Saturday, October 30, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
5 Things
My LW told me about a conversation she had with relatives when driving in the car at the Women of Faith gathering. They were talking about 5 Things that They Love about their Husbands.
I hope my LW was able to think of 5. I was thinking about the Top 5 Things that I love about my LW.
1) She is a great mother to our children - when I was in the military she was able to raise them with me away for months at at time. They turned out very well. Both are married to great spouses and have 2 or 3 boys (our grandsons). The kids did very well in school and have great personalities.
2) She laughs at my humor - I like to make fun of various situations involving both of us or activities with which we are involved.
3) She has a sense of adventure - she joined a Women's Swedish singing group and sings in Swedish and English. She then studied Swedish so she could do better.
4) She sings about everything - in a Bible Study (I think) we were talking about a musical and how everyday people do not burst out in song about everyday occurrences, well she is the one person who actually does it! Fortunately she has a lovely singing voice.
5) She is sexy!!!!
An archeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her.-- Agatha Christie
You know it's love when you want to keep holding hands even after you're sweaty.
No man is truly married until he understands every word his wife is NOT saying.
A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.-- Brendan Francis
The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing -- and then marry him.-- Cher
To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.-- Helen Rowland
If love is the answer, could you rephrase the question.-- Lily Tomlin
LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. This disease, like caries and many other ailments, is prevalent only among civilized races living under artificial conditions; barbarous nations breathing pure air and eating simple food enjoy immunity from its ravages. It is sometimes fatal, but more frequently to the physician than to the patient. (DD)
I hope my LW was able to think of 5. I was thinking about the Top 5 Things that I love about my LW.
1) She is a great mother to our children - when I was in the military she was able to raise them with me away for months at at time. They turned out very well. Both are married to great spouses and have 2 or 3 boys (our grandsons). The kids did very well in school and have great personalities.
2) She laughs at my humor - I like to make fun of various situations involving both of us or activities with which we are involved.
3) She has a sense of adventure - she joined a Women's Swedish singing group and sings in Swedish and English. She then studied Swedish so she could do better.
4) She sings about everything - in a Bible Study (I think) we were talking about a musical and how everyday people do not burst out in song about everyday occurrences, well she is the one person who actually does it! Fortunately she has a lovely singing voice.
5) She is sexy!!!!
An archeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her.-- Agatha Christie
You know it's love when you want to keep holding hands even after you're sweaty.
No man is truly married until he understands every word his wife is NOT saying.
A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.-- Brendan Francis
The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing -- and then marry him.-- Cher
To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.-- Helen Rowland
If love is the answer, could you rephrase the question.-- Lily Tomlin
LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. This disease, like caries and many other ailments, is prevalent only among civilized races living under artificial conditions; barbarous nations breathing pure air and eating simple food enjoy immunity from its ravages. It is sometimes fatal, but more frequently to the physician than to the patient. (DD)
Malware
Some idiot put a Malware redirection on the Church website that I keep up.
The pastor reported it to me and then Google restricted access to the site. I don't understand why anyone would do that to websites. Are they immature little people that get their kicks out of hurting other people?
My son reported that someone screwed with his blog updates. It required that he change the way he worked.
I had the ISP that hosts my website clean it and asked Google to reinspect the site. It is back to normal now.
Failure is not an option -- it comes bundled with Windows.
Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes.
Q: How does Bill Gates screw in a lightbulb?
A: He doesn't. He declares darkness the industry standard.
Malware, short for malicious software, is software designed to infiltrate a computer system without the owner's informed consent. The expression is a general term used by computer professionals to mean a variety of forms of hostile, intrusive, or annoying software or program code.
The pastor reported it to me and then Google restricted access to the site. I don't understand why anyone would do that to websites. Are they immature little people that get their kicks out of hurting other people?
My son reported that someone screwed with his blog updates. It required that he change the way he worked.
I had the ISP that hosts my website clean it and asked Google to reinspect the site. It is back to normal now.
Failure is not an option -- it comes bundled with Windows.
Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes.
Q: How does Bill Gates screw in a lightbulb?
A: He doesn't. He declares darkness the industry standard.
Malware, short for malicious software, is software designed to infiltrate a computer system without the owner's informed consent. The expression is a general term used by computer professionals to mean a variety of forms of hostile, intrusive, or annoying software or program code.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Anniversary
The other day (8/10) my Lovely Wife and I celebrated our 42nd wedding anniversary. We were mmphkah years old when we married (it is interesting that my LW is still only 20 something).
We spent a quiet day at home with me roasting some beef with baked potatoes and salad plus ice cream for dessert. Most of our anniversaries are spent quietly at home. On one of our anniversaries we went to a riding stable and rode 2 horrible horses named Orville and Peanut; her horse sort of did what my LW wanted but mine felt that he has worked enough for the year.
On our 25th anniversary, we went to a dude ranch in MI, where the horses were much nicer. On our 40th anniversary we went to a dude ranch (Peaceful Valley) in CO. We rode horses at least once a day and had a lot of fun plus there were s'mores and great meals 3 times a day (my LW feels any meal she doesn't have to make is great).
I am very lucky to have such a wonderful LW!
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. Socrates
Marriage: a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters written in prose. Beverly Nichols
If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
Then there was a man who said, 'I never knew what real happiness was until I got married; by then it was too late.'
My wife and I were happy for 20 years - then we met. Rodney Dangerfield
The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret. Henry Youngman
A good wife always forgives her husband when she's wrong. Milton Berle
Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it. Josh Billings
When a man opens the door of his car for his wife, you can be sure of one thing: either the car is new or the wife is.
Do not marry a man to reform him. That is what reform schools are for." Mae West
MARRIAGE, n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two. (DD)
We spent a quiet day at home with me roasting some beef with baked potatoes and salad plus ice cream for dessert. Most of our anniversaries are spent quietly at home. On one of our anniversaries we went to a riding stable and rode 2 horrible horses named Orville and Peanut; her horse sort of did what my LW wanted but mine felt that he has worked enough for the year.
On our 25th anniversary, we went to a dude ranch in MI, where the horses were much nicer. On our 40th anniversary we went to a dude ranch (Peaceful Valley) in CO. We rode horses at least once a day and had a lot of fun plus there were s'mores and great meals 3 times a day (my LW feels any meal she doesn't have to make is great).
I am very lucky to have such a wonderful LW!
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. Socrates
Marriage: a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters written in prose. Beverly Nichols
If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
Then there was a man who said, 'I never knew what real happiness was until I got married; by then it was too late.'
My wife and I were happy for 20 years - then we met. Rodney Dangerfield
The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret. Henry Youngman
A good wife always forgives her husband when she's wrong. Milton Berle
Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it. Josh Billings
When a man opens the door of his car for his wife, you can be sure of one thing: either the car is new or the wife is.
Do not marry a man to reform him. That is what reform schools are for." Mae West
MARRIAGE, n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two. (DD)
Monday, August 9, 2010
Medicine
One of my favorite comedians is Tim Hawkins, above is his video of medicine side effects. There is a pill that now (Seasonique) that reduces the number of periods that women have. If you read the possible side effects they include most common are nausea, vomiting, bleeding or spotting between periods, breast tenderness, and difficulty wearing contact lenses. Isn't bleeding the same as a period?
There are ads for depression meds that list the side effect of suicide and depression. Let's see if I get this; you take this medicine if you are depressed but it causes death & depression!
My lovely wife and I listen to the medicine ads just waiting for the possible side effects and wondering why would anyone take medicines?
Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died. Erma Bombeck
God heals and the doctor takes the fee. Benjamin Franklin
First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me. Steve Martin
My doctor is wonderful. Once, in 1955, when I couldn’t afford an operation, he touched up the X-rays. Joey Bishop
Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its existence. James Bryce
The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir. Thomas Fuller
MEDICINE, n. A stone flung down the Bowery to kill a dog in Broadway (DD)
My lovely wife and I listen to the medicine ads just waiting for the possible side effects and wondering why would anyone take medicines?
Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died. Erma Bombeck
God heals and the doctor takes the fee. Benjamin Franklin
First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me. Steve Martin
My doctor is wonderful. Once, in 1955, when I couldn’t afford an operation, he touched up the X-rays. Joey Bishop
Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its existence. James Bryce
The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir. Thomas Fuller
MEDICINE, n. A stone flung down the Bowery to kill a dog in Broadway (DD)
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Business
No one in the P.O. administration knows anything about business. There are no businessmen in his cabinet or inner circle.
Business is in business to make money. P.O. believes that their purpose is to be taxed or to give jobs to workers. These are only byproducts of a successful business not their goals.
P.O. believes that by raising taxes on businesses he can close the trillions of dollar budget deficit. Businesses are not really taxed! Businesses raise their prices or cut jobs to maintain a profit.
P.O. believes that by making it easier for unions to organize that more jobs will be created. Higher wages and restrictive work rules do not make for more jobs, only a less profitable business which leads to organizations like the auto industries which can not compete with foreign companies which lead to bailouts and fewer jobs.
P.O. believes by taxing small businessmen that the deficit will decrease. People unlike P.O. are not stupid, they will not work of hard or expand if it costs them more than it is worth.
Profits are not evil as P.O. believes. Profits allow expansion and give stock holder money to spend.
Nothing is illegal if a hundred businessmen decide to do it, and that's true anywhere in the world. Andrew Young
There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting. David Letterman
Catch a man a fish, and you can sell it to him. Teach a man to fish, and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity. Karl Marx
I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst business mistake if I don't. Steve Martin
I used to sell furniture for a living. The trouble was, it was my own. Les Dawson
You don't want another Enron? Here's your law: If a company, can't explain, in ONE SENTENCE....what it does....it's illegal. Lewis Black
I think it's wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly. Steven Wright
Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never pays a nickel in taxes. Dave Barry
Business? It's quite simple. It's other people's money. Alexandre Dumas
business (n)
1 a person's regular occupation, profession, or trade 2 the practice of making one's living by engaging in commerce
ORIGIN Old English bisignis (see busy , -ness ). The sense in Old English was [anxiety] ; the sense [the state of being busy] was used from Middle English down to the 18th cent., but is now differentiated as busyness. The sense [an appointed task] dates from late Middle English , and from it all the other current senses have developed.
Business is in business to make money. P.O. believes that their purpose is to be taxed or to give jobs to workers. These are only byproducts of a successful business not their goals.
P.O. believes that by raising taxes on businesses he can close the trillions of dollar budget deficit. Businesses are not really taxed! Businesses raise their prices or cut jobs to maintain a profit.
P.O. believes that by making it easier for unions to organize that more jobs will be created. Higher wages and restrictive work rules do not make for more jobs, only a less profitable business which leads to organizations like the auto industries which can not compete with foreign companies which lead to bailouts and fewer jobs.
P.O. believes by taxing small businessmen that the deficit will decrease. People unlike P.O. are not stupid, they will not work of hard or expand if it costs them more than it is worth.
Profits are not evil as P.O. believes. Profits allow expansion and give stock holder money to spend.
Nothing is illegal if a hundred businessmen decide to do it, and that's true anywhere in the world. Andrew Young
There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting. David Letterman
Catch a man a fish, and you can sell it to him. Teach a man to fish, and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity. Karl Marx
I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst business mistake if I don't. Steve Martin
I used to sell furniture for a living. The trouble was, it was my own. Les Dawson
You don't want another Enron? Here's your law: If a company, can't explain, in ONE SENTENCE....what it does....it's illegal. Lewis Black
I think it's wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly. Steven Wright
Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never pays a nickel in taxes. Dave Barry
Business? It's quite simple. It's other people's money. Alexandre Dumas
business (n)
1 a person's regular occupation, profession, or trade 2 the practice of making one's living by engaging in commerce
ORIGIN Old English bisignis (see busy , -ness ). The sense in Old English was [anxiety] ; the sense [the state of being busy] was used from Middle English down to the 18th cent., but is now differentiated as busyness. The sense [an appointed task] dates from late Middle English , and from it all the other current senses have developed.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Facebook, Soccer Coaches 2, Chain
My lovely wife has signed up for Facebook. She has invited various people to be her "friends" and I think everyone so far has accepted. But she received an email that 7 women and 10 men were searching for her. There were some with pictures but others had the shadowy outlines. I think that it is creepy that people are searching for "her", of course, for only a "small" monthly fee (with super premium to el cheapo levels) she could see who these people were!
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For those of you who forget *** means a new subject.
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I have been watching the World Cup and watching the coaches, they wouldn't survive in youth soccer; they just sit there glancing into the ether. Numerous times I have wanted to help the players on the field with my useful commentary but I refrained since they wouldn't listen anyhow!
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After bicycling to the YMCA to bring my lovely wife her Y bag or actually as I was on the Y driveway, I heard a bad noise and my pedaling had no effect. My chain broke! It was at the furthest distance I was going to be from my house. 5 or 5.5 miles away, and I very dark cloud appeared. So I got to walk home pushing my bike, plus sometime during the trip I lost my chain!
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Amazon
Amazon has a section where they recommend items based on your previous purchases. They recommended "Smallville: The Complete Ninth Season" for me even though I have said that I was not interested in any of Seasons 1-8. They recommended "George Lopez - The Complete First and Second Seasons" because I bought various Gilmore Girls seasons, however, Gilmore Girls is a comedy/drama that was very well done with mature humor whereas, Lopez is slapstick.
"Jack the Ripper" because of "You Only Live Twice"(James Bond) is there any connection that normal people can find? "Alien Nation - The Complete Series" because of "Greatest American Hero"? "The Complete UFO Megaset" because of "Our Man Flint"? "Mannequin & Mannequin 2: On the Move" because of "Due South"? "Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Seasons 1-5" even though I told them I wasn't interested in seasons 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5!
I also like there search engine. I was searching for "Swedish Music" and the "Dumb and Dumber" DVD came up as one of the items. Searching for "Castle Season 2" bought up "Married with Children - The Complete Fifth Season" (not seasons 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 but 5) in the first page.
Of course, some of the recommendations make sense and the search comes up with the items you may like most of the time.
A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World! Henry Fielding
Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference. Aristotle
You don't carry in your countenance a letter of recommendation. Charles Dickens
“Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator” Marcus Tullius Cicero
“And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be made out of what had up to that time been” Arthur Conan Doyle
recommend (v) 1 put forward (someone or something) with approval as being suitable for a particular purpose or role • advise or suggest (something) as a course of action • [ trans. ] advise (someone) to do something • make (someone or something) appealing or desirable
2 ( recommend someone/something to) archaic commend or entrust someone or something to (someone)
ORIGIN late Middle English (sense 2) : from medieval Latin recommendare, from Latin re- (expressing intensive force) + commendare ‘commit to the care of.’
"Jack the Ripper" because of "You Only Live Twice"(James Bond) is there any connection that normal people can find? "Alien Nation - The Complete Series" because of "Greatest American Hero"? "The Complete UFO Megaset" because of "Our Man Flint"? "Mannequin & Mannequin 2: On the Move" because of "Due South"? "Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Seasons 1-5" even though I told them I wasn't interested in seasons 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5!
I also like there search engine. I was searching for "Swedish Music" and the "Dumb and Dumber" DVD came up as one of the items. Searching for "Castle Season 2" bought up "Married with Children - The Complete Fifth Season" (not seasons 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 but 5) in the first page.
Of course, some of the recommendations make sense and the search comes up with the items you may like most of the time.
A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World! Henry Fielding
Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference. Aristotle
You don't carry in your countenance a letter of recommendation. Charles Dickens
“Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator” Marcus Tullius Cicero
“And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be made out of what had up to that time been” Arthur Conan Doyle
recommend (v) 1 put forward (someone or something) with approval as being suitable for a particular purpose or role • advise or suggest (something) as a course of action • [ trans. ] advise (someone) to do something • make (someone or something) appealing or desirable
2 ( recommend someone/something to) archaic commend or entrust someone or something to (someone)
ORIGIN late Middle English (sense 2) : from medieval Latin recommendare, from Latin re- (expressing intensive force) + commendare ‘commit to the care of.’
Coaching Soccer
In my daughter's blog she said "I think this must be why my Dad coached his kids' soccer teams--to give him an excuse to be the one yelling on the sidelines."
I admit that I did keep up a steady stream of "helpful" coaching from the sidelines. The reasons for coaching probably included the "yelling" part. I think that if I was to coach another team of very young kids; I would encourage the kids to talk to each other on the field. Young kids quite often keep talking and talking, but put them on a soccer field and they will not talk to each other. In soccer other players can help their teammates by telling them that an opponent is coming up to them or that a teammate is open square, etc..
I also coached because I like sports and spending time with my kids. I was introduced to soccer at a later age, it is a sport I probably could have been good at if I had started at a early age. Running and thinking are a couple of my strong points.
Plus my kids were/are good at soccer.
To get back to the "yelling/coaching". I also believe that the kids on the field don't really hear us!
Coaching is not a natural way of life. Your victories and losses are too clear cut.-- Tommy Prothro
Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you.-- John Wooden
Leadership, like coaching, is fighting for the hearts and souls of men and getting them to believe in you.
-- Eddie Robinson
Coaching is a profession of love. You can't coach people unless you love them.-- Eddie Robinson
A successful coach needs a patient wife, loyal dog, and great quarterback - and not necessarily in that order.-- Bud Grant
I'd rather be a football coach. That way you can lose only 11 games a season. I lost 11 games in December alone!-- Abe Lemons
Overcoaching is the worst thing you can do to a player.-- Dean Smith
Either love your players or get out of coaching.-- Bobby Dodd
"The coach should be the absolute boss, but he still should maintain an open mind." -- Red Auerbach
Bad shooters are always open" -- Pete Carril
coach (n) 1 a horse-drawn carriage 2 a railroad car.
I admit that I did keep up a steady stream of "helpful" coaching from the sidelines. The reasons for coaching probably included the "yelling" part. I think that if I was to coach another team of very young kids; I would encourage the kids to talk to each other on the field. Young kids quite often keep talking and talking, but put them on a soccer field and they will not talk to each other. In soccer other players can help their teammates by telling them that an opponent is coming up to them or that a teammate is open square, etc..
I also coached because I like sports and spending time with my kids. I was introduced to soccer at a later age, it is a sport I probably could have been good at if I had started at a early age. Running and thinking are a couple of my strong points.
Plus my kids were/are good at soccer.
To get back to the "yelling/coaching". I also believe that the kids on the field don't really hear us!
Coaching is not a natural way of life. Your victories and losses are too clear cut.-- Tommy Prothro
Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you.-- John Wooden
Leadership, like coaching, is fighting for the hearts and souls of men and getting them to believe in you.
-- Eddie Robinson
Coaching is a profession of love. You can't coach people unless you love them.-- Eddie Robinson
A successful coach needs a patient wife, loyal dog, and great quarterback - and not necessarily in that order.-- Bud Grant
I'd rather be a football coach. That way you can lose only 11 games a season. I lost 11 games in December alone!-- Abe Lemons
Overcoaching is the worst thing you can do to a player.-- Dean Smith
Either love your players or get out of coaching.-- Bobby Dodd
"The coach should be the absolute boss, but he still should maintain an open mind." -- Red Auerbach
Bad shooters are always open" -- Pete Carril
coach (n) 1 a horse-drawn carriage 2 a railroad car.
an athletic instructor or trainer. • a tutor who gives private or specialized teaching.
ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (sense 1) : from French coche, from Hungarian kocsi (szekér) ‘(wagon) from Kocs,’ a town in Hungary
ORIGIN early 18th cent. (as a verb): figuratively from coach 1
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