I think Google just won.

I can't really say.....anything.

Go to Google and check it out.

Two protons...

...expelled at the coupling site creates the mode of force.
The embryo becomes a fish that we don't enter until the A plate.
We're here to experience, evolve the little toe.
Atrophy.
Don't ask me how.
I'll be dead in a thousand light years.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Genesis turns to its source.
Reduction occurs step-wise, though the essence is all one.

End of line.

Just because you buy a DVD to watch at home doesn't give you the right to invite friends over to watch it too.

I honestly cannot believe this. I hope I find out it's a hoax.

http://www.bbspot.com/News/2006/11/home-theater-regulations.html

Luck and Lack Therof

My niece goes down to AC to play the slots. It's her birthday. She plays a game and a light goes off. The thinks she might have busted the machine. Turns out she put in a quarter and won $1800.00 dollars. If she would have splurged for 2 more quarters, it would have been $50,000.00. She did good, took her money she brought down and put it with the winnings.

My luck was not so good. I got to see a late model pick up truck soar through the air. It rolled at least 4 (i think 6) times. A piece of it hit my car. Took out my front grill and bumper and busted a transmission line. So my day was peppered with hunting around for all of this shit i need. Hopefully they will give me a rental.

The kids were here. I took some pics that will be up at some point. Please leave nice comments. And start buying me expensive xmas presents.

that is all...

It had to happen.....

I love this site......this guy analyzes the comics and is usually pretty funny and dead on.

Check it out.

http://www.joshreads.com/

FULL CONTROL

"Macaca" Allen concedes to Webb in Virginia. The Dems now have a working majority in both houses.

I'm sure that gold is gonna fall out of the sky now.

It looks like the fights will start next week. Bush wants Bolton approved for the UN and there are several Dems and at least one Rep that are gonna fight him on it.

In other news. Tom Bradley will coach PSU this weekend. He's the one that's so much fun to watch. Paterno will not be in the stadium. Dr's orders. It's the 3rd game that he's missed in his career.

New pics in the picblog

Say What You Will...

Brittany Spears is a genius.

Any other time of the year and she's front page in 3 news cycles. Say you're getting divorced on Election Day and it gets lost in the shuffle.

Next moves? Stop music career. Get back to fightin' weight. Start porn career.

cya

A New Day......

Frankly? I expected it to start raining money today.

I predicted that Santorum would lose by 7 percent and Swann by 12 percent. The final numbers??

Rendell 60 Swann 40

Casey 59 Santorum 41

That right there was enough to make my night. Rendell's win was a given, but getting rid of that stain on the Senate was worth the price of admission. The scary part was listening to the GOP pundits on CNN say that there will be a "Draft Santorum" movement for President. God help us all.

So, our little corner of the world was taken care of....now what??

NO incumbent Democrat lost.

Let that sink in for a second.

Before I went to bed last night I knew that we got the house. Everyone on the panel said that the Senate wasn't going to happen.

Then, right as I was nodding off, James Carvelle let out a whoop. Turns out that some numbers were coming in that were turning positive for the Dems.

I get up.

We've got the house with a 34 seat margin. And we are 2 seats away from controlling the Senate.

Then, around noon, we gain one more seat. And finally, around 9pm, Virginia goes to the Dems.

Some of these races are close. But all have been called and should hold up. The Dems take the Senate AND the House. Wahoo!!!!

I gotta hold my pockets open and stand outside.....cya!!!

THIS JUST IN........MAJOR

Brittany Spears has filed for divorce from Kevin Federline.

World asks, what took you so long?

Election Night 6:15

First good ray of hope. Rep. pundit Ed Rollins says that large numbers should mean a large Independent turn out. If it does, the Rep's are fucked. Ind's are running against them 2 to 1.

I voted at 6:00 at my rinky dink lil voting area. It was packed and 850 people had already voted.

Election night rocks. I hope to know 95% of what's going on by 11:30

Has anyone been to England? Has anyone seen these slides?

This might actually be words to a song I haven't written yet, but it's a reference to this.

http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/carstenholler/photos.shtm.

and an accompanying movie....

http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/carstenholler/photos.shtm.

I just read a letter about one man's experience.

BTW....Cat says that they are talking about getting rid of the football program at Mansfield University. No football program, probably no fall homecoming, she says. I think they will still continue a fall homecoming, but it will be far different. People like colleges in the fall, I guess. I know I do. :)

10:50pm 10/25/2006

Ladies and Gentlemen. I have sighted the first "holiday" commercial of the upcoming Christmas season.

Lowe's is the guilty party. It's a fairly funny commercial, I'm sure it won't be by about mid December tho.

Let's go kill them. Seriously, pass a law that says you can't air a holiday commercial until Nov 1. I'd vote for that guy.

Into Fantasy? Like your Fantasy Football and Baseball leagues? Try this puppy out.

Later

Sad Day

Sandy West died today.

Most people don't know who she is, but if I say drummer for The Runaways, something may click.

She had lung cancer. She was 47.

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Computer people. Firefox 2.0 is out. So far so good.

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I'm finally back to work. It's BME Customer Appreciation Week. I'm allowed to take my camera, so I'll have a few pics from work this week.

Later dudes....

100%

Tuesday I'm sitting at my desk at work. I've been on light duty all month and pretty much sedentary since the middle of September when I had the knee surgery.

I get up to go to the bathroom at 5 and chat with Ethyl at her desk. I start getting chest pains and a little bit of pain in the jaw and left arm. I keep moving for the bathroom, getting more and more uncomfortable.

I route my trip back to my desk past my coat so I can get my car keys with my nitro. Go back to the desk and sit down. It's about 5 after.

Five more minutes and I can't take it, I pop the 1st nitro. 5 more minutes, no relief, 2nd nitro. Don't make it another 5 and take the 3rd. Sweating like a pig and starting to get "tunnel vision" I use the cell to call 911.

I let the people in the room know what's going on and things start getting nuts. 911 operator wants a landline so they call. The "emergency response" team for the P.O. shows up. Starting to feel a bit better, but still pretty bad.

Ambulance shows up and we start the whole deal. Stretcher, asprin, oxygen.....and we're off to Harrisburg Hospital. BTW, if you're in the Harrisburg area and having a heart attack I strongly reccommend the Harrisburg Hospital.

I start to calm down when we get there. They do my blood draw in the ambulance (lots of fun finding a vein over the bumps) so that is ready when we get there. They get me in a slot and hook me up.

A few folks come by, the 1st doc orders a CT scan. This is right around 6 o'clock. About 30 minutes later I go up.....wait in the hall for about a half hour, then go in. I've had these before, they shoot you up with dye. Usually I'm pretty good, but this time it feels like it's coming up. Nurses scattering is really fun. They were out of bedpans, so they kick a trash can over in a panic. Fortunately, it was a false alarm.

I go back downstairs. Deb, Chrissy and Mike showed up right before I went up and were waiting when I got back. It took forEVER to get the results back. I didn't get into a room until midnight.

They tell me that it was not a heart attack. There are markers in the blood that indicate that that weren't present. They thought it might be a pulmonary embolism (clot in the lung), hence the CT. It wasn't. So, the only way they can make sure is to do a cardiac catheter.

Up in the room they get me settleed and the gang leaves. Deb stayed at Mike and Chrissy's so they could get my car the next day.

The guy next to me sounds like he's talking in his sleep. Turns out he fell in the shower and twisted his back. It's 1 o'clock. He has to be showered at 4 for open heart. The nurse trys to pawn off some crappy sleeping pill on me and I insist it HAS to be Ambien. It took a while, but I got it. It's 2 o'clock. I do get some sleep, but it would have been zero without the Ambien. They wake me up at 4 and again at 8.

I get breakfast and nod off. The crappy doc from my cardio group comes in. He says that I will have my cath early afternoon. Then he sees my tray. "Is this yours?". Yes, I say. "Then it will be late afternoon". Great

I call Deb and tell her. Then I nod off. Nurse comes in at noon and says "You're going for your cath". Great. So, long story short, it's done in the afternoon, the nurses are cool (and hot) and I'm back in the recovery room. The cath Doc comes out and says I have a 50 percent blockage, 30 percent blockage and 20 percent blockage. Hence the title of this post. But they're gonna cut me loose.

I get to the room and they do the sandbag on the leg. I talk to the nurse about going home and she says...."Oh no, you're not scheduled to". So I get another night of their hospitality. I watch TV and take it easy. The gang comes in and bring the inlaws as well. We hang until about 8. They leave, I stay. I get a good night sleep and they cut me loose the next day.

Everybody at work was very cool. I guess because I scared the hell outta them. :)

They day before all of this I went to Hershey Med to start working on micro doses of Statin (anti cholesterol) drugs. So the plan is to do that, get back on my diet (which won't be hard since I've been pretty close to it). Then, as soon as the Ortho doc clears me, start walking and working up exercise.

And since you were so nice to read this, you can check out the new pics.

So what's new with you??

later

G.O.P.(P.P.P.)

The Grand Old Party (Protector of Pedophiles and Perverts)

Foley was kinky with a 16 year old. That's the end of the story.

Brit Hume tried to compare him to Clinton. (You knew that was coming)

Dennis Hastert says that it's all poliitical and they're "going on the offensive". What is offensive is that Hastert thinks he's gonna have a job in 5 weeks.

And yesterday Foley checked into rehab because he has an alcohol problem. Today, he says a priest abused him. I wonder what it will be tomorrow.

I think there are very few Republicans anymore. I think there *are* a lot of people who are conservative who've been conned tho.

cya

My Space is Pretty Cool.....

I found a friend from college that I've been searching for on the net for quite some time.

It's difficult enough that, in our society, we hide the women by changing their last name when they marry. No, she had to go and change her first name too. :)

I went to the Ortho doc today. Down to one crutch is the good news. He is saying that there may be an artificial knee in my future though. The optimal word is may.

I must be off to make phone calls and the like. I'll be back to work on monday.

cya

Stuff and Such and Things and That....

Waiting for Deb to pick me up to go to the cardio Dr. It's a follow up from my stress test. I'm still on crutches, at least till Thursday. Knee feels good. I've put full weight on it once or twice and it feels solid.

Hoping to go over to Chris and Mike's tonite to see the new cats and hang out a bit. I don't know if we'll be able to connect tho.

I posted a bunch of pics on the picblog. I've got a flickr account and hope to get that up and running this week. There will be a lot more pic postings. Everything is running now. I'll do a few more on the blog maybe and a bunch on flickr.

I'll admit to being down in the dumps this past week. Hopefully a little fresh air will change my attitude.

cya

Just Call Me......

.....Hopalong.

Hey strangers. I had knee surgery last Friday.

Hopefully, I won't be as groggy in the next few days and I'll start posting a LOT of pictures.

Keep in touch.

Lance Bass Admits He's Gay

Earth remains on it's axis.

:)

Dealing with it....

We're got a full blown heat wave going. We had 97 degrees here today. I've stayed inside and it's been yummie all day.. I did do a few quick projects outsite. But we're on track for our new siding.

Kids are doin well.....chris and mike close on their place the end of the month. We get to help them for a week and then we go to vacations...

It's a very busy summer. I have to go get a pressure washer for the house.

We need other shit from sam's including a pressure washer.....hope to be in decent shape come september.

later.

Big, Big, BIIIIGGGG News

It's a girl.....

Toby and Melanie (well, mostly Melanie) had their baby on Sunday, June 11th at 1:07pm. Ava Elizabeth was 5 lb., 13.5 oz and 18.5 inches tall.

She is a real cutie. Of course, all babies are wrinkles and poop at this point. But I've seen her twice and she is the quietest kid I've ever had the privilege of being around. Very slender, like Mommy, with the tiniest fingernails.

Anyway, I've put the word out, these grandkids are pretty cool so.....I NEED MORE!!!!

You can check out pics of the new arrival on the photoblog.

I spent the weekend in Mansfield, PA. A lot of us who worked at the radio station got together. It was a lot of fun and I recorded my whole airshift. When I get some breathing room, I hope to post it.

If you want "in depth" of the weekend, go to the forums.

My knee is not any better from the fall at work. The Dr. has me going for an MRI next week. I'll keep you posted.

We have a band practice this week too.

Oh, and I forgot, we did the dance recital this weekend as well. (I told you it was a big weekend.) I set up my gear and trained folks Wednesday and Thursday and left Thursday night for Mansfield.

Anyway.....tons of stuff. I'll try to keep posting more now that things are actually happening.

cya

Happy Birthday to Meeeee......

Another day older and deeper in debt.....

Gonna go eat cake now.....

cya

Leave the KFBF Alone!!!

Stop bothering the KFBF. It's undeserving and unfair.

The KFBF (Kevin Federline Baby Factory), aka. Brittany Spears has been thru enough.

Yes, she did enter Michael Jacksonesque status by driving her baby around on her lap, but now there's a debate about her putting her kid in a car seat.

She was photographed recently with her baby in a car seat facing forward. It appears that California law says under a certain age, the baby should face backward. But it's a grey area. One cop could cite her for it and the next one could let her go.

With every waking second being photographed, I do think it's kinda unfair that they nitpick over things like this. I mean, hell, she got the kid off her lap, right??

So baby, leave the idiot and come move in with me. Nobody knows where I am.

cya

Sleepover

Went up to Joe's Friday night to set up my PA and monitoring. It took a few hours and everything was a little wonky, but had it up and running nicely. Extremely loud and no feedback or noise when there was no signal applied.

Joe has a device that we're gonna try to use to record tracks with. It could work out very nicely......

Hopefully we will have a name and a website up soon.

We're doing a Mother's day thing here today. Chrissy and Mike and the inlaws are here.

enjoying.

Sleepover

Went up to Joe's Friday night. We set up the pa and got front sound and monitors working. It's a light year improvement over what we had. I have a few bad channels in the board and a couple of things were wonky, but over all we got it working well. Very loud with 0 noise when there was no input.

We're going to start recording drum tracks live, i think that will be a huge help too.

All in all, it's looking very good.

Chrissy and Mike are here today, as well as the inlaws. Looks like we're having some Mother's Day activities.

We learned a few more songs. I hope to have a name and a website up soon.

We'll keep you posted.

I Saw An......

interesting t-shirt today.

It said "You say tomato, and I say fuck you."

We had a 40 minute conference call with the college radio station GM and chief engineer. Looks like we're in good shape to go up and tear it up.

It will be the weekend of June 10th. You can go to WNTE.com or .org and listen to the live stream. Go to the forums at Fitzlandia to see the DJ schedules. It's in the locked "INFO ONLY" area. I hope to get something in the local paper too.

Of course, everything I play will be 1000 times better that this rap bullshit that's on right now.

The dance recital is that weekend. I got together with Margaret yesterday to start talking about the pictures for the posters. We're gonna shoot on Sunday. I will post a finished copy of the poster on the pic site.

I went flat on my face at work yesterday. They have these 3 inch high metal plates on the floor to keep pallets out of work areas. There was something I needed in a work area and headed for it and didn't see the plate. I tripped over it with my right foot and I think my left foot caught as I was going down, so I couldn't get it under me fast enough. A little gash on my right calf, a pull in the back of my left knee and something weird with my right shoulder. The embarrassing thing is that I was FLAT on my face. Nothing like feeling stupid with some injuries, I tell ya.

I was sore as hell today when I got up, but doesn't feel like anything is seriously wrong.

OK. Enough already!!

Just some things

Here's a cool link...Check it out

Billy and his friend Jonathan put a sidewalk and driveway in for us this week. Check the pic page for some pics in a few.

Toby moves tomorrow. Ill be heading up to help him as well.

Cya

Here Comes the.....

.....Band.

So far so good.

I went up to Joe's to practice again today. We did 5 songs. We're gonna try for 5 more in a few weeks.

A lot of driving, but it's worth it.

When we got off our ass and did stuff. It was pretty complete. Good vocals too, all the way around.

As I get more, I'll give you more.

cya

Promoland

Cat came down for a visit last night.

We did a slew of promo's for the upcoming alumni weekend at WNTE. Got up today and did some more.

Then we went into the opening of the brand new Weis grocery store. We are now officially very spoiled. But there is still some stuff that we have to go to Giant to get.

Free buckets and sponges with a gas fillup? :)

Are they implying something?

cya

Billy's Back....

I had to take a sick day today.

I had a problem Saturday and the same thing occurred today. I feel dizzy when I wake up.

The doctor gave me a fancy word for it. But basically, I need to drink water or eat a pretzel or something before I get up. My blood pressure is down for some reason. Hopefully the water will take care of it.

Anyway. Billy came out tonite and we started working on our reconstruction plans for the house. He's gonna come out tomorrow and do some measuring for cost estimates.

So if you need some concrete work done....

cya

Hey Hoopy Froods!!!!

I never have a point-of-view gun when I need one.

I watched Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy last night. Very good. I think you need the books to really get the movie. I was impressed with Mos Def as Ford Prefect. Most rap guys are trying to be "hip", but this guy showed promise as an actor.

....and a Hoopy Frood.

I posted a bunch of promo's on the forum. They're under the reunion updates segment. Go check em out.

Tonite, the Aristocrats.

cya

Lousy name, Decent Band.

Panic at the Disco! ( I think the exclamation point is mandatory)

Heard them on VH2. Very good song, great hook. Very nicely presented. I hope to hear more by them, but so far it's the New Cars and Panic at the Disco! tm on my shopping list.

lemme know if you hear something about either.

and go to the forum

cya

Jessica Simpson

I was really impressed.

Jessica was in DC to promote her pet charity. I believe it's called Operation Smile. They provide plastic surgery for disfigured children. (It sorta figures it has something to do with plastic surgery, huh?)

Anyway. President Loser got wind she was in town and was invited to a Republican fund raiser. They told her she'd be at the head table and guaranteed face time with the Liar himself.

She turned them down.

For a day, she gained about 50 brownie points with me. Then the story came across that she LOVES George, but she hates fund raisers.

Back down to zero.

Check the forum here.

cya

Busyness

A lot of my time has been tied up with the forum (see the link). Up until last week.

My father inlaw had to go to the hospital. Initially we thought it was a mini-stroke. Now it seems that it was complications from kidney stones. He's at home and doing fine.

I start my regular slot at work this week. Noon to 8:30 M thru F at Fry Communications. I'll be interested to see how it works out.

If you want to see what I've been up to, follow the forum link, sign on and POST.

cya

Interesting Headline........

Sometimes, there's one that just grabs your attention.

On CNN.com there's a headline that says..."Tiger Poo, the new Black Gold".

:)

Dead Eye Dick

Dick Cheney accidentally shot a guy during a hunting trip.

I always thought of this administration as the gang who couldn't shoot straight.

These guys keep getting funnier and funnier. :)

BTW

I've started a forum.

Come on over and join. Kick yer shoes off and chat awhile.

http://www.fitzlandia.com/forums/index.php

cya

One for the Thumb

The Steelers win the XL Superbowl. 21-10

Very interesting game, very well matched too. I hate to see blowouts, this one went back and forth for a long time.

We did our part by eating wings and bread with dip. yum

I thought the Stones did a good job at the halftime show. At least they played live. The stage was very cool too. I used to get the theatre magazines that would show you a breakdown of how they would construct and move stuff.

As far as the pregame goes. Joss Stone was the blackest person on that stage. :)

I think I will make a celebratory smore with my new smore maker.

I wonder how many people will show up for work tomorrow. I think it's a state holiday.

cya

Gooooooo.......

....Steelers.

But I bet you've heard that before.

I've been busy. Busy being tired. I actually feel pretty good tonite, that's why I'm posting.

Type some comments and let me know you're still here......both of you. :)

cya

Legalize Clownsnack.....

......just because.

We put Xmas stuff away today. I know it's late (or, for some, early) but with the wedding and everything this is the first chance we've had.

So my living room is somewhat back to normal.

Anybody want a piano?

Welcome Alumni.....

.....you perverts.

The folks that worked at my college radio station have been burning up the internets lately.

So, we set up a blog.

http://wnte.blogspot.com

That's where us old folks go. :)

Dearly Beloved......

Toby and Melanie got married yesterday.

Friday night was rehearsal. I zoomed home from work and we headed up to McClure. This towns claim to fame is that Davy Jones from the Monkees has a farm there. My niece ran into him in a bar up that way one time.

Anyway, I digress.

We all got together and rehearsed, then went to one of the anterooms and had lasgana, quite tasty.

We headed to the EMS building in Mifflintown to set up for the reception and I fell in love. With the lighting. They have a professional control system and 8 leko's that we're made in this century. Very easy to set up. I had no idea I was running into this so it was kinda like xmas for me. They had a mirror ball, so we put a few lamps on that and set up a few lights for a spotlight dance. There were colored strips on the stage that we're hard wired. It would be nice to break them out over the dance floor, but we take what we get.

I would KILL to have that setup at the high school. Bump and chase capability. Just fantastic. Margaret has talked about doing her show up there, but has a few problems with the physical plant. Maybe I can talk her into it.

Anyway, I digress......again.

They did an outdoor type thing. There was an archway at the entry, a lovely "piece" over the dance floor and behind the head table. I'll put some pics up after I finish this.

We worked into the evening. Talking to the kids later, we realized that their alcohol setup was limited, so we offered to go pick some up for them.

We went home after everything was up.....around 11 or so. Had a lot of fun putting stuff up too.

We got up and headed into the liquor store before noon. Billy met us in there and we made our selections. We then headed to the distributor and got the kegs and set up. Dropped stuff at the building, headed home to change.

Then went over to get the inlaws and went back up to McClure. I got roped into doing video, so I got to set in front of the crowd, but I did get some great shots. It was a 4:30 wedding and it was very nice.

The most interesting thing was, at the end, the bride and groom dismissed the rows. So instead of a receiving line, you got to greet them an go.

We wrapped everything up and headed back to the inlaws to change, then into the EMS building. The dj's were good, but it was WAY too much country music for my taste. I worked with them a little bit to get the lights the way they wanted.

Then we partied.

I got to meet Toby's friends, who are very cool. In fact, I got invited to a party on St. Patty's day and I'm going. :)

Everyone had a splendid time. We tore down the alcohol and headed home. I'm thinking about opening a bar. :)

Check out the picblog for some wedding pics.

cya

Word G

Shoo the kids outta the room.

Here's the link.

My Tree......

....blew away.

Seriously.

We took the xmas stuff down last week. It's been too windy or raining to burn the tree, so it's been sitting just off of our porch. Actually, it's been wedged between the porch and the bush.

Anyway, we have severe wind warnings tonite. The winds are supposed to be 25/35 mph with gusts to 50.

I heard a noise on the porch and went out to check. Our trashcans fell over, but I noticed the tree isn't there.

I came in and asked Deb if she did anything with it, she said no.

You have to understand. I've looked all around my house. Used a flashlight and looked up and down the road.

I can't find my tree.

I'll take a look tomorrow.

If you see my tree, say hi for me.

(yeah, I know it rhymes)

cya

If you're really nice to me....

I'll give you syphillis.

Here's another cool link.

Karma Can Suck

We are flying into a new year.

Had dinner with both newly engaged couples on Saturday. A local nouveau cuisine restaurant that was very good.

Billy stopped by last night and we exchanged gifts. I can finally stop worrying when I hear the reports from Iraq.

Speaking of Karma. Without getting into specific names. A family that treated me very badly is finally getting their comeuppance. The youngest son is up on an aggravated indecent assualt charge. This stems from involvement with an 11 year old.

That'll screw up your political career. :)

It really couldn't happen to a more deserving family.

You know what they do to those guys in prison, right?

:)

cya

We are...

....11 and 1.

At 1 am, it's finally PSU 26, FSU 23. The battle of the crappy field goal kickers. :)

Really a good game, if you're not a fan of either team.

Sorry I haven't been posting, but it's the holidays and all the associated crap that goes with them.

I'm back at the Harrisburg PO from 9 to 5:30 until further notice.

And on that note, I have to go to beddybye.

Cya