Yin Yang

That Was A Little Close

That last strike was a little close, the thunder rattled the walls (yes walls, not windows).

Thanks to the nice folks at Accuweather for not suing me for using their radar imagine.
:-)

Who Needs A Laugh?

Created by Mingle2.com (Dating for non-zombies)

What If?

Why not?

Stumped

I'm just sitting here, grinning like an idiot after hanging up the phone. How exactly did I manage to become this incredibly lucky? It's three weeks until I begin my journey to the magical land of Oz, and I still can't quite get my mind around whatever I did in some previous life that entitles me to have found someone who is so well matched with me. I guess I begin to understand that talk about not looking gift horses in the mouth and all. Sometimes you have to just grab on, hang on, and run with it.

It's funny how human perception is, if you're stuck someplace boring a minute can seem like a really long time. For me, where I am in life these days, the concept of eternity doesn't seem *quite* long enough. I want it all. :-)

(----sappy stuff ends----)

So how's everybody else?

Tomorrow Is

National Vanilla Ice Cream Day.
I still don't see why these kind of things can't be international. Why can't everybody play?


The 25th is Threading The Needle Day.
Does thismean we can fly planes under bridges or is it just about sewing?


The 26th is All Or Nothing Day.
Kind of sounds like this goes well with the stunt plane thing above.


And here it comes again!
The 27th is Take Your Pants For A Walk Day.
I want everyone to use their imagination for this one. (I gues it's better than taking someone else's pants for a walk.)

:-)

Bless Gary Larson

Its extremely hard to pick a winner with Mr Larsons work,because there are so many.
The man is a genius.
Here is one that has always been one of my favourites...;)
[pssst, Ive done this myself fairly recently]

Killing Time

So it's been a couple days and I feel like I should post something, but I don't seem to have anything interesting in mind. There aren't any cool strange holidays until later in the month, I'm kind of sitting on my hands as far as the trip goes, and I haven't seen anything hilariously funny today. I'm not angry about anything I haven't complained about before, and I don't seem to have any angst to wallow in. I'd post a song, but it seems like the copyright freaks have killed the embedding for most of the stuff I like. (I already complained about it.)

I did see The Dark Knight. It was really good. They better give some kind of award for Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker. But see, people who like this sort of thing are going to see it without my urging.

It's funny how we often mark our lives by the negative things, the tragedy, the losses. We all do it. It seems kind of lame to post about how everything is basically fine and happy. What's interesting about that?

Anyway, I hope everybody has a good weekend. Maybe I can stub my toe or something.

:-)

Crazy Horse

It doesn't look like much until you look near the bottom at the roads and the tiny earth movers. Go HERE and learn more about carving a mountain. This puts Rushmore to shame.

"Shakey"

Is Everybody Ready?

The Miss Universe pagent is going to be on in a few hours. Funny thing, all the contestants seem to be from this galaxy, this solar system, and this planet. I think it might be rigged. :-)


Edit Update:
Miss USA fell on her butt in the evening gown competition. So did last year's Miss USA. (You can watch that one on YouTube.) So maybe some Americans really can't walk and chew gum at the same time? :-)

Un-Summer

As you probably know, I'm not all that fond of hot weather, so I thought I'd post a little something to take the edge off. This is the street where I grew up with a little snow on it. The worst winter I can remember, we got about 3 or 4 times this much snow in about 4 weeks. You couldn't see around the corner at intersections for a while and we missed a lot of school. You know, the good old days. :-)

NSFW! - Smoochie Safari

Shots

"There's going to be a little pin prick, here."

Uh, no there's not. It hurts more to pull a hair out of my nose.
So now I have my required vacccinations covered. There's a little more to finish for all I signed up for, but I'm good to travel.
One more step forward.

Airports

PIA

ORD

LAX

SYD

This is what the trip looks like from space.

You've Got A Way

You've got a way with me
Somehow you got me to believe
In everything that I could be
I've gotta say-you really got a way

(It's in the way you want me)

You've got a way it seems
You gave me faith to find my dreams
You'll never know just what that means
Can't you see... you got a way with me

It's in the way you want me
It's in the way you hold me
The way you show me just what love's made of
It's in the way we make love

(It's in the way you want me)

You've got a way with words
You get me smiling even when it hurts
There's no way to measure what your love is worth
I can't believe the way you get through to me

It's in the way you want me
It's in the way you hold me
The way you show me just what love's made of
It's in the way we make love

Oh, how I adore you
Like no one before you
I love you just the way you are

It's in the way you want me
It's in the way you hold me
The way you show me just what love's made of
It's in the way we make love

It's just the way you are

-------------
Shania Twain

S'mores! (with many thanks to Wikipedia!)

A s'more is a traditional campfire treat popular in the United States and Canada, consisting of a roasted marshmallow and a slab of chocolate sandwiched between two pieces of graham cracker. They were first mentioned in the Girl Scout Handbook in 1927.

S'mores are associated with recreational camping. Part of the enjoyment of this simple dessert is the way in which it is made on such camping trips. A marshmallow is skewered on the end of a long stick and held just above the campfire until (according to personal preference) its outer surface starts to brown, char, or even catch fire. Once heated, the inside of the marshmallow becomes soft. The marshmallow is quickly pinched off its stick with the waiting graham crackers, one of which has a piece of chocolate on it (typically a section of a milk chocolate bar). Ideally, the heat from the roasted marshmallow partially melts the chocolate into a gooey mess. However, some people assemble the entire s'more on the stick and cook it all at once to ensure gooey chocolate. Some people add peanut butter to the mix for additional flavor. The peanut butter may be added between a graham cracker and the chocolate piece or between the chocolate piece and the marshmallow. Many s'more consumers will set the waiting graham cracker and chocolate near the campfire to help melt the chocolate.


Making s'mores in this manner is so popular in the United States that supermarkets often carry graham crackers, marshmallows, and huge chocolate bars in the same shelf section during the summer months. In recent years "S'More Kits" for making the treats on the kitchen table at home have been sold at housewares stores. These consist of a small heating element to cook the marshmallow, metal skewers and a lazy susan to hold the "raw" ingredients. These are similar to fondue sets. Different items sold as s'mores may be found in restaurants, prepared at home, or even bought ready-made. These confections usually contain the three ingredients of graham cracker, chocolate, and marshmallow, but they are not necessarily heated or served in the same shape as the traditional s'more.

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It's summertime people, let's melt some chocolate!
Yes, I've done this with a propane torch, though the campfire provides a better atmosphere.
:-)

Countdown

I have my ticket.
I have my ETA. (visa)
I have my passport.
I have the hardware.

I go for shots in a few days.


I'm coming home.

ETA Oz

"Thank you for your application for an Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) for Australia.

We can confirm that your application has been successful and that you now have a valid ETA."

(some details removed for security)

"An ETA is automatically linked to your passport. The customs authorities and airline check-in staff have access to this information, using your passport details, so there is no need for any further documentation or reference numbers to be presented.

We hope you have a wonderful stay in Australia.

Kind Regards,
Internet ETAS Support."


I will, but I think 'wonderful' is aiming kind of low. ;-)

Happy Independence Day! (Again)

For those of you celebrating, please use caution. For those of you not, you can go HERE and learn a little about why the others should be careful.

Like wow wipeout!

"I was born the moment I laid eyes,on you"

Digital Finger

So I just went through my music blog and deleted all the songs YouTube had to pull or disable the embedding because the copyright nazis said so. If these companies don't want their music, their artists, their PRODUCT, promoted to my friends for free, well screw them. I'm not going to look for other versions to post, I'm not even going to leave the names of the songs up. If that's what they think is good for business, they can go play by and with themselves.

This is me giving the digital finger to them.

Tomorrow Is

Compliment Your Mirror Day.
I don't think I'm gonna do that, the stupid thing keeps showing me this creature that only a mother could love. :-)


The 5th is Workaholics Day.
You'd have to be. The 4th is a National Holiday and it falls on a Friday. WHo's working Saturday? Only people who have to, and maybe Workaholics who don't have (or don't want) a life.


The 8th is Video Games Day.
I know there are some of you out there who will be pleased to know that you have a special holiday. So put work on pause, grab you BFG, and shoot some aliens.

:-)

Dexter Rules!

So, I've been watching Dexter a bit lately, and I'm hooked. It's an interesting premise, well executed. (Pun intended).

I heartily recommend it to anyone with a sense of humor as warped as mine. Or anyone with a touch of morbid curiosity.

Oh, just go watch some of it and see for yourself.
:-)