The Three Stooges do the Alphabet
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Afternoon With the Doggies
Little Dixie. She has the shortest legs I ever saw, including Sam's.
Lucy wasn't in the mood to pose for me today.
Dixie really wasn't sad, but she looks it here. 
Monday, January 29, 2007
Sunday, January 28, 2007
That Reminds Me
When I got back from my stint at MainGate working in the One Source program last fall, I was surprised by one of my co-workers by a very nice gift indeed. Angela B gave me an autographed photo of Mr Humpries, John Inman! I'm getting around to telling about it now because I just got it framed and it sits in a place of prominence on my bed stand table. This isn't the photo, (I don't have it scanned yet) but this is Mr Humphries, my pal. "Are You Being Served?" gets my vote for best British sitcom ever!
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Friday, January 26, 2007
I Want One
Berlin zoo employee Thomas Doerflein plays with polar bear cub Knut in this undated picture, released on January 24, 2007. Knut, born on December 5, 2006, has had to be hand fed by Doerflein after its mother Tosca refused the baby.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Chili Today Hot Tamale
I was off work today running my dental and medical errands. I swapped with a co-worker so I work on Saturday to close. Not looking forward to that. As you can see, today was breezy, cold and drizzly day in Central Florida. I took Lucy by Pets On A Cloud for a little grooming. (She looks quite lovely, thank you.) I had an appointment with an endodontist in Kissimmee for a root canal procedure. Usually, that's the ticket, but tonight I am hurting. I'm afraid this throbbing will keep me awake. Oh, well, just so I'm better by tomorrow. Then I had an appointment to see my Family Practice doctor for my various meds. Blood pressure was a little higher than normal, but I think it was because the numbness had worn-off from the root canal and I was beginning to ache.
Then, because the temporary filling they plugged in the hole of my tooth fell out while I was talking to the Family Practice doctor, I had to stop-by my regular dentist for a patch. Luckily, they were in the office later today. But that was when the pain really started and has been honking ever since.
So that was my day. It's a good day to remember that "this too shall pass" and remind myself that we are all healthy and happy in general. Counting blessings IS the best way to go tonight and every night.
We've finally gotten our winter. Tonight's low temperatures are in the upper 30's. Brrrr. It's already quite cold and windy out there tonight. I hope the temps moderate a bit by tomorrow evening because Brooke and I are meeting-up with all the youngsters from work to attend the Pirates and Princess Party at the Magic Kingdom. It would be a shame if it was as cold as it is tonight. Crossing my fingers for 50's and NO tooth ache.
Lists To Come
People I Admire
Things I'd Like To Have That I Didn't Get For Christmas
My Best Blessings
Reasons I'm Glad I Live In The USA
Foods I'd Like To Eat At Least Once
Places I've Never Been (But Would Like To Visit)
Goofy Things People Tell Me While Booking Trips
My Favorite Day Dreams
If I Wasn't Called Karen
Reasons Why Dr Pepper Is Better Than Milk
Names I'd Select For Cereals
New Year's Resolutions I Never Keep
What I'd Do With 10 Million Dollars
Things I'd Like To Have That I Didn't Get For Christmas
My Best Blessings
Reasons I'm Glad I Live In The USA
Foods I'd Like To Eat At Least Once
Places I've Never Been (But Would Like To Visit)
Goofy Things People Tell Me While Booking Trips
My Favorite Day Dreams
If I Wasn't Called Karen
Reasons Why Dr Pepper Is Better Than Milk
Names I'd Select For Cereals
New Year's Resolutions I Never Keep
What I'd Do With 10 Million Dollars
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Lists
Addictive television:
1. American Idol - Yes, devoting too many hours to watching loons, but I love it.
2. Hero - So glad it's back. I love little Hiro.
3. Law & Order Criminal Intent - Two words. Vincent D'Onofrio
4. Are You Being Served? - Mr Humphries and Mrs Slocombe are my best friends.
5. Jam and Jerusalem (Clatterford) - My new favorite courtesy of YouTube
soon on BBC America. Jennifer Saunders is brilliant.
6. ER - Same old, but brand new. Still watching.
7. Deal or No Deal - The only game show I watch.
8. Little Britain - Via DVD's. I'm caught-up with the UK now. Just waiting for
more eps.
Waiting for the return of Amazing Race and Survivor.
Monday, January 22, 2007
So? Which Is It?
1975 Newsweek article
An April 28, 1975 article in Newsweek magazine. Titled "The Cooling World," it pointed to "ominous signs that the Earth's weather patterns have begun to change" and pointed to "a drop of half a degree [Fahrenheit] in average ground temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere between 1945 and 1968." However, the Newsweek article did not make "environmentalist" claims regarding the cause of that drop. To the contrary, it stated that "what causes the onset of major and minor ice ages remains a mystery" and cited the NAS conclusion that "Not only are the basic scientific questions largely unanswered, but in many cases we do not yet know enough to pose the key questions." Rather than proposing environmentalist solutions, the Newsweek article suggested that "simple measures of stockpiling food or of introducing the variables of climatic uncertainty into economic projections of future food supplies" would be appropriate
In the late 1970s there were several popular (and melodramatic) books on the topic, including The Weather Conspiracy: The Coming of the New Ice Age (review in Nature by Stephen Schneider).
However, on October 23, 2006, Newsweek issued a correction, over 31 years after the original article, stating that it had been "so spectacularly wrong about the near-term future" (although editor Jerry Adler claimed that the article was not "inaccurate" in a journalistic sense)
I'd write a "Karen says" item here, but frankly, it occurs to me that my lifetime is such a micro-drop of water in the Universe of time oceans, I can't draw any conclusions at all. I've seen so little of eternity, how am I to make predictions?
An April 28, 1975 article in Newsweek magazine. Titled "The Cooling World," it pointed to "ominous signs that the Earth's weather patterns have begun to change" and pointed to "a drop of half a degree [Fahrenheit] in average ground temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere between 1945 and 1968." However, the Newsweek article did not make "environmentalist" claims regarding the cause of that drop. To the contrary, it stated that "what causes the onset of major and minor ice ages remains a mystery" and cited the NAS conclusion that "Not only are the basic scientific questions largely unanswered, but in many cases we do not yet know enough to pose the key questions." Rather than proposing environmentalist solutions, the Newsweek article suggested that "simple measures of stockpiling food or of introducing the variables of climatic uncertainty into economic projections of future food supplies" would be appropriate
In the late 1970s there were several popular (and melodramatic) books on the topic, including The Weather Conspiracy: The Coming of the New Ice Age (review in Nature by Stephen Schneider).
However, on October 23, 2006, Newsweek issued a correction, over 31 years after the original article, stating that it had been "so spectacularly wrong about the near-term future" (although editor Jerry Adler claimed that the article was not "inaccurate" in a journalistic sense)
I'd write a "Karen says" item here, but frankly, it occurs to me that my lifetime is such a micro-drop of water in the Universe of time oceans, I can't draw any conclusions at all. I've seen so little of eternity, how am I to make predictions?
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Let A Computer Sing For You
Just type in your text and an online application will look up song lyrics that match, and put then together into one song! What's next? I can see people using this for insults, compliments, breaking-up and razzing in general. Try it.
Saturday, January 20, 2007
Vincent D'Onofrio Slide Show
Det Bobby Goren, as played by Vincent D'Onofrio is the smartest man in the world and he's cute as pie, to boot. I won't miss an episode.
Friday, January 19, 2007
Oklahoma Documentary
Just watched an interesting program on the documentary channel. If I had been alone, I think I'd have clicked through it, but the men were home. It was a program about hand fishing. A young Oklahoman had made a film about people who "noodle" for catfish. Let me tell you, there were some HUGE catfish pulled from various lakes, rivers and creeks. Beats all I ever saw. One thing you didn't see, (but it was commented on), women aren't much for noodling. Can you blame 'em? Here's a link to thier website: Okie Noodling
This Is NOT Florida
More than $2B worth of citrus crops have frozen in California alone from this week's winter storms.
Not AGAIN!!
Here it comes again!!!
Okla., Mo., and Texas Brace for StormStill recovering from snow and ice storms that downed power lines and trees in a large swath of the country, residents of Oklahoma, Missouri and Texas braced for another round Friday.
With thousands of customers in Oklahoma still without power, Gov. Brad Henry on Thursday requested a major federal disaster declaration, which would make people in hard-hit counties eligible for housing grants and low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses. He had already declared a state of emergency.
"Unfortunately, the worst may not be over," Henry said.
With thousands of customers in Oklahoma still without power, Gov. Brad Henry on Thursday requested a major federal disaster declaration, which would make people in hard-hit counties eligible for housing grants and low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses. He had already declared a state of emergency.
"Unfortunately, the worst may not be over," Henry said.
A VERY POLITICAL CLIMATE
Evidently, flak erupted loud and strong. This from James Hann.
The Weather Channel Mess
He says, "Billions of dollars of grant money is flowing into the pockets of those on the man-made global warming bandwagon. No man-made global warming, the money dries up. This is big money, make no mistake about it. Always follow the money trail and it tells a story. Even the lady at “The Weather Channel” probably gets paid good money for a prime time show on climate change. No man-made global warming, no show, and no salary. Nothing wrong with making money at all, but when money becomes the motivation for a scientific conclusion, then we have a problem. For many, global warming is a big cash grab.
The climate of this planet has been changing since God put the planet here. It will always change, and the warming in the last 10 years is not much different than the warming we saw in the 1930s and other decades. And, lets not forget we are at the end of the ice age in which ice covered most of North America and Northern Europe."
Karen says, sure, there is global warming. Sure, mankind burns fossil fuels that pollute, and that is wrong: there is no doubt about it. But just as surely, the planet has cooled and heated dozens of times. The earlier instances of global warming, heating, cooling, freezing, boiling, were NOT during industrial times. What caused those fluctuations to BEGIN and CEASE?
Surely...not exclusively man.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Disney Recipes
This isn't a Disney sponsored site, but it does publish some very tasty Disney recipes from restaurants across property.
Inside and Out
Inside and Out
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Envy of the Nation
That's what they said on the radio on my way to work this morning. It's foggy and muggy in Orlando. I guess the good news is that the fog will burn-off by mid-morning. The not-so-good news is our high for today is 82 degrees. I know when you're under a frozen blanket of ice, 82 degrees might sound pretty good. But, quite frankly, I wouldn't mind turning off the AC for a week or two.
Monday, January 15, 2007
Dwain's Canadian Welcome
Winter weather marches through Canada, wreaking havoc on city streets
Tobi Cohen, CanWest News ServicePublished: Monday, January 15, 2007
Tobi Cohen, CanWest News ServicePublished: Monday, January 15, 2007
An ice storm lashed central Ontario Monday, turning the rush hour in Toronto into an icy, fender-bending crawl while at Pearson International Airport, schedules were thrown into disarray as aircraft waited in queue to be de-iced.
Farther east in Ottawa, the largest snow storm of the winter blew into town Monday morning, slowing traffic to a crawl but causing only minor delays at the Ottawa airport.
Cal Who?
You KNOW I love me some Vincent D'Onofrio playing Det Bobby Goren on Law and Order Criminal Intent. (Yes, Dwain and Patty got me hopelessly addicted.) However, in a piece on Town Hall Blogs a fellow from Wisconsin named Hal makes an interesting point.
When Liberalism Happens to Good TV
Sunday, January 14, 2007 10:31 PM
Law & Order: Criminal Intent is usually a fabulous show. Vincent D'Onofrio's character, Bobby Goren, is the best detective since Dirty Harry, and the writing is usually smart and interesting...except when they contaminate it with liberal garbage.
I just watched an episode in which the villain was a psychologist who, wracked with guilt over the torturing she took part in at Camp Gitmo, did the same to a student back home, who went on to kill somebody. Cliches abound: "Fighting terror with terror?" "Don't you manipulate suspects, Detective? - But we respect their rights!" And so forth.
First off, we have no legal obligations to jihadists under the Geneva Convention. They aren't a formal army, they represent no signatory to Geneva, & they have no respect whatsoever for any rules of warfare.
Second, we're fighting the most bloodthirsty savages on the face of the planet. They'll stop at nothing to kill infidels, including your children. They want the entire world dominated by a new Dark Age under sharia law. As Ronald Reagan said of Communism (and it's even more true today) in “The Speech”: "We're at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind in his long climb from the swamp to the stars, and it's been said if we lose that war, and in so doing lose this way of freedom of ours, history will record with the greatest astonishment that those who had the most to lose did the least to prevent its happening.
"I'm sorry, but if we can get any information from these barbarians that can save American lives, I don't really care how. The stakes are too high.
When Liberalism Happens to Good TV
Sunday, January 14, 2007 10:31 PM
Law & Order: Criminal Intent is usually a fabulous show. Vincent D'Onofrio's character, Bobby Goren, is the best detective since Dirty Harry, and the writing is usually smart and interesting...except when they contaminate it with liberal garbage.
I just watched an episode in which the villain was a psychologist who, wracked with guilt over the torturing she took part in at Camp Gitmo, did the same to a student back home, who went on to kill somebody. Cliches abound: "Fighting terror with terror?" "Don't you manipulate suspects, Detective? - But we respect their rights!" And so forth.
First off, we have no legal obligations to jihadists under the Geneva Convention. They aren't a formal army, they represent no signatory to Geneva, & they have no respect whatsoever for any rules of warfare.
Second, we're fighting the most bloodthirsty savages on the face of the planet. They'll stop at nothing to kill infidels, including your children. They want the entire world dominated by a new Dark Age under sharia law. As Ronald Reagan said of Communism (and it's even more true today) in “The Speech”: "We're at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind in his long climb from the swamp to the stars, and it's been said if we lose that war, and in so doing lose this way of freedom of ours, history will record with the greatest astonishment that those who had the most to lose did the least to prevent its happening.
"I'm sorry, but if we can get any information from these barbarians that can save American lives, I don't really care how. The stakes are too high.
They Need a Florida Vacation!
Fallen limbs and tree branches sagging under the weight of ice line a residential street in Springfield, Mo., Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007. An overnight ice storm downed trees and power lines, leaving an estimated 90 percent of the city without power, and forecasters predicted additional freezing rain for the area. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Clatterford: A Comedy By Any Other Name
"The television series Clatterford, with Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley, will have its U.S. premiere on BBC America Friday, March 9, 2007, at 9:00 p.m. ET. In Britain the series is called Jam and Jerusalem."
Think someone heard me?
Think someone heard me?
Answers
This isn't so much answers, as it is: anwer. Singular. One. I keep getting asked who the devil my profile picture is and where I got it. I captured this still from an old Little Rascals episode. It's the one where the kids think they want to run off to become pirates. That one pirate just looked so insane I thought I'd like to save him. My profile photo changes from time to time and is only indicative of how I'm feeling at the time I post. See. Simple answer. Stupid answer.
OT Doesn't Leave Much Time For Blogging
I don't mind so much that the housework goes undone when I'm doing overtime. However, time for blogging and reading to blog has become scarce. I kinda HATE that.
Oh well, this too shall pass. Dwain is preparing to leave for Canada tomorrow. He's going to a suburb of Toronto. Don't ask me where, I do good to remember Toronto (I've only had to ask him a dozen times. I keep thinking it's Ottawa or Quebec. The memory plays tricks on the older brain, doesn't it?) Dwain's been working non-stop for at least two weeks, since coming back from the holidays. His new job in the finance department is a fresh challenge. See? Old dogs CAN learn new tricks. That's what I kept saying the whole time I was at MainGate. But I knew my lodgings there were temporary. I always had a glimmer of light at the end of my tunnel.
We're anxiously awaiting Dwain's birth certificate from Texas. He won't have any problem getting into Canada without it, but counsel says he'll need it to get home. Dwain's been through the wringer on this one. Had we known about the trip earlier, we could have saved him a LOT time online and on the phone.
Oh well, this too shall pass. Dwain is preparing to leave for Canada tomorrow. He's going to a suburb of Toronto. Don't ask me where, I do good to remember Toronto (I've only had to ask him a dozen times. I keep thinking it's Ottawa or Quebec. The memory plays tricks on the older brain, doesn't it?) Dwain's been working non-stop for at least two weeks, since coming back from the holidays. His new job in the finance department is a fresh challenge. See? Old dogs CAN learn new tricks. That's what I kept saying the whole time I was at MainGate. But I knew my lodgings there were temporary. I always had a glimmer of light at the end of my tunnel.
We're anxiously awaiting Dwain's birth certificate from Texas. He won't have any problem getting into Canada without it, but counsel says he'll need it to get home. Dwain's been through the wringer on this one. Had we known about the trip earlier, we could have saved him a LOT time online and on the phone.
The Tale of Two Web Cams
Orlando, Florida 67 degrees F
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 26 degrees FSame time (approximately), same day.
Advisory
The management of this blog is not responsible for dead links. At the time of posting all links are active, however, because various links point to publications, videos, music, etc. on the web over time, these links become inactive. Neener, neener, neener.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Sunday, January 07, 2007
What A Snog
Ana Julia Torres kisses Jupiter, an African lion she rescued malnourished from a circus six years ago, at her Villa Lorena animal shelter, in Cali, Colombia, Friday, Jan. 5, 2007. Ana Julia Torres is the owner of the 12-year-old shelter that rescues sick and mistreated animals from all over Colombia.(AP Photo/Inaldo Perez)
Those Wascally Wabbits
"Monday, January 8, 2007: The House is not in session." Hill sources claim The House is taking Monday 'off' this week, because of the championship football game between Ohio State and the University of Florida. And, of course, the following Monday is the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
In December, the headlines read: "Culture Shock on Capitol Hill: House to Work 5 Days a Week" front-paged the WASHINGTON POST. I'm not the only one having difficulty keeping New Year's resolutions, am I? A Republican rose, a Democrat rose---do they not all smell as sweet?
Reading Again
Now that DRC is into Peak Season again, we're back on OT. Short-shifts and ER's are my specialty, but one thing about the longer hours, when it's not busy I've been catching-up on my reading. I'm finally returning to the Dr Kay Skarpetta novels of Patricia Cornwell. I made a laughable mistake today, it seems one of the books I was holding at the library turned out to be the Spanish version of the novel. Great. Learning Spanish isn't on my list of resolutions this year. Luckily had two novels reserved and I can start the second. A brief scan shows it's in English, thank goodness.
WOO HOO
Have you noticed I'm learning a few new HTML tricks for my blog? I've been embedding video files in the blog for a while now. I now have a Favicon in the URL. My second project was to learn to embed audio files into a post. My next project is to add a .gif or .jpg to my header. This all sounds very trivial, but for an old dog, these are NEW tricks. Blogger Help is a great teacher.
Update: Jan 8, 2007 3:14 pm
Apparently my Favicon is not visible to the general public. What a bummer. Another task half done.
Saturday, January 06, 2007
Friday, January 05, 2007
Question
Is it just me or does Mozilla Firefox browser open graphic and link-laden sites about a bajillion times faster than MS Internet Explorer?
From December: Sites of Interest
Zudeo A very high definition video site and player
Video ETA Release dates and info on new DVD's
Timothy McSweeney's Lists Lists, lists and more lists from a bloggers random ramblings
Miravi MIRAVI stands for MERIS Images RApid VIsualization and it's a data-driven system for real time image rendering and quality analysis
Get Human.com Good-bye endless phone menus
AOL's Viral Videos
Resizr An online digital image resizer
PDF Pad A comprehensive online destination where you can download and print the high quality documents you need for work, school and play, free of charge or registration hassles
Dashboard of Best WebCams on the Net
Slashfood A great food blog
Video ETA Release dates and info on new DVD's
Timothy McSweeney's Lists Lists, lists and more lists from a bloggers random ramblings
Miravi MIRAVI stands for MERIS Images RApid VIsualization and it's a data-driven system for real time image rendering and quality analysis
Get Human.com Good-bye endless phone menus
AOL's Viral Videos
Resizr An online digital image resizer
PDF Pad A comprehensive online destination where you can download and print the high quality documents you need for work, school and play, free of charge or registration hassles
Dashboard of Best WebCams on the Net
Slashfood A great food blog
New Dixie Photos
I got to doggie-sit tonight while Danielle and Cory attended a basketball game. In their absence, I got to take some pictures of our new girl. She's really sweet-natured, very calm. We don't know much about corgis yet, but I'm enjoying getting to know Danielle's Christmas present.
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
The Original "Little Barrel" Gets Married
It is the end of "The Vicar of Dibley" and they've married-off Geraldine. So far I've only seen this snippet posted on YouTube. I hope someone will upload the rest of it. This is part of the 2006 Christmas Special.
Another clip from the Christmas Special. The Vicar didn't know this was Harry's sister. I love it when she uses the puddle gag again.
Monday, January 01, 2007
More YouTube
YouTube has almost replaced television viewing for me. I love seeing things I barely remember. "Burns and Allen" was great. No one played daft like Gracie.
A Greeting
To all my family, co-workers, friends and readers,
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral celebration of the Winter Solstice holiday period, practiced within the most enjoyable tradition of the religious persuasions or secular practices of your choice with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all.
I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year of 2007, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures, whose contributions to society have helped make America great (not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country or is the only " America" in the western hemisphere) and without due regard to the race, creed, colour, age, physical ability, or disability, religious faith or the sexual preference of the wishee.
By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms: This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for him/herself or others and is void where prohibited by law, and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.
Disclaimer: No trees were harmed, nor any whales saved or harmed, in the sending of this message, however a significant number of electrons were slightly inconvenienced.
Enjoy the season, whatever you call it, if applicable, or not!
Best wishes,
Karen W
(As stolen from Observation Blogger James Shott, who apparently stole it from someone named Whitesnake.)
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral celebration of the Winter Solstice holiday period, practiced within the most enjoyable tradition of the religious persuasions or secular practices of your choice with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all.
I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year of 2007, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures, whose contributions to society have helped make America great (not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country or is the only " America" in the western hemisphere) and without due regard to the race, creed, colour, age, physical ability, or disability, religious faith or the sexual preference of the wishee.
By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms: This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for him/herself or others and is void where prohibited by law, and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.
Disclaimer: No trees were harmed, nor any whales saved or harmed, in the sending of this message, however a significant number of electrons were slightly inconvenienced.
Enjoy the season, whatever you call it, if applicable, or not!
Best wishes,
Karen W
(As stolen from Observation Blogger James Shott, who apparently stole it from someone named Whitesnake.)
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