I never thought I'd say this but I wish it would rain. It thundered last night forever -- it rained about 13 drops. It's been thundering for the past hour and I have yet to see moisture. We could use the rain and I could use some cooling off. It's that time of year: Too chilly for the pool, too hot to be comfortable. Sigh!
I thought since we're all using Furl now -- yeah, I'm laughing too -- I'd mention the section entitled "My Recommendations." I usually have some pretty cool recommendations and others ... well, it makes me wonder if someone adds them just to irritate me. For example:
Your Dirty Mind
Why would anyone recommend that to me especially considering they're basing that on what I've already Furled? Give me a break ...
This a great site, and one you can absolutely trust.
SourceForge
"SourceForge is the world's largest Open Source software development web site, hosting more than 100,000 projects and over 1,000,000 registered users with a centralized resource for managing projects, issues, communications, and code. SourceForge.net has the largest repository of Open Source code and applications available on the Internet, and hosts more Open Source development products than any other site or network worldwide. SourceForge.net provides a wide variety of services to projects we host, and to the Open Source community."
Here's another one I love:
Sysinternals
"The Sysinternals web site provides you with advanced utilities, technical information, and source code related to Windows internals that you won't find anywhere else."
And then there's Johnny. Usually he says: "Hi, I'm Johnny. I hack stuff," but today he's saying, "Normally, my site is here, but we're getting pounded with traffic so the site has curled up into the fetal position until things cool down. Please check back later!" I Furled him just because I'm curious!
I HACK STUFF
So you can tell I don't even have a category called "Fun Stuff." Others do, I don't. I Furl sites like:
Etymology
National Geographic
and
Librarians' Internet Index
Wait, this is fun stuff -- woo-hoo!
Legal Zoom
That's handy for your next prenuptial agreement!
Free e-books
Online free literacy for all -- although it occurs to me if you're already online and surfing, you're probably not illiterate.
And how about this one:
Aesop's Fables
Now who says I don't know how to rock and roll? Huh? Okay, whatever!
Who can resist Aviation Disasters?
Plane Crash Info
NTSB
How about Best of the Web:
Time's 50 Coolest Sites
30 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do
Best of the Web Directory
Okay, you gotta dig:
The Insult-o-Matic
It just called me a:
"Pus-sucking full o'yourself butt-licking scuz-bag!!!!!!!"
But I asked for Intense Abuse. I don't know why. Looking back, probably I'd have been better off w/ Slight or Regular Abuse. Sigh. I guess I'll curl up in a fetal position until my feelings aren't hurt anymore ... I'm posting a warning:
Use the Insult-o-Matic at your own risk!!
Later~
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Saturday, September 09, 2006
Migraine and a Harvest Moon
Yup, another wonderful couple of days for me. God created everything for a reason and I understand why He did most everything except for two: migraines and cockroaches. You know, you clue me in as soon as you can, okay? I'm not in the best mood I could be so give me a break, okay?
I have so much on my mind it's coming out my ears. Little stuff -- make a doctor appointment, run errands in Jackson, call the farrier, try to find out where on earth some Swarovski crystals are that I purchased weeks ago -- and get a load of it: the seller is in Nashville! -- and so on. Just a lot of little things adding up to make one Big Fat Thing which is probably why I have a migraine. It mildly occurs to me if I'd begin checking things off that crappy list I wouldn't get in this situation. Duh.
OH, my stars! Hahaha, I just flipped to Headline News and Nancy Grace is on. I've not seen news of any kind for a couple of days so I thought I'd see what was going on but Nancy is on and guess who's in court again: Michael Jackson! Ex-wife Debbie Rowe is seeking custody of her kids and this is the best part: He has to bankroll her lawsuit. HAHAHA! Read it here:
WACKO JACKO
Pervert.
Probably this won't mean much to you but it sure does to me, as I was born and raised in IL. Former IL Governor George Ryan has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison after being convicted of corruption:
"Ryan was snared in an eight-year federal probe that exposed rampant bribery in state driver's license facilities while he was secretary of state. The investigation has been among the most successful in modern Chicago history in reach and significance with 75 convictions."
HE'S A CROOK
He was lauded internationally for clearing Death Row prior to leaving office. I'll try to keep my opinion about that to myself.
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And now I'm back! I began this post on Wednesday but eventually I could fight the U.T.I. no longer, and I've been feeling so lousy I've not done much of anything the past few days. I finally broke down and went to the doctor yesterday and now I'm taking Cipro. I've not thrown it up yet so it looks like I may actually tolerate it. I can't take E-mycin, Biaxin, etc. -- I have a whole list. However, when I saw Susan yesterday (including the ensuing events) I was forced to deduct numerous brownie points. I will be locating another physician. Trust me.
I have only enjoyed the Harvest Moon from afar however, it has made me feel even more strongly about the effects of a full moon on everyone and everything. My parents have been fussing at each other for three days, I've been fussing at everyone and things are just strange. I'm telling you, I believe in the Full Moon Theory and I'm not that crazy.
Here's your How-To of the day:
How to Stop Swearing
$&@%#*&$!!
If that doesn't work try this:
The Bad Word Database
And just for the record? I don't care what anyone does. I do well to keep track of myself from one day to the next w/out worrying about what someone else is doing. So if it's your thing to cuss a blue streak -- go for it.
Barbaro is coming along, however slowly. The most recent new is:
Aug, 28 2006 After the latest examination of Barbaro's injured leg Dr. Richardson said; "Based on new radiographs that were taken, the leg looked excellent under the cast, said Dr. Dean Richardson, chief of surgery at the New Bolton Center. "The pastern joint looks completely fused, and there is only a small area in the long pastern bone that has a little farther to go before we take him out of the cast completely."
Aug, 22 2006 "Barbaro's appetite and his attitude right now are phenomenal; he attacks his feed and when he goes out to graze, he acts like he thinks he could train," according to Dr. Richardson. He also added that "He needs to continue to improve over the next few months before we will have a better idea about his long term comfort."
And here he is in a recent photo enjoying the great outdoors w/ Dr. Richardson, his primary caregiver:
Should you feel so inclined, I urge you to donate to the Barbaro Fund as I have!
Remember, it doesn't benefit Barbaro alone, but many, many like him in dire need!
Barbaro Fund
I do know one thing about Barbaro -- he feels well enough to flirt w/ the fillies! A healthy 3 year old stallion will do that, nicker when a filly is nearby, so I'd say he's coming right along as he should be. I know I'm unusally sympathetic to this situation but please know, if you lived with horses, if you loved and were loved by horses, if you could go out to the pasture at midnight to be nuzzled by a horse and feel his warm breath on your neck, you'd feel tons of sympathy as well. Horses are magnificent and powerful animals, but you cannot understand how extremely fragile they are as well, which is what Barbaro is going through and has been going through since May. That's why my heart hurts. But on a sweet note, below is Barbaro's newest baby brother -- his full brother, by the way, same sire and dam. Here he is w/ Mom, La Ville Rouge:
Also a bay he looks every bit the spitfire of Barbaro!
Remember Smarty Jones?
The little guy (all of 14hh -- my Palomino is 16.1hh) won the 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, but came in a heartbreaking second at Belmont. In August 2004 he retired due to chronic bruising of his ankles and he now stands at Three Chimneys Farm. Last year was a great year for Smarty Jones and as a result, his first foal, a filly, was born at 12.10 AM on 10 January of this year. Mom is Shoppingwithbetty.
Isn't she precious? She looks like she'll be a chestnut like Daddy! She was the first of 80 foals he sired this year! Sad though, she sold on 11 July for $556,521:
To put the price into perspective, that made Smarty the fourth leading sire by average for the two-day sale of foals -- ahead of King Kamehameha, even though a foal by him brought a world record price of $5.2 million. A familiar name who finished behind Smarty in average was Kentucky Derby winner War Emblem.
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It's now 9.00 PM Saturday. I've been working on this post off and on since late this afternoon but Beta Blogger doesn't seem to like to post photos! *SCREAM* My highly intelligent and beautiful friend Sharmy has no problems w/ Beta but I'm 'bout ready to pull every strand of hair right out my head!
Oh my stars, you have to read this -- a N.Y woman won $1 million twice:
Millionaire Again!
"In 2002, her winning ticket in the Cool Million scratch-off game, which has since been discontinued, was a shot of 1 in 5.2 million, according to the New York State Lottery. Last month, she beat odds of 1 in 705,600 when she got the $1 million prize in the New York lottery's Jubilee scratch-off game. Overall, her chances of winning both games were a slim 1 in 3,669,120,000,000."
Well, God bless her little heart! That certainly cheered me up after battling Blogger half the day, so on that note ...
I'm outta here~
I have so much on my mind it's coming out my ears. Little stuff -- make a doctor appointment, run errands in Jackson, call the farrier, try to find out where on earth some Swarovski crystals are that I purchased weeks ago -- and get a load of it: the seller is in Nashville! -- and so on. Just a lot of little things adding up to make one Big Fat Thing which is probably why I have a migraine. It mildly occurs to me if I'd begin checking things off that crappy list I wouldn't get in this situation. Duh.
OH, my stars! Hahaha, I just flipped to Headline News and Nancy Grace is on. I've not seen news of any kind for a couple of days so I thought I'd see what was going on but Nancy is on and guess who's in court again: Michael Jackson! Ex-wife Debbie Rowe is seeking custody of her kids and this is the best part: He has to bankroll her lawsuit. HAHAHA! Read it here:
WACKO JACKO
Pervert.
Probably this won't mean much to you but it sure does to me, as I was born and raised in IL. Former IL Governor George Ryan has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison after being convicted of corruption:
"Ryan was snared in an eight-year federal probe that exposed rampant bribery in state driver's license facilities while he was secretary of state. The investigation has been among the most successful in modern Chicago history in reach and significance with 75 convictions."
HE'S A CROOK
He was lauded internationally for clearing Death Row prior to leaving office. I'll try to keep my opinion about that to myself.
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And now I'm back! I began this post on Wednesday but eventually I could fight the U.T.I. no longer, and I've been feeling so lousy I've not done much of anything the past few days. I finally broke down and went to the doctor yesterday and now I'm taking Cipro. I've not thrown it up yet so it looks like I may actually tolerate it. I can't take E-mycin, Biaxin, etc. -- I have a whole list. However, when I saw Susan yesterday (including the ensuing events) I was forced to deduct numerous brownie points. I will be locating another physician. Trust me.
I have only enjoyed the Harvest Moon from afar however, it has made me feel even more strongly about the effects of a full moon on everyone and everything. My parents have been fussing at each other for three days, I've been fussing at everyone and things are just strange. I'm telling you, I believe in the Full Moon Theory and I'm not that crazy.
Here's your How-To of the day:
How to Stop Swearing
$&@%#*&$!!
If that doesn't work try this:
The Bad Word Database
And just for the record? I don't care what anyone does. I do well to keep track of myself from one day to the next w/out worrying about what someone else is doing. So if it's your thing to cuss a blue streak -- go for it.
Barbaro is coming along, however slowly. The most recent new is:
Aug, 28 2006 After the latest examination of Barbaro's injured leg Dr. Richardson said; "Based on new radiographs that were taken, the leg looked excellent under the cast, said Dr. Dean Richardson, chief of surgery at the New Bolton Center. "The pastern joint looks completely fused, and there is only a small area in the long pastern bone that has a little farther to go before we take him out of the cast completely."
Aug, 22 2006 "Barbaro's appetite and his attitude right now are phenomenal; he attacks his feed and when he goes out to graze, he acts like he thinks he could train," according to Dr. Richardson. He also added that "He needs to continue to improve over the next few months before we will have a better idea about his long term comfort."
And here he is in a recent photo enjoying the great outdoors w/ Dr. Richardson, his primary caregiver:
Should you feel so inclined, I urge you to donate to the Barbaro Fund as I have!
Remember, it doesn't benefit Barbaro alone, but many, many like him in dire need!Barbaro Fund
I do know one thing about Barbaro -- he feels well enough to flirt w/ the fillies! A healthy 3 year old stallion will do that, nicker when a filly is nearby, so I'd say he's coming right along as he should be. I know I'm unusally sympathetic to this situation but please know, if you lived with horses, if you loved and were loved by horses, if you could go out to the pasture at midnight to be nuzzled by a horse and feel his warm breath on your neck, you'd feel tons of sympathy as well. Horses are magnificent and powerful animals, but you cannot understand how extremely fragile they are as well, which is what Barbaro is going through and has been going through since May. That's why my heart hurts. But on a sweet note, below is Barbaro's newest baby brother -- his full brother, by the way, same sire and dam. Here he is w/ Mom, La Ville Rouge:
Also a bay he looks every bit the spitfire of Barbaro!Remember Smarty Jones?
The little guy (all of 14hh -- my Palomino is 16.1hh) won the 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, but came in a heartbreaking second at Belmont. In August 2004 he retired due to chronic bruising of his ankles and he now stands at Three Chimneys Farm. Last year was a great year for Smarty Jones and as a result, his first foal, a filly, was born at 12.10 AM on 10 January of this year. Mom is Shoppingwithbetty.
Isn't she precious? She looks like she'll be a chestnut like Daddy! She was the first of 80 foals he sired this year! Sad though, she sold on 11 July for $556,521:
To put the price into perspective, that made Smarty the fourth leading sire by average for the two-day sale of foals -- ahead of King Kamehameha, even though a foal by him brought a world record price of $5.2 million. A familiar name who finished behind Smarty in average was Kentucky Derby winner War Emblem.~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
It's now 9.00 PM Saturday. I've been working on this post off and on since late this afternoon but Beta Blogger doesn't seem to like to post photos! *SCREAM* My highly intelligent and beautiful friend Sharmy has no problems w/ Beta but I'm 'bout ready to pull every strand of hair right out my head!
Oh my stars, you have to read this -- a N.Y woman won $1 million twice:
Millionaire Again!
"In 2002, her winning ticket in the Cool Million scratch-off game, which has since been discontinued, was a shot of 1 in 5.2 million, according to the New York State Lottery. Last month, she beat odds of 1 in 705,600 when she got the $1 million prize in the New York lottery's Jubilee scratch-off game. Overall, her chances of winning both games were a slim 1 in 3,669,120,000,000."
Well, God bless her little heart! That certainly cheered me up after battling Blogger half the day, so on that note ...
I'm outta here~
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Note To Self #5
The next time my moron friend Sharmy says, "Oooooh, it's so easy, you gotta do it!" don't freakin' listen to her! Like the time she said, "You gotta switch to Blogger Beta, it's so easy, you gotta do it!" Just because she has a brain the size of Texas doesn't mean this little wop does! I can't find a dang thing I'm looking for in that HTML, I tell you what. I searched until I was embarrassed, never did find it.
I promised to tell you how I, a manic online bookmarker -- not bookMAKER -- save my bookmarks w/out using my browser's bookmark feature. If you use I.E. (*gasp!*) that would be your favorites. But of course you're all using Firefox because once upon a time I used to have a download button on my blog. Anyway, I save everything w/ Furl -- short for "File URLs." Okay? Here's a description from the site:
What is Furl?
Furl is a free service that saves a personal copy of any page you find on the Web, and lets you find it again instantly by searching your archive of pages. It's your Personal Web.
Furl offers the best ways to share the content you find on the Web, and recommends new Web pages that may interest you. You can also search Furl to find the best sites that other people are saving.
Furl is used for many purposes by many types of people. For travel planning. Recipe sharing. House-hunting. Medical research. Thousands of people use Furl every day to save, share and discover information that is important to them.
Instantly. Simply. Guaranteed.
Read more about it here:
LEARN MORE
Okay, I'm not stupid enough to depend solely on Furl either. It has an export feature so you can back it up! Woo-hoo! I found that little gem all by myself. Another thing I love about it is, once you begin saving pages Furl recommends sites to you. But be prepared -- you go to that page, you better pack a lunch cause you're gonna be addicted!
Well! I just got spooked big time! I was really hating Beta Blogger when I looked for this draft ... And couldn't find it! I've only spent countless hours fooling around so much w/ the template I've not had energy to post -- and I still loathe it, you know. I'm giving some very serious thought to changing it back to the boring old thing I used to have just so I won't have to worry about that anymore. Some would call it obsessing about it but of course I'd never do that! So I began this post days ago, got busy, occasionally changing things around so much it made me dizzy, saved it to draft and tonight couldn't find it -- momentarily. Sigh.
So I have some news! I nearly bought a Dyson today, and not just any Dyson: A PINK DYSON! Lookie! Isn't it adorable?
I saw it at Target last week and I wanted it but dang! I just bought a great new bagless vacuum that's an absolute dream perhaps six months ago so I let the "sensible" side of me prevail. But when I saw it on sale for only $399 plus you get a $100 gift card and Target donates $40 to Breast Cancer Research -- well, it was clearly karma! I got my little hooves on the box and almost croaked -- that stupid thing weighs like 35 lbs.! I was like, "Forget that" and I kicked it to the curb! It's not that freakin' adorable and I'm sort of not in the mood for chiropractic care after every time I vacuum. Anyway, I did find other ways to soothe my hurt feelings. You know it was a struggle but I managed. *LOL* Sadly, I forgot all about going to Verizon Wireless so I am still sans Razr -- in pink of course. Just tell me this isn't adorable! 
Uh-huh, you know I'm right! So tomorrow, oh happy day, I'm going back to Jackson to meet a friend, pick up the LitterMaid Mega Elite whatever-it's-called Litter Box for the Furballs that I have on "hold" at Petco and w/ any luck I'll actually remember to go to Verizon as well. Sheesh. Whoa -- would you look at that? It has no antenna! I've been using a friend's Razr occasionally, whenever we're together but I didnt' notice until I looked at the photo. Now where am I going to put my little charm from Hawai'i? Let us ponder on this a spell ... Oh, but his is black. No pink for this guy.
So it's That Time of Year again. You know, one day it's hot and steamy, the next it's frigid and blustery. Perhaps I exaggerate -- but only slightly! Last week it went from 95°w/ at least that humidity to a high of 70°and windy in a matter of two days. It's been so cold I'm sure I saw the Titanic go down in my pool yesterday. And you never know how to dress! Bad enough sweatshirts and T shirts are now sharing a very meager space, but it really sucks when you leave the ranch at 8.00 AM in a sweatshirt and by noon you're the only dufus around not wearing shorts and a tank top. Sigh! I suppose I'll have to retreat to my old habit of carrying a jacket w/ me all the time again. I'll put it way in the back, and no one will even see Lovey clunked up like that. And I still do that thing w/ my hand when people want to cross in front of my vehicle. Old habits die hard, huh? I didn't even know I was doing it until about a year ago.
On my way to Jackson today -- this is a true story -- I saw a buttload of TN State Boys making a felony stop. Traffic was stopped in my lane because they had their weapons pulled, and in the east bound lane it was crawling because everyone was staring! I was pretty near the front plus Lovey sits kinda high in the saddle so I could see well. So the vehicle in question, a hoopty Cadillac w/ very darkly smoked windows was sitting about half on the shoulder, half in the traffic lane and all these coppers had their weapons drawn. Dude wouldn't get out of the hoopty but he had the window down about half way, talking to some of the cops. From what I gathered -- duh -- they wanted him out of the vehicle however, he refused to exit because they had reason to believe there were drugs inside, and he was not giving his permission to search. As you well know, if they suspect drugs are present they don't need permission to search, and they did the next thing as permissible by law: "Get the dog!" Next thing you know, Puppy was all over the hoopty and I sat there thinking, "Either that car is packed w/ drugs or some real premium dog food." Dude still isn't comin' out the car and unfortunately, it appears he's highly allergic to dogs because suddenly it's like a game of Grand Theft Auto gone bad because he's now testing the four wheel drive abilities of that hoopty! He takes off like a shot, and just like in the Blues Brothers allllllllll those coppers take off after him, burning rubber, kicking in turbos, sirens screaming! Man! That was totally exciting! However, I later found out the suspect pulled over less than a mile away and lay down in the middle of the freeway w/ his hands in the air. Sigh. How anticlimactic.
Sad news: Steve Irwin, the man who put the word crikey on many American's lips passed away yesterday. Rest now, Steve. You had a career doing what you loved. See below:
Steve Irwin, popular Australian naturalist, killed by stingray
(CNN) -- Steve Irwin, the Australian naturalist and wildlife crusader who won fame for his popular TV show "The Crocodile Hunter," died Monday after a stingray barb went into his chest, while filming off Australia's northeast coast, authorities said.
Irwin was filming an underwater documentary at Batt Reef in the Great Barrier Reef off Port Douglas in Queensland state, Queensland state police said.
The stingray barb pierced his chest, hospital sources said. News reports say he went into cardiac arrest after he was stung. His body was flown to the city of Cairns.
Irwin, 44, was director of the Australian Zoo in Queensland. He is survived by his American-born wife, Terri, and their two children, Bindi Sue, age 8, and Robert (Bob), age 3.
Terri Irwin was told of her husband's death while on a walking tour in Tasmania, and returned Monday night to the Sunshine Coast with the children.
Can't you just hear him going, "CRIKEY!"
Finally, notice if you will below my profile, and for all you lovers of icky green, a question that's been burning for several months now. Vote now, vote often! I'm positively curious.
Enough, for now~
*Update: Looks like Mr. Blog has his own ideas, the poll posted above my profile. I don't even care. I've "edited" the template more times than I can count. Remember: Vote now, and vote often! (A phrase borrowed from my running for election days in Saint Louis. "Vote often" -- get it?)
I promised to tell you how I, a manic online bookmarker -- not bookMAKER -- save my bookmarks w/out using my browser's bookmark feature. If you use I.E. (*gasp!*) that would be your favorites. But of course you're all using Firefox because once upon a time I used to have a download button on my blog. Anyway, I save everything w/ Furl -- short for "File URLs." Okay? Here's a description from the site:
What is Furl?
Furl is a free service that saves a personal copy of any page you find on the Web, and lets you find it again instantly by searching your archive of pages. It's your Personal Web.
Furl offers the best ways to share the content you find on the Web, and recommends new Web pages that may interest you. You can also search Furl to find the best sites that other people are saving.
Furl is used for many purposes by many types of people. For travel planning. Recipe sharing. House-hunting. Medical research. Thousands of people use Furl every day to save, share and discover information that is important to them.
Instantly. Simply. Guaranteed.
Read more about it here:
LEARN MORE
Okay, I'm not stupid enough to depend solely on Furl either. It has an export feature so you can back it up! Woo-hoo! I found that little gem all by myself. Another thing I love about it is, once you begin saving pages Furl recommends sites to you. But be prepared -- you go to that page, you better pack a lunch cause you're gonna be addicted!
Well! I just got spooked big time! I was really hating Beta Blogger when I looked for this draft ... And couldn't find it! I've only spent countless hours fooling around so much w/ the template I've not had energy to post -- and I still loathe it, you know. I'm giving some very serious thought to changing it back to the boring old thing I used to have just so I won't have to worry about that anymore. Some would call it obsessing about it but of course I'd never do that! So I began this post days ago, got busy, occasionally changing things around so much it made me dizzy, saved it to draft and tonight couldn't find it -- momentarily. Sigh.
So I have some news! I nearly bought a Dyson today, and not just any Dyson: A PINK DYSON! Lookie! Isn't it adorable?
I saw it at Target last week and I wanted it but dang! I just bought a great new bagless vacuum that's an absolute dream perhaps six months ago so I let the "sensible" side of me prevail. But when I saw it on sale for only $399 plus you get a $100 gift card and Target donates $40 to Breast Cancer Research -- well, it was clearly karma! I got my little hooves on the box and almost croaked -- that stupid thing weighs like 35 lbs.! I was like, "Forget that" and I kicked it to the curb! It's not that freakin' adorable and I'm sort of not in the mood for chiropractic care after every time I vacuum. Anyway, I did find other ways to soothe my hurt feelings. You know it was a struggle but I managed. *LOL* Sadly, I forgot all about going to Verizon Wireless so I am still sans Razr -- in pink of course. Just tell me this isn't adorable! 
Uh-huh, you know I'm right! So tomorrow, oh happy day, I'm going back to Jackson to meet a friend, pick up the LitterMaid Mega Elite whatever-it's-called Litter Box for the Furballs that I have on "hold" at Petco and w/ any luck I'll actually remember to go to Verizon as well. Sheesh. Whoa -- would you look at that? It has no antenna! I've been using a friend's Razr occasionally, whenever we're together but I didnt' notice until I looked at the photo. Now where am I going to put my little charm from Hawai'i? Let us ponder on this a spell ... Oh, but his is black. No pink for this guy.So it's That Time of Year again. You know, one day it's hot and steamy, the next it's frigid and blustery. Perhaps I exaggerate -- but only slightly! Last week it went from 95°w/ at least that humidity to a high of 70°and windy in a matter of two days. It's been so cold I'm sure I saw the Titanic go down in my pool yesterday. And you never know how to dress! Bad enough sweatshirts and T shirts are now sharing a very meager space, but it really sucks when you leave the ranch at 8.00 AM in a sweatshirt and by noon you're the only dufus around not wearing shorts and a tank top. Sigh! I suppose I'll have to retreat to my old habit of carrying a jacket w/ me all the time again. I'll put it way in the back, and no one will even see Lovey clunked up like that. And I still do that thing w/ my hand when people want to cross in front of my vehicle. Old habits die hard, huh? I didn't even know I was doing it until about a year ago.
On my way to Jackson today -- this is a true story -- I saw a buttload of TN State Boys making a felony stop. Traffic was stopped in my lane because they had their weapons pulled, and in the east bound lane it was crawling because everyone was staring! I was pretty near the front plus Lovey sits kinda high in the saddle so I could see well. So the vehicle in question, a hoopty Cadillac w/ very darkly smoked windows was sitting about half on the shoulder, half in the traffic lane and all these coppers had their weapons drawn. Dude wouldn't get out of the hoopty but he had the window down about half way, talking to some of the cops. From what I gathered -- duh -- they wanted him out of the vehicle however, he refused to exit because they had reason to believe there were drugs inside, and he was not giving his permission to search. As you well know, if they suspect drugs are present they don't need permission to search, and they did the next thing as permissible by law: "Get the dog!" Next thing you know, Puppy was all over the hoopty and I sat there thinking, "Either that car is packed w/ drugs or some real premium dog food." Dude still isn't comin' out the car and unfortunately, it appears he's highly allergic to dogs because suddenly it's like a game of Grand Theft Auto gone bad because he's now testing the four wheel drive abilities of that hoopty! He takes off like a shot, and just like in the Blues Brothers allllllllll those coppers take off after him, burning rubber, kicking in turbos, sirens screaming! Man! That was totally exciting! However, I later found out the suspect pulled over less than a mile away and lay down in the middle of the freeway w/ his hands in the air. Sigh. How anticlimactic.
Sad news: Steve Irwin, the man who put the word crikey on many American's lips passed away yesterday. Rest now, Steve. You had a career doing what you loved. See below:
Steve Irwin, popular Australian naturalist, killed by stingray
(CNN) -- Steve Irwin, the Australian naturalist and wildlife crusader who won fame for his popular TV show "The Crocodile Hunter," died Monday after a stingray barb went into his chest, while filming off Australia's northeast coast, authorities said.
Irwin was filming an underwater documentary at Batt Reef in the Great Barrier Reef off Port Douglas in Queensland state, Queensland state police said.
The stingray barb pierced his chest, hospital sources said. News reports say he went into cardiac arrest after he was stung. His body was flown to the city of Cairns.
Irwin, 44, was director of the Australian Zoo in Queensland. He is survived by his American-born wife, Terri, and their two children, Bindi Sue, age 8, and Robert (Bob), age 3.
Terri Irwin was told of her husband's death while on a walking tour in Tasmania, and returned Monday night to the Sunshine Coast with the children.
Can't you just hear him going, "CRIKEY!"
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