— Anonymous
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Here's The Joke
A friend and his wife were considering traveling to Alaska for a trip that the husband had long dreamed of taking. He
kept talking about how great it would be to stay in a log cabin without electricity, to hunt moose, and drive a dog
team instead of a car.
"If we decided to live there permanently, away from civil-ization, what would you miss the most?" he asked his wife.
She replied, "You."
kept talking about how great it would be to stay in a log cabin without electricity, to hunt moose, and drive a dog
team instead of a car.
"If we decided to live there permanently, away from civil-ization, what would you miss the most?" he asked his wife.
She replied, "You."
I Must Have Died & Gone To Heaven Chocolate Chip Cookies
Here it is! The chocolate chip cookie recipe to end all chocolate chip cookie recipes!!!!! These are 'hands down' the BEST chocolate chip cookies on the planet. I used to make them and give them out as gifts they are so good.2 cups butter (4 sticks)
2 cups sugar
2 cups brown sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
4 cups flour
5 cups oatmeal
1 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
24 oz choc chips
3 cups chopped nuts
1 large Hershey's chocolate bar - grated.
Cream first five ingredients
Sift next five ingredients
Mix all ingredients together and add choc chips and grated Hershey Bar, 3 cups nuts
Make into golf ball sized balls. Place 2: apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 375 6-8 minutes.
Moby Dick 2.0
From VSL:
Whale hunting is something most people look upon with disdain. But the Inupiat Eskimos of northern Alaska prove that it’s possible to revere the majestic creatures and kill a few of them. Jonathan Harris, a Brooklyn-based Web artist, has created an innovative examination of this relationship with “The Whale Hunt,” an online photo essay that brings the experience of the Inupiat’s subsistence hunt to your computer with startling immediacy.
View "The Whale Hunt"
Whale hunting is something most people look upon with disdain. But the Inupiat Eskimos of northern Alaska prove that it’s possible to revere the majestic creatures and kill a few of them. Jonathan Harris, a Brooklyn-based Web artist, has created an innovative examination of this relationship with “The Whale Hunt,” an online photo essay that brings the experience of the Inupiat’s subsistence hunt to your computer with startling immediacy.
View "The Whale Hunt"
Word of the Day
surly \SUR-lee\, adjective:
1. Ill-humored; churlish in manner or mood; sullen and gruff.
2. Menacing or threatening in appearance, as of weather conditions; ominous.
Voters may be turned off by candidates who play dirty, but nothing gets a campaign reporter going like the smell of blood on the trail. Part of it has to do with boredom: journalists can only listen for so long to a candidate blather on about "a world of possibilities guided by goodness" before they get surly.
-- Michelle Cottle, "Nice Try", New Republic, February 14, 2000
Maggie drank a little too much and got surly and made snide comments during the final toast.
-- John L'Heureux, Having Everything
Surly is from Middle English sirly, "lordly," from sir, "lord," which eventually came to mean "arrogant or haughty," whence the more negative modern sense.
COMMENTS FROM BOB HOPE - May 29, 1903 - July 27, 2003
ON TURNING 70"You still chase women, but only downhill".
ON TURNING 80"That's the time of your life when even your birthday suit needs pressing."
ON TURNING 90 "You know y ou're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake."
ON TURNING 100 " I don't feel old. In fact I don't feel anything until noon Then it's time for my nap."
ON GIVING UP HIS EARLY CAREER, BOXING "I ruined my hands in the ring . the referee kept stepping on them."
ON NEVER WINNING AN OSCAR "Welcome to the Academy Awards or, as it's called at my home, 'Passover'."
ON GOLF"Golf is my profession. Show business is just to pay the green fees."
ON PRESIDENTS" I have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six."
ON WHY HE CHOSE SHOWBIZ FOR HIS CAREER " When I was born, the doctor said to my mother, 'Congratulations. You have an eight-pound ham'."
ON RECEIVING THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL "I feel very humble, but I think I have the strength of character to fight it."
ON HIS FAMILY'S EARLY POVERTY"Four of us slept in the one bed. When it got cold, mother threw on another brother."
ON HIS SIX BROTHERS "That's how I learned to dance. Waiting for the bathroom."
ON HIS EARLY FAILURES" I would not have had anything to eat if it wasn't for the stuff the audience threw at me."
ON GOING TO HEAVEN "I've done benefits for ALL religions. I'd hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality."
ON TURNING 80"That's the time of your life when even your birthday suit needs pressing."
ON TURNING 90 "You know y ou're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake."
ON TURNING 100 " I don't feel old. In fact I don't feel anything until noon Then it's time for my nap."
ON GIVING UP HIS EARLY CAREER, BOXING "I ruined my hands in the ring . the referee kept stepping on them."
ON NEVER WINNING AN OSCAR "Welcome to the Academy Awards or, as it's called at my home, 'Passover'."
ON GOLF"Golf is my profession. Show business is just to pay the green fees."
ON PRESIDENTS" I have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six."
ON WHY HE CHOSE SHOWBIZ FOR HIS CAREER " When I was born, the doctor said to my mother, 'Congratulations. You have an eight-pound ham'."
ON RECEIVING THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL "I feel very humble, but I think I have the strength of character to fight it."
ON HIS FAMILY'S EARLY POVERTY"Four of us slept in the one bed. When it got cold, mother threw on another brother."
ON HIS SIX BROTHERS "That's how I learned to dance. Waiting for the bathroom."
ON HIS EARLY FAILURES" I would not have had anything to eat if it wasn't for the stuff the audience threw at me."
ON GOING TO HEAVEN "I've done benefits for ALL religions. I'd hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality."
Friday, December 21, 2007
You might be a college student if...
1. If you have ever price shopped for Top Ramen, you might be a college student.
2. If you live in a house with three couches, none of which match.
3. If you consider Mac and Cheese a balanced meal.
4. If you have ever written a check for 45 cents.
5. If you have a fine collection of domestic beer bottles.
6. If you have ever seen two consecutive sunrises without sleeping.
7. If your glass set is composed of McDonald's Extra Value Meal Plastic Cups (ie.Olympic Dream Team I or II).
8. If your underwear supply dictates the time between laundry loads.
9. If you cannot remember when you last washed your car.
10. If you can pack your worldly possessions into the back of a pick-up (one trip).
11. If you have ever had to justify yourself for buying Natural Light.
12. If the first thing you do in the morning is roll over and introduce yourself.
13. If you average less than 3 hours of sleep a night.
14. If your trash is overflowing and your bank account isn't
15 If you go to Wal-Mart more than 3 times a week
16. If you eat at the cafeteria because it's "free", even though it tastes terrible.
17. If you are personally keeping the local pizza place from bankruptcy
18. If you wake up 10 minutes before class
19. If you wear the same jeans 13 days in a row -- without washing them
20. If your breakfast consists of a coke on the way to class
21. If your social life consists of a date with the library
22. If your idea of "doing your hair" is putting on a baseball cap
23. If it takes a shovel to find the floor of your room.
24. If you carry less than a dollar on you at all times.
25. If you haven't done laundry in so long you are wearing your swim suit to class.
26. If your midnight snack is microwave popcorn.
27. If you celebrate when you find a quarter.
28. If your room is so cold that your toilet freezes over.
29. If your walls are plastered with posters of half naked men or women (whichever your preference.
30. If you have built up a tolerance for beverages.
31. If you wear a sweat suit for so long that it stands up by itself.
32. If your backpack is giving you Scoliosis.
33. If you get more sleep in class than in your room.
34. If your idea of feeding the poor is buying yourself some Ramen Noodles.
35. If you can sleep through your roommates blaring stereo.
36. If you live in an area that is smaller than most mobile homes.
37. If you get more e-mail than mail.
2. If you live in a house with three couches, none of which match.
3. If you consider Mac and Cheese a balanced meal.
4. If you have ever written a check for 45 cents.
5. If you have a fine collection of domestic beer bottles.
6. If you have ever seen two consecutive sunrises without sleeping.
7. If your glass set is composed of McDonald's Extra Value Meal Plastic Cups (ie.Olympic Dream Team I or II).
8. If your underwear supply dictates the time between laundry loads.
9. If you cannot remember when you last washed your car.
10. If you can pack your worldly possessions into the back of a pick-up (one trip).
11. If you have ever had to justify yourself for buying Natural Light.
12. If the first thing you do in the morning is roll over and introduce yourself.
13. If you average less than 3 hours of sleep a night.
14. If your trash is overflowing and your bank account isn't
15 If you go to Wal-Mart more than 3 times a week
16. If you eat at the cafeteria because it's "free", even though it tastes terrible.
17. If you are personally keeping the local pizza place from bankruptcy
18. If you wake up 10 minutes before class
19. If you wear the same jeans 13 days in a row -- without washing them
20. If your breakfast consists of a coke on the way to class
21. If your social life consists of a date with the library
22. If your idea of "doing your hair" is putting on a baseball cap
23. If it takes a shovel to find the floor of your room.
24. If you carry less than a dollar on you at all times.
25. If you haven't done laundry in so long you are wearing your swim suit to class.
26. If your midnight snack is microwave popcorn.
27. If you celebrate when you find a quarter.
28. If your room is so cold that your toilet freezes over.
29. If your walls are plastered with posters of half naked men or women (whichever your preference.
30. If you have built up a tolerance for beverages.
31. If you wear a sweat suit for so long that it stands up by itself.
32. If your backpack is giving you Scoliosis.
33. If you get more sleep in class than in your room.
34. If your idea of feeding the poor is buying yourself some Ramen Noodles.
35. If you can sleep through your roommates blaring stereo.
36. If you live in an area that is smaller than most mobile homes.
37. If you get more e-mail than mail.
Word of the Day
complement \KOM-pluh-muhnt\, noun:
1. Something that fills up or completes.
2. The quantity or number required to make up a whole or to make something complete.
3. One of two parts that complete a whole or mutually complete each other; a counterpart.
4. To supply what is lacking; to serve as a complement to; to supplement.
He was four years older than Lewis, whom he had once commanded in the army; less formally educated, but with more practical experience and a steadier yet more outgoing personality -- a friend, but also a perfect complement in both training and temperament to the man who was inviting Clark to make history with him.
-- Dayton Duncan, Lewis & Clark
There was also a tennis court, a riding stable, a five-car garage, and a full complement of servants.
-- Carol Felsenthal, Citizen Newhouse
The two points of view are not contradictory; they complement each other.
-- Feançoise Gilot, "The Maid Was Ugly, the Meals Were Bad...,", New York Times, October 7, 1970
Smart, athletic, blond, with a "bubbly" -- that's the word Ed uses to describe Sue when she's not around -- personality that complements his perpetually calm outlook.
-- Martin Dugard, Knockdown
The wine complemented the food perfectly.
-- Mary Sheepshanks, Picking Up the Pieces
Complement is from Latin complementum, from complere, "to fill up," from com- (intensive prefix) + plere, "to fill."
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
A "ME" Update
I have been negligent about posting the past few days - it's just a busy time of year and more so for me this year.
My son called me out of the blue last Thursday and asked if he could come home for Christmas. I haven't seen my son for 4 years. "Of course!" I said. I told him to call his father and if his father would agree to purchase a ticket for him and get him on a plane then I'd pay half. Well....I picked him up at the airport at midnight last night and can't stop staring at him. I am happy to have him here.
The downer is that I am only off three days while he's here but at least I work from home. I had planned on sending him money for Christmas and now that he's here I have no idea what to get him. If anyone has any ideas on what to get a 20 year old please let me know. He lives in a dorm environment so expensive electronics are out since his locker was broken in to a couple of weeks ago.
I will try to post more 'stuff' later.
Hugs and Happy Holidays!
My son called me out of the blue last Thursday and asked if he could come home for Christmas. I haven't seen my son for 4 years. "Of course!" I said. I told him to call his father and if his father would agree to purchase a ticket for him and get him on a plane then I'd pay half. Well....I picked him up at the airport at midnight last night and can't stop staring at him. I am happy to have him here.
The downer is that I am only off three days while he's here but at least I work from home. I had planned on sending him money for Christmas and now that he's here I have no idea what to get him. If anyone has any ideas on what to get a 20 year old please let me know. He lives in a dorm environment so expensive electronics are out since his locker was broken in to a couple of weeks ago.
I will try to post more 'stuff' later.
Hugs and Happy Holidays!
Monday, December 17, 2007
Here's The Joke
A husband and wife are traveling by car from Key West to Boston .
After almost twenty-four hours on the road, they're too tired to continue, and they decide to stop for a rest.
They stop at a nice hotel and take a room, but they only plan to sleep for four hours and then get back on the road. When they check out four hours later, the desk clerk hands them a bill for $350.
The man explodes and demands to know why the charge is so high. He tells the clerk although it's a nice hotel, the rooms certainly aren't worth $350. When the clerk tells him $350 is the standard rate, the man insists on speaking to the Manager.
The Manager appears, listens to the man, and then explains that the hotel has an Olympic-sized pool and a huge conference center that were available for the husband and wife to use.
"But we didn't use them," the man complains.
"Well, they are here, and you could have," explains the Manager. He goes on to explain they could have taken in one of the shows for which the hotel is famous. "The best entertainers from New York , Hollywood and Las Vegas perform here," the Manager says.
"But we didn't go to any of those shows," complains the man again.
"Well, we have them, and you could have," the Manager replies.
No matter what facility the Manager mentions, the man replies, "But we didn't use it!"
The Manager is unmoved, and eventually the man gives up and agrees to pay. He writes a check and gives it to the Manager. The Manager is surprised when he looks at the check. "But sir," he says, this check is only made out for $50."
"That's correct," says the man. "I charged you $300 for sleeping with my wife."
"But I didn't!" exclaims the Manager.
"Well, too bad," the man replies. "She was here and you could have."
After almost twenty-four hours on the road, they're too tired to continue, and they decide to stop for a rest.
They stop at a nice hotel and take a room, but they only plan to sleep for four hours and then get back on the road. When they check out four hours later, the desk clerk hands them a bill for $350.
The man explodes and demands to know why the charge is so high. He tells the clerk although it's a nice hotel, the rooms certainly aren't worth $350. When the clerk tells him $350 is the standard rate, the man insists on speaking to the Manager.
The Manager appears, listens to the man, and then explains that the hotel has an Olympic-sized pool and a huge conference center that were available for the husband and wife to use.
"But we didn't use them," the man complains.
"Well, they are here, and you could have," explains the Manager. He goes on to explain they could have taken in one of the shows for which the hotel is famous. "The best entertainers from New York , Hollywood and Las Vegas perform here," the Manager says.
"But we didn't go to any of those shows," complains the man again.
"Well, we have them, and you could have," the Manager replies.
No matter what facility the Manager mentions, the man replies, "But we didn't use it!"
The Manager is unmoved, and eventually the man gives up and agrees to pay. He writes a check and gives it to the Manager. The Manager is surprised when he looks at the check. "But sir," he says, this check is only made out for $50."
"That's correct," says the man. "I charged you $300 for sleeping with my wife."
"But I didn't!" exclaims the Manager.
"Well, too bad," the man replies. "She was here and you could have."
Word of the Day
profuse \pruh-FYOOS; proh-\, adjective:
1. Pouring forth with fullness or exuberance; giving or given liberally and abundantly; extravagant.
2. Exhibiting great abundance; plentiful; copious; bountiful.
Lo and behold, when the time came to pay the check, it turned out that my pants had been torn by a nail strategically located under the table. Profuse apologies and "please don't pay for this dinner" followed.
-- George Lang, Nobody Knows the Truffles I've Seen
Thickets of brambles and vines grew in profuse, obscuring tangles between our house and the road.
-- Reeve Lindbergh, Under a Wing
Profuse comes from Latin profusus, past participle of profundere, "to pour forth," from pro-, "forth" + fundere, "to pour."
Saturday, December 15, 2007
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