26 January 2006

Believing in dreams . . .

I don't dream often but when I do the dreams tend to be vivid and mostly have their setting in my hometown or the house I grew up in as a kid. Last night I experienced what I've come to call a "triple dream" . . . you're dreaming, then awake in the dream and marvel about it, but when you actually wake up you realize you've been dreaming about having a dream and you're able to recall the details of the embedded dream . . .

Last night's dream experience details (chewing gum, walking down Washington St., a toy rifle on a lawn, an orphanage sequence, and the recall of story of the dream within the embedded dream) merit listing in my journal because I'm fascinated this morning by this unique dream experience and I usually forget dream details by the end of breakfast.

25 January 2006

Duh . . .

CNN GALLUP SHOCK POLL:

ONLY 16% FIRM ON HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT
Wed Jan 25 2006 10:50:26 ET
Most voters now say there's no way they'd vote for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton if she runs for president in 2008 - while just 16 percent are firmly in her camp, a stunning new poll shows. CNN GALLUP found that 51 percent say they definitely won't vote for Clinton (D-N.Y.) in 2008, another 32 percent might consider it, and only 16 percent vow to back her. That means committed anti-Hillary voters outnumber pro-Hillary voters by 3-1. The poll suggests she can forget about crossover votes - 90 percent of Republicans and 75 percent of conservatives say there's no way they'd back her.

22 January 2006

I was just thinking how great it would be if someone surprized me . . . and BAM . . . the phone rang!

Why we miss Bill Cinton . . .

He was the closest thing we ever got to having a black man as President.

Number 1- He played the sax.
Number 2- He smoked weed.
Number 3- He had his way with ugly white women.

Even now? Look at him... his wife works, and he don't!

And, he gets a check from the government every month.

Manufacturers announced today that they will be stocking America's shelves this week with "Clinton Soup," in honor of one of the nations' most distinguished men. It consists primarily of a weenie in hot water.

Chrysler Corporation is adding a new car to its line to honor Bill Clinton. The Dodge Drafter will be in production in Canada this year.

When asked what he thought about foreign affairs, Clinton replied, I don't know, I never had one."

American Indians nicknamed Bill Clinton "Walking Eagle" because he is so full of crap he can't fly.

Clinton lacked only three things to become one of America's finest leaders: integrity, vision, wisdom.

Clinton was doing the work of three men: Larry, Curly and Moe.

The Clinton revised judicial oath: "I solemnly swear to tell the truth as I know it, the whole truth as I believe it to be, and nothing but what I think you need to know."

Clinton will be recorded in history as the only President to do Hanky Panky between two Bushes."

The 6 kinds of Sex . . .

1. The first is Smurf Sex. This happens during the honeymoon period; you keep doing it until you're blue in the face.

2. The second is Kitchen Sex. This is at the beginning of the marriage; you'll have sex anywhere, anytime, even in the kitchen on the table, etc.

3. The third kind is Bedroom Sex. You've calmed down a bit, perhaps have kids, so you gotta do it in the bedroom.

4. The fourth kind is Hallway Sex. This is the phase in which you pass each other in the hallway and say, "Screw you!" This is also called oral sex by some.

5. There is also a fifth kind of sex: Courtroom Sex. This is when you get divorced and your wife screws you or you screw her in front of everyone in the courtroom.

6. There is also Social Security Sex..! .that's when you get some once a month but it's not enough to live on....

3 Roses . . .

A very sexually active woman tells her plastic surgeon that she wanted her vagina lips reduced because they were flapping in the breeze.Out of embarrassment she insisted that the surgery be kept a secret and the surgeon agreed.

Awakening from the anesthesia after the surgery she found three roses carefully placed beside her on the bed. Outraged, she immediately calls in the doctor.

"I thought I asked you not to tell anyone about my operation!

"The surgeon told her he had carried out her wish for confidentiality and that the first rose was from him: "I felt sad because you went through this all by yourself."

"The second rose is from my nurse. She assisted me in the surgery and empathized because she had the same procedure done some time ago."

"And what about the third rose?" she asked."Oh, that rose is from a man upstairs in the burn unit. He wanted to thank you for his new ears.

Ray Nagin and the Chocolate Factory

From left to right: OJ Simpson, Al Sharpton, Ray Nagin,
Jesse Jackson, Kanya West, Harry Belafonte

What I learned from TV about hurricanes

The hurricane only affected black families.

New Orleans was the ONLY city affected by the hurricane .

When you are hungry after a hurricane, steal a big screen TV.

Don't give thanks to the thousands that came to help rescue you, instead bitch because the government hasn't given you a debit card yet.

Only black family members got separated in the hurricane rescue efforts.

Ignore warnings to evacuate then bitch because the government didn't come get you fast enough and give you money for being stupid.

It's OK for black mayors to be racist.

Simple truths . . . at least around my necks of the woods

AMAZINGLY SIMPLE HOME REMEDIES

If you are choking on an ice cube, don't panic. Simply pour a cup of boiling water down your throat and presto. The blockage will be almost instantly removed.

Clumsy? Avoid cutting yourself while slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them while you chop away.

Avoid arguments with the little woman about lifting the toilet seat by simply using the sink.

A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.

If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives, then you will be afraid to cough.

Have a bad toothache? Smash your thumb with a hammer and you will forget about the toothache.

Sometimes, we just need to remember what the rules of life really are: You only need two tools: WD-40 and Duct Tape. If it doesn't move and should, use the WD-40. If it shouldn't move and does, use the duct tape.

Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.

Never pass up an opportunity to go to the bathroom.
If you woke up breathing, congratulations! You get another chance.

And finally, be really nice to your family and friends - you never know when you might need them to empty your bedpan.

20 January 2006

Interesting . . .

NEW YORK ? Some say it's absurd. According to seven federal courts, it's also illegal. But one thing is for sure: America's excise tax on phone service has soaked consumers for more than a century. Rep. Gary Miller, R-Calif., recently introduced legislation in the House ? supported by 98 co-sponsors ? aimed at repealing the tax, which was imposed in 1898 to help pay for the Spanish-American War. The war was over in six months, but the tax stayed. The general excise tax has so far cost consumers about $300 billion, says the Congressional Research Service. The entire Spanish-American War cost only about $6 billion, adjusted for inflation. AT&T says the tax is grossly unfair to consumers. "This is a 19th-century tax on a 21st-century technology," says Jim Cicconi, AT&T's general counsel. "It makes no sense, and it ought to be repealed."

14 January 2006

No wonder the boys at the local bar have no idea . . .

Walked into a local bar with a buddy of mine to grab a beer and sandwich . . . we started talking about a computer purchase my buddy was contempating. Some of the "boys around the bar" tried to contribute to our conversation, here's what we learned about their definitions of computer terminologies:

Log On: Makin' the wood stove hotter.
Log Off: Don't add no wood.
Monitor: Keepin' an eye on the wood stove.
Download: Gettin' the firewood off the pickup.
Mega Hertz: When yer not careful downloadin'.
Floppy Disk: Whatcha git from pilin' too much firewood.
Ram: The hydrolic thingy that splits the firewood.
Hard Drive: Gettin' home in the winter season. Prompt: What you wish the mail was in the winter.
Windows: What to shut when it's below 15 below.
Screen: What 'cha need for the black fly season.
Byte: That's what the flies do.
Chip: What to munch on.
Micro Chip: What's left in the bottom of the bag.
Infrared: Where the left-overs go when Fred's around.
Modem: What 'cha did to the hay fields.
Dot Matrix: Farmer Matrix's wife.
Lap Top: Where little kids feel comfy.
Keyboard: Where ya hang your keys.
Mouse: Whats eats the horses grain.
Main Frame: Hold up the barn roof.
Port: Fancy wine. Enter: C'mon in.
Random Access Memory: You can't remember whatcha' paid for that new rifle when your wife asks.

Except for the part about the imported beer, I agree

Humans existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunter/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer & would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in winter. The 2 most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel. The wheel was invented to get man to the beer.

These were the foundation of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into 2 distinct subgroups: Liberals and Conservatives.

Once beer was discovered it required grain and that was the beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented yet, so while our early human ancestors were sitting around waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close to the brewery. That's how villages were formed.

Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to B-B-Q at night while they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of what is known as "the Conservative movement."

Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting learned to live off the conservatives by showing up for the nightly B-B-Q's and doing the sewing, fetching and hair dressing. This was the beginning of the Liberal movement.

Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into women. The rest became known as 'girliemen.' Some noteworthy liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy and group hugs and the concept of Democratic voting to decide how to divide the meat and beer that conservatives provided.

Over the years conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the elephant. Liberals are symbolized by the jackass. Modern liberals like imported beer (with lime added), but most prefer white wine or imported bottled water. They eat raw fish but like their beef well done. Sushi, tofu, and French food are standard liberal fare. Another interesting revolutionary side note: most of their women have higher testosterone levels than their men. Most social workers, personal injury attorneys, journalists, dreamers in Hollywood and group therapists are liberals. Liberals invented the designated hitter rule because it wasn't "fair" to make the pitcher also bat.

Conservatives drink domestic beer. (I disagree) They eat red meat and still provide for their women. Conservatives are big-game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks, construction workers, firemen, medical doctors, police officers, corporate executives, athletes, Marines, and generally anyone who works productively. Conservatives who own companies hire other conservatives who want to work for a living.

Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to "govern" the producers and decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans.

That is why most of the liberals remained in Europe when conservatives were coming to America. They crept in after the Wild West was tame and created a business of trying to get MORE for nothing.

Here ends today's lesson in world history: It should be noted that a Liberal may have a momentary urge to angrily respond to the above before forwarding it.

A Conservative will simply laugh and be so convinced of the absolute truth of this history that it will be forwarded immediately to other "true believers."

13 January 2006

Chicken pot pie and cold slaw.

09 January 2006

Things that were annoying in 2005

I just read a list of the Top 100 most annoying things in the year 2005. While I agree with many of them - specifically: Bluetooth eyepieces, American Idol, Michael Jackson, the 6 Flag's Guy, Britney Spears, rubber commemorative bracelets, Scientology, Terrel Owens, and Tom Cruise.

Common Sense . . . Duh . . .

Just in case you thought most people are blessed with common sense, here is a list of the Top 5 most humorous "warning labels" on consumer products in 2005. The New Year doesn't promise to get any better . . .

Cocktail napkin printed with the waterways around Hilton Head reads: "Not to be used for navigation purposes."

Kitchen knife: "Never try to catch a falling knife."

Pest repellent (dried bobcat urine): "Not for human consumption."

Baking pan: "Ovenware will get hot when used in an over."

Heat gun: "Do not use as a hair dryer."

Another Nut Case . . .

Belafonte led a delegation of Americans including the actor Danny Glover and the Princeton University scholar Cornel West that met the Venezuelan president for more than six hours late Saturday.

Some in the group attended Chavez's television and radio broadcast Sunday.

"No matter what the greatest tyrant in the world, the greatest terrorist in the world, George W. Bush says, we're here to tell you: Not hundreds, not thousands, but millions of the American people ... support your revolution," Belafonte told Chavez during the broadcast.

Stick to singing Harry . . .

Institutional Insensitivity, My Ass . . .

There are very few times when I read something that causes me to cough and gag on the uptake of a sip of coffee . . . but, when I read that the Pennyslvania Chapter of the NAGs (national organization of gals) was calling for the resignation of Joe Paterno over his remarks about a Florida State football player alleged sexual abuse charge during Orange Bowl week.

You gotta be flipping kidding me! Joe Paterno is the last person on earth to qualify as "institutionally insensitive" considering all this great man has done to advance academic performance, build a library with his own money, and for the past 40 years set the highest standards for college athletics. OK you PA NAGs, our beloved JoePa can be outspoken at times and perhaps his words weren't carefully chosen and measured to current "PC standards" - but I'm sure that whatever has been misconstrued as "insensitive" has been taken out of context.

I just love the wacko fringe elements of our society . . . PA NAGs can kiss the Lions ass!

08 January 2006

Ponder these . . .

Number 10 - Life is sexually transmitted.
Number 9 - Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
Number 8 - Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich.
Number 7 - Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks.
Number 6 - Some people are like a Slinky.....not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.
Number 5 - Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
Number 4 - All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
Number 3 - Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut saves you thirty cents?
Number 2 - In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.

AND THE NUMBER 1 THOUGHT FOR 2005 - We know exactly where one cow with mad-cow-disease is located among the millions and millions of cows in America but we haven't got a clue as to where thousands of illegal immigrants are located. Maybe we should put the Department of Agriculture in charge of immigration.

05 January 2006

First day of withdrawl . . .

In a few hours a full day without bowl games will pass . . . damn, I hate the end of the season! Oh yeah, there will be a few more East-West, North-South, and Senior Bowls in the next week or two, but the sad reality for college football junkies is the knowledge that it's gonna be a long wait until the 2006 campaigns begin!

Looking back over the recently played bowls, I gotta give the nod to West Virginia as the most-impressive team performance of the lot. The Mountianeers could have played against any Top 10 team and won . . . including, and it takes alot to say this, even my beloved Lions . . . yeah, they played that good against Georgia!

The Big 10 performance in the bowls was dismal . . . PSU, Wisconsin, and Ohio State with victories, the rest of conference representatives caved . . . but PSU and OSU finished 3 and 4 in the Top 10 final polls.

Defense wins ball games . . . looking back, that was an A+ show that Penn State put on while on defense!

04 January 2006

No matter what happens next . . .

. . . last night's Orange Bowl victory for Penn State ranks among the sweetest I can remember in the 37 years I've followed the Nittany Lions and Joe Paterno! True, we didn't dominate FSU as many of the so-called experts predicted, and it wouldn't surprize me a bit if we actually drop in the final poll ratings - after all, these so-called experts get to determine that with their votes.

Where we end up on January 6th. doesn't really matter to me. Last night, I saw the "torch pass" to another generation of my family (got a phone call from my 2 1/2 year old grandson and he was cheering "We are . . . Penn State) and I was in the company of my immediate family and close friends - all of whom were totally into the game! Everyone who knows me will attest that I'm a die hard fan . . . and it hit me last night that I was hearing and seeing 5 other people getting completely hooked on Penn State fottball . . . as I had gotten hooked on January 1, 1969 when Penn State beat Kansas in a close Orange Bowl contest. It's all about becoming a "true believer" and fan!

The win wasn't pretty! Florida State as many football faithful know, has lost several key games in their history as a result of missed field goals and extra points. "Wide right" - It was tough watching Penn State miss those kick opportunities that would have iced the game several times. In the end, Kevin Kelly managed to hit one and the triple overtime victory went to the Lions. Florida State gave us a contest. It's always sweet when FSU loses a game, even sweeter if we beat them head-to-head! Now Joe is within 5 victories of Bowden for all time games won . . . maybe Joe will get the lead back before he retires, and maybe not . . . but last night his team cut the number down to 5. Oh . . . Joe also has 41 bowl victories to Bowden's 39.

Well . . . JoePa . . . congratulations . . . you got me hooked with your gusty call in the last play against Kansas in 1969 and you never gave up during the past 5 years . . . you brought them back, earned Coach of the Year . . . and hopefully will keep coaching for more years to come!

PSU 26 - FSU 23





PSU wins the Orange Bowl




Too many brews into the morning, but it really doesn't matter, Penn State wins the Orange Bowl in triple overtime!!! A much closer game than I would have ever guessed (Florida State proved a worthy oppenent), in the end #23 kicked the winning field goal to propel PSU to a win. Sorry Bobby Bowden, you need to "bow down" to JoePa cuz he is THE MAN!!!!!!!!!

03 January 2006

Game Day 2006

Well, it's finally here! Orange Bowl 2006 with kick off only a few hours away! All preparations for the tailgate party are made, the beer is on ice, and it should be one hell of a game! Go Lions!

01 January 2006

Happy New Year!

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