Finally… Back in June when the toilet fiasco hit, I had repainted the hallway and foyer. It was supposed to be a sage green. It turned out to be the color of algae. (Can you say depressing?) It is now a bright, light lemon yellow. I just finished painting, caulking and painting the mouldings, and touching up the trim where it needed it.

Yay! One more room down… I still have the in the rest of places where new flooring was put down. The guys replaced the mouldings but they didn’t caulk the mouldings like it should have been. I’ll tackle that, but not tonight. It’s rather late.

Boy does it feel good to have that out of the way.

Purty funny huh?

Type out the sentence you end up with, in the subject (comment field here) and forward to your friends…also, send it back to the person that sent it to you.

Pick the month you were born:

January——I kicked
February—–I loved
March——–I smoked
April———I dry humped
May———-I choked on
June———I murdered
July———I did the Macarena with
August——-I had lunch with
September—-I danced with
October——I sang to
November—–I yelled at
December—–I ran over

Pick the day (number) you were born on:

1——-a birdbath
2——-a monster
3——-a phone
4——-a fork
5——-a Mexican
6——-a gangster
7——-my cellphone
8——-my dog
9——-my best friends’ boyfriend
10——-my neighbor
11——-my science teacher
12——-a banana
13——-a fireman
14——-a stuffed animal
15——-a goat
16——-a pickle
17——-your mom
18——-a spoon
19——-myself
20——-a baseball bat
21——-a ninja
22——-Chuck Norris
23——-a noodle
24——-a squirrel
25——-a football player
26——-my sister
27——-my brother
28——-an ipod
29——-a permanent marker
30——-a llama
31——-A homeless guy

Pick the color of shirt you are wearing:

White——–because I’m cool like that
Black———because that’s how I roll.
Pink———-because I’m NOT a homosexual.
Red———-because the voices told me to.
Blue———-because I’m sexy and I do what I want
Green———because I hate myself.
Purple——–because I’m cool.
Gray———-because I was drunk
Yellow——–because someone offered me 1,000,000 dollars
Orange——-because I hate my family.
Brown——–because I was high.
Other———because I’m a ninja.
None———-because I cant control myself

Now type out the sentence you made, in the subject line and forward to your friends. Don’t forget to send it back to the person that sent it to you!

My coworker and I have often talked about how hard it is to find anything made in America and the issues with a lot of the items that have come out of China lately. First pet food, then fermaldehyde in children’s clothing, small high-powered magnets, paint containing lead on children’s toys, etc.

Now Newsweek is carrying a story about China trying to regular reincarnation. I read that on Slashdot initially and thought it was a joke. How can anyone regulate reincarnation? It has nothing to do with government, and everything to do with an individual’s personal beliefs. And then it hit me: how different does a worldview have to be indoctrinated until someone might actually believe the government could regulate reincarnation?

Here is the first paragraph from the Newsweek article:

Beliefwatch: Reincarnate
The Next Lama: The Dalai Lama says he won’t reincarnate in Tibet

By Matthew Philips
Newsweek

Aug. 20-27, 2007 issue – In one of history’s more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. According to a statement issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, the law, which goes into effect next month and strictly stipulates the procedures by which one is to reincarnate, is “an important move to institutionalize management of reincarnation.” But beyond the irony lies China’s true motive: to cut off the influence of the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled spiritual and political leader, and to quell the region’s Buddhist religious establishment more than 50 years after China invaded the small Himalayan country. By barring any Buddhist monk living outside China from seeking reincarnation, the law effectively gives Chinese authorities the power to choose the next Dalai Lama, whose soul, by tradition, is reborn as a new human to continue the work of relieving suffering.

Rest of article

A good friend of mine is trying to set up high speed internet access at her home. She lives out in the country, so her options are very limited. I told her about a friend of mine who uses Verizon’s wireless access vis PC card plugged into a wireless router. So my friend started exploring and found a very geeky option for her Mac: USB to EVDO to shared networking.

So proud of the geek =)