I haven't had a whole lot of road rage incidents to speak of lately. Nothing worth writing about. Just a few grumbles and such, but no flip-off fingers or honking or cussing really. But the other night as I was driving home from work, just when I thought that maybe, just MAYBE I had moved beyond the rage within me, this ass munch pulls out in front of me, forcing me to slam on my brakes, which caused my purse to go flying onto the floor and all my change spilled out onto the floor of my car, and my soda, which luckily was over halfway empty, to fall on the floor and spill...GRRRR....I have said it before, and I will say it again...I hate assholes! And this asshole had a name...his or her license plate spelled out something that looks like maybe he or she deals with creating websites or something (I know the license plate number...I will be looking out for you, asshole!). That little maneuver warranted a nice honking from me (since it was dark and he or she wouldn't have seen my flip-off finger). Why do people wait til you are like 10 feet from them to pull out in front of you? Why?? I just don't get it.
Well, it is finally a Friday. I know...finally...sounds silly considering that we had Monday off, but it felt like a full work week to me. There was no American Idol on last night, so I didn't go to bed with a headache last night. It looks like I will be heading out of town this weekend and going to Santa Barbara. I had originally planned to stay home and clean (ok...more like to take down my Christmas tree, which is still up) and stuff, but I guess that can wait til next week - hehe.
I must be completely crazy because this is the 2nd Friday in a row in which I came to work at 6 am. I am nuts. Stay away from me. I could be dangerous at this early in the morning. Wait until 10 am. By that time the caffeine and sugar should have taken effect.
Friday, January 20, 2006
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"After dinner on a cruise ship, it's time to engage in the vast array of shipboard activities, by which I mean: drinking, gambling and shopping. By midnight, everybody is weary from a long partial day at sea, and it is time to: Eat more! There's a midnight buffet. Plus, if you pay a little extra, your cabin attendant will come around and stuff food into your mouth while you sleep."
Stupid News Story of The Day
(Toga! Toga!)
Police Arrest Man Wearing Only a Toga
MORGANTON, N.C. - Police captured a man wearing only a toga while he sped away in a car with women's underwear inside. Michael Sean Ostrander, 33, was arrested Monday after allegedly breaking into the home of a Burke County woman and making off with some of her clothes.
The woman told police she was visiting a neighbor when she heard her burglar alarm go off and saw a man flee in a car.
The woman gave chase and called the police, with the state Highway Patrol and local officers joining the pursuit along North Carolina Highway 181.
According to the patrol, Ostrander was arrested near the Burke-Avery county line after stopping his car. The Burke County Sheriff's Office said it found panties and photos belonging to the woman inside Ostrander's car.
Ostrander is charged with breaking, entering and larceny, possession of stolen goods and speeding to avoid arrest — all felonies.
He spent four years in prison following a 2001 conviction in Catawba County on a second-degree rape charge.
A judge on Wednesday set a probable cause hearing for next month.
Thursday, January 19, 2006
And the public humiliation goes on...
Well, last night was another round of tone-deafness and earache-inducing singing, courtesy of the contestants on American Idol. Why am I so addicted to this show? I am not even a pop music fan. I hate pop music. But for some reason, I am hooked on that damned show, whether I like it or not. Maybe it is because I am always curious to see what Simon will say. Or maybe I am just one of those people who likes to watch people make asses of themselves in public. Or maybe I have been brainwashed. Who knows.
There was one performance (or should I say, painful display of no musical talent) that stood out as the worst performance of the night, in my eyes (and ears). And that was the painful, misguided, off-key and confused performance of Zachary, who definitely could pass for a female. In fact, I thought he was a girl at first. His singing was terrible. And I am not saying that because he picked a Whitney Houston song, which is a song for a woman to sing...I am saying that because he CAN'T SING. He was completely off key and didn't have any tone to his voice to speak of. And the whole "this show is prejudiced" rant that he went on after he got booted was just nonsense. If you can't sing, then you can't sing. There is no prejudice about it. Don't quit your day job Mr Zachary. And if you don't have a day job, you better get one, because singing won't get you any money...unless people pay you to stop singing.
Yep. It is definitely time to pull out the Tylenol.
I tuned in to Skating With Celebrities after American Idol was over, probably because there was nothing else on at the time. It was an ok show. Nothing spectacular, but hey, most of these celebrities had no or very little ice skating experience and had only been skating for a month with their partners, so I was impressed by all of them. Especially Bruce Jenner, who is in his 50's and is 6'4 or something. Definitely not a figure skater type - lol. I have to give them props though. If it would have been me, I would have fallen on my ass and not have been able to get back up.
And on a side note, I am tired. I am big favor of bringing nap time to the work place. Who's with me??
There was one performance (or should I say, painful display of no musical talent) that stood out as the worst performance of the night, in my eyes (and ears). And that was the painful, misguided, off-key and confused performance of Zachary, who definitely could pass for a female. In fact, I thought he was a girl at first. His singing was terrible. And I am not saying that because he picked a Whitney Houston song, which is a song for a woman to sing...I am saying that because he CAN'T SING. He was completely off key and didn't have any tone to his voice to speak of. And the whole "this show is prejudiced" rant that he went on after he got booted was just nonsense. If you can't sing, then you can't sing. There is no prejudice about it. Don't quit your day job Mr Zachary. And if you don't have a day job, you better get one, because singing won't get you any money...unless people pay you to stop singing.
Yep. It is definitely time to pull out the Tylenol.
I tuned in to Skating With Celebrities after American Idol was over, probably because there was nothing else on at the time. It was an ok show. Nothing spectacular, but hey, most of these celebrities had no or very little ice skating experience and had only been skating for a month with their partners, so I was impressed by all of them. Especially Bruce Jenner, who is in his 50's and is 6'4 or something. Definitely not a figure skater type - lol. I have to give them props though. If it would have been me, I would have fallen on my ass and not have been able to get back up.
And on a side note, I am tired. I am big favor of bringing nap time to the work place. Who's with me??
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"My family's cruise began with a lifeboat drill. We lined up in neat rows, wearing life jackets, calmly awaiting instructions. In a real emergency, of course, we'd fight for the lifeboats like wild dogs battling for meat. Our sneakers would squish with blood. We have all seen Titanic, so we know what happens to people who wait their turn. Speaking of meat: After the drill it was time for dinner! In the dining room, we engaged in sparkling intellectual repartee with our fellow voyagers ('What are you having?' 'I'm having the salmon.' 'Really? That's what I'm having!' 'Really?', etc.)"
Stupid News Story of The Day
(I see dead people...on the other hand, maybe not.)
Man Said to Fake Death, Keep Child Support
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Police arrested a man accused of faking his death more than 25 years ago to avoid paying child support.
Johnny Sterling Martin, 58, had a relative call Family Court in 1979 and report that he died during a bar fight in Alabama, authorities said. That call came a few months after he escaped from a work detail while serving a one-year jail term for failing to pay $4,120 in support for two children.
He was captured Tuesday and jailed, and now owes more than $30,000 in child support and faces an escape charge, authorities said.
"Johnny Martin is the ultimate deadbeat dad, faking his own death to avoid paying money to support his young children who were living in Lexington County," Sheriff James Metts said.
Martin has been living in Myrtle Beach, about 150 miles away, and had been using his real name for about 20 years, investigators. He has been married four times — twice since his disappearance — and has a third child, sheriff's Maj. John Allard said.
The investigation was reopened last week when police got a tip from one of Martin's ex-wives that he was alive and living in Myrtle Beach. A fingerprint analysis confirmed Martin's identity, investigators said.
They are working to identify the caller who told family court Martin was dead.
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
America, put on your earplugs cuz American Idol is back!
American Idol officially started last night. As usual, there were many really horrible singers...and most of them actually thought they were good. In fact, many of them said that their friends said that they were good, too. Well people, here's a bit of advice for you...get new friends! If your so-called friends tell you that your voice resembles Celine Dion when in fact it actually resembles Tiny Tim, then those people are not your friends. Real friends would tell you the truth. And if you chose to not believe the truth and went on American Idol anyway, well then you deserve all the public humiliation you get.
True there were a few good performances, but no one's singing gave me the chills. But many of the performances were definitely cringe-inducing. Such as the guy who told the judges to give him an hour and he would definitely do better. Sorry Charlie, but even if the judges gave him 10 years, he would still suck. And that chick who looked like a cross between Paris Hilton and Ashlee Simpson...she was horrible! And what was up with her mother? I see now where her daughter gets her fashion sense (or, unsense in this case) from. And as for Mr Deputy Sheriff...stick to your day job.
By the way, what were Randy and Paula thinking keeping that crazy guy? Hell...even I could sing better than him.
Maybe it was in protest of Simon, who was being more cranky and critical than usual...as if that were possible.
Anyway, the show is back on tonight. The first part of American Idol is definitely the best part because it shows you all of the tone-deaf, off-pitch singers who think they are all that and a bag of Doritos. And that is where the fun is.
By the way, where did this rain come from? I washed my car last night and there was no mention of rain anywhere in the forecast. Not today..not over the weekend. Nowhere! Grrrrr... I truly believe that washing your car is a true rain-bringer. No need to do a rain dance. Just wash your car and the rain will surely come.
True there were a few good performances, but no one's singing gave me the chills. But many of the performances were definitely cringe-inducing. Such as the guy who told the judges to give him an hour and he would definitely do better. Sorry Charlie, but even if the judges gave him 10 years, he would still suck. And that chick who looked like a cross between Paris Hilton and Ashlee Simpson...she was horrible! And what was up with her mother? I see now where her daughter gets her fashion sense (or, unsense in this case) from. And as for Mr Deputy Sheriff...stick to your day job.
By the way, what were Randy and Paula thinking keeping that crazy guy? Hell...even I could sing better than him.
Maybe it was in protest of Simon, who was being more cranky and critical than usual...as if that were possible.
Anyway, the show is back on tonight. The first part of American Idol is definitely the best part because it shows you all of the tone-deaf, off-pitch singers who think they are all that and a bag of Doritos. And that is where the fun is.
By the way, where did this rain come from? I washed my car last night and there was no mention of rain anywhere in the forecast. Not today..not over the weekend. Nowhere! Grrrrr... I truly believe that washing your car is a true rain-bringer. No need to do a rain dance. Just wash your car and the rain will surely come.
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"In my family, we are nautical people. We have the sea in our veins. I do not speak metaphorically: Sometimes we find actual eels in our underpants. That's how nautical we are. And so a few weeks ago, we set out on a sea voyage from Fort Lauderdale, knowing that it would be five days and roughly 153 meals (included), before we would reach our destination: Fort Lauderdale. We sailed aboard a cruise ship, which had one of those cruise-ship names, like the Majestic Vagabond Restaurant of the Seas. She is a fine vessel, a tad larger than Connecticut, boasting (really) an onboard shopping mall. Leaving port, she weighed 75,000 tons, at least half of which was food."
Stupid News Story of The Day
(I'll trade you a thyroid for a stomach.)
Two patients in surgical slip-up
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean doctors mistakenly removed part of the stomach of a patient due to have thyroid surgery, while removing the thyroid gland of another scheduled for stomach surgery, a hospital official said Monday.
The surgical mix-up took place at Konyang University Hospital in the city of Taejon, about 150 km (95 miles) south of Seoul and involved two women in their sixties who were both in for surgery the same day, hospital spokesman Kim Man-sik said.
Medical staff found out about the mix-up, which took place on December 29, only after they were filing paperwork on the two women, he said.
Doctors later performed the correct surgical procedures on both women and re-attached the part of the stomach they had removed from the patient with the thyroid problem, Kim said.
Both were recovering from their operations, he said.
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
New template
Yes, I changed my template again. Since all the stores have their Valentine's Day candy and decorations out, I decided to decorate my blog, too. <3 <3
A winter wonderland weekend
It is cold.
Ok. So it is not as cold as Minnesota, by any means, but it is still cold enough for me. Brrrrr...
Chris and I decided to go to Red Rock Canyon State Park on Saturday, and we took a little detour into Tehachapi on the way there since we saw snow on the hills and wanted to check it out. We ended up in Tehachapi Mountain Park, a little out-of-the-way spot. There were quite a few people there, sledding, building snowmen and having snowball fights. It was cloudy and cold. It even started to flurry a little bit as we walked around. It was kind of a mess though, with some pickup trucks getting stuck and sliding around. I wanted to get out of there before one of them slid into my car or, worse, me! Besides, it was damned cold! I was freezing my ass off. Still, I wanted to go sledding, but, alas, I had no sled. I coulda just sat down and slid on my butt, but I didn't have an extra pair of pants in the car, so I decided that was not a good idea - hehe.
After we left Tehachapi, we went to Red Rock Canyon. Whata change in climates! Red Rock Canyon is only about an hour from Tehachapi, and in that distance, the clouds parted and made way for a sunny day. But it was windy. I mean windy! The wind was gusting and blowing my car to and fro. It was hard at times to keep going in a straight line. We got to Red Rock and walked around the rocks, but it was really windy up there, too ... and cold! After a little while, we got back in the car and made our way back to Bakersfield.
The next day, we decided to check out Shirley Meadows Ski Resort. Now, I don't ski...never have before, but I wanted to see what it looked like. So, we drove up State Route 155 through Glennville and then ended up in Shirley Meadows. The drive from the turnoff to Shirley Meadows to the actual ski resort was beautiful. It looked exactly like a winter wonderland. I found myself humming that song as I drove along, in fact (lol). You had to be careful and drive slowly as the road, in some parts, was still coverered with snow, and I have no chains, snow tires or 4-wheel drive on my car. Still, with slow driving, I made my way up there without so much as a slide. Other cars were having some trouble though. We came across a pickup truck that was having trouble getting out of the parking spot. Her rear tires were spinning, having no traction. But some nice people came along and gave her a push, and she was soon on her way.
Shirley Meadows is a small ski resort, located above Wofford Heights, CA. There were quite a few people there skiing and snowboarding. We watched the people skiing for a bit, and walked around to a trail on the side of the resort where some cross-country skiers were heading out. I was glad to have brought my waterproof hiking boots. They kept my feet warm. I took some pictures and threw some snowballs and had a great old time. I wished I had a sled and some mittens. I would have been out there with the kids sledding away. Nothing brings out the kid in me like snow!
After we had gotten cold enough, we got in the car and headed back to Bakersfield. We had a great time in the snow.
I posted pictures on my other blog, which you can get to by clicking HERE. I haven't gotten to upload them to my Yahoo photo album yet. I had a really BAD headache yesterday evening and took some Advil and took a nap. Maybe I will post them tonight.
Ok. So it is not as cold as Minnesota, by any means, but it is still cold enough for me. Brrrrr...
Chris and I decided to go to Red Rock Canyon State Park on Saturday, and we took a little detour into Tehachapi on the way there since we saw snow on the hills and wanted to check it out. We ended up in Tehachapi Mountain Park, a little out-of-the-way spot. There were quite a few people there, sledding, building snowmen and having snowball fights. It was cloudy and cold. It even started to flurry a little bit as we walked around. It was kind of a mess though, with some pickup trucks getting stuck and sliding around. I wanted to get out of there before one of them slid into my car or, worse, me! Besides, it was damned cold! I was freezing my ass off. Still, I wanted to go sledding, but, alas, I had no sled. I coulda just sat down and slid on my butt, but I didn't have an extra pair of pants in the car, so I decided that was not a good idea - hehe.
After we left Tehachapi, we went to Red Rock Canyon. Whata change in climates! Red Rock Canyon is only about an hour from Tehachapi, and in that distance, the clouds parted and made way for a sunny day. But it was windy. I mean windy! The wind was gusting and blowing my car to and fro. It was hard at times to keep going in a straight line. We got to Red Rock and walked around the rocks, but it was really windy up there, too ... and cold! After a little while, we got back in the car and made our way back to Bakersfield.
The next day, we decided to check out Shirley Meadows Ski Resort. Now, I don't ski...never have before, but I wanted to see what it looked like. So, we drove up State Route 155 through Glennville and then ended up in Shirley Meadows. The drive from the turnoff to Shirley Meadows to the actual ski resort was beautiful. It looked exactly like a winter wonderland. I found myself humming that song as I drove along, in fact (lol). You had to be careful and drive slowly as the road, in some parts, was still coverered with snow, and I have no chains, snow tires or 4-wheel drive on my car. Still, with slow driving, I made my way up there without so much as a slide. Other cars were having some trouble though. We came across a pickup truck that was having trouble getting out of the parking spot. Her rear tires were spinning, having no traction. But some nice people came along and gave her a push, and she was soon on her way.
Shirley Meadows is a small ski resort, located above Wofford Heights, CA. There were quite a few people there skiing and snowboarding. We watched the people skiing for a bit, and walked around to a trail on the side of the resort where some cross-country skiers were heading out. I was glad to have brought my waterproof hiking boots. They kept my feet warm. I took some pictures and threw some snowballs and had a great old time. I wished I had a sled and some mittens. I would have been out there with the kids sledding away. Nothing brings out the kid in me like snow!
After we had gotten cold enough, we got in the car and headed back to Bakersfield. We had a great time in the snow.
I posted pictures on my other blog, which you can get to by clicking HERE. I haven't gotten to upload them to my Yahoo photo album yet. I had a really BAD headache yesterday evening and took some Advil and took a nap. Maybe I will post them tonight.
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"Like many moms, my wife believes that a child's birthday party requires as much planning as a lunar landing - more, actually, because you have to hire a clown. Serious moms plan birthday parties months in advance, choosing a theme - Bob the Builder, Disney Princesses, Snoop Dogg, etc. - and relentlessly incorporating this theme into every element of the party, including invitations, decorations, music, games, craft projects, snacks, cake, entertainment, favors, little gift bags for the favors, ribbons for the little gift bags for the favors, name tags for the ribbons for the little gift bags for the favors, and on and on until the mom has lost all touch with human reality."
Stupid News Story of The Day
(Follow those feathers!)
German police follow feather trail to thief
BERLIN (Reuters) - A bungling German thief left a Hansel and Gretel-style trail of feathers which led police from the crime scene to his front door, authorities said on Tuesday.
Police in the western city of Bochum said the man ripped open his quilted jacket as he broke into a shop to steal a karaoke set and did not notice it was leaking feathers all the way home. A witness saw the break-in and quickly told police.
"Luckily they were able to act before the next story was played out -- "Gone with the Wind," said Bochum police spokesman Frank Plewka. "All they had to do was follow the feathers."
The 36-year-old was astonished when police came knocking at his door shortly afterwards to arrest him.
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