When your really really want to go for a swim

Imagine my joy when this happened. For decades we have had to put up with his constant repitition and banal commentary. Oh joy!!

Until.... this.

Time to cancel TSN I guess!

My first foray into online video. Jell-o anyone?

My planet is bigger than your planet!CoMagz-Proportions - How Small We Are | Linkadelic Magazine

FedEx Flights of Fancy

Fun with FedEx flights on a stormy night. :)

-- Essential Additions for the Workplace Vocabulary:

1. BLAMESTORMING: Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline has missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.

2. SEAGULL MANAGER: A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything, and then leaves.

3. ASSMOSIS: The process by which some people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing up to the boss rather than by working hard.

4. SALMON DAY: The experience of spending an entire day swimming up stream only to get screwed and die in the end.

5. MOUSE POTATO: The on-line, wired generation's answer to the couchpotato.

6. STRESS PUPPY: A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny.

7. IRRITAINMENT: Entertainment and media spectacles that are annoying but you find yourself unable to stop watching them. The Anna Nicole show or the Bachelor is a prime example.

8. PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE: The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.

9. ADMINISPHERE: The rarefied organizational layers beginning just above the rank and file. Decisions that fall from the adminisphere are often profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant to the problems they were designed to solve.

10. 404: Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error message "404 Not found" (meaning that the requested document, like the person's brain, could not be located).

11. GENERICA: Features of the North American landscape that are exactlythe same no matter where one is, such as fast food joints, strip malls, and subdivisions.

12. OHNOSECOND: That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just made a BIG mistake.

13. WOOFYS: Well Off Older Folks.

14. CUBE FARM: An office filled with cubicles.

15. PRAIRIE DOGGING: When someone yells or drops something loudly in a cube farm, and people's heads pop up over the walls to see what's going on.

16. CROP DUSTING: Surreptitiously farting while passing through a cube farm, then enjoying the sounds of dismay and disgust (leads to PRAIRIE dogging)

Real Life Simpsons

Real life Simpsons!

Some stories speak for themselves....Whale 'vomit' sparks cash bonanza

One of my favorite podcasts really isn't. It's an actual radio show from KFI in California. The show is the "Jesus Christ Show". I'm not kidding. And it's good! Here is this week's one hour excerpt. Listen to it! You can get the weekly show here.

Everybody is getting on the wireless bandwagon! Comics and Editorial Cartoons: Speed Bump on Yahoo! News

OK. I want one of these. Now.. let's see... feed my family of get this camera... hmmmm. SANYO > Digital Media Camera: "HD1"

Finally. A list worth wasting about. The Top 10 Free Time Wasting Sites on the Net

Dave Barry's year in review. Enjoy! MiamiHerald.com | 01/01/2006 | Wilma, Rita, Katrina: No matter how you stack it up, 2005 blew

The best top 100 list of the year! For instance... did you know that we can now blow up baloons with our ears? BBC NEWS | Magazine | 100 things we didn't know this time last year

ok. I would have done this too.. so give the guy a break!
Battle Creek Enquirer - www.battlecreekenquirer.com - Battle Creek, Mich.

Happy Festivus everyone!! Now, where did I put my aluminum pole....? What can you tell me about the holiday of Festivus?

The new beta yahoo maps is very interesting...and faster than Google. Yahoo! Maps, Driving Directions, and Traffic

Finally. A thief that thinks. Techdirt:Probably Not A Good Idea: Robbing A Bank By Phone

How many times have I seen this...or at least went looking for it....:) Comics and Editorial Cartoons: Speed Bump on Yahoo! News

Let's face it....face off now has a new meaning! BBC NEWS | Health | Woman has first face transplant

I knew we'd come up with something to fix global warming!! Now, to find a roller that works on ashvault shingles. Hmmm. New Scientist Back Page - Snow laughing matter

I knew there was something wrong with Oreo (our hamster) Seasonal Depression, Anxiety Affects Hamsters, Study Finds

Google is at it again. Gonna try this out! Google Web Accelerator Download

Finally, a plush toy with attitude! ThinkGeek :: Monty Python Killer Rabbit Plush

All these years I've wasted my time (or worse... made it worse) trying to keep aliens out of my head!

Wow. Mom was right after all! CTV.ca | New research says chilly feet can bring on a cold

Wanna try Linux? I recommend Ubuntu!

Firefox and Thunderbird have been updated... yet again. 1.0.6 for both. Check out my latest "chat" about what "reaching out" really means (and why we suck at it).

Somebody circle the calendar. For the first time in my entire life I am going to recommend a free application... from .... .... Microsoft. YIPES! Yes, I feel dirty but this freebie is worth the shame. A really nice slide show creator that does that coolish picture animation that doesn't make people dizzy (like powerpointers). Get it here (you'll need to the the silly authentication thing...sorry).
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