CNN.com - 2-year-old model seeks lost wages - Dec. 26, 2003
Sometimes I cannot belive the news. Look at who is sueing. Not the kid, he got hurt, the money grubing mom. Paul Harvey had it right calling them the sewers.

Interesting quote:

"If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?"
Scott Adams

I did not write this, but on this Christmas Day, it echos my sentiments. I heard Paul Harvey read it years ago...

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*************** The Man and the Birds ***************
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Now the man to whom I'm going to introduce you was not a scrooge, he was a kind, decent, mostly good man. Generous to his family, upright in his dealings with other men. But he just didn't believe all that incarnation stuff which the churches proclaim at Christmas Time. It just didn't make sense and he was too honest to pretend otherwise. He just couldn't swallow the Jesus Story, about God coming to Earth as a man.
"I'm truly sorry to distress you," he told his wife, "but I'm not going with you to church this Christmas Eve." He said he'd feel like a hypocrite. That he'd much rather just stay at home, but that he would wait up for them. And so he stayed and they went to the midnight service.
Shortly after the family drove away in the car, snow began to fall. He went to the window to watch the flurries getting heavier and heavier and then went back to his fireside chair and began to read his newspaper. Minutes later he was startled by a thudding sound. Then another, and then another. Sort of a thump or a thud.
At first he thought someone must be throwing snowballs against his living room window.
But when he went to the front door to investigate he found a flock of birds huddled miserably in the snow. They'd been caught in the storm and, in a desperate search for shelter, had tried to fly through his large landscape window. Well, he couldn't let the poor
creatures lie there and freeze, so he remembered the barn where his children stabled their pony. That would provide a warm shelter, if he could direct the birds to it.
Quickly he put on a coat, galoshes, tramped through the deepening snow to the barn. He opened the doors wide and turned on a light, but the birds did not come in. He figured food would entice them in. So he hurried back to the house, fetched bread crumbs, sprinkled them on the snow, making a trail to the yellow-lighted wide open doorway of the stable. But to his dismay, the birds ignored the bread crumbs, and continued to flap around helplessly in the snow.
He tried catching them. He tried shooing them into the barn by walking around them waving his arms. Instead, the scattered in every direction, except into the warm, lighted barn. And then, he realized, that they were afraid of him. To them, he reasoned, I am a strange and terrifying creature. If only I could think of some
way to let them know that they can trust me. That I am not trying to hurt them, but to help them. But how? Because any move he made tended to frighten them, confuse them. They just would not follow. They would not be led or shooed because they feared him.
"If only I could be a bird," he thought to himself, "and mingle with them and speak their language. Then I could tell them not to be afraid. Then I could show them the way to safe, warm ... to the safe warm barn. But I would have to be one of them so they could see, and hear and understand."
At that moment the church bells began to ring. The sound reached his ears above the sounds of the wind. And he stood there listening to the bells - Adeste Fidelis - listening to the bells pealing the glad tidings of Christmas. And he sank to his knees in the snow.

Merry Christmas

Crossing the Delaware too dangerous for reenactment
Good thing Washington did not call off the first one!

Yahoo! News - Ventura's MSNBC Show Placed on Indefinite Hiatus
I am sorry to see this happen. Though I have not seen his show, I have seen his commentary for MSNBC and have had respect for the man. He is not some "dumb wrestler" as some would make him to be. In fact, for those guys to do what they do and not get hurt, I am sure not many are dumb at all. Needless to say, like many, I do not always agree with his politics (though he is closer to me than many), I have respect for the man.

Yahoo! News - Patriots Aiming for Home-Field Advantage
Nice to see my team is favored, I will be glad when the game is over and we have won the game though.

ESPN.com - NHL - Santa claws: Isles' promotion turns into brawl
othing says Merry Christmas like a good fight!

Lycos News | Vegetarian Virgin Mary Ad Riles Boston Church
Guess what, Catholic people are not the only ones offened by this ad, and I have not even seen it yet. Think I will go have a Ham sandwich!

Yahoo! News - Namath Apologizes to ESPN Reporter Kolber
Personaly, I think he owes an appology to the American Public. It is bad enough to be hit with sexual inuendo during the commercials on these games, to be hit with it during a sideline interview was just sickening. Where was Namath's head. To make matters worse, Boston Sports blog has a recording of the event if you missed it.

BostonHerald.com - Local/ Regional News: Fur flies over flier: PETA targets �Nutcracker� kids

The fliers include a color drawing of a woman plunging a large bloody knife into the belly of a terrified rabbit. The fliers urge kids to ``ask your mommy how many dead animals she killed to make her fur clothes.
``And the sooner she stops wearing fur, the sooner the animals will be safe. Until then, keep your doggie or kitty friends away from mommy - she's an animal killer.''

First PETA nutcake that gets near my kids with this get the cops called on them! For you who want to see the poster

Boston Sports Blog#107170134780601488 Hey check it out, you have not seen evil incarnate and its proof untill you have seen this. I knew there was a reason i did not like Sadam. It is cute. Who ever was resposible for the image you did a good job.

Bush Signs First National Anti-Spam Bill Into Law | Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage:

"And by preventing individual lawsuits, Congress shut the door on an effective way to harness consumer anti-spam sentiment, he said. "

Says it all right there. I think personally that the only way to get rid of spam is to either stop using email (read use RSS feeds) or to change how Email works. I do not think either will happen soon.

The Register: "Typosquatter pleads guilty to luring kids to porn sites"
My take, throw him in jail and take away the key. He on purpose, lured kids to PORN SITES. One thing worse than Kiddie porn is luring kids to porn. Inocense can never be gotten back again.

The RegisterWell, now the fool is a fool around the world. I know the NFL stands for No Fun Leauge. but it is getting out of hand. Players, to those of us watching, it is NO FUN.

The Sports Frog -- "The Frog is no longer a tadpole, baby!"
Being a fan of the New England Patriots can be a hard thing at times. I love this picture, even if it was taken by a Dolphins Fan. For those of you not aware, after the blizzard last weekend, they played football at Foxborough Stadium. Seats were not cleared and people sat in snow. But when they scored a touchdown, well take a look at the picture....

Grace Fellowship - Pastor Bob Yandia - Precepts Broadcast -
Power of Prayer
Monday Broadcast - 11/10/2003

1) Righteousness

1 Jn 3 22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

2) Obediance
Amplified Bible says: We obey His orders...

I can not outrun my blessings, old testement says blessings will ovetake us if we obey the commads of the Lord.

He rewards, those who seek AND obey Him.
You can obey the Word, but you need to obey the Spirit when he speaks to you. That is just as important as the Word.

3) Inward Sins.
1 Tim 2: 8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

We are to pray everywhere. Not just at home or church.
Pray for needs you see, pray for the harvest.
Holy Hands, an outward life of righteousness. Do not take this literaly at your workplace. Work without sin to the world. The world will see if you are in sin. Live a clean life before not only God, and the church, bit also in front of the world.
And make sure your heart is clean as well. AMP says for wrath and doubting - without anger, quareling, resentment and doubt. These are things are in our heart. It needs to be as clean as the heart.

4) Temperate in Life
1 Peter 4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

Lay aside the things that will tie you up and keep you away from the things of God. They are not sins, but lure you away.


Tuesday 11/11 Broadcast
5) Ask in Faith - No Doubts
James 1: 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. 8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Asking in faith without doubt
Doubt says you ask God but not sure that you are going to get anything, it is a fruitless prayer. Go to the Word and see what you can pray for.

Doubt means to waver, to go back and forth. Come to the Lord rock steady. Doubts will come, that is part of life. You cannot stop doubts from coming. Just do not receive then when they come to you.

6) Desires in Prayer should be Godly

James 4: 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

Prosperity is not just to feed our lusts. What is your motive. Prosperity is to put the kingdom first, then you will be rewarded.

7) Agreement in Marrige
1 Pet 3: 7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Even though weaker vesel she is heir together, equal to you in the Church

1 Cor 7: 5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

Defraud means do not deprive sex. Fasting is not in Greek, prayer means unhindered prayer. It is for a time of prayer that this should be done.

Evangelical Colleges Make Marks in a Secular World
Interesting article about Evangelical schools (may require registration)

Don't Say You're Sorry - Marriage
Excellant article. One quote worth the price of the article..

The three hardest words in the English language to say are, "I was wrong." I've watched grown men and women stutter, stumble, and even choke when asked to turn to a mate and say, "I was wrong for …" Why are these three words so important?

I can say I 100% agree with the author.

Yahoo! News - IRS Audits Nation's Top Teachers' Union

While promising cooperation, the president of the nation's largest teachers' union is also pledging to "vigorously defend our constitutional right to speak to our members about the role of politics in public education."

Back up man, no one said that you cannot speak to members about politics, what they said is that you have to report obvious support of cannidates, etc. You can say you do not do that but:

The Associated Press reviewed the NEA's filings from years 1993 through 1999, reporting in a series of stories that the NEA has said on its tax returns that no union dues were spent on politics despite extensive internal memos laying out numerous union-funded political activities.

You got your hand caught in the cookie jar, now do not say it is not there, and take the puishment like you should. After all, would you not expect your students to....

Yahoo! News - Fox Chief Says Second 'Joe' Was Greedy
Are they trying to say the first one was not greedy??

Yahoo! News - Some Radio Stations Going All-Christmas:

" It's not even Thanksgiving yet, but on radios nationwide it's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas."

Enough is enough. Thanksgiving is the cutoff, anything before that is inane. Lets put CHRIST back in Christmas.

Help Net Security - Flooding From The Underground - A Global Threat
The PDF file downloadable from this page is facinating to me. I am an old time mIRC user but have stoped of late. Again, why do these people have to do this. Just to say they can I guess.

Ananova - Bad Santa shocks Disney bosses:

"'Nothing appears sacred, anymore, this is just not in the spirit of Walt Disney,' a source close to Chief Executive Michael Eisner is quoted as saying."

So why did you wait so long to find out what was going on with the script Disney folks. The time to protest and kill the picture is not when it is about to go to the theaters (if it is not there already), but long before that. Are they really upset or is this just a way to get more publicity for a film no one would watch otherwise.

MSN Newsbot
Google News with a MS Butterfly, how cute.

Microsoft tests Web news service | CNET News.com
Who would have thought that Microsoft would want to grab Google. It is funny, I remember when Google was not really all that big. Now MS wants to obliviate them... wonder what they want to do with my little consulting company...

InfoWorld: Attack code surfaces for latest Windows holes: November 17, 2003: By : Security
I wondered why my machine told me an update was waiting for me Friday. Gates had promised one patch a month and I had just done mine. Now I know why.
To you people doing this, get a life, go get some air, free yourselves. Why must you make my life misrable so you can prove how good you are.
I tire of this. I blame Microsoft to some degree, but I blame the hackers to a larger degree. They need to realize the problems the cause.

'Smart shelf' test triggers fresh criticism | CNET News.com
Wonder which Wal-Mart. My wife loves the store. I personally call them the 'Evil Empire' myself. This just proves that they want to step on peoples rights.

InfoWorld: Phishes and bugs: New worm uses PayPal scam: November 14, 2003: By : Security
Get an Email from EBay recently, better look again. It may not be who you think it came from.

Oklahoma's Newschannel 8 - Power Outage Left Thousands In The Dark Thursday Morning
And here is the reason my kids had their snow day today.

No Snow Day
The little ones spent the day at home today on a declared SNOW DAY when there was no snow. How does that work? Well a fire at an electric power substation took out power to the area where the school is (and right be where I live also). This power outage happened early enough and with no information as to when it would be over that they closed the school system. So on a day where the tempature is 50 degrees, kids are having a ball with no school. Of course there is no snow either, which is what when I was growing up made a snow day not only a snow day but FUN.

Comedy on CSPAN2
I have to laugh as I have CSPAN2 on tonight. The Rebublicans are taking over the Senate!! Democrats are blocking the judges, and the Rebublican senator on now (Lidnsey Grahm, SC) even admitted that the Republicans did the same things to the Democrats. And the Democrats said it was unfair when it happened under Clinton's watch. Guess what, it is unfair both ways...who ever is doing it. And further more, it was supposed to be a quick check of character of a man, not a litmus test of a man's politics. Can't we all get along!

Yahoo! News - Sprint Adding TV Service for Cell Phones
First we eliminate the home phone, now we eliminate the Cable Box. Is this idea seem bad just to me?

Yahoo! News - Senate Begins Around-The-Clock Debate on Judges: "'Republicans need to show some backbone,' said David Keating, executive director of Club for Growth, a conservative public advocacy group. 'I'm not sure 30 hours will be enough.' "
And he is right. They will need to fight them not play nice to them.....

Wired News: E-Mail From the Great Beyond
Is it me or does this not make any sense at all. Should you be at peace with all men as Jesus said. Do you need an email from beyond to tell people how you really feel? The time to take care of these things is before you die, not after.

Microsoft Issues Security Patches
Time to update your windows machines... Make sure as these seem to be heavy hitters to me.

GeorgeWBush.com :: W Stuff News Feeds
Added a news feed from the Bush Chaney Campaign. If you want to add one also, just follow the link..

C Languages Knowledge Base - High-TECH Firms Tout Outsourcing As Crucial I try to explain this to people but it never gets heard. I am happy to have a job. My job could go away if this continues...

E-Mail Virus Turns PCs into Spam Machines - Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage
Got an email that says our private photos? Be afraid, BE VERY AFRAID

The problem with online classes

I have 48 hrs left to take the 10 answers that I got wrong on a test for Object Oriented Programming and explain why the wrong answers are wrong and the right answer is right. If I succed, I will get 1/2 points back for those questions. This will bring my grade for the test up to a C from an F.
I am taking 4 classes, teach part time, and work full time. I know, it is my choice, but as my wife said, that is a lot of work for 1/2 points. I will get 15 points back. It seems like if I knew why it was wrong in the first place, I would not have got it wrong.
I appreciate the efforts of the instructor to let us redeem ourselves. But it reinforces what I have begun to believe about almost all on-line classes. They are self taught. In a face to face class like I teach, a good instructor would say, 'you guys tanked and on some questions, what did I do wrong?" In online classes it was, "you did not study enough, here is more work for you to do."
I have no solution. I am just part of the problem.

Sophos virus analysis: W32/Dafly-B
For the most part I have stoped reporting on viruses here, I was getting too many little pidly ones and they were taking up time I should have been doing homework et. all. That does not mean that I have not been keeping track, just not reporting them. For some reason, even though this one has a bug in its running I have a feeling that it is going to spread. Time will tell, won't it?

Yahoo! News - Daily Choice Turned Deadly: Children Left on Their Own: "Brooklyn prosecutors argue that no matter what, Ms. Brathwaite should not have left her children, 9-year-old Justina Mason and 1-year-old Justin Brathwaite, alone in a basement apartment in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn, especially children as young and vulnerable as hers. "
And I would have to agree with them. I do not care how responsible they say that this child was. In the end, a 9 year old does not have the skills to care for a 1 year old unsupervised. On the other hand, the woman does not deserve 16 years in prision for trying to take care of her children's finacial needs. She is going to have to deal with the death of those children and the wrong mistake she made in choosing between them and a job, a choice I would not be sure I would have made differently if I had to make it myself.
Let the critics come out of the high dollar homes and go take care of the children instead of sending her to jail.

I must apologize for not posting much this week, It has been a weird week. I am up in the offfice during the days in a training class, and my usual hours have kinda disapeared so I sleep when I can etc. Any way, all should be back to normal next week.

Student faces suit over key to CD locks | CNET News.com
So let me get this straight.

1. I can stop copy protection from happening by holding down the shift key.
2. A student publishes this informatioin on a web site.
3. It is basic Windows 101.
4. Student gets sued.

And people said the Fox 'Fair and Ballanced' suit was funny.

gods dissolve in the rain - DAWN News from India and Indonesia (2003 #39)I guess that shows you who the real God is!

ZDNet UK - News - Accused port hacker says log files were 'edited'
And I expect that he thinks I will believe him if the tells me that the dog ate his homework too.

Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage
SO what you are telling me is that if I run Linux, or if I hold down the shift key when I insert the CD I can rip all the files of of this new copy protection scheme that they paid big money for.... what is the matter with this picture? [giggle]

NewVirus Information

From Sophos
W32/Gibe-F Windows Worm (Email/Kazar/IRC) low risk
W32/Agobot-AE Windows weak password file shares
Troj/Ircbot-M Windows Backdoor program

From Trend
WORM_MEXER.D seems same as Gibe above.
TROJ_LADMIN.A Backdoor trojan

GeorgeWBush.com :: Official BlogNow here is a blog that may be worth reading. I noticed a lot of blogers with RSS feeds mention the democratic canidates blogs all the time. I wonder if they will mention this one at all.

Yahoo! News - 'Do Not Call' List Can Proceed, Court Says: "WASHINGTON/DENVER (Reuters) - Telemarketers may not dial the 51 million phone numbers on the national 'do not call' registry while a U.S. appeals court decides whether their free-speech rights are being violated, the court said on Tuesday. "
Why is this a free speech issue? Who pays for the phone going into my house. Why do you have a right to invade my property? Sorry that one does not wash!

SOX WIN It may yet be the end of the world yet! Or at least the sports world. Red Sox up against the evil Yankees tomorrow night. Meanwhile, tonight The cubs take on the Marlins. Could it be the curse of the bambino is broken. Could we see a Cubs-Red Sox World Series. Time will tell.

Jogger
Not as nice a tool as Blogger, but if you want to get your feet wet with things, this may be a way to learn some blog techiques. Of course you must be using Jabber in some way shape or form.

Yahoo! News - Cubs End 95 Years of Playoff Frustration
Could we possibly have a rare occurs. Could the Cubs face the red Sox (my team) in the world series. Yup. Of couse the world could end tomorrow also.

You are Romans.


Which book of the Bible are you?
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This is more me.

Athena


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Not that I beliive this stuff mind you!

Yahoo! News - Groups Unveil Anti-Schwarzenegger Ads
Where were all these stories a month ago.. dang, people are desperate in California

Virus News seems to have died for a while but now seems to be back with a vengence. Or maybe because I get RSS feeds from Sophos and Trend I can keep track of them. Most appear low risk, but do not take low risk to mean no risk. Practice safe Hex.

New From Sophos
Troj/Hackarmy-A (IRC Backdoor)

New From Trend
HKTL_MRC.A (users of DameWare Mini Remote Control )
TROJ_ZAB.A (Linux)
TROJ_LEMIR.E (Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP)
DDOS_KEKE.A (DDoS Tool Windows)
TROJ_ISTBAR.A Internet Explorer (IE) toolbar Payload 1: Changes Internet Explorer startup page Payload 2: Adds adult-oriented links in the Favorites folder Payload 3: Modifies Files Downloads several softwares/utilities
VBS_VAGS.A (low risk high destruction) Payload 1: Clears desktop of all icons and hides icons Trigger Condition 1: When the current system date is set at September 19 Payload 2: Overwrites files Trigger Condition 1: When the current system date is set at September 19
TROJ_LEMIR.F(password stealer for game)
TROJ_VARDO.A
WORM_AGOBOT.AD (weak passwords allow it in, kills antivirus and firewall software running)
WORM_OPASERV.AD

Another new one:
WORM_DELFER.A RISK:LOW Buggy code

Do you really own your PC? | CNET News.com

From rend Micro These new viruses
vbs-taber.a risk:low
vbs-riosys.a risk:low
v97m_riosys.a risk:low word macro)
bkdr_graybird.g risk:low
scythe.d risk medium master book record infector (een a while to see one of those)
bjdr_sdbot.y risk:low
XF_SIC.A (also reporte below from Sophhos) risk low Information on the Macro
Payloads
When an infected document is accessed at exactly 11:30 AM, this macro virus displays the character string:
>?.
When an infected document is accessed at exactly 5:00 PM, it displays the following characters:
!?.
Other Details
This virus may cause the following string to be displayed on the Microsoft Excel status bar:
!!!!

BKDR_SDBOT.AX risk:low
W97M_SHORE.I risk:low (Word 95/97)
HIGHLANDER.Z risk:low (executable file virus infects com files)

Update the signatures.

New Virus as of 5:12 AM today:
XF97/Wisab-A
XF97/Wisab-A spreads using a Formula Sheet called XL4Test5. The virus creates a file in the XLSTART directory called BOOK1.
Information from Sophos

OpenOffice.org
Open Office has new release. Want to download and see what is new, but afraid I will just be able to download it. Way too much work to do. This feature looks nice

OpenOffice.org 1.1 introduces the one-click PDF export feature that enables you to easily create PDF files without the need for any additional third party software. This feature makes exchanging documents in a standard "read-only" file format a trivial task. The creation of PDF files normally requires relatively expensive third party add-on tools. With OpenOffice.org this feature comes for free.

And another feature:

OpenOffice.org now can export presentations and drawings to the Macromedia Flash format (.swf). Thus, it's now possible to view presentations in a simple web browser that has the Flash plugin installed. Recipients and users of Flash presentations don't have to install a special viewer anymore in order to view a presentation.

Complete list of features http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/1.1/features-text.html

Top 10 Viruses for the month of August 2003 according to Sophos
Position       Last month       Virus                Percentage of reports
1                   New                W32/Gibe-F         23.5%
2                      9                   W32/Dumaru-A    18.1%
3                      4                   W32/Mimail-A       15.0%
4                      1                   W32/Sobig-F        5.6%
5                      3                   W32/Nachi-A       5.5%
6                      10                 W32/Sobig-A       4.4%
7                         7                 W32/Bugbear-B   2.9%
8=                      6                   W32/Klez-H           2.7%
8=                      2                   W32/Blaster-A       2.7%
10                   Re-entry          W32/Parite-B          1.3%

Others 18.3%

MIT OpenCourseWare | OCW Home
What is that, you say you want to go to MIT but you can not afford it, then let MIT come to you for free.

New Virus to look to watch out for:
W32/DurmaruW32/Dumaru-E Type Win32 worm

InfoWorld: Worms sent via IM pose serious, growing threat: September 26, 2003: By : Security: "Virulent new worms that exploit vulnerable instant messaging (IM) clients and could infect hundreds of thousands of computers in seconds are a real threat for Internet users worldwide, according to security researchers from Symantec. "
Usually I think that Symantec is blowing smoke, but I think this one is set to be the next big worm generators. Though I do not like the IM companies closing down their programs and forcing me to have one for each one, I see where they need to.

The ability of hackers to grab a user's buddy list also gives IM worms the potential to be more virulent than predecessors like Code Red, Slammer or Blaster, which spread over the Internet rather than over IM networks, Chien said.

Unlike those worms, IM worms do not need to scan the Internet for the IP (Internet Protocol) addresses of vulnerable systems to infect, a process that greatly slows the spread of traditional worms. Instead, IM worms simply use the infected user's buddy list to find new targets.

Even with a scenario in which the buddy lists of infected and target machines were identical except for just one IM user, an IM worm could infect 500,000 machines in just 31 seconds, Chien and Hindocha showed.

Scary!

InfoWorld: Juvenile arrested for creating Blaster variant: September 26, 2003: By : Security: "Another person has been arrested in relation to the Blaster worm that infected computers worldwide last month. This time the individual is a juvenile, prosecutors in Seattle said Friday, which in the U.S. typically means under the age of 18."
Glad to see this is being taken more and more seriously by law enforcement.

Donuts With Dad - You know sometimes it is the little things that make a difference to a child. For two weeks Annie has been reminding me that today was Donuts with Dad day at school. It was not much, just donuts and either juice or milk. Annie and Israel were accompanied by me, their daddy. They loved it, and it was nice to see other daddies taking part in their children's life. What was sad was the amount of kids with no dad there, or making excuses why their dad/father figure could not be there. I had 2 hrs sleep at most, and a minor crisis at work that I got woke up to take care of, but you know what, my kids are important.
It made me think of a blog entry I saw where a person who is about to have a kid asked people what to look for in day care. One person replied, well, why have a kid if you are not going to take care of them and enjoy them. You do not have children to give them to someone else to raise.

New Virsues to look out for:
W32/Randex-G in wild not wide spread.

nntp//rss
I have just started playing with this and the jury is still out for me about it. Anyone out there had expereince with it and want to talk about it to me. drbobm at yahoo dot com

New Viruses listings
troj_delsha.d Risk - low
bkdoor_ciadoor.a Risk: low
bat_womaniz.d Risk: low
irc_womaniz.d Risk: low
bkdr_womaniz.d Risk: low
Above 3 are tied together
w97m_goodday.a risk: low. personal note: it could be something to look for if you have older versions of Word
troj_mimail.b risk: low
worm_mimail.b risk:low (cannot self propergate)
html_mimail.gen risk: low
Above 3 appear to be related
Keep your signatures up to date folks.

New Virus Information
Troj_madtol.a risk:low
Bkdr_Delf.cv risk:low
Keep the signature databes up to date.

Oklahoma highway blocked by 800 baby pigs: "OKLAHOMA CITY, Sep. 22 - Interstate 40, the main east-west highway in Oklahoma, was closed for several hours Thursday when about 800 baby pigs spilled on to the road after the truck transporting them overturned, police said Friday. "
Talk about clogged arteries.....(sorry could not resist).

How Much is Inside a Sharpie? - Part 1
And I thought that I needed a life....

For my one or two readers that are expecting more from me, 5 weeks ago I started my latest semester at RSU Online University. Being online it takes more time and being full time (4 classes) takes even more. So little time to blog at all. I will try to post when I have a moment or two, but things can not improve much I am sure. See you on line soon.

Microsoft Warns of New Critical Hole in Windows | Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News CoverageWhere do you want your data to go today?

The brazen airport computer theft that has Australia's anti-terror fighters up in arms - smh.com.au
I once taught a class about computers and as part of the class I mentioned that if I can touch a computer I can hack it. I also taught that a computer is as secure as the system that protects it. Well guess what? This article proves my point. Got to love it.

BibleOutlines
Excellant source of Bible Study outlines. I may not agree with 100% of what he says, but thank him for the exsistance of them and the availabilty of them. Thanks.

God in the console

Christian game developers seek to put God in the machine, while thinkers like Thomas and Clark say that the notion of God is already there. Differing opinions, but both hold a core belief: A game’s influence doesn’t end when you turn off the console.

While not a gamer, my older children are. I have not thought of the God that exsist in almost all the games that they play. An interesting article.

Dangerous new variant of Sobig family spreading
New variation of So-Big out, time to watch your email for anyting with scr extension if it has it, ignore it.

New MSBlast variant plugs hole | CNET News.com
I do not care how good the intention is, the problem with something like this, well, it puts something on my computer I did not ask for. That is wrong.

Before the power went out and After Interesting the pockets of light there are. I also did not know you could see state outlines from up in outer space.....

Surfing the Net with Kids: Blogging Tools
Nice review of Blogs and using them with kids.

The Blackout
Facinating site. Too bad some idiots want to make political statements out of just fun pictures.

PyGE Home Page
This has to be one of the most exciting finds that I have found. The collection of Project Gutenberg is avialblae to download and easily read on your computer through three programs. Check it out.

What You Should Know About the Blaster Worm
Hey, did you get it? If you did check out how to get rid of it! Thank you Microsoft, I think.

News: Users race against worm, variants
Copycats - dang them.

Wired News: Cranky Callers to Target Disney:

"Angry at Disney's plans to sell disposable DVD movies, environmentalists plan to dump their grievances on CEO Michael Eisner in a massive phone protest Wednesday. "

After having read a few news stories and seen the tapes on TV, I am surprised at these people. They seem to think it is ok to let gay people perform sexual activities at Disney "Gay Dyas" in full few of children, but they want the throw away DVDs plan thrown away before it has a chance to work. By the way, this plan was sort of tried once before, with DVDs that would only play a few days and then would have to be requested that they play again. It failed miserably, and I am perdicting these will also.

Slashdot | Win32 Blaster Worm is on the Rise
I do not need to say much about this, it is pretty well known about by now. I got the reboot on my machine last night about midnight, but checking the system several times today has not shown any sign of it. Not sure what is going on...

I have added to the sidebar some BLOGs that I work on. One is one that I started this semester to share class notes with my classmates. If you want to look at what I am studying this semester take a look at My Notes For School

I am not sure why it did not post, but I did hear from my son Thursday night and Friday night at about midnight he and his bride were married. Thanks for your prayers in making it through all this.

I am happy to say that I have heard from my son Gabe. He was no where near the bomb, but the email he had sent me never got to me. To all who offered prayers, thank you.

CNN.com - Transcripts - Bombing at Marriott in Jakarta
My son is to be married this Saturday in Jakarta. Please pray for him and his fiance, they are there as her family is there and we have not heard from him. I will post more information here as I here about it.

WorldNetDaily: Inmate requests 2 extra days in prison:

"According to a report in the Marion Star, Willie Chapman could walk out of Marion Correctional Institute a free man on Aug. 11, but he didn't want to miss the event hosted by the Christian men's ministry. "

Wow, would I do the same that this man is doing. What a statement for him and his stand for Jesus.

Yahoo! News - Microsoft Warns About 'Worm' Virus:

"The worm spreads through e-mail if recipients open an attached zip file — used to condense information so it can move faster over the Internet — then open an HTML file inside the zip file, the bulletin said. "

Keep your updates updated, and practice safe hex. Oh, and keep your antivirus up to date.

BBC NEWS | Technology | Cut down web for digitally deprived
I do not understand why we have had to develop this technology. We have Lynx already. Lynx is a text only browser and their are versions for most operating systems out there. Want to see what your page lookls like to a blind person? Go to the Lynx Website and download it and have a look at the web in a whole new way.

I have put this post off for a couple of days now. I keep finding something else to do so that I can prevent looking at my own mortality.
Monday I put my son on an airplane. By now he is in Jakarta Indonesia, half way around the world, and I am here in Tulsa. When he comes back, though he will still be my blood, he will not be my son. A young lady has taken him away from me in a good way, she will be his wife and he will be a husband. Was he a man before he left, by outward appearances, yes, but to my eyes he was my son. Now he will have another person to go to for advice that he should listen to, another person that gives him a hug when he is down. Gabe and I will no longer share that bond, that belongs to Jemema now.
Am I upset at that, no. Everyone needs to grow and mature and do these things. Anything not moving is dead someone once said. But still, this step in time is a big change for me. I am no longer the young man that I used to be. I am aging, and todays invitation to join AARP in the mail did not help things either.
Gabe, some lessons I may or not have taught you. First one I know I did not teach at all:
When the going gets tough, stay put
It is so tempting when problems come into a marriage to walk away from it. Do not, stick it out as long as you can and then a bit more. There is always some hope. But when you loose that hope, do not do what I did. I lost hope in and ran from God. You know that too well, and for that bad example, I will never be happy in what happened afterwards. Yes I stayed as part of your life, but not like I could have. Trust me, work it out. Do not give your 50%, give it your 110%
Stay true to God
No matter what, God loves you. It may be hard to see some time, but He is there watching over you. He sees what you do, you can not lie to him. I used to tell you that you can lie to me but you cannot lie to God! Know what, you may have thought it was a guilt trip, but in reality, it is a truth that can not be changed. God sees it all. And when things go wrong between you and Mema, and you are tempted to fib, He will know, even if she does not.
I guess that is all the advice I really have.
Jemema, you take good care of him, and more important, the only thing that I can give him that will last, take care of that Morton name. It has been bashed around a bit over the years, but it is still all that can ever give Gabe besides his faith, and though I may have helped him with that, he has kept it going himself when I was weak in mine. Protect his Morton name, and please try not to weaken his faith in God.
Gabe, Jemema is to be your wife, your help-meet. She is to walk beside you so you can protect you, not behind you like a servant. Turn to her for advice as you used to turn to me. But, you are the man, and God's responsibility for her is on your shoulders. You are the one to make the decisions, make them with her guidance, but make them.

I guess I have said enough. I wish I could be there. I love you both. Take care of yourselves and I will see you soon.

Dad

CNN.com - Bob Hope dead at 100 - Jul. 28, 2003
All I can say is "Thanks for the memories"

Freedom Bid in Floating '51 Chevy Truck | Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage:

"But no one remembers anyone attempting the 90-mile crossing of the Florida Straits in a floating flatbed truck with 55-gallon (250-litre) drums strapped to its sides, tires still in place, a propeller attached to its drive shaft and a driver behind the wheel."

I laughed hysterically when I saw this on the countdown tonight. Two things I was sad about:

1. The fact that they blew the Chevy up at the end and sank it to the bottom (saw it on the TV)
2. The fact that one of the most creative attempts to get out of Cuba ever, and they had to go back to Cuba. It is too bad they could not have made an exception in this case.

Headline news from Sky News - BURGERS ARE 'DEVIL'S FOOD':

"'And God populated the earth with broccoli and cauliflower and spinach, green and yellow vegetables of all kinds, so man would live a long and healthy life,' the article reads.

'But Satan created MacDonald's (sic). And MacDonald's brought forth the double cheeseburger. And MacDonald's said to Man, `You want fries with that?'

And Man said, `Supersize them', and Man gained pounds.'"

Love it... too bad people can not take it in the manner that the vicar pulished it ment. Truth with a little bit of humor.

"Hold Up!" : Articles : HEARTLIGHT® Magazine:

"We had driven for 6 or 7 hours on all sorts of highway surfaces. Some of them were smooth and uncluttered. Some of them were full of cracks, holes, lane closures, and traffic re-routing. To my utter amazement, however, we reached the best surface of the day -- freshly resurfaced, perfectly striped, and in perfect condition. There was only one noticeable problem with the surface; we had to drive 20 miles with one lane closed and the speed limit reduced by 20 mph for no apparent reason. There was even a highway patrolman using radar to stop folks who fudged on the speed limit! Traffic backed up as the trucks had a hard time keeping up speed on the hills and all of us had to drive well below what should have been the legal speed limit on the best paved, striped, and shouldered highway of the 1100 mile trip! "

Love it and the comparison to us Christians.

One day when eating lunch with my son Carlos, then an adolescent, I asked him how it was that he was able to maintain his healthy self-esteem. He said he knew he was a good artist, and that one thing kept his self-esteem untouched.
[from"The One Thing" : Articles : HEARTLIGHT® Magazine]
Why is it so hard to find the one thing that we are good at.

CNN.com - Study: Kansas is flatter than pancake - Jul. 21, 2003
Your tax dollars at work. Did we really need to know that Kansas is flat as a pancake.

Vanessa Bryant shouldn’t stand by her man:

" Again, adultery is going to be Bryant’s defense, so his attorneys need Vanessa to go along with it, saying she supports him. Perhaps that’s why he was on the stage, that’s why a press statement by her was released."

You know people who are not Christians should not write about things Christian. Kobe asked forgiveness of his wife and God. To me that is all that matters. Why is this jerk making like this is a big show. She believes in her man, her fallen man, and is forgiving him, and helping him. Was she a victim - YES! Will she stay a victim - NO! She is doing what she can to help herself - forgivness, and to help her man. Did Kobe assult the woman, I do not know, but she has chosen to forgive him, and is standing by him. I think it is great that she is standing by him and forgiving him for what he has done. I know someone that has not forgiven me for what I have not done.

'Naïve' Bookkeeping - Christianity Today Magazine: "Christian Research Institute Accused of 'Naïve' Bookkeeping"
While I respect this man and intelligence, for years I have questioned privately why he would attack other ministries that did not believe like he did (Charasmatic/Word of Faith mostly). I always heard in that still voice inside me, God will take care of it. Well, for the one who has been attacking the others, he has been attacked from within, and found not to be so squeaky clean with his money. I take no pleasure in this, what he did was wrong. I only hope and pray that his message may now be tempered with the fact that he and his ministry have imperfections also.

Well, she finally did it. Annie, my sweet young 6 year old daughter has gotten my UNO crown away from me. She now holds the Morton Family crowns for Chinese Checkers and UNO. I guess I am getting to old to be champion any more (ha-ha). I am sure that one day, I will get these crowns back from her, but till then, she lets me know just who is the champion. Annie, I love you! Even if you are the champion.

I have found a new tool for blogging and will have to see what it does and kick the tires a bit. I found it through Sharp Reader, which I use to read through some RSS feeds once in a while. (RSS feeds are collections of links to stories, blogs, etc). That is how I get the unusual content that I do so many times. This will allows you to blog all your stuff off line (say on a laptop, or just you want to think about it before posting it, and maybe change it).
The program is called w.bloggar and has some WYSIWYG type functions to it so it looks like it would make some things that I do by hand easier. It also allows you to edit templates (the way your blog looks). Give it a try. (OH just found the spell checker... 2 more points!)

Man uses cell phone to ask police to end chase |DallasNews.com | Dallas-Fort Worth | Latest News
New twist. Hey man, stop the chase, meanwhile I will keep driving. Got to be a case of the gene pool is definitely cleaning itself.

::: XPLANA.COM ::: Exploring how we can learn and teach with technology: "How to Measure Time for Online Activities and Courses"
Being an online student, I found this article quite interesting and explains why I feel at a loss in on line classes many times. I think it should be required reading for all on-line instructors. and since I have been one, I know to some degree what I am saying.

New Scientist:

"A computer program that hijacks the personal computers of ordinary home users in order to pass on pornographic web pages has been discovered by US researchers."

May be time to update the antivirus software, but from what I have read it may not do any good. Most do not have the code to study it yet. Not on a high percentage of machines, but it is on a lot of AOL machines (yuck yuck).

Yahoo! News - Greenspan Says Fed Could Cut Rates Again

I actually watched this on CSPAN2 and understood what he was talking about. Of course I just finished a summer class in Macroeconomics also. The article is kinda whitewashing. Many democrats verbally atacked Mr. Greenspan, and many Rebulicans tried to gloss over the problems. Oh Well. This is where our economy is going.

ZoolLinux Project
Interesting tool. Linux that will boot off a floppy that will allow you to muck around on the HD of a system (not necessarily Linux [read windows]) and maybe fix a down system. Will have to look at it and explore it a little bit more.

My daughter Annie asked me what I was doing the other day, she is 6 going on 16 so she is an exploring girl. I told her I was bloging, and she asked what it meant to blog. Well I told her it is writing stuff for other people to read about. What do you write about? Well I write about stuff that interest me? Like what, she asked, you mean me? Well, yes, people and events that I have an interest in.
So I looked back t my BLOG. It is long on news stories that interest me and the rants that I make about them, and not so long about what goes on in my life.

Annie is my only girl of 4 children that are blood to me (5 if you include CJ my adopted son). People thought that she would wrap me around her finger, but guess what. Though she is close to my heart, she is disciplined. We enjoy a lot of things. But to tell you the truth... she has a crown that I want and I have a crown she wants.

You see we play a lot of games together since I work nights and she and I have a lot of daytime to play games. The scoreboard as it stands now.
UNO © Crown - Dad
Chinese Checkers - Annie

She wants the Uno © crown back from me but I am not giving it up without a fight.

BTW, you know how hard it is to play 3 way Chinese Checkers with a 6 year old girl bent on beating you and a 5 year old boy (Israel) who does not understand the object of the game and moves his pieces randomly? Especially when you need to get your pieces in his slot! Sigh......

Love ya kids!

[Welcome to NewsOK.com - Bomb Hits Indonesia Parliament Building] My son will be leaving for here in two weeks, his fiance is there right now. If you could keep them in your prayers it would be appreciated. This is not a time for unrest, not when a wedding is going on.

Please note the Pill icon in the side bar. If you have Amphetadesk installed and running, click on the pill and you will get my blog added to your copy of Amphetadesk. If you do not have a copy of it, it is a neat way to get information on what is going on in the world, from CNN to me. It is one of the ways that I find information to blog about. There are others as well, but that is the main one. I recomend it, and as you know, if the recomnedation comes from me, the price has to be right "FREE"!

Sales of Christian and gospel music drop 10%:

"'There is no doubt that our music is being pirated at the same levels as every other type of music,' he said. 'We do, however, face a unique paradox. On the one hand, we have the moral argument that stealing music is wrong. On the other, some naively have argued that downloading and sharing gospel music is a type of ministry . . . .'"

Interesting way of looking at things. You see, my thought was that stealing is stealing. If you are swaping the music with other people who are Christians it is stealing. You are taking what does not belong to you under the law. But the music is given under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit so it all belongs to God any way. This article introduces another thought. Those who share the music with others who are not Christians.

Virus Alert: Worm Uses Own SMTP Engine to Spread
A number of new worms/viruses to look out for here. Upate the Anti-virus programs again, they are on their way.

Garbage Pail Kids make a comeback:

"Long before 'South Park' or 'Beavis and Butt-Head' entertained kids with lowbrow toilet humor, there were the Garbage Pail Kids. Now, the grandfather of gross-out is making a comeback.

After being off the market for 15 years, a new series of the hugely successful stickers that entertained children in the mid-1980s with depictions of bodily functions will be released in August by The Topps Co."

It is too bad that they could let a bad idea lay to rest. I never thought the idea for these cards were all that good and I still do not. The article tries to compare GBK and Spoungebob Squarepants. Not sure that I see the similarity. Now, the comparison to Jackass, that is apt.

[GGSearch] While I probaly will not use the add-ons that he is offering too much, I tend to never pass up a chance for 2 things. 1) Helping a fellow blogger get his blog known (wish others would do the same for me) and 2) Free software. By linking to this blog, the author will let you download an add-on for his excellant Google search tool. I have used it in various incantaions for a while now and found it helpful. His blog seems like many of our blogs, things that interest us and we hope will interest others. Give it a check out.

'Jackass' imitation burns boy

A 10-year-old Glendale boy was seriously burned Thursday afternoon when an older friend set him on fire to re- enact a scene from Jackass: The Movie, authorities said.
The unidentified boy asked a 14-year-old friend to douse him with charcoal fluid and set him ablaze with a lighter at a home on North 62nd Avenue, just south of Bethany Home Road.

When older teens who should know better do this stunts, I say, well, the gene pool is cleaning itself out again. But this is a crime. A 10 year old lighting himself on fire. Aided by a 14 year old. Where were the parents? Personally I think MTV should take a look at what they have done, and then pull the show and pull all copppies of the movie out there that they can. Furthermore, they should not have done it in the first place. Viacom/CBS/MTV networks need to be sued for every one of these stunts that kids try to pull, discalimer or no disclaimer.
Well that is my $.02 worth for today.

USATODAY.com - American facilities wait for news of cuts: "Three aircraft-overhaul bases. American's fleet is shrinking from its 2001 peak of 910 jets to about 760 by next summer. The big Tulsa base would be nearly impossible to replace. And Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief says he met recently with American CEO Gerard Arpey and was told 'not to worry' about the base in American's hometown."
This is good news for us in Tulsa, but not for the other cities. Hopefully my brothers-in-law will be ok in the end.

Husband Shopping Center

A Husband Shopping Center has opened in Atlanta where a woman can go to
choose from among many men to be her husband.

It is laid out in five floors with the men increasing in positive attributes as you ascend.
However, there is a catch.
You're only allowed in once.

Once you open the door to any floor you must choose a man from that floor.
If you go up a floor you can't go back down except to exit the building.
So, a woman goes to the shopping center to find a husband.
On the first floor the sign on the door says:

Floor 1:

These men have jobs and love kids.

The woman reads the sign. "Well, that's better than not having jobs, or not loving kids, but I wonder
what's further up?"

So up she goes.

The second floor sign says:

Floor 2:

These men have high-paying jobs, love kids, and are extremely good-looking.
"Hmmm, better," says the woman. "But I wonder what's further up?"

The third floor sign reads:

Floor 3:

These men have high-paying jobs, love kids, are extremely good-looking, and
help with the housework. "Wow," says the woman, "very tempting. BUT, there's more further up!"

And so again, she goes up.

On the fourth floor the sign reads:

Floor 4:

These men have high-paying jobs, love kids, are extremely good-looking,
help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak.

"Oh, mercy me." (That's how women talk in Georgia) "But just think, what
must be awaiting me further up?" So up to the fifth floor she goes.

The sign on that door says:

Floor 5:

This floor is just to prove that women are impossible to please.

Thank you for shopping & have a nice day!

Mirror.co.uk - Male infertility can be passed on to children
I found the headline to be funny and so I had to check it out. Here is a quote:

A technique that allows infertile men to have children can transfer the cause of the problem to their children but it doesnot generate any new genetic defects, scientists say.

ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection) is a treatment for male infertility in which a single sperm is injected into the egg. It has enabled menwith low sperm counts or poor quality sperm to father children.

So what the article says but does not really say (read between the lines) is that when we play God, we do not do a very good job of it! Think about it.

National Do Not Call Registry

Go there, register, get less calls. Do it before you forget.

Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage
Proof positive that a cell phone and a car are a dangerous combination, even when they are hands free!

SourceForge.net: Project Info - Hail - The PHP Hotmail Client
An interesting program. Allows you to view your hotmail with out having to be at their site and put up with annoying Ads and all. Visit the home site to take a look at it yourself.

SourceForge.net: Project Info - Pascal Compiler
This is interesting to me, as I learned Pascal as my first real programing language. (I self taught myself Basic but only enough to make certain games work and did not really know what I was doing). I thought Pascal was dead, but I guess it is making a comeback of sorts.

Wired News: Orrin Hatch: Software Pirate?

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) suggested Tuesday that people who download copyright materials from the Internet should have their computers automatically destroyed.
But Hatch himself is using unlicensed software on his official website, which presumably would qualify his computer to be smoked by the system he proposes.

One must really be careful what they say in a public place, mustn't they.

Wired News: E-Mail Mob Takes Manhattan

The mob that gathered in Manhattan on Tuesday night was looking for something they referred to (without explanation) as a "Love Rug." Or at least that's what the couple of hundred people who gathered in Macy's department store told a bemused salesman, who may or may not have believed he was dealing with a commune of carpet-craving eccentrics.

And People Say I AM Weird!

Ananova: Reality TV survival show ship runs aground

Fiana Fail member of the Irish parliament Barry Andrews said: "I believe the grounding shows that so-called reality television has gone too far, with people being asked to carry out challenges that are too dangerous."

I personaly think the shows are stupid, but if stuff like this will get them off the air quicker, let them happen (without any loss of life of course).

[Yahoo! News - Pen Pals Send Chain Letters Via Bottle]

And I though Chain Letters were illegal.

[Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Children who 'can't live without' constant TV]

Kam Atwal, the research manager, said: "It's the medium they spend the most time with, by far. It's the one they can't live without. The children in our study couldn't imagine life without it. Some were amazed that turning off the television might be a consideration."

We have gone 20 min. into the future.... (For those who do not get it, find an old Max Headroom episode).

FaithLinks
Looks like interesting site, will have to follow up on it.

This was sent to me by my buddy Mike, you all need to understand why us Okie's think the way we do so with no futher ado...

Subject: [Fwd: Fw: A Little Taste of Oklahoma Living: a tornado primer]

For those of you who aren't familiar with tornadoes and are hearing
news coverage of this, here is a short glossary to help you understand.

Fujita Scale: Scale used to measure wind speeds of a tornado and their
severity.

F1: Laughable little string of wind unless it comes through your house,
then enough to make your insurance company drop you like a brick. People
enjoy standing on their porches to watch this kind.

F2: Strong enough to blow your car into your house, unless of course you
drive an Expedition and live in a mobile home, then strong enough to
blow your house into your car.

F3: Will pick your house and your Expedition up and move you to the
other side of town.

F4: Usually ranging from 1/2 to a full mile wide, this tornado can turn
an Expedition into a Pinto, then gift wrap it in a semi truck.

F5: The Mother of all Tornadoes, you might as well stand on your front
porch and watch it, because it's probably going to be quite a last sight.

Meteorologist: A rather soft-spoken, mild-mannered type person until
severe weather strikes, and they start yelling at you through the TV.:
"GET TO YOUR BATHROOM OR YOU'RE GOING TO DIE!"

Storm Chaser: Meteorologist-rejects who are pretty much insane but get
us really cool pictures of tornadoes. We release them from the mental
institution every time it starts thundering, just to see what they'll do.

Tranquilizer: What you have to give any dog or cat who lived through the
May 3rd, 1999 tornado every time it storms or they tear your whole house
up freaking out of their minds.

Moore, Oklahoma: A favorite gathering place for tornadoes. They like to
meet here and do a little partying before stretching out across the rest
of the Midwest.

Bathtub: Best place to seek shelter in the middle of a tornado, mostly
because after you're covered with debris, you can quickly wash off and
come out looking great.

Severe Weather Radio: A handy device that sends out messages from the
National Weather Service during a storm, though quite disconcerting
because the high pitched, shrill noise just as an alarm sounds
suspiciously just like a tornado. Plus the guy reading the report just
sounds creepy.

Tornado Siren: A system the city spent millions to install, which is
really useful, unless there's a storm or a tornado, because then of
course you can't hear them.

Storm Cellar: A great place to go during a tornado, as it is almost 100%
safe, though weigh your options carefully, as most are not cared for and
are homes to rats and snakes.

May-June: Tourist season in Oklahoma, when people who are tired of
bungee jumping and diving out of airplanes decide it might be fun to
chase a tornado. These people usually end up on Fear Factor.

Barometric Pressure: Nobody really knows what this is, but when it drops
a lot of pregnant women go into labor, which makes for exciting moments
as their husbands are trying to drive them to the hospital and dodge
tornadoes at the same time.

Cars: The worst place to be during a tornado (next to a mobile home).
Yes, you can out run a tornado in your car...unless everybody on the
road decides to do the same thing, and then you're in grid lock.

A Ditch: Supposedly where you're supposed to go if you find yourself
without shelter or in your car during a tornado. Theoretically the
tornado is supposed to pass right over you, but since it can lift a 20
ton truck and up root a three hundred year old tree, I'd bet my life on
out-running it in a car.

Mobile Home: Most people are convinced mobile homes send off some
strange signal that triggers tornadoes, because if there's one mobile
home park in a hundred mile radius, the tornado will find it.

Earthquake: What any Californian would rather go through on any scale of
severity than face a tornado.

Tornado: What any Oklahoman would rather go through on any scale of
severity than face an earthquake.

Twister: Slang for 'tornado' and also the title to a movie starring
Helen Hunt, which incidentally everyone thought was corny and
unrealistic until May 3rd, 1999.

Power Flash: One of the most reliable ways to track a tornado at night,
it's the term used when the tornado hits a power line and a bright light
flashes. It's also the emotion experienced by meteorologists when they
get to make the call to interrupt prime-time must-see TV. and a million
dollars worth of advertising to track a storm for viewers.

Here are some phrases you might want to learn and be familiar with:

"We'll have your electricity restored in 24 hours," which means it'll be
a week.

"We're going to be out for a week, so buy a lot of supplies and an
expensive generator," means it's going to be on in twelve hours,
probably as soon as you return from Wal-Mart.

"It's a little muggy today." Get outta town. It's getting ready to storm.

"There's just a slight chance of severe weather today, so go ahead and
make your outdoor plans." Ha. Ha ha ha ha.

And the number one BIG TIP of the day:

When your electricity goes out, and you go to bed at night, be sure to
turn off everything that was on before it went out, or when it is
unexpectedly restored in the middle of the night, every light, every
computer, your dishwasher, your blow dryer, your washing machine, your
microwave and your fans will all come on all at once. 1) You'll just
about have a heart attack when they all come on at the same time, waking
you from a dead sleep. And 2) Your breakers will blow, leaving you in
the dark once again.

Happy Tornado weather!

The silence between the two largest instant messaging services may be about to end. AOL Time Warner Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have promised to align their instant messaging services, as part of their $750 million (U.S.) antitrust settlement.
[fromCBC News: AOL, Microsoft instant messages: 'Let's talk']

Why don't people just use one of the Jabber IM programs. Jabber is open source IM protocol. Find more information at Jabber.org or a neat client at My Jabber.

Notes from Tape



Date:Unknown

Church:Grace Fellowship

Time:Unknown

Title:Phillippians 3 / Guarantees For Growth

Speaker:Bob Yandian

Notes:

If you have arrived, why you here, the rest of us know we have a way to go. Paul at this time has been 2 years in Cesera. He went to Jerusalem when he thought he was supposed to, but he was not. You do not have to be a somebody to win some bodies to the Lord (i.e. drug addicts, etc.). Paul went to Jerusalem when he was told not to. Acts 20 he said he was going to go. He was out of God's will at that point. From that point on he had nothing but problems. He is now realizing that he is back where God wants him to be. He lost some time in the ministry that God wanted him to be.

Philipians 3

13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended:...

He does not think he has arrived.

... but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind,...

Paul had a lot of things to forget. How do we fulfill this verse if we can not forget things in the natural. We see people and remember what was done to us or by us.

... and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect,...

How many are perfect?

... be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.

16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.

17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an example.

18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

Paul has had 5 years of discipline, out of fellowship with God and getting back to it.
Let's look at how God chasens us.

Hebrews 12

6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

God chasens every child He accepts. The greek means to "skin alive with a whip". There is no way around what that means. But remember God does not take punishment lightly, He does it tough. So how does He discipline us. Sickness is not a disipline from God. Out of fellowship, yes Satan can do what he wants, but Jesus took our sins and sickness to the cross, so God will not use that to discipline us. Nor will He use catastraphies either. God does not abuse his children. Would you put sickness on your kid to train him, well why would He. So how does He?

7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

Key verse, 9. Flesh fathers discipline our flesh, spiritual father discipline us in our spirit.

2 Timothy 3

16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

inspiration= God Breathed

reproof and correction stand out as what is done to us.

perfect = mature

The word of God is used to correct us.

Just like you are not responsible when your child goes past the boundary, when you get sick when you go past the boundary, why do you blame God.

Heb 12

10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

You discipline your kids it is hard to do, but after the crying is all over, there is a peace in the house. Just as this verse describes here.

As a child grows the discpline goes from external to internal. You use the "rod" to train till they can get the word into them.

12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

Do not pout after you get disciplined by God. God does the discipline, but it is up to you to change your stance afterwards.

13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.

This is like Elijah, running away when God had given him super natural power. Even when he was told he was not alone, and spoke to him in the still small voice, Elijah was then told to put the mantle around Elisha. God will go to someone else if you do not straiten up.

14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God;...

What is the grace of God? 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

God forgives instantly. David sought forgiveness from what he did with Batsheba. Nathan told him the story of the ewe lamb. David said I have sinned, Nathan said you are forgiven.

Once God has forgiven you, stop mopping around and get to work for God. Take it by faith that you are forgiven. Stand on 1 John 1:9. Are you bigger than God?

... lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

Memories do not go away. It would be nice if they did. You can forgive things and have them come back at you later. The imagination will bring the anger back up. Or even worse, you can be told somebody did something they did not do and your imagination can run with it.

Philipians 3

13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended:...

apprehended = he has not attained. What has he not attained? Maturity. What is full maturity? The level of the stature of the fullness of Christ. We will never quite attain it till we reach the judgment seat of Christ.

..but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind,...

forgetting = assign to oblivian. How can you do that you ask. You do like God does, put it in the sea of forgetfulness. You can not forget any more than God forgets. It is in your mind. How could you give a testimony if you could forget things. Instead you need to get to the state where when you see someone you have no feelings of anger, etc. Feelings have to line up with you. Put them under the blood of Jesus. Eventually you will mean that love. You will remember, but the feelings will be gone.

... and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

The promises of God and the doctrines of God that you do know is what is before you. The greek for reaching forth is actually used of a runner stretching forth to the finish tape so they can get ahead of the other runners.

14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

The mark is the spiritual maturity. Again Paul uses the example of the Games that were held in that day. Young boys would be taken and trained, weights on their feets, special foods, did what the coach told them what to do. The weights on the feet was the big thing. They would add weights when they reached their best time. Then on the day of the race they would take the weights off. Then they would fly around the track, running so fast. Heb 12 Laying asside the weights that would hold us back! Now when the guy won, he was taken to a person sitting in the bema - the high seat position, used when talking about the judgment seat of Christ. They then put on his head olive leaves. They did it for a corruptable crown, we do things for a incorruptable crown. Then they would take the winner through a freshly broken hole in the wall that was then colsed up with a plaque. Then a statue and he and his family were fed, clothes, educated for nothing, and then he was tax free for life. Lastly he had a seat for the games for the rest of their lives. But we do what we do for eternity. Life is short compared to the time that you will have in heaven.

Paul knew he had more left to do, he had more left to his callling so her pressed toward the mark.....but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind,...you can not do it without doing this first.

15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded:...

You can not be mature unless you are like minded, putting stuff behind you daily. Your failures and your sucesses as well. And it is US, not GOD. We do it, others may bring up your past failures, but you put them behind. Do not get caught up in them remebering your mistakes, they need to learn to take caew of themselves... but you can not make them do it.

and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.

We can enter into spiritual maturity and not be in agreement on doctrine. Get along. God will reveal who is right or wrong eventually. Forget things, God looks at the motive of the heart. We get together for church for unity not division. So what if you do not agree with everything. We will be in heaven for eternity - why? So he can straighten us all out.

Unless noted all verses King James version. Note, these are my interpretations of the message I have listened to.

TalkingOnline.com - Text To Speech
This is how I feel.
Interesting site to play with.

Yahoo! News - Strewth - It's the Aussie Bible

"God is the Station Owner, and I am just one of the sheep. He musters me down to the lucerne flats, and feeds me there all week".

Ah yes, but is it gender neutral.....

["Disciples Have Found the Way Home" : Articles : HEARTLIGHT® Magazine]

I live on the edge of a city of millions. My father lives several hundred miles away. To get back home to see my father I can choose one of two ways.

Which way do you want to travel?

CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM?

"The administration of George W. Bush has pursued a Flintstones agenda in a Jetsons world." -- Senator Joe Lieberman

Read the story [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,87988,00.html]>

The scriptures and astrological charts point to Jesus being a homosexual, an Australian academic said today.
[fromThe Statesman]
My reply - Some Australian academics are idiots. Can you guess which ones I think are?

From PlayStation to supercomputer | CNET News.com
Buy 100 Playstation 2s, link them together and what have you got? A supercomputer!

Georgia defensive end won't pose for Playboy magazine spread - KOTV - The News On Six

Pollack, the 2002 Southeastern Conference Player of the Year, was one of 22 college football players honored by Playboy. But he declined the invitation, saying the magazine's contents conflicted with his religious beliefs.
``When you talk to somebody about living their lives the right way and abstaining from sex until marriage, posing in Playboy would send the wrong message,'' said Pollack, a junior from Snellville.

It is nice that some people will stand up for their faith. It used to be rare but now it is more common. The Rocky Calmus that the article talks about is from the town I live in, Jenks, OK.

The Geek TestTake the test, beat my score of 23.4714 - Geek.

In a change of policy, Old North Church to get federal grant - NJ.com - NewsFlash

On the night of April 18, 1775, two lanterns displayed from the church steeple warned Revere that the British were heading to Lexington and Concord.
Lynn said that if Revere were alive today, he would "ride around the country, saying your tax dollars are being abused and warning that the church-state separation wall has just seen another crack."

Get off it. The Church was so important to our founding fathers they used it to plan for a war, yet we are not suppose to help preserve this historic building because it is used as a church. Come on people!

TheStar.com - Landmark settlement prunes online ads

Bonzi Software Inc. won't be fooling Web surfers with advertisements that look like computer error messages anymore.
The San Luis Obispo, Calif., software company has reached a settlement in a landmark U.S. case that could have far-reaching impact for companies that try to disguise their online banner ads.
"We asked essentially that Bonzi stop using advertising banners that look like computer alerts and stop using fraudulent user interfaces," said the plaintiffs' counsel Darrell Scott.

Good news here!!!

Mirror.co.uk - MCDONALDS SUE CRITIC FOR £15MILLION
1) Do they have a snowballs chance of winning
2) Why do we care?

CBS News | Bibles, Jurors Don't Mix | May 26, 2003 13:54:06

Adams County District Judge John Vigil ruled Friday that Harlan’s death sentence for the 1994 murder of Rhonda Maloney must be set aside because his jurors impermissibly consulted Bibles during the sentencing phase of his trial. More specifically, the judge applied the current legal standard in Colorado and found after an evidentiary hearing that there was a “reasonable possibility that extraneous information or influence affected the verdict” against Harlan.

When I had jury duty we were allowed to have knowledge in our head to judge against. What is the matter with consulting material outside the courtroom. Are we supposed to be experts in everything?

[SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features -- Fox: Ryan Seacrest was given faulty numbers on 'American Idol']
Yup, and I believe in the tooth fairy also. Trouble is, who really cares that has an ounce of brains.

[Where is Raed ?] Take some time to read this. Remember where the speaker is from. This is the other side of the war we fought. He does not speak against the US and Great Britten. But he does show us the part of the war that FOX, MSNBC, CNN and the networks do not want us to see. He has uploaded some pictures as well. Do take some time to look (warning images slow load even on my DSL connection).

Wired News: Cops Challenged on GPS Use
Is this good or bad police work? I can not decide?

The Amaya Activity was closed in April, as a result of a W3C Advisory Committee Review.

[from xmlhack: W3C closes Amaya Activity]
I am sorry to see this. I have begun playing with the program and have found it a little bit long on the learning curve, but a good WYSIWYG editing program. I hope that it gets a good clean finish to it. It deserves it.