Emma sings Karaoke

Yes my daughter is awesome!

Your pet sucks!

I bet your dog doesn't look both ways before riding his motorcycle on the street.

Is it just me or does it seem that things are more fun in Asian countries.

Next time an animal activist starts yammering; just tell them that your monkey is Taiwanese and that's just how he rolls, Byatch!

Jack's Big Bun

I just posted a comment about the new Sonic Drive-in that is going to be built in my home town.

Here is a quote from their post; what follows is my comment.

Otherwise, if the rumor about the impending Sonic is true (and thusfar it appears to be just that, a rumor), I confess to feeling somewhat ambivalent about it. On one hand, fast-food tends to be singularly non-nutritious. On the other hand, there’s a certain nostalgic appeal to a genuine Drive-In, where, according to one article I read on the Web, they even throw in the occasional “courtesy tray” visit, e.g., a carhop stops by your car, checking on you, bearing extra napkins, etc.

Comment:

No need for a nouveau-nostalgic drive in at that location. Grant's "drive-in" has been at that location for decades. Before that it was Jack's Big Bun, Where my mother worked as a car hop in high school. I wont divulge my mother's age, but lets just say they did not have any Star Wars kids meals.

I have very fond memories of going to Grant's as a kid and young adult. The owner Russ, would call all the young guys 'Tiger' and tell a couple of jokes or share some old puns. I think he got a real kick the first time he saw me bring in a girl for lunch.

It is a shame that when Russ was ready to retire there was no room in peoples minds for a re-energized Grant's drive in. I also mourn the passing of a place where young adults and teenagers can feel at home, being replaced by a food factory where they can toil away grinding out cheap fast food.

Real estate developers and city council members forget that Ferndale exists because people moved away from big cities. I hoped that some day when I retired I could go back to quite little Ferndale. I think I am already to late.

Missed Connection

No joke. I just read this on Craigslist/Portland. WTF!

To the girl who ran into my car door on her bike - m4w - 49

Reply to: pers-563591696@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-02-05, 7:10AM PST

As you peddled away crying, I realized that I had over reacted. I was having a bad day and had just spent a lot of money on a new paint job, but pulling a gun on you was out of line. I'd like to make a formal apology in person. Over a bottle of wine and/or dinner, perhaps?

Let's hope she doesn't spill any of that wine on his carpet.

I'm feeling lucky. Find Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris

I can't resist this one.

If you go to Google and type in find Chuck Norris and hit the I'm feeling lucky button; you are in for a small treat.

I am impressed by Arran's using Google's crawlers for a joke.

Props!

Medieval Tech Support

.....The Medieval Tech Support video made the rounds awhile back. However I was sitting quietly reading a book the other day, when the memory of it hit me after almost a full year; I laughed all over again.

.....For anyone who has done Information Technology work, or been helpful to a neophyte, you will understand this scenario.

.....Lovingly posted at www.flixxy.com

Yes, we can. Barak Obama

. This is a video that appeared just a couple of days ago on YouTube. It has a host of stars who have made a song out of a Barak Obama speech; and guess what, it was not done for laughs.
. If Barak Obama is half the man his speeches make him out to be, I am very excited about the prospect of his presidency. His words make me hope, and the current president has not given me much cause to do that.
. I know there are folks out there who will continue to be taken advantage of by the Republicans because they side with some hot button issues with conservatives. If you think that Republicans really care about young unwed mothers, stimulating the economy, lowering taxes and keeping jobs in America, then where have you been the last 8 years?
. Vote for your president by how he will lead the nation and if you disagree with an issue or two, do your civic duty and, lead locally.
. Like Obama says, We are not as divided as our politics suggest. We can heal this nation. We can repair this world.

Singing Ringing Tree

Designed by Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu, I love the sounds that this sculpture makes. It reminds me of the first Alien movie or 2001 a Space Odyssey. This is one of four sculptures commissioned in East Lancashire, England; this one near Burnley.

Welcome to Free Geek

This is a great non-profit in Portland Oregon. I am volunteering there in a couple of weekends. Watch the video to know the details. The basic idea is; take in used computers and recycle or re-purpose them. Re-purposing them means that members of the community that don't have a computer, can volunteer some time and earn a machine, as well as, be taught how to use it.

They also share in the open-source philosophy so all of the machines are loaded with Ubuntu.

See their site at www.freegeek.org and if you are in Portland go check out the Thrift store or volunteer.

Head First

As you may have noticed the posts have been few the last week. I recently purchased a book called Head First HTML With CSS & XHTML and have thrown myself into it during my spare time.

The Head First series from O'Reilly is fantastic. The guide is easy to use and chock full of great exercises. There are also resources online to download.

If you are new to HTML I would suggest this book and (if you're on a MAC)TextWrangler is a great text editor. It colors your code automatically so it is easier to see what you are doing and if you made a mistake.

I am going to continue working with this book for the next month or so, but I will try to maintain as many posts here as I can. Who knows, maybe I'll even tweak the code on my Blog.