Saturday, July 05, 2003

[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.

Thursday, July 03, 2003

'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.

Wednesday, July 02, 2003

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!

Tuesday, July 01, 2003

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.