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Quote
of the Month:
"Free
nations do not develop weapons of mass destruction."
-George W. Bush
Interesting
Factoid of the Month:
The
dollar symbol was created by combining the letters in
US.
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December 28, 2005 -
Tonight
I went with Bob to MaryLou's retirement party- it was
pretty keen. It was at Terry's Bar, and a lot of people
came. towards the end people started playing pool, I played
a game with Teresa, and lost, and then lost to Jane...
and then beat Jane- I then beat Letha... and then Teresa
came over and beat me again. Who won and lost really doesn't
reveal who was the best though- and Jane and Letha were
really good. Teresa lost to Brian in several games.
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December 21, 2005 -
Went
to work today, it wasn't too busy. After work I went to
Bob's to make a slideshow CD and then we went out to Spangles.
Yesterday I walked dogs in the morning, but it wasn't
as cold so it was ok.
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December 19, 2005 -
Walked
the dogs today- It's SO cold in the morning before the
sun comes up, so cold even the dogs don't want to go out.
They would get about sixty feet from the building and
then start to hold up their paws... one flopped over to
get its feet out of the snow, but quickly realized that
wasn't going to help. Another dog would lick the underside
of each paw with each step- that was pretty interesting
to watch. Skimmy was the only dog not to care about the
cold, she ran and went berserk as normal, and even managed
to get a strip of her own drool frozen across her snout.
...The dogs have to potty though.
Today
I worked a bit on my site, and added more to my my genealogy
page.
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December 18, 2005 -
Shoveled
the sidewalks today.
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December 17, 2005 -
I
spent the day at home- Carrie and I were going to go shopping,
but it snowed the entire day. I'm glad I didn't have to
work, or have to go back til Wednesday. I still have a
lot of shopping left to do though- I did wrap all the
gifts I've gotten so far....
I've managed to stay busy- boredom however appears to
be taking its toll on Carrie, who is sitting on my floor
trying to make me play word games.
I
took a photo of Nekochan recently... I still need to get
him something for Christmas too.
President
Bush is in a bit of legal trouble- it would appear that
he ordered the National Security Administration to spy
on American citizens by monitoring international phone
calls and e-mails. The President does have the right to
order this- if a warrant is obtained, but Bush stated
that there wasn't time to do such.... It is also law that
if the President feels there is not enough time to get
a warrant, he can order surveillance, and then must get
court approval within 72 hours- The Patriot Act put into
effect the ability for the President to get a warrant
within an hour however- and though surveillance was being
conducted for possibly months, there was no attempt to
get a warrant Now Bush is livid declaring that whoever
leaked what he was up to has violated national security,
and that is true, it would seem that he and yet another
unknown leaker will be under the microscope.
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December 16, 2005 -
Wednesday
Congress voted to approve John McCain's anti-torture amendment.
The New York Times called it "an unusual bipartisan
rebuke to the Bush administration," as nearly half
of the Republicans voted with Democrats for the amendment.
Wednesday
night I went over to Christie's house to help her set
up her new computer- the grand kids seem to enjoy being
able to play the cool games.
Today
I walked dogs at the humane society, worked on Teresa's
Christmas newsletter, and watched some season three of
Enterprise thanks to Sara who loaned me her box set.
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December 12, 2005 -
Today
I cleaned my aquarium and fed the fish peas- they seemed
to like them, and they were all swimming normal.
The
Folding at Home software on my computers have completed
their 100th work unit today. The software folds and analyzes
protein molecules, in order to find cures to a number
of illnesses and diseases.
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December 10, 2005 -
Yesterday
I went to work- the roads weren't really that bad at all.
There don't seem to be as many patrons coming in recently,
but December was slow last year too. After work I went
to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire with Bob
and Teresa. It was a good movie, but I think it is better
if you know the entire series and have read the books,
which I have not, but it was still a good movie on its
own. We ate at the Red Robin after the movie, a place
Teresa said she'd boycott since they developed on the
hill, perhaps she'll find something new to boycott though.
My
fish are... not well- since the middle of summer at night
they would go to a corner of the aquarium and just float,
in a pointing straight up manner. I at first pondered;
"Egads, the fish are sick and about to die!"
In the morning though they would seem perfectly ok, swimming
about normally. This has continued and I've not lost a
single fish in a couple years, but now I have three that
point up all half the time, and one that will sometimes
float upside down. I Googled my problem and found that
the most likely cause is that they're gobbling up their
flakes too fast. The dry flakes soak up water and expand,
but since they eat them right away they swell inside the
fish, and this affects their digestion and swim bladder.
The advice given to solve this was to make the fish fast
for a few days, and then feed them peas.... fascinating.
President
Clinton was invited to speak at a global climate summit
in Canada this week- He voiced his concerns about the
current administration's environmental policy, and he
received a standing ovation from world leaders.
It
has been calculated by the USGS and world oil companies
that 1/3rd of the world's oil has been used, and at the
current increasing rate of consumption the remaining 2/3rds
will be gone in 40 years. After that Canada could become
a leading oil nation as they have vast oil sand deposits.
It costs a lot to extract the oil from the sand though,
so prices will certainly go up after all the oil deposits
are gone- Canada's oil sand would last for possibly 50
years. Middle East countries like Dubai are already seeing
their oil dry up and having expected this, have converted
their economy from oil-based to tourism-based.
Brad
& Ashley's wedding was tonight- I've not really gotten
to know Ashley well before, but after tonight I think
they were made for one another. It was nice seeing the
rest of the family, and I'm just stuffed now from all
the food.
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December 8, 2005 -
Yesterday
it snowed all day, so I stayed home from work and cleaned
the house some. Today I also stayed home, so I scooped
snow, and ran on the treadmill some, and I also watched
season two of Enterprise that Sara let me borrow. Tomorrow
I'll go to work, it's supposed to warm up to 25 degrees...
that sounds so warm after the last couple days.
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December 6, 2005 -
Yesterday
I loaded up a ton of dog and cat food and took it to the
Lawrence Humane Society with Teresa. They were very happy
to receive the food- they just rescued a couple hundred
animals from another shelter/animal collector.
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December 4, 2005 -
Taiwan
is not known as being at high risk from earthquakes, but
recently an number of small tremors have taken place in
the capital. Geologists and seismologist have placed the
epicenter of these quakes directly underneath Taipei 101,
the world's tallest building. Now people are beginning
to wonder if placing a 700,000 ton structure with a small
footprint on soft sedimentary rocks of the Taipei basin
was wise to do.
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December 2, 2005 -
Aunt
Karen's funeral was today, I hadn't mentioned her battle
with cancer here before now- it's difficult to talk about.
I know she must be especially proud of Eric and Brad.
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