Australia?

Okay, so I could go look this stuff up, but I'm feeling lazy (maybe the temp).
Those of you living down under, help me out please. First, should Down Under be capitalized or not?
Do you folks use the metric system?
What about your money? AU Dollars? How are you against others, like us(US, grin), Brit, EU, (if you know) up or down?
What's the hottest and coldest it gets where you are?
Is there any place in the country that gets enough snow to ski, downhill or cross country?
Here we have a lot of different accents and dialects, can you tell what part of your country people are from by listening?
Do you use decimal points in numbers or a comma like they do in Brazil?

I feel like I should know some of this stuff. I don't even know your latitude.
Where the hell is my atlas?
:-)




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I Know Not What I Do

It still feels like our first night together
Feels like the first kiss and
It's gettin' better baby
No one can better this
I'm still hold on and you're still the one
The first time our eyes met it's the same feelin' I get
Only feels much stronger and I wanna love ya longer
You still turn the fire on

So If you're feelin' lonely.. don't
You're the only one I'd ever want
I only wanna make it good
So if I love ya a little more than I should

Please forgive me I know not what I do
Please forgive me I can't stop lovin' you
Don't deny me

This pain I'm going through
Please forgive me
If I need ya like I do
Please believe me
Every word I say is true
Please forgive me I can't stop loving you
Still feels like our best times are together
Feels like the first touch

We're still gettin' closer baby
Can't get close enough I'm still holdin' on
You're still number one I remember the smell of your skin
I remember everything
I remember all your moves
I remember you
I remember the nights ya know I still do

One thing I'm sure of
Is the way we make love
And the one thing I depend on
Is for us to stay strong
With every word and every breath I'm prayin'
That's why I'm sayin'...


Bryan Adams

Ass-Gravity

One of the few nice things about the heat is that you can fall asleep watching TV and you wake up sweaty, but not all stiff and sore.

I once knew a woman who claimed her behind was big enough to have its own gravitational pull. It wasn't, but here's to Ass-Gravity (her term) and anyone who has it. :-)


Here's hoping everyone enjoys their weekend, and doesn't let life pull them down.

EE&V

Eyes
A large dark room lined with ceramic tile.
Ears
Running water, heavy breathing.
Voice
No words can express as much as a single tear.







I changed my mind about two posts. It happens.
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On The Other Hand

I was about to post one of those EE&V things I sometimes do, but I've noticed people don't comment on them. I kind of like hearing from my blogging friends, so I'll put it off until a day when I have enough to say that I can justify two posts. Oooh. Won't that be something.

We're back to that hot, humid weather. I'm thrilled as usual.





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The Customer Is Always.....

Wrong. Well, that's how I felt today.
I decided to grab some lunch and went to one of those big chain/franchise places. You're supposed to progress from one side of the counter to the other as they make your order, so I went to the starting point. Two people (one looked like management) were standing over by the register making a mountain out of some mole hill from the sounds of it. I stood for a moment. The manager person yelled into the back for the other person working. I waited more. Another yell. Obviously the person in the back is busy or out of hearing range. I got tired of waiting and turned to leave. The manager started to ask me what I wanted. I just shook my head and kept walking.

The real unfortunate part is the employee in the back is probably going to catch the blame. As far as I'm concerned the manager is responsible for what happens in their store. You should never stand there and ignore a customer.




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Which Way?

Tomorrow (26th) is All Or Nothing Day.
It sounds pretty drastic to me. What if I opt for the nothing part and just choose not to get out of bed for the day? I might actually be able to get away with it, but I don't really want to.

Does this mean if I eat something, I have to clear the fridge and cupboards?

And I'm pretty sure I wouldn't go for the 'Nothing' side when it come to the restroom. Ouch. :-)





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Two Birds, One Stone

I don't seem to have a bigger version of this anywhere. Sorry it's hard to see, Jade. But now you have some idea what I look like and at least the beginnings of an idea what I do with most of my non-blogging time. (Bec knows the other part.)

Waaa-Hooooo!

The front came through, the temps are down 20 degrees(f) from yesterday, people posted stuff, and Suze is back! Oh, and it's the weekend! Sorry, I'm having a James Brown moment - Owwww, I feel good.

Here's what I'm listening to tonight.
I wish I could be on that massive bike on the interstate sliding through traffic at 175kph, it's the perfect night for it.


Oh, screw the music police.

Chicane: Strong in Love


Standing here in the dim light
You can only see your soul.
No place that we can hide in, no
Your love will still unfold.

By the time your sense is moving
You see
The one you lost is leading
And turning out to be
Strong in love! (Say it again.)
Strong in love! (Say it again.)
And when all your dreams have turned into dust
And your world has fallen down
You know you've got to be
Strong in love!

Sunrise here in the morning
And you're lying next to me
Somewhere love is beginning
On a journey I don't know.

By the time your sense is moving
You see
The one you lost is leading
And turning out to be, Strong in love! (Say it again.)
Strong in love! (Say it again.)
And when all your dreams have turned into dust
And your world has fallen down
You know you've got to be
Strong in love! (Say it again.)
Strong in love! (Say it again.)
Strong in love! (Say it again.)
Strong in love! (Say it again.)






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Little Willy

Just some silliness left over in my brain from childhood.
I have no idea where these originated, but they seem to have taken up residence in my head for all time. So I thought I'd share.... :-)




Willy was a chemist
He isn't any more
For what he thought was H2O
Was H2SO4


Little Willy with a yell
Pushed his sister down the well
Said mother then while drawing water
"How hard it is to raise a daughter"


Little Willy, quick as flashes
Ran into the fire and burned to ashes
Even now the room grows chilly
But no one wants to poke up Willy

A Little Early

I know I'm supposed to give notice for these weird holidays, but maybe not this much. The problem is, when I find a cool one, it's usually far enough away that I forget to post it when the time comes. I like this one, so I'm giving plenty of warning.

July 27th is Take Your Pants For A Walk Day

No, I don't know exactly what that means, but there's plenty of time to experiment. :-)



As of this writing, not a single visitor to this blog today. Goose eggs across the board.





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Idiots

The recording industry in the US wants to start enforcing the copyright on song lyrics, making people pay royalties if they post them on a website and such. They seem to have found just one more way to piss people off and drive them away. They make more of their income from lawsuits than product these days. Change is coming like a freight train and these jerks are standing on the tracks trying to decide if somebody used a non-regulation spike. Idiots.







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Ug.

The predicted night time low would make an excellent daytime high, the humidity is 87%, and it's raining. Groovy.

Sorry if I dont have much of any wit or wisdom right now, but I'm trying not to get too much sweat into the keyboard. Really.

Oh, and tomorrow is Caviar Day.



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Wiser Men Than I

When the war broke out in the Middle East, I thought about the old story of the frog and the scorpion who were trying to cross a river there.

The scorpion couldn't swim and the frog was lost, so the scorpion proposed a deal: Give me a ride on your back and I'll show you the way.

The frog agreed and the trip went fine until they got to the middle of the river and the scorpion stung the frog. As they were sinking, the frog asked in his dying breath, "why would you do that?"

To which the scorpion replied, "because it is the Middle East."

---Bob Schieffer, this morning on Face The Nation


You can read the rest here.

Tomorrow

Tomorrow is
International Juggling Day.

Yes, that means you can play with balls in public. :-)

Or beanbags.
Or running chainsaws.
Or whatever makes your monkey squeak. :-)



We're kind of having a mini-heatwave here, so forgive me if I seem random and sluggish for the next while. It's supposed to be in the 90s (farenheit) and humid with no chance or rain for a week (or more). There's got to be a way we can trade weather around the globe. Come on, somebody out there needs a Nobel prize, right?

I Have a Feeling...

...that I'm going to be sorry I mentioned this, but it's
National Nude Day.

Do your worst you merciless minions of mirth. All creative comments carved out of your clever minds are welcome.





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The Iron Giant

This is a movie that always digs in there and finds me where I live.
Yeah, I know it's kind of for kids, but it has stuff anybody can appreciate.

Like when The Iron Giant tells the town, "I am not a gun." No matter how dangerous he might be, he's saying that he has the power to decide his own path and accept resonsibility for himself.

And near the end of the film when the Giant is rocketing towards his own destruction to save the town no matter what they think of him, he remembers Hogarth telling him. "You are who you choose to be." Right before he slams headlong into the nuclear missile he simply says, "Superman."


Too bad more of us don't choose to be Superman on an everyday basis.




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91 Percent

That's the relative humidity here. Not my favorite kind of weather. I can handle the high temps, but it would be nice if sweat would evaporate a little bit.

I'll quit complaining if somebody out there has snow. (pictures would be cool)




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Rough Boy

What in the world's come all over me?
I ain't got a chance of one in three.
Ain't got no rap, ain't got no line
But if you'll give me just a minute I'll be feelin' fine.

I am the one who can fade the heat,
The one they all say just can't be beat.
I'll shoot it to you straight and look you in the eye.
So gimme just a minute and I'll tell you why
I'm a rough boy, I'm a rough boy.

I don't care how you look at me
Because I'm the one and you will see
We can make it work, we can make it by.
So give me one more minute and I'll tell you why
I'm a rough boy, I'm a rough boy.

ZZ Top






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Clerihew Day

There's that crazy Pitfinder
He's really not much of a minder
Through ramble and rant and rave
He rarely seems to behave


It's Clerihew Day, in case you hadn't noticed.
Don't start expecting poetry out of me. I just used Google and followed the instructions.

Random Thoughts

Most reality TV shows - aren't. They're mostly game shows, people.

The projects I have the most trouble finishing are the ones that are just for me.

Poplin, percale - not sure I get the difference.

Why do so many people who cheat death, do it again?

Somebody gets murdered in my country about every thirty minutes.

About a third of those go unsolved.

Iraq had a beauty queen in April but she resigned after four days of death threats.

If AOL keeps sending me these CDs that I can't use (even if I wanted, which I don't) does that mean they too much of somebody's money?

On of the TV channels I watch has a real problem with their vOluME ConTRol.

Okay, back to work. (tappity tap tap tap) :-)

For the Night Shift

How do you keep a tired person in suspense?

Stoners

There's a thing near here, a festival if you will. I won't name names, I don't really want to publicize it. It's supposed to be a religious gathering, and kids get their folks to let them go because of that. How bad could it be? Well, if you talk to the people who work dispatch and drive the things with flashing lights, you'd get a different picture. They average about one overdose a year, several cases of alcohol poisoning, and a variety of interesting but stupid accidents. I don't think anybody compiles numbers for the pregnancy rate.

These kids are often rude too. They go to the local big box retail giant and buy stuff. They take it out to the field (yes, it's held in an open farm field), get it muddy, used, and otherwise trashed and try to return it after a week. Gee. That same store had to put all the furniture up on racks to keep the unwashed massed from sleeping in it. Oh, and they wash in the toilets. Not the restroom, the toilet bowl. One year they built a fire in a retail store's parking lot. Not a grill, a wood fire on the pavement. The fire department was called.

Okay, to keep this honest, there are some normal people there who do know how to behave themselves, but the numbers that don't are all too visible. The sad thing is that some of these hammered, stoned kids could grow up to be real people if their parents and schools weren't trying so hard to get them to be robots. Maybe if they had a little more freedom at home, they'd act out less when they're around strangers who don't deserve their crap.


Oh, and it's National Strawberry Sundae Day. Anybody want one?

TV Stuff

Why do I keep seeing commercials for the power company that has a government permitted monopoly? Like I can choose to go somewhere else? Could you guys quit spending money on commercials and lower the rates?

I actually miss the Lending Tree commercial with the smiling guy who's in debt up to his eyeballs. "Somebody please help me!"

There's one fast food chain that had those ANNOYING commercials with the tooth that kept saying "Ranch. Ranch. Ranch. Ranch." I hated those and haven't been in one of their stores since.

Is it too much to ask for the news-heads to get some facts before they go on the air?

Don't try to visit New Jersey for a few more days, it's closed.

Apparantly, our President thinks that the United States has been at war with America for sixty years. Okay, that's not what he meant, but he is in danger of surpassing Dan Quayle.


Still blogging away.

The Next Day

The weather was nice today. Somebody bought me lunch. Nothing annoying happened, leaving me without a rant, so I thought I'd just put up another old picture. I forget exactly where it was, and I'm feeling too fat and happy to go look it up.

Maybe I'll go back to whining about humanity tomorrow.

Independence Day

It's the 230th Birthday for the USA.
Funny thing, you'd think by now more of us would behave like grown-ups.

Apologies for any stupid behavior on behalf of my fellow citizens.

Strange Parallel

Some of the websites I watch over are on a server that seems to have lost the battle with lightning. Hopefully it will be back soon.

That got me to thinking. (hold on Jade it's kind of a specific rant)

Lightning is a lot like women I've dated.

Exciting but maybe not in a good way.
Beautiful but a little more dangerous than I'd like.
Hot and loud but very unpredictable.
Energetic and not too careful about who gets hurt.

(See, it really says more about my choices than about women.)

Oh, The Horror of It All

I thought I'd better get this posted before the big ugly thing on the radar gets here.

As promised - it's a sink in a plastic bag. See if you can freak out flour man with it. Or, lacking that, at least try to have a good laugh over how far some people will go for a joke.


Hey, at least the impending storm is cooling the air off a bit. (at least until the lightning starts)

Yeah, I Know

I let it go until after midnight to post something and now it looks like I missed a day. Oh, well. Seems one server isn't talking to the other one for some reason. So I'm not getting all my e-mail for the moment. I'll ask about it when it's light outside. In the mean time, if I'm not responding, it's because I don't have anything to respond to yet, sorry.

Listening to - Grosse Pointe Blank soundtrack

Weather - sucked most of the day. Some hail. LIGHTNING, lots.