Two links for when it gets slow

It's a haunted house made entirely out of balloons! Sounds like a nightmare I once had...

Super Soaker modifications and customizations! Those kids thought they were so cool gettign me all wet with their 98-cent clear plastic squirt guns... well WHO'S LAUGHING NOW, BEYOTCH?!?!?!

Lesson learned

I think my new meds I'm on for my allergies are not freindly meds. They do not like to play well with the generic otc meds here at werk. Took my usual dose of 4 Sudo-tab (the generic Sudaphed they have) and one dose of Aspirin. USUALLY this just clears up my sinuses, relieves the tension and lets me get on with my day. But TODAY...

BOY HOWDY!

Today this little coctail hit my system and I am positively SWIMMING! Can't catch my breath, I feel completely flushed, and my hands keep on trying to float away along with the contents of my tummy. Oh, and I don't think I've blinked in over an hour. And I'm shaking all over, too. Can't hold a pencil or a drink or anything. Matter of fact, I've re-written every work in this post a good three or four times 'cuz I can't find the right keys on the keyboard!

Went outside to catch my breath for a minute there... I think I am seriously stoned right now.

So the moral of this story is KIDS! JUST SAY NO TO THE DRUGS IN THE MEDICINE CABINET AT WERK!

On the subject of wire tapping

I grabbed this from Mark Evanier's Web Blog (POVOnline.com) and decided to re-post it because it directly relates to the conversation that khristle and I were having the other day about the government and all the recording and the listening and the breaking of the Constitutional Commandments and whatnot:

To those who argue, "If you're not doing anything you shouldn't be doing, you should have no problem with having your calls monitored," I note that "wrong" is in the eye of the beholder. One of the most telling examples from recent history were from McCarthyism, where people who had associated with others legally (either because it was before the 1940 passage of the Smith Act or because the people they had associated with weren't part of the Communist party until years later) were still forced to testify and account for those actions years later; lives were destroyed.

As a more nuts-and-bolts example, I suspect many of these people saying, "If you're not doing anything wrong..." still wouldn't want to be, say, audited on their taxes every year for the rest of their lives. Yet, why should they object? After all, if they're filing their taxes correctly, then they shouldn't have a problem having to disrupt their lives for a week or so every year, getting files together, making sure everything is documented so that another person can pour over it, etc. And, of course, they should be willing to pay whatever fees or penalties for filing incorrectly on the off chance that they have made a mistake within their half-inch of papers; after all, they obviously did something wrong in that case, right?

This is EXACTLY the point I was trying to make with her (khristle was in agreeance with the "If You're Not Doing Anything Wrong" position, where as I was in the "But... but... MCARTHYISM!" camp).

On the one hand I deeply fear complete government control... but on the other hand, I don't see us ever having a "Star Trek" future without it!

January 29th is Oprah's birthday!

Your Aquarian has a faithful and dependent nature and at times may be difficult to understand. He or she is patient, unobtrusive, faithful, and very kind. Aquarians may not always defend themselves against injustice and can be quiet when they need to stand up for themselves. Aquarians avoid arguments and are easy to get along with. The Aquarian child likes people and wants to be liked in return. This child loves learning and is curious about life and its mysteries.

The Aquarian child may want to approach plans quickly and with gusto. Aquarians tend to start at the top rather than the bottom but can usually handle challenges with their ability to learn new tasks quickly.

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