A face even a dog-hater has to love.



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Spam is younger than John McCain.


From Things younger than Republican Presidential candidate (oh, and did I forget to mention “war hero”?) John McCain


If you want to get all moral and preachy and get all ageist thingy on me please refer back to my disclaimer on my info page.

This is the only thing I have nightmares of: TORNADOES!!!


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from http://solarsystem.nasa.gov

The X-files was the last show I watched every week without fail. I've been absent since then regarding all followings, but then I look at this picture and I feel that old "squee feeling" I haven't felt in so long. I feel young again! ;D

We got a puppy! A 10 week old Border Collie mix we named Lily:




I'm sure they will all be friends. You can't accuse me of being a speciest.

More "pictures of Lily" later.

from MoveOn.org's Obama in 30 secs

copied seattleforge's style:

You Belong in Generation Y

You fit in best with people born between 1982 and 2001. You are cooperative, flexible, and adaptable. You know the world changes quickly, and you're eager to change with it. You are socially responsible, forward thinking, and open minded.

10 miles in 1.5 hours.  Now if I could keep that pace for 26 miles I still wouldn't qualify for Boston (old lady category).  But maybe finish a half in under 2 hours! :)

:D  from http://newscoma.wordpress.com/

Yea! Call PETA!

From molly_mcb 

"Desert Storm II would be in a walk in the park... The case for 'regime change' boils down to the huge benefits and modest costs of liberating Iraq."
- Kenneth Adelman, member of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board, 8/29/02

"Having defeated and then occupied Iraq, democratizing the country should not be too tall an order for the world's sole superpower."
- William Kristol, Weekly Standard editor, and Lawrence F. Kaplan, New Republic senior editor, 2/24/03

"The idea that it would take several hundred thousand U.S. forces, I think, is far from the mark."
- Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 2/27/03

"Iraq is a very wealthy country. Enormous oil reserves. They can finance, largely finance the reconstruction of their own country. And I have no doubt that they will."
- Richard Perle, Chairman of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board, 7/11/02

"Now, it isn't going to be over in 24 hours, but it isn't going to be months either."
- Richard Perle, Chairman of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board, 7/11/02

"I think it will go relatively quickly...weeks rather than months."
- Vice President Dick Cheney, 3/16/03

"I will bet you the best dinner in the gaslight district of San Diego that military action will not last more than a week. Are you willing to take that wager?"
- Bill O'Reilly, 1/29/03

"Thank you all very much. Admiral Kelly, Captain Card, officers and sailors of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, my fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended."
- George W. Bush 1/2/03

"We know where they [WMD] are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat."
- Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 3/3/03

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Unless LJ ups its fees dramatically I'm not moving.

Nope, I'm too old and cynical. The next place will be bought out and want to actually pay their programmers. The next place will be bought out. So on. I'm sure there is a nice open source blog place I could park in, but suddenly their kid will get accepted into Princeton and *bang* -- they'll be wanting you to pay them for their services! You know the quote, "If you're in a bad situation, don't worry it'll change. If you're in a good situation, don't worry it'll change."

I think Russians are cool anyway. Look at aceofkittens.

So kiss mah postmiester scabbing ass (Ok not as good as solar_diablo's post today, but I try.)

Since I am constantly looking for ways to avoid my pile o' work, I did some research on my unusually high "good" HDL cholesterol (100mg/dL) just because I know it will make me feel good about myself. It is the little things people!

From different sources:

1. Very High HDL — above 75 mg/dL is associated with the "longevity syndrome"¹.


2. People with high HDL levels are likely to live longer, have healthier hearts, and maintain better cognitive function than those with lower HDL levels.


3. HDL (high density lipoprotein) is one of the few things that you can't get too much of. There are no health problems that are caused by an elevated HDL level.


4. National Cholesterol Education Program has recommended that an HDL level of less than 35 mg/dl should be regarded as a risk factor. In people lucky enough to have a very high HDL (85 or more) the risk of heart disease remains less than half the average level even when the LDL is quite high (220). [My LDL was 96.]


5. In the United States, men's average HDL is about 45 and women's is 55. HDL under 40 is an especially bad sign, while anything over 60 is considered good. Studies suggest that each single point of increase in HDL is matched by a 2 percent to 3 percent reduction in heart disease.

¹People with a genetic "abnormality" that appear to make them immune to heart disease. Such people have unusually large proportions of their blood cholesterol carried by HDLs and tend to live free of heart disease into their eighties or nineties or beyond.