LeoGee, thanks. And how come that 4-week license expired 3 weeks early?
July 23-Aug
A moon opposition has you wondering where the hell your sexual mojo went. It hasn't disappeared permanently. It's just on vacation. In the meantime, don't attempt any online seduction or you'll end up sleeping with Craigslist's number one loser
I later wished I had asked more questions, especially when my husband called midway through my trip, asking why the bill for four days of iPhone use was $500.Yikes!
By then, I had been in Europe for a month and realized that my next AT&T bill would be astronomical. I had been taking and sending photos, reading and writing e-mails, surfing the Internet, downloading digital newspapers and watching mindless YouTube footage with abandon. What I didn't know was that under the little apple on the iPhone case, a megabyte meter was whirring like a windmill in a hurricane.
The bottom line: about $5,000, and I hadn't made a single phone call.
What do you get when you when you mix PMS with GPS?
A crazy bitch who will find you!
The 27-year-old woman "was filling up a gas can, which was sitting on the passenger seat of the car. [She] then used a lighter to . . . observe how full the can was," police said.Sheesh. Fourteen dozen Darwin Awards points in there somewhere...
The flame ignited the gas, and the can exploded, setting the car's interior aflame.
Apparently afraid that the fire would spread to the gas pump she had been using, the woman began to push the burning car.
The car was about five feet from the gas pumps and engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.
Internet companies and civil liberties groups were alarmed this spring when a U.S. Senate bill proposed handing the White House the power to disconnect private-sector computers from the Internet.
They're not much happier about a revised version that aides to Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, have spent months drafting behind closed doors. CNET News has obtained a copy of the 55-page draft of S.773 (excerpt), which still appears to permit the president to seize temporary control of private-sector networks during a so-called cybersecurity emergency.
The new version would allow the president to "declare a cybersecurity emergency" relating to "non-governmental" computer networks and do what's necessary to respond to the threat. Other sections of the proposal include a federal certification program for "cybersecurity professionals," and a requirement that certain computer systems and networks in the private sector be managed by people who have been awarded that license.
Probably the most controversial language begins in Section 201, which permits the president to "direct the national response to the cyber threat" if necessary for "the national defense and security." The White House is supposed to engage in "periodic mapping" of private networks deemed to be critical, and those companies "shall share" requested information with the federal government. ("Cyber" is defined as anything having to do with the Internet, telecommunications, computers, or computer networks.)The same man that thought it was perfectly logical to give a grandma pain pills instead of the pacemaker she so desperately needed now will have the power to take over and direct anything that happens on the internet, telecommunications or other "cyber" communications? Government licensing of cyber security?
If your company is deemed "critical," a new set of regulations kick in involving who you can hire, what information you must disclose, and when the government would exercise control over your computers or network.Do you really want the federal government in your business so deeply?
The Rockefeller-Snowe Cybersecurity bill makes it clear that the president's authority includes securing our national cyber infrastructure from attack. The section of the bill that addresses this issue, applies specifically to the national response to a severe attack or natural disaster.Protect, yes. Regulate, NO.
There are times when a relationship hits a wall. It's or else time. Either you stop drinking or else. ... Either you stop seeing him or else. ... Either you stand up to your mother or else. ...Personally, I think you ask yourself how much you are willing to invest in a relationship, and then you get out if if the cost is too high. You don't force a choice on someone else; you take responsibility for your own happiness.
And then there's the ever-popular: Either you marry me or else.
To Put It Bluntly: People Didn't Bring Guns to Town Halls Until Thugs Started Beating People UpNext BlogHer I'm going looking for Dana Loesch so I can personally shake her hand and say "thank you" for this post.
Is the hair on your arms standing up yet?Yes, indeed.
It’s time to put a stop to this. Federal wages should be frozen for a period of years, at least until the private-sector economy has recovered and average workers start seeing some wage gains of their own. At the same time, gold-plated federal benefit packages should be scaled back as unaffordable given today’s massive budget deficits. There are many qualitative benefits of government work—such as extremely high job security—so taxpayers should not have to pay for such lavish government pay packages.Pay attention to which of these congress critters are pulling these stunts at the expense of their own constituents and pull the other lever in the next set of elections, would you?
A man was charged Wednesday for allegedly hurling his 17-year-old Labrador retriever off a third-floor porch Aug. 15 in the Wicker Park neighborhood, resulting in the dogs death, police said.Sweet Jesus, couldn't the asshole have tossed himself off the balcony and saved us the cost of incarcerating him???
The dog was the family pet, according to police News Affairs.
Ambulance Driver: "En Route -- A Paramedic's Stories of Life, Death, and Everything In Between"Especially that last one. I'm thinking that's the only way stuff like this will stop.
Elisson: "Shorts in a Wad -- One Hundred 100-Word Stories"
Velociman: "A Trip of Goats"
Women will only be harmed if it is perceived that they have gained their directorships through a system of quotas. Rather, they need to make sure that they put in the hours of work and go for the tough negotiating strategy so that they move to the top on their own and gain board seats on their own merit.Too right. Enough whinging about equal rights. Either do what it takes to compete and earn it or shut the hell up already.
Guess I’ll need to do it the old fashioned way.Heh. (This would have gotten the Princess Mom Seal of Approval.)
(raff out roud)So there.
Leo*Gulp*
July 23-Aug 22
Lusty Venus is entering your sign, giving you a four-week license to bed anyone and everyone. Your sex drive is higher than Lindsay Lohan's blood-alcohol level before her last trip to rehab. Get that friskiness out of your system.
...it was nebulous, ill formed, and threatened to make the entire place unlivable.Go ahead and keep a straight face. I dare ya.
“Give me the harms others ones.”Yeah. I think that'd be my first choice, too.
One stick, no kick.And you wonder why I love the med blogs so?
You Are Right Brained in Love |
 When it comes to love, you go with your gut not with your head. You have an open heart. You fall in love easily and get hurt just as easily. You are spontaneous with relationships. You go with the flow and don't worry about the future. You are romantic, empathetic, and caring. More than most people, you really love being in love. |
Your Heart is Feeling Open |
 You have no idea where your love path leads, but you're looking forward to the journey. For you, love as an adventure. While you may get hurt, that's the risk you have to take. You are receptive to any love or relationship that may come your way. You can't predict love! Deep down, your heart is susceptible to: Anything... both good and bad Your current outlook on love: Free spirited and flexible Your love life will improve if you: Protect yourself a little. You don't have to be open to every romantic experience. Watch out for: Treating love as a game |
No one envisioned that Afghanistan and Iraq would elevate the status of women in the armed forces.I hope the Prophet is spinning in his grave.
Age and no internal censor will beat youth and blubber every time.Yep.
-love your mom.Go read the whole thing here.
-educate yourself more than you will ever need.
-find work that makes you happy & be the best at it.
-sell yourself & anything else you believe in.
-be spontaneous, alive, creative, & unique.
-help people less fortunate than you near & far.
-fight through & past any obstacle, never give up.
-find the love of your life & build a happy family.
-live w/o prejudice, seek, promote & celebrate diversity.
-surround yourself w/ people better & smarter than you.
-be a good person so people know, love & trust you.
-create amazing experiences & share great story w/ all.
-always make people smile, no matter what.
Belligerence is the currency of the intellectually bankrupt.And...
Let’s face it: This is no party of Einsteins. Really, it isn’t. A Pew poll last month found that only 6 percent of scientists said that they were Republicans."You're stupid and you should let your superiors make all your decisions for you."
9:14pmLeslie (giving directions to where to meet for dinner)Priceless!
SE. Kitty-corner to the opera house.
9:22pmRuth
opera house ... I think I saw Bobby Sherman there!
9:22pmLeslie
Good grief!
He couldn't have been half as wonderful as John Denver!
9:23pmRuth
completely different ... John Denver never broke my heart!
9:24pmLeslie
Bobby Sherman broke your heart???
How did I miss THAT?
9:25pmRuth
him and Davy ... both got married and had children and didn't tell me.
I still remember flinging "tiger beat" across the room!
9:26pmLeslie
Must have been before I hit Junior High and we got to be pals!
9:28pmRuth
I think so ...
9:28pmLeslie
Believe me, I'd have remembered THAT.
When my student last night wanted to know what I was writing, I had to take a deep breath. This one wasn't going to be easy. He's not one of my youngest students, and he IS one of my brightest, and most talented writers. But, he is still a child. I had to explain my position in terms he could understand.Go read the whole thing.
I'm glad he asked.. it helped me understand what I wanted to say.
I asked him if he ever stood around at recess and talked about the teacher and something she was wanting you to do in class. At his nod, I asked him if he could pretty much say whatever he wanted to say to his friends. Another nod. That, I told him, was free speech. The feeling that you can pretty much say whatever you feel like you need to say about something.
Another nod, and a thoughtful look. Yah, he got it.
"Now", I asked, "What if you knew that your teacher had asked your friends to tell her about anything that was said about her and her idea? Would you feel you could say anything you really felt like saying?"
A faintly horrified look came over his face. He got it. "No," he said, "I wouldn't want to say anything."
Yah, he got it.
Civil Discourse depends on Freedom of Speech. Without the Freedom to speak, nothing can really be said.
Do NOT ask me to turn in my neighbors and friends. Basically that is what you are requesting when you want me to send you information about emails I receive. Have you no memory of history? Don’t you remember reading about how in Nazi Germany people were encouraged to ‘turn in their neighbor’. Or Stalin with his style of communism? You are saying to yourself it is not the same. But how did it start? We remember the worst of history… did it start as something as simple as this? Where does it stop? And when?
All of this is unnecessarily and unhelpfully divisive and provocative. They are mocking and menacing concerned citizens. This only makes a hot situation hotter. Is this what the president wants? It couldn’t be. But then in an odd way he sometimes seems not to have fully absorbed the awesome stature of his office. You really, if you’re president, can’t call an individual American stupid, if for no other reason than that you’re too big. You cannot allow your allies to call people protesting a health-care plan “extremists” and “right wing,” or bought, or Nazi-like, either. They’re citizens. They’re concerned. They deserve respect.Unfortunately, the Dems aren't listening. According to them, those of us who disagree with their agendas and their tactics are all political terrorists.
The Democrats should not be attacking, they should be attempting to persuade, to argue for their case. After all, they have the big mic. Which is what the presidency is, the big mic.
“They are just helping us understand the fringe that is trying to mess up our meetings,” said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).I have news for you, Senator Reid -- it's not just the fringe, it's the base that's angry.
... and immediately thought of my favorite pirate. I think he needs it, don't you?“I am not aware of any precedent for a President asking American citizens to report their fellow citizens to the White House for pure political speech that is deemed ‘fishy’ or otherwise inimical to the White House’s political interests,” Cornyn writesI don't care which side of the political debate you're on -- this ought to scare the bejeepers out of everyone.
“I can only imagine the level of justifiable outrage had your predecessor asked Americans to forward emails critical of his policies to the White House. I suspect that you would have been leading the charge in condemning such a program -- and I would have been at your side denouncing such heavy-handed government action.”
"All I want to say is hug your kids tonight. Let them know you love them and you care about them. Let them get angry when you ask where they're going, because we need to know.Just do it.
"Hug them, listen to them and let them know every day what they mean to you. Please take time today because tomorrow may never come."
A program that allows citizens to file anonymous complaints on the Illinois secretary of state's Web site about people misusing parking reserved for the disabled has netted more than 100 tips since it launched in mid-June....I'm fairly salivating over this one!
The program, on cyberdriveillinois.com, had brought in 114 complaints that led to eight investigations as of last week, Bogdan said.
Could you move your car back to where you used to park it? That way, it will protect my car.Right. You want me to move my POS to a spot where it'll attract all the door dings and keep them off your precious wheels?
Whatever health care bill finally passes, they’ll make sure it involves free Viagra.
Convicted killer Phil Spector reportedly has a prison admirer, Charles Manson. The 68-year-old music producer's wife, Rachelle, says he received a note from the cult leader.Karma. It's a beautiful thing.
Spector's publicist Hal Lifson told KTLA that: "Phil Spector has been very, very alarmed and scared at the notion of Charles Manson contacting him for any reason."
"Phil mentioned that he used to get phone calls from John Lennon and Tina Turner and now it's Charles Manson calling, so he said, 'Go figure.'"
She has clearly...
... inherited the family shyness gene.
Something is sneaking up on us!
Who could it possibly be?
It's TMBCITW, who turned 7 years old yesterday.
Happy birthday, Princess!
