subj= Ten Thoughts to Ponder for 2006

Number 10
Life is sexually transmitted.

Number 9
Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die .

Number 8
Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich.

Number 7
Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to use the Internet, and they won't bother you for weeks.

Number 6
Some people are like a Slinky... not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs.

Number 5
Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.

Number 4
All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.

Number 3
Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars? And a substantial tax cut saves you thirty cents?

Number 2
In the 60s, people took acid to make the world weird. Now, the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.

AND THE NUMBER 1 THOUGHT FOR 2006:
We know exactly where one cow with Mad-cow-disease is located among the millions and millions of cows in America, but we haven't got a clue as to where thousands of illegal immigrants and terrorists are located. Maybe we should put the Department of Agriculture in charge of immigration.

subj= in the stars

AQUARIUS

If your head tells you one thing but your heart tells you another you would be wise to follow your heart, no matter how much that might go against the image you like to present of yourself as a ruthlessly logical thinker. Maybe it is time you came to terms with the fact that not everything can be explained in purely rational terms

subj= I thought this was the melting pot?


If racism at it's purest is not exemplified by not allowing this purchase simply due to the fact that it's an Arab company, I don't know what would.

"We have to maintain a principle that it doesn't matter where in the world one of these purchases is coming from," Rice said Wednesday.

Due diligence is in order, but the outrage is uncalled for.

"We are not reacting emotionally," Guiterrez said in an interview Wednesday. "That's what I believe our partners from around the world would like to see from us is that we be thoughtful. That we be deliberate. That we understand issues before we make a decision."

Arab Co., White House Had Secret Agreement

subj= saving face or making sure that change happens?

The lab, with a looming $28 million budget shortfall, had announced it was cutting its staff by 32 people, including eight researchers. But in advance of Bush's visit, Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman

Samuel Bodman over the weekend directed the transfer of $5 million to the private contractor that runs the lab, so the jobs can be saved.

Bush: U.S. on Verge of Energy Breakthrough

Bush said he was impressed with the growing commercial uses of solar energy.

"Roof makers will one day be able to make a solar roof that protects you from the elements and at the same time, powers your house," Bush said. "The vision is this — that technology will become so efficient that you'll become a little power generator in your home, and if you don't use the energy you generate you'll be able to feed it back into the electricity grid."

subj= Happy Birthday to Me.

30 years old today.


I hear it's the new 20.
We'll have to see how that goes.