...sadness...

the wife of a good friend passed away this morning after a long illness. she was 34.

pray for the family.

'merican ing-glich

Can you believe this??? It says that i speak "5% Yankee" and "0% Midwestern" !! Obviously their program is flawed. The only thing that saves this is that it has me speaking 4 times as much "Dixie" as "Yankee".

yep.

Your Linguistic Profile:

65% General American English

20% Dixie

5% Upper Midwestern

5% Yankee

0% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

House Hearing On 'Warming Of The Planet' Canceled After Ice Storm

Some people seem to think that i have a low opinion of politicians. That's just not true.

Ocassionally they're good for some comic relief.

From the Drudge Report:
HOUSE HEARING ON 'WARMING OF THE PLANET' CANCELED AFTER ICE STORM
HEARING NOTICE
Tue Feb 13 2007 19:31:25 ET
The Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality hearing scheduled for Wednesday, February 14, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 Rayburn House Office Building has been postponed due to inclement weather. The hearing is entitled “Climate Change: Are Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Human Activities Contributing to a Warming of the Planet?”

The hearing will be rescheduled to a date and time to be announced later.

DC WEATHER REPORT:
Wednesday: Freezing rain in the morning. Total ice accumulation between one half to three quarters of an inch. Brisk with highs in the mid 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph...increasing to northwest 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy. Lows around 18. Northwest winds around 20 mph.

That's what they get for trying to be "bummers" on Valentine's Day ;-)

The Machine Is Using Us !

If you never watch anything else on YouTube, you HAVE to see this !

And here is an interesting article by the fellow that put the video together. He is an assistant professor (cultural anthropology) at Kansas State University and the article is called "A Brief Philosophy of Anti-Teaching".

Its an interesting read.

Salsa Noches

Recently I received an email that said in part:
Just wanted to let you know that our Salsa company, SALSA NOCHES, will have a booth at the Tulsa Women's Living Expo this weekend. And, we are doing something new: We will be donating a portion of our sales to Cancer Research. Our Salsa will sell for $5 per jar (hot or medium) and $1.00 from every jar sold will be donated to support breast cancer research and local outreach programs. Come to the Tulsa Women's Living Expo this weekend at the Expo Building in Tulsa, OK and Stop by and say "Hello".

This was not some random spam - No Sir! This was an email from an old friend that I haven't talked with in (literally) years. And, since right now i'm just a short 16-hour drive away from Tulsa.... i'm gonna have to wait until they start selling SALSA NOCHES online.

Bummer.