Sunday, December 31, 2006
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Travel Light (Headed)
I just had to spread this around for everyone...
Grandmother Puts Infant in Airport X-Ray
AP. LOS ANGELES (Dec. 20) - A woman mistakenly put her 1-month-old grandson through an X-ray machine at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said.
A startled security worker noticed the shape of a child on the carry-on baggage screening monitor and immediately pulled him out, the Los Angeles Times reported for a story in Wednesday's editions.
The infant was taken to a local hospital, where doctors determined he did not receive a dangerous dose of radiation.
"This was an innocent mistake by an obviously inexperienced traveler," said Paul Haney, deputy executive director of airports and security for the city's airport agency.
The incident happened early Saturday, airport officials said.
Haney said in 1988, an infant in a car seat went through an X-ray machine at the Los Angeles airport.
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.
2006-12-20 12:47:56
Grandmother Puts Infant in Airport X-Ray
AP. LOS ANGELES (Dec. 20) - A woman mistakenly put her 1-month-old grandson through an X-ray machine at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said.
A startled security worker noticed the shape of a child on the carry-on baggage screening monitor and immediately pulled him out, the Los Angeles Times reported for a story in Wednesday's editions.
The infant was taken to a local hospital, where doctors determined he did not receive a dangerous dose of radiation.
"This was an innocent mistake by an obviously inexperienced traveler," said Paul Haney, deputy executive director of airports and security for the city's airport agency.
The incident happened early Saturday, airport officials said.
Haney said in 1988, an infant in a car seat went through an X-ray machine at the Los Angeles airport.
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.
2006-12-20 12:47:56
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Friday, December 15, 2006
DC comics to sue Russian intelligence agency over Bat Logo...?
This was posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Russia spy HQ has giant batman mural in floor.
Aldo says: "Check out the floor at the new defence intelligence HQ in Moscow." Even Putin does a double-take.
Here's another photo of the logo. It's from the Glavnoye Razvedyvatelnoye Upravlenie (GRU), or Main Intelligence Directorate. I badly need this on a T-shirt. In fact, the Russian government could probably pay off its deficit by selling clothing and accessories with this logo on it. The GRU could be the next Von Dutch! (Via Riding Sun)
Russia spy HQ has giant batman mural in floor.
Aldo says: "Check out the floor at the new defence intelligence HQ in Moscow." Even Putin does a double-take.
Here's another photo of the logo. It's from the Glavnoye Razvedyvatelnoye Upravlenie (GRU), or Main Intelligence Directorate. I badly need this on a T-shirt. In fact, the Russian government could probably pay off its deficit by selling clothing and accessories with this logo on it. The GRU could be the next Von Dutch! (Via Riding Sun)
Christmas Carols for the Disturbed
1. Schizophrenia --- Do I Hear What I Hear?
2. Multiple Personality Disorder --- We Three Kings Disoriented Are
3. Dementia --- I Think I'll be Home for Christmas
4. Narcissistic --- Hark the Herald Angels Sing About Me
5. Manic --- Deck the Halls and Walls and House and Lawn and Streets and stores and Office and Town and Cars and Buses and Trucks and Trees and.....
6. Paranoid --- Santa Claus is Coming to Town to Get Me
7. Borderline Personality Disorder --- Thoughts of Roasting on an Open Fire
8. Personality Disorder --- You Better Watch Out, I'm Gonna Cry, I'm Gonna pout, Maybe I'll Tell You Why
9. Attention Deficit Disorder --- Silent night, Holy, oooh look at the froggy, can I have a candy bar, why is France so far away?
10. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder --Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle,Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle, Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle
Merry Christmas Everybody! And as a nyctophobian would say: "May all your Christmas' be bright!"
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
The 10 Least Successful Holiday Specials of All Time
I got the following list from http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/003030.html
An Algonquin Round Table Christmas (1927)
Alexander Woolcott, Franklin Pierce Adams, George Kaufman, Robert Benchley and Dorothy Parker were the stars of this 1927 NBC Red radio network special, one of the earliest Christmas specials ever performed. Unfortunately the principals, lured to the table for an unusual evening gathering by the promise of free drinks and pirogies, appeared unaware they were live and on the air, avoiding witty seasonal banter to concentrate on trashing absent Round Tabler Edna Ferber's latest novel, Mother Knows Best, and complaining, in progressively drunken fashion, about their lack of sex lives. Seasonal material of a sort finally appears in the 23rd minute when Dorothy Parker, already on her fifth drink, can be heard to remark, "one more of these and I'll be sliding down Santa's chimney." The feed was cut shortly thereafter. NBC Red's 1928 holiday special "Christmas with the Fitzgeralds" was similarly unsuccessful.
The Mercury Theater of the Air Presents the Assassination of Saint Nicholas (1939)
Listeners of radio's Columbia Broadcasting System who tuned in to hear a Christmas Eve rendition of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol were shocked when they heard what appeared to be a newscast from the north pole, reporting that Santa's Workshop had been overrun in a blitzkrieg by Finnish proxies of the Nazi German government. The newscast, a hoax created by 20-something wunderkind Orson Wells as a seasonal allegory about the spread of Fascism in Europe, was so successful that few listeners stayed to listen until the end, when St. Nick emerged from the smoking ruins of his workshop to deliver a rousing call to action against the authoritarian tide and to urge peace on Earth, good will toward men and expound on the joys of a hot cup of Mercury Theater of Air's sponsor Campbell's soup. Instead, tens of thousands of New York City children mobbed the Macy's Department Store on 34th, long presumed to be Santa's New York embassy, and sang Christmas carols in wee, sobbing tones. Only a midnight appearance of New York mayor Fiorello LaGuardia in full Santa getup quelled the agitated tykes. Welles, now a hunted man on the Eastern seaboard, decamped for Hollywood shortly thereafter.
Ayn Rand's A Selfish Christmas (1951)
In this hour-long radio drama, Santa struggles with the increasing demands of providing gifts for millions of spoiled, ungrateful brats across the world, until a single elf, in the engineering department of his workshop, convinces Santa to go on strike. The special ends with the entropic collapse of the civilization of takers and the spectacle of children trudging across the bitterly cold, dark tundra to offer Santa cash for his services, acknowledging at last that his genius makes the gifts -- and therefore Christmas -- possible. Prior to broadcast, Mutual Broadcast System executives raised objections to the radio play, noting that 56 minutes of the hour-long broadcast went to a philosophical manifesto by the elf and of the four remaining minutes, three went to a love scene between Santa and the cold, practical Mrs. Claus that was rendered into radio through the use of grunts and the shattering of several dozen whiskey tumblers. In later letters, Rand sneeringly described these executives as "anti-life."
The Lost Star Trek Christmas Episode: "A Most Illogical Holiday" (1968)
Mr. Spock, with his pointy ears, is hailed as a messiah on a wintry world where elves toil for a mysterious master, revealed to be Santa just prior to the first commercial break. Santa, enraged, kills Ensign Jones and attacks the Enterprise in his sleigh. As Scotty works to keep the power flowing to the shields, Kirk and Bones infiltrate Santa's headquarters. With the help of the comely and lonely Mrs. Claus, Kirk is led to the heart of the workshop, where he learns the truth: Santa is himself a pawn to a master computer, whose initial program is based on an ancient book of children's Christmas tales. Kirk engages the master computer in a battle of wits, demanding the computer explain how it is physically possible for Santa to deliver gifts to all the children in the universe in a single night. The master computer, confronted with this computational anomaly, self-destructs; Santa, freed from mental enslavement, releases the elves and begins a new, democratic society. Back on the ship, Bones and Spock bicker about the meaning of Christmas, an argument which ends when Scotty appears on the bridge with egg nog made with Romulan Ale.
Filmed during the series' run, this episode was never shown on network television and was offered in syndication only once, in 1975. Star Trek fans hint the episode was later personally destroyed by Gene Roddenberry. Rumor suggests Harlan Ellison may have written the original script; asked about the episode at 1978's IgunaCon II science fiction convention, however, Ellison described the episode as "a quiescently glistening cherem of pus."
Bob & Carol & Ted & Santa (1973)
This ABC Christmas special featured Santa as a happy-go-lucky swinger who comically wades into the marital bed of two neurotic 70s couples, and also the music of the Carpenters. It was screened for television critics but shelved by the network when the critics, assembled at ABC's New York offices, rose as one to strangle the producers at the post-viewing interview. Joel Siegel would later write, "When Santa did his striptease for Carol while Karen Carpenter sang 'Top of the World' and peered through an open window, we all looked at each other and knew that we television critics, of all people, had been called upon to defend Western Civilization. We dared not fail."
A Muppet Christmas with Zbigniew Brzezinski (1978)
A year before their rather more successful Christmas pairing with John Denver, the Muppets joined Carter Administration National Security Advisor Brezezinski for an evening of fun, song, and anticommunist rhetoric. While those who remember the show recall the pairing of Brzezinki and Miss Piggy for a duet of "Winter Wonderland" as winsomely enchanting, the scenes where the NSA head explains the true meaning of Christmas to an assemblage of Muppets dressed as Afghan mujahideen was incongruous and disturbing even then. Washington rumor, unsupported by any Carter administration member, suggests that President Carter had this Christmas special on a repeating loop while he drafted his infamous "Malaise" speech.
The Village People in Can't Stop the Christmas Music -- On Ice! (1980)
Undeterred by the miserable flop of the movie Can't Stop the Music!, last place television network NBC aired this special, in which music group the Village People mobilize to save Christmas after Santa Claus (Paul Lynde) experiences a hernia. Thus follows several musical sequences -- on ice! -- where the Village People move Santa's Workshop to Christopher Street, enlist their friends to become elves with an adapted version of their hit "In The Navy," and draft film co-star Bruce Jenner to become the new Santa in a sequence which involves stripping the 1976 gold medal decathlon winner to his shorts, shaving and oiling his chest, and outfitting him in fur-trimmed red briefs and crimson leathers to a disco version of "Come O Ye Faithful." Peggy Fleming, Shields and Yarnell and Lorna Luft co-star.
Interestingly, there is no reliable data regarding the ratings for this show, as the Nielsen diaries for this week were accidentally consumed by fire. Show producers estimate that one in ten Americans tuned in to at least part of the show, but more conservative estimates place the audience at no more than two or three percent, tops.
A Canadian Christmas with David Cronenberg (1986)
Faced with Canadian content requirements but no new programming, the Canadian Broadcasting Company turned to Canadian director David Cronenberg, hot off his success with Scanners and The Fly, to fill the seasonal gap. In this 90-minute event, Santa (Michael Ironside) makes an emergency landing in the Northwest Territories, where he is exposed to a previously unknown virus after being attacked by a violent moose. The virus causes Santa to develop both a large, tooth-bearing orifice in his belly and a lustful hunger for human flesh, which he sates by graphically devouring Canadian celebrities Bryan Adams, Dan Ackroyd and Gordie Howe on national television. Music by Neil Young.
Noam Chomsky: Deconstructing Christmas (1998)
This PBS/WGBH special featured linguist and social commentator Chomsky sitting at a desk, explaining how the development of the commercial Christmas season directly relates to the loss of individual freedoms in the United States and the subjugation of indigenous people in southeast Asia. Despite a rave review by Z magazine, musical guest Zach de la Rocha and the concession of Chomsky to wear a seasonal hat for a younger demographic appeal, this is known to be the least requested Christmas special ever made.
Christmas with the Nuge (2002)
Spurred by the success of The Osbournes on sister network MTV, cable network VH1 contracted zany hard rocker Ted Nugent to help create a "reality" Christmas special. Nugent responded with a special that features the Motor City Madman bowhunting, and then making jerky from, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree, all specially flown in to Nugent's Michigan compound for the occasion. In the second half of the hour-long special, Nugent heckles vegetarian Night Ranger/Damn Yankees bassist Jack Blades into consuming three strips of dove jerky. Fearing the inevitable PETA protest, and boycotts from Moby and Pam Anderson, VH1 never aired the special, which is available solely by special order at the Nuge Store on TedNugent.com.
Now some of you might say "Why isn't the Star Wars Holiday Special on there?" Because it's the only holiday special that celebrates Chanukah... and it's got Harrison Ford.
An Algonquin Round Table Christmas (1927)
Alexander Woolcott, Franklin Pierce Adams, George Kaufman, Robert Benchley and Dorothy Parker were the stars of this 1927 NBC Red radio network special, one of the earliest Christmas specials ever performed. Unfortunately the principals, lured to the table for an unusual evening gathering by the promise of free drinks and pirogies, appeared unaware they were live and on the air, avoiding witty seasonal banter to concentrate on trashing absent Round Tabler Edna Ferber's latest novel, Mother Knows Best, and complaining, in progressively drunken fashion, about their lack of sex lives. Seasonal material of a sort finally appears in the 23rd minute when Dorothy Parker, already on her fifth drink, can be heard to remark, "one more of these and I'll be sliding down Santa's chimney." The feed was cut shortly thereafter. NBC Red's 1928 holiday special "Christmas with the Fitzgeralds" was similarly unsuccessful.
The Mercury Theater of the Air Presents the Assassination of Saint Nicholas (1939)
Listeners of radio's Columbia Broadcasting System who tuned in to hear a Christmas Eve rendition of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol were shocked when they heard what appeared to be a newscast from the north pole, reporting that Santa's Workshop had been overrun in a blitzkrieg by Finnish proxies of the Nazi German government. The newscast, a hoax created by 20-something wunderkind Orson Wells as a seasonal allegory about the spread of Fascism in Europe, was so successful that few listeners stayed to listen until the end, when St. Nick emerged from the smoking ruins of his workshop to deliver a rousing call to action against the authoritarian tide and to urge peace on Earth, good will toward men and expound on the joys of a hot cup of Mercury Theater of Air's sponsor Campbell's soup. Instead, tens of thousands of New York City children mobbed the Macy's Department Store on 34th, long presumed to be Santa's New York embassy, and sang Christmas carols in wee, sobbing tones. Only a midnight appearance of New York mayor Fiorello LaGuardia in full Santa getup quelled the agitated tykes. Welles, now a hunted man on the Eastern seaboard, decamped for Hollywood shortly thereafter.
Ayn Rand's A Selfish Christmas (1951)
In this hour-long radio drama, Santa struggles with the increasing demands of providing gifts for millions of spoiled, ungrateful brats across the world, until a single elf, in the engineering department of his workshop, convinces Santa to go on strike. The special ends with the entropic collapse of the civilization of takers and the spectacle of children trudging across the bitterly cold, dark tundra to offer Santa cash for his services, acknowledging at last that his genius makes the gifts -- and therefore Christmas -- possible. Prior to broadcast, Mutual Broadcast System executives raised objections to the radio play, noting that 56 minutes of the hour-long broadcast went to a philosophical manifesto by the elf and of the four remaining minutes, three went to a love scene between Santa and the cold, practical Mrs. Claus that was rendered into radio through the use of grunts and the shattering of several dozen whiskey tumblers. In later letters, Rand sneeringly described these executives as "anti-life."
The Lost Star Trek Christmas Episode: "A Most Illogical Holiday" (1968)
Mr. Spock, with his pointy ears, is hailed as a messiah on a wintry world where elves toil for a mysterious master, revealed to be Santa just prior to the first commercial break. Santa, enraged, kills Ensign Jones and attacks the Enterprise in his sleigh. As Scotty works to keep the power flowing to the shields, Kirk and Bones infiltrate Santa's headquarters. With the help of the comely and lonely Mrs. Claus, Kirk is led to the heart of the workshop, where he learns the truth: Santa is himself a pawn to a master computer, whose initial program is based on an ancient book of children's Christmas tales. Kirk engages the master computer in a battle of wits, demanding the computer explain how it is physically possible for Santa to deliver gifts to all the children in the universe in a single night. The master computer, confronted with this computational anomaly, self-destructs; Santa, freed from mental enslavement, releases the elves and begins a new, democratic society. Back on the ship, Bones and Spock bicker about the meaning of Christmas, an argument which ends when Scotty appears on the bridge with egg nog made with Romulan Ale.
Filmed during the series' run, this episode was never shown on network television and was offered in syndication only once, in 1975. Star Trek fans hint the episode was later personally destroyed by Gene Roddenberry. Rumor suggests Harlan Ellison may have written the original script; asked about the episode at 1978's IgunaCon II science fiction convention, however, Ellison described the episode as "a quiescently glistening cherem of pus."
Bob & Carol & Ted & Santa (1973)
This ABC Christmas special featured Santa as a happy-go-lucky swinger who comically wades into the marital bed of two neurotic 70s couples, and also the music of the Carpenters. It was screened for television critics but shelved by the network when the critics, assembled at ABC's New York offices, rose as one to strangle the producers at the post-viewing interview. Joel Siegel would later write, "When Santa did his striptease for Carol while Karen Carpenter sang 'Top of the World' and peered through an open window, we all looked at each other and knew that we television critics, of all people, had been called upon to defend Western Civilization. We dared not fail."
A Muppet Christmas with Zbigniew Brzezinski (1978)
A year before their rather more successful Christmas pairing with John Denver, the Muppets joined Carter Administration National Security Advisor Brezezinski for an evening of fun, song, and anticommunist rhetoric. While those who remember the show recall the pairing of Brzezinki and Miss Piggy for a duet of "Winter Wonderland" as winsomely enchanting, the scenes where the NSA head explains the true meaning of Christmas to an assemblage of Muppets dressed as Afghan mujahideen was incongruous and disturbing even then. Washington rumor, unsupported by any Carter administration member, suggests that President Carter had this Christmas special on a repeating loop while he drafted his infamous "Malaise" speech.
The Village People in Can't Stop the Christmas Music -- On Ice! (1980)
Undeterred by the miserable flop of the movie Can't Stop the Music!, last place television network NBC aired this special, in which music group the Village People mobilize to save Christmas after Santa Claus (Paul Lynde) experiences a hernia. Thus follows several musical sequences -- on ice! -- where the Village People move Santa's Workshop to Christopher Street, enlist their friends to become elves with an adapted version of their hit "In The Navy," and draft film co-star Bruce Jenner to become the new Santa in a sequence which involves stripping the 1976 gold medal decathlon winner to his shorts, shaving and oiling his chest, and outfitting him in fur-trimmed red briefs and crimson leathers to a disco version of "Come O Ye Faithful." Peggy Fleming, Shields and Yarnell and Lorna Luft co-star.
Interestingly, there is no reliable data regarding the ratings for this show, as the Nielsen diaries for this week were accidentally consumed by fire. Show producers estimate that one in ten Americans tuned in to at least part of the show, but more conservative estimates place the audience at no more than two or three percent, tops.
A Canadian Christmas with David Cronenberg (1986)
Faced with Canadian content requirements but no new programming, the Canadian Broadcasting Company turned to Canadian director David Cronenberg, hot off his success with Scanners and The Fly, to fill the seasonal gap. In this 90-minute event, Santa (Michael Ironside) makes an emergency landing in the Northwest Territories, where he is exposed to a previously unknown virus after being attacked by a violent moose. The virus causes Santa to develop both a large, tooth-bearing orifice in his belly and a lustful hunger for human flesh, which he sates by graphically devouring Canadian celebrities Bryan Adams, Dan Ackroyd and Gordie Howe on national television. Music by Neil Young.
Noam Chomsky: Deconstructing Christmas (1998)
This PBS/WGBH special featured linguist and social commentator Chomsky sitting at a desk, explaining how the development of the commercial Christmas season directly relates to the loss of individual freedoms in the United States and the subjugation of indigenous people in southeast Asia. Despite a rave review by Z magazine, musical guest Zach de la Rocha and the concession of Chomsky to wear a seasonal hat for a younger demographic appeal, this is known to be the least requested Christmas special ever made.
Christmas with the Nuge (2002)
Spurred by the success of The Osbournes on sister network MTV, cable network VH1 contracted zany hard rocker Ted Nugent to help create a "reality" Christmas special. Nugent responded with a special that features the Motor City Madman bowhunting, and then making jerky from, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree, all specially flown in to Nugent's Michigan compound for the occasion. In the second half of the hour-long special, Nugent heckles vegetarian Night Ranger/Damn Yankees bassist Jack Blades into consuming three strips of dove jerky. Fearing the inevitable PETA protest, and boycotts from Moby and Pam Anderson, VH1 never aired the special, which is available solely by special order at the Nuge Store on TedNugent.com.
Now some of you might say "Why isn't the Star Wars Holiday Special on there?" Because it's the only holiday special that celebrates Chanukah... and it's got Harrison Ford.
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Chris' Wist List
Everyone has been asking me what Chris wants for Christmas... well this is direct from the horse's mouth:
http://richwishlist.blogspot.com/
He loves masks and movies and baseball hats. There's also some stuff like cirque de sole posters (he has Mystere and Alegria), the martini girls, etc.
http://richwishlist.blogspot.com/
He loves masks and movies and baseball hats. There's also some stuff like cirque de sole posters (he has Mystere and Alegria), the martini girls, etc.
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Monday, December 04, 2006
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Thanksgiving 2006!
I had a very "Rich" experience this Thanksgiving. I celebrated with Chris and his family, and his extended family the LaPattes. Here are some pictures. Enjoy!
Monday, November 13, 2006
New Phone Old Number
Alright, by popular demand I have chosen the pink one. Just thought I'd update yaall. Same number though
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
New Phone or New Phone
This is up for grabs:
Okay, folks, I'm taking a poll, which phone should I choose?
a)
b)
The story behind all of this is that my phone is quickly becoming extinct... and I need a new one. Both of these are motorolas, and pretty much the same except the buttons, color, and a 10 dollar price. The silver one is 10 dollars cheaper and has nice bubble buttons you can feel. The pink one has those weird flat buttons like the razor, but is... well... pink.
Okay, folks, I'm taking a poll, which phone should I choose?
a)
b)
The story behind all of this is that my phone is quickly becoming extinct... and I need a new one. Both of these are motorolas, and pretty much the same except the buttons, color, and a 10 dollar price. The silver one is 10 dollars cheaper and has nice bubble buttons you can feel. The pink one has those weird flat buttons like the razor, but is... well... pink.
New and Improved
I've got a new job! I'm so very happy. I'm still working at ASF, just in the Box Office now. It's great hours, friendly people, and I'm not overextending myself to death. I love it. I feel like a great weight has lifted off my shoulders.
Even my MS agrees... my left hand, which has been at around 30-40% capabilities for about a month, is at 90% capabilities. It's nice to know that I'll be back to normal soon.
I'll be posting Halloween and new house stuff soon... now that I've got the time and energy.
Even my MS agrees... my left hand, which has been at around 30-40% capabilities for about a month, is at 90% capabilities. It's nice to know that I'll be back to normal soon.
I'll be posting Halloween and new house stuff soon... now that I've got the time and energy.
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Halloween Scare
Halloween was a bit scarey this year with the recent costume choices. Chris was Nacho Libre.
Yes, he went out in public like this. I went as a dark fairy... I'll find a picture of us soon.
Yes, he went out in public like this. I went as a dark fairy... I'll find a picture of us soon.
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Evil Dead the Musical
Check it out! Watch out Andrew Lloyd Webber!!! Evil Dead is now a musical.
Here it is.
Here it is.
Monday, September 25, 2006
Home Sweet Home!
I am moving! By the end of this week I should be moved out of this apartment and into a wonderful four-bedroom two-bathroom home! I'm spliting the cost with Christopher Rich. I'll put up some pictures soon.
Friday, September 22, 2006
Birthday Boy
Chris' birthday was today! Yeah!!! He's a wonderful part of my life. In spite of my cold/flu/whatever, I was able to take him to Red Lobster for his birthday dinner. He got a new camera from his brother, and gift cards to Target from his mom, money from various other relatives/friends, and I'm not sure what all else. I was kind of doped up on perscriptions and over-the-counter meds when he was cheerfully going down the list. I got him a gentleman's cane, so that he can have a cane, too. It's a pewter top that has a hidden knife in it. We saw it at an antique place here, and he had pointed it out. It's cool, I don't know when he'll use it except for the Osiris Ball and when he gets really, really, really old. But you never know. I also got him some pewter cufflinks from my visit to Stratford. It's Shakespeare's bust... subtle. All he need's now is a tophat and he'll be a bonified country gentleman. I wanted to get him something else, but I haven't been able to make it out much these last few weeks... at least not without him. I love him, but we barely spend any time apart, minus work and sleep. So shopping for him is hard to do. I think his biggest present, from everyone, is the house... we're hoping it comes through.
Anyway, happy birthday, Christopher!
Anyway, happy birthday, Christopher!
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Get A Job!!
Just kidding. I should say "getting to Job" because I'm about to explain to you guys the two easiest ways of getting to my new blog page (which is basically about me complaining). It's the same way you get to my Wish List blog... but I'll explain it anyway.
The easiest way I can think of is for you to click on "view my complete profile" which will lead you to my profile which has a bunch of (well, 3) links to my different blog pages. click on the one you want (in this case Job) and you'll get there.
And if that doesn't work, click here.
Or you can be old fashioned and type in
notsonicesugrspice.blogspot.com
The easiest way I can think of is for you to click on "view my complete profile" which will lead you to my profile which has a bunch of (well, 3) links to my different blog pages. click on the one you want (in this case Job) and you'll get there.
And if that doesn't work, click here.
Or you can be old fashioned and type in
notsonicesugrspice.blogspot.com
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Surviving Suri
ATTENTION ATTENTION!!! No one go out and buy the new Vanity Fair! Here's the infamous picture of Suri.
I got it a night ahead from the VF website. Why support such dribble? I hate to say it, because I love reading VF. I really enjoyed their latest "green" issue, and every year I look forward to their Hollywood Portfolio issue. It's one of the rag mags I really like and have thought about getting a subscription to.
But I do NOT support Tom Cruise and his crazy antics of late. I do not knw him or why he chose to do what he has, but I see it as him wanting money for something so innocent, and I have a problem with anyone who makes bigger deals out of things than they need to be.
I know I'm just one person, but if you don't buy this issue of VF you're showing that you don't support Cruise either, and that his crazy antics should be over. No one else would get away with crap like he does. So, don't buy it. I know I'll indulge and browse through it at the bookstore just to see... and that's probably hypocritical... but I'm curious what all the fuss was about... I don't want to support him or his "moods."
PS. Tom ended up appologizing to Brooke Sheilds... hmmm. Maybe he's starting to think again. Or he at least feels sorry about loosing his big contract over the controversy. Amazing timing he has with the apology and the arrival of the pictures of suri. I don't think it's coincidence at all.
Anyway, don't bother supporting VF in their decision to do this crazy favor for Tom Cruise. Just check out the pictures online.
I got it a night ahead from the VF website. Why support such dribble? I hate to say it, because I love reading VF. I really enjoyed their latest "green" issue, and every year I look forward to their Hollywood Portfolio issue. It's one of the rag mags I really like and have thought about getting a subscription to.
But I do NOT support Tom Cruise and his crazy antics of late. I do not knw him or why he chose to do what he has, but I see it as him wanting money for something so innocent, and I have a problem with anyone who makes bigger deals out of things than they need to be.
I know I'm just one person, but if you don't buy this issue of VF you're showing that you don't support Cruise either, and that his crazy antics should be over. No one else would get away with crap like he does. So, don't buy it. I know I'll indulge and browse through it at the bookstore just to see... and that's probably hypocritical... but I'm curious what all the fuss was about... I don't want to support him or his "moods."
PS. Tom ended up appologizing to Brooke Sheilds... hmmm. Maybe he's starting to think again. Or he at least feels sorry about loosing his big contract over the controversy. Amazing timing he has with the apology and the arrival of the pictures of suri. I don't think it's coincidence at all.
Anyway, don't bother supporting VF in their decision to do this crazy favor for Tom Cruise. Just check out the pictures online.
Monday, August 28, 2006
New Blog Page
Hey ya'all! I just wanted to inform you that this blog page is for "everything nice"... So, where, you might ask, is everything "not-so-nice?" Good question. Because life isn't about everything nice. God puts trials on people to help them find their strengths. Remember the guy, Job, who had everything taken away from him by the Devil, but he still praised God? Hopefully we can all be like that. But sometimes, I've got to gripe... and keep people, specifically my family, informed as to my current health situation, since it has rapidly decided to do an about face. So, I've come up with an addition to my blogspace. I am not sure what to call it yet, so for right now I'm calling it "Job". I'm open to suggestions.
Sunday, August 20, 2006
Movin' On Up
... To the East Side.
I'm lookin at moving... but I'm not sure. There's this nice house, close by, within budget. It's got a pool, jacuzi tub, and a nice yard. It's close to work and whatnot.
I'm not sure, though. It's a bit more than I'd like to pay, and it is slightly further from work than my current place. But it's got nice anemities.
Tell me what you think... ?
I'm lookin at moving... but I'm not sure. There's this nice house, close by, within budget. It's got a pool, jacuzi tub, and a nice yard. It's close to work and whatnot.
I'm not sure, though. It's a bit more than I'd like to pay, and it is slightly further from work than my current place. But it's got nice anemities.
Tell me what you think... ?
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Just an Update
Let's see... hmmm... Just as an update:
Chins are doing great, having fun running around and chewing up whatever they can get their paws on.
Car is beautiful! I love it and it runs great.
Boyfriend, Chris, is wonderful. He's doing great and keeping me strong.
My wisdom teeth are coming in, so I'm in just a little bit of pain every now and then.
... And how are you?
Chins are doing great, having fun running around and chewing up whatever they can get their paws on.
Car is beautiful! I love it and it runs great.
Boyfriend, Chris, is wonderful. He's doing great and keeping me strong.
My wisdom teeth are coming in, so I'm in just a little bit of pain every now and then.
... And how are you?
Friday, July 14, 2006
Miracles in Wood
Today the boys were cutting a bunch of 6x6 wood logs and the insides created some interesting images.
A Flower...
And more interestingly: An Angel.
A Flower...
And more interestingly: An Angel.
Saturday, July 08, 2006
Pirates of Alabama
Okay, I know... Pirates of the Caribbean II came out yesterday, but I saw it today. I must be slacking or something. There was a group of us that went: Will, Katie, Emily, Neal, Andrew, Chris, Mom, and me. It was fun, and a great movie. I got a little excited about it, after being indoors all day, so I got dressed up for the occassion.
But I wasn't the only one... not as much, but it's a Disney issued shirt and hat, so it works.
But I wasn't the only one... not as much, but it's a Disney issued shirt and hat, so it works.
Friday, June 23, 2006
Sunday, June 18, 2006
A Beard...?
This is Chris after he's been growing a beard for about a month...
yeah, but he's still a cutie.
yeah, but he's still a cutie.
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Deer in a Box
Meet Dancer, our deer-for-delivery.
Dancer met Marc.
And this is what Dancer does to intern.
Dancer met Marc.
And this is what Dancer does to intern.
Monday, May 29, 2006
Unclaimed Baggage
Ever wonder where your lost luggage goes? Well, I just found it. Chris has been telling me about this cool shopping center that's supposed to be great, and it was... it's where all the unclaimed luggage goes to live again.
Unfortunately it's like three hours away, so I took the new intern, Mark, with me. It was a ways to go without ac, but worth it. I found a pair of Pumas for $8 and a Versace dress for less than $20. And Mark bought a couple of shirts and trousers.
On the way back, we got a little turned around... and ended up in Tennessee... In the rain. But we were so hungry it didn't matter where we were. We stopped at a Waffle House and had dinner/lunch. It was good greasy food. We also stopped at this huge firework stand. Then we headed back to Montgomery.
Friday, May 12, 2006
Take Me Out To The Ball Game
Jennifer, a friend of mine, and I volunteered at a Biscuits Baseball game. Chris tagged along and got to see the game for free while Jen and I slaved away (okay, it wasn't exactly slaving since it was really fun) behind the counter of a food service booth. It was all for a good cause: Children with Cancer. Here's a photo of the game:
Did I ever mention how Chris gets really thirsty?
This is Jen, isn't she so cute!
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Erin's Last Night
Tonight was Erin's last night hanging out with us at 1048, so I decided to join the fun. Tomorrow is her last day at work. She'll be heading out to the wild blue yonder next week. This is a picture of myself, Erin, and Emily. Aren't we cute?
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Interesting fact for my sister's birthday
The fact of the day is:
Bosses at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum spent 10,000 pounds seperating the models of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston when they seperated. It was the first time the museum had two people's waxworks joined together.
Bosses at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum spent 10,000 pounds seperating the models of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston when they seperated. It was the first time the museum had two people's waxworks joined together.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Economy Is Everything
I caught a local SUV driver doing the smart thing. Way to go. With gas prices above 3 dollars... everyone should be doing there part. I say Bravo to people like my sister who're driving hybrids. Or people like this young man riding their bikes. 
Oompa Loompa
Ha ha ha!
One of the Oompa Loompas at our little sweatshop got away.
Compare the two. The top is an actual Oompa, while the bottom is one of our own.
One of the Oompa Loompas at our little sweatshop got away.
Compare the two. The top is an actual Oompa, while the bottom is one of our own.
Friday, April 21, 2006
VollyBall
Now that summer is pretty much here, the shop has decided that all that winter bbq has to go, and the best way to do that is a romping game of vollyball.
If you're good, you'll pay attention.
Then again, if you're wearing heavy steel-toe boots, attention is the least of your worries. 
If you can serve...
... You'll have good form.
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Turtle Time
When I got home today there was a turtle at the bottom of the stairs waiting for me. It was pointed in the direction of ASF's park so I decided to take it to the pond we have so it'd have plenty of water and grass.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Scooter Boy
Okay, okay! I know... "Enough with he pictures of that boy!!" But he does the most adorable things!
Like today: The boy drives a big SUV, so now with gas prices being close to $3.00 a gallon he's starting to look at alternatives. He has started looking at motorcycles.... and today he found a very sporty scooter. Choi!
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Can't Get Enough?
Well, now you can. Of Chris Rich, I mean. Because he never puts any pictures up of himself at all, I've decided to do it for him. I mean, let's be honest? Who can resist this beautiful boy?
Those lips...
That jawline...
Those eyes...
That smile...
Those cute little wrinkles he gets around his eyes...
SighThat's Chris Rich, Folks. Enjoy these pictures, I promise to try and not put too many more of him up. He's just so cute! :)
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