Everyone diesOriginally Posted by Catgrrl
I hope it is the clearing that makes you happy and not a woman's death. At least she had a chance to retire before dying.
Everyone diesI hope it is the clearing that makes you happy and not a woman's death. At least she had a chance to retire before dying.
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
Some don't want to.
Faith is Hope (see Loki's sig for details)
If hindsight is 20-20, why is it so often ignored?
How sad for them.
In the future, the Berlin wall will be a mile high, and made of steel. You too will be made to crawl, to lick children's blood from jackboots. There will be no creativity, only productivity. Instead of love there will be fear and distrust, instead of surrender there will be submission. Contact will be replaced with isolation, and joy with shame. Hope will cease to exist as a concept. The Earth will be covered with steel and concrete. There will be an electronic policeman in every head. Your children will be born in chains, live only to serve, and die in anguish and ignorance.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
They can always live forever in the mind of theirfollowersvictims.
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
Yeah but it is usually considered poor form to be happy about it...
Such is Life...
Jobs has yet another Apple product presentation whoops...The technical faux pas came during Jobs' keynote address at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, California.
At one point, Jobs turned toward the audience and seemed to ask a question of one of his technical directors: "Got any suggestions?" he asked.
"Verizon!" shouted an audience member, in reference to the fact that AT&T, the sole cellular network that carriers the Apple iPhone, gets notoriously bad reception in San Francisco. Many tech bloggers and writers have called for Apple to open the iPhone to other networks, including Verizon Wireless.
Ya, just saw that on cnet
That's what happens when you let a bunch of nerds in a room with wi-fi access; overwhelmed the system.
Tomorrow is election day!
Keep on keepin' the beat alive!
My gardenia in full bloom and very fragrant.
TIL moment with my gmail account. I discovered that your email address isn't limited to only your screenname.
For example: a screenname of joeblow would usually mean joeblow@gmail.com
but what! theres more!
you also get to use joeblow+spam@gmail.com
and joeblow+facebook@gmail.com
basically you can use +whateverthefuckyouwant@gmail.com and it still goes to your email. This lets you setup filters easily, and track who is selling your account information.
At least until they come up with a way to automatically remove the +whatever
Was just pumpin iron at the gym! Feels soooo great to have your whole body shaking!!!
Went to Target today for diapers and managed to find not 1, but 2, Hot Wheels Treasure Hunt carsand a single copy of Aliens vs Predator on clearance for $12.
Its a win day for me!
Will you sell them on? Over t'interwires?
Usually don't anymore. Used to collect Hot Wheels religiously starting around 96, right before they started the grouped and numbered system they have now. Quickly ran out of storage room, then shelf spaceAround the time I graduated I sold a good bit of them. Still have a few hundred left packed and stored out of reach, but now I only pick up the hard to find ones, its a tic I'll likely never kick.
I think The Friend might be home sometime next week!
I don't have a problem with authority....I just don't like being told what to do!Remember, the toes you step on today may be attached to the ass you have to kiss tomorrow!RIP Fluffy! 01-07-09 I'm so sorry Fluffster! People who don't like cats were probably mice in an earlier life! My mind not only wanders, sometimes it leaves completely!The nice part about living in a small town: When you don't know what you're doing, someone else always does!
Atari bullshit refugee!!
First post on my brand spanking new iMac with magic mouse. Was able to literally take it out of the box and plug it in, voila!
Also, school is finally out for the summer!
Wow your schools let out late.
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
Yeah, we start late and go extra days beyond the state min. Had a few snow make-up days, too. Next year won't begin until 9/1.
Our school year was reduced by 5 days for next year. Also, they have a completely stupid schedule that will have a ridiculous number of week-long breaks.
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
Our district had a very large surplus. Some of that is the area, fiscally conservative and a throw-back from Penn/Dutch mentality of saving for a rainy day. Even so, our property taxes are going to rise, because the new elementary school is still under construction and over budget, and some state and federal funds are expected to be retracted, even with the Homestead Rebate.
I need some Mojitos to continue being Happy.
This keyboard is.......smaller than expected. It felt fine in the store.
Faith is Hope (see Loki's sig for details)
If hindsight is 20-20, why is it so often ignored?
Ours had a 130 million deficit.
What they should be doing is increasing property taxes, and getting rid of the exemption for people over 62. . Dumbasses.Spending reductions and other steps taken to address the $126.7 million
budget shortfall include:
* Reducing 68 central office and support positions ($8.1 million)
* Increasing to maximum class sizes and reducing 636 teaching positions ($47.4 million)
* Avoiding millage rate increase by using SPLOST II excess funds ($23.6 million)
* Five furlough days for all school district staff ($15.9 million)
* Freezing school salary step for all eligible employees ($10 million)
* Reducing 55 school counselor/graduation coach positions ($4.5 million)Reducing 112 custodian positions ($3.9 million)
* Eliminating 100 buses, corresponding routes and driver positions ($2.9 million)
* Reducing high-priority pay account ($2.3 million)
* Restructuring alternative education program ($2 million)
* Reducing Maintenance Department ($1.1 million)
* Reducing 20 Additional Day funding ($1 million)
* Decreasing instructional supply allotment ($1 million)
* Reducing school year by five days ($1 million)
* Increasing transportation fee for field trips ($190,860)
* Parking buses within five miles of first pick up ($75,000)
* Redirecting contributions for dental coverage for all employees ($750,000)
* Reducing to state-allotted sick-leave accrual ($183,000)
* Reducing substitute pay by $10 per day ($799,888)
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
Yeah, raising taxes when tax intake is already low, and unemployment rates are ridiculously high is a great idea. It's also very fair for people who don't have school-age kids or aren't sending them to public schools.
Hope is the denial of reality
Right, it's not fair to support society.
Faith is Hope (see Loki's sig for details)
If hindsight is 20-20, why is it so often ignored?
No, it's not fair to support the part of the society you like in the way you like.
Hope is the denial of reality
Am really surprised you can still only get it with AT&T in America. Most European networks you can get it on almost any network now, in the UK you could only get it on O2 at launch but its now available on Orange and Vodafone as well.
HEY, this is the HAPPY thread!
HEY, this is the HAPPY thread!
Faith is Hope (see Loki's sig for details)
If hindsight is 20-20, why is it so often ignored?
Finally woman...you gots a new computer. NOW turn on MSN! *Munch smiles for GGT*First post on my brand spanking new iMac with magic mouse. Was able to literally take it out of the box and plug it in, voila!
Also, school is finally out for the summer!
Had a wonderful day until about 3:30 when it started raining...again!
I don't have a problem with authority....I just don't like being told what to do!Remember, the toes you step on today may be attached to the ass you have to kiss tomorrow!RIP Fluffy! 01-07-09 I'm so sorry Fluffster! People who don't like cats were probably mice in an earlier life! My mind not only wanders, sometimes it leaves completely!The nice part about living in a small town: When you don't know what you're doing, someone else always does!
Atari bullshit refugee!!
Great day, good stuff.
Just now surprised by my older son coming home, wandering into the kitchen. Usually we're like ships passing in the night, but this time....seemed different. He wan't looking for food, toilet paper or laundry soap. He actually sought me out. Just to say good night.....and we talked a while.
Well, being a bit tipsy, I started in on the motherly "I love you so much....." He smiled big and said yes mom, I know that you love me no matter what.....and poured a glass of water. We stood there a while, at the kitchen sink, a bit awkward. He mostly listened while I went on about Love. I apologized for not articulating well, unless I had a few belts first, to be uninhibited. He smiled broadly and walked me back thru the hallway, in hushed tones because his little brother was sleeping.
He didn't have to, but he walked me into his room, where his pretty and nice girlfriend sat at his desk, looking at music downloads on the monitor. We looked at one another, with a sort of knowing look. We had some chit chat. I was surprised at first, since I thought I was just emoting to my son, unwitnessed in the kitchen. Once I realized she could hear the whole thing, and he knew it, it was quite beautiful.
We hugged. Then I closed the door.
I hope they spend the night in each other's arms, and wake up refreshed and feeling good. I hope my son treats her well, and special. I hope she knows she's special, because he brought her home.
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