Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy
Mabel's school
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Amazon.com: The Gun Digest Book Of Concealed Carry: Massad Ayoob: Books
Amazon.com: The Gun Digest Book Of Concealed Carry: Massad Ayoob: Books
Yuck! there are books about this crap? icky.
Yuck! there are books about this crap? icky.
List of CPU power dissipation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of CPU power dissipation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I can't believe I actually had to explain heat to computer programmers.
They disagreed with the physics of heat being the dissipation of energy. I thought they were joking. What am I doing in that place?
I can't believe I actually had to explain heat to computer programmers.
They disagreed with the physics of heat being the dissipation of energy. I thought they were joking. What am I doing in that place?
Weird Universe
Weird Universe
Happy Cheese Parings Day
Let's take a moment to remember Thor Bjørklund, the Norwegian inventor of the cheese slicer. From Wikipedia:
He was annoyed that he could not get slices as thin as he wanted when he sliced cheese with a knife. Therefore in Lillehammer he began to experiment with a plane in the hope that he could create something similar for use in the kitchen. He succeeded.
And on this day, in 1925, he received a patent for the cheese slicer. According to blather.net, "27 February ever since has been celebrated as osteskorperdagen, 'cheese-parings day', the biggest holiday in the Norwegian calendar, when everyone gorges themselves on thin slices of cheese in the cold, icy streets."
Sounds to me like a good way to spend the day.
Posted By: Alex | Date: Fri Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (16)
Category: Food, Holidays, Inventions
- more excellent Norwegian tidbits!
Happy Cheese Parings Day
Let's take a moment to remember Thor Bjørklund, the Norwegian inventor of the cheese slicer. From Wikipedia:
He was annoyed that he could not get slices as thin as he wanted when he sliced cheese with a knife. Therefore in Lillehammer he began to experiment with a plane in the hope that he could create something similar for use in the kitchen. He succeeded.
And on this day, in 1925, he received a patent for the cheese slicer. According to blather.net, "27 February ever since has been celebrated as osteskorperdagen, 'cheese-parings day', the biggest holiday in the Norwegian calendar, when everyone gorges themselves on thin slices of cheese in the cold, icy streets."
Sounds to me like a good way to spend the day.
Posted By: Alex | Date: Fri Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (16)
Category: Food, Holidays, Inventions
- more excellent Norwegian tidbits!
Weird and wacky Christmas traditions - etravelblackboard.com
Weird and wacky Christmas traditions - etravelblackboard.com
Love the 'hiding of brooms in Norway'! I think I shall embrace my Norwegian culture and start hiding my brooms!
Love the 'hiding of brooms in Norway'! I think I shall embrace my Norwegian culture and start hiding my brooms!
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Sunday, May 24, 2009
AND HE SHALL BE JUDGED: GQ Features on Rumsfeld
AND HE SHALL BE JUDGED: GQ Features on men.style.com
Former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld has always answered his detractors by claiming that history will one day judge him kindly. But as he waits for that day, a new group of critics—his administration peers—are suddenly speaking out for the first time. What they’re saying? It isn’t pretty
Article By Robert Draper:
AND HE SHALL BE JUDGED: GQ Features on men.style.com
Photos of intelligence briefings using "crusade" images:
GQ Pics
Former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld has always answered his detractors by claiming that history will one day judge him kindly. But as he waits for that day, a new group of critics—his administration peers—are suddenly speaking out for the first time. What they’re saying? It isn’t pretty
Article By Robert Draper:
AND HE SHALL BE JUDGED: GQ Features on men.style.com
Photos of intelligence briefings using "crusade" images:
GQ Pics
Friday, May 22, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Silly email letters people send...
This is one of those silly email letters that people make up and send around to try to stir up people's feelings:
DIVORCE AGREEMENT
THIS IS SO INCREDIBLY WELL PUT AND I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE IT'S BY A YOUNG PERSON, A STUDENT!!!
OUTSTANDING.
Dear American conservatives, right-wingers, social reactionaries, fascists, Patriots and Cheney supporters, et al:
We have stuck together since the late 1950's, but the whole of the past eight years has made me realize that I want a divorce. I know we tolerated each other for many years for the sake of future generations, but sadly, this relationship has run its course. Our two ideological sides of America cannot and will not ever agree on what is right so let's just end it on friendly terms. We can smile and chalk it up to irreconcilable differences and go our own way.
Here is a model separation agreement:
Our two groups can equitably divide up the country by landmass each taking a portion. That will be the difficult part, but I am sure our two sides can come to a friendly agreement. After that, it should be relatively easy! Our respective representatives can effortlessly divide other assets since both sides have such distinct and disparate tastes.
You don't like re distributive taxes so you will live in a tax free country. You are welcome to justice Clarence Thomas and the Christian Coalition.
Since you love guns and war a little too much, we'll take all firearms. The police and the military would be unpaid in your country since you hate taxes, so we will keep them well fed and armed with the equipment they need to keep us safe. We will not send them into war with insufficient and inadequate equipment. You can keep Rush Limbaugh, Dick Cheney and Bill O'Reilly (You are, however, responsible for finding a vehicle big enough to move all three of them).
We'll keep the capitalism, ethical corporations, Costco, clean up Wall Street and negotiate with pharmaceutical companies. You can have your beloved bible belt, good old boys, hunters and amnesty for illegal aliens.
We'll keep the hot California soccer moms, ethical CEO's and all college graduates. We'll keep the Libray of Congress and give you free Bibles to comfort yourselves.
You can make nice with Cheney and Hamas and we'll retain the right to invade and hammer the places that threaten our safety. And we won't attack countries that we abitrarily decide on then torture people in an effort to force them to create lies that justify our bad decisions. That was your specialty.
You can have the corruption and hate mongers. When our allies or our way of life are under assault, we'll help provide them security.
We'll keep our democratic values, giving respect and tolerance to people of all religions and all races. You are welcome to Fundametalism, Scientology, and George Bush. You can also have the lunatic right fringe and Terry Nichols.
We'll keep the hybrid vehicles. You can take every gas guzzler you can find, but no oil to run them on.
We will keep the luxury of health care and you can keep the Christian Scientists.
We'll keep all music as the arts are too liberal for you.
We'll practice sound economics and ethical business practices. You can have AIG Financial Products.
Since it often so offends you, we'll keep our history, our name and our flag.
Would you agree to this? If so, please pass it along to other like minded liberal and conservative patriots and if you do not agree, just hit delete. In the spirit of friendly parting, I'll bet you ANWAR which one of us will need whose help in 15 years.
Sincerely,
Susan A. Tall
Law Student and an American
P.S. Also, please take Randy Weaver from Ruby Ridge & polygamist leader Warren Jeffs with you.
________________________________________________________________
Possibly some liberties have been taken with the original email...
DIVORCE AGREEMENT
THIS IS SO INCREDIBLY WELL PUT AND I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE IT'S BY A YOUNG PERSON, A STUDENT!!!
OUTSTANDING.
Dear American conservatives, right-wingers, social reactionaries, fascists, Patriots and Cheney supporters, et al:
We have stuck together since the late 1950's, but the whole of the past eight years has made me realize that I want a divorce. I know we tolerated each other for many years for the sake of future generations, but sadly, this relationship has run its course. Our two ideological sides of America cannot and will not ever agree on what is right so let's just end it on friendly terms. We can smile and chalk it up to irreconcilable differences and go our own way.
Here is a model separation agreement:
Our two groups can equitably divide up the country by landmass each taking a portion. That will be the difficult part, but I am sure our two sides can come to a friendly agreement. After that, it should be relatively easy! Our respective representatives can effortlessly divide other assets since both sides have such distinct and disparate tastes.
You don't like re distributive taxes so you will live in a tax free country. You are welcome to justice Clarence Thomas and the Christian Coalition.
Since you love guns and war a little too much, we'll take all firearms. The police and the military would be unpaid in your country since you hate taxes, so we will keep them well fed and armed with the equipment they need to keep us safe. We will not send them into war with insufficient and inadequate equipment. You can keep Rush Limbaugh, Dick Cheney and Bill O'Reilly (You are, however, responsible for finding a vehicle big enough to move all three of them).
We'll keep the capitalism, ethical corporations, Costco, clean up Wall Street and negotiate with pharmaceutical companies. You can have your beloved bible belt, good old boys, hunters and amnesty for illegal aliens.
We'll keep the hot California soccer moms, ethical CEO's and all college graduates. We'll keep the Libray of Congress and give you free Bibles to comfort yourselves.
You can make nice with Cheney and Hamas and we'll retain the right to invade and hammer the places that threaten our safety. And we won't attack countries that we abitrarily decide on then torture people in an effort to force them to create lies that justify our bad decisions. That was your specialty.
You can have the corruption and hate mongers. When our allies or our way of life are under assault, we'll help provide them security.
We'll keep our democratic values, giving respect and tolerance to people of all religions and all races. You are welcome to Fundametalism, Scientology, and George Bush. You can also have the lunatic right fringe and Terry Nichols.
We'll keep the hybrid vehicles. You can take every gas guzzler you can find, but no oil to run them on.
We will keep the luxury of health care and you can keep the Christian Scientists.
We'll keep all music as the arts are too liberal for you.
We'll practice sound economics and ethical business practices. You can have AIG Financial Products.
Since it often so offends you, we'll keep our history, our name and our flag.
Would you agree to this? If so, please pass it along to other like minded liberal and conservative patriots and if you do not agree, just hit delete. In the spirit of friendly parting, I'll bet you ANWAR which one of us will need whose help in 15 years.
Sincerely,
Susan A. Tall
Law Student and an American
P.S. Also, please take Randy Weaver from Ruby Ridge & polygamist leader Warren Jeffs with you.
________________________________________________________________
Possibly some liberties have been taken with the original email...
Brooke Shields: Reporters Took My Mother From Her Nursing Home - MSN TV News
Brooke Shields: Reporters Took My Mother From Her Nursing Home - MSN TV News
Why Old Tappan? Mother daughter issues still?
Why Old Tappan? Mother daughter issues still?
Monday, May 11, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Saturday, May 09, 2009
Lady GaGa is happening
Do you remember... 1983, those hot September days driving in the 1970 yellow Ford XL convertible when the song 'Holiday' came out and was only played by KDAY. KDAY AM 1580 - the only decent station on the AM only radio. And some of us thought Madonna, this new singer was black. Holiday was R&B all the way. And KDAY played Madonna first. KDAY, that was the day. Some folks said their metal fence could pick up that broadcast.
And now 26 years lady, I see and hear this gutsy little singer Lady Gaga. And she is it. She is all that. She has her style. And she has her pipes. You go Lady Gaga. Rock on.
Would love to see you cover some obscure old treasure like Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights or anything by Chrissie Hynde. Rock on you little pop minx.
And now 26 years lady, I see and hear this gutsy little singer Lady Gaga. And she is it. She is all that. She has her style. And she has her pipes. You go Lady Gaga. Rock on.
Would love to see you cover some obscure old treasure like Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights or anything by Chrissie Hynde. Rock on you little pop minx.
KDAY
KDAY - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
KDAY AM 1580 of the 1970s and 1980s. During the 1980s KDAY featured a plethora of R&B, West Coast rappers and 80's L.A. Disco /HI-NRG. kday also helped bring the West Coast rap scene into prominence. Its musical director, Greg Mack, transformed N.W.A from an unknown group to one of the most prolific musicians of the hip-hop generation. It also launched the careers of Dr. Dre and DJ Yella with their World Class Wrecking Cru, a popular mix show of the time. AM 1580 KDAY was sold in 1991.
KDAY AM 1580 of the 1970s and 1980s. During the 1980s KDAY featured a plethora of R&B, West Coast rappers and 80's L.A. Disco /HI-NRG. kday also helped bring the West Coast rap scene into prominence. Its musical director, Greg Mack, transformed N.W.A from an unknown group to one of the most prolific musicians of the hip-hop generation. It also launched the careers of Dr. Dre and DJ Yella with their World Class Wrecking Cru, a popular mix show of the time. AM 1580 KDAY was sold in 1991.
British National Front - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
British National Front - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Never heard of 'em. guess they were already history in the 80's. some kind of 60's thing.
Never heard of 'em. guess they were already history in the 80's. some kind of 60's thing.