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November 29 How Walkable is Your Neighborhood?Very cool website, give it a try: http://www.walkscore.com/
My home scores 2 out of 100 possible points. I'm not sure how it got two points.
I tried to score a random point inside the Death Valley in California. It scored 3 points because it was on walking distance from a park  November 27 Office Spam - More Bad Company NamesThis is a subset from what is posted at http://officespam.chattablogs.com.
I double checked the domain names and the ones below are still active: 1. "Who Represents" is where you can find the name of the agent that represents any celebrity. Their Web site is www.whorepresents.com. 2. Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island at www.penisland.net. 3. Need a therapist? Try "The Rapist Finder" at www.therapistfinder.com. 4. There's the Italian power Generator company, www.powergenitalia.com (see http://whois.domaintools.com/powergenitalia.com for details).
5. If you're looking for IP computer software, there's always www.ipanywhere.com. 6. The First Cumming Methodist Church Web site is www.cummingfirst.com. 7. And the designers at Speed of Art await you at their wacky Web site, www.speedofart.com. Great job! November 24 Driving Fauna of The EastsideSeattleites call everything East of Washington Lake "Eastside". Here are some of the driving types that drive me crazy (ta-ta!): The ghost rider It is a white Cadillac, at least ten years old, but very well taken care of. It wanders left and right and covers the whole lane plus some adjacent space. There is no one driving, at least that I can see. The original rims tell me this is not a drive by shooting from beyond. It is going at 25 miles/hour so it could be remote control. No, wait a second: I see white knuckles... The master of time He drives by me at 40 miles per hour on a 25 zone. He must be in a hurry I guess. But wait a second, now I'm driving on a 55 miles/hour zone and there he is driving at 40 miles/hour. Now he is getting away from me again as we just reached a 30 miles per hour zone and, you guessed, he is going away at 40 miles per hour. The macho I thought this was a Latino thing, but I was wrong. I'm guessing they call this thing "redneck" around here, but I'm not sure. They are ways to spot this type: male, driving a Bronco or Ram with a "Re-elect Dino Rossi" or "the voices told me to clean the guns" bumper sticker on it. If you still uncertain you can listen to the screaming noise they make: when walking in the rain from the bus stop (one mile from home, enough to cover exactly two blocks) the window opens and you can distinctly hear "get a car!". The eastsider emperor penguin Ah, suburbia. I know the Escalade weights more than Exxon Valdez and probably carry the same amount of oil. But does it really take 30 seconds to react to the green light? The eastsider penguin only moves when the green light is turning yellow. An Italian driver I know mentioned he and his friends had a running bet. They would not move when the traffic light turned green and instead wait for someone to honk. Their record was 4 minutes and 43 seconds. The "caffeinated" kid Daddy is rich. I know, and everybody else knows. That is why you feel alright having a sports car and driving like a jackass on a school zone. Then park the car at the QFC, get stoned at the parking lot and go inside mistreat the employees. The entertainer Driving is never monotony around them and they love surprises. That is why they never, absolutely never use the turning signs. My favorite maneuver is when the behemoth SUV blocking all my vision in front of me changes lanes at high speed to avoid stopped traffic. That is, of course, without any turning sign or tap on the brakes so I'm left to negotiate breaking. It might be related to the playing DVD, the in-dash navigator and the cell phone on the drivers ear, but further study is necessary. I'm yet to figure out a type for people older than 30 that apparently bought their first car last week. And they figure out the best way to start was with a 400hp BMW. Birds Prefer ExpediaToday I went to Seattle riding the bus with my wife and daughter. They loved it. On our way back home we saw a couple hundred migratory birds sitting on top of the Expedia.com building. There were no birds sitting on surrounding buildings.
Someone from their marketing department has to make use of this  November 15 Ok, Now Wait a Second...A mother in Wisconsin was asked by her two boys (ages 11 and 15) about sex. She gave them a somewhat explicit explanation and used a sex toy to help with the explanation. She did not expose or touch herself, she just talked to them. And she was prosecuted and lynched on CNN prime time news ("prime" my a**). She pleaded guilty to avoid having her kids testifying against her and in exchange for 18 months of probation plus counseling instead of 3 years of jail time.
I might not agree with her technique, but the 15 year old is likely to know more than her about the subject and she has the obligation of teaching her kids. She was convicted for presenting "harmful information" to her kids.
I wonder if the next step will be to prosecute parents with "left leaning ideals" for exposing their kids to "harmful information". Bring in the Gestapo! November 05 Short PostSomeone complained my last post was too long. So... "Rock baaad! Jelly goood! Gaaaahhhrrr!"
November 04 The Health Insurance is Worse than the MafiaWashington State will present the Referendum 67 to voters this November. It establishes that health insurance companies cannot deny reasonable claims. Its real effect is to allow people to sue insurance companies instead of having arbitration to decide what "fair" means. The health insurance industry reacted with a barrage of advertisement. They claim such legislation will raise my home, car and health insurance by hundreds of dollars. So I ask myself: How does the health and drug industries in the USA compare to the Mafia?
When you don't want to pay for “protection” the mafia breaks your legs. If you still don't pay, they let you go sleep with the fishes. Insurance companies take away your car and house. If you still don't pay, they let you die of cancer with government’s complacency. But wait a second: They let you die of cancer even if you pay. So the mafia seems to have the upper hand on ethics here. If something goes wrong you can call uncle Vito and ask for a favor. He might not hear you and, if he does, you will owe them your soul. Health insurance companies own your soul to start with and have to do no favors. You still pay. Uncle Vito sells drugs to kids that will likely kill them and destroy families. Health insurance and drug companies sell drugs to kids that have no effect and may kill them. If you need a refresher look at Thalidomide and cough medicine. Uncle Vito bribes the police and spreads corruption. That is a very bad thing. Health insurance and drug companies “lobby” the congress and “contribute” to election campaigns of all parties. All legal, because if you own the legislators, whatever you do will eventually become legal.
When you get old by surviving the killings the mafia will probably either treat you with respect or ignore you. The health insurance and drug companies will actively try to kill you by kicking you out of your health plan, denying coverage and “lobbying” your doctor to stuff you with drugs you don't need. I think uncle Vito looks pretty good in comparison. At least the killings are more personal and they don't seem to think the ideal person dies immediatly after it is not profitable anymore. November 03 AsymmetricalWhen a ladybug lands on you - that is good luck. When you land on a ladybug - well that is not. |
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