8/27/2006
8/26/2006
True Confections - Welcome to Vancouver BC's only licensed dessert restaurant
this Place is to die for, I miss it very much ,
everything they make is heavenly and portions are huge...
I think think the best is the Banana cream pie...YUM!
everything they make is heavenly and portions are huge...
I think think the best is the Banana cream pie...YUM!
8/25/2006
8/24/2006
The Bathtub Test
It doesn't hurt to take a hard look at yourself
from time to time, and
this should help get you started. During a visit
to the mental asylum,
a visitor asked the Director what the criterion
was which defined
whether or not a patient should be
institutionalized.
'Well,' said the Director, 'we fill up a bathtub,
then we offer a teaspoon,
a teacup and a bucket to the patient and ask him
or her to empty the
bathtub.'
'Oh, I understand,' said the visitor. 'A normal
person would use the bucket
because it's bigger than the spoon or the
teacup.'
'No.' said the Director, 'A normal person would
pull the plug. Do you want
a bed near the window?'"
from time to time, and
this should help get you started. During a visit
to the mental asylum,
a visitor asked the Director what the criterion
was which defined
whether or not a patient should be
institutionalized.
'Well,' said the Director, 'we fill up a bathtub,
then we offer a teaspoon,
a teacup and a bucket to the patient and ask him
or her to empty the
bathtub.'
'Oh, I understand,' said the visitor. 'A normal
person would use the bucket
because it's bigger than the spoon or the
teacup.'
'No.' said the Director, 'A normal person would
pull the plug. Do you want
a bed near the window?'"
From Aunt Deena
Subject: Special Forces
The Pentagon announced today the formation of a new 500-man elite fighting unit called the United States Redneck Special Forces. These Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas boys will be dropped off into Iraq and have been given only the following facts about terrorists:
1. The season opened today.
2. There is no limit.
3. They taste just like chicken.
4. They don't like beer, pickups, country music or Jesus.
5. They are DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE for the death of Dale Earnhardt.
6. Their favorite movie is 'BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN.'
We expect the problem in Iraq to be over by Friday."
The Pentagon announced today the formation of a new 500-man elite fighting unit called the United States Redneck Special Forces. These Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas boys will be dropped off into Iraq and have been given only the following facts about terrorists:
1. The season opened today.
2. There is no limit.
3. They taste just like chicken.
4. They don't like beer, pickups, country music or Jesus.
5. They are DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE for the death of Dale Earnhardt.
6. Their favorite movie is 'BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN.'
We expect the problem in Iraq to be over by Friday."
8/23/2006
Update: Bup
Well My first born , has now been released into the
WILD(kindergarten)...
the first day was really hard...For me.
I did the universal , mother crying thing
( My Baby, he is so big now,whaaaaawhaaaa)
His sibling was wandering all day looking for him ,
with the plaintive cry of "Buuuuupppiiieeee Whhhhheeerreeeee Yoooouuuu????".
Even the canines sensed something was amiss...
p.s.
He loves it and thinks school rocks:)
He has been going now for one week.
Xab and I are adjusting, it is so quiet now...
8/22/2006
Oh Yeah >sez Coal...
This is the way our MONTANA BORN POODLE
,sees himself....really he's fierce ,
all 4.5 lbs of him.....
HouseHold Tips
From one of my email lists.....
1. Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar cone to prevent drips
2. use a baster to put pancake batter on griddle
3. Put an apple in a bag of potatoes to prevent budding ( A GREAT ONE)
4. put a pinch of salt in when boiling eggs to prevent cracking
5. Spray Tupperware with Pam before adding spaghetti sauces or tomatoes. It wont stain
6. Drop a peeled potatoe into any dish you have accidentally over salted. it will absorb
the excess salt
7. Use rubber gloves to open jars it helps make it easier
8. Heat soggy chips n pretzel in microwave for 30 seconds. let sit for 2 minutes
9. Use a crock pot to freshen chips too. 2-4 hours Uncovered...mmm warm too
10. Substitute 1/3 Cup of cocoa powder, 2 Tablespoons sugar and 2 Tablespoons
of butter or margarine FOR 3 ounces of Semi-sweet chocolate
11. Use Evaporated Milk half and half with water as you would Fresh milk in recipes
(it IS fresh milk with 60 % water removed)
when slightlly frozen, evaporated milk can be WHIPPED and used as a frugal
substitute for whipped cream after adding a little sugar
12. Cut stale bagels in half horzontially. Spread with peanut butter and dip in birdseed.
Hang in trees.........birdies love 'em
13. Mix a CUP of butter and a CUP of Flour. Spread into an ice cube container and
Freeze. Drop 1 cube into a cup of milk in a pan to make white sauce . Stirring till thick
14. Place celery sticks UNDER your chicken or turkey and it wont stick to pan.
1. Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar cone to prevent drips
2. use a baster to put pancake batter on griddle
3. Put an apple in a bag of potatoes to prevent budding ( A GREAT ONE)
4. put a pinch of salt in when boiling eggs to prevent cracking
5. Spray Tupperware with Pam before adding spaghetti sauces or tomatoes. It wont stain
6. Drop a peeled potatoe into any dish you have accidentally over salted. it will absorb
the excess salt
7. Use rubber gloves to open jars it helps make it easier
8. Heat soggy chips n pretzel in microwave for 30 seconds. let sit for 2 minutes
9. Use a crock pot to freshen chips too. 2-4 hours Uncovered...mmm warm too
10. Substitute 1/3 Cup of cocoa powder, 2 Tablespoons sugar and 2 Tablespoons
of butter or margarine FOR 3 ounces of Semi-sweet chocolate
11. Use Evaporated Milk half and half with water as you would Fresh milk in recipes
(it IS fresh milk with 60 % water removed)
when slightlly frozen, evaporated milk can be WHIPPED and used as a frugal
substitute for whipped cream after adding a little sugar
12. Cut stale bagels in half horzontially. Spread with peanut butter and dip in birdseed.
Hang in trees.........birdies love 'em
13. Mix a CUP of butter and a CUP of Flour. Spread into an ice cube container and
Freeze. Drop 1 cube into a cup of milk in a pan to make white sauce . Stirring till thick
14. Place celery sticks UNDER your chicken or turkey and it wont stick to pan.
8/21/2006
Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records
verrrry interesting....
sorry for the lack of posts over the weekend.
I had a bad migraine,sigh, and was out of commission...
sorry for the lack of posts over the weekend.
I had a bad migraine,sigh, and was out of commission...
8/18/2006
How Much Have You Changed in 10 Years?
| You've Changed 84% in 10 Years |
 You're practically a new person these days, and no one from your past may even be around to notice. You've moved on, changed your life, and totally transformed your personality - probably all for the better! |
Har Har
"In Richardson, Texas State Trooper was running
radar. He had a perfect
spot to watch for speeders, but wasn't getting
any. Then he discovered
the problem. A 12 year old boy was standing up
the road with a hand
painted sign which read 'RADAR TRAP AHEAD!'
The officer later found a young accomplice down
the road with a sign
reading, 'TIPS' and a bucket full of money.
BETTER
A motorist was mailed a picture of his car
speeding through an automated
radar post in Plano, Texas. A $40 speeding ticket
was included. Being
cute, he sent the police department a picture of
$40. The police
responded with another mailed photo of handcuffs.
BEST
A young woman was pulled over in Austin, Texas
for speeding. As the TX
State Trooper walked to her car window, flipping
open his ticket book,
she said, 'I bet you are going to sell me a
ticket to the Texas State
Police Ball.' He replied, 'Ma'am, Texas State
Troopers don't have
balls.' There was a moment of silence while she
smiled and he realized
what he'd just said. He then closed his book, got
back in his patrol car
and left....
She was laughing too hard to start her car."
radar. He had a perfect
spot to watch for speeders, but wasn't getting
any. Then he discovered
the problem. A 12 year old boy was standing up
the road with a hand
painted sign which read 'RADAR TRAP AHEAD!'
The officer later found a young accomplice down
the road with a sign
reading, 'TIPS' and a bucket full of money.
BETTER
A motorist was mailed a picture of his car
speeding through an automated
radar post in Plano, Texas. A $40 speeding ticket
was included. Being
cute, he sent the police department a picture of
$40. The police
responded with another mailed photo of handcuffs.
BEST
A young woman was pulled over in Austin, Texas
for speeding. As the TX
State Trooper walked to her car window, flipping
open his ticket book,
she said, 'I bet you are going to sell me a
ticket to the Texas State
Police Ball.' He replied, 'Ma'am, Texas State
Troopers don't have
balls.' There was a moment of silence while she
smiled and he realized
what he'd just said. He then closed his book, got
back in his patrol car
and left....
She was laughing too hard to start her car."
8/17/2006
8/16/2006
Man arrested in JonBenet Ramsey murder .
Amen...
I never thought this case would be solved,
Very sad that the mother died not knowing her baby 's Killer was finally caught.
Now you can rest SweetHeart.....
I never thought this case would be solved,
Very sad that the mother died not knowing her baby 's Killer was finally caught.
Now you can rest SweetHeart.....
Him - Gone With The Sin Song Lyrics
I love your skin oh so white
I love your touch cold as ice
And I love every single tear you cry
I just love the way you're losing your life
Ohohohohoh my Baby,
how beautiful you are
Ohohohohoh my Darling,
completely torn apart
You're gone with the sin my Baby and beautiful you are
You're gone with the sin my Darling
I adore the dispair in your eyes
I worship your lips once red as wine
I crave for your scent sending shivers down my spine
I just love the way you're running out of life
Ohohohohoh my Baby, how beautiful you are
Ohohohohoh my Darling, completely torn apart
You're gone with the sin my Baby and beautiful you are
You're gone with the sin my Darling
[2x Repeat Refrain]
I love your touch cold as ice
And I love every single tear you cry
I just love the way you're losing your life
Ohohohohoh my Baby,
how beautiful you are
Ohohohohoh my Darling,
completely torn apart
You're gone with the sin my Baby and beautiful you are
You're gone with the sin my Darling
I adore the dispair in your eyes
I worship your lips once red as wine
I crave for your scent sending shivers down my spine
I just love the way you're running out of life
Ohohohohoh my Baby, how beautiful you are
Ohohohohoh my Darling, completely torn apart
You're gone with the sin my Baby and beautiful you are
You're gone with the sin my Darling
[2x Repeat Refrain]
Him - Close To The Flame lyrics
The kiss.... sweetest
And touch so ...warm
The smile ...kindest
In this world so cold and strong
So close to the flame
Burning brightly
It won't fade away
And leave us lonely
The arms ....safest
And words ...all good
The faith..... deepest
In this world so cold and cruel
So close to the flame
Burning brightly
It won't fade away
And leave us lonely
And touch so ...warm
The smile ...kindest
In this world so cold and strong
So close to the flame
Burning brightly
It won't fade away
And leave us lonely
The arms ....safest
And words ...all good
The faith..... deepest
In this world so cold and cruel
So close to the flame
Burning brightly
It won't fade away
And leave us lonely
8/15/2006
SCIFI.COM | Battlestar Galactica
Aug. 9, 2006: — Catch Up With the Battlestar Story
Watch a refresher before season three of Battlestar Galactica begins Friday, Oct. 6, at 9/8C. SCI FI is presenting a story-recap special called Battlestar Galactica: The Story So Far. The one-hour show is narrated by Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnell), the Secretary of Education turned President turned resistance leader on Cylon-occupied New Caprica. Learn about humanity's costly struggle to survive against its deadliest enemy.
Watch a refresher before season three of Battlestar Galactica begins Friday, Oct. 6, at 9/8C. SCI FI is presenting a story-recap special called Battlestar Galactica: The Story So Far. The one-hour show is narrated by Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnell), the Secretary of Education turned President turned resistance leader on Cylon-occupied New Caprica. Learn about humanity's costly struggle to survive against its deadliest enemy.
8/14/2006
FROZEN STRAWBERRY MARGARITA PIE Recipe at Epicurious.com
Speaking of TA-Keeeel-Ya...wow had a Margarita made with Blue curacao on Sunday , we went out for Lupper/Linner??? at some tex Mex place G-man found, it was good, and I liked the drink , brought back alot of memories, the taste of the BOOOZE....Nightclubs ,flashing lights, Dancing til Dawn,,,etc... Til Bup tried to shove his whole grilled chez in his mouth at once and Xab started to fling ketchup off his french fry,like paint off a paintbrush...Pollack-esque...sigh :sipped the drink ALL through Lunch/Linner/Lupper???? Like Whatever....
This mildly spiked dessert is so easy to put together, it will quickly become one of your summer-entertaining standbys.
For crust
1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs from 9 (2 1/4- by 4 3/4-inch) crackers
2 tablespoons sugar
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
For filling
1 lb strawberries, halved (3 1/2 cups)
1 tablespoon finely grated fresh lime zest (from 3 limes)
1/4 cup fresh lime juice (from 2 limes)
1 (14-oz) can sweetened condensed milk
2 tablespoons tequila
2 tablespoons triple sec, Cointreau, or other orange-flavored liqueur
1 1/2 cups chilled heavy cream
Garnish: small strawberries
Make crust: Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.
Stir together graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and butter in a bowl with a fork until combined well, then press mixture evenly onto bottom and up side of a buttered 9-inch metal or glass pie plate (4-cup capacity).
Bake 10 minutes, then cool in pie plate on a rack, about 30 minutes.
Make filling: Purée strawberries, zest, lime juice, condensed milk, tequila, and liqueur in a blender until just smooth, then transfer to a large bowl.
Beat cream in another bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until it just holds stiff peaks. Fold one third of cream into strawberry mixture gently but thoroughly to lighten, then fold in remainder in 2 batches.
Pour filling into crust, mounding it slightly, and freeze, uncovered, until firm, about 4 hours. Remove from freezer and let soften in refrigerator, about 40 minutes, before serving (pie should be semisoft).
Cooks' notes:
•P"
This mildly spiked dessert is so easy to put together, it will quickly become one of your summer-entertaining standbys.
For crust
1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs from 9 (2 1/4- by 4 3/4-inch) crackers
2 tablespoons sugar
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
For filling
1 lb strawberries, halved (3 1/2 cups)
1 tablespoon finely grated fresh lime zest (from 3 limes)
1/4 cup fresh lime juice (from 2 limes)
1 (14-oz) can sweetened condensed milk
2 tablespoons tequila
2 tablespoons triple sec, Cointreau, or other orange-flavored liqueur
1 1/2 cups chilled heavy cream
Garnish: small strawberries
Make crust: Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.
Stir together graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and butter in a bowl with a fork until combined well, then press mixture evenly onto bottom and up side of a buttered 9-inch metal or glass pie plate (4-cup capacity).
Bake 10 minutes, then cool in pie plate on a rack, about 30 minutes.
Make filling: Purée strawberries, zest, lime juice, condensed milk, tequila, and liqueur in a blender until just smooth, then transfer to a large bowl.
Beat cream in another bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until it just holds stiff peaks. Fold one third of cream into strawberry mixture gently but thoroughly to lighten, then fold in remainder in 2 batches.
Pour filling into crust, mounding it slightly, and freeze, uncovered, until firm, about 4 hours. Remove from freezer and let soften in refrigerator, about 40 minutes, before serving (pie should be semisoft).
Cooks' notes:
•P"
Blogthings - How Vain Are You?
| You Are 81% Vain |
 You're beyond vain. Besides being obsessed with your looks, you're obsessed with everyone else's looks. Yes, you look amazing. But you also need to be fabulous on the inside to be truly attractive. |
8/13/2006
Him - The Sacrament Lyrics
I hear you breathe so far from me
I feel your touch so close and real
And I know
My church is not of silver and gold,
It's glory lies beyond judgement of souls
The commandments are of consolation and warmth
You know our sacred dream won't fail
The sanctuary tender and so frail
The sacrament of love
The sacrament of warmth is true
The sacrament is you
I hear you weep so far from me
I taste your tears like you're next to me
And I know
My weak prayers are not enough to heal
Oh the ancient wounds so deep and so dear
The revelation is of hatred and fear
You know our sacred dream won't fail
The sanctuary tender and so frail
The sacrament of love
The sacrament of warmth is true
The sacrament is you
The sacrament is you
The sacrament is you
The sacrament is you
The sacrament is you
You know our sacred dream won't fail
The sanctuary tender and so frail
The sacrament of love
The sacrament of warmth is true
The sacrament is you
You know our sacred dream won't fail
The sanctuary tender and so frail
The sacrament of love
The sacrament of warmth is true
The sacrament is you"
I feel your touch so close and real
And I know
My church is not of silver and gold,
It's glory lies beyond judgement of souls
The commandments are of consolation and warmth
You know our sacred dream won't fail
The sanctuary tender and so frail
The sacrament of love
The sacrament of warmth is true
The sacrament is you
I hear you weep so far from me
I taste your tears like you're next to me
And I know
My weak prayers are not enough to heal
Oh the ancient wounds so deep and so dear
The revelation is of hatred and fear
You know our sacred dream won't fail
The sanctuary tender and so frail
The sacrament of love
The sacrament of warmth is true
The sacrament is you
The sacrament is you
The sacrament is you
The sacrament is you
The sacrament is you
You know our sacred dream won't fail
The sanctuary tender and so frail
The sacrament of love
The sacrament of warmth is true
The sacrament is you
You know our sacred dream won't fail
The sanctuary tender and so frail
The sacrament of love
The sacrament of warmth is true
The sacrament is you"
Hair....
Well, just to let you all know , nope I do not cheat with "fake "hair... {Evil Grin at Min}
I have not cut my hair since my son Bup was born that was oct 2000.
My Hair is 45 inches long, and still growing, I am very careful with it and use Precious oils and conditioners on it , no really oil is good for your hair when it gets this long...I usually have it in a braid down my back, tidy and out of the way....I wash it once a week and don't use a hair dryer at all or curling iron , or straighteners or anything else that might fry it....
I put the link up because I'm researching a business idea, and I do like BIG GLAM Hair...and there seems to be a trend in Falls for Goth/rave/Lolita types..
Might start making them, I've had YEARS of experience making /styling wigs and hair pieces, ( I was in the Movie Industry Up in Cananda, doing special FX makeup and effects and a side line in hair usually historical wigs and such) and in my younger years, I did have extensions three times, all at various prices from 500.00 up to 1200.00 for real hair....I know how to apply them in various methods and am looking into it as a business , if I can find out the proper guidelines for the state.....I can do it at home and you can make a Shite load of money doing it...:)
8/12/2006
8/11/2006
Dumb has a new definition...
"MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police have arrested four Frenchmen for jumping in front of cars on a busy road so that they could film them and post the footage on the Internet, the newspaper El Pais said Tuesday. "
and this is a suprise?
and this is a suprise?
101 ways to massacre Shakespeare - Yahoo! News
By Paul Majendie
EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Bouncy Castle Hamlet, Macbeth with a Sinatra soundtrack, Shakespeare for Breakfast with free coffee and croissants.
The Edinburgh Fringe richly deserves its reputation for artistic anarchy and every year The Bard is the target of bizarre adaptations at the world's largest arts festival.
'It is amazing how robust he is. I have seen it survive some awful treatments and still come out as a damn good story,' said Fringe Director Paul Gudgin.
'It is extraordinary how Shakespeare gets singled out. Why don't we get Charles Dickens' Great Expectations at the OK Corral?'
Pressed to pick his all-time favorite production he went for 'A Midsummer Night's disco -- Shakespeare on roller skates.'
As The Fringe celebrates its 60th birthday, the prize for zaniest 2006 production goes to Hamlet set in a bouncy castle.
To see the Prince of Denmark in laddered tights bounding around declaiming 'To Be or Not To Be' is a truly surreal experience.
Surely this would have Shakespeare turning in his grave on the 400th anniversary of his death?
Not at all says the play's director William Seaward. 'I think Shakespeare had a sense of humor. He might not have approved, but I think we could have talked him round.'
EUREKA MOMENT
Seward had his eureka moment when attending a children's birthday party in Argentina. 'I saw the children playing on a bouncy castle and that is when the idea came to me.
'It was insanely difficult finding actors. We kept all our mistakes in as everyone finds them hilarious.'
At the other end of the professional spectrum, actor Bruce Morrison pulls off an elegant tour de force with his one-man show 'Shakespeare Passions," recreating famous speeches with just a basket full of props.
"Anything goes -- that is the joy of the Fringe," he said. "We had two Japanese couples in here smooching in my Romeo and Juliet speech. In this century, Shakespeare is still excruciatingly exciting for so many people."
The Fringe offers an endless variety that could be collectively labeled "101 Ways to Murder The Bard."
"Macbeth -- That Old Black Magic" boasts a Frank Sinatra soundtrack and you can see "The Tempest" with acrobats, puppets and circus tricks.
In "Corleone: The Godfather," the American High School Theater Festival troupe asks "What if Shakespeare had written the Godfather?"
Theater critics may suffer but Joyce McMillan of The Scotsman cheerfully accepts the challenge.
"It is very hit and miss but, with colors flying, The Bard survives at The Fringe and some people who have been traumatized at school do like to see him being taken down a peg." "
EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Bouncy Castle Hamlet, Macbeth with a Sinatra soundtrack, Shakespeare for Breakfast with free coffee and croissants.
The Edinburgh Fringe richly deserves its reputation for artistic anarchy and every year The Bard is the target of bizarre adaptations at the world's largest arts festival.
'It is amazing how robust he is. I have seen it survive some awful treatments and still come out as a damn good story,' said Fringe Director Paul Gudgin.
'It is extraordinary how Shakespeare gets singled out. Why don't we get Charles Dickens' Great Expectations at the OK Corral?'
Pressed to pick his all-time favorite production he went for 'A Midsummer Night's disco -- Shakespeare on roller skates.'
As The Fringe celebrates its 60th birthday, the prize for zaniest 2006 production goes to Hamlet set in a bouncy castle.
To see the Prince of Denmark in laddered tights bounding around declaiming 'To Be or Not To Be' is a truly surreal experience.
Surely this would have Shakespeare turning in his grave on the 400th anniversary of his death?
Not at all says the play's director William Seaward. 'I think Shakespeare had a sense of humor. He might not have approved, but I think we could have talked him round.'
EUREKA MOMENT
Seward had his eureka moment when attending a children's birthday party in Argentina. 'I saw the children playing on a bouncy castle and that is when the idea came to me.
'It was insanely difficult finding actors. We kept all our mistakes in as everyone finds them hilarious.'
At the other end of the professional spectrum, actor Bruce Morrison pulls off an elegant tour de force with his one-man show 'Shakespeare Passions," recreating famous speeches with just a basket full of props.
"Anything goes -- that is the joy of the Fringe," he said. "We had two Japanese couples in here smooching in my Romeo and Juliet speech. In this century, Shakespeare is still excruciatingly exciting for so many people."
The Fringe offers an endless variety that could be collectively labeled "101 Ways to Murder The Bard."
"Macbeth -- That Old Black Magic" boasts a Frank Sinatra soundtrack and you can see "The Tempest" with acrobats, puppets and circus tricks.
In "Corleone: The Godfather," the American High School Theater Festival troupe asks "What if Shakespeare had written the Godfather?"
Theater critics may suffer but Joyce McMillan of The Scotsman cheerfully accepts the challenge.
"It is very hit and miss but, with colors flying, The Bard survives at The Fringe and some people who have been traumatized at school do like to see him being taken down a peg." "
Montana executes triple murderer by injection
..........two double cheeseburgers, two large orders of fries, a half-gallon of vanilla fudge ripple ice cream and two bottles of Dr. Pepper.
burn fracker...
burn fracker...
Digging up Dinosaurs ... and Keeping the Bones - Yahoo! News
it is true up there , you can find stuff very easily ,
with only alittle digging...
lots of fun..we like it.
with only alittle digging...
lots of fun..we like it.
8/09/2006
SPACE.com -- U.S. Space Pioneer James Van Allen Dies at 91
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Physicist James A. Van Allen, a leader in space exploration who discovered the radiation belts surrounding the Earth that now bear his name, died Wednesday. He was 91.
The University of Iowa, where he taught for years, announced the death in a statement on its Web site.
In a career that stretched over more than a half-century, Van Allen designed scientific instruments for dozens of research flights, first with small rockets and balloons, and eventually with space probes that traveled to distant planets and beyond.
Van Allen gained global attention in the late 1950s when instruments he designed and placed aboard the first U.S. satellite, Explorer I, discovered the bands of intense radiation that surround the earth, now known as the Van Allen Belts.
The bands spawned a whole new field of research known as magnetospheric physics, an area of study that now involves more than 1,000 investigators in more than 20 countries.
The discovery also propelled the United States in its space exploration race with the Soviet Union and prompted Time magazine to put Van Allen on the cover of its May 4, 1959, issue.
The folksy, pipe-smoking scientist, called “Van'' by friends, retired from full-time teaching in 1985. But he continued to write, oversee research, counsel students and monitor data gathered by satellites. He worked in a large, cluttered corner office on the seventh floor of the physics and astronomy building that bears his name.
Though he was an early advocate of a concerted national space program, Van Allen was a strong critic of most manned space projects, once dismissing the U.S. proposal for a manned space station “speculative and ... poorly founded.''
Explorer 1, which weighed just 31 pounds (14 kilograms), was launched Jan. 31, 1958, during an emotional time just after the Sputnik launches by the Soviet Union created new Cold War fears. The instruments that Van Allen developed for the mission were tiny Geiger counters to measure radiation.
Near the 35th anniversary of the launch, Van Allen recalled in an Associated Press interview how scientists waited tensely for confirmation the satellite was in orbit.
When the signal finally came, “it was exhilarating. ... That was the big break, knowing it had made it around the earth, that it was actually in orbit.''
The success of the flight created nationwide celebration. Equally exciting for the scientists was the discovery of the radiation belts, a discovery that happened slowly over the next weeks and months as they pieced together data coming from the satellite.
“We had discovered a whole new phenomenon which had not been known or predicted before,'' Van Allen said. “We were really on top of the world, professionally speaking.'' Later in 1958, another scientist proposed naming the belts for Van Allen.
His later projects included the Pioneer 10 and 11 flights, which studied the radiation belts of Jupiter in 1973 and 1974 and the radiation belts of Saturn in 1979.
Van Allen continued to monitor data from the Pioneer 10 spacecraft for decades as it became the most remote manmade object, billions of miles away.
Closer to Earth, satellites had revolutionized communications, military surveillance and environmental monitoring. Asked in 1993 whether he envisioned the era of satellite communications, he said: “I guess the honest answer is not really, but I'm not astonished. That sort of thing was kicking around.''
In 1987, President Ronald Reagan presented Van Allen with the National Medal of Science, the nation's highest honor for scientific achievement.
Two years later, Van Allen received the Crafoord Prize, awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm each year since 1982 for scientific research in areas not recognized by the Nobel Prizes.
Besides the discovery of the Van Allen belts, the academy cited him for providing the first instruments carried near another planet, those taken on the 1962 Venus mission by Mariner 2, and for his work training other space researchers.
“I love to work and I love this subject,'' he said in 1993. As for quitting, he said, “not as long as I'm able I won't.''
Van Allen was born Sept. 7, 1914, in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. As an undergraduate at Iowa Wesleyan College, he helped prepare research instruments for the Byrd Antarctic Expedition. He got his master's and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa.
After serving in the Naval Reserve during World War II, he was a researcher at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, supervising tests of captured German V-2 rockets and developing similar rockets to probe the upper atmosphere.
One of the highlights of this early research was the 1953 discovery of electrons believed to be the driving force behind the northern and southern lights.
Through his career, he continued to advocate unmanned satellites, once telling a panel that manned space programs have been beset by cost overruns but unmanned rockets “have delivered on their promises and have gone far beyond them.''
In testimony before a House subcommittee in 1985, Van Allen said that Reagan's endorsement of a $20 billion (euro15.5 billion) manned space station project was “so speculative and so poorly founded that no one of lesser stature would have dared mention it to an informed audience.''
In 2004, he spoke out again, arguing against Bush administration plans for a space station on the moon and a manned mission to Mars.
“I'm one of the most durable and fervent advocates of space exploration, but my take is that we could do it robotically at far less cost and far greater quantity and quality of results,'' he said.
Van Allen was named to the National Academy of Sciences in 1959. He also was a consultant to the U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment, NASA and the Space Studies Board of the National Academy of Sciences.
The University of Iowa, where he taught for years, announced the death in a statement on its Web site.
In a career that stretched over more than a half-century, Van Allen designed scientific instruments for dozens of research flights, first with small rockets and balloons, and eventually with space probes that traveled to distant planets and beyond.
Van Allen gained global attention in the late 1950s when instruments he designed and placed aboard the first U.S. satellite, Explorer I, discovered the bands of intense radiation that surround the earth, now known as the Van Allen Belts.
The bands spawned a whole new field of research known as magnetospheric physics, an area of study that now involves more than 1,000 investigators in more than 20 countries.
The discovery also propelled the United States in its space exploration race with the Soviet Union and prompted Time magazine to put Van Allen on the cover of its May 4, 1959, issue.
The folksy, pipe-smoking scientist, called “Van'' by friends, retired from full-time teaching in 1985. But he continued to write, oversee research, counsel students and monitor data gathered by satellites. He worked in a large, cluttered corner office on the seventh floor of the physics and astronomy building that bears his name.
Though he was an early advocate of a concerted national space program, Van Allen was a strong critic of most manned space projects, once dismissing the U.S. proposal for a manned space station “speculative and ... poorly founded.''
Explorer 1, which weighed just 31 pounds (14 kilograms), was launched Jan. 31, 1958, during an emotional time just after the Sputnik launches by the Soviet Union created new Cold War fears. The instruments that Van Allen developed for the mission were tiny Geiger counters to measure radiation.
Near the 35th anniversary of the launch, Van Allen recalled in an Associated Press interview how scientists waited tensely for confirmation the satellite was in orbit.
When the signal finally came, “it was exhilarating. ... That was the big break, knowing it had made it around the earth, that it was actually in orbit.''
The success of the flight created nationwide celebration. Equally exciting for the scientists was the discovery of the radiation belts, a discovery that happened slowly over the next weeks and months as they pieced together data coming from the satellite.
“We had discovered a whole new phenomenon which had not been known or predicted before,'' Van Allen said. “We were really on top of the world, professionally speaking.'' Later in 1958, another scientist proposed naming the belts for Van Allen.
His later projects included the Pioneer 10 and 11 flights, which studied the radiation belts of Jupiter in 1973 and 1974 and the radiation belts of Saturn in 1979.
Van Allen continued to monitor data from the Pioneer 10 spacecraft for decades as it became the most remote manmade object, billions of miles away.
Closer to Earth, satellites had revolutionized communications, military surveillance and environmental monitoring. Asked in 1993 whether he envisioned the era of satellite communications, he said: “I guess the honest answer is not really, but I'm not astonished. That sort of thing was kicking around.''
In 1987, President Ronald Reagan presented Van Allen with the National Medal of Science, the nation's highest honor for scientific achievement.
Two years later, Van Allen received the Crafoord Prize, awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm each year since 1982 for scientific research in areas not recognized by the Nobel Prizes.
Besides the discovery of the Van Allen belts, the academy cited him for providing the first instruments carried near another planet, those taken on the 1962 Venus mission by Mariner 2, and for his work training other space researchers.
“I love to work and I love this subject,'' he said in 1993. As for quitting, he said, “not as long as I'm able I won't.''
Van Allen was born Sept. 7, 1914, in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. As an undergraduate at Iowa Wesleyan College, he helped prepare research instruments for the Byrd Antarctic Expedition. He got his master's and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa.
After serving in the Naval Reserve during World War II, he was a researcher at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, supervising tests of captured German V-2 rockets and developing similar rockets to probe the upper atmosphere.
One of the highlights of this early research was the 1953 discovery of electrons believed to be the driving force behind the northern and southern lights.
Through his career, he continued to advocate unmanned satellites, once telling a panel that manned space programs have been beset by cost overruns but unmanned rockets “have delivered on their promises and have gone far beyond them.''
In testimony before a House subcommittee in 1985, Van Allen said that Reagan's endorsement of a $20 billion (euro15.5 billion) manned space station project was “so speculative and so poorly founded that no one of lesser stature would have dared mention it to an informed audience.''
In 2004, he spoke out again, arguing against Bush administration plans for a space station on the moon and a manned mission to Mars.
“I'm one of the most durable and fervent advocates of space exploration, but my take is that we could do it robotically at far less cost and far greater quantity and quality of results,'' he said.
Van Allen was named to the National Academy of Sciences in 1959. He also was a consultant to the U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment, NASA and the Space Studies Board of the National Academy of Sciences.
8/08/2006
Designer creates floating bed
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A young Dutch architect has created a floating bed which hovers above the ground through magnetic force and comes with a price tag of 1.2 million euros ($1.54 million).
Janjaap Ruijssenaars took inspiration for the bed -- a sleek black platform, which took six years to develop and can double as a dining table or a plinth -- from the mysterious monolith in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 cult film "2001: A Space Odyssey."
"No matter where you live all architecture is dictated by gravity. I wondered whether you could make an object, a building or a piece of furniture where this is not the case -- where another power actually dictates the image," Ruijssenaars said.
Magnets built into the floor and into the bed itself repel each other, pushing the bed up into the air. Thin steel cables tether the bed in place.
"It is not comfortable at the moment," admits Ruijssenaars, adding it needs cushions and bedclothes before use.
Although people with piercings should have no problem sleeping on the bed, Ruijssenaars advises them against entering the magnetic field between the bed and the floor.
They could find their piercing suddenly tugged toward one of the magnets.
ok, Um, Ouch...
Janjaap Ruijssenaars took inspiration for the bed -- a sleek black platform, which took six years to develop and can double as a dining table or a plinth -- from the mysterious monolith in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 cult film "2001: A Space Odyssey."
"No matter where you live all architecture is dictated by gravity. I wondered whether you could make an object, a building or a piece of furniture where this is not the case -- where another power actually dictates the image," Ruijssenaars said.
Magnets built into the floor and into the bed itself repel each other, pushing the bed up into the air. Thin steel cables tether the bed in place.
"It is not comfortable at the moment," admits Ruijssenaars, adding it needs cushions and bedclothes before use.
Although people with piercings should have no problem sleeping on the bed, Ruijssenaars advises them against entering the magnetic field between the bed and the floor.
They could find their piercing suddenly tugged toward one of the magnets.
ok, Um, Ouch...
Bar in China allows stressed out customers to beat up staff - Yahoo! News
Sort of takes the fun out of going to the bar, doesn't it//:(
USS New York
New Military Vessel. This bit of news brought out some pretty strong
feelings for a lot of folks...
USS New York
With a year to go before it even touches the water, the Navy's amphibious
assault ship USS New York has already made history. It was built with 24
tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center.
Steel from the World Trade Center was melted down in a foundry in Amite, LA
to cast the ship's bow section. When it was poured into the molds on
Sept. 9, 2003, 'those big rough steelworkers treated it with total
reverence,' recalled Navy Capt. Kevin Wensing, who was there. 'It was a
spiritual moment for everybody.'
Junior Chavers, foundry operations manager, said that when the tradecenter
steel first arrived, he touched it with his hand and the 'hair on my neck
stood up. It had big meaning for all of us,' he said.
The ship's motto? - 'Never Forget'"
An Old Farmer's Advice
* Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight
and bull-strong.
* Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a
distance.
* Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
* A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John
Deere tractor.
* Words that soak into your ears are
whispered...not yelled.
* Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.
* Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
* Do not corner something that you know is meaner
than you.
* It don't take a very big person to carry a
grudge.
* You cannot unsay a cruel word.
* Every path has a few puddles.
* When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
* The best sermons are lived, not preached"
and bull-strong.
* Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a
distance.
* Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
* A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John
Deere tractor.
* Words that soak into your ears are
whispered...not yelled.
* Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.
* Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
* Do not corner something that you know is meaner
than you.
* It don't take a very big person to carry a
grudge.
* You cannot unsay a cruel word.
* Every path has a few puddles.
* When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
* The best sermons are lived, not preached"
8/07/2006
8/06/2006
8/05/2006
Lyric: Love’s Requiem by HIM
Confusion writhes around our hearts impatiently
It drains the faith that lights the dark and sets us free
From the chains of our war
And the pain we once called love
The poison of doubt enslaves our minds and we bleed
We abandon the trust that kept us blind and disappear
Under the crimson wings of hate
Where the lost are safe until they love again
The heart of darkness is hope of finding you there
And that hope will be our love's requiem
We pray to the serpent of delight desperately
The questions are answered and we try not to weep
Until we are sure
We're suffering for love
In the dungeon of our dreams we're so weak
The promise made to be broken still haunts our sleep
And we won't open our eyes
Afraid we would die for love again
The heart of darkness is hope of finding you there
And that hope will be our love's requiem
The salvation we seek will be waiting us there
In the heart of darkness lonely and scared
With a promise of death for our love
And now that we're free
From the chains of our dear love
I'm lost
So lost
The heart of darkness is hope of finding you there
And that hope will be our love's requiem
Take me into your arms
And sing me ,your beautiful song
Hold me until we're one
And sing me ,your beautiful song"
It drains the faith that lights the dark and sets us free
From the chains of our war
And the pain we once called love
The poison of doubt enslaves our minds and we bleed
We abandon the trust that kept us blind and disappear
Under the crimson wings of hate
Where the lost are safe until they love again
The heart of darkness is hope of finding you there
And that hope will be our love's requiem
We pray to the serpent of delight desperately
The questions are answered and we try not to weep
Until we are sure
We're suffering for love
In the dungeon of our dreams we're so weak
The promise made to be broken still haunts our sleep
And we won't open our eyes
Afraid we would die for love again
The heart of darkness is hope of finding you there
And that hope will be our love's requiem
The salvation we seek will be waiting us there
In the heart of darkness lonely and scared
With a promise of death for our love
And now that we're free
From the chains of our dear love
I'm lost
So lost
The heart of darkness is hope of finding you there
And that hope will be our love's requiem
Take me into your arms
And sing me ,your beautiful song
Hold me until we're one
And sing me ,your beautiful song"
8/04/2006
petcentric: Product Reviews
dog stuff :)
Hey guess what I have a headache...whee...Not!
Taken Meds, waiting for them to kick in. The boys are running rampant chasing Priss ,who has "Mama" (xab's stuffed tiger lovey)yelling and shouting...sort of looking forward to Bup going to school it will be quieter at least....
Hey guess what I have a headache...whee...Not!
Taken Meds, waiting for them to kick in. The boys are running rampant chasing Priss ,who has "Mama" (xab's stuffed tiger lovey)yelling and shouting...sort of looking forward to Bup going to school it will be quieter at least....
Geek Cruises — Educational Cruises & Education for Consumers
for the geekily inclined:) ,
might have to check it out someday...
GEEKS RULE!
might have to check it out someday...
GEEKS RULE!
8/03/2006
From Brian...
NEW PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTIONSomebody said this was probably the best e-mail he'd seen in a long, long time.
The following has been attributed to State Rep Mitchell Aye from GA.
This guy should run for President one day...
"We the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some semblance of justice, avoid more riots, keep our nation safe, promote positive behavior, and secure the blessings of debt-free liberty to ourselves and our great-great-great-grandchildren, hereby try one more time to ordain and establish some common sense guidelines for the terminally whiny, guilt ridden, delusional, and other liberal bed-wetter's.
We hold these truths to be self evident: that a whole lot of people are confused by the Bill of Rights and are so dim they require a Bill of NON-Rights."
ARTICLE I: You do not have the right to a new car, big screen TV, or any other form of wealth. More power to you if you can legally acquire them, but no one is guaranteeing anything.
ARTICLE II: You do not have the right to never be offended. This country is based on freedom, and that means freedom for everyone -- not just you! You may leave the room, turn the channel, express a different opinion, etc.; but the world is full of idiots, and probably always will be.
ARTICLE III: You do not have the right to be free from harm. If you stick a screwdriver in your eye, learn to be more careful, do not expect the tool manufacturer to make you and all your relatives independently wealthy.
ARTICLE IV: You do not have the right to free food and housing. Americans are the most charitable people to be found, and will gladly help anyone in need, but we are quickly growing weary of subsidizing generation after generation of professional couch potatoes who achieve nothing more than the creation of another generation of professional couch potatoes. (This one is my pet peeve...get an education and go to work....don't expect everyone else to take care of you!)
ARTICLE V: You do not have the right to free health care. That would be nice, but from the looks of public housing, we're just not interested in public health care.
ARTICLE VI: You do not have the right to physically harm other people. If you kidnap, rape, intentionally maim, or kill someone, don't be surprised if the rest of us want to see you fry in the electric chair.
ARTICLE VII: You do not have the right to the possessions of others. If you rob, cheat, or coerce away the goods or services of other citizens, don't be surprised if the rest of us get together and lock you away in a place where you still won't have the right to a big screen color TV or a life of leisure.
ARTICLE VIII: You do not have the right to a job. All of us sure want you to have a job, and will gladly help you along in hard times, but we expect you to take advantage of the opportunities of education and vocational training laid before you to make yourself useful. (AMEN!) (AMEN, AGAIN)
ARTICLE IX: You do not have the right to happiness. Being an American means that you have the right to PURSUE happiness, which by the way, is a lot easier if you are unencumbered by an over abundance of idiotic laws created by those of you who were confused by the Bill of Rights.
ARTICLE X: This is an English speaking country. We don't care where you are from, English is our language. Learn it or go back to wherever you came from! (lastly....)
ARTICLE XI: You do not have the right to change our country's history or heritage. This country was founded on the belief in one true God. And yet, you are given the freedom to believe in any religion, any faith, or no faith at all; with no fear of persecution. The phrase IN GOD WE TRUST is part of our heritage and history, and if you are uncomfortable with it, TOUGH!!!!If you agree, you may wish to share this with a friend. No, you don't have to, and nothing tragic will befall you if you don't.
I just think it's about time common sense is allowed to flourish.
Sensible people of the United States speak out because if you do not, who will?
The following has been attributed to State Rep Mitchell Aye from GA.
This guy should run for President one day...
"We the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some semblance of justice, avoid more riots, keep our nation safe, promote positive behavior, and secure the blessings of debt-free liberty to ourselves and our great-great-great-grandchildren, hereby try one more time to ordain and establish some common sense guidelines for the terminally whiny, guilt ridden, delusional, and other liberal bed-wetter's.
We hold these truths to be self evident: that a whole lot of people are confused by the Bill of Rights and are so dim they require a Bill of NON-Rights."
ARTICLE I: You do not have the right to a new car, big screen TV, or any other form of wealth. More power to you if you can legally acquire them, but no one is guaranteeing anything.
ARTICLE II: You do not have the right to never be offended. This country is based on freedom, and that means freedom for everyone -- not just you! You may leave the room, turn the channel, express a different opinion, etc.; but the world is full of idiots, and probably always will be.
ARTICLE III: You do not have the right to be free from harm. If you stick a screwdriver in your eye, learn to be more careful, do not expect the tool manufacturer to make you and all your relatives independently wealthy.
ARTICLE IV: You do not have the right to free food and housing. Americans are the most charitable people to be found, and will gladly help anyone in need, but we are quickly growing weary of subsidizing generation after generation of professional couch potatoes who achieve nothing more than the creation of another generation of professional couch potatoes. (This one is my pet peeve...get an education and go to work....don't expect everyone else to take care of you!)
ARTICLE V: You do not have the right to free health care. That would be nice, but from the looks of public housing, we're just not interested in public health care.
ARTICLE VI: You do not have the right to physically harm other people. If you kidnap, rape, intentionally maim, or kill someone, don't be surprised if the rest of us want to see you fry in the electric chair.
ARTICLE VII: You do not have the right to the possessions of others. If you rob, cheat, or coerce away the goods or services of other citizens, don't be surprised if the rest of us get together and lock you away in a place where you still won't have the right to a big screen color TV or a life of leisure.
ARTICLE VIII: You do not have the right to a job. All of us sure want you to have a job, and will gladly help you along in hard times, but we expect you to take advantage of the opportunities of education and vocational training laid before you to make yourself useful. (AMEN!) (AMEN, AGAIN)
ARTICLE IX: You do not have the right to happiness. Being an American means that you have the right to PURSUE happiness, which by the way, is a lot easier if you are unencumbered by an over abundance of idiotic laws created by those of you who were confused by the Bill of Rights.
ARTICLE X: This is an English speaking country. We don't care where you are from, English is our language. Learn it or go back to wherever you came from! (lastly....)
ARTICLE XI: You do not have the right to change our country's history or heritage. This country was founded on the belief in one true God. And yet, you are given the freedom to believe in any religion, any faith, or no faith at all; with no fear of persecution. The phrase IN GOD WE TRUST is part of our heritage and history, and if you are uncomfortable with it, TOUGH!!!!If you agree, you may wish to share this with a friend. No, you don't have to, and nothing tragic will befall you if you don't.
I just think it's about time common sense is allowed to flourish.
Sensible people of the United States speak out because if you do not, who will?
From Aunt Deena
I must send my thanks to whoever sent me the e-mail about rat poop in the
glue on envelopes because I now have to use a wet towel with every
envelope that needs sealing.
Also, now I have to scrub the top of every can I open for the same reason.
I no longer have any savings because I gave it to a sick girl (Penny
Brown) who is about to die in the hospital for the 1,387,258th time.
I no longer have any money at all, but that will change once I receive
the $15,000 that Bill Gates/Microsoft and AOL are sending me for
participating in their special e-mail program.
I no longer worry about my soul because I have 363,214 angels looking out
for me, and St. Theresa's novena has granted my every wish.
I no longer eat KFC because their chickens are actually horrible mutant
freaks with no eyes or feathers.
I no longer use cancer-causing deodorants even though I smell like a
water buffalo on a hot day.
Thanks to you, I have learned that my prayers only get answered if I
forward a e-mail to seven of my friends and make a wish within five minutes.
Because of your concern I no longer drink Coca Cola because it can remove
toilet stains.
I no longer can buy gasoline without taking a man along to watch the car
so a serial killer won't crawl in my back seat when I'm pumping gas.
I no longer drink Pepsi or Dr. Pepper since the people who make these
products are atheists who refuse to put 'Under God' on their cans.
I no longer use Saran wrap in the microwave because it causes cancer.
And thanks for letting me know I can't boil a cup water in the microwaveanymore because it will blow up in my face...disfiguring me for life.
I no longer go to shopping malls because someone will drug me with a perfume sample and rob me.
I no longer shop at Target since they are French and don't support our American troops or the Salvation Army.
I no longer answer the phone because someone will ask me to dial a number for which I will get a phone bill with calls to Jamaica, Uganda, Singapore, and Uzbekistan.
I no longer have any sneakers -- but that will change once I receive my free replacement pair from Nike.
I no longer buy expensive cookies from Neiman Marcus since I now havetheir recipe.
Thanks to you, I can't use anyone's toilet but mine because a big brown African spider is lurking under the seat to cause me instant death when it bites my butt.
Thank you too for all the endless advice Andy Rooney has given us.
I can live a better life now because he's told us how to fix everything.
And thanks to your great advice, I can't ever pick up $5.00 I dropped in the parking lot because it probably was placed there by a sex molester waiting underneath my car to grab my leg.
Oh, and don't forget this one either!I can no longer drive my car because I can't buy gas from certain gas companies!
If you don't send this e-mail to at least 144,000 people in the next 70 minutes, a large dove with diarrhea will land on your head at5:00 PM this afternoon and the fleas from 12 camels will infest your back, causing you to grow a hairy hump.
I know this will occur because it actually happened to a friend of mine's next-door neighbor's ex-mother-in-law's second husband's cousin's beautician...
Have a wonderful day...."
glue on envelopes because I now have to use a wet towel with every
envelope that needs sealing.
Also, now I have to scrub the top of every can I open for the same reason.
I no longer have any savings because I gave it to a sick girl (Penny
Brown) who is about to die in the hospital for the 1,387,258th time.
I no longer have any money at all, but that will change once I receive
the $15,000 that Bill Gates/Microsoft and AOL are sending me for
participating in their special e-mail program.
I no longer worry about my soul because I have 363,214 angels looking out
for me, and St. Theresa's novena has granted my every wish.
I no longer eat KFC because their chickens are actually horrible mutant
freaks with no eyes or feathers.
I no longer use cancer-causing deodorants even though I smell like a
water buffalo on a hot day.
Thanks to you, I have learned that my prayers only get answered if I
forward a e-mail to seven of my friends and make a wish within five minutes.
Because of your concern I no longer drink Coca Cola because it can remove
toilet stains.
I no longer can buy gasoline without taking a man along to watch the car
so a serial killer won't crawl in my back seat when I'm pumping gas.
I no longer drink Pepsi or Dr. Pepper since the people who make these
products are atheists who refuse to put 'Under God' on their cans.
I no longer use Saran wrap in the microwave because it causes cancer.
And thanks for letting me know I can't boil a cup water in the microwaveanymore because it will blow up in my face...disfiguring me for life.
I no longer go to shopping malls because someone will drug me with a perfume sample and rob me.
I no longer shop at Target since they are French and don't support our American troops or the Salvation Army.
I no longer answer the phone because someone will ask me to dial a number for which I will get a phone bill with calls to Jamaica, Uganda, Singapore, and Uzbekistan.
I no longer have any sneakers -- but that will change once I receive my free replacement pair from Nike.
I no longer buy expensive cookies from Neiman Marcus since I now havetheir recipe.
Thanks to you, I can't use anyone's toilet but mine because a big brown African spider is lurking under the seat to cause me instant death when it bites my butt.
Thank you too for all the endless advice Andy Rooney has given us.
I can live a better life now because he's told us how to fix everything.
And thanks to your great advice, I can't ever pick up $5.00 I dropped in the parking lot because it probably was placed there by a sex molester waiting underneath my car to grab my leg.
Oh, and don't forget this one either!I can no longer drive my car because I can't buy gas from certain gas companies!
If you don't send this e-mail to at least 144,000 people in the next 70 minutes, a large dove with diarrhea will land on your head at5:00 PM this afternoon and the fleas from 12 camels will infest your back, causing you to grow a hairy hump.
I know this will occur because it actually happened to a friend of mine's next-door neighbor's ex-mother-in-law's second husband's cousin's beautician...
Have a wonderful day...."
8/02/2006
Ben NYE Makeup - Catalog Introduction
Professional Make up, I used to use this stuff a lot and highly recommend it...
8/01/2006
CRAB AND HERB FETTUCINE
Delicate crabmeat gives sweetness to a light citrus sauce served on top of pasta.click photo to enlarge
1/4 cup dry white wine
1/4 cup tarragon or white-wine vinegar
1/3 cup finely chopped shallot1
1/4 sticks (10 tablespoons) cold unsalted butter, cut into tablespoon pieces
1 lb jumbo lump crabmeat, picked over
3 tablespoons chopped fresh tarragon
3 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
1/3 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
1 1/2 teaspoons finely grated fresh lemon zest
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 lb dried egg fettuccine
Boil wine, vinegar, and shallot in a 2 1/2- to 3-quart
heavy saucepan over moderate heat until liquid is
reduced to about 1 tablespoon, about 3 minutes.
Add a few tablespoons butter, whisking constantly.
Add remaining butter 1 piece at a time,
whisking constantly and adding each new piece
before previous one has completely melted,
lifting pan from heat occasionally to cool mixture.
Reduce heat to low, then add crabmeat and cook,
stirring occasionally, until just heated through, about 2 minutes.
Remove pan from heat and stir in herbs, zest, lemon juice, and salt.
Meanwhile, cook pasta in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling salted water until al dente. Reserve 3 tablespoons of pasta-cooking water, then drain pasta.
Toss pasta with crab sauce and reserved cooking water in a serving bowl.
Season with salt and pepper.
Makes 6 main-course servings.
GourmetQuick Kitchen
July 2006
Melissa Roberts-Matar
1/4 cup dry white wine
1/4 cup tarragon or white-wine vinegar
1/3 cup finely chopped shallot1
1/4 sticks (10 tablespoons) cold unsalted butter, cut into tablespoon pieces
1 lb jumbo lump crabmeat, picked over
3 tablespoons chopped fresh tarragon
3 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
1/3 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
1 1/2 teaspoons finely grated fresh lemon zest
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 lb dried egg fettuccine
Boil wine, vinegar, and shallot in a 2 1/2- to 3-quart
heavy saucepan over moderate heat until liquid is
reduced to about 1 tablespoon, about 3 minutes.
Add a few tablespoons butter, whisking constantly.
Add remaining butter 1 piece at a time,
whisking constantly and adding each new piece
before previous one has completely melted,
lifting pan from heat occasionally to cool mixture.
Reduce heat to low, then add crabmeat and cook,
stirring occasionally, until just heated through, about 2 minutes.
Remove pan from heat and stir in herbs, zest, lemon juice, and salt.
Meanwhile, cook pasta in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling salted water until al dente. Reserve 3 tablespoons of pasta-cooking water, then drain pasta.
Toss pasta with crab sauce and reserved cooking water in a serving bowl.
Season with salt and pepper.
Makes 6 main-course servings.
GourmetQuick Kitchen
July 2006
Melissa Roberts-Matar
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