Mmm, this is really good ice cream, do you want some of it? Oh, my bad, I didn't know you were lactose intolerant Makes you pass gas, frightens all the girls away Only friends you keep are those you pay I'm always on the ready for the wack snack attack I carry sandwiches around in a straight edge style Jansport back pack Got the gadget Q gave Bond, controls your mind, makes you jump in a pond Go quack quack and flap your arms Leaves you confused but completely unharmed

Clutch - Careful With That Mic

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Asked for Dennis. Said "Someone just called here about something wrong being sent somewhere..."

They didn't tell me who they were, but they did tell me that they were trying to call the phone number that matches my cell phone number.

In a news article, it is outlined that Palestinians are quite upset over the descecration of their "holy book", the Quran.

As I read this, I thought about how unbalanced this world is. I know for a fact that there are many athiest groups that will burn the Bible, or violate it in manners quite similar to the one in the above linked article.

But this is what doesn't make sense: This country is primarily Catholic, from my personal observations, but there's also a lot of Protestant people in our population. Both use the Bible, albeit two different versions, but I highly doubt this kind of uproar would happen if a Bible was thrown in a toilet.

This is pretty much an attack on both society and Christianity. Sure, the book itself is just ink and paper, but is it not valued? What about all these evangelistic trips to China, trying to smuggle in copies of the Bible? It apparently means something to them, so why shouldn't it mean something to us? Why should we tolerate the abuse and destruction of what we believe to be the word of God?

And society... Ugh!!!

Dearest Society, We've known each other for a really long time, and have gotten to know each other, but I feel it's time we part ways. You have been there for me, but not in the sense most people would think. No, you've been there for me to see how not to be. You've always been completely opposite of what I believe. Why be kind? YOU SUCK! You're so inconsistent and inconsiderate of others. All you care about is yourself. You're driven by monitary gain, popularity, and lust. You can't do anything right, and you're always worried about what others think of you. Guess what... I HATE YOU, SOCIETY I don't expect you to forgive me, nor do I expect you to ever respect me again as a part of you, so I suggest you just move on and keep worrying about yourself and that seemingly spotless image. Goodbye, Society. I hope you die and burn in Hell. -Tim

Don't take that wrong. I'm not going to do anything rash. I'm also not referring to the people in the world. I'm referring to the group as a whole and their completely screwed up actions.

So yeah... It's a big deal when another religion's book of guiding words is put to shame, but apparently not the religion this country is, mostly. Way to go, world.

I think the last time we had a good, soaking rain, it was a couple of months ago. Anything we've had since then has been just enough to make the ground a little wet.

Today, we were under a severe thunderstorm watch, but I really couldn't see why.

When I woke up around 9:00AM, it was in the mid-70's, and very windy. As the day went on, it got up into the upper-80's, and the wind continued. Sometime around 2:00PM, the humidity shot way up, but the temperature seemed to fall. Typically, when this happens, it ends up raining. Guess what... It didn't rain.

North of here about 10 miles, I believe it rained, and on the south side of town, it rained. Here, it just got chilly and wet feeling for a while, and warmed back up after everything passed.

Around 5:00, it looked like it was going to rain again, so I jumped in my truck to go see if it was actually raining where I thought it was. Turns out, it wasn't.

Around 7:00, it finally started raining. Unfortunately, the rain gauge is still very dry, and the grass barely got wet. Southeast of here, though, it poured down raining, and they had thunder and lightning. Now, it looks like we won't see any more rain for a few days, if at all.

For the last couple of weeks, I've noticed a clicking sound in the rear end of my truck whenever I'd go around a turn. Today, I finally got off my butt to see what the heck was going on, and it turns out the lug nuts on both wheels were very loose... So loose that I could remove them by hand!

Now that I've cranked them to 2 times the factory specs, I feel kinda queesey. I'm just glad I didn't put it off for another day.

Recently the RE(tarded)AL ID act was passed into law. With a 100-0 vote. 100-0. 100-0. one hundred to freaking zero. I must ask, did they not get all of the anthrax out of the capitol building? I think someone out there is SERIOUSLY lacking some brain matter, as i cant think of anyone i know that approves of this. its not even the concept of the card that angers me (honestly, i could care less if people are tracking me) its the fact that this bill was passed UNDERNEATH THE BELLY OF AN EMERGENCY SPENDING BILL FOR THE MILITARY!!!

HOW, HOW HOW does this kinda shit happen EVERY DAY in the house/senate? anyone remember the patriot act? I think there was a law in there that outlawed shoes...

this is becoming rediculous. Any wacko in their right mind could write up a book of worthless 6 dollars words and pass an act that all poodles have to walk backwards on tuesdays, with a penalty of the Death sentence. I extremely protest the idea of bills being attached to other bills. its un-american, and done only by scum sucking politicians. This is the last straw, i will become a citizen and vote fucking Libertarian from now on. they actually LISTEN to the constituancy.

So a few days ago, I started a rather lengthy thread on a forum about validating HTML and such. The post was a challenge to the budding web developers to do things the right way. I was greeted with a rather unwelcome response.

Basically, the response was, "if invalid HTML works, why bother?" One of the respondants blatently said he wouldn't mess with writing valid markup because he didn't want to bother with it. Another claimed that after 20 years in the field, they had experience with it and that the customer won't care if it's done right or not, just as long as it meets their requirements.

I don't get it, though. What's with this whole "half-assed is fully-accepted" crap? What's with people saying that they don't care if they're doing something wrong, just as long as they can get paid?

An analogy I used was with the body shop I used to work at...

My primary job was final paint prep; that work that happens just before the paint is sprayed on the car. Among this prep work was the wet-sanding process.

When paint is sprayed on a surface, it needs something somewhat porous to adhere to. To achieve this, we'd have to sand the body panels with wet sandpaper. The water was to keep the suface cool and lubricated, to avoid warping or gouging the metal.

There were 2 ways to wet-sand the car though. The first and most used way was with a foam block, 600-grit sandpaper, a bucket of water, and a garden hose. The other, less used way was with a scuff pad (like the Scotch-Brite pads you use in your kitchen), a gritty slime solution like hand cleaner, and that same garden hose.

The first method was used the most because it was what was right for the metal body panels. The second method was more for plastic and fiberglass panels, but it would also work on metal panels, with a cost: degraded surface life. The slime solution would leave behind a residue that was not easy to clean off of the metal parts, but was on plastic. The result of this usually wouldn't be evident right away, but in a year or two, the paint would start peeling.

Back to the validation issue, what's to say that sloppy HTML4.01 Transitional will still render properly in 2 years? I'm not pushing XHTML by any means, but I do see a definite advantage to it. Regardless, why would someone choose to write sloppy HTML4.01 Transitional, even if it's not the right way? Why would someone accept it as being sufficient?

Why do so many people have this work ethic? "I don't care if it's half-assed. Nobody is going to see it anyhow. It works, that's all that matters." Sorry, but if you work this way, you deserve to be unemployed.

Today, Dad bult me an upper portion for my desk top help rectify the situation. While it helped, it's still nasty looking behind the thing.

Oh well. At least everything is back up and running now.

"Fraction of Society"

I would like to take this moment to sincerely apologise to anyone I claim to be friends with. For me to name specific names would take too long, so if you're reading this, it more than likely applies to you.

Over the last few years I've been changing, and unfortunately it is not for the better. There's been times that I've been confronted by some of you because you have noticed this change. I thank you for coming to me about it. While it has not been received well on my part, trust me: It has been received and it HAS made an impact.

I don't want to try and make excuses why I'm changing, so I'm not going to even try to justify it. I do want you all to know that some of these changes are required as a part of maturing. Believe me now though, that "some" is only about 0.01%, and a lot of my behavior is and has been uncalled for.

If, in the future, you see that I'm being cold, harsh, mean, or anything of the like, PLEASE confront me about it. Be forewarned, I may not take it well, but it really means a lot to me when you guys point this stuff out. It really shows me that you all care.

So here's the apology:

I'm sorry for not being myself, for hurting you, and for any other problems I may have caused.

Several years ago, I got a 1926 Gold Certificate $20 bill in my change for a purchase at a local auto parts store.

I just did some looking to see what it was worth, and the most I found was someone saying that no $20 bills were printed in 1926.

This thing is in pretty good condition for a bill from 1926, which leads me to believe it's either really rare and was part of someone's collection, or that it is a counterfeit.

If anyone stumbles across this post from a search engine, I'd greatly appreciate any input on the images linked below. If anyone else knows anything about this, please post some of it in the comments here. The bill is currently locked up in a secure location.

The Images

Edit: The date is actually 1928. I'm blind. Edit Again: It's not a Gold Certificate.

I am going to make an attempt at tracking some US currency. I need your help with this though.

If you find any of the following forms of US paper currency matching these serial numbers, photograph it and email the photograph to me.

$1 bill, Serial# G58486692H $1 bill, Serial# J42395618B $5 bill, Serial# CG57484256A

These bills will be photographed before they return to circulation within the next 5 days.

Yes, I said it.. Maddox sucks...

Why, though?

Quite simple. For anyone else, posting the kind of content he does would get them labeled "lame", a "loser", or "stupid". Yet, for some unknown reason, Maddox has a large following of people that agree with his delusional thoughts of self worth.

Let's have an example, shall we?

Gregory Peck is a man's man, the kind of man you read about in the bible. A man who came from a time when beating your woman was not only socially acceptable, but encouraged (not that I'm saying spousal abuse is right, I'm just saying that sometimes she deserves it). --Maddox, "A tribute to real men."

Okay, I realise that some people need to have a release for their self-identified humor, that they need to once in a while show the world how stupid they are, and that everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but just inspect the URL for that article:

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=real_men

I'm not making that URL clickable, because I don't want to be associate with the promotion of such stupidity. Look at the domain name though. There's 2 flaws with it:

1. The concept of anything he creates being the best is just impossible.
2. According to that domain name, there would just be 1 page at the location. He has several.

If I wanted to, I could assume the same opinion of my own site and myself, but I will not. Why? I am not as arrogant and proud as Mr. Maddox. Don't get me wrong, though: There are many issues he addresses that I agree with his stance on, (spousal) abuse is not one of them though.

So, to all you hardcore fans of Maddox: You suck just as much as Maddox does.

I built my life like my bike on a rigid frame So nothing bends, it only breaks into pieces and pieces I wanted for hope to arrive but it never came Leaving me with only pain inside I'm going off the deep end

Holding on is harder than it seems when you're reaching for so much more seems so much easier to give in when you're reaching for so much more

Another wasted Saturday so here I stay where nothing seems to ever change anyway hey all this hype about life bein great where's the love for me these days I'm goin off the deep end

Crossfade - The Deep End

I've probably posted part of these before, but I'm posting all now.

Before you go, just listen And I'm sorry For all the things I've done to you You know that I'm sorry For all the things I've put you through

You see I You see I never did realize How it must have felt in your eyes Complacency was my disguise Until the day that I found you Will I ever see the day When I turn around and say Things shouldn't be this way But all I know is I feel all alone

And all I ever wanted Was to be your hero And all I ever wanted Was to be your friend

Do you remember The way it used to be I know you remember Maybe we could make it real

You see I never did realize How it must have felt in your eyes Complacency was my disguise Until the day that I found you Will I ever see the day When I turn around and say Things shouldn't be this way But all I know is I feel all alone

And all I ever wanted Was to be your hero And all I ever wanted Was to be your friend

And all I ever wanted Was to be your hero And all I ever wanted Was to be your friend

Before you go, listen to the things I have to say Before you judge, don't you let your pain judge me this way Before you leave, give me just a second to explain All the things I'm feeling inside

And all I ever wanted Was to be your hero And all I ever wanted Was to be your friend

And all I ever wanted Was to be your hero And all I ever wanted Was to be your friend

(Tantric - Hero)