5.17.2007



Fun videos - Merry Christmas


Merry Christmas

This girl is singing something... but I forget what it is ;)

Ok Carrie and I are having a little tiff over this one, she wants me to take it down and asks"Why are men so obsessed with boobs?" So leave us your opinion in the comments section.

5.16.2007

Train passengers asked to get out and push | Oddly Enough | Reuters

Train passengers asked to get out and push | Oddly Enough | Reuters: "Train passengers asked to get out and push"


This reminds me of a train trip I took in 1994. The trains locomotive failed and we where stranded outside of a small town in Georgia called, if I remember right, Mound. The towns mayor and citizens greeted us with open arms by opening city hall (it was a Sunday) and the womans auxiliary showed up with tons of food, apple pies, cakes , lasagna etc... it was great. They even allowed us to use the phones to call family to let them know we where all right but would be late, very late. After several hours Amtrak came up with two plans to get us to our destination (New Orleans) the first was to wait several more hours for buses to show up and drive us the rest of the way. The second plan was for those adventurous souls who would not mine riding on a train with no electricity. A freight engine had been brought in to bring the train to New Orleans but because the fright engine and the passenger cars use different electrical systems there would be no power. The temperature was a humid ninety plus and there would be no AC or food! So after a quick run to the local store for food and beverages ;) a few hearty souls headed out on the crippled train, myself included. It was dark, hot and very weird. The only light came from back up batteries between the car sections, so of course this is where we all congregated. It turned out to be the best part of my trip. I met a ton of people and we had a party, the beer eerr, I mean beverages where drank fast so that they would not get too warm, food was shared and memories where made. To the cute blond from Sweden, sorry I did not find you in LA a week latter and too the middle aged man from Dallas who bewildered all of us with is ventriloquism, you made our night.

On a side note I just found out that one of my most favorite/ridiculed authors is very ill and has been for a while. For any who do not know Robert Jordan the author of the endless tomes call the Wheel of Time series is suffering from Amyloidosis. My good wishes and prayers go out to you and your family, good luck.

5.11.2007

German man found after 7 years dead in bed | Oddly Enough | Reuters: "German man found after 7 years dead in bed"

BERLIN (Reuters) - The decomposed corpse of a German man was found alone in his bed after nearly seven years, police in the western city of Essen said Thursday. Next to the dead man's bed police found cigarettes, an open television guide.

And here is another one:

Bank sells house complete with owner's corpse

updated 5.16.07

5.09.2007

Tampabay: Artist's work looked familiar

"If you're in the business of 'clever, ' there's sort of a promise, a covenant: 'I promise to be clever, and you promise to love me and my cleverness, "

A quote by Jim Benton




5.07.2007

Green Bay Press-Gazette - Police Calls

Green Bay Press-Gazette - Police Calls: "Theft: A 21-year-old De Pere man was arrested Wednesday for disorderly conduct and shoplifting $10 worth of pregnancy test kits from Woodman's, 2400 Dousman St. When asked by police who the kits were for, the man just sighed.

— Ashwaubenon Public Safety Department"

5.04.2007


THE FUTURE

Admittedly, our niche role in the human species might seem marginal, quaint, or even silly at the present time, if you're of a very boring, practical, and short-sighted mindset.

But just wait … wait until the whole world is a giant post-nuclear wasteland populated by clashing tribes of biker warriors all battling over some rare and precious resource like gas or water or fertile women. Then, let me tell ya, the instincts we refused to squelch, the fears that we trained ourselves to ignore, and the skills that we honed in the lost spaces of cities are all going to prove invaluable. And the bozos who didn't get it are going to be sitting on the radioactive surface scratching their tumors and gnawing on rat bones left behind by mutant cockroaches, while WE rule the mighty underground cities that we forged in the lost remains of massive subterranean military installations.

If they're really lucky, maybe we'll allow them to fight one another to the death in the post-apocalyptic gladiator-style games we run for entertainment in order to placate the masses. And all kinds of tough scantily-clad post-apocalypse babes will beg to reproduce with us.

Totally.


This is taken from those great urban explorers here in Minneapolis, The Action Squad!

5.03.2007

TwinCities.com - Minneapolis / Strip club chain may buy Schieks after all

TwinCities.com - Minneapolis / Strip club chain may buy Schieks after all:

YOUR TAX MONEY AT WORK!

Minneapolis sent two officers on a cross-country trip to tour seven of the chain's strip clubs. Grant Wilson, of the licensing department, traveled with police investigator David Rodriguez on a four-day trip in late March and early April to get a peek at the sexual contact between customers and employees, customers being allowed to touch their breasts and simulated sex in their laps, stuff like that, "Most guys think it would be a dream assignment, but it was very grueling,' given the late nights, the documentation involved and the travel between two states, he said."

(I did edit the above to tickle the funny bone just a little.)

5.02.2007


BlueHour | Priorities: "Priorities"

Damn it's a little dusty around here...

Ok folks (like anyone is gonna actually read this after a three month poof, but here goes) I'm back. My DSL arrived yesterday and here I am. I had a lot of funny pic's and comments stored up but they all seem way to stale now. I even thought about tossing in the towel on this blog and starting new. But it's way to long in the works, so I'll just start plodding along with the pic's and stuff.

So whats new, well Carrie the wife has a new job taking care of squishies or at least that is what she calls them. Squishies are babies, you know those little versions of you and I that we all hope turn out better than we did even though they have the disadvantage of your illegal drug/alcohol/prescription drug/environmentally poisoned polluted genes and mental instability. I on the other hand have chosen to embark on a great new adventure, I'm headed back to school )after fourteen years) to get my MBA and working through a temp agency for spending change. Till later, cya.

Myths replace facts in honeybee decline

The Truth about the honeybee disappearance is now known!!

U.S. Department of Agriculture top bee researcher Jeff Pettis sys that bees are out creating crop circles "and it's working them to death."

2.06.2007

We suffered a huge loss in the last move. Due to his constant fighting with Shadow, Carrie and I made the decision to give up Ziggy. This was one of the hardest things I have had to do... I loved him so much, and I know it hurt Carrie to no end. But Shadow is a fifteen year old grumpy old man and would not have adapted well to a new home, Ziggy is young and very charming. We brought him to the humane society after spending weeks trying to find a new home. He looked so hurt when we left him there, thank god he did not cry out I think I would have crumbled. Two weeks latter D my sis in law was with a friend dropping off a stry at the humane society and who does she see, but Ziggy as he was being adopted.

PS Still on dial-up so things are slow... but everything is good. Now all I need is a new job to go along with my decision to head back to school for my MBA... so long to the hotel business (I may work in one while in school but I will not be staying, fourteen years is long enough!)

1.06.2007

Just a quick update. Sorry about the lack of posts but yet again we have moved and Shadow our cat shorted out our DSL modem, so we are on dial up, which makes it very hard to post. Everything is good and I have a ton of news and pic's soon to be forthcoming. Till then take care...

12.11.2006


Mom: Talking Doll Called My Daughter 'a Slut'

(click pic for ABC's test video)

By MIRI MARSHALL

Dec. 10, 2006 — It's supposed to say sweet things to little girls like, "You're a wonderful friend," but push its button the wrong way and the Little Mermaid Shimmering Lights Ariel doll may say something else — "You're a slut," according to a California mother whose allegation came to light in a newspaper report.

I thought it was only the Paris Hilton and Lindsey Lohan dolls that where supposed to do that?



12.07.2006

Carrie and I where reading the waiters blog when we got talking about coworkers and the drama of them. Here are a few that made our list:

1)At one of my last jobs I had a waiter who pretended to be British and faked his accent and background. It was funny whenever he got upset (which was often) the accent would suddenly disappear and his voice would go up three octaves. He was actually from Wisconsin!
2)Another coworker changed his name and refused to acknowledge anyone who called him by his given name, this included his mother when she visited him at work. He also is a drama queen from Wisconsin! What makes people from Wisconsin so ashamed of their state that they want to reinvent themselves???
3)Then there was the hypochondriac who one day when I walked behind the front desk of the hotel, she had three pill bottles out, was on the phone with her doctors office and had a light box with a reflector shinning on her to treat her SAD. When ever the news reported on some new and bizarre illness she would come down with it!
4)There was many years ago the day care worker who I heard from everyday when I dropped of my niece. She lived with her boyfriend, his two ex girlfriends, their kids, his best friend, brother, mom, grandmother and the grandmothers drunken boyfriend in a two bedroom condo. Everyday she would complain about her living condition to everyone. Thank God I only had to listen to it five minutes a day. I always felt sorry for her coworkers one of which was the boyfriend!

We could go on, the hotel and restaurant business is full of strange drama queens... not to mention the guests.

12.06.2006

My heart & prayers goes out to the Kim family. You all have shown such courage and strength during the ordeal. For those who may not have heard this family of four was returning home after Thanksgiving and became stranded in the Oregon mountains. Three family members where rescued on Monday (Dec. 4th!) . James Kim an editor at Cnet had headed out on Saturday by foot to look for help. His body was located this afternoon.

Ogling Breasts Makes Men Live Longer

This is not a joke. It came from the New England Journal of Medicine.

Great news for girl watchers: Ogling over women's breasts is good for a man's health and can add years to his life, medical experts have discovered. According to the New England Journal of Medicine, "Just 10 minutes of staring at the charms of a well-endowed female is roughly equivalent to a 30-minute aerobics work-out" declared gerontologist Dr. Karen Weatherby.

Dr. Weatherby and fellow researchers at three hospitals in Frankfurt, Germany, reached the startling conclusion after comparing the health of 200 male outpatients - half of whom were instructed to look at busty females daily, the other half told to refrain from doing so. The study revealed that after five years, the chest-watchers had lower blood pressure, slower resting pulse rates and fewer instances of coronary artery disease.

"Sexual excitement gets the heart pumping and improves blood circulation," explains Dr. Weatherby. "There's no question: Gazing at breasts makes men healthier." "Our study indicates that engaging in this activity a few minutes daily cuts the risk of stroke and heart attack in half. We believe that by doing so consistently, the average man can extend his life four to five years."

Is this to good too be true?

Idiot of the week: From The Chimp-o-Matic: If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow.

This is an actual quote from Jan. 1, 2000
--George W. Bush

12.02.2006


Aaaahhhh... such a cute kitten. You did see the kitten, right?


Yeah boss, about that shipment of cars...
Idiot of the week: This guy who fell asleep twenty stories up while washing windows. He may not be a true idiot but sleeping up that high, well it's close.