I've decided that today is:
DANCE DANCE WEDNESDAY
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Everyone loves talking about Tapoos
It's true... so very true. Not neccessarily taboos, but not polite. Like, in spite of my manners, I started a topic on the MS20somethings myspace site about poop... it's the one topic that's had the most hits this year on their site! It's simply because someone (I) had had enough of not knowing about a subject that people don't talk about. I was frustrated in not knowing about MS and bowel movements being related... turns out a lot of people have felt that way and everyone was releived (haha) to have the subject finally broached. So don't be afraid to speak your mind, don't hold anything in... especially when it comes to holding stuff in!
Sorry guys, I just had to spread the word that it's okay to not be polite on the subject matter, as long as you are polite to one another in talking about it. :P
Sorry guys, I just had to spread the word that it's okay to not be polite on the subject matter, as long as you are polite to one another in talking about it. :P
Chris Flinstone
Sometimes I feel like Wilma Flinstone. Not because I feel like a sexy pre-historic red-head... but because Chris' newest hobby/sport: BOWLING
It's good to see him active in something. And since it's indoors he'll be doing it all year round. There are a lot of people here in a league and he's on the team. It's fun, but I like to tease him I feel like Wilma because he's doing it so much.
I've even made a deal with him that for every frame that has less than 8 pins down he has to do a set of 10 push ups and sit ups. This was devised because he complained that it wasn't really a "sport" or "excersize"... so I made up this rule. Haha.
Anyway, hope all is going well, just a basic update... mainly because he just left to go bowling with the guys.
Loss of Wisdom
Alright, I went today to the dentist who as really nice (Dr. Dean) and she said that my teeth were in perfectly good shape, minus the two wisdom teeth coming in. I just went for a routine cleaning. But now I've got a consultation with an orthodontic sergon to take my two wisdom teeth out (yes, I only have two... I must not be that smart). I'm nervous, but it's not gonna happen for a while, so I'm actually not bad. I have a consultation when we get back from Ok, July 7th. Fun, fun, fun.
Movin' Out
I'm so excited! We're nearly out of the old house and into the new! There are tons of boxes littering my living room, but I'm fine with that. I'm just happy that the other house is emptying out. Chris is getting excited too.
The chin's have been moved, and are enjoying their clean "new" home (same cage, just reformatted). We try to take the pups over every day, walk them about and get to know the neighborhood, and neighborhood kids. Pixi is being pickey and just whines and whines when we're moving the boxes running in and out of the house. She's even tried to get out from under the fence. Tira, on the other hand, just stays calmly indoors and watches us, waiting for us to let her check out the stuff we bring in.
Pixi, the poor dear, has been acting like an abandoned child and just following us around everywhere she can, even trying to guard the bathroom for me a time or two.
Anyway... back to the house! We're getting the big truck to move stuff this upcoming weekend. So the remaining part of this week is moving the small stuff and moving it around, so that there's room for the furniture when it gets here. Ohh, excitement!
We're trying to sell one of the former MFAs the fridge that's in the new house and one of the washer/dryer sets. We haven't heard back from him, but we need to know before this weekend. Grrrrr.
Chris has completely changed the locks over and loves the new presspad system he put in. He thinks it is the coolest... and I do too. I can't wait to actually spend a night there, though. I keep waiting, urgh.
Friday, April 20, 2007
Home Sweet Home
This should probably go under News & Views but I thought about it and it's such good news I can't help but put it here. I've got a new home! I'm so excited. I'll be moving into it next month.
I'll tell you more about it later, but I'm so drugged right now It's hard to make complete sentences... I've had to go back a few times already now. Love you all, I'll send pictures later.
I'll tell you more about it later, but I'm so drugged right now It's hard to make complete sentences... I've had to go back a few times already now. Love you all, I'll send pictures later.
Revelry
I've found this great cool web-site: www.reverendfun.com
It's got some cute, religiously based, comics that are actually pretty funny. Here's one I thought fit on this page... but check it out for yourself.
It's got some cute, religiously based, comics that are actually pretty funny. Here's one I thought fit on this page... but check it out for yourself.
Monday, April 16, 2007
MS150!!!
The MS 150 is right around the corner. Graham Lowrey is my pedal partner again this year. You can go and support him here. He's the co-captain this year and is hoping he and his team exceed the $3,000 from last year! Go and support him. His company is matching all funds raised, so please donate! You can do so via the link. The MS 150 has already raised $4.2 million so far! If you'd like to learn more, just go to http://ms150.org/
Friday, April 06, 2007
Happy Easter
Build your own Blingee
Keep going to www.bythebridgephotography.com/contest.html and voting for PC 15!!!
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Sammy Boy!
Ohh! I found the cutest pictures of little Sam! He's such a doll! Go check out his site here:
http://growingsam.blogspot.com/
I wasn't able to post comments, but I absolutely love the one of him by the big snowman on the bench and the one where he's peaking out from under his chair... oh, and the one at Christmas with the huge smile on his face! He's absolutely adorable. Check out the slide shows, and his awesomely fun twin sisters.
http://growingsam.blogspot.com/
I wasn't able to post comments, but I absolutely love the one of him by the big snowman on the bench and the one where he's peaking out from under his chair... oh, and the one at Christmas with the huge smile on his face! He's absolutely adorable. Check out the slide shows, and his awesomely fun twin sisters.
VOTE PC 15!!!
Hey everyone,
I've recently entered my dogs (Chris' dog Tira & my little Pixi) in the Pet Supplies Plus "Cutest Pets" Contest.
I'm trying to win this poll and some other dog is way ahead. I need you all to VOTE as best you can EVERY DAY! It takes one vote a day per computer! But other than that you can vote as many times as you'd like (even go into the store and vote!)... So, vote at home, work, school, coffee shops, wherever! The contest ends at the end of April, and the winner gets free dog food for a year! So spread the word for me, get everyone you know to vote for PC 15, and get them to spread the word, too!!!
The Web page is : http://www.bythebridgephotography.com/contest.html
I know ti's a bit biase, but I'd really like it if you'd vote for my dogs: PC 15
I've recently entered my dogs (Chris' dog Tira & my little Pixi) in the Pet Supplies Plus "Cutest Pets" Contest.
I'm trying to win this poll and some other dog is way ahead. I need you all to VOTE as best you can EVERY DAY! It takes one vote a day per computer! But other than that you can vote as many times as you'd like (even go into the store and vote!)... So, vote at home, work, school, coffee shops, wherever! The contest ends at the end of April, and the winner gets free dog food for a year! So spread the word for me, get everyone you know to vote for PC 15, and get them to spread the word, too!!!
The Web page is : http://www.bythebridgephotography.com/contest.html
I know ti's a bit biase, but I'd really like it if you'd vote for my dogs: PC 15
Please vote for PC 15!!!
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Just News
Okay, so today was a weird day and I don't know if this blog entry should actually be in Job, but I thought it was funny, so it's here.
Today I was locked out of my house... again. I was wearing my summer pajamas, houseslippers, and long coat when Pixi decided to run the other way instead of going to the back. I quickly stopped her from running away, but in the process I slammed the door so Tira wouldn't escape outside and run either. Silly me... I didn't have a key! Everything was well locked, and I didn't have my phone. I must have looked pretty odd running around the house trying all the windows and doors.
I am, however, happy to report that our house is very safe! I won't tell you how I got in, I'll just say Chris and I have some shopping to do after work today. I got in with enough time to get ready for work, and run out... with my keys.
Oye, vey!
Today I was locked out of my house... again. I was wearing my summer pajamas, houseslippers, and long coat when Pixi decided to run the other way instead of going to the back. I quickly stopped her from running away, but in the process I slammed the door so Tira wouldn't escape outside and run either. Silly me... I didn't have a key! Everything was well locked, and I didn't have my phone. I must have looked pretty odd running around the house trying all the windows and doors.
I am, however, happy to report that our house is very safe! I won't tell you how I got in, I'll just say Chris and I have some shopping to do after work today. I got in with enough time to get ready for work, and run out... with my keys.
Oye, vey!
Friday, March 02, 2007
I'm not as crazy as I thought...
Which Britney Spears Are You?
created by Catherine
Your Results:
Stable Britney
You are quite happy with your achievements and you just keep on winning. You love your life and your goal is to continue living a well balanced life of work, family, friends, and boyfriend! People admire you and you love that, but you some of your favorite things about life includes good home cooking, dance, passion and of course, shopping!
created by Catherine
Your Results:
Stable Britney
You are quite happy with your achievements and you just keep on winning. You love your life and your goal is to continue living a well balanced life of work, family, friends, and boyfriend! People admire you and you love that, but you some of your favorite things about life includes good home cooking, dance, passion and of course, shopping!
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
28 Days Later
Why February gets the shaft.
By Melonyce McAfee
Posted Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007, at 6:51 PM ET
The shortest month of the year seems to have gone by in a flash. Why does February have only 28 days?
It's the Romans' fault. Our modern calendar is loosely based on their old, confusing one. Though records on the Roman calendar are sparse and sketchy, legend has it that Romulus, the first king of Rome, devised a 10-month lunar calendar that began at the spring equinox in March and ended with December. It is unclear whether there were any official months between December and March, but it's likely they were left off because the wintertime wasn't important for the harvest.
The second king of Rome, Numa Pompilius, decided to make the calendar more accurate by syncing it up with the actual lunar year—which is about 354 days long. Numa tacked on two months—January and February—after December to account for the new days.
The new months each had 28 days. But that didn't sit well with Numa because even numbers were considered bad luck at the time. So, he added a day on to January, giving the year an odd-numbered 355 days. No one knows why February was left with 28 and remained an unlucky month. It may be related to the fact that Romans honored the dead and performed rites of purification in February. (The word februare means "to purify" in the dialect of the ancient Sabine tribe.)
The 355-day calendar couldn't stay in sync with the seasons because it didn't account for the amount of time it took for the Earth to orbit the sun. So, an extra "intercalary" month of 27 days was inserted after February 23 every couple of years or so to even things out. The pontiffs who were in charge of calendar upkeep didn't always add the extra month on schedule. (Some officials took advantage of the system to extend their time in office, for example.)
In around 45 B.C., Julius Caesar commissioned an expert to put aside the lunar origins of the Roman calendar and make it sun-based, like the Egyptian one. Caesar added 10 days to the calendar year and an extra day in February every four years. (The leap-year day was inserted after the 23rd, the same time as the old intercalary month.) Now, the year averaged out to 365.25 days, very close to the actual average length of a year: 365.2425 days (and even that varies).
Some have speculated that Caesar added a day to February when he reformed the calendar—making it 29 days long. The story goes that when the Senate renamed the month of Sextilis to honor the emperor Augustus, that day was subtracted from February and added to August in order to make it equal in number to July—the month named for Caesar. But this theory is now believed to be bunk; it's likely that Julius never even added a day to February.
By Melonyce McAfee
Posted Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007, at 6:51 PM ET
The shortest month of the year seems to have gone by in a flash. Why does February have only 28 days?
It's the Romans' fault. Our modern calendar is loosely based on their old, confusing one. Though records on the Roman calendar are sparse and sketchy, legend has it that Romulus, the first king of Rome, devised a 10-month lunar calendar that began at the spring equinox in March and ended with December. It is unclear whether there were any official months between December and March, but it's likely they were left off because the wintertime wasn't important for the harvest.
The second king of Rome, Numa Pompilius, decided to make the calendar more accurate by syncing it up with the actual lunar year—which is about 354 days long. Numa tacked on two months—January and February—after December to account for the new days.
The new months each had 28 days. But that didn't sit well with Numa because even numbers were considered bad luck at the time. So, he added a day on to January, giving the year an odd-numbered 355 days. No one knows why February was left with 28 and remained an unlucky month. It may be related to the fact that Romans honored the dead and performed rites of purification in February. (The word februare means "to purify" in the dialect of the ancient Sabine tribe.)
The 355-day calendar couldn't stay in sync with the seasons because it didn't account for the amount of time it took for the Earth to orbit the sun. So, an extra "intercalary" month of 27 days was inserted after February 23 every couple of years or so to even things out. The pontiffs who were in charge of calendar upkeep didn't always add the extra month on schedule. (Some officials took advantage of the system to extend their time in office, for example.)
In around 45 B.C., Julius Caesar commissioned an expert to put aside the lunar origins of the Roman calendar and make it sun-based, like the Egyptian one. Caesar added 10 days to the calendar year and an extra day in February every four years. (The leap-year day was inserted after the 23rd, the same time as the old intercalary month.) Now, the year averaged out to 365.25 days, very close to the actual average length of a year: 365.2425 days (and even that varies).
Some have speculated that Caesar added a day to February when he reformed the calendar—making it 29 days long. The story goes that when the Senate renamed the month of Sextilis to honor the emperor Augustus, that day was subtracted from February and added to August in order to make it equal in number to July—the month named for Caesar. But this theory is now believed to be bunk; it's likely that Julius never even added a day to February.
New News Blogger
Alright, because I've become somewhat obsessed with the weird news on Fark, I've noticed I've been sharing more and more of those stories on my home blogger page (this one). That's all about to change!! I've started a new page of weird, amazing, crazy, cool, and/or informative news that I find interesting. That means I won't be filling up this page every day with informational news, so it might be blank more often, but feel free to check out the News & Views page... have fun.
Saturday, February 24, 2007
WTF!! Phantom Sequel
Is a Phantom Sequel in the Works?
By Andrew Gans
and Kenneth Jones
20 Feb 2007
The on-again, off-again sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera seems to be in the on-again mode.
In his Feb. 16 blog, the award-winning composer writes, "I can confirm what I told the studio audience whilst on the set of 'You're The One That I Want' last week in the U.S., that I am considering writing a sequel to Phantom of the Opera based on an idea presented to me over a decade ago. I will be returning to the U.K. shortly and hopefully have a blog for you, but let's just say, I am full of ideas!"
Lloyd Webber had previously written "The Heart Is Slow to Learn," a song for a Phantom sequel. That song was unveiled to the public at the televised London concert celebrating Lloyd Webber's 50th birthday. Kiri Te Kanawa performed the ballad. The composer later dropped the idea of the sequel and chose to collaborate on the musical The Beautiful Game.
The winner of seven 1988 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, The Phantom of the Opera became the longest-running show in Broadway history on Jan. 9, 2006. It surpassed Cats' record-holding run of 7,485 performances. The musical at the Majestic Theatre recently celebrated its 19th birthday on Broadway Jan. 26.
The musical, based on the Gaston Leroux novel, has music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and is directed by Harold Prince. Lyrics are by Charles Hart (with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe) and the book is by Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
By Andrew Gans
and Kenneth Jones
20 Feb 2007
The on-again, off-again sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera seems to be in the on-again mode.
In his Feb. 16 blog, the award-winning composer writes, "I can confirm what I told the studio audience whilst on the set of 'You're The One That I Want' last week in the U.S., that I am considering writing a sequel to Phantom of the Opera based on an idea presented to me over a decade ago. I will be returning to the U.K. shortly and hopefully have a blog for you, but let's just say, I am full of ideas!"
Lloyd Webber had previously written "The Heart Is Slow to Learn," a song for a Phantom sequel. That song was unveiled to the public at the televised London concert celebrating Lloyd Webber's 50th birthday. Kiri Te Kanawa performed the ballad. The composer later dropped the idea of the sequel and chose to collaborate on the musical The Beautiful Game.
The winner of seven 1988 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, The Phantom of the Opera became the longest-running show in Broadway history on Jan. 9, 2006. It surpassed Cats' record-holding run of 7,485 performances. The musical at the Majestic Theatre recently celebrated its 19th birthday on Broadway Jan. 26.
The musical, based on the Gaston Leroux novel, has music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and is directed by Harold Prince. Lyrics are by Charles Hart (with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe) and the book is by Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Rambo goes for another tour!
SLY Stallone is making his new Rambo film without blockbuster action scenes for the hero.
The 60-year-old star hopes his fourth movie featuring the Vietnam veteran will follow the success of Rocky Balboa.
Sly said: “It’ll be Rambo reaching old age and dealing with that and a new threat.
“He won’t be outrunning helicopters and dropping napalm. It’s more of an emotional journey.”
Filming on John Rambo is due to begin later this year.
The 60-year-old star hopes his fourth movie featuring the Vietnam veteran will follow the success of Rocky Balboa.
Sly said: “It’ll be Rambo reaching old age and dealing with that and a new threat.
“He won’t be outrunning helicopters and dropping napalm. It’s more of an emotional journey.”
Filming on John Rambo is due to begin later this year.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Uses for Ear Hair
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Ear-hair powered space-suits
NASA is investigating the use of a protein found in human ear-hair as a means of powering space suits. The protein converts motion into electrical energy -- and if it's augmented with an electricity-conducting microbe, it could form self-healing, semi-living "skins" that convert Martian wind and even the jogging and walking of astronauts into juice.
They are focusing on a protein called prestin, which is found in the outer hair cells of the human ear. In the cell membranes of these cells, prestin converts electrical voltage into motion, elongating and contracting the cell. This movement amplifies sound in the ear.
However, prestin can also work in reverse, producing electrical charges in response to mechanical stresses, such as tiny vibrations. Each protein is only capable of making nanowatts of electricity, but Matthew Silver and Kranthi Vistakula, both of IntAct Labs, believe that many proteins used together may be able to power small devices or help charge a battery...
But eventually, they say networks of the proteins could form 'power skins' to coat spacesuits, so that the astronauts' natural movement would be able to generate power for their equipment. The skins could also wrap around buildings on the Red Planet, where gusts of wind would activate prestin.
Ear-hair powered space-suits
NASA is investigating the use of a protein found in human ear-hair as a means of powering space suits. The protein converts motion into electrical energy -- and if it's augmented with an electricity-conducting microbe, it could form self-healing, semi-living "skins" that convert Martian wind and even the jogging and walking of astronauts into juice.
They are focusing on a protein called prestin, which is found in the outer hair cells of the human ear. In the cell membranes of these cells, prestin converts electrical voltage into motion, elongating and contracting the cell. This movement amplifies sound in the ear.
However, prestin can also work in reverse, producing electrical charges in response to mechanical stresses, such as tiny vibrations. Each protein is only capable of making nanowatts of electricity, but Matthew Silver and Kranthi Vistakula, both of IntAct Labs, believe that many proteins used together may be able to power small devices or help charge a battery...
But eventually, they say networks of the proteins could form 'power skins' to coat spacesuits, so that the astronauts' natural movement would be able to generate power for their equipment. The skins could also wrap around buildings on the Red Planet, where gusts of wind would activate prestin.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
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