For my sister from another mother down in Georgia
Sam and I go to 11 also...kids that is.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Saturday, November 8, 2008
How to Live Longer
How different lifestyle changes can add years to your life
1.8 years
Be a winner
2 years
Eat chocolate
2.5 years
Have lots of sex
3 years
Be religious – and have friends
3.6 years
Eat less meat
3.7 years
Keep active
4 years
Drink wine
4.1 years
Have low blood pressure and cholesterol
5 years
Be educated and play golf
6.6 years
Eat well
7 years
Lose weight
7.5 years
Stay positive
8 to 10 years
Don't smoke
10 years (men)
Get married
10-plus years
Be happy
14 years
Change your lifestyle - Researchers found that those who exercised regularly, ate five portions of fruit and vegetables a day, didn't smoke, and had a moderate alcohol consumption lived an average of 14 years longer than those who adopted none of these behaviours.
20 years
Be wealthy and live in the right neighbourhood
1.8 years
Be a winner
2 years
Eat chocolate
2.5 years
Have lots of sex
3 years
Be religious – and have friends
3.6 years
Eat less meat
3.7 years
Keep active
4 years
Drink wine
4.1 years
Have low blood pressure and cholesterol
5 years
Be educated and play golf
6.6 years
Eat well
7 years
Lose weight
7.5 years
Stay positive
8 to 10 years
Don't smoke
10 years (men)
Get married
10-plus years
Be happy
14 years
Change your lifestyle - Researchers found that those who exercised regularly, ate five portions of fruit and vegetables a day, didn't smoke, and had a moderate alcohol consumption lived an average of 14 years longer than those who adopted none of these behaviours.
20 years
Be wealthy and live in the right neighbourhood
Friday, November 7, 2008
EOTWAWKI
Another installment of occasional updates on how we are doing out there
As usual one of these is false
answer - No Obama clothing line...yet
- Both the US stocks and home values have each lost $5 trillion in value
- Fidelity Investments to layoff 1,300 workers
- The Gap announced a new line of clothing called 'Hope'. Inspired by the Obama victory
- Circuit City says it is closing 155 stores
- Toymaker Mattel lays off 1,000 workers
- A HS football coach in Chelsea, Mass., is accused of spending the team's uniform money at strip club
As usual one of these is false
answer - No Obama clothing line...yet
Pope Cracks Down on Slackers
From Bloomberg news:
“For the first time in almost half a century, Vatican administration staff will clock in for work as part of a clampdown on slackers, a sign that the global financial crisis has also spread to the world’s smallest state.
“Timekeeping was scrapped in 1960 under Pope John XXIII. Starting Jan. 1, the practice returns. All Holy See employees will be given magnetic badges and forced to clock in and out in an effort to track their movements and ensure they’re working a full day, said a Vatican spokesman who declined to be named.
“‘We can’t afford any waste,’ Bishop Renato Boccardo, secretary of the Governatorate of Vatican City State, told La Stampa newspaper. ‘There is a lot of work that needs doing, and the financial situation doesn’t allow us to hire more staff.’”
Just one more Sign of the Apocalypse
“For the first time in almost half a century, Vatican administration staff will clock in for work as part of a clampdown on slackers, a sign that the global financial crisis has also spread to the world’s smallest state.
“Timekeeping was scrapped in 1960 under Pope John XXIII. Starting Jan. 1, the practice returns. All Holy See employees will be given magnetic badges and forced to clock in and out in an effort to track their movements and ensure they’re working a full day, said a Vatican spokesman who declined to be named.
“‘We can’t afford any waste,’ Bishop Renato Boccardo, secretary of the Governatorate of Vatican City State, told La Stampa newspaper. ‘There is a lot of work that needs doing, and the financial situation doesn’t allow us to hire more staff.’”
Just one more Sign of the Apocalypse
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Priceless
Family Cell Phone Plan - $220 a month
Ring Tones - $1.99 each
Replacing the occasional phone that is dropped in puddles - $50
Bill when teenage daughter goes over her minutes - $75
Sending Love Texts to your Hunny during business meetings - Priceless
Ring Tones - $1.99 each
Replacing the occasional phone that is dropped in puddles - $50
Bill when teenage daughter goes over her minutes - $75
Sending Love Texts to your Hunny during business meetings - Priceless
Bad News for my Sons
is good news for my daughters
Attractive fathers do not pass their looks on to their sons but they will hand their good looks down to their daughters, research shows
Sorry boys, looks like your sisters are getting all my hotness.
Attractive fathers do not pass their looks on to their sons but they will hand their good looks down to their daughters, research shows
Sorry boys, looks like your sisters are getting all my hotness.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Happy Guy Fawkes Day -Update
Update to the earlier Guy Fawkes post.
My lovely bride just gave me our copy of The Gunpowder Plot by Hugh Ross Williamson that has been sitting on the bookshelf gathering dust. So I'm going to start reading that tonight in honor of the big day.
It's good timing since I just finished reading Walker Percy's Love in the Ruins (for like the 20th time) last night. That's a very appropriate book for these troubled times (aren't all times pretty much troubled times?)
My lovely bride just gave me our copy of The Gunpowder Plot by Hugh Ross Williamson that has been sitting on the bookshelf gathering dust. So I'm going to start reading that tonight in honor of the big day.
It's good timing since I just finished reading Walker Percy's Love in the Ruins (for like the 20th time) last night. That's a very appropriate book for these troubled times (aren't all times pretty much troubled times?)
Today's Workouts
Monday 4.2 miles
Tuesday 7 miles
Wednesday 4.3 miles
Easing back the mileage a bit to slowly rest up for the big race on the 22nd
Tuesday 7 miles
Wednesday 4.3 miles
Easing back the mileage a bit to slowly rest up for the big race on the 22nd
Happy Guy Fawkes Day
November 5th marks the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot, a conspiracy to blow up the English Parliament and King James I in 1605, the day set for the king to open Parliament. The anniversary was named after Guy Fawkes, the most famous of the conspirators.
On the very night that the Gunpowder Plot was foiled, on November 5th, 1605, bonfires were set alight to celebrate the safety of the King. Since then, November 5th has become known as Bonfire Night. The event is commemorated every year with fireworks and burning effigies of Guy Fawkes on a bonfire.
Apparently the British have no sense of humor ;). This post should not be taken as encouraging the blowing up any government building of any kind...not even the Dept of Motor Vehicles :-P
Alas I can't find Guy Fawkes listed in Butler's Lives of the Saints nor is it a Holy Day of Obligation...the Church has gotten soft over the years...
For a very loose modern day interpretation check out the movie V for Vendetta. Warning it's violent, salacious and potty-mouthed at times. You may want to catch an edited TV version of it instead of renting it. But the message, People shouldn't be afraid of their government, is awesome. And will become even more important now that Comrade Obama is the new Emperor.
"......words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the now high chancellor, Adam Sutler. He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent......More than four hundred years ago a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than words, they are perspectives. So if you've seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you then I would suggest you allow the fifth of November to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek, then I ask you to stand beside me one year from tonight, outside the gates of Parliament, and together we shall give them a fifth of November that shall never, ever be forgot." - V
On the very night that the Gunpowder Plot was foiled, on November 5th, 1605, bonfires were set alight to celebrate the safety of the King. Since then, November 5th has become known as Bonfire Night. The event is commemorated every year with fireworks and burning effigies of Guy Fawkes on a bonfire.
Apparently the British have no sense of humor ;). This post should not be taken as encouraging the blowing up any government building of any kind...not even the Dept of Motor Vehicles :-P
Alas I can't find Guy Fawkes listed in Butler's Lives of the Saints nor is it a Holy Day of Obligation...the Church has gotten soft over the years...
For a very loose modern day interpretation check out the movie V for Vendetta. Warning it's violent, salacious and potty-mouthed at times. You may want to catch an edited TV version of it instead of renting it. But the message, People shouldn't be afraid of their government, is awesome. And will become even more important now that Comrade Obama is the new Emperor.
"......words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the now high chancellor, Adam Sutler. He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent......More than four hundred years ago a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than words, they are perspectives. So if you've seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you then I would suggest you allow the fifth of November to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek, then I ask you to stand beside me one year from tonight, outside the gates of Parliament, and together we shall give them a fifth of November that shall never, ever be forgot." - V
EOTWAWKI
Another installment of occasional updates on how we are doing out there
One of these is false
answer - Obama and his followers just think he's The One
- A new hotel opening in Las Vegas put out a call for employees. It got 67,000 applicants for 500 jobs
- Gm Sales down 45%, Chrysler down 35%, Ford sales down 30%, Nissan down 33%, Honda down 25% and Toyota down 23% in October.
- Obama is the Chosen One
- A CEO in India was beaten to death by employees after announcing massive layoffs. 63 people have been charged with his murder
- American Express said last week that it will cut 7,000 employees
- An English soccer player was fined $2,600 for hitting a nightclub doorman in the head with his girlfriend's handbag
- Volvo got orders for 41,970 of its big trucks in the 3rd quarter of 2007. In the 3rd quarter of 2008, 155 orders
One of these is false
answer - Obama and his followers just think he's The One
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
My Man Card Has Been Suspended
I drank not one but two cups of pumpkin spice coffee at work today!!! I have no idea what came over me – maybe I was channeling The Donk. It was there and it was free - I'm so embarrassed. I normally take my coffee hot black and bitter (sounds kinda like a certain presidential candidate). I sincerely apologize to everyone. I expect better of myself. I hope the children of America haven’t been scarred for life. I like to think of myself as a coffee role model. If y’all give me another chance I promise to never ever let it happen again.
As punishment I’m suspending my Man Card for 1 week.
As punishment I’m suspending my Man Card for 1 week.
EOTWAWKI
Another installment of occasional updates on how we are doing out there
One of these is false
answer - the one about McDonald's, come on, you really think there is beef in their burgers
- New York State faces a deficit of more than $40 billion over the next 18 months
- Kannapolis, NC, took down flags honoring native son Dale Earnhardt because Martha Stewart was coming to town
- McDonald's announced that they are lowering the amount of beef in their double cheese-burgers
- In the 3rd quarter GM says its North American sales were off 18.9% from last year
- Obama thinks he is the Messiah
- High School Musical 3 grossed $42 million in its opening weekend
- $400 billion for another ‘stimulus package
One of these is false
answer - the one about McDonald's, come on, you really think there is beef in their burgers
The Lesser of Two Evils
A simple analogy for those who believe in voting for the lesser of two evils: Who would you rather vote for, Grima Wormtongue or Saruman, to take the Ring of Power to the fires of Mt. Doom?
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Amsuing Facts
Found a new site, Amusing Facts
Among the amusing facts you'll find at this site:
A dime has 118 ridges around its edge.
A cricket's ears are just below its knees
Early Romans used porcupine quills as toothpicks
America’s favorite Crayola color is blue.
Every second two Barbie dolls are sold around the world. And, Barbie's full name it Barbara Millicent Roberts.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)