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Kitty...

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 03:07:38 GMT

So I just got the sweetest little kitten ever...lol
I'll post pics soon. :-)

Fri, 02 Jun 2006 16:33:12 GMT

Wow, this is actually a good song: Picture by Sheryl Crow and Kid Rock.

Sat, 20 May 2006 06:07:01 GMT

Murder or Suicide...???

At the 1994 annual awards dinner given for Forensic Science, AAFS
President Dr Don Harper Mills astounded his audience with the legal
complications of a bizarre death. Here is the Case:

On March 23, 1994 the medical examiner viewed the body of Ronald
Opus and concluded that he died from a shotgun wound to the head.

Mr. Opus had jumped from the top of a ten-story building intending
to commit suicide. He left a note to the effect indicating his
despondency. As he fell past the ninth floor his life was
interrupted by a shotgun blast passing through a window, which
killed him instantly.

Neither the shooter nor the deceased was aware that a safety net had
been installed just below the eighth floor level to protect some
building workers and that Ronald Opus would not have been able to
complete his suicide the way he had planned.

"Ordinarily," Dr Mills continued, "A person, who sets out to commit
suicide and ultimately succeeds, even though the mechanism might not
be what he intended, is still defined as committing suicide." That
Mr. Opus was shot on the way to certain death, but probably would
not have been successful because of the safety net, caused the
medical examiner to feel that he had a homicide on his hands.

In the room on the ninth floor, where the shotgun blast emanated,
was occupied by an elderly man and his wife. They were arguing
vigorously and he was threatening her with a shotgun.

The man was so upset that when he pulled the trigger he completely
missed his wife and the pellets went through the window striking Mr.
Opus. When one intends to kill subject "A" but kills subject "B" in
the attempt, one is guilty of the murder of subject "B".

When confronted with the murder charge the old man and his wife were
both adamant and both said that they thought the shotgun was
unloaded.

The old man said it was a long-standing habit to threaten his wife
with the unloaded shotgun. He had no intention to murder her.

Therefore the killing of Mr. Opus appeared to be an accident; that
is, if the gun had been accidentally loaded. The continuing
investigation turned up a witness who saw the old couple's son
loading the shotgun about six weeks prior to the fatal accident.

It transpired that the old lady had cut off her son's financial
support and the son, knowing the propensity of his father to use the
shotgun threateningly, loaded the gun with the expectation that his
father would shoot his mother. Since the loader of the gun was
aware of this, he was guilty of the murder even though he didn't
actually pull the trigger. The case now becomes one of murder on
the part of the son for the death of Ronald Opus .

Now comes the exquisite twist. Further investigation revealed that
the son was, in fact, Ronald Opus . He had become increasingly
despondent over the failure of his attempt to engineer his mother's
murder. This led him to jump off the ten-story building on March
23rd, only to be killed by a shotgun blast passing through the ninth
story window.

The son had actually Murdered himself, so the medical examiner
closed the case as a suicide.

Fri, 19 May 2006 04:01:46 GMT

Ok ok, I'll bring it back...

Wed, 10 May 2006 22:44:39 GMT

Please America, not a third one....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/10/AR2006051001151.html

Sat, 06 May 2006 19:30:20 GMT

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/05/AR2006050501546.html

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:09:46 GMT

Wow, yesterday was an interesting day!

Everything will be fine...

Sat, 22 Apr 2006 01:41:12 GMT

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/21/AR2006042101117.html !!!!!!

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 18:08:58 GMT

Topics in Relational Psy B
Sensation & Perception B
Qualitative Research Meth. B+
Sem in Cognitive Studies... B+
Adv Indep Wk DSM-IV A

Overall I am pretty happy. Should have gotten an A in the Seminar but I am happy I got a B+ in Qualitative. Didn't expect that since my P3 was only 2 pages and my portfolio was done in 30 minutes... :-)

Tue, 13 Dec 2005 02:43:16 GMT

Androgynous

You scored 73 masculinity and 76 femininity!

You scored high on both masculinity and femininity. You have a strong personality exhibiting characteristics of both traditional sex roles.

My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 77% on masculinity
You scored higher than 89% on femininity

Link: The Bem Sex Role Inventory Test written by weirdscience on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

Wed, 07 Dec 2005 06:33:46 GMT

So I got this E-mail from my mom today, saying that she is worried about my dad...Apperanlty he had a bleeding nose today that wouldnt stop and they had to drive to the ER. Also she sais he has been beside himself lately. She thinks he is too stressed out from all his work...

Great, another thing for me to worry about...

Sun, 04 Dec 2005 03:33:08 GMT

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.kane03dec03,1,3498655.column?coll=bal-home-columnists

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:42:21 GMT

Your Birthdate: July 19

You are resilient, and no doubt your resilience has already been tested.
You've had some difficult experiences in your life, but you are wise from them.
Having had to grow up quickly, you tend to discount the advice of others.
You tend to be a loner, having learned that the only person you can depend on is yourself.

Your strength: Well developed stability and confidence

Your weakness: Suspicion of others

Your power color: Eggplant

Your power symbol: Spade

Your power month: October

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

Thu, 10 Nov 2005 03:31:52 GMT

All-Around Smart

You are all-around smart. Essentially, that means that you are a good combination of your own knowledge and experience, along with having learned through instruction - and you are equally as good with theoretical things as you are with real-world, applied things. You have a well-rounded brain.

20% applied intelligence
0% learned intelligence

Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 05:15:42 GMT

You are a
Social Moderate
(50% permissive)

and an...
Economic Conservative
(93% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Capitalist

Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid
Also: The OkCupid Dating Persona Test

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 16:56:56 GMT

HAHAH. This is great. Got to have one of those shirts
http://www.tshirthell.com/hell.shtml

Weird bible stuff...

Sun, 24 Jul 2005 04:11:34 GMT

And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron." Judges 1, 19
Why in the world was this all powerful God not able to break chariots of iron? This makes no sense

In Genesis, where in the world did Cain's wife come from? Adam + Eve = Cain and Abel so where did the wife come from? Once again, makes no sense.

Exodus 4: 18-31 is just plain stupid....why did God want to kill Moses? Why did his Wife throw his foreskin at him? Why did God decide to harden Pharoh's heart? I would have been like: "uumm God, why dont I just wait until you are ready to soften Pharoh's heart and we can skip all the nine plagues and the mad dash thru the Red sea..." Why didn't God just kill Moses? Was he riding in an iron chariot? :-)

If anyone can clarify, please go ahead.....

George Carlin

Sun, 26 Jun 2005 21:57:26 GMT

Great Stuff from George Carlin...my favorite comedian out there......

Here you guys can listen to it (which is funnier then reading it) http://www.georgecarlin.com/mp3/George%20Carlin%20-%20When%20Will%20Jesus%20Bring%20the%20Pork%20Chops%20-%20The%20Ten%20Commandments.mp3

"Here is my problem with the ten commandments- why exactly are there 10?

You simply do not need ten. The list of ten commandments was artificially and deliberately inflated to get it up to ten. Here's what happened:

About 5,000 years ago a bunch of religious and political hustlers got together to try to figure out how to control people and keep them in line. They knew people were basically stupid and would believe anything they were told, so they announced that God had given them some commandments, up on a mountain, when no one was around.

Well let me ask you this- when they were making this shit up, why did they pick 10? Why not 9 or 11? I'll tell you why- because 10 sound official. Ten sounds important! Ten is the basis for the decimal system, it's a decade, it's a psychologically satisfying number (the top ten, the ten most wanted, the ten best dressed). So having ten commandments was really a marketing decision! It is clearly a bullshit list. It's a political document artificially inflated to sell better. I will now show you how you can reduce the number of commandments and come up with a list that's a little more workable and logical. I am going to use the Roman Catholic version because those were the ones I was taught as a little boy.

Let's start with the first three:

I AM THE LORD THY GOD THOU SHALT NOT HAVE STRANGE GODS BEFORE ME

THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD THY GOD IN VAIN

THOU SHALT KEEP HOLY THE SABBATH

Right off the bat the first three are pure bullshit. Sabbath day? Lord's name? strange gods? Spooky language! Designed to scare and control primitive people. In no way does superstitious nonsense like this apply to the lives of intelligent civilized humans in the 21st century. So now we're down to 7. Next:

HONOR THY FATHER AND MOTHER

Obedience, respect for authority. Just another name for controlling people. The truth is that obedience and respect shouldn't be automatic. They should be earned and based on the parent's performance. Some parents deserve respect, but most of them don't, period. You're down to six.

Now in the interest of logic, something religion is very uncomfortable with, we're going to jump around the list a little bit.

THOU SHALT NOT STEAL

THOU SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS

Stealing and lying. Well actually, these two both prohibit the same kind of behavior- dishonesty. So you don't really need two you combine them and call the commandment "thou shalt not be dishonest". And suddenly you're down to 5.

And as long as we're combining I have two others that belong together:

THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTRY

THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOR'S WIFE

Once again, these two prohibit the same type of behavior. In this case it is marital infidelity. The difference is- coveting takes place in the mind. But I don't think you should outlaw fantasizing about someone else's wife because what is a guy gonna think about when he's waxing his carrot? But, marital infidelity is a good idea so we're gonna keep this one and call it "thou shalt not be unfaithful". And suddenly we're down to four.

But when you think about it, honesty and infidelity are really part of the same overall value so, in truth, you could combine the two honesty commandments with the two fidelity commandments and give them simpler language, positive language instead of negative language and call the whole thing "thou shalt always be honest and faithful" and we're down to 3.

THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOR"S GOODS

This one is just plain fuckin' stupid. Coveting your neighbor's goods is what keeps the economy going! Your neighbor gets a vibrator that plays "o come o ye faithful", and you want one too! Coveting creates jobs, so leave it alone. You throw out coveting and you're down to 2 now- the big honesty and fidelity commandment and the one we haven't talked about yet:

THOU SHALT NOT KILL

Murder. But when you think about it, religion has never really had a big problem with murder. More people have been killed in the name of god than for any other reason. All you have to do is look at Northern Ireland, Cashmire, the Inquisition, the Crusades, and the World Trade Center to see how seriously the religious folks take thou shalt not kill. The more devout they are, the more they see murder as being negotiable. It depends on who's doin the killin' and who's gettin' killed. So, with all of this in mind, I give you my revised list of the two commandments:

Thou shalt always be honest and faithful to the provider of thy nookie.

&

Thou shalt try real hard not to kill anyone, unless of course they pray to a different invisible man than you.

Two is all you need; Moses could have carried them down the hill in his fuckin' pocket. I wouldn't mind those folks in Alabama posting them on the courthouse wall, as long as they provided one additional commandment:

Thou shalt keep thy religion to thyself."

Thu, 26 May 2005 18:10:14 GMT

Fri, 20 May 2005 02:24:34 GMT

You scored as Yoda.

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Yoda

83%

General Grievous

78%

Darth Vader

67%

Chewbacca

64%

Obi Wan Kenobi

58%

Anakin Skywalker

56%

Clone Trooper

56%

R2-D2

53%

Mace Windu

42%

Emperor Palpatine

39%

Padme Amidala

39%

C-3PO

22%

Which Revenge of the Sith Character are you?
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Thu, 12 May 2005 23:15:42 GMT

Off to Florida for a week :-)). See ya all....

Thu, 12 May 2005 05:43:19 GMT

You Are 28 Years Old

28

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe.

13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world.

20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences.

30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more!

40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

What Age Do You Act?

Fri, 06 May 2005 04:33:46 GMT

My life is rated NC-17.
What is your life rated?

Thu, 05 May 2005 03:17:45 GMT

Your Kinsey Number is 0.2

Exclusively Heterosexual

What's Your Kinsey Number?

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Wed, 30 Mar 2005 01:56:06 GMT

You scored as Suicide. Your death will be suicide. What more can I say? Fact: Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

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Suicide

100%

Natural Causes

87%

Bomb

47%

Disease

33%

Eaten

33%

Posion

27%

Disappear

20%

Drowning

20%

Stabbed

13%

Gunshot

Accident

Suffocated

Cut Throat

How Will You Die??
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