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Web site steers diners to healthy eats

By CANDICE CHOI, Associated Press WriterSun Sep 3, 9:36 PM ET



Restaurants, under fire from health advocates for too-big servings and not enough detail on nutrition, are fighting back.

The National Restaurant Association is building a Web site that will provide a hefty list of healthy meals and restaurants across the country where they can be found.

While the Healthy Dining Finder site isn't as upfront as the onsite brochures and posters that health experts have called for, it is a step in the right direction, said Christine Gerbstadt, a nutritionist with the American Dietetic Association.

The Web site is a way to discreetly court dieters willing to do research without offending others who may not want to be confronted with shockingly high calorie counts.

"It's a happy medium," said Sue Hensley, spokeswoman for the National Restaurant Association.

Arming diners with nutritional information is especially critical now, with Americans eating out more than ever before, Gerbstadt said. "People need to know what they're consuming," she said.

Tricia Bliss, a petite 35-year-old, always logs onto the Internet to check nutritional information before going to lunch with co-workers.

If their chosen restaurants don't have anything she can eat, she'll persuade her friends to go elsewhere.

That's just the type of customer the Healthy Dining Finder — http://www.healthydiningfinder.com/ — is intended to reach.

The site is collecting nutritional information on the four to 10 healthiest dishes at restaurants in a community. Users can punch in their town or ZIP code and search for restaurants by cuisine or price range. It is already available for preview, but a formal launch with more than 10,000 restaurant listings is scheduled for January.

"It's going to be the Grand Central of nutritional information," said Erica Bohm of Healthy Dining, the company that developed the site with the restaurant association.

Their hope is to dispel the notion that dieters must stay at home or leave their diets at the door.

"When people go on a diet, they think 'Oh, my God, I'll never be able to eat out again,'" said Netty Levine, a nutritionist at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

But with some help, Levine said, people can find ways to stick to their diets wherever they go. It's a matter of doing a little research and asking servers the right questions. (Is the spinach sauteed in oil? Is the sea bass breaded?)

The Healthy Dining Finder will make that work easier, although Levine cautions that online calorie counts might not always be accurate. Two plates of chicken parmigiana, even from the same restaurant, can vary greatly.

The Web site begs the question: Why not post the information in the restaurants or on menus?

"It's sort of sneaky that they do it online but not in the store," said Elizabeth Picker, a 19-year-old Albany resident. "When people go out, it's usually a spur-of-the-moment thing, and they aren't going to be able to go online."

Some cafes are more upfront about what they serve. At Au Bon Pain bakeries, computer kiosks calculate calories and other details for sandwiches and pastries, and Applebee's uses the Weight Watchers point system on its menu. Subway boasts of its sandwiches' nutritional value — even printing the information on its napkins.

"If it's a fine dining restaurant, there's not going to be a poster. The type of restaurant is going to drive how the information is made available," Hensley said.

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On the Net:

National Restaurant Association: http://www.restaurant.org/

American Dietetic Association: http://www.eatright.org/

My comments...

This could catch on and hopefully will. Right now, I'm not too sure of this. I'm this way and that way. I never can make up my mind on anything. It has its pros and cons. If someone were on a special diet, they could go to the above links and look for a healthy place to eat. If you were in a rush and wanted to eat anything, you won't bother looking where you can eat healthy stuff.

Not all restaurants are on that list. I ciecked it out. McDonalds claims to have healty food. I live close by a McDonalds. I went to http://www.healthydiningfinder.com/ and found out that Arby's was a healty restuarant. It asks you for your street, which is optional, I didn't put that in, it asks you for your town and state, I put those in. I live about a mile from the nearest McDonalds. About 5 miles from Arby's. If McDonalds has healty food they better get in there!

Feel free to comment.

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I like to play games on my computer. One game I like a lot is Bulldozer. You get to push boulders onto a target. You're moving the boulder with a bulldozer, hence the name of the game, Bulldozer. Here's a picture to show you what I'm talking about.

It's not as easy as it looks. There's Bulldozer 1 and Bulldozer 2. There are 60 levels you have to complete to finish the game. With Bulldozer 1 I have completed 56b levels. This is what level 56 looks like.

I have yet to figure it out. The problem is if you get a boulder against a wall there is no way to get it away from the wall. I'll show you what I mean. I have gotten up to level 41 in Bulldozer 2 and found a glitch in level 41.

Do you see the boulder against the wall on the top of the picture? There is no way to get the boulder to move away from the wall.

If anyone can help me out with this it would be much appreciated.

I might add this is a Windows 95 game. It came on a CD with 40 games made by Expert Software.

Instant messaging

Do any of my blogger friends have instant messengers, such as AOL instant messenger or Yahoo instant messenger? With Yahoo instant messenger I can talk to people on MSN messenger.

If you would like to chat please email me with your screen name and we can chat. You can find my email addy in my profile.

Bananas

After Reading THIS, you'll NEVER look at a banana in the same way again!

Bananas Containing three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber, a banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy. Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes. But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.

Depression:

According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.

PMS:

Forget the pills -- eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.

Anemia:

High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.

Blood Pressure:

This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it the perfect way to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

Brain Power:

200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.

Constipation:

High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.

Hangovers:

One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.

Heartburn:

Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.

Morning Sickness:

Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.

Mosquito bites:

Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.

Nerves:

Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.

Overweight and at work?

Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and chips Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, rese archers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.

Ulcers:

The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.

Temperature control:

Many other cultures see bananas as a "cooling" fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand, for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD):
Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer tryptophan.

Smoking:

Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.

Stress:

Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.

Strokes:

According to research in "The New England Journal of Medicine," eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!

So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrates, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around. So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, "A banana a day keeps the doctor away!"

That's what I feel like doing when I can't get Microsoft Word to do what I want it to.

I was trying to group three things together and had a hard time doing it.  It FINALLY got done.

Sometimes I think Word has a mind of its own.  I think computers do too.  I also think they do things just to annoy us, like crash.  They get us nice and attached to them so we pay attention to them, get attached to going online and do what we do online, and then they crash.  They want us to pay attention to just them without going online.  They break down so we have to fix them.

  I can't think of anything to write about.  I had today off because of a tropical storm that was supposed to be a hurricane.  It ended up being a tropical depression.  I love time off.  In fact I'd like more time off to do whatever.

Tomorrow I go back to work.  Yes, I do use four letter words.  Work is a four letter word. 

What some people will do for their pets

Woman crashes when teaching dog to drive

Mon Aug 28, 8:19 PM ET

A woman in Hohhot, the capital of north China's Inner Mongolia region, crashed her car while giving her dog a driving lesson, the official Xinhua News Agency said Monday.

No injuries were reported although both vehicles were slightly damaged, it said.
The woman, identified only be her surname, Li, said her dog "was fond of crouching on the steering wheel and often watched her drive," according to Xinhua.

"She thought she would let the dog 'have a try' while she operated the accelerator and brake," the report said. "They did not make it far before crashing into an oncoming car."

Xinhua did not say what kind of dog or vehicles were involved but Li paid for repairs.


My comments

Who in their right mind would teach a dog to drive? I know you can teach a dog to do almost anything, but to drive?

Let's say you did teach your dog to drive, imagine the possiblities. YOu could sleep on your way to work, providing your dog was a good driver. but the thing is, would the dog knwo what time to pick you up?
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I saw a cute T-shirt at work today. Toto wrote Dorothy a letter, from the Wizard of Oz. It said,

"Dear Dorothy,

I hate Oz. I took the ruby slippers. Find your own way home.

Toto."

I thought that was so cute.

Ernesto, again...

Ernesto is still a tropical storm. If we can survive a bunch of major hurrcanes, we can survive an itty bitty tropical storm. All this hype about Ernesto turning into a catagory 3 hurricane, honestly!

Ernesto

We may get hit by yet another hurricane. Boss Lady said we weren’t going to get any this year, so we’ll see. Ernesto is now a Tropical Storm. It supposed to gain hurricane strength by the time it reaches Florida. It’s supposed to hit the Keys first, so they’re evacuating all the tourists. Every time they do this the silly hurricane goes some place else. EVERY SINGLE time it seems. All of Florida is under a hurricane watch.

We’ll know more as it heads this way.

GO AWAY ERNESTO!!!! WE’VE HAD OUR FAIR SHARE OF HURRICANES!!!! IT’S SOMEBODY’S ELSE’S TURN!!!! OH, AND DON’T GO TO LOUISIANA THEY STILL HAVE TO RECOVER FROM LAST YEAR AND WE HAVE TO RECOVER FROM 2 YEARS OF HURRICANE DAMAGE!!!!

What gets to me, is, last year we had plenty of time to prepare. Wilma took its sweet time getting here. It kept stalling and taunting Florida. You still had the long lines at the gas station and waiting for food stamps and everything.

Stay tuned...

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What would you think of someone who doens't like America, and thinks this country is a joke, who lives here, and won't go back to their own country? Plus this person has fathered two children and won't support his own kids. This person is on disability.

I believe this person is on disability so he doesn't have to support his own kids. This person also has 2 part time jobs and is too lazy to get up in the morning. One job is off the books.

What would you think of such a person?

My work week...

First off, let me say I will try to start blogging on a regular basis. I will try not to slack off. I just have to find stuff to write about.

My work weed starts on Tueday and ends on Saturday. 5 days straight. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. I have 2 days off. Sunday and Monday. I hate that schedule. I want my weekends, Saturday and Sunday off. That's how its supposed to be.

I consider my work week to be Monday to Friday. L:ke this:

Tuesday is my Monday
Wednesday is my Tuesday
Thursdzy is my Wednesday
Friday is my Thursday
Saturday is my Friday

Is that so hard? No, I didn't think so. Boss lady doesn't like it that way. She's happy with the days of the week we work. So to keep every body happy I just keep my mouth shut and keep my week the way I like it.

When one of us takes a Saturday off and Friday is their last day, it is actually Friday for them.

Understand?

The people I work with

are something else.

First we have the “Screecher” this one has a high pitched voice when they talk loudly. She’ll be right next to you and then schreech. She’ll watch you jump and then laugh.

Then we have “Loud Mouth.” You know when she’s around. She speaks loudly and yells. And if she’s not saying anything she bangs things around. This one is LOUD. She talks like a sailor or truck driver.

I don't work with these two all day, but we do run into each other. I work for a non profit organization processing donated clothes. I work with people who hang the clothes. I process and pick out the good stuff and the hanger hangs them on a rack and brings the rack out and someone else puts them away, like Big Mouth.

My supervisor will be referred to as the "Boss lady." I called her a bad name one time and found out that was not a good idea.

I process clothe for the "Grabber" in the morning and "Slacker" in the afternoon. Grabber grabz the clothes and quick hangs them before I even know there gone and then wants more clothes. As soon as I turn my back the clothes are gone. If I'm not finished with them, I have to quick grab them back and finish with them.

"Slacker" is the total opposite. You have to push clothes to him or he won't touch them, unless, of course you give him the clothes out of order they were processed in.

These are some real characters.

Survivor is going to be better than ever!!!

A Racy Twist for "Survivor"

By Gina SerpeWed Aug 23, 7:21 PM ET

Some may call it exploiting racial tensions. CBS calls it darn good television.

Jeff Probst popped in on The Early Show Wednesday morning, confirming the reports that the 20 castaways for Survivor: Cook Islands will be grouped by race, with competitors divided into four tribes consisting of whites, blacks, Asians and Hispanics.

Apparently, "separate but equal" holds only the warmest of connotations for Mark Burnett.

Like a good host, Probst had nothing but praise for the producers' controversial brainchild, calling the exercise in segregation a valuable social experiment, rather than a stunt to dig up some controversy--and raise ratings.

"The idea for this actually came from the criticism that Survivor was not ethnically diverse enough, because for whatever reason, we always have a low number of minority applicants apply for the show," Probst said.

"So we set out and said, 'Let's turn this criticism into creative for the show.' And I think it fits perfectly with what Survivor does, which is, it is a social experiment. And this is adding another layer to that experiment, which is taking the show to a completely different level."

Different level, yes. Good level, still to be determined.

"If I had been a producer of this show, it is not an idea I would have come up with or given approval to," Robert Thompson, director of the Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University, told E! Online. "It's like a return back to segregated leagues in sports. The unseemly interest this will invite certainly is not worth the dramatic elements it's going to bring."

"To the less-than-open minded person, it is very easy to trash us," Burnett explained to Entertainment Weekly. "But we're smart enough to not make it negative. We're smart enough to have gotten rid of every racist person in casting."

Though more to the point, the producers haven't and can't weed out every racially sensitive person in their audience who may take offense to the seemingly archaic, and potentially socially irresponsible, division.

While the 43-year-old host admitted that the players themselves had "mixed reactions" to the racial separation, he made clear that the division was not meant to incite any controversy, add to the tension during the competition or simply be viewed as a gimmick.

"Our original idea was simply to have the most ethnically diverse group of people on TV. It wasn't until we got to casting and started noticing this theme of ethnic pride that we started thinking, 'Wow, if culture is still playing such a big part in these people's lives, that's our idea. Let's divide them based on ethnicity,' " he said.

Though not everyone is as excited about the idea as Probst and his Survivor crew.

"It sounds like a gimmick a lot of people are going to have real issues as to the taste of," Thompson said.

Referencing Burnett's previous experiments on Survivor and The Apprentice to divide teams by boys vs. girls and, more recently on the latter, by street smarts vs. book smarts, Thompson said that "these things don't often work so well in less dicey situations."

And any publicity is good publicity, right?

"As far as getting some attention, getting it talked about again, this'll do it," Thompson said. "Survivor is a great game. It's the gold standard of reality TV. But nobody seems to talk about it anymore."

Or watch it.

Survivor: Cook Islands will be the reality show's 13th installment and comes on the heels of the least watched season in the series' history. Despite garnering an Emmy nod for Best Reality Competition, Survivor: Panama--Exile Island, which split the tribes based on gender and age, averaged a franchise-low 16.8 million viewers. Hence the latest drastic measure.

CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler told EW that while she was hesitant to give the go-ahead on the "risky idea," she finally relented, saying it was the logical next step in "a show that explores social politics."

"It's not just 18 white people," Probst told the magazine. "Suddenly you have new slang, new rituals--people doing things like making fire in ways that haven't been done on Survivor. I think we have a season where people will say you can never go back to what you were before."

It's not the first time a primetime reality show has flirted with race, though it will be the first time one follows through.

Last year, Donald Trump hinted that The Apprentice was toying with the idea of dividing his two teams by race, only to backtrack on the notion when backlash started up, saying "I personally don't like it, so it will never happen."

Survivor: Cook Islands kicks off Sept. 14. Here's a list of the competitors:

• Rebecca Borman, 24, makeup artistLaurelton, New York;

• Anh-Tuan "Cao Boi" Bui, 42, nail salon managerChristiansburg, Virginia;

• Sekou Bunch, 45, jazz musician, Los Angeles;

• J.P. Calderon, 30, pro volleyball player, Marina Del Rey, California;

• Cristina Coria, 35, police officer, Los Angeles;

• Stephannie Favor, 35, nursing student, Columbia, South Carolina;

• Billy Garcia, 36, heavy metal guitarist, New York City;

• Adam Gentry, 28, copier sales, San Diego;

• Nathan Gonzalez, 26, retail sales, Los Angeles;

• Jenny Guzon-Bae, 36, real estate agent, Lake Forest, Illinois;

• Yul Kwon, 31, management consultant, San Mateo, California;

• Becky Lee, 28, attorney, Washington, D.C.;

• Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth, 25, waiter, Venice, California;

• Cecilia Mansilla, 29, technology risk consultant, Oakland;

• Sundra Oakley, 31, actress, Los Angeles;

• Jonathan Penner, 44, writer/producer,

• Los Angeles; Parvati Shallow, 23, boxer/waitress, Los Angeles;

• Jessica Smith, 27, performance artist/rollergirl, Chico, California;

• Brad Virata, 29, fashion director, Los Angeles;

• Candice Woodcock, 23, premed student, Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Watch out!

When you go to bed at night and forget to shut down your computer, do you know where your icons are?What they are doing?

See what goes on....
Turn up the sound and Click on the link below"
http://www.xs4all.nl/~jvdkuyp/flash/see.htm

What I don't understand is how was this an accident???

Suspect says Ramsey death 'an accident'

By SUTIN WANNABOVORN, Associated Press Writer 23 minutes ago

BANGKOK, Thailand - A former American school teacher said publicly Thursday he was with

JonBenet Ramsey when she was killed and called the 6-year-old's death "an accident," a stunning admission that should help answer 10 years of questions in the unsolved murder case.

John Mark Karr, 41, will be taken within the week to Colorado, where he will face charges of first degree murder, kidnapping and child sexual assault, Ann Hurst of the Department of Homeland Security told a news conference in Bangkok.

"I was with JonBenet when she died," John Mark Karr told reporters afterward, visibly
nervous and stuttering as he spoke. "Her death was an accident."

Asked if he was innocent of the crime, Karr said: "No."

Karr confessed to the killing after his arrest Wednesday at his downtown Bangkok apartment by Thai and American authorities, said Lt. Gen. Suwat Tumrongsiskul, head of Thailand's immigration police.

He said Karr insisted his crime was not first-degree murder but that she died during a kidnapping attempt that went awry.

"He said it was second-degree murder. He said it was unintentional. He said he was in love with the child, she was a pageant queen," Suwat said.

Karr declined to say what his connection was to the Ramsey family. Dressed in a turquoise polo shirt and khaki trousers, he appeared ashen with an expressionless look on his face.

An attorney for the Ramsey family said Wednesday that Karr once lived near the family in Conyers, Ga.

JonBenet was found beaten and strangled in the basement of the family's home in Boulder, Colo., on Dec. 26, 1996.

Wednesday's arrest was a surprise development in one of America's most lurid murder cases, which had left a cloud of suspicion over her family after years went by with no arrests. Some feared the case would never be solved.

Striking video images of the blonde-haired girl in child beauty pageants helped propel the case into one of the highest-profile mysteries in the United States.

A law enforcement source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the AP that Karr had been communicating periodically with somebody in Boulder who had been following the case and cooperating with law enforcement officials.

A University of Colorado spokesman, Barrie Hartman, said journalism professor Michael

Tracey communicated with Karr over several months and contacted police. The university spokesman said he didn't know what prompted Tracey to become suspicious of Karr.

Tracey produced a documentary in 2004 called "Who Killed JonBenet?" A woman who answered the phone at a number under his name said he didn't live there anymore; his office phone mailbox was full.

The Ramseys learned that police were investigating Karr at least a month before the June death of JonBenet's mother, Patsy Ramsey, of ovarian cancer, the family said.

In a statement Wednesday, father John Ramsey said that if his wife had lived to see Karr's arrest, she "would no doubt have been as pleased as I am with today's development almost 10 years after our daughter's murder."

Suwat quoted Karr as saying he tried to kidnap JonBenet for a $118,000 ransom but that his plan went awry and he strangled her. Patsy Ramsey reported finding a ransom note in the house demanding $118,000 for her daughter.

Investigators said at one point that JonBenet's parents were under an "umbrella of
suspicion" in the slaying, and some news accounts cast suspicion on JonBenet's older
brother, Burke. But the Ramseys insisted an intruder killed their daughter, and no one was ever charged.

Over the years, some experts suggested that investigators had botched the case so
thoroughly that it might never be solved. The Ramseys moved back to Atlanta after their aughter's slaying.

"It's been a very long 10 years, and I'm just sorry Patsy isn't here for me to hug her neck," said Lin Wood, the family's longtime attorney.

"John and Patsy lived their lives knowing they were innocent, trying to raise a son despite the furor around them," Wood told MSNBC.

Suwat said U.S. authorities informed Thai police on Aug. 11 that an arrest warrant had been issued for Karr on charges of premeditated murder. The warrant was sent to Thai police on Wednesday.

"Through investigation we were able to determine where his residence was and the Thais arrested him," Hurst said. "He did not resist. He did express surprise."

Hurst said Karr has been "very cooperative" with authorities and that he's shown a "variety of emotions."

Suwat said Karr arrived in Bangkok on June 6 from Malaysia to look for a teaching job. It was not clear whether he had gotten a job, the police officer said.

Karr's visa has been revoked as an "undesirable person" given the accusations against him, and U.S. authorities were expected to take him to the United States in the next few days, Suwat said.

Hurst, with the department's U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Bangkok, said that Karr had left the United States several years ago and had not returned.

The immigration and customs office had assisted the Boulder County District Attorney's Office and the Royal Thai Police in the investigation.

The suspect, who has been in Thailand five times over the past two years, was being
detained by immigration police pending arrival of U.S. officials, Suwat said.

When asked how he could travel for so many years in Asia, and whether he was independently wealthy, Hurst responded, "We're asking the same questions."

Police said Karr had been living in a dormitory-style hotel called The Blooms in a
neighborhood of massage parlors and travel agents that cater to expatriate residents and sex tourists. The nine-story hotel offers rooms for as short as three-hour rentals.

The district attorney in Boulder, Mary Lacy, said the arrest followed several months of work.

She said Karr, who had traveled extensively across the world, may also be connected to a prior case in Santa Rosa County, Calif. She did not provide further details.

Sonoma County Chief Deputy District Attorney Joan Risse confirmed the child pornography charges and arrest warrant against a John Mark Karr, though she cautioned that she didn't know if he was the same person held Bangkok. State records show Karr lost his teaching credential in 2002.

Can you believe this???

Doggie hotel opens -- 23 dollars a night, television optional

by Virginie MontetTue Jul 18, 3:12 AM ET

Washingtonians can now drop their pooches off at a pet hotel that cares for their friendly canines in a five-star environment -- pet-themed television shows optional.

In the mahogany paneled lobby of the PetSmart PetHotel, which just opened in the Washington suburb of Bethesda, the pets' human "parents" line up to plunk down 23 dollars plus tax for each night their pooch stays.

The doggie hotel is nothing like kennels of yore: in this inn there is lactose-free ice cream, indoor recreation, and for 10 more dollars a night, pooch can stay in a roomier "suite" with a television set showing an "animal related movie all day," said Vince Malanaphy, who manages the Bethesda PetsHotel.

"It helps them to relax and to adjust as they are used to hearing TV at home," Malanaphy says.
In one "suite" a little white poodle named Bijou is lost in the embrace of Morpheus with "Little Nemo" and his cartoon friends swimming by in an eternal loop on the TV set.
A stay at "Doggie Day Camp" without the overnight goes for 20 dollars the day.
Half of the boarders come every day. "It's better than leaving them at home alone," said Cyra, one of the pet "mothers," as she drops off her Labrador and her poodle for Day Camp before running off to the office. Here "they can socialize," she said.

For potty breaks there is a 20 square meter (215 square foot) "relief room" complete with a plastic tree. "For security reasons, no outdoor walking," says Malanaphy.
Meredith, in charge of animal recreation, says that if dogs "are aggressive or play too rough, we give them a time out in a cage" for 15 minutes. "After twice, they get the message," she says.
The Bethesda site has room for 180 dogs and 26 cats. Cats stay in plexiglass cages known as "kitty cottages" for a mere 14 dollars plus tax a night, which includes 15 minutes of TLC -- Tender Loving Care, otherwise known as petting.

The Phoenix, Arizona-based PetSmart Inc. launched the pet hotel concept three years ago and it is "the fastest growing sector" of the pet business, said spokesman Bruce Richardson. "Now we have 32 hotels; we anticipate 240 by 2010," he said.
Gina Martin, a consumer retail analyst at Wachovia Bank, sees only growth in the pet care industry.

"General spending for pets is growing at an extraordinary pace," said Martin. "There is a trend for the treatment of the pet as another human being."

Americans spend nearly 40 billion dollars a year on their household pets -- 30 percent more than five years ago. The figure is close to what Americans spend on toys for children -- 48 billion dollars -- and more than twice the 17 billion spent on cosmetics, Martin said.

I haven't been feeling well for the past week. I woke up one Saturday morning thinking to myself, "Self, I feel terrible. I don't think I'll be able to work today. I would probably have to ask to leave work early.

I was going to give myself a chance to wake up and see how I felt then. I felt horrible. I called in sick that day. I slept for a good protion of the day and headaches statted. I was eating tylenol extra strength every 4 hours like clock work. I slept a good part of the day and night. The headaches started after I lied down. I think they woke me up.

I went to church on Sunday, not feeling good. I stayed home Sunday night because my head was pounding.

I went to the doctor Momday morning. She gave me medicine for my headache and checkled my heartbeat. It was irregular. The next day I went back for more medicine I could take during the day for my headaches. While I was there, they scheduled me for an MRI of the brain and an Echo doppler which is an echocardiagram. The MRI didn't show amything, but the echocardiagram did. They told me what they found, but I don't know what it is. And I don't know what it means. They want me to take a stress test and they will schedule one for me they said.

I have been back to work and now my back hurts something fierce. Other then that, I'm fine. The doctor gave my exercises to do with some medicine to take.

Do I sound like a drug addict?

My back still hurts, but I will continue taking the medicine and doing the exercises.

New website!!!

I have my very own website now. It's a forum that we can talk about stuff in. C'mon and take a look. it's located at: http://littlelamb.me.uk/

My trip to Texas...

Ok, so you want to hear about my trip to Texas. Dad and I went to visit my uncle who lives there. My cousin and her family also live there. We got to see them all. We went to the Texas Motor Speedway. I learned a few things about racing. For instance, I didn't know they had a place for pit stops if they need to do stuff. They also have a place called Victory Lane to take pictures of the winning car and person.

We also went on a ride in my uncle's boat. I haven't been on a boat in I don't know how long. I had a blast.

My cousin and I also had a manicure.

That visit was short and sweet.

On the way home from Texas...

I have been told it was time for a new post. I don't always do as I'm told. Well, here goes. It is time for a new post.

Dad and I went to Texas to visit my uncle. On our way home, when we arrived at the airport, before going through security, dad decided to look for his car keys. He looked in his pockets, they weren't there. He looked through his luggage, they weren't there. He kept gong back and forth, franticly looking for those car keys. He didn't find them. We were making all these plans on what we were going to do. Dad got a hold of my uncle.

What we ended up doing was spending an extra day in Texas. And then back to the airport.

Sorry this is so short, but I had to make a quick post to let all of you out there knwo I am still alive and kicking.

I must get more regular with this.

6 Weird things about me...

Hmmm, I wonder what they could be?

I talk to myself all the tine. I even hold conversations with myself. It's so funny at work, I work with another woman who also talks to herself. I'm processing clothes for her to hang. We both talk to ourselves and not to each other. Now there's 2 others we work with and those two actually talk to each other.

When I was small I put everything that came near my mouth in my mouth. I ate crayons and paste. If it was anywhere near my mouth it would find its way in my mouth.

I'm laughing while I post this.

I don't wear pants or jeans. I wear skirts.

Sometimes I feel closer to those online than in real life.

I speak my mind and get in trouble for it, and don't understand why

Something to think about.............

Subject: This is a GREAT one...



Something to think about.............

Please read this all the way to end.. all the way to end... This is a good thought and it could work. It won't cost anything to try.
Think about it !!

A man eats two eggs each morning for breakfast. When he goes to the grocery store he pays 60 cents a dozen. Since a dozen eggs won't last a week he normally buys two dozens at a time.

One day while buying eggs he notices that the price has risen to 72 cents. The next time he buys groceries, eggs are .76 cents a dozen. When asked to explain the price of eggs the store owner says, "the price has gone up and I have to raise my price accordingly".

This store buys 100 dozen eggs a day. I checked around for a better price and all the distributors have raised their prices. The distributors have begun to buy from the huge egg farms. The small egg farms have been driven out of business.

He checked out the huge egg farms and found they were selling 100,000 dozen eggs to the distributors daily. Nothing had changed but the price of eggs.

This pattern continues until the price of eggs is 2.00 a dozen. The man says,"there must be something we can do about the price of eggs".

He starts talking to all the people in his town and they decide to stop buying eggs. This didn't work because everyone needed eggs. Finally, the man suggested vnly buying what you need.

He ate 2 eggs a day. On the way home from work he would stop at the grocery and buy two eggs. Everyone in town started buying 2 or 3 eggs a day.


The grocery store owner began complaining that he had too many eggs in his cooler. He told the distributor that he didn't need any eggs. Maybe wouldn't need any all week.

The distributor had eggs piling up at his warehouse. He told the huge egg farms that he didn't have any room for eggs would not need any for at least two weeks.

At the egg farm, the chickens just kept on laying eggs.

The distributor told the grocery store owner that he would lower the price of the eggs if the store would start buying again. The grocery store owner said, "I don't have room for more eggs. The customers are only buy 2 or 3 eggs at a time".
"Now if you were to drop the price of eggs back down to the original price, the customers would start buying by the dozen again".

Finally, the egg farmers lowered the price of their eggs. But only a few
cents. The customers still bought 2 or 3 eggs at a time. They said, "when the price of eggs gets down to where it was before, we will start buying by the
dozen."

Slowly the price of eggs started dropping. The distributors had to slash their prices to make room for the eggs coming from the egg farmers. The egg farmers cut their prices because the distributors wouldn't buy at a higher price than they were selling eggs for.

Anyway, they had full warehouses and wouldn't need eggs for quite a while.

And them chickens kept on laying.

Eventually, the egg farmers cut their prices because they were throwing away eggs they couldn't sell. The distributors started buying again because the eggs were priced to where the stores could afford to sell them at the lower price.

And the customers starting buying by the dozen again.

Now, transpose this analogy to the gasoline industry.

What if everyone only bought $10.00 worth of gas each time they pulled to the pump. The dealers tanks would stay semi full all the time. The dealers wouldn't have room for the gas coming from the huge tank farms. The tank farms wouldn't have room for the gas coming from the refining plants. And the refining plants wouldn't have room for the oil being off loaded from the huge tankers coming from the Middle East.

Just $10.00 each time you buy gas. Don't fill it up. You may have to stop for gas twice a week but, the price should come down.

Think about it.

As an added note..When I buy $10.00 worth of gas,that leaves my tank a little under half full. The way prices are jumping around, you can buy gas for $2.65 a gallon and then the next morning it can be $2.15. If you have your tank full of $2.65 gas you don't have room for the $2.15 gas. You might not understand the economics of only buying two eggs at a time but, you can't buy cheaper gas if your tank is full of the high priced stuff.

Also, don't buy anything else at the gas station, no cigarettes, no bread, milk or chewing gum, don't give them any more of your hard earned money than what you spend on gas, until the prices come down.. Oh, some folks may not see this message. Can you afford to print 10 at a time and pass them out where you buy gas? If you can afford more, you may think of putting them on windshields at the mall.

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Choices

LET IT REALLY SINK IN - THEN CHOOSE .

John is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"

He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, John was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.

Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and asked him "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"

He replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or ... you can choose to be in a bad mood. I choose to be in a good mood." Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or...I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.

Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or... I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.

"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested.

"Yes, it is," he said. "Life is all abou t choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood.

You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life."

I reflected on what he said. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.

Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower.

After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back.

I saw him about six months after the accident.

When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins..Wanna see my scars?"

I declined to s ee his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.

"The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter," he replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or...I could choose to die. I chose to live."

"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.

He continued, "..the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'. I knew I needed to take action."

"What did you do?" I asked.

"Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me," said John. She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes, I replied.' The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Gravity'."

Over their laughter, I told them, "I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."

He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude... I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.

Attitude, after all, is everything .

Keep this on the Fridge
Did You Know That? Drinking two glasses of Gatorade can relieve headache pain almost immediately -- without the unpleasant side effects caused by traditional "pain relievers."
Did you know that Colgate toothpaste makes an excellent salve for burns?
Before you head to the drugstore for a high-priced inhaler filled with mysterious chemicals, try chewing on a couple of curiously strong Altoids peppermints. They'll clear up your stuffed nose.
Achy muscles from a bout of the flu? Mix 1 Tablespoon of horseradish in 1 cup of olive oil. Let the mixture sit for 30 minutes, then apply it as massage oil, for instant relief for aching muscles.
Sore throat? Just mix 1/4 cup of vinegar with 1/4 cup of honey and take 1 tablespoon six times a day. The vinegar kills the bacteria.
Cure urinary tract infections with Alka-Seltzer . Just dissolve two tablets in a glass of water and drink it at the onset of the symptoms. Alka-Seltzer begins eliminating urinary tract infections almost instantly -- ! even though the product was never been advertised for this use. (Note: Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold Medicine is not the same..and contains aspirin, which can cause stomach bleeding if you have ulcers.)
Honey remedy for skin blemishes... Cover the blemish with a dab of honey and place a Band-Aid over it. Honey kills the bacteria, keeps the skin sterile, and speeds healing. Works overnight.
Listerine therapy for toenail fungus... Get rid of unsightly toenail fungus by soaking your toes in Listerine mouthwash. The powerful antiseptic leaves your toenails looking healthy again.
Easy eyeglass protection... To prevent the screws in eyeglasses from loosening, apply a small drop of Maybelline Crystal Clear nail polish to the threads of the screws before tightening them.
Coca-Cola cure for rust... Forget those expensive rust removers. Just saturate an abrasive sponge with Coca Cola and scrub the rust stain. The phosphoric acid in the coke is what gets the job done.
Cleaning liquid that doubles as bug killer... If menacing bees, wasps, hornets, or yellow jackets get in your home and you can't find the insecticide, try a spray of Formula 409. Insects drop to the ground instantly.!
Smart splinter remover...just pour a drop of Elmer's Glue-All over the splinter, let dry, and peel the dried glue off the skin. The splinter sticks to the dried glue.
Hunt's tomato paste boil cure....cover the boil with Hunt's tomato paste as a compress. The acids from the tomatoes soothe the pain and bring the boil to a head.
Balm for broken blisters...To disinfect a broken blister, dab on a few drops of Listerine ... a powerful antiseptic.
Heinz vinegar to heal bruises... Soak a cotton ball in white vinegar and apply it to the bruise for 1 hour. The vinegar reduces the blueness and speeds up the healing process.
Kills fleas instantly. Dawn dish washing liquid does the trick. Add a few drops to your dog's bath and shampoo the animal thoroughly. Rinse well to avoid skin irritations. Goodbye fleas.
Rainy day cure for dog odor... Next time your dog comes in from the rain, simply wipe down the animal with Bounce or any dryer sheet, instantly making your dog smell springtime fresh.
Eliminate ear mites... All it takes is a few drops of Wesson corn oil in your cat's ear. Massage it in, then clean with a cotton ball. Repeat daily for 3 days. The oil soothes the cat's skin, smothers the mites, and accelerates healing.!
Quaker Oats for fast pain relief....It's not for breakfast anymore! Mix 2 cups of Quaker Oats and 1 cup of water in a bowl and warm in the microwave for 1 minute, cool slightly, and apply the mixture to your hands for ! soothing relief from arthritis pain.

Strange but true...

1. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
2. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button.
3. A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 years.
4. People do not get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors a lot more.
5. When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop, even your heart!
6. Only 7 per cent of the population are lefties.
7. Forty people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute.
8. Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old.
9. The average person over 50 will have spent 5 years waiting in queues.
10. The toothbrush was invented in 1498.
11. The average housefly lives for one month.
12. 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.
13. A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened.
14. The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.
15. Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than any other time of day.
16. Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.
17. The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search for water.
18. The only two animals that can see behind themselves without turning their heads are the rabbit and the parrot.
19. John Travolta turned down the starring roles in "An Officer and a Gentleman" and "Tootsie."
20. Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State anthem.
21. In most television commercials advertising milk, a mixture of white paint and a little thinner is used in place of the milk.
22. Prince Charles and Prince William NEVER travel on the same airplane, just in case there is a crash.
23. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903 used a tomato can for a carburettor.
24. Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical cords cut from women who give birth. They are used in vein transplant surgery.
25. Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. They were 7th cousins.
26. If colouring wasn't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.

Found something interesting at work the other day...

I work at a thrift store. I process donated clothing. I was processing as usual on Saturday after lunch as I always do and found old passports and airline tickets and an old Cingular bill. I threw that all away. I found some Wells Fargo envelopes and was about to throw them away as well, but decided to have a look. Something in those particular envelopes felt hard like folded paper. That's exactly what I thought it was. I looked anyway. And do you know what I saw? You wanna guess? Go ahead and guess. I always wondered what I would do in this situation. Read on to find out what happened and what I did about it.

I found lots of money. I started to count it. I lost count after $2,000. There were 7 envelopes that had $1,000 each in them. I was speechless. I told the store manager what I found. She brought two other people in her office with us. She counted the money while we all watched. I was dumbfounded. I could barely talk.

The store manager made a few phone calls. I had told someone about the plane tickets and Cingular bill. Someone fetched them out of the garbage and brought those back to the office. The store manager called the police. We went back to work. The police came and talked to me for a few minutes. He picked up the money.

Evidently the policeman called whoever's name was on the plane tickets because they came by later and donated more stuff and to say "thank you" to me for finding the money. They even gave me a reward for turning it in.

I admire people who do that type of thing and always wondered what I would do if I was ever in that situation. Now I know.

Something contoversial...

Let's try a new twist on here shall we?

I am against abortion. To me, abortion is murder. Life begins at conception as far as I'm concerned. You wouldn't kill a baby who was just born would you? Why kill that baby in the fetus stage then? That's where that baby's life begins is in the womb. Abortion is not seeing what you're doing away with. I guess these pro murdering unborn babies people think if you don't see it, it doesn't exist.

Ok let me ask you this. If that fetus is not a human, why bother to eat healthy stuff when you're pregnant? Life is growing inside of you. Just because you don't see that life doesn't mean its not a life.

I've been dycked!

Dyck does not like my blog at all. I really don't care how he feels about this blog. It does not belong to him. It is mine, all mine! It is mine to do with what I want. For one thing, I NEVER EVER asked him to do this. I resent the fact that he did. This blog may not be good, but it is my blog. I just have to think of stuff to write about. I keep my thoughts to myself, that way I don't get into trouble. When I speak my mind, that's when I get into trouble. It happens at work all the time, so I just keep my mouth shut.

He doesn't like anything about this blog at all. Too bad Dyck! This is my blog not yours! If you don't like my blog stay away. Don't come here anymore.

He doesn't like the pictures of my lambs. Too bad! I like those pictures. So what if they don't match. They are on my blog to stay. If you don't like them, don't look. If you don't like my clock, don't look at it! And the lamb on the lounge chair was made for me by someone on Police Hub. It means a lot to me and I want to show it off and will do so whether you like it or not. He thinks I have a twisted mind, he thinks that lamb is smoking crack in a crack pipe! I knew right off it was a drink in the lambs hand. (or paw, whichever you prefer.) He must be on drugs to know what a crack pipe looks like.

Hs also doesn't like the fact I haven't changed my blog at all. I like this blog and have no desire to change it at this time. I like the colors and everything about it. So too bad Dyckie.

He thinks I have Satanic messages hidden in the Bible passages that are on here. He probably never opened a real Bible in his life.

He said and I quote: "I'm almost ashamed to have this blog affilated with the Mighty Blog Network. I mean, even I have my standards." I'm kind of ashamed to be associated with it because of the filth he posts. He swears in every one of his posts.

There are people who like to come here. Dyck is not one of them. In fact, he has a forum that hardly anyone goes to. It's so boring he can't even give it away for free.

And another thing, be careful if you go to Dyckies dead forum. He has been known to change my psots. He might change yours too. And watch out for Revree, too, his sidekick. She told me I was so close to being banned and I didn't even do anything! He has banned me several times because I said I was never banned. So be very careful if you ever go there. These people play rough. They're like little kids posing as adults.

I haven't blogged in a while...

As the post says, I haven't blogged in a while. The real reason? Laziness. I'll fess up. The real reason is because I've been spending time at a cop forum. I now belong to two faithfully. This latest one is www.5ive-o.org I've made some friends there. Its a fun group of people and not everybody is a cop.

I could say something disagreeable like, I'm against abortion, but I may post my true feelings on the subject another tine.

I've been tagged, again...

I keep getting tagged. I don't know how this happens. The tags seem interesting though.

Here's the latest tag:

List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your blog along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they're listening to.

Christian Music

1 - Lord, Lead Me On
2 - The Family of God
3 - Great Is Thy Faithfulness
4 - He Keeps Me Singing
5 - Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus
6 - The Joy of Jesus
7 - For Those Tears I Died

I can't think of seven people off hand, but will tag Rain, Frankie, Ewink, can't think of anybody else right now.

The lambs

The lambs are back by popular demand!

On second thought...

I'm keeping this one. I don't want to have to go through all that work of moving everything. Now I have to think of what to post. Any ideas?

I got rid of the calendar as you may have noticed.

Gonna have to start over...

I'm going to have to start over with a new blog. I've messed this one up a bit. I will let you know when its ready. And where it is.

I just don't know...

What to do with this blog. I feel as if I made a mess of tbings. I hope to one day have that fixed. I'm thinking of stuff to do with this blog. I may start over. Please be patient while I think of what of to do with this thing. This may take a while.

I'm trying to get a mini calendar on my blog. It's not quite working the way I hoped. I will be playing with between work and my life.

RM is helping with this calendar. I have added him to my list of blogs. He and I willg get this working soon I hope.

Valentines Day

Some people may enjoy Valentine's Day while others do not because they have no one to share it with. It doesn't bother me one way or the other. For me its just another day. I know people who got marreid on Valentines Day. You know, its pretty smart because then they won't forget their anniversary. This way they won't forget to get a gift.

On the outside this may seem very smart. But it really isn't. Its rather cheap on their part. Anybody who didn't get married on Valentine's day gets an anniversary gift and then Valentines Day comes they get a Valentines Day gift. Those who got married on Valentines Day get an anniversary gift and a Valentines Day gift in one. That way the man not only has to get one gift he is also a hero for remembering his anniversary. So those who got married on Valentines DAy only have to remember their spouses birthday and then Christmas.

If you have your anniversary on any other day but Valentines Day the spouse gets more gifts. A married couple has their anniversary, birthday, Christmas, and Valentines Day in which they get gifts. That's four times a year. Now if you combine Valentines Day and your anniversary you get one less gift.

But on the other hand, if you get married on Valentines Day neither husband or wife will forget their anniversary. You have a chance of one or the other forgetting their anniversary if its on any other day. So there's pros and cons to it.

Survivor...

Survivor was EXCELLENT tonight. New twists and turns in this one. I realize they have to keep coming up with new stuff every now and then, but I really think this is going to be really really exciting. They still have 16 peope but they divided them up into four groups. Same gender and age group. Four Older men, four older women, for younger men, 4 younger women. They also have an Exile Island.

They started off with a reward challenge. Three groups won, one group lost. The group that lozt had to select someone to stay on Exile Island. The loner was alone on the island. No shelter, no way to make fire, limited supplies. They also have to find an immunity idol that is hidden somewhere on the island. If one of the players gets their hands on that idol. They can use it. They can do with it what tney wnat. If their team goes to Tribal council, and that person who has the idol is voted off, they can show that they have the immunity idol. Whoever has the next amount of votes goes, leaves the island.

Should be interesting since their are 4 members per group. I wonder if they will ever merge into one big group? What happens if you loose all of your members and you're the only one left in that group and there are other groups? Do you go into another group or do you go to Exile Island and wait for a challnege? So many unanswered questions.

I wonder where I can rip off some Survivor pics to show you what these 16 people look like? I wonder if CBS would mind if I "borrowed some of their pictures?" I better look elsewhere first. Or you could go to http://www.cbs.com/ to see for yourself. Let me know what you decide to do so I know how to proceed.

Remembering what months have 30 days and which months have 31 days..

I have trouble remembering which months have how many days. So yesterday I made a list of months and how many days in each

January.......31
February.....28
March..........31
April.............30
May..............31
June.............30
July...............31
August..........31
September.....30
October.........31
November.....30
December.....31

Believe it or not, I am trying to memorize this.

I did find another way.

Thirty days has September. How many remmeber that rhyme? Raise your hands and say "Me, me! I remember that!" Well I don't. I should memorize that too. I found it on a Nursery Rhyme site. Here it is:

THIRTY DAYS HAS SEPTEMBER

Thirty days has Septmeber,
April, June and November.
All the rest have thirty-one,
Saving February alone,
Which has twenty-eight, rain or shine.
And on leap years, twenty-nine!

What to say???

I never know what to say here. This is my personal space online. And I don't know what to put here. Gee whiz. I have wanted my own site but I never knew what I would do. You know what? I still don't know what to do with it. I guess this is my space to play around with. I think I may be getting the hang of this blogging. You've got to press all the buttons and see what they do.

Another thing I always wanted was my very own forum where I'd be in charge. But who would come to visit and post there? I do know a few online people, but is it enough to start a forum with? What would I do if someone gave me a hard time?

I don't have leadership qualities. I don't have a following like some do online. I tell people about my blog and some even come to see it, but don't leave comments.

What is one to do? Any suggestions?

New Chat Box

I have a new chat box. We shall see what kind of comments I get.

Tagged again...

I have been tagged by Rainstorm...

Four Jobs You've Had In Your Life
1 - Bus girl
2 - Factory job
3 - Store clerk
4 - processor

Four Movies You Could Watch Over And Over
1 - Wizard of Oz
2 - Lady and the Tramp
3 - Firestarter
4 - Lady and the Tramp pt 2

Four Places You've Lived
1 - Chicago
2 - Westbury, NY
3 - Massapequa Park, NY
4 - Long Beach, NY

Four TV Shows You Love To Watch
None right now, except for the occasional Survivor and the news.
Other than that, you can find me online most of the time when I'm home.

Four Places You've Been On Vacation
Washington D.C.
Virginia
Maryland
California

Four Blogs You Visit Daily
Rain's
Dyckie's
TG's
JD's
(all of which you can find on my side bar, but JD doesn't update very often, only when I tell him to. He needs to learn to do this on his own.)

Four Of Your Favorite Foods
Chocolate
Salmon
Filet Mignon
Crab

Four Places You'd Rather Be
Home
Church
Sitting down on a chair
Online

Four Albums You Can't Live Without
Basically anything by Patch the Pirate, Ray Boltz, and Bill and Gloria Gaither. I can't live with my gospel music.

Four Vehicles You've Owned
Mercury Tracer
Chryler LHS
Buick Regal
Hyundai Elantra

Four People To Be Tagged
I have 2 people I want to tag but they probably won't do it. So they will just have to ask me.

Snake and Hamster - Best Friends...

I thought this was quite interesting.

Wed Jan 18, 3:58 PM ET

TOKYO - Gohan and Aochan make strange bedfellows: one's a 3.5-inch dwarf hamster; the other is a four-foot rat snake. Zookeepers at Tokyo's Mutsugoro Okoku zoo presented the hamster — whose name means "meal" in Japanese — to Aochan as a tasty morsel in October, after the snake refused to eat frozen mice.

But instead of indulging, Aochan decided to make friends with the furry rodent, according to keeper Kazuya Yamamoto. The pair have shared a cage since.

"I've never seen anything like it. Gohan sometimes even climbs onto Aochan to take a nap on his back," Yamamoto said.

Aochan, a 2-year-old male Japanese rat snake, eventually developed an appetite for frozen rodents but has so far shown no signs of gobbling up Gohan — despite her name.

"We named her Gohan as a joke," Yamamoto chuckled. "But I don't think there's any danger. Aochan seems to enjoy Gohan's company very much."

The Tokyo zoo also keeps a range of mostly livestock animals, and promotes "cross-breed interaction," according to Yamamoto.
But Gohan and Aochan's case was "was a complete accident," Yamamoto said.

Computers

Computers run our lives. They get us to buy them and take them home and set them up. And then we want to play with our new toy. We find an Internet Serivice Provider so we can spend lots of time online with our new toy, looking up stuff or playing games online. Or chatting with online friends. Then one day it happens. Nothing works right. We got all used to coming home from a long day at work and going online and one day we can't all of a sudden because something happened to our beloved computer. We spend a lot time fixing it. I haven't had that problem yet with this computer because it is still newish. Computers are nice to have and can be very addictivie.

Animated Lambs...

Someone said, " I just can't think of anything Dyckerson-worthy to write about. And I'm not going to write about anything stupid, like a restaurant waiter who looks like Fabio...or a pussy-whipped 5-year-old kid...or my sleeping habits...or animated lamb avatars.. I ask you, wha tis so stupid about animated lamb avatars? They're rather cute if you ask me.

This smiliey is trying to get to sleep by ccouting little lambs. The smiley's eyes are wide open. That's no way to count lambs. You're supposed to have your eyes closed. I used to count sheep, but my sheep were jumping over a fence but would cheat by going underneath someitimes

One way to count sheep may be to group them all together

And then count, but that would be very hard to do. How would you know if you counted them more than once?

Here is a mother sheep caring for her lamb.

My avatar. I ask you is this avatar orange or light brown?

How did ya'all like this post?

MIning Accident...

I want to comment on that Virginia mining accident that left 12 dead and one in critical condition. I understznd that these things happen. Mining is a dangerous job. But someone should be punished severely for telling those families of the dead ones that they were ok, just to say, "Oooooooooops! Big mistake! 12 of the miners are dead!"

Thinking that loved one is still alive after that explosion perhaps was a temporary relief. The lovdd ones may have been thinking, "I will hear about the explosion after their rescue." And then comes the three hours later, after anticipating their safe return to their lives, "Oooooooops! Someb0dy goofed! 12 are dead." That must have been AWFUL, to say the least. I can't even imagine the grief those poor families must be going through. I don't think the families will get over this too soon.

I blame the reporters for this. They just should have stayed away until someone knew something either way. I think those 12 deaths would have been easier to accept if they weren't given false hope.

Sometimes I think the reporters will do anything to get a story, even talk to grieving people who should be left alone in their grief. Give the grieving people some time to get over their loss and then talk to them. Do they do that? No. They have to get the story and report it because afterwards may be too late and no one will be ineterested. I say hogwash. Let the grieving ones grieve and then let them tell you whatever it is they want to share when they're ready. I will wait until then if I may.

I made a mistake. It was West Virginia and not Virginia.

Happy New Year!!!!

Happy New Year Everybody! I hope everybody and a safe start of the new year! I had a quiet new year, just usual stuff for me. I had a nice Christmas as well, it was quiet and relaxing. How was everybody's Christmas and New Years?

Tagged and Busted the same day!

I have been "Busted" and "Tagged" the same day. Imagine that. First we’ll take the harder of the two. I’m such a goodie two shoes most of the time.

You have been "busted"The rules are simple, now that you have been busted, you must confess to 3 things that you do that others don’t know about.

It’s hard for me to come up with three things I want to reveal.

1 – When I was little and making cookies I used to eat the cookie dough raw. And boy was it good!

2 – When I was a junior in High School, I didn’t show up for English class, and the teacher found out, and sent me to the attendance office to talk to the attendance officer, and I started to go down there, and on the way I met up with some friends and told them what happened. They told me how to get out of it and I got out of seeing the one I was supposed to see.

3 – Sometimes after dinner I lick my plate clean.

I am busting TiremanJD

TAGGED.

I can’t believe Mighty Dyckerson tagged me. I have to answer a series of questions.

You get one wish of anything, what would you ask for?
Happiness in the world. End depression.

Wish for 6 more wishes:

Anything?

1 – My own horse to go horseback riding.
2 – A stable to keep the horse in.
3 – Some to clean the stable.
4 - A mansion.
5 – Someone to clean the mansion.
6 – My Mr. Right.

What animal would you be?
I was going to answer a horse, but my answer is an eagle so I could fly in the sky.

Something you want to do in your life.
Get a sit down job.

One song you could listen to over and over again.
My Very Best Friend – a gospel song.

Coke or Pepsi?
Pepsi

One good deed you've done lately.
Helped a co-worker work.

A funny moment in your life.
Too numerous to mention.

TiremanJD you’ve been tagged.

Maybe you can help...

I'd like to add a calendar to my blog. It does seem complitcated with all the codes you have to give the computer to make it work right. Why can't I have a really simple calendar? It could show you what day it is. Does that seem overly complicated? Maybe it is, I don't know. I really don't know anything about codes at all. If I want to do something fancy I ask Mighty Dyckerson how to do it. He usually can and does help me with what he knows which I believe is a lot. I asked him h0w to add a calendar to my blog and do you know what he told me? To steal somebody else's. Maybe I could do that, but first I wnat to try to make my own. Maybe I'll do just that and see what happens. It's just got to be small enough to fit in the side bar. I'll try experimenting but if I make it myself it won't tell you anything that a regular calendar won't. I'll have to make a new one every month. I'll see what I can do until someone tells me how to do otherwise. If you know how to do a calendar, I would appreciate your help.

My 4 day weekend...

I've been looking forward to this weekend for a while. I normally have Sunday and Monday off. This week I have Friday and Saturday off too! A 4 day weekend. I love it! My doctor has been wanting me to get a colonoscopy done. I did that today (Friday). It really wasn't that bad. The bad part was the previous day when I could only drink liquids and eat jello and drink that awful tasting stuff.

Someone took me to the surgery center, I signed a few papers, talked with the nurse, got changed, got in bed, and they tended to me, wheeled me into the room where they would do the colonoscopy, gave me oxygen turned me over, the iv started to feel cold and burned, the guy who was giving me that stuff said it would be cold and it would hurt a little and I was out. I came to, woke up a little, they asked me what juice I would like, I told them grape juice, and then I got dressed and had some coffee and a banana muffin and went home.

I've been groggy all day. I was told to rest the rest of the day and I did and I even had some food.

The doctor gave me a clean bill of health. That's good. I have a history of cancer in my family. I may not die of cancer, but of something else. Who knows what? I'm not worried about it. I'm going to enjoy life until its time for me to go.

Tomorrow my church is having our Christmas banquet. We will be serving Prime Rib and Stuffed Salmon. I'm looking forward to it.

Politically Correct or no?

I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS: ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

I was raised saying that pledge in school. Now an atheist wants to change that. He doesn't want his daughter saying the words "Under God" because he believes there is no God. Well, phooey on him. He can raise his daughter any way he sees fit, but he's messing with the pledge I was raised saying. It is wrong to mess with. I have a very strong belief in God. I want the pledge the way I'm used to. He has no right to change it. Further more I do trust God. Our money has on it, "In God we trust." Some people find that offensive. Too bad! Move to a different country. Stop trying to take God away from me! In fact you won't be able to because He lives inside of me! I have received Jesus Christ as my Savior and have God living inside of me. Yes, I have been born-again.

Further more, I really don't care about being politically correct. I will say Merry Christmas even if its not correct to say. I will say Happy Chanukkah to a Jewish perzon. We will have Christmas trees and holiday trees. And if you want to call them holiday trees why don't you have them on otber holidays? What about Mother's and Father's Day? What about Easter? What about Thanksgiving? If its called a holiday tree why is Christmas the only holiday we have one?

God has a way of convicting sinners, which they don't like so they take God out of everything and then when a disaster happens those people wonder where God is. They only want God when they need Him and only then. If you keep pushing Him away, He will go away and not come back and then if you should need him, He won't be there and you'll wonder why.

A Christmas tree with gifts...

I wanted to get gifts for all of my online friends. I went shopping today for all of you and bought a bunch of stuff. I even decoratedt the tree. Boy was I busy! So what did you get me for Christmas?

I wanted something Christmassy on my blog, since Christmas will soon be here. I decorated the tree myself. How do you like it?

Oh, by the way, this is a Christmas tree, not a holiday tree.

So what did you all get me for Christmas this year?

I don't feel good...

I have a sore throat and feel lousy. I have gone to work, but what the heck? I don't feel like spending the day in bed being sick. I don't even like being sick, but who does?

I never know when to call in sick. When I get up I feel lousy. After I'm awake for a while, I feel better but still feel sick. So off to work I go and spread my germs. No one that I work wirh has gotten sick, which is good. Actually I have wanted to go home and just relax, but I don't think that is a good enough reason for going home. I'm so dependable. I'm also devoted to the job. I am by no means a workaholic. Dependable and devoted is as far as I go.

My church is having a Christmas banquet this month on Saturday the 17th of December. I'm taking the 16th off as well. FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!! A four day weekend. Hopefully I'll get lots of sitdown time.

Boring post, I know, but I don't know what else to write about. Does anybody have any suggestions?

Cows and Horses can look alike...

Did you know that horses can look like cows? Here's proof.



These are actual horses. They're called Paint Horses.

Here's a picture of a cow.



Now it's your turn to comment. Tell me what you think about these two pictures. Imagine having cows and horses that look alike!

Hmmmmmmm Part 2

I really don't know what to post. At home, when I am at home, I either take a nap, on Sundays or I'm online. You get to meet interesting people online, let me tell you. I also work with interesting people, but what if anyone I know online or off were to read about themnselves here? They may not like it. But only certain people know me as Little Lamb. I don't want to write about those people, ok, maybe only one, but why give him attention on my blog? He has his own blog.

I know what to write about! Pet Peeves!

Sometinmes when I'm in a store, and go to grab soomething off the rack, it won't come off. Guess why. No, its not glued on the rack. It's because someone had the inconsideration to put the hanger backwards! You have no idea how that makes me so mad! I HATE when the hanger is backwards!

Talk about pet peeves, we all have them. Sometimes its a slow driver especially when you want to get somewhere in a hurry. That's when they show up and get ahead of you. They get in front of you and slow down. Why do they do that? YOu just can't pass them, thye won't let you. Once you've passed one another one is right there to take its place. Its always someone either talking on a cell phone or soneone who has a passenger with them. They could care less if you're late for work and in a hurry to get to work so you won't be late or you want to get home because you've been at work all day. You always run into these people. It never fails. Even if you leave for work at a decent time, there is always someone to slow you down.

Hmmmmm...

I never know what to put on my blog. I do enjoy Bible verses and the Bible, and I do love smilies, but there's gotta be more to put on here. I've read other blogs and find them interesting.

I have an easy and boring job. I process and hang donated clothes for a non-profit organization. Doing the same thihg everyday, day in and day out, tends to get boring. No excitement there. I work with disabled people. Their disablities aren't so obvious, though. Most of them are very good workers except for one. He does what he has to do to get by. Everybody else pitches in, but you have to get this guy going if you want him to pitch in. He's always in India playing Cricket or someplace like that, or is deep in thought. When he's off playing Cricket he goes to differntt places.

I could tell you about the JUNK people donate. Ripped clothing, dirty clothing, half sewn or crotched items. You name it, they donate it. I really don't understand how someone could donate personal pictures that one takes with a camera, the type you keep in a photo album. I ask you, what do these people expect us to do with their pictures? We can't sell them, who would buy them? They donate personal letters, credit card social security card driver's licenses, you name it, they donate it. They even donatre garbahge, literal trash.

One person was donating stuff, probably clothes and shoes, and she said to me, Whatever you can't use get rid of. I said under my breath, why can't you get rid of it? Why can't these people donate good things they don't want anymore? One time someone actually donated a gun. I think we call the police in that case. One time someone found some pot and told the manager and she called the police and they picked it up.

These people also donate clothes on hangers and it drives us batty. It takes forever to get them off the hanger, make sure the clothes are clean and tag them and rehang them on our hangers.

I also go to college and am taking Office Technology and I go to church regularly, but I guess you'd have to be with me to appreciate my church.

So does anyone have any ideas what I could write about? I'm not much on small talk.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a time to give

I am thankful for the family and friends I have, in real life and online. I am thankful that I am gainfully employed. I am thankful to have a car to drive. I am thankful that I do drive. This way I don't have to depend on others to get around, I can go and come as I please. I am thankful for the church I attend.

I was thinking about putting all my favorite smilies in one place.


This is the type of smilie that says "Gotcha!" This is a fun smilie.


This is good for saying, "No fair peeking!" This is a shy smilie.


This smilie is upset about something and is not afraid to let you know it. This is a crying smilie.


I usually use this as my avatar, since my user name on most forums is "Little Lamb." The lamb or sheep is jumping rope to loose weight so he/she won't get slaughtered. The lamb/sheep is just a tad overweight.


I know I posted this one before, but this is my blog and I can post it as many times as I want. This smilie is saying "Goodnight."

I may even post more smilies in the future.

You scared me!

Survivor's host, Jeff Probst...

I would really like to see Jeff in a Survivor show as a contestant. Would he reach the lone Survivor and take home that million dollars? Could he teach the newbies how to survive in the wild the way all contestants have to? Or maybe as a contestant where other contestants could learn from what he knows.

I think this guy is a real hunk. I'd like to be alone with him on a deset island surviving. He would be my choice to make an alliance with if we were playing the game.

Or how about seeing those people behind the scenes of Survivor surviving the way their constestants do? That would make an interesting show. But I guess we can't have all those people behind the scenes do the show because who would tape it then?

Ok, so let's have Jeff ba a contestant. Now how can I make that suggestion to the producers of the show?

MATTHEW 11:28 – 30
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

WHAT DO THESE WORDS MEAN?
Come – To go where one is being called.
Labour – Toiling; to bestow labor; to work.
Laden – Burden, load of care.
Rest – This is not a rest from work, not the rest of inactivity, but of the harmonious working of all the faculties and affections – of will, heart, imagination, conscience, because each has found in God the kind of sphere for its satisfaction and development.
Yoke – Serving to couple two things together is used metaphorically of submission to authority, of Christ’s “yoke” not simply imparted by him but shared with Him.
Learn – To increase one’s knowledge; not simply the doctrine of Christ, but Christ Himself, a process not merely of getting to know this person but of so applying the knowledge as to walk differently from the rest of the Gentiles.
Meek – Gentle; mild.
Lowly – Humble.

I really like this picture. I found it at Little Lamb's Dyckersonville forum. East Coast Producer put it on there and I asked him if I could use it here and he said yes. He posted it after he told me not to talk back to Dyck and I said ok. It's like he's rewarding me for being cooperative.

I would really like to find a way to make it permanent. If you can help me, please let me know.

I am now a moderator at Dyckersonville forum. I call it Little Lamb's Dyckersonville just to give mighty Dyckerson a hard time. He is so much fun to have a good time with. I pick on him unmercifully. He's good for that. Join in the fun at the forum. The link is in my side bar.

Dyckerson for President...

He is a personal online friend of mine. If I were you I'd find out what he stands for first before voting for him. He is not affiliated with any party as of yet Two differnt forums, Police hub (See link in sidebar), and medialine (www.medialine.com) are supporting him. You will have to ask him what he stands for. His blog is also in my sidebar and I'm also part of his network. This guy is a real trip.

This is my pet turtle. I'm not going to tell you his name just yet. I want someone to guess what sex this turtle is first.

I said I love horses and here is yet another picture I found online. I'd love to claim this horse is mine. Alas, it is not, I found this pictture somewhere on the internet. I use this as my wallpaper on my computer. If the owner of this horse does stop by here, I'd like you to email me and let my know about this horse if you don't mind.

I love this smiley, it's one of my favorites.

This is my favorite type of animal. I love horses.

How I used to feel about cops and why and how I feel about them now...

When I was growing up I was afraid of cops. Why you ask? Because of what I saw on TV. Sometimes they showed cops in a good lighyt, such as on Dragnet and Adam-12. But as I got older I saw movies like Serpico, which implied all cops were bad except one. That movie was supposed to be a true story, I don't know if it was or not. In movies cops were always the bad guys. I was afraid of them.

Cops aren't all bad though. One time I was running for a bus and ran right into a light pole. It got in my way. It was between me and the bus I was trying to catch. My eye was all bloody,I was hurt and upset. A cop was around. Good thing, He brought me to the hospital in his cruiser. That was nice. I had never been in a police car before.

I used to work in a Discount Department store. I used to ride my bike there everyday. I locked it up out front. People saw that bike there all the time, now whether they paid attention to it or not is a different story.

Well, one day peopole were standing right by my bike waiting. I thought that was very strange. It kind of freaked me out that two or three people were watching me. They may have asked me to wait, I don't remember. I rode off because I just didn't feel safe. I thought no more about it. Then one day I was being paged to the front of the store. I didn't know why. So I went. A cop asked me about my bike. I wsa yelling and screaming at him. The cop did not understand why I was so upset. A woman I worked with was there also and she explained to the cop that that bike was my only transpertation. After a while I calmed down and he explained to me a girl's bike got stolen and it looked just like mine. I did not steal that bike.

A few years afterwards the same thing happens, except this time the cop was following me around talking to me at work. He saw the bike and I said something about me having a basket for the bike and showed it to him. It was the same exact bike and basket that was stolen. That cop left, but he came back the same day and we were talking about it again. He was finally convinced I didn't steal that bike and basket. Two times the same thing happened. Who would have thunk that could happen? No, I didn't steal anything. At all. Ever. I'm a good girl, or at least I try to be.

One time at work at a different job a man came where a bunch of us were working in the back where customers are not allowed asking to see my supervisor alone. They went outside to talk. I thought I heard some screaming but didn't pay attention and I should have. Next thing I know, they're gone! I found out later that she was taken to the polce station and detained becasue she suypposedly stole something out of her boyfriends apartment. She never found this out. A friend of hers called the police station and asked what happened. The friend had to tell her. Go figure. If I'm being hauled off to jail I at least want to know first instead of somebody else.

And also we always told the cop to write himself a ticket if we saw him going fast.

Now how did I come to like cops?

I was at a Christian forum pozting and met up with a cop. I told him some of what's on this site. He belonged to a cop forum and he told me about it. So I went there and asked questions. I got answers. I commented on how cops were bad. I found out not all cops are bad. Just some. You get bad people in all professions. In the cop profession its no different. Its bad when they blast it all over the news how a cop made a mistake. You get bad people in all professions.

I now go to Police Hub. Citizens and cops can get to know each other. It's really nice. Here's the website if you want to check it out.

www.policehub.com

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