Well, my car is finally paid off. I went down to the bank today and made my last payment, then went to the DMV to get the new registration and to request the pink slip, which will be mailed to me in a few weeks. It's a nice feeling to have that car paid off. And even better is the fact that my parents made the final payment for me....and even gassed up my car for me. I tell you, I have the awesomest parents in the world. (and I know awesomest is not a word, but it is in my blog - hehe).
Physical therapy went ok today, but to be honest, it hasn't made a real change yet. I keep holding on to that "yet" though. It has only been a week. The therapist taped up my knee today to provide some stability to it, and I tell you, that made a HUGE difference. I was actually able to sit down without too much pain. But once the wrap was taken off, it was back to square one. Ugh. Oh well. The pain-free few hours I had made me a happier camper than I have been in the last few weeks.
I found out yesterday that I have a touch of the ole strep throat. Seems that nose culture thing they did to me at the dr's office came back positive for strep. My throat has been sore and my voice has been rather hoarse lately, but I had no idea it was strep. So now I am on antibiotics to get rid of the crap. I tell you, when it rains, it pours!
I also found out the other day that some people I know were the victims of an ebay scam that took them for over $100. Anyone who uses ebay should be aware of these scam artists who send out these "second chance offers" on items they bid on but lost. Be SURE that the email came from ebay. You can do that by looking in your "My Messages" in your ebay account. If the message really came from ebay, it will be in there. If not, beware. And NEVER send money thru Western Union. Chances are, it is a scam. These people go to great lengths to make themselves sound all official. And I know I am going on and on about it, but it pisses me off that they scammed these people. People that I know. Grrrrrr.
Why do people have to suck so much???
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Random Fact of The Day
In ancient England a person could not have sex unless you had consent of the King.
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"The earliest known newspaper, published in 59 B.C. in Rome, was called Acta Diurna (literally, the Portland Oregonian). The first issue offered coverage of Roman politics (“Strom Thurmond Elected to Senate”); science news (“Study Shows Thunder is Actually God Burping”); and an early episode of the comic strip “Nancy,” in which Sluggo tries to avoid paying admission to the Colosseum by peeking through a knothole, and, to the amusement of Nancy and Aunt Fritzi, gets a spear right through the eyeball. Unfortunately, Acta Diurna was not profitable, because every copy had to be entirely handwritten by slaves (called “reporters”); if a major story broke, a huge hairy man (the “editor”) would yell “Stop the presses!” and whack them with a club. "
Stupid News Story of The Day
(I guess a blow-up doll just wasn't enough.)
Thieves swipe statue of nude woman
ORLANDO, Fla. - Somehow, a thief or thieves was able to swipe a 50-pound bronze statue of a nude woman from an art gallery downtown in broad daylight.
The statue, titled "Crissy" and valued at $12,600, disappeared as visitors were perusing three private galleries at the CityArts Factory in downtown Orlando.
It was last seen at about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, and may have been rolled on a trail of T-shirts and windbreakers workers came back to that lead out the door.
"I thought, is there a naked person in there?" said Cassy Turiczek, executive director of the Downtown Arts District, after seeing the clothes.
"Crissy" had been at CityArts Factory for a little more than two weeks on a 4-foot pedestal in the building's community gallery, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
It featured a woman with an arched back and a swirling mane of thick hair.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Random Fact of The Day
Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"The sensible way to ask a girl out is to walk directly up to her on foot and say, "So, you want to go out? Or what?" I never did this. I knew that there was always the possibility that the girl would say no, thereby leaving me with no viable option but to leave Harold C. Crittenden Junior High school Forever and go into the woods and become a bark-eating hermit whose only companions would be the gentle and understanding woodland creatures. "Hey, *Zitface*!" the woodland creatures would shriek in cute little Chip 'n' Dale voices while raining acorns down upon my head. "You wanna *date?* Hahahahahahahahah."
Stupid News Story of The Day
(Pretty in pink?)
Painting the town red, sort of...
PATNA, India (Reuters Life!) - Authorities in eastern India are painting a crime-infested town pink in the hope that an image makeover will lift the sagging morale of residents who are fed up with the decline in law and order, officials said on Monday.
The ancient town of Aurangabad in Bihar -- one of India's most backward and poorest states -- is a hotbed of crime ranging from killing, extortion, kidnapping and inter-caste wars.
Officials say the idea of painting the city pink originated from the dominant Rajput community, who migrated from the western state of Rajasthan where the capital, Jaipur is known as the pink city of India.
"Only a few buildings (in Jaipur) bear the pink color. Aurangabad will actually be the country's real pink city," said Arvind Kumar Singh, a senior government official overseeing the work who is also a Rajput.
With the city's two million residents complaining about poor quality of life and depression due to crime, officials said they had decided to paint the city pink ahead of the Hindu festival of light, Diwali, on October 21.
Local residents said they welcomed the new lick of paint to the town. "The town does not seem to carry any of its past look and we feel happy about it," said Santosh Kumar, a local businessman.
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Caption This!
Two hundred-thousand six hundred ninety-eight bullets.....Two hundred-thousand six hundred ninety-nine bullets.... Huh? Oh that's to the right on 42nd Street......Forty Two bullets.....forty three bullets....DAMNIT!!! One bullet, two bullets.....
Post your own funny caption in a comment if you wanna.
Random Fact of The Day
In Idaho, it is illegal to give someone a box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds.
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"Of course it’s possible that there really ISN’T any shadow government. The whole thing could be a phony story that was fed to The Washington Post to mislead our enemies. As you recall, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld recently admitted that the Pentagon had set up an office—officially named “The Office of Disinformation”—that was supposed to put out false statements to the media, thus throwing our enemies off the track. For example, if we were getting ready to attack Iraq, officials of the Office of Disinformation would hold a press conference and state: “Well, we’re certainly not going to attack Iraq!” The news media would report this, and Iraq would relax. (France, meanwhile, would surrender.)"
Stupid News Story of The Day
(There's really no need to rush now.)
Rush to marry ends in tragedy
KARACHI (Reuters) - A Pakistani man has committed suicide outside his fiancee's home after he thought he accidentally killed her while trying to persuade her to get married early, police said Saturday.
The man, Ahmed Ashraf, was shooting a gun in the air outside his fiancee's home in the southern city of Karachi on Friday as part of his efforts to persuade her to get married two months early when a stray bullet accidently hit her, police said.
"He was so eager to get married he stood in front of his fiancee's house and started firing shots in the air to catch her attention," said investigating officer Ghulam Hussain.
The young woman was coming downstairs when a bullet ricocheted off a wall and hit her. She fell down screaming "I have been shot," Hussain said.
"He thought he had killed her and within seconds shot himself. The girl is fine," Hussain said.
"It is a tragic accident. They were engaged to be married with their parents' consent on December 25. He was insisting they get married earlier."
Ashraf had told his fiancee, Naureen, he would do something drastic if she didn't agree to get married straight away. The woman insisted the marriage date had already been set and there was no need to hurry, Hussain said.
Monday, October 16, 2006
Pain sucks knees!
Holy moly. Monday is over...thank the lord. I came to work today totally unmotivated. Well, it is Monday. What is there to be motivated about?? It was quiz day for the trainees, and as usual, I had written the quiz last week. But then the instructor wanted a food stamp bonus question on the quiz, so I had to think one up in about twenty minutes. Well, it usually takes me that long just to wake up and get my brain working. But I managed to squeeze one out of my brain....it was an easy one, and the trainees were not sure if they were being tricked or not, as it seemed too easy. Am I THAT mean??? lol. Naw. They were just lucky that I have slow morning brain
I had my second physical therapy session for my aching knee today. It went ok. Basically, they put a heat pack and some weird electode thingies on my knee and let it sit for about twenty minutes. Then they do an ultrasound massage on it where they put some freezing ass jelly liquid on my knee and rub it around with some electronic thing (the therapist that did on on Friday made me feel OHHHH so comfortable by telling me that she could burn the tissue inside my leg if she stopped moving the thing....by all means keep it moving, I told her!!!) Anyway, that crap is COLD! Then they make me do some stretching exercises, then the stationary bike. And last, they put some more cold shit on my knee called Biofreeze (I think that is what it is called). That crap is cold too, but it feels good at the same time. But it makes me smell like an odd mixture of BenGay and Vicks cough drops. Yeah, it is as nasty as I described. I just plain stink by the time I get out of there. I am sure I won't have to worry about any guys hitting on me after I come out of there. Unless they REALLY like the smell of Vicks. I haven't seen much of an improvement in my poor knee, and I just reaffirmed that feeling a few minutes ago when I attempted to get up out of this chair and felt a sharp, stabbing pain in the front of my knee that caused me to speak some rather bad words. I think I will sit here a few minutes longer before I try that again.
The doctor told me no hiking, long walks or running or anything strenuous for at least a month. That sucks. I want to go camping again in the next few weeks.
Pain sucks ass. Or in my case, pain sucks knees!
I had my second physical therapy session for my aching knee today. It went ok. Basically, they put a heat pack and some weird electode thingies on my knee and let it sit for about twenty minutes. Then they do an ultrasound massage on it where they put some freezing ass jelly liquid on my knee and rub it around with some electronic thing (the therapist that did on on Friday made me feel OHHHH so comfortable by telling me that she could burn the tissue inside my leg if she stopped moving the thing....by all means keep it moving, I told her!!!) Anyway, that crap is COLD! Then they make me do some stretching exercises, then the stationary bike. And last, they put some more cold shit on my knee called Biofreeze (I think that is what it is called). That crap is cold too, but it feels good at the same time. But it makes me smell like an odd mixture of BenGay and Vicks cough drops. Yeah, it is as nasty as I described. I just plain stink by the time I get out of there. I am sure I won't have to worry about any guys hitting on me after I come out of there. Unless they REALLY like the smell of Vicks. I haven't seen much of an improvement in my poor knee, and I just reaffirmed that feeling a few minutes ago when I attempted to get up out of this chair and felt a sharp, stabbing pain in the front of my knee that caused me to speak some rather bad words. I think I will sit here a few minutes longer before I try that again.
The doctor told me no hiking, long walks or running or anything strenuous for at least a month. That sucks. I want to go camping again in the next few weeks.
Pain sucks ass. Or in my case, pain sucks knees!
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is crazy. "
Stupid News Story of The Day
(What good is a wedding cake if you can't eat it?)
Diamonds are icing on $20 million wedding cake
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A confection billed as the most expensive wedding cake in the world makes its debut on Monday night in Beverly Hills, but is likely to cause indigestion.
The extravagant $20 million (10.7 million pounds) diamond-studded wedding cake, created by Mimi So Jewellers and cake designer Nahid La Patisserie Artistique, is the star attraction of the Luxury Brands Bridal Show and will be unveiled on exclusive Rodeo Drive.
"Where else would you debut a $20 million wedding cake but on Rodeo Drive?" said show organiser Ilona Sherman.
The cake is protected by a team of uniformed security guards at all times, she said. And there's no way it will ever be eaten.
"I think diamonds are too hard on the stomach," Sherman said.
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"Several months ago, out of the blue, a company named “Cingular” started sending me bills. I had never heard of Cingular, and I honestly did not know what these bills were for, so I put them in the pile where I keep documents that I intend to scrutinize more carefully later on, after my death. Then I started seeing TV commercials for Cingular, but of course they did not make it clear what Cingular is, because the First Rule of Modern Advertising is: “Never reveal what you are advertising.”
Stupid News Story of The Day
(Supercuts this is not.)
Teens accuse each other of haircut rage
DES MOINES, Iowa - Two teenagers are accusing each other of assaulting each other by haircut. An 18-year-old Des Moines East High School student told police Wednesday that another teenager came up behind her with a pair of scissors and began cutting her hair.
The student claimed that when she tried to get the scissors away from her attacker she was cut on her hand and face.
Officers then interviewed the female suspect, also an 18-year-old. She claimed it was the other student who picked up the scissors and began furiously cutting her hair. The suspect was missing "a large quadrant of hair from the front of her head," according to a police report.
Officers are investigating both claims. No charges have been filed. Crime scene investigators were called to take photographs of injuries and haircuts.
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Information from: The Des Moines Register, http://www.desmoinesregister.com
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