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December 22, 2008

From my e-mail: For golfers

CATAGORIES: BEER WINE SPIRITS & SUBSTANCES,GENERAL NONSENSE,HUMOR — FloridaBill @ 1:34 pm

Stand proud you noble swingers of clubs and losers of balls….

A recent study found the average golfer walks about 900 miles a year.

Another study found golfers drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year.

That means, on average, golfers get about 41 miles to the gallon.

Kind of makes you proud. Almost like a hybrid!

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A FEW IMAGES FROM THE LAST WEEK OR SO…

CATAGORIES: PANASONIC LUMIX DMC-LX3,PHOTOGRAPHY,SMALL CUBICLE INSURANCE COMPANY,YARBZ LIFE PICTURE DIARY — Yarbz @ 10:32 am

In Small Cubicle Insurance company is always festive and fun! Here, you see the extra effort taken by some lowly employees to add a bit of extreme Festivicus Maximus to the usually colorless interior of the SCIC tower.

This time of year you will see a number of Christmas displays throughout the various units in SCIC. Here, a Christmas tree of incredible synthetic wonderfulness was assembled in honor of the season. This particular pointy faux flora is right near my cubicle. I was thinking of becoming a Jew, Muslim or even an atheist so I could pitch a fit and make them take it away and apologize for offending my Islamicalistic Jewishtabus Atheistical sensibilities… Oh well since I really don’t want to convert I guess I will leave the fit pitching to others…

My Harley is still in the garage uncovered and with the battery still in. I will have to pull the battery over the Christmas holiday and throw a cover over it for the balance of the winter. I have been derelict in getting the MC set up for the winter… The 2008 GTI has now seen the snow several times and it seems to do OK as long as the snow isn’t too deep on the roads. Our garage is unheated and that is one the things I’d like to change in 2009. Time and money are the only things stopping this from being accomplished.

Satchmo in his Christmas best… Spousalopogus always puts a red bow on our largest quadruped and some bells on our other cat, Ella. Ella jingles all over the house and it can be annoying during the night but it’s cute otherwise. Satchmo is seeking a treat in this image and he moves a bit too fast to stop the action but I like the pic anyway…

This is just a view of the 13 degree morning in the commuter lot. The wind chill was actually 4 below zero. When it’s this cold the snow squeaks when you walk on it… If you’re out too long, you squeak as well and then you die.

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MY MORNING BUS RIDE TAKEN LAST WEEB BEFORE THE SNOW:

CATAGORIES: PANASONIC LUMIX DMC-LX3,PHOTOGRAPHY,YARBZ LIFE PICTURE DIARY — Yarbz @ 9:25 am

This is a 10 second hand held exposure taken as we approached the exit for Hartford.

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December 21, 2008

The First Lady Of Star Trek Passes Away

CATAGORIES: FASCINATING,REST IN PEACE — CinLin @ 6:50 pm

Majel Barrett Roddenberry, the widow of “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry and an actress whose longtime association with the “Star Trek” franchise included playing Nurse Christine Chapel in the original series, died early Thursday morning. She was 76.
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Weather report from my area

CATAGORIES: I hate it when this happens,NEWS TO GET PISSED AT — FloridaBill @ 1:32 pm

EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN A GROUND BLIZZARD WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY… PARTICULARLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. IN ADDITION… TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO WITH WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT MANY NORTH SOUTH ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED… TRECHEROUS… AND IN SOME CASES CLOSED. THE EXTREME WINTER CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TODAY… AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE ASKED THAT ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL BE POSTPONED.

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December 20, 2008

CHRISTMAS AT ARLINGTON CEMETERY

CATAGORIES: GENERAL NONSENSE — CinLin @ 10:32 am

Rest easy, sleep well my brothers.
Know the line has held, your job is done.
Rest easy, sleep well.
Others have taken up where you fell, the line has held.
Peace, peace, and farewell…

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December 18, 2008

Week in Review

CATAGORIES: WEEK IN REVIEW — FloridaBill @ 10:42 am

File under Week 50 of 2008.

I have been fighting off a bad cold and sore throat all week. I hate winter. I hate phlegm of all colors. My 12 mile commute Tuesday night took over 2 hours with no heat or defroster. The ice on the inside of my windows thawed when the fan and heat mysteriously returned on Wednesday morning. Argh.

Among the headlines I had to click this week (with Pics!)

Striped Rabbit among new species ID’d.

Nude Chinese Opera (obviously NSFW, but not that bad either)

Bush showed that he can still duck and cover in a meeting in Iraq early this week. I wonder if the President Elect is practicing that manuever. Obama probably would have caught the shoes and whipped them back. Soon, shoes will be banned from Presidential press conferences and anyone near the President will have to be barefoot.

Fucktards of the Week:
Bernard Madoff. His crime is so extraordinary, they will name crimes after him. Ponzi schemes will now be known as Madoff Schemes. $50 Billion. Two decades. Wow.
Drew Peterson makes a return appearance in that he is now engaged to wife #5 while #4 is still missing (presumed decomposing) and #3 was declared a homicide. This guy has balls the size of Montana.
Pamela J. Weberski. How could she leave her baby in the car in subzero temps with no heat?
Heath and Deborah Campbell who named their kid Adolph Hitler Campbell and were denied a birthday greeting on a cake by the local Shopite. Way to Go ShopRite. Shame on WalMart.
Munturdhar al Zeidi, the show thrower. If he survives his current captors (which is questionable), he should be jailed for life with Richard Reid. They can play catch with shoe bombs until somebody blows up.
Ottis Toole (posthumously and about 27 years too late). Cops obviously fucked up the case, but some good did come out of it. However, I wish I didn’t ever know who John Walsh was and that he and his wife had their son back.
This guy who stole the frig containing urine samples.
Andres Enrique Cantu who got busted by Santa for molesting a kid. Well done Mr. Clause!

What a cool pic, huh?

Other stories that coulda had better headlines:
“I see penises”
Losers Locker room renamed at Bama
Everything you need to know about Gene Chizik
Man eats live snakes over a beer. OMG.

Rioters in Greece are using lasers to blind cops.

Enjoy your freedoms and happy healthy weekends to all. Happy Holidays to all as well! This may be the last WIR of the year and it will return in 2009.

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From my e-mail: Holiday eating tips

CATAGORIES: BEER WINE SPIRITS & SUBSTANCES,GENERAL NONSENSE — FloridaBill @ 10:21 am

1. Avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet table
knows nothing of the Christmas spirit. In fact, if you see carrots, leave
immediately. Go next door, where they’re serving rum balls.

2. Drink as much eggnog as you can. And quickly. It’s rare …you cannot
find it any other time of year but now. So drink up! Who cares that it has
10,000 calories in every sip? It’s not as if you’re going to turn into an
eggnog-aholic or something. It’s a treat. Enjoy it. Have one for me. Have
two. It’s later than you think. It’s Christmas!

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CHRISTMAS TREE FROM IRAQ OR AFGHANISTAN:

CATAGORIES: MILITARY,TRAVEL/ROADTRIPS/PLACES TO VISIT — Yarbz @ 9:38 am

I saw this on the Sgt Grit Newsletter. A wife of a Marine sent a Christmas tree to her husband and her husband and fellow Jarheads added some unique decorations… I thought this was a neat image: