The expression Jump the Shark comes from the old television series Happy Days. In that series, Fonzie literally jumped over a shark on water skis. Well, the show went downhill quickly after that and was never the same. Hence the phrase jump the shark applies to something that just isn't what is used to be.
Of course a website grew up around this concept. It was simple, but fun. You could look up old shows and read everyone's comments on when they jumped the shark. I could spend hours on the site laughing about old shows I used to watch.
I hadn't been back to the site in a LONG time. I went back tonight and was dismayed to find the site was taken over by TV Guide. The fun is gone, it is all corporate now. Jump the Shark has jumped the shark.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Where is Doyle Now...
UPDATED
We have a governor who is traveling to (I forgot where) I think it is India NO it is Israel for more trade! Is this just another "Junket Trip"?
Here we have a long established company moving out of state. You would think the unions, the company and the state could work something out.
Information courtesy of Fox6 News...
"Private fortune, public cash"
"Regulators ignored red flags while woman ran lucrative day care business""A Jaguar convertible sits in the driveway of Latasha Jackson's million-dollar mansion in Menomonee Falls. Built on a hill with a sprawling back deck overlooking a pond, the 7,600-square-foot home features an indoor swimming pool and indoor basketball court.
"Jackson is not an Olympic swimmer, a professional basketball player or a celebrity of any sort. She is a day care provider in the city of Milwaukee.
"She built her fortune with taxpayer funding from the Wisconsin Shares program.
"And although documents show regulators had many reasons to believe the 32-year-old mother of three was billing the state for kids not in her care, providing false information and otherwise defrauding the system for more than a decade, they continued to pay her.
"That ended Thursday, but only after the state learned the Journal Sentinel was preparing to publish a story on the case. And only when Jackson turned herself in - a day after the newspaper confronted her."
http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/56121342.htmlSo the Journal Sentinel is now the organization that oversees how public money is squandered? How many people do they have to bust before the State of Wisconsin does something about this?
Woman Jumps from the Marriott
Didnt see this in any of our local media.
Woman Falls from Hotel Window
By Melissa McCrady
MT. PLEASANT - A 23-year-old woman suffered head injuries after falling from a third floor hotel window.
It happened at the Marriott Hotel at 7111 Washington Avenue early Sunday morning. Police say four people returned to their hotel room after a wedding. An argument broke out. Ashley Kronwall walked over the window, opened it and pulled out the screen, as if she was going to jump. A friend tried to grab her, but she slipped and fell three levels onto a metal grate on the ground.
Kronwall was found lying on a grate unconscious but breathing.
Kronwall was rushed to Wheaton Franciscan Hospital in Racine, and later transported by helicopter to St. Luke's in Milwaukee. Investigators say she is in stable condition with minor head injuries. Kronwall is from Lake Geneva.
The friend who to grab Kronwall, Jeremiah J. Jacob of Burlington, was upset about the fall and smashed a hotel window causing injuries to both his arms.
Woman Falls from Hotel Window
By Melissa McCrady
MT. PLEASANT - A 23-year-old woman suffered head injuries after falling from a third floor hotel window.
It happened at the Marriott Hotel at 7111 Washington Avenue early Sunday morning. Police say four people returned to their hotel room after a wedding. An argument broke out. Ashley Kronwall walked over the window, opened it and pulled out the screen, as if she was going to jump. A friend tried to grab her, but she slipped and fell three levels onto a metal grate on the ground.
Kronwall was found lying on a grate unconscious but breathing.
Kronwall was rushed to Wheaton Franciscan Hospital in Racine, and later transported by helicopter to St. Luke's in Milwaukee. Investigators say she is in stable condition with minor head injuries. Kronwall is from Lake Geneva.
The friend who to grab Kronwall, Jeremiah J. Jacob of Burlington, was upset about the fall and smashed a hotel window causing injuries to both his arms.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Mount Wilson Threatened by Fire
Historic Mount Wilson Observatory in California is being threatened by wildfires. The mountain staff have been evacuated as the Station fire closes in.
Mount Wilson is a great old observatory. It is home to the historic 100 inch Hooker Telescope. It was the largest in the world when it was built in the early 1900's and played pivotal role in Edwin Hubble's observations that proved the universe is expanding and led to the Big Bang Theory. Mount Wilson houses several other telescopes as well, including the CHARA array which does some very high resolution interferometry.
You can view the observatory webcam as long as it functions. I am embedding the current image.
Firefighters are on the scene and hopefully can save this historic site.
Reprinted with permission from the Half-Astrophysicist Blog.
Friday, August 28, 2009
iPhone Commercial for Obsessive Ex-Boyfriends
There should also be ex-girlfriends' apps to kick the jerk's ass.
TNT's ETOC 2009 - RJ Gritter - Freestyle Sequence
That is jaw dropping. It's hard to believe that some of that is even real.
Provided courtesy of a fellow blogger.
LA Times Refutes Journal Times Report
One of Gery Woelfel's sports columns in the Journal Times received a response from the Los Angeles Times which labeled his report "not only outdated, but absolutely inaccurate."
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2009/08/report-clippers-in-serious-conversations-with-ramon-sessions.html
It has been suggested that perhaps Rick Parrish, publisher of the Journal Times, will want to contact his attorneys to see if there has been a copyright violation.
Personally, I think it's OK to say anything you want as long as you don't call someone a skank.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2009/08/report-clippers-in-serious-conversations-with-ramon-sessions.html
It has been suggested that perhaps Rick Parrish, publisher of the Journal Times, will want to contact his attorneys to see if there has been a copyright violation.
Personally, I think it's OK to say anything you want as long as you don't call someone a skank.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Will The Charges Against Becker Be Dismissed Thursday Today?
Bumped for timeliness.
I say yes. If I had money, I'd bet on it. Lame duck Judge Simanek will rule the search of the hard drive illegal and toss out all of the charges except those related to asking a city employee to fix a personal computer.
That is the way it must go down in order to save face and protect the guilty. And just like sex predators preach to their prey, we will be told that it is time to let it go, move on, get over it, etc. Deny the past and bury it. That is what pervs do and what Racine has done for generations. Then it explodes in rage and perversion of its own, and everyone stands around mouthing, "Why?"
Party on!
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UDATE: Becker's motions to have charges dismissed because of an allegedly illegal search of his computer's hard drive were denied by Judge Simanek today. The judge also denied Becker's request for a jury from outside of Racine county.
Full story here: http://www.journaltimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_d8d114a0-933c-11de-a99a-001cc4c002e0.html
Eating crow here:
Denying the jury request could come back to haunt us. They should let him have an out-of-town jury, or, better yet, just change the venue, to protect against any charge of impropriety. Anyone who sees the evidence, and isn't on the take, would convict him.
I say yes. If I had money, I'd bet on it. Lame duck Judge Simanek will rule the search of the hard drive illegal and toss out all of the charges except those related to asking a city employee to fix a personal computer.
That is the way it must go down in order to save face and protect the guilty. And just like sex predators preach to their prey, we will be told that it is time to let it go, move on, get over it, etc. Deny the past and bury it. That is what pervs do and what Racine has done for generations. Then it explodes in rage and perversion of its own, and everyone stands around mouthing, "Why?"
Party on!
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UDATE: Becker's motions to have charges dismissed because of an allegedly illegal search of his computer's hard drive were denied by Judge Simanek today. The judge also denied Becker's request for a jury from outside of Racine county.
Full story here: http://www.journaltimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_d8d114a0-933c-11de-a99a-001cc4c002e0.html
Eating crow here:
Denying the jury request could come back to haunt us. They should let him have an out-of-town jury, or, better yet, just change the venue, to protect against any charge of impropriety. Anyone who sees the evidence, and isn't on the take, would convict him.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Installing a Husband
This had been circulating the internet, author unknown. I found it at Dvorak's Blog and will repost for fun.
Dear Tech Support,
Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow down in overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewelery applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.
In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5, and then installed undesirable programs such as NBA 5.0, NFL 3.0 and Golf Clubs 4.1.
Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system.
Please note that I have tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail.
What can I do?
Signed,
Desperate
***************************************************************
DEAR DESPERATE
First, keep in mind, Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while Husband 1.0 is an operating system.
Please enter command: ithoughtyoulovedme. html and try to download Tears 6.2 and do not forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update. If that application works as designed, Husband1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewellery 2.0 and Flowers 3.5.
However, remember, overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0 or Beer 6.1.
Please note that Beer 6. 1 is a very bad program that will download the Tooting and Snoring Loudly Beta.
In addition, please do not attempt to reinstall the Boyfriend 5.0 program. These are unsupported applications and will crash Husband 1.0.
In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance. We recommend: Cooking 3.0.
Good Luck !
Tech Support
ISN'T THIS A GREAT USE OF TAX DOLLARS
Generally I am not good at talking about politics, but this deserves watching!
Anyone coming to the Paul Ryan listening session in Sturtevant?
If so, stop and introduce yourself. Id love to meet ya in person! Village Hall at 11:15. Be early. Should be interesting. If you need directions, let me know!
Dear Madame Zoltar
NOTE: Madame Zoltar was caught in some wind shear while astral projecting yesterday off the shore of a Bahamas island. She suffered no major injuries, but thought it best to wait another day or so before attempting to return to the mainland. She was unable to write her blog for us this week and sends on her deepest regrets. I know that I speak for all of the JT Irregulars when I say that we wish Madame Zoltar a speedy and full recovery, and we look forward to hearing from her as soon as possible
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
The Crater of Eternal Darkness
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) continues to return spectacular images. The one featured today might seem like an odd choice as it is almost totally black.
This is Erlanger Crater near the Moon's north pole. It's diameter is about 10km (6 miles) Unlike Earth, the Moon's axis is tilted only about 1.5 degrees. Therefore, the Sun never gets more than a couple of degrees high in the sky near the poles. If you have a crater with nice high walls, there are places where the Sun never shines. The bottom of these craters have temperatures that hang out around -375F (or about 50 Kelvin).
Why do we care about dark spots? In these very dark craters that do not receive Sunlight, water ice can happily sit and wait for oh, say, humans to land nearby and have a ready source of water. Exploring crater such as this is one of the reasons we launched LRO.Reprinted with permission from the Half-Astrophysicist Blog.
What Grade Do I Want to Get In "Stupidity"?
Do you want to get an A meaning you are very good at stupidity or an F meaning you are lousy at it? Occidental College offers a course in stupidity. From the catalog...
"180. STUPIDITY.
"180. STUPIDITY.
Stupidity is neither ignorance nor organicity, but rather, a corollary of knowing and an element of normalcy, the double of intelligence rather than its opposite. It is an artifact of our nature as finite beings and one of the most powerful determinants of human destiny. Stupidity is always the name of the Other, and it is the sign of the feminine. This course in Critical Psychology follows the work of Friedrich Nietzsche, Gilles Deleuze, and most recently, Avital Ronell, in a philosophical examination of those operations and technologies that we conduct in order to render ourselves uncomprehending. Stupidity, which has been evicted from the philosophical premises and dumbed down by psychometric psychology, has returned in the postmodern discourse against Nation, Self, and Truth and makes itself felt in political life ranging from the presidency to Beevis and Butthead. This course examines stupidity."
Yeah...um, duh, me can't comment on that!
Are we really turning the corner?
I don't think so. We see the news that we're rounding the bend but when you look at reality, things don't add up. Sure, after a three billion infusion for used car trade ins at the dealerships, it "looks" like we've gotten over that hump. Now that the glut of unsold new cars is pared down, will we see the factories start back up churning out more? I think not as it would only create another glut. We didn't create jobs with this give away, we got rid of a portion of the glut.
Home sales. HOME SALES ARE UP! shout the headlines. WOW, this is good thing we say... that is until we look at the home prices of the sold houses. Oh my, but that is not a good thing to do. I did a search of MLS listings and the house prices on the unsold units are in free fall. It is no wonder house "sales" are up. When you list a house for 1/4 to 1/3 of it's assessed value, it will eventually sell. The abandoned house next door sold for 102k four years ago. It has been lowered again and now lists at 49.9k. A house on Blane going for just 52k has the notation "70k under assessed value" yet sits unsold.
Businesses are still laying off. Where people gotthe bucks to buy all the new cars is beyond me. What they are trying to do is fool folks in to thinking times are fat once again and in that way entice them into consuming and spending like we did. Sorry, only governments that print their own money are foolish enough to do so. The rest of us will continue to tighten our belts and hunker down while we wait for the otber shoe to drop. And best believe it, that shoe will drop.
Home sales. HOME SALES ARE UP! shout the headlines. WOW, this is good thing we say... that is until we look at the home prices of the sold houses. Oh my, but that is not a good thing to do. I did a search of MLS listings and the house prices on the unsold units are in free fall. It is no wonder house "sales" are up. When you list a house for 1/4 to 1/3 of it's assessed value, it will eventually sell. The abandoned house next door sold for 102k four years ago. It has been lowered again and now lists at 49.9k. A house on Blane going for just 52k has the notation "70k under assessed value" yet sits unsold.
Businesses are still laying off. Where people gotthe bucks to buy all the new cars is beyond me. What they are trying to do is fool folks in to thinking times are fat once again and in that way entice them into consuming and spending like we did. Sorry, only governments that print their own money are foolish enough to do so. The rest of us will continue to tighten our belts and hunker down while we wait for the otber shoe to drop. And best believe it, that shoe will drop.
Organization and Housekeeping
To all authors, especially authors who have sidebar status:
Please begin to use the label feature.
(located on the bottom bar of the body of your message)
Readers can then click that label and find all of the previous related posts; A simple, yet neat and useful feature. Helps facilitate finding blogs that you know were posted but have made their way into the archives.
Please begin to use the label feature.
(located on the bottom bar of the body of your message)
Readers can then click that label and find all of the previous related posts; A simple, yet neat and useful feature. Helps facilitate finding blogs that you know were posted but have made their way into the archives.
Here We Go Again
WH Warns Massive Swine Flu Spread
Dire Report Says 50 Percent Infection Rate, Up to 90,000 Deaths Possible This Flu Season From H1N1
"Up to half of the population of the U.S. could come down with the swine flu and 90,000 could die this season, according to a dire report from the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology."
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=8403214
Maybe I'll just start drinking again . . .
Monday, August 24, 2009
Farm Paintings
What I like about these paintings are the combination of the old and the new. What I mean is, the old farm houses, etc and the new kids. Looking at the cloths of the kids some are even wearing “T” shirts.
Health Care Plan
To prepare for the new healthcare reform package, we felt it necessary to develop a new medical symbol that truly depicts the Health Care Plan you will be getting!
Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity Online
I just found out that the planetarium show Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity is now available on Hulu. This show takes you through a lot of the science
behind black holes with some computer simulations of what would happen if you feel in one. I know the effect isn't quite the same on a small computer screen as it is on a big dome with digital projectors, but it is still worth checking out.
behind black holes with some computer simulations of what would happen if you feel in one. I know the effect isn't quite the same on a small computer screen as it is on a big dome with digital projectors, but it is still worth checking out.
Goat
I just read a story about a woman in Winona Minnesota that went to a store, and told the clerk she had a goat in her trunk. The clerk went out to look, and she had a PURPLE painted goat with the number 4 carved in it's fur, and was taking it to the butcher. He called Animal Control, and they took the poor goat with them. That's darn near as bad as picking your dog up by the ears.
Racine Uncovered Merges with Racine News
http://racinenews.org/2009/08/24/racine-uncovered-merges-with-racine-news/
This should be a great mix. More Racine news. More people informed about what is happening in the area. More voices to be heard.
Congratulations to Racine News and Racine Uncovered.
This should be a great mix. More Racine news. More people informed about what is happening in the area. More voices to be heard.
Congratulations to Racine News and Racine Uncovered.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Rainbows...I Have Got to Get a Polarizing Filter!
I was outside as a storm was rolling in and saw a nice rainbow.
I was looking at it with my sunglasses on...I have polarized sunglasses. Rainbows are polarized so you get a very different view of them if you rotate your sunglasses 90 degrees. I should get a polarizing filter for my camera, but I don't have one so I just held up my sunglasses in front of the camera.
So you can see the rainbow nicely. I rotated the sunglasses 90 degrees and snapped the next photo mere seconds later (no visible changes took place in the rainbow if you looked at it with your eyes).
Note how the rainbow almost totally disappears! What's up here?
Okay, rainbows always appear opposite the Sun (this is looking east as the Sun was in the west). Blue light slows down more than red light when it passes into the raindrop and bends more so the blue and red light (and all the other colors) get separated. This process is called dispersion. The light then reflects off the back of the raindrop and heads toward you (and undergoes a second round of dispersion when it leaves the raindrop). The angle of reflection necessary to see a rainbow is about 42 degrees.
When light reflects off of a surface, it becomes polarized. If the angle is right, it can become almost completely polarized. For rainbows, the polarization is about 94% for the primary rainbow (and 90% for the secondary rainbow, when visible). By turning my polarizing filter so it is exactly perpendicular to the angle of polarization of the rainbow, I can block almost all the light at least all that my camera can detect!)
Next time I am at a photo shop, I am buying a polarizing filter for my camera.Reprinted with permission from the Half-Astrophysicist Blog.
Implants have serial numbers?
Jennifer Fiores was murdered presumably by her millionair husband. This gold digger had a whirl wind courtship by a reality TV star and quick annulment right after. Whoever murdered her, cut off her fingers, and pulled her teeth to stimy identification. The cops had no trouble though.
"Her teeth had been pulled out and her fingers cut off, apparently to impede her identification. Investigators used the serial numbers on her breast implants to identify her, said Farrah Emami, spokeswoman for the Orange County district attorney's office."
"Her teeth had been pulled out and her fingers cut off, apparently to impede her identification. Investigators used the serial numbers on her breast implants to identify her, said Farrah Emami, spokeswoman for the Orange County district attorney's office."
Saturday, August 22, 2009
HOLY SHIT.......
I was watching the Packers play. An ad for SNOW BLOWERS came on and the following ad was for LAWN MOWERS!
What happened to Fall or Autumn? Is summer over?
I have not been in the stores in the couple of weeks, is the Halloween stuff out or Christmas?
Okay...I’m done bitch’in
What happened to Fall or Autumn? Is summer over?
I have not been in the stores in the couple of weeks, is the Halloween stuff out or Christmas?
Okay...I’m done bitch’in
Friday, August 21, 2009
Detectives Get Court Order to Post Facebook Page of Dead Girl
I wonder why none of the local papers have picked up on this story.
Her body was found by deer hunters hidden in the woods in a rural part of Wisconsin. Nearly one year later, detectives in Fond du Lac, Wis., still have no idea who she is or how she got there. So they've turned to Facebook, even going as far as getting a court order forcing the social networking site to allow a page for the dead girl after previous attempts to post an information page were found to violate the site's policy.
"Our problem is getting this out because if she's not from our local viewing area, people who are missing somebody aren't going to see what we have," Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Detective Charles Sosinski told ABCNews.com.
They have posted not only a composite photo of the woman created by forensic artists, but an exact replica of the clothing she was wearing. The police Web site shows the clothing posed on a mannequin in several positions.
She is known only as the Fond du Lac "Jane Doe." The police believe she may be Caucasian, but an anthropologist from the University of Wisconsin at Madison told police she could be of Hispanic, Asian or Native American descent.
She's believed to be about 5'1", give or take three inches, and between 15 and 21 years old. Her weight was estimated at 110 to 135 pounds. The anthropologist said an exam showed that she may have been knock-kneed or pigeon toed.
Police aren't disclosing how Jane Doe died, but Soskinski said it was a homicide and that the body had been in the woods since at least September 2008.
Soskinski said the department initially had trouble with its Facebook endeavor. After getting the composite photo in early June, detectives set up profiles for Jane Doe on both Facebook and MySpace, but the former page kept getting taken down.
Soskinski said they had exhausted all traditional methods of identification including checking missing persons reports and handing out photographs. Police determined the manufacturers of the clothing found at the scene and the company sent copies to them for use on the mannequin, he said.
Eventually obtaining the court order July 2 from a Fond du Lac circuit court judge, they were contacted by a Facebook attorney earlier this month who helped set up a page that wouldn't be removed.
Jane Doe's new Facebook page, up since Monday, has nearly 70 fans so far and includes photos and information about the case.
Barry Schnitt, Facebook's director of policy communications, told ABCNews.com that the problem wasn't with the content posted by the Sheriff's Office, but that the fact that they wanted to create a profile, something the site reserves for identified -- and living -- individuals.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=8373710 The rest of the story, pictures and a link the her FB page.
Her body was found by deer hunters hidden in the woods in a rural part of Wisconsin. Nearly one year later, detectives in Fond du Lac, Wis., still have no idea who she is or how she got there. So they've turned to Facebook, even going as far as getting a court order forcing the social networking site to allow a page for the dead girl after previous attempts to post an information page were found to violate the site's policy.
"Our problem is getting this out because if she's not from our local viewing area, people who are missing somebody aren't going to see what we have," Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Detective Charles Sosinski told ABCNews.com.
They have posted not only a composite photo of the woman created by forensic artists, but an exact replica of the clothing she was wearing. The police Web site shows the clothing posed on a mannequin in several positions.
She is known only as the Fond du Lac "Jane Doe." The police believe she may be Caucasian, but an anthropologist from the University of Wisconsin at Madison told police she could be of Hispanic, Asian or Native American descent.
She's believed to be about 5'1", give or take three inches, and between 15 and 21 years old. Her weight was estimated at 110 to 135 pounds. The anthropologist said an exam showed that she may have been knock-kneed or pigeon toed.
Police aren't disclosing how Jane Doe died, but Soskinski said it was a homicide and that the body had been in the woods since at least September 2008.
Soskinski said the department initially had trouble with its Facebook endeavor. After getting the composite photo in early June, detectives set up profiles for Jane Doe on both Facebook and MySpace, but the former page kept getting taken down.
Soskinski said they had exhausted all traditional methods of identification including checking missing persons reports and handing out photographs. Police determined the manufacturers of the clothing found at the scene and the company sent copies to them for use on the mannequin, he said.
Eventually obtaining the court order July 2 from a Fond du Lac circuit court judge, they were contacted by a Facebook attorney earlier this month who helped set up a page that wouldn't be removed.
Jane Doe's new Facebook page, up since Monday, has nearly 70 fans so far and includes photos and information about the case.
Barry Schnitt, Facebook's director of policy communications, told ABCNews.com that the problem wasn't with the content posted by the Sheriff's Office, but that the fact that they wanted to create a profile, something the site reserves for identified -- and living -- individuals.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=8373710 The rest of the story, pictures and a link the her FB page.
"Man eats his way through every George Webb restaurant"
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/53889797.html
And then he had indigestion for the rest of the summer.
http://everywebbs.com/
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Pre-Friday Video
I have had this darn song rattling around in my head, so I decided to share:
Peter Murphy - Indigo Eyes
Peter Murphy - Indigo Eyes
The Gratitude Campaign
"The Story of How This Got Started"
"For the past several years as I've been traveling around the country, I've been approaching Soldiers in airports and thanking them for serving for us. On several occasions I have noticed that it felt a little awkward for both of us. There are several reasons, some of which I am even just now learning as I produce this film and talk to more Service Men & Women and Veterans. But they have always appreciated being thanked, and I have always felt better having expressed my gratitude.
"I started to think that it would be nice if civilians had a gesture or sign that they could use to say "thank you" quickly and easily without even having to approach. I did some research and found the sign that we are now using.
"Is this limited to the military? Not at all. If you look around you I'm sure that you'll find lots of people who are serving their communities, from local to global. If you appreciate their service, give them a sign. Say 'thank you from the bottom of my heart.'"
-Scott Truitt, FOUNDER, The Gratitude Campaign
http://www.gratitudecampaign.org/
US Media Silent on Swine Flu Vaccine Side Effects
In England, they're a little more concerned about the vaccine than we are:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1206807/Swine-flu-jab-link-killer-nerve-disease-Leaked-letter-reveals-concern-neurologists-25-deaths-America.html
Uh-Oh!
She has since forgiven the blogger, but her lawyer still wants to sue (imagine that).
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hxANK9Em2CzUs7P3Woth7b9WMJWQD9A6BA9O3
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Customer(s) Kills 2 Attempting to Rob Milwaukee Store
"Two men were shot to death Tuesday while trying to rob a convenience store on Milwaukee's north side, police said.
"The men were armed and wearing masks and gloves when they entered the store at N. 12th and W. Chambers streets about 10:45 a.m., Milwaukee police Capt. Edith Hudson said. They announced that a robbery was taking place but were then shot by a customer or customers, who ran from the store, Hudson said. No arrests have been made, she said."
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/53574312.html
The family of one of the would-be robbers claims he was innocent.
"The police is telling a lie. I know he didn't go around in the store trying to rob anybody," one of their mothers said.
Police said that the man had arrests for drugs, armed robbery and weapons violations.
"The men were armed and wearing masks and gloves when they entered the store at N. 12th and W. Chambers streets about 10:45 a.m., Milwaukee police Capt. Edith Hudson said. They announced that a robbery was taking place but were then shot by a customer or customers, who ran from the store, Hudson said. No arrests have been made, she said."
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/53574312.html
The family of one of the would-be robbers claims he was innocent.
"The police is telling a lie. I know he didn't go around in the store trying to rob anybody," one of their mothers said.
Police said that the man had arrests for drugs, armed robbery and weapons violations.
"A Note on Comments"
Reordered to the top to ensure all comments and voices are heard.
We've enabled moderation for comments posted to blogs that are two weeks old and older.
What that means is that if you post a comment to a blog that has been up for more than two weeks, the comment will be reviewed by an administrator before it will appear on the blog.
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The amount of time before moderation kicks in is set in days and easily adjusted. When it happens, a link appears in the dashboards of administrators, and an email is sent to the JTI. Then an admin has to look at the comment to OK it.
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We've enabled moderation for comments posted to blogs that are two weeks old and older.
What that means is that if you post a comment to a blog that has been up for more than two weeks, the comment will be reviewed by an administrator before it will appear on the blog.
This is being done for two reasons:
1.) To prevent another incident like the recent one in which someone(s) posted threats on a month-old blog: http://www.jtirregulars.com/2009/07/kaledonia-koward-kicks-dog.html
2.) To prevent spamming of old blogs. Without such moderating, anyone could post anything in the comments. We don't have time to patrol all the old blogs, but I'd hate to see them spammed up with links to porno sites or online gambling or other garbage.
The amount of time before moderation kicks in is set in days and easily adjusted. When it happens, a link appears in the dashboards of administrators, and an email is sent to the JTI. Then an admin has to look at the comment to OK it.
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Dear Madame Zoltar
Hello, my purple coneflowers! How are you? Summer finally made an appearance in August this year. Better late than never, right? I’ve kept my thermostat low and on the go. I enjoy summer, but I’m not a big fan of the heat. It gives me the vapors.I received an email from Ms. DogAddicts this week, in which she wrote:
Dear Madame Zoltar,
Doesn't seem like many JTI'ers have any questions.
My neighbor has a BIG mouth. She says the Free Masons have control of the gov., the stock market, (they decide when it goes up or down) and even they have the final say in who will be President.
Can this be true?
Dear Ms. DogAddicts,
Yes, it’s true that many JTIers do not have questions to submit.
I’m teasing. Concerning the “M” word, I do not want to offend anyone or any group, but if you’ve seen the movie National Treasure, then I think you already know the answer to your question. I’m beginning to think that they even control the weather. That might explain the atmospheric “coincidences” that I’ve encountered on my recent travels. My thoughts and feelings on the matter should not be accepted just because I am Madame Zoltar™, though. One should always consider the fair, unbiased, and balanced analysis of objective professionals, such as those who produced this video:
Which brings me to the subject of my next rant, my dears. Please be aware of the danger of cults. They are insidious and exist all around us. You rarely hear of them until someone serves up the cyanide Kool-Aid. They are usually run by an egomaniac who considers himself all-powerful and somehow above his followers. That type of personality disgusts me, Madame Zoltar®. As evidence of how sneaky these cults can be, consider this video, which was recently seized in a raid and contains the original, uncensored soundtrack to a familiar late night TV commercial:
I’d also like to say that I thank my lucky stars every night that I did not make any predictions on when or if Brett Favre would retire. Ha, I’d rather predict the end of time than try to figure that guy out. As for the Minnesota Vikings, we’ll see what I can cook up in my potion lab for them.
So, is Mr. Favre going to be available for the draft in the Irregular Football League? If you haven’t joined the league, you should consider it. You don’t have to know a thing about football to play. You can read Mr. RWWackoStu’s blog about it here: http://www.jtirregulars.com/2009/08/irregular-football-league.html. And you can sign up here: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/signup.
Don’t forget to pass your problems and questions on to me at: madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com.
Thank you for reading my blog. I hope your week to come is filled with wonder and joy. See you next week, my sweets. Fahrenheit!
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Welcome to the College Class of 2013
It has become a bit of an annual tradition about this time each year to take a gander at the Beloit College Mindset For the Class of 2013. I think they do this to make us feel old...fortunately, it hasn't worked on me yet. Makes me feel those young 'uns are oblivious to history.
So a few of my favorites...
9. They have been preparing for the arrival of HDTV all their lives.
14. Text has always been hyper.
25. Condoms have always been advertised on television.
33. Their folks could always reach for a Zoloft (and probably needed it!)
51. Britney Spears has always been heard on classic rock stations.
So a few of my favorites...
9. They have been preparing for the arrival of HDTV all their lives.
14. Text has always been hyper.
25. Condoms have always been advertised on television.
33. Their folks could always reach for a Zoloft (and probably needed it!)
51. Britney Spears has always been heard on classic rock stations.
Mary Todd Gets Her Nose Job
At East Park, on the Racine Gateway campus, this morning. The man said that Abe's nose needed some work, too - it was cracking. Dang-gum youth of today!
The Game of Flu
Swine flu is one of the big stories these days as we approach another flu season in the northern hemisphere. How do you control a flu epidemic? Well, Dutch researchers are going to let you give it a try by playing the Great Flu Game. Your goal is to control the worldwide pandemic through a variety of means such as stockpiling anti-virals, closing schools, restricting travel, etc. You even get to choose the virus you want to track. Everything you do has a cost and you have a budget, so you can't do everything (which means you may not be able to save some very unhappy people). How much do you spend on research vs anti-virals vs vaccines?I haven't gotten a chance to play the game yet, but it looks interesting. Guess I have to save the world tonight.
Reprinted with permission from the Half-Astrophysicist Blog.
That Chianti??
Oh boy, what was the name of the Chianti that Avenging Angel brought to the gathering at my house? Oh dear...was it Ruffino????? KK, you remember???? It was so good...
Elliot Lake is near Sault Ste. Marie
By the length of his beard and the grey legs, I figure he must be over 10 years old. He looks to be well over 8 feet at the top of the shoulder hump,and with his head up the height to the top of his antler must be about 12 feet .This guy is king of the forest, no bear or pack of wolves would dare come after him when he has this rack......Considering that a dirt road can fit 1 1/2 cars across ... this fellow is HUGE ...THIS IS ONE BIG BOY!
THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN IN ELLIOT LAKE
Yes it is a regular size dirt road.
THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN IN ELLIOT LAKE
Yes it is a regular size dirt road.
I would be afraid to shoot this guy...might just make him mad!
An amazing 700 year old 'Troglodyte' village in IRAN.....
Click on the images to enlarge.....
Photos compliments of a fellow blogger.
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