Hey, I have my own blog!

You know, it's been a bit of while since I did this blogging thing, but I promise, on the life of my iBook G4, that I will do a whole buttload of blogging this week. Of course, the iBook is already dead...

So, I'm typing this on my fancy new MacBook Pro, replete with Intel processor. There seems to be some kind of bug with the battery , which isn't charging. I read that a very few people are experiencing this problem. Of course, I had to be one. I'll call tech support tomorrow about that.

Otherwise, very cool computer! Backlit keyboard, widescreen, seemingly indestructible frame, very light, very thin and, ahem, very expensive. For those who've kept up with our life lately, you know that money has been tight. However, we really couldn't exist without a functioning laptop. Unfortunately, I had to do something I swore I would never do again -- use a credit card. Oh well, so much for my personal convictions...

Another very cool feature of the MacBook? Built-in iSight camera. I've been playing around with a little program called Photo Booth. I hope these are just effects in the program; otherwise, I've got to consider giving up my personal conviction against cosmetic surgery:





This one must be a product of the Disney-Pixar merger, because it looks like the bastard child of Steve Jobs and the baby alien in Chicken Little:

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Do Your Part... to Knock the Earth Off its Orbit

Here's a link to the sitge for "World Jump Day" -- an effort to have everyone in the world (or at least a few hundred million people) jump up at the same time to knock the Earth into a wider orbit, thereby lengthening daylight hours and reducing global warming.

Some people have way too much time on their hands. By the way, if you live in the Central Time Zone, we jump at 5:39:13 PM on July 20th.

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Old Fun

There's no Fun like old, archived Fun. See what I mean.

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I wonder what Bugs Bunny has to say about this...

I ran across a great article today about an old man's conflicting stories about how his house burned down -- by wind-driven embers or by flaming mouse? What I find intriguing is the way he talks:

"That dang mouse crawled in there."
"I have an awful hate for those critters."

I think the real lie is the man's name. Look at the evidence: He catches a mouse and cruelly throws it into a fire -- proof-positive of an irrational hatred toward rodents. He talks like an irascible cowpoke. It's painfully obvious that this man is none other than Yosemite Sam. Sam made his first appearance in 1945, 61 years ago. Mr. "Mares" is now 81. You do the math.

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