Monday, October 04, 2004

Porn Tornado

Tornado reveals child porn cache
Monday, October 4, 2004 Posted: 9:46 PM EDT (0146 GMT)

FREDERICK, Maryland (AP) -- Workers repairing a home damaged in a tornado discovered nearly two dozen boxes filled with child pornography. The homeowner remained jailed Monday on $96,000 bail.

Robert L. Medvee, 52, was charged Friday with 48 counts of creating computer images of child pornography and 48 counts of possession of child pornography, sheriff's Deputy Jennifer Bailey said.

The seized material -- computer discs, videotapes and photographs -- filled 20 to 24 boxes, Frederick County State's Attorney Scott Rolle said.

"It was the largest seizure of child pornography I've ever seen," Rolle said. "We had to bring in a pickup truck to get all of it out of there."

Rolle said more charges could be filed. It was not clear if Medvee had an attorney in the case.

Workers found the pornography while doing repairs to the house, damaged September 17 by the remnants of Hurricane Ivan, authorities said. Medvee was staying with friends at the time, police said.
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Mr. & Mrs. Jones

One day Mrs. Jones went to have a talk with the minister at the local church. "Reverend," she said, "I have a problem, my husband keeps falling asleep during your sermons. It's very embarrassing. What should I do?"

"I have an idea," said the minister. "Take this hatpin with you. I will be able to tell when Mr. Jones is sleeping, and I will motion to you at specific times. When I motion, you give him a good poke in the leg."

In church the following Sunday, Mr. Jones dozed off. Noticing this, the preacher put his plan to work. "And who made the ultimate sacrifice for you?" he said, nodding to Mrs. Jones.

"Jesus!", Jones cried as his wife jabbed him the leg with the hatpin.

"Yes, you are right, Mr. Jones," said the minister. Soon, Mr. Jones nodded off again. Again, the minister noticed. "Who is your redeemer?" he asked the congregation, motioning towards Mrs. Jones.

"God!" Mr. Jones cried out as he was stuck again with the hatpin.

"Right again," said the minister, smiling. Before long, Mr. Jones again winked off. However, this time the minister did not notice. As he picked up the tempo of his sermon, he made a few motions that Mrs. Jones mistook as signals to bayonet her
husband with the hatpin again.

The minister asked, "And what did Eve say to Adam after she bore him his 99th son?"

Mrs. Jones poked her husband, who yelled, "You stick that damned thing in me one more time and I'll break it in half and shove it up your ass!"

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Welcome to the 70's UK.

Check this out.

I'm not talking about the opening sequence either. Watch the short film (if that's what you want to call it...LOL). The link is on the right side of the page.

Booze Tests

Hmmmm....

Booze Tests Reveal All About Your Drinking

If you tend to be a little less than honest when your doctor asks you how much you drink, beware. A battery of new tests on blood, urine and hair can reveal how much someone has drunk not only in the past days, but also in the past weeks and months.

Doctors are likely to be the first to employ some or all of the new tests, to monitor patients with alcohol problems. But they are also likely to attract the interest of employers, insurance companies and forensic scientists.

Airlines could, for instance, identify pilots who are heavy drinkers by testing their hair. A urine test might allow police to prove many hours or even days after an accident that someone had been drinking.

Used together, the set of tests could provide a comprehensive picture of someone's drinking habits, revealing when they had last been drinking and whether they are heavy or light drinkers. "It covers the whole time spectrum following alcohol consumption," says Friedrich Wurst of the University of Basel in Switzerland, head of one of the multinational teams developing and validating the tests.


Indirect evidence

Alcohol itself vanishes from the body within hours. After this point there are a number of existing methods of telling whether someone has been drinking, but almost all of them rely on indirect evidence, such as levels of liver enzymes in the blood. Because other toxins or even pregnancy can cause similar changes, none of these tests is very reliable.

In the past decade, however, various groups worldwide have been studying breakdown products unique to alcohol. One of these indicators, ethyl glucuronide (EtG), starts accumulating in blood as alcohol levels decline.

"Ethyl glucuronide, plus the absence of alcohol itself, indicates a potential hangover state," says Wurst. The presence of EtG could show whether drivers or workers who have been involved in an accident were drunk at the time, even if they are not tested until hours or days later. EtG lasts for up to five days in urine, and confirms beyond all doubt that someone has had a drink in that time.

Another test that looks for phosphatidyl ethanol (PEth) provides an intermediate measure. PEth lasts for up to three weeks in the blood of people who consume more than around three beers a day, or the equivalent. Wurst's team has shown it is a far more reliable indicator than liver enzymes. "We found no false negatives," he says.

Looking at the combined levels of four fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEEs) in hair provides an even longer-term measure of alcohol consumption. FAEEs appear in blood within 12 to 18 hours of alcohol being consumed, but end up stored in hair.

In the latest study, Wurst's team monitored around 40 drinkers and teetotallers, and showed that FAEE levels in hair can distinguish between light and heavy drinkers (Alcohol and Alcoholism, vol 39, p 33). "The only way to remove the evidence is to shave all body hair," says Wurst.


Prolonged intake

Other researchers say the work could greatly extend the power of testing. "We don't really have comparable tests for prolonged intake," says Charles Lieber of Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York and the Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical Center. "We don't have anything similar in place, and there is potential there. But it is important that it is duplicated by other investigators."

"It's a great start, and the first paper of its kind," says Christine Moore, lab director at US Drug Testing Laboratories, a private company in Chicago. "In the US, I don't know of anyone who tests EtG yet, and only one lab that does PEth," she says.

But she thinks the hair test could be widened to include more than the existing four ethyl esters: at least 10 have already been unequivocally linked to ethanol. "It would extend it and make it even better," she says.

Moore is investigating whether it is possible to find out if mothers have been drinking excessively during pregnancy by looking at the levels of FAEEs in meconium, the first faeces of a newborn. If they had, it would be too late to help that child, but any future pregnancies could be monitored more closely.

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Sunday, October 03, 2004

Who's House?


Who's house? Junior's house. Posted by Hello

Wrong Way


Um, Sadler, this isn't the way to cross the finish line.... Posted by Hello

Talladega Baby!


Talladega baby! Posted by Hello

Playoffs Baby!


Great day in Houston sports. Posted by Hello

Eat this Raiders!


Two in a row baby! Posted by Hello