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Tim Russert has died today of a heart attack at the age of 58. When I got the alert from Live Messenger I actually gasped and said "oh no!" out loud.
When Tom Brokaw retired from the evening news, it was like losing part of my childhood. I grew up in a trailer house (mobile home) where the TV was located in front of the backyard-facing window. As anyone who's lived in one knows, the walls are less than paper thin. I would smell supper cooking and hear his voice while my brother and I played in the backyard. I always said his voice reminded me of sweet tea, which was the beverage at every meal.
Tim Russert brings back the same kind of memories. "Meet the Press" came on after the news, and was usually on while we were eating our late Sunday breakfast. Sometimes we watched and sometimes we didn't, but it was always there. I'm not much of a political follower; wasn't very much at all when I was growing up, but "Meet the Press" was one show I liked to watch. You could count on it to be mature. Mr. Russert wasn't going to resort to drama, or mud-slinging. America trusted him to be tough but fair and to get to the facts of an issue.
It's hard to imagine what his loss is going to mean to the remainder of this important political year. Who's going to ask those tough questions that we Americans want to know the answers to? And be able to do it in a way that is always respectful?
My thoughts are with his family, NBC family and his friends; and also with the American people. We have lost a true patriot.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?
From: GearLive
Chickens Crossing
Barack Obama: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a CHANGE! The chicken wanted CHANGE!
John McCain: My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.
Hillary Clinton: When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure—right from Day One!—that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn’t about me.......
Dr. Phil: The problem we have here is that this chicken won’t realize that he must first deal with the problem on ‘THIS’ side of the road before it goes after the problem on the ‘OTHER SIDE’ of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he’s acting by not taking on his ‘CURRENT’ problems before adding ‘NEW’ problems.
Oprah: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I’m going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.
George W. Bush: We don’t really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.
Colin Powell: Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road…
Anderson Cooper - CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.
John Kerry: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken’s intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.
Nancy Grace: That chicken crossed the road because he’s GUILTY! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.
Pat Buchanan: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.
Martha Stewart: No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer’s Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.
Dr. Seuss: Did the chicken cross the road?
Did he cross it with a toad?
Yes, the chicken crossed the road,
But why it crossed I’ve not been told.
Ernest Hemingway: To die in the rain. Alone.
Jerry Fallwell: Because the chicken was gay! Can’t you people see the plain truth?’ That’s why they call it the ‘other side.’ Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal media white washes with seemingly harmless phrases like ‘the other side. That chicken should not be crossing the road. It’s as plain and as simple as that.
Grandpa: In my day we didn’t ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.
Barbara Walters: Isn’t that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its life long dream of crossing the road.
Aristotle: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.
John Lennon: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.
Bill Gates: I have just released eChicken2008, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your check book. Internet Explorer is an integral part of the Chicken.. This new platform is much more stable and will never cra...#@&&^(C% ........reboot.
Albert Einstein: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
Bill Clinton: I did not cross the road with THAT chicken! What is your definition of chicken?
Al Gore: I invented the chicken!
Colonel Sanders: Did I miss one? Where did that sucker go?
Dick Cheney: Where’s my gun?
Al Sharpton: Why are all the chickens a colorless white? We need some black chickens.
We suspect that you guys could add to the list, eh?
Chickens Crossing
Barack Obama: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a CHANGE! The chicken wanted CHANGE!
John McCain: My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.
Hillary Clinton: When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure—right from Day One!—that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn’t about me.......
Dr. Phil: The problem we have here is that this chicken won’t realize that he must first deal with the problem on ‘THIS’ side of the road before it goes after the problem on the ‘OTHER SIDE’ of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he’s acting by not taking on his ‘CURRENT’ problems before adding ‘NEW’ problems.
Oprah: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I’m going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.
George W. Bush: We don’t really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.
Colin Powell: Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road…
Anderson Cooper - CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.
John Kerry: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken’s intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.
Nancy Grace: That chicken crossed the road because he’s GUILTY! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.
Pat Buchanan: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.
Martha Stewart: No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer’s Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.
Dr. Seuss: Did the chicken cross the road?
Did he cross it with a toad?
Yes, the chicken crossed the road,
But why it crossed I’ve not been told.
Ernest Hemingway: To die in the rain. Alone.
Jerry Fallwell: Because the chicken was gay! Can’t you people see the plain truth?’ That’s why they call it the ‘other side.’ Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal media white washes with seemingly harmless phrases like ‘the other side. That chicken should not be crossing the road. It’s as plain and as simple as that.
Grandpa: In my day we didn’t ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.
Barbara Walters: Isn’t that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its life long dream of crossing the road.
Aristotle: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.
John Lennon: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.
Bill Gates: I have just released eChicken2008, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your check book. Internet Explorer is an integral part of the Chicken.. This new platform is much more stable and will never cra...#@&&^(C% ........reboot.
Albert Einstein: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
Bill Clinton: I did not cross the road with THAT chicken! What is your definition of chicken?
Al Gore: I invented the chicken!
Colonel Sanders: Did I miss one? Where did that sucker go?
Dick Cheney: Where’s my gun?
Al Sharpton: Why are all the chickens a colorless white? We need some black chickens.
We suspect that you guys could add to the list, eh?
Friday, June 6, 2008
Miracle Baby Born Twice
MSNBC
It's amazing what doctors can do now day in time and even more amazing how tough the human body can be, even when it's not fully developed yet.
It's amazing what doctors can do now day in time and even more amazing how tough the human body can be, even when it's not fully developed yet.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Complete Catalog of ACME Products
http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/acme.html
Takes me back to the good ol' days of watching Bugs Bunny....
Takes me back to the good ol' days of watching Bugs Bunny....
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Zune Update
So I've had my Zune for a while now. The hardware is really good. It's large enough, 30 GB, to put my entire collection on it, and the background can be customized, etc, etc. But the software, well let's just be blunt, sucked. It messed up the tag on just about every one of my mp3s. It took about four straight hours on four days to get them straightened out. I ended up using the zAlternator program so that I could sync using Windows Media Player (which I think should be an option with the Zune since it's a Microsoft product, but hey, what do I know?). So, needless to say, I was gun shy about using the Zune software for fear of having to redo all of my tags once again, even though Microsoft was assuring that they had that problem fixed.
Yesterday a new update came out that added a lot of features that, in my opinion, should have been there in the first place. Autoplaylists (Smart Playlists for you iPodians), better metadata editing, browse by genre, gapless playback, and enhancements to the Social. They got it right. I decided to bite the bullet and download the new software and give it one more try. I was seriously going to chuck the whole thing if it messed up my tags again! The software, as far as I can tell, is spot-on. Everything works like it should. I had forgotten how much I missed the autoplaylist feature when I had my iPod. I was also able to easily fix the last remaining incorrect tags.
This morning when I got in the car and hooked it up, I noticed every song skipped randomly. So, of course I'm thinking s!@#, now the hardware's messed up or that somehow the software borked all of my mp3s...I Googled "zune skipping" and found some stuff on the backlight from a long time ago and another guy said after a reboot (Back + Top) his worked. So I tried the reboot and listened with some headphones and so far, so good. I'll have to try it out in the car in a little bit.
So I guess in summation...I'm loving my Zune right now. How long this love fest will last is anyone's guess, but I'm going to try and enjoy it for now.
Edit: The reboot did indeed fix the skipping. What is it with Microsoft and rebooting to make the program work?
Yesterday a new update came out that added a lot of features that, in my opinion, should have been there in the first place. Autoplaylists (Smart Playlists for you iPodians), better metadata editing, browse by genre, gapless playback, and enhancements to the Social. They got it right. I decided to bite the bullet and download the new software and give it one more try. I was seriously going to chuck the whole thing if it messed up my tags again! The software, as far as I can tell, is spot-on. Everything works like it should. I had forgotten how much I missed the autoplaylist feature when I had my iPod. I was also able to easily fix the last remaining incorrect tags.
This morning when I got in the car and hooked it up, I noticed every song skipped randomly. So, of course I'm thinking s!@#, now the hardware's messed up or that somehow the software borked all of my mp3s...I Googled "zune skipping" and found some stuff on the backlight from a long time ago and another guy said after a reboot (Back + Top) his worked. So I tried the reboot and listened with some headphones and so far, so good. I'll have to try it out in the car in a little bit.
So I guess in summation...I'm loving my Zune right now. How long this love fest will last is anyone's guess, but I'm going to try and enjoy it for now.
Edit: The reboot did indeed fix the skipping. What is it with Microsoft and rebooting to make the program work?
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Cancer-Stricken Baseball Player Gets One Last Hit
This'll make ya tear up.
It's always inspirational to hear about people making the best of their bad situations.
It's always inspirational to hear about people making the best of their bad situations.
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