Newest Bookmark

I'm off to the slopes for two days.... *Mainly* for the kid's sake
but I expect I'll get a shot at a debilitating injury as well.
Course I could brake a limb at home just as easily. Nah, then I'd
miss the chance to freeze my butt off at the same time.

We are a proud, ancient people...

..... an we put things on our heads.

Phone Cards

Want to help a wounded soldier this Christmas? Troops hospitalized
in Germany would greatly appreciate getting phone cards. The cards
can be sent to the marine liaison:

Landstuhl Regional Medical Center



NAVMED DT Landstuhl Ge



LRMC CMR 402 Box 4



APO AE 09180-3460

And also..... I got the following from an article in the Stars and Stripes.
Give a click:
http://www.soldiertomovies.org/

Seen on a T-shirt

What if the Hokey Pokey IS what it's all about?

Wadja do in school today?

From ananova:

Teacher gets students to write epitaphs

A teacher in northwestern China is under investigation for getting his students write their own epitaphs

Geng Xiaohong who teaches at a secondary school in Xi'an believes epitaph writing helps develop students' values and encourages them to think about the meaning of life, reports crienglish.com quoting Xinmin Evening News.

However the practice has made some parents and experts uncomfortable because talking about death while still alive is considered taboo in China.

The paper reported Professor Hao Wenwu from Shaanxi Normal University said: "If this technique is used too often children might lose hope in their life.

Taboo in China? It seems a little creepy here too.

frankentoilet

frankentoilet, originally uploaded by lumberjack.

Googling images for 'toilet', 'urinal', and 'bidet' was terribly easy.Constructing an image of Al Franken out of them was, well, I guess that was also easy. In fact, I'm not altogether sure that a folder full of toilet images won't spontaneously form into an image of Al Franken on it's own.

Rainy

What a day to go driving. Drizzle, between periods of drizzle
and more drizzle. Almost makes you wish for a storm.
Or summer again.
Ah well.

Securing the Death Road

Well worth reading the whole thing from Iraq the Model:

Securing the death road.
Ten days ago, and just before I was heading to my work station in Samawa, I got a phone call from my colleagues warning me from tacking the road the passes through Latifriyah and at that time the news coming from that spot was indicating a close military operation to put an end for the domination of the criminals over that segment of the road to the south.

The significant piece of news at that day was blowing up a small bridge over a small canal near Latifiyah, the small town that turned into a junk yard for burnt vehicles and a slaughter house for Iraqis; officials, IP and ING members and even civilians. Not to mention that all governmental offices were destroyed there....

Puzzler

A blonde calls her boyfriend and says, "Please come over here
and help me. I have a killer jigsaw puzzle, and I can't figure out how
to get it started."


Her boyfriend asks, "What is it supposed to be when it's
finished?"


The blonde says, "According to the picture on the box, it's a
tiger." Her boyfriend decides to go over and help with the puzzle. She
lets him in and shows him where she has the puzzle spread all over the
table.


He studies the pieces for a moment, then looks at the box, then
turns to her and says, "First of all, no matter what we do, we're not
going to be able to assemble these pieces into anything resembling a
tiger."


He then takes her hand and says, "Second, I want you to relax.
Let's have a nice cup of tea, and then....." he sighed, "We'll put al these Frosted Flakes back in the box."

The Rev

Former Democratic presidential candidate the Rev. Al Sharpton explains
why he would have been a better candidate than John Kerry.