Love Xkcd.com, and I do think that the stats are totally out of sort on this.
Just another bad research project working on headlines, not science.
jc
Yep - cancer causes cell phones
Love Xkcd.com, and I do think that the stats are totally out of sort on this.
Just another bad research project working on headlines, not science.
jc
Oh, Register, how I love and hate you...
I know that kid in the middle. It's Johnny Norman (sorry - John Norman), little brother to Gina Norman.
After work or whatever, we (people including my Wife, John-Jay, Gart, and various others) would start our weekend there at her house.
Johnny was there, as the typical little brother, to spice things up. He was into guns, camping, iron work, computers, and anything that could go boom.
One day he came into the living room to show off his "underwater fuses" that he hand made earlier that day. Cool, now go start the BBQ, we are hungry.
AAAAHHHH!
Stomp - stomp - stomp
MY PANTS ARE ON FIRE!!!
( wha? )
Streaking boy with a black mark on his leg...
WHAT ARE YOU PULLING JOHNNY NORMAN...
...was that his underwear?
Well, yes it was. And he brought in his burnt pants to prove it.
Of course they were wet -- the first thing you do to put out a fire, right? Water?
EXCEPT WHEN YOU HAVE UNDERWATER FUSES!
Silly Johnny...
Well, Gina was talking to Kristin on the phone (a real olde timey one with a LONG chord) and she lost it... Gina and I laughed for what seemed hours. Kristin (on the other end of the land line) was getting pissed off that no one could tell her what was going on...
"...he (giggle) lit his ('scuse me while I wipe this tear) pants (guffaw) HIS PANTS ON FIRE!!!"
Well, Mom Norman was a good sport about it and bought him Hot Pockets for lunch, and almost had the pants bronzed...
Good luck Mr. Norman! Keep your jets cool!
(sigh, I miss my old friend Gina)
jc
=== WARNING, OLD FART MOMENT COMING UP ===
After work or whatever, we (people including my Wife, John-Jay, Gart, and various others) would start our weekend there at her house.
Johnny was there, as the typical little brother, to spice things up. He was into guns, camping, iron work, computers, and anything that could go boom.
One day he came into the living room to show off his "underwater fuses" that he hand made earlier that day. Cool, now go start the BBQ, we are hungry.
AAAAHHHH!
Stomp - stomp - stomp
MY PANTS ARE ON FIRE!!!
( wha? )
Streaking boy with a black mark on his leg...
WHAT ARE YOU PULLING JOHNNY NORMAN...
...was that his underwear?
Well, yes it was. And he brought in his burnt pants to prove it.
Of course they were wet -- the first thing you do to put out a fire, right? Water?
EXCEPT WHEN YOU HAVE UNDERWATER FUSES!
Silly Johnny...
Well, Gina was talking to Kristin on the phone (a real olde timey one with a LONG chord) and she lost it... Gina and I laughed for what seemed hours. Kristin (on the other end of the land line) was getting pissed off that no one could tell her what was going on...
"...he (giggle) lit his ('scuse me while I wipe this tear) pants (guffaw) HIS PANTS ON FIRE!!!"
Well, Mom Norman was a good sport about it and bought him Hot Pockets for lunch, and almost had the pants bronzed...
=== END OF OLD FART MOMENT ===
Good luck Mr. Norman! Keep your jets cool!
(sigh, I miss my old friend Gina)
jc
Sorry.
I must apologize to all my remaining friends.
An indication of how rare this is: spell check had troubles with my unique spelling of "apologize".
In September, a person I considered a friend got into trouble.
http://www.ocregister.com/news/ragsdale-277339-clarke-burts.html
A very good friend.
One of the family.
He is also my daughter's godfather.
At the time, I heard his side of the story (after all, I picked him up from county lock-up) and believed him. The story seemed reasonable because it touched on all the things I knew about this person: great salesman, helpful, lousy handling money,and old people that change their minds like their depends.
I was wrong.
Heart wrenchingly wrong. Shaken down to my core principals wrong. Questioning every decision I have made over the last 20+ years wrong.
Mike Ragsdale was arrested, again, and on the same charges.
http://www.ocregister.com/news/ragsdale-307017-year-arrest.html
I got the call Wednesday. Thursday I helped Loren get the car out of impound, and helped with Jill. Continued on helping Loren as much as we can since then -- but it can never be enough.
Try as he may, there is no money for bail -- not that Loren would want him out.
Since Wednesday, more has come out. The late night drinking, the pawning of Loren's jewelry, advance payday loans on her check, borrowing from everyone -- the list goes on.
As for Loren, she must file for separation to protect what little he left her with. Her and Jill will obviously be moving, and I will keep you up to date on that. There are a few assets that she can sell to cover rent and food, but not much. It is unknown how much may be lost in civil actions in the future.
As for me, all I can do is deeply, deeply apologize for not seeing what was happening and enabling this endeavor. I don't make friends often, but I usually try to keep them. If I loose a friend once a decade, I have about 6 months to go...
As for Mr. Ragsdale: This isn't the person I knew 20+ years ago. While we all change (except me, of course), it is inevitably for the better. I am proud that my friends are now moving into wonderful positions of responsibility and leadership. Spectacular successes are counter borne by this one spectacular failure.
Sorry for burdening you with my unburdening, but I felt that I needed to square up and put some things right.
jc
An indication of how rare this is: spell check had troubles with my unique spelling of "apologize".
In September, a person I considered a friend got into trouble.
http://www.ocregister.com/news/ragsdale-277339-clarke-burts.html
A very good friend.
One of the family.
He is also my daughter's godfather.
At the time, I heard his side of the story (after all, I picked him up from county lock-up) and believed him. The story seemed reasonable because it touched on all the things I knew about this person: great salesman, helpful, lousy handling money,and old people that change their minds like their depends.
I was wrong.
Heart wrenchingly wrong. Shaken down to my core principals wrong. Questioning every decision I have made over the last 20+ years wrong.
Mike Ragsdale was arrested, again, and on the same charges.
http://www.ocregister.com/news/ragsdale-307017-year-arrest.html
I got the call Wednesday. Thursday I helped Loren get the car out of impound, and helped with Jill. Continued on helping Loren as much as we can since then -- but it can never be enough.
Try as he may, there is no money for bail -- not that Loren would want him out.
Since Wednesday, more has come out. The late night drinking, the pawning of Loren's jewelry, advance payday loans on her check, borrowing from everyone -- the list goes on.
As for Loren, she must file for separation to protect what little he left her with. Her and Jill will obviously be moving, and I will keep you up to date on that. There are a few assets that she can sell to cover rent and food, but not much. It is unknown how much may be lost in civil actions in the future.
As for me, all I can do is deeply, deeply apologize for not seeing what was happening and enabling this endeavor. I don't make friends often, but I usually try to keep them. If I loose a friend once a decade, I have about 6 months to go...
As for Mr. Ragsdale: This isn't the person I knew 20+ years ago. While we all change (except me, of course), it is inevitably for the better. I am proud that my friends are now moving into wonderful positions of responsibility and leadership. Spectacular successes are counter borne by this one spectacular failure.
Sorry for burdening you with my unburdening, but I felt that I needed to square up and put some things right.
jc
At least they have turned around the economy...
Oblivious to the direction and consequence of their turning around the economy, but they did it!
Oy, I need a job.
jc
Why has blogging been light?
While I don't find the act of blogging challenging or hard or even obligatory, I do need quiet.
I think that we have finished up the bathroom remodel. I am about 99% sure of it.
Remember when I said it would take 3 weeks? Well, it finished in 14 weeks.
Yes, it came out Gorgeous! Thanks to the design insights of Leslie Kristen interiors, and the construction magic of Sunny Cal builders, it came together very nicely.
With construction happening, concentration takes a hit. Not that I actually hover over the guys, but there is someone in my house creating havoc.
So, we went from this:
To this:
Was the time and effort worth it? Yes.
The shower is expanded, and will accommodate me and a seat better in the future (if needed). We have two sinks. We have enough light to illuminate Pluto. And we have two things that only a guy would appreciate: A silent fart fan and a toilet that flushes like there is no tomorrow (that thing goes BOOM when you flush).
Two adults can actually get ready at the same time!
The colors are not those I would have chosen right off -- not that it is a problem. Leslie K. Trasport has an eye for these things that we normal people don't have.
Thom of Sunny Cal builders worked super hard to sweat out the details -- and got them right on.
So yes, I am happy and most importantly, Momma is happy.
Now to get ready for summer vacation...
jc
I think that we have finished up the bathroom remodel. I am about 99% sure of it.
Remember when I said it would take 3 weeks? Well, it finished in 14 weeks.
Yes, it came out Gorgeous! Thanks to the design insights of Leslie Kristen interiors, and the construction magic of Sunny Cal builders, it came together very nicely.
With construction happening, concentration takes a hit. Not that I actually hover over the guys, but there is someone in my house creating havoc.
So, we went from this:
To this:
Was the time and effort worth it? Yes.
The shower is expanded, and will accommodate me and a seat better in the future (if needed). We have two sinks. We have enough light to illuminate Pluto. And we have two things that only a guy would appreciate: A silent fart fan and a toilet that flushes like there is no tomorrow (that thing goes BOOM when you flush).
Two adults can actually get ready at the same time!
The colors are not those I would have chosen right off -- not that it is a problem. Leslie K. Trasport has an eye for these things that we normal people don't have.
Thom of Sunny Cal builders worked super hard to sweat out the details -- and got them right on.
So yes, I am happy and most importantly, Momma is happy.
Now to get ready for summer vacation...
jc
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