If you get a Meez too, please tell 'em DarcsFalcon sent you! Thanks!I’ve heard this one, but I don’t know if I’ve ever believed it. I remember in high school, waking up late and rushing to get ready so I didn’t miss the bus. There were mornings, out there in sub-zero temps, that my hair froze because it was still wet from the shower. I don’t know whether or not this is a health hazard, but frozen hair sure is damned uncomfortable!
From the Family Fun Magazine, February 2008 issue.
Here I am at the library. I don’t have much time, certainly not time enough to go through and respond to everyone’s nice comments. I am hopeful though that soon we’ll have this resolved and can get back online again. I’d already set up a few “future posts” to go through on Sunday’s, but other than that, the blog is silent, the Falcon temporarily grounded. :( Please be patient with me, and soon I’ll be back around to bother everyone with my … um … wit. Yeah, that’s it. ;) LOL I miss you all so much! And yeah, being offline sucks. Like a Hoover.
Thanks for being patient, and for thinking of me. I’ll be back soon, I promise!
Love and hugs to all of you!
I have heard this all my life, and had a hard time keeping it straight. I never understood the reason for it either. In my opinion, starving is never a good idea, fever or no! If you’re hungry, eat! Even if you’re sick!
From the Family Fun Magazine, February 2008 issue.
I can’t tell you how glad I am to hear this is a myth! My bladder is bad enough without throwing 64 oz. of water at it every day! I did have a little bit of an issue with this myth though, because in the article it implies that it’s okay to drink gallons of water a day. There IS such a thing as water intoxication, and it can kill you. So, just follow your thirst. All things in moderation, right?
From the Family Fun Magazine, February 2008 issue.
Sure, my husband and I argue over this all the time too. Don’t you? >rolling my eyes< An inmate-in-training. Isn’t that nice? With this in mind, if you saw my Mommy Guilt post, you can see why I don’t feel like such a terrible mother right now. I just feel sick for the kid in this story.
Parents Argue Over Which Gang 4-Year-Old Son Should Join
Friday, April 11, 2008
A couple can’t agree on which gang their 4-year-old toddler should join.
A fight about the decision led to a public disturbance with the father’s arrest. Joseph Manzanares went to the video store where his girlfriend worked, threatened to kill her and knocked over several video displays, police told KMGH Denver.
Police arrested Manzanares at his home, Commerce City police Sgt. Joe Sandoval told KMGH Denver.
The girlfriend told authorities they were fighting over which gang their son should join. The girlfriend, who is black, is a member of the Crips while Manzanares, who is Hispanic, belongs to the Westside Ballers.
“They have different ideas on how the baby should be raised,” Sandoval said. “Basically, she said they cannot agree on which gang the baby would ‘claim.’”
Parents Argue Over 4-Year-Old Son
We’ve seen these before, but good funnies are always worth repeating. :)
I have been told that after every flight, UPS pilots fill out a form, called a “gripe sheet,” which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems, document their repairs on the form, and then pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight. Never let it be said that ground crews lack a sense of humor.
The following are supposed to be actual maintenance complaints submitted by UPS ‘ pilots (marked with a P) and the solutions recorded (marked with an S) by maintenance engineers. By the way, UPS is the only major airline that has never, ever, had an accident.
P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.
P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.
S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.
P: Something loose in cockpit
S: Something tightened in cockpit
P: Dead bugs on windshield.
S: Live bugs on back-order.
P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent.
S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.
P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
S: Evidence removed.
P: DME volume unbelievably loud.
S: DME volume set to more believable level.
P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
S: That’s what friction locks are for.
P: IFF inoperative in OFF mode.
S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.
P: Suspected crack in windshield.
S: Suspect you’re right.
P: Number 3 engine missing.
S: Engine found on right wing after brief search
P: Aircraft handles funny.
S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious.
P: Target radar hums.
S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.
P: Mouse in cockpit.
S: Cat installed.
P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.
S: Took hammer away from midget
Ahhh! The color customizer is working again! YAY! I’ve been trying to change it for days, since the new dashboard went into effect. That’s how I found out about the new dashboard, when I tried to change my colors. Nothing happened. I figured it was all connected, and went to the forums and saw other people were experiencing the same thing, so I sent a notice off to Support. I never heard back from them, but as of this evening, they’ve fixed the problem. And I have more April-y colors and less March-y ones. Woo! Thank you WP Tech Support!
My son climbed into bed with me this morning, obviously peeved about something. “Open your eyes, Mom!” “What? What’s wrong?”
“Just go potty and come lay down again, so we can talk.” Have I mentioned he’s a bossy boy? Did I say I wasn’t a bad mommy? Well I am.
I asked my son again, “What’s wrong?”
“All the toys are made in China! ChinaChinaChina! I’m so sick of it! Everything says ‘China’ on it!”
Umm …. Since when does a 6 y/o care where toys are made? And why is he so upset about this? I went on trying to explain to him how the Chinese people needs jobs too, how they can make toys for less than American manufacturers can because they’re willing to work for less money, that sort of stuff. I still don’t understand why he was so livid, screaming about this. He launched his next verbal assault. “And I hate it when you use bad words.”
“Ah, I’m sorry, I didn’t realize that bothered you, but I’m not sure what word I used that upset you so much.” “You said ‘crappy’” “Oh, well, some people think of that as a bad word, some don’t. I’m one of the ones that don’t, but since it bothers you so much, I won’t say it anymore, or any other bad words, okay?” He started crying then. Something else was really bothering him, hurting him, making him furious. “And stupid!”
“Stupid’s a bad word? No one’s ever called you stupid, Baby Boy, and I would NEVER do that, and neither would Daddy.” He was sobbing now, trying to take in great gulps of air. And out the words came, in a rush of anger and pain. “You called my game stupid, yesterday, when I kept losing and I was getting mad, you said, ‘It’s not worth getting so upset over a stupid game, just take a break for a while and calm down!’ and it’s not a stupid game to me Mom, it’s important to me, and I hate losing, I HATE losing, why do I keep losing?”
Ahhhh. Yes, the mommy guilt came over me like a flood. I’d hurt my boy and didn’t even know. I apologized, oh yes I did. And I did my best to explain to him that video games were pretty much designed by grown-ups and sometimes they made the games harder than they had to be. And even though it said “E” for everyone, that often meant about 10 and up, because little kids usually weren’t able to use the controllers that well. I suggested that he wait until he was a little older before he tried playing that game again. “You mean like Alien?” “Yes Baby, some things are just for older kids, like video games and scary movies about aliens. It’s not a bad thing, and you’ll grow up, faster than you think. Even mommy was little once too, and I grew up, just like you will.” He sighed. I wiped his tears and kissed his head. I tried to explain that no one likes to lose, it hurts bad, but if we’re smart, we can use it as a lesson, to learn how to do better next time. For 6, he’s pretty intense and passionate about things. I suspect that won’t change, he is his parents child after all. I just have to figure out how to temper that, how to teach him patience and control over his emotions.
In the meantime, I’M the one getting schooled. Out of the mouths of babes? Oh yeah, big time. There’s nothing in the world like being convicted by your child.
As I was cruising through my reader, I saw this from Dr. John Lott. Some More Environmental Hypocrisy
I had to link to it, because I didn’t want to copy it verbatim. The pictures were sent to him personally. Please check it out! It’s a REAL eye opener!
I saw this over on Blame it on the Voices and just had to blog about it. ;)
THINGY (thing-ee) n.
Female: Any part under a car’s hood. (No, it’s the parts in a guy’s pants)
Male: The strap fastener on a woman’s bra.
VULNERABLE (vul-ne-ra-bel) adj. COMMUNICATION (ko-myoo-ni-kay-shon) n . COMMITMENT (ko- mit-ment) n. ENTERTAINMENT (en-ter-tayn-ment) n. FLATULENCE (flach-u-lens) n. MAKING LOVE (may-king luv) n. REMOTE CONTROL (ri-moht kon-trohl) n.
Female: Fully opening up one’s self emotionally to another. (True!)
Male: Playing football without a cup.
Female: The open sharing of thoughts and feelings with one’s partner. (Communication makes us vulnerable)
Male: Leaving a note before taking off on a fishing trip with the boys.
Female: A desire to get married and raise a family. (A mortgage is a pretty big commitment)
Male: Trying not to hit on other women while out with this one.
Female: A good movie, concert, play or book. (Again, true!)
Male: Anything that can be done while drinking beer.
Female: An embarrassing byproduct of indigestion.
Male: A source of entertainment, self-expression, male bonding. (Bonding? This is how you guys share yourselves, and communicate??)
Female: The greatest expression of intimacy a couple can achieve. (True!)
Male: Call it whatever you want, just as long as we do it.
Female: A device for changing from one TV channel to another.
Male: A device for scanning through all 375 channels every 5 minutes. (Who knew “scan” was a program?)
Courtesy of Blame It On The Voices: Men vs. Women Language
Aw crap! It’s National No Housework Day and I can’t participate! The management left a notice on everyone’s door that they’d be checking random apartments today for “general maintenance purposes” and I can’t let them come into a messy place, now can I? Nothing like knowing strange men could walk into your apartment at any time to get you out of bed and dressed in the morning. I hear them pounding on my neighb … YIKES! They’re here!
>5 minutes later<
Well, that wasn’t too bad. Just asking if we had any maintenance concerns. Um, we need a new filter on the furnace. Other than that we’re good. No water damage? Oh no, none at all, everything works fine. Well, the hot water runs out really FAST in the winter, but not in the summer, I figured it was just an insulation thing. Other than that you’re happy with the place? Oh, yeah! We’ve had no problems with it at all. He scanned around and noticed we’d taken the smoke detector down. Um, that was, um, (embarrassed laugh) well, I used the broiler and the noise was scaring the kids, I’ll put it back up later. (I didn’t tell him that happened months ago.) He smiled. (There’s smoke detectors in the bedrooms too so I don’t stress about it much.) He made a couple of notes on his clipboard, thanked me for letting him in, and left. Relieved sigh! Now maybe I can celebrate the No Housework Day thing! ;) Good thing my wonderful boy picked up the toys before they got here!
I’ve been getting Googlized lately. It started a couple of weeks ago when I was reading an article in a computer magazine. The author mentioned how Google had these programs called Google Docs, and Google Notebooks. You’ve probably known about them for ages now, but I’m always a bit behind the times. Okay, okay, a lot behind the times. I thought I’d go check them out. Google Docs is pretty cool - it allows online collaboration of documents so you and a friend (or more) can work on something at the same time. Great tool for writers, although I think it was designed more for office applications. My Beloved and I used it to work on some of the editing for his Ghost Hunters story. I loved it, but he … did not. He didn’t like the lag time while the edits had to go across the servers, especially since we were sitting right next to each other at our respective computers at home. On the other hand, when he was at work we used it, almost like an IM program, to work on his outline for Witch Hunt. That worked out well and I suspect we’ll be doing that again in the future.
Google Notebooks rocks. Seriously! I imported all my Firefox bookmarks into it - and discovered with horror that I had nearly 1200 - so I could use the labels to tag them all. I had all my bookmarks in folders on Firefox, but sometimes a link can be saved in more than one category. Google Notebooks label system allows you to do that. It’s like being able to cross-reference everything. I know the Notebooks allow you to make “notes” of things you’d like to do online, like research and stuff, and keep it all organized. You can leave yourself little comments on your notes too, and have everything nice and neat in one little notebook - or several. I’ve been working on organizing all those bookmarks I have into notebooks, so that they’re accessible from anywhere. Nice to have, in case I ever have a computer meltdown, or a computer upgrade. (Upgrade! Woo!) They’re all there on Google and I don’t have to worry about a thing. But I have 1200 bookmarks to go through, organize, label, delete the outdated ones, etc. I don’t know how many I’ve been able to get done, but I’ve been busy, plucking away at it for a couple of weeks now. I figure a little at a time, and within a couple of months I should have the most organized bookmarks in the world. :cool: And what’s really cool is that in Firefox, Notebooks puts a little icon down at the bottom of your browser so you can note things on the fly. Heheheh. Firefox rocks too. :!:
I even managed to sync my Outlook calendar with Google Calendar too, so that’s up to date and online as well. Now my chore list can scream at me straight from the web! Woo! You can sync your contacts too, but I haven’t done that. Yet. Give me time, a woman only has so many hours in her day!
There are probably others, but in all honestly I can say at this point that I think Google has failed on just one thing: Blogger. I’ve been to Blogger. That’s why I’m at WordPress now. If you’re going to get a blog - (HINT Raga!) get a WordPress blog. Other than that, Google is slowly but surely taking over every aspect of my online life. Except searches. I still think Search is better.
ps - I changed the font - did you notice? Do you like it better? Or hate it? Feedback please!
I’ve heard this one all my life, and lost out on a lot of cake because of it too. I haven’t told my kids that sugar won’t make them hyper, but when they figure it out, I’ll probably have to buy stock in Hostess. How about you? Did you know this was a myth?
From the Family Fun Magazine, February 2008 issue.
Can someone please tell me why we care what Mexico thinks of our presidential candidates? Best candidate for Mexico? Mexico?? Does anyone else find this abhorrently wrong? This is a US Presidential race, not a Mexican one. And why are they polling Mexicans about it anyway?
American Thinker Blog: Mexicans polled on presidential race
I couldn’t resist showing you this picture. I am both grossed out, and laughing - and that doesn’t happen often! Thanks to The Fail Blog for this one!
http://sjthunder.deviantart.com
