Archive for September, 2007
Today is Google’s 9th b-day. Wow, where has time gone. Seems like yesterday that I was sitting at work using my new Compaq Deskpro (more like dustpro), which was quite a change from my IBM 3090 mainframe terminal, checking out this new thing called the Internet. This was approximately 1993, and for you die-hards I know the Internet wasn’t that new. However; to the majority of folks it was definitely new. Anyway, we had to be careful how much time we spent on the Internet because bandwidth was a premium. Since we had to use an emulation type of software to get to the Internet we were very discriminating in what we checked out – Big Brother had to be watching. At home, I would fire up the 9600 baud modem which just screammmmmmmed! Boy did I think life stood still when I purchased my new 14,400 baud. Then I went to heaven when I splurged and got a 28,800 baud modem. Back in those days Yahoo, Alta Vista, and Dogpile (a little later) ruled the search engines. There were no peer-to-peer programs to share all that good stuff, no blogs, and no wiki’s. Anyone remember news groups and news group readers? The closest to a peer-to-peer network that I can think of were the bulletin boards. Occasionally I would forget the Internet and sign-on to one of these bulletin boards. At the time, I lived in the Dallas, Tx area and there were plenty boards to try out.
Life really has changed: No more ALC, COBOL, PACBASE, WAAPDSUTs, JCL, TSO, CICS, and on-call from H-E double toothpicks!
I like where we are and where we’re heading. The Internet really has improved life or as least our ability to gather knowledge. I even like useless knowledge. It’s all fun to collect. Has Google made a contribution to knowledge? I believe so. Happy Birthday Google!!!
It continues and it’s not good. I’m down 1-2-0 and this week doesn’t look good.
Last year I planted a couple of Jalapeno pepper plants and had a small harvest. Not many peppers at all, and they were all very small. This year was very different, two plants with lots of big peppers. I had to find something to do with this bumper crop of peppers so I decided I would make Jalapeno jelly. My first batch was perfect – no problems at all. However; tonight I decided to make some more. This batch didn’t go so well. I just wasn’t paying attention and let it boil over onto our glass cook top stove. I was trying to figure out what to do when it boiled over again. This time a fire jumped right up like someone had just thrown it there. Luckily, my wife was close by and threw some water on the stove and put it out. It was so out of control in just a matter of seconds. SMOKE everywhere and kids screaming and crying! Long story short, its all under control and the jelly tastes good. The stove needs a little work unfortunately.
Yesterday the director of the KY Alcoholic Beverage Control was arrested for DUI. Apparently his BAL was .181 (more than double the legal limit). According to habitsmart.com the effects of a BAL of .15 is “Impaired Balance and Movement. Clearly Drunk”.
This is the way I see the whole thing going down:
Officer: Do you know why I pulled you over?
Suspect: No.
Officer: You were weaving in the road. Please step out of the car so we can do a sobriety test.
Suspect: Can I put the car in park first?
Officer: Put it in park and step out. Can you say your ABC’s for me sir?
Suspect: A – B – C – D — U — I …….. That’s not right is is?
Officer: No, but I think you’re right on track. We’re going for a little ride now.
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Poor George hit the ground today on his Harley Davidson. He was riding two up with Sarah Larson at the time. Sounds like he got side swiped by a car turning right. George was able to leave on the bike but Sarah goes to the hospital. George with a cracked rib and Sarah a broken foot.
O brother where art thou? I’m on the ground in pain. It hurts so bad. —- Just joking, I really feel sorry for them. After all, George is a good ‘ole KY boy. What about the person who hit him? We must feel sorry for him. How would you like to be known as the person who ran over a couple of movie stars? I wonder if he asked for autographs????? Actually, I bet he didn’t have a clue who he had run over.
My wife dropped my HD a couple of times. Luckily she wasn’t moving either time. However; the first time it scratched the pipes and cut the end of one of the hand grips. The bummer – I had just bought the bike (91 Sporster Hugger)! The second time, she dropped it and burnt herself real good. This wasn’t half as bad as when a friend came over to check out my new computer and backed into it when he was leaving. It hit the ground again. I was just a little upset.
Keep the sticky side down and the shiny side up!
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I really like reptiles and have owned many. However; I would never smuggle a reptile (or any other thing for that matter).
Well apparently there are some who would smuggle reptiles. How ’bout Fiji Island Banded Iguanas? Yep, and the best part is how he did it. He put them in his leg. His hollow prosthetic leg! Actually he had built a special hidden compartment in the apparatus. The business must be profitable because apparently he recently sold 3 for $32,000! When the police searched his house they found 4 more of the little critters. The money would be nice, but of course the maximum 5 years in jail wouldn’t be fun. Can you imagine being a 1 legged lizard smuggler in prison? “Whatta you in here for”? “Smuggling lizards in my leg”. “Yea right”.
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Another MORON to report: Some guy decides its a good idea to wear a t-shirt to court with the classic trucker silhouette woman on the front with some rather obscene remarks underneath. Now I’m a fan of freedom of speech, but use your common sense when going against the grain. This is just not smart. If I was the judge, I would have done the same thing! Where has our respect gone? I see people frequently wearing shirts with the “F” word printed on them. What about the children who see these things? If you’re going to do it, expect the consequences and don’t whine when they bite you…
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It’s festival time in Eastern KY and Black Gold is here! It’s been called Hillbilly Mardi Gras, Redneck Mardi Gras, and Welfare Mardi Gras. Call it what you want, but it brings a lot of people into it’s humble town. All those people have money and want to spend it on the food, crafts, and fun activities. This year I actually saw a couple of junked cars that you can pay $.50 to hit with a baseball bat (see pic)! Now that’s some good ‘ole redneck fun!
The food is the best part: funnel cakes, chili in a bag (shout out to the local Rotary Club), cheese cake on a stick, and BBQ. Of course there are many more options.
If you’re an American Idol fan, then you would want to be here on Saturday. Bucky Covington will be the headline entertainment. Hope to see you there!
