Its sadly ironic in a way......

http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20081023/cm_csm/ymicciche

Well, the last two weeks have been a real eye opener for the country at large considering a contentious election and an ineffectual, corrupt and self-interested Congress…..our “representatives”. I’m just glad are the riders on the current clown car are revealing ( Read more... )

Fun filled *memorable* weekend! Spent Friday night and most of Saturday in the local hospital with My Lady, mundanely known as Laura but within The Society as Zanetia Nicolinni vedova Carlos. Broke both bones above her ankle at a skating rink with her Sister and sisters boyfriend de jour, Bill. And our two youngest. The sister called me right after ( Read more... )

I had a weird dream last night. Not a big deal actually, I have what some might call an *interesting* and others might call a *scarey* subconscious. I tend to think of it more in terms of a *geeky* subconscious, but an active one prone to self-expression on a regular basis.

In other words, I have a lot of weird dreams on a regular basis.

Last night ( Read more... )

Shamelessly gakked from Gwynubis ( Read more... )

WARNING: BAILOUT RANT AHEAD (beep, beep, beep….)

When I was doing my undergrad classes, I had a Modern Russian History course, the starting theme being that the execution of one extended family, the Romanovs, changed the history and culture of Russia forever. It could have turned out very positive, but psychopaths in society usually take advantage ( Read more... )

( I ruthlessly gakked and edited this....for obvious reasons)

Becoming a Person    PEER  of Influence by John C. Maxwell.

First, it was very easy for me to replace the words “person of influence” throughout the book with “Peer.”   After all, what is a Peer, but a person of influence - whether by choice or by the nature of having being recognized as ( Read more... )

http://www.simondale.net/house/index.htm

More earthy crunchy than I am by nature but I like to build and I have a dream of living off the grid! When I was a kid, I loved the colonial construction books American heritage books put out. Then as an early teen my Mom stumbled across the Foxfire series on rural Appalachian living. Not as intriguing but ( Read more... )

I shamelessly ganked this from Spoon of Doom:

1. Sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen?
Stargate Atlantis

2. You're out to eat; what kind of dressing does she get on his salad?
I eat her salad while she cringes at anything green.

3. What's one food she doesn't like?
Anything green or mexican or spicy..

4. You go out to the bar.  What does ( Read more... )

I work in the prosecution side of law enforcement. Most of the cops and agents I know favor this Doctrine because, " I would rather deal with a dead or wounded perp than a grieving wife or husband." Personally, I prefer a big dog, a stungun or a pump shotgun.....but those are hard to conceal....

http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/ ( Read more... )

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/08/29/umit.ART_ART_08-29-08_A4_2QB5T1Q.html?sid=101

The cheap bio-fuel converter is born……

The problem with hydrogen fuel cell implementation has ( Read more... )