Bumper Snicker & Kitty Snicker

Spotted in an e-mail just now:

What if we kept tech support local and outsourced the CEOs?
--LJMac


Also spotted in the e-mail:


moar funny pictures

Rain Numbers - 30 December 2007

.01", for today
.38", for the storm
5.18", for the month
7.72", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 29 December 2007

.18", for today
.37", for the storm
5.17", for the month
7.71", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 28 December 2007

.11", for today
.19", for the storm
4.99", for the month
7.53", for the (rain) year

Rain Numbers - 27 December 2007

.08", for today
.08", for the storm
4.88", for the month
7.42", for the (rain) year

Gentle Instruction

Today’s Daily Reflection from the Society of the Little Flower:

“Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls; He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise of words.”

-St. Thèrése of Lisieux

Rain Numbers - 26 December 2007

.02", for today
.02", for the storm
4.80", for the month
7.34", for the (rain) year

A Different Path

Spotted on a genealogy page, whilst tracking down Hanrahans:

“Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the people of old; seek what they sought.”

- Matsuo Basho
Japanese poet, 1644-94

Bumper Snicker

Spotted just now on the wc9s (walking_cane-9s) list (thanks, Joanne and Phoenix):

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Every morning is the dawn of a new error.

Be Careful What You Ask…

From Quotes of the Day, today:

Everywhere I go I’m asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don’t stifle enough of them. There’s many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.
- Flannery O’Connor

Bumper Snicker

Spotted this morning on the BBEdit-Talk list:

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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on a mailing list?

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Listening to: Los Straitjackets - Here Comes Santa Claus
via FoxyTunes

Goofiest 404 Error Ever?

A friend of ours in Columbus is a member of The Potter’s House Church of God, and sings in the choir. Part of the church's ministry is broadcasting their Sunday services on TV, which they subsequently make available on the Web. Wanting to hear Stan and the choir last night, I clicked on the TV link and then on the Last Week Service video link, and got something looking more or less like this, except the number last night was 404 (I’m kicking myself for not grabbing a screen shot last night…):



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Listening to: Keith Emerson - I Saw Three Ships
via FoxyTunes

First Snowfall in the Corporation

It started before 1:30 this morning, and by 9:00, there was 4" of snow on top of the Rav4 (awfully good thing we got to Hertz Saturday and traded in the Honda for the Rav…). Stan did get Brett to the airport on time, however.

We debated driving up Hilliard-Rome Rd. vs continuing on Broad St. to 270, and turned onto H-R behind an Ashley Furniture delivery truck; hey, if a vehicle that size can make it, so can we, right?

Ha!! As soon as we got onto H-R, we slowed to less than 5 mph. As soon as we could, we turned around and got back on Broad St. Traffic on northbound 270 was going about as slowly as it had been on H-R, but what is a mother to do?

All the excitement seems to have been gawkers at a van and a Freeway Patrol vehicle parked on the left shoulder up near Cemetery Rd., sitting there doing nothing. Ho hum.

We passed a little field with spruce-looking trees at the back, and the bare-bush screen in front. The field was under snow, the trees had the perfect Christmas tree snow look, and the bushes in front had every branch topped with snow. Where’s the husband with camera when you need him???

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Listening to: Miles Davis - Blue Christmas
via FoxyTunes

The Art of Giving

On the spine of this month’s Real Simple:

Giving presents is a talent; to know what a person wants… to give it lovingly and well.”

-Pamela Glenconner