I said I was going to keep posting to this blog until I had 500 posts and this is number 491.
I read back through the old stuff occasionally and I don't see that I've improved any. Actually I'm worse. I've lost the creativity and feeling that some of the early posts showed.
I blame it on my job. It sucks the life out of me. And by life I mean creativity and feeling.
My team leader wants to loan me some movie because she thinks there is a funny line in it about a woman who quits her job because the people there are stupid.
I don't see the humor in that line. I've quit lots of jobs because I couldn't stand the stupidity anymore.
And I know one more that might fall under that category any day now.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
Memorial Day 2008
This is a picture of a few of the 500 flags that are displayed at the Oaklawn Memorial Gardens in Hamilton County, Indiana to honor America's fallen military personnel, police, and fire fighters.
It is truly an awe inspiring site to see so many large flags flying in one place.
For more information go to Hamilton County Today.
And don't forget to check out the Fishers Freedom Festival the weekend before the 4th of July!
Sunday, May 25, 2008
"and I quote"
I heard yesterday that some study at Harvard had found that fat wasn't what made us fat afterall and 40% of our daily calories should be from fat, not 30% as previously thought.
I don't pay any attention to those studies. I've lived long enough to know that if you wait a few years another study will change the 'facts'.
Sometimes it's not even a study that tries to set the standards as to what's good for us and what's not. Sometimes it's just somebody somewhere making a statement and somebody else quotes it and before you know it "everybody" is quoting it as fact.
Take the axiom "drink 8 glasses of water a day", and any liquid that isn't water doesn't count. That has little basis in fact. Nobody knows where it came from. Studies are out that now dispute that everybody needs 8 daily glasses of water and they agree that tea, coffee, and fruit juice are mostly water and therefore count towards your water intake. Common sense should have told you that.
At one time, the "facts" said that margarine was better for you than butter, now "facts" say that margarine isn't good for you at all. Who cares? Butter taste better.
I don't pay any attention to those studies. I've lived long enough to know that if you wait a few years another study will change the 'facts'.
Sometimes it's not even a study that tries to set the standards as to what's good for us and what's not. Sometimes it's just somebody somewhere making a statement and somebody else quotes it and before you know it "everybody" is quoting it as fact.
Take the axiom "drink 8 glasses of water a day", and any liquid that isn't water doesn't count. That has little basis in fact. Nobody knows where it came from. Studies are out that now dispute that everybody needs 8 daily glasses of water and they agree that tea, coffee, and fruit juice are mostly water and therefore count towards your water intake. Common sense should have told you that.
At one time, the "facts" said that margarine was better for you than butter, now "facts" say that margarine isn't good for you at all. Who cares? Butter taste better.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Episode 1 too many
I watched a few minutes of one of the original Star Trek shows last night and I reached a conclusion that is shared by many.
That show was bad. I mean really, really bad.
When I started watching, Kirk, Spock, and Bones were on some planet (not on the ship) dressed in what appeared to be animal skins duct taped together. They were with a group of similarly dressed men who carried flintlock rifles, clearly not advanced technology wise. (Though they did have duct tape, or at least something similar. ) They had on wigs that looked as if they'd been sent out to die, but hadn't made it.
Kirk had been hit on the head with a large rock, probably 6 - 8 inches in diameter. He'd been knocked out, but there was no blood or wounds.
Really now - not one drop of blood?
The next scene was a woman taunting another group of men with Kirk's phaser (fazer?) She was dressed in skin tight, hip hugging, bell-bottoms and a brief top that appeared to be made out of a bright orange fake feather boa. During one downward camera angle, the boa was artfully designed to frame her ample bosoms (which were as fake as the boa, by the way.) The men had on cheap, curly, women's wigs that barely covered their own hair.
Madam Boa got in a fight with the men (she has a really unusual scream) and one of them stabbed her. It was clear the knife stabbed the air some place beyond her right shoulder, but it killed her none-the-less. During the scuffle, the Enterprise group heard the screams and came arunnin'. Even though Bones was standing slightly to the right and behind Kirk, he got shot in the left arm. (That means the bullet had to detour around Kirk to get to the left side of Bones.) He wasn't hurt, of course, though he did have a bullet hole in his arm. Even had a couple drops of pale, blood next to the hole.
That show was bad. I mean really, really bad.
When I started watching, Kirk, Spock, and Bones were on some planet (not on the ship) dressed in what appeared to be animal skins duct taped together. They were with a group of similarly dressed men who carried flintlock rifles, clearly not advanced technology wise. (Though they did have duct tape, or at least something similar. ) They had on wigs that looked as if they'd been sent out to die, but hadn't made it.
Kirk had been hit on the head with a large rock, probably 6 - 8 inches in diameter. He'd been knocked out, but there was no blood or wounds.
Really now - not one drop of blood?
The next scene was a woman taunting another group of men with Kirk's phaser (fazer?) She was dressed in skin tight, hip hugging, bell-bottoms and a brief top that appeared to be made out of a bright orange fake feather boa. During one downward camera angle, the boa was artfully designed to frame her ample bosoms (which were as fake as the boa, by the way.) The men had on cheap, curly, women's wigs that barely covered their own hair.
Madam Boa got in a fight with the men (she has a really unusual scream) and one of them stabbed her. It was clear the knife stabbed the air some place beyond her right shoulder, but it killed her none-the-less. During the scuffle, the Enterprise group heard the screams and came arunnin'. Even though Bones was standing slightly to the right and behind Kirk, he got shot in the left arm. (That means the bullet had to detour around Kirk to get to the left side of Bones.) He wasn't hurt, of course, though he did have a bullet hole in his arm. Even had a couple drops of pale, blood next to the hole.
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