I was looking for lyrics to a song I learned in my first chorus class* in elementary school and came across a hysterical little song sung to the tune of Oh Christmas Tree. Hee. I’m goign to have to learn this just to torment people with it. Tom the Toad (tune: O Christmas Tree) Oh, Tom the toad, Oh, Tom the toad, Why are you lying on the road? Oh, Tom the toad,...
Continue reading...March 2008
Posts suddenly appearing….
I’m playing catchup with posts, so if you see posts appearing for earlier dates in March, you’ll know why. I often email posts to myself with notes about things to blog and then forget to post them (or run out of time). Related Images:
Continue reading...House update
The house has had quite a few showings, but no offers. Here is a summary of the showings: 03/22/2008 12:00 PM 03/22/2008 11:30 AM 03/11/2008 3:30 PM 03/10/2008 6:00 PM 02/28/2008 3:30 PM 02/24/2008 3:00 PM 02/09/2008 11:30 AM 02/07/2008 3:00 PM 02/05/2008 6:00 PM 02/04/2008 11:15 AM 12/05/2007 6:00 PM 11/30/2007 2:30 PM 11/28/2007 6:00 PM 11/22/2007 4:49 AM 11/20/2007 4:30 PM You would really think that after all of those showings...
Continue reading...What city do you belong in?
No surprise here… You Belong in Paris Stylish and expressive, you were meant for Paris. The art, the fashion, the wine! Whether you’re enjoying the cafe life or a beautiful park… You’ll love living in the most chic place on earth. What City Do You Belong In? Related Images:
Continue reading...Visiting the Horse
Sometimes sanity comes in the form of a 950 pound bay Arabian. I saw Isis on Sunday after visiting with a friend (or someone who used to be a very dear friend and now seems to have issues talking to me). She and Penny were grazing in the paddock near the barn. Isis saw my car, knickered, and trotted over to me. (huge grin) It made my day. Silly girl is really out...
Continue reading...GPS Unit: Still Have Directional Dyslexia
Interesting evening last night. Tried to go to belly dance — first time driving by myself. I loaded the GPS with the address, and off I went… Except some how I added a way point on I-40… and the silly thing kept telling me to loop around I-40. I would have been 20 minutes late to class, so I skipped it. Pissed me off. And then I thought it was terribly funny. Related...
Continue reading...Too Strange…
Some times you read an article and you just can’t believe that it’s true. This was one of those says. Apparently, a Ness City woman has been sitting on her boyfriend’s toilet for the past two years. Her boyfriend finally called the sheriff at the end of February because he thought something was wrong. It took him two years to figure that out? It was quite surreal. It sounded like a Saturday Night...
Continue reading...Tech and Science Article Roundup
I found the following articles on Slashdot and thought I would share. Love the kitties! Owning a cat can help reduce the risk of heart attack by 30%. (Owning a dog also has similar benefits, too.) Bad Science Journalism and the Myth of the Oppressed Underdog. Interesting read if you are into scientific and technical writing. Related Images:
Continue reading...Miracle Mare: Above and Beyond
A friend of mine is working on a book and had asked me if there were any situations I’d like to share where my horse had gone above and beyond what might normally be expected. My initial reaction was ‘Where do I start?’ I have lost almost half of Isis’s available riding time to medical issues. Isis had two boughts with laminitis and recovered fully with little to no rotation and the farrier...
Continue reading...Gift Basket
For the fans of Call of Cthulhu and HP Lovecraft, this bundle of joy from Troll and Toad would be the perfect gift basket:
Continue reading...Joke of the Day
Emailed from a friend. Had to share. (Quick online search didn’t reveal the original author.) Lawyers should never ask a Mississippi grandma a question if they aren’t prepared for the answer. In a trial, a Southern small-town prosecuting attorney called his first witness, a grandmotherly, elderly woman to the stand. He approached her and asked, “Mrs. Jones, do you know me?” She responded, “Why, yes, I do know you, Mr. Williams. I’ve known...
Continue reading...Sad News…
Gary Gygax, one of the creators of Dungeons & Dragons pen-and-paper role-playing game has died. From a post by Troll Lord on Troll Lord Games: It is almost too much to get my mind about. But I’ve just had news that our dear Dungeon Master has passed away. Ernie called this morning, he thought we should let the fans know. He’s just sent an email out. Gary was in his home when he...
Continue reading...Funky
Taser, meet iPod. iPod, meet Taser. Isn’t that a natural combination? The concept appears to be that when someone tries to nick your MP3 player, you can shock the idea out of their crack-addled noggin with 50,000 volts. Presumably this particular piece of convergent genius emerged from the same school of thought that maintains America would be safer if everyone had guns. Other strange convergent technologies at Crave. Oh and later on a...
Continue reading...Experiment
Anyone played with Google Analytics? We’re considering using it at work, so I’ve justed the reference to the JavaScript file in the footer. (Took all of 2-3 minutes… Gotta love server-side includes!) Here is a test pdf file to see if Analytics will track PDF files. If you want to grab it, open it, that would be great. It just has one line of text in it. Should be interesting… I’ll let y’all...
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