Whoops!

When something was mentioned earlier today about some big meeting happening after lunch, I made the connection that it was for the whole staff... .
Imagine my surprise when there were only six (senior) people at the table.
And, of course, once you realize that, it's too late to get out gracefully.
So two hours later, here I am back at doing some work before.

Since it's two weeks until that meeting happens again, hopefully no one will think to ask where ol' what's-his-name is.

In charge

I'll decide what we watch today, thank you very much!
Maybe that songbird special on Animal Planet...

Uber Geeky Watch

The Pilot Watch with slide rule!
This watch from Torgoen will allow you to step back in time a little bit. Featuring a circular slide rule that can solve time, distance and speed equations, it can also perform a wide variety of calculations. These include currency conversions, multiplication and division and any conversion of a linear nature such as ounces to grams, kilograms to pounds, miles to kilometers, etc.

Once before an undergrad surveying class, my calculator bit the dust, & I showed up to take the final exam with an actual slide rule (which I still have). After my prof got over his initial shock, he was at least a little impressed that someone actually knew how to use one.
If that watch wasn't so expensive, it'd be fun to have.

Who uses an odd number of batteries??

So, I've got a wireless keyboard & mouse (Microsoft) that I use with one of the machines in my office, & whenever I have to change the batteries in the keyboard I'm amazed that it takes three of them.
This is especially a nuisance since my battery charging unit works in pairs of batteries.

I feel sure that MS planned it this way, because they love to cause frustration... .

When I'm reincarnated

This is where I want to be!

A pig called Babe is living a charmed life on a private island in the Bahamas.

Fun coloring books for your kids (or grandkids)!

Each available as a handy downloadable PDF file!
You & the kids will have hours of educational fun while you're in the car going to visit relatives this holiday season!

Disaster Preparedness
Food Safety with Thermy™
Why Elephants Cry
Biomedical Research with the Lucky Puppy
and the ever popular Making firearms safety fun

Bender's Big Score

On shelves now! The straight to DVD Futurama feature movie!

The film features return appearances by many of the recurring and one-shot characters in the series. Several of the notable ones include: the Nibblonians, Fry's dog Seymour, Barbados Slim, Robot Santa, the God space entity, Al Gore (played by himself), and Coolio as Kwanzaa-bot. It also introduces Mark Hamill as the Chanukah Zombie, a character mentioned by Kwanzaa-bot in an earlier episode.

Bender's Big Score and the three follow-up films will be turned into season five of Futurama on Comedy Central, each film comprising four episodes of the broadcast season.

It is the holiday eating season, after all...

Earth's tropics belt expands
WASHINGTON - Earth's tropical belt seems to have expanded a couple hundred miles over the past quarter century, which could mean more arid weather for some already dry subtropical regions, new climate research shows.

It's official!

I've had my fill of Christmas music.

One hungry cat!

That is one starvin' little guy!

Puppy promises

Some thoughtful & (surprisingly) good advice from local media on the best way to adopt a new puppy into your home.

On the House

There has to be some way to generate energy from the heat being stored up, right?

Such a good little helper.

The warm, clean laundry has no chance to escape now!

Let's Hear it for Totalitarianism!

Another university student is causing a stir by publishing an already widely circulated image on his Facebook page.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Regent University law student says school officials have threatened to discipline him for posting an unflattering photo of founder Pat Robertson on his Facebook page.

Adam M. Key, 23, posted on the social-networking Web site a picture of Regent's chancellor and president making what appears to be an obscene gesture. Key copied it from a YouTube video in which Robertson scratches his face with his middle finger.

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Regent officials gave Key two choices: publicly apologize for posting the picture and refrain from commenting about the matter in a “public medium,” or write a brief defending the posting. He faces punishment that could include expulsion.

Key, a second-year law student, said he refused to apologize and “be muzzled” by the university, so he composed the document, which includes citations from noted First Amendment cases.

Pat Robertson, not for the first time in his career, is quick to show how open his so-called Christian heart really is, and how little he apparently cares for the First Amendment when it doesn't suit his particular needs.
I suppose he isn't savvy enough to realize that by making even the slightest issue of it, more people than ever will see the image he wishes to hide — with every view of the news articles, with every view of a blog entry written about it, more users will surf over to Youtube, or Facebook to see for themselves, and realize what a little man Pat Robertson is.

Why Men Don't Write Advice Columns

Walter's Problem Page

Dear Walter:
I hope you can help me here. The other day I set off for work leaving my husband in the house watching the TV as usual. I hadn't gone more than a few hundred yards down the road when my engine conked out and the car shuddered to a halt. I walked back home to get my husband's help. When I got home I couldn't believe my eyes. He was parading in front of the wardrobe mirror dressed in my underwear and high-heel shoes, and he was wearing my make up.
I am 32, my husband is 34 and we have been married for twelve years. When I confronted him, he tried to make out that he had dressed in my lingerie because he couldn't find his own underwear. But when I asked him about the make up, he broke down and admitted that he'd been wearing my clothes for six months. I told him to stop or I would leave him. He was let go from his job six months ago and he says he has been feeling increasingly depressed and worthless. I love him very much, but ever since I gave him the ultimatum he has become increasingly distant. I don't feel I can get through to him anymore.

Can you please help?
Sincerely,
Norma

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Dear Norma:
A car stalling after being driven a short distance can be caused by a variety of faults with the engine.
Start by checking that there is no debris in the fuel line.
If it is clear, check the jubilee clips holding the vacuum pipes onto the inlet manifold.
If none of these approaches solves the problem, it could be that the fuel pump itself is faulty, causing low delivery pressure to the carburetor float chamber.

I hope this helps.

Walter

Thermodynamic Law Party: Campaign Headquarters

They get my vote!
Thermodynamic Law Party

Goals and Strategy
Our goal is to elect a Thermodynamic Law Party ticket to the office of the President of the United States of America in the year 2004. We also hope to get as many candidates elected to House and Senate positions as possible in order to help bring about the problem-free, "Make Sense" government that the Thermodynamics-orientated approach promises. To those goals, our candidates are running in local elections all across our nation, to help spread awareness of what a government based on the Laws of Thermodynamics can do for the people. After our assured win in 2004, our party will branch out to all the Democracies of the World, and work to forge new Democracies where once there was only oppression. The new Millennium will see a flourishing of freedom and self-realization amongst the peoples of the World. And it will be brought forth by governments by the people, for the people, and based on sound Thermodynamic principles.

Genetic untangling.

Tests help mutt owners find identity

For years, owners have been able to get dogs tested to prove they are the offspring of parents that breeders said they were. In the new testing, DNA markers that help tell breeds apart are checked against the thousands of DNA samples to find out Fido's ancestry.

A new test unveiled late last month by Virginia-based Mars Veterinary uses DNA from blood samples taken by veterinarians and sent to a lab in Lincoln. Within four to six weeks the genetic puzzle is solved for the dogs' owners.

The method can test for 134 of the 157 dog breeds recognized by the American Kennel Club. The company plans to have data for all the breeds by the end of this year, said Paul Jones, a scientist in England who led the method's development.

Criminal Mastermind of the Day

Man jailed for trying to pass $1M bill

PITTSBURGH - Change for a million? That's what a man was seeking Saturday when he handed a $1 million bill to a cashier at a Pittsburgh supermarket. But when the Giant Eagle employee refused and a manager confiscated the bogus bill, the man flew into a rage, police said.

Just cute cats

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Headline of the Day

Trouser snake kills Cambodian man.