Riddles for kids (answers are in grey)

A brother to your parent, and I contain a c; I’m married to your nice aunt, I hope that you guess me. Uncle

A coin called two bits, that's less than a dollar; or think of a fourth, now guess me, you scholar. Quarter

A color like purple, and I start with v; I am very pretty, and I end with t. Violet

A dish with chunks of meat, and gravy very brown; and I contain an e, so when do we sit down? Stew

A folded corn tortilla, you fill with cheese and meat; now add lettuce and sauce, and you have a tasty treat. Taco

A four-line poem, surprise and delight; which only happens, when you get it right. Riddle

A fruit of red or green, and I start with a g; you'll find me on a vine, with more bunches like me. Grapes

A fruit of red or green, and I start with an a; my juice is brown and sweet, my core you throw away. Green

A line of little bugs, they’re nuisances and pests; put all the food away, unless you want some guests. Ant, ants

A look on your face, that says you are glad; I’m more than a grin to show you're not sad. Smile

A meal in the morning, you sit at the table; you cook up some pancakes, and eggs, if you're able. Breakfast

A measure of length, and I rhyme with pinch; I’m less than a foot, this should be a cinch. Inch

A noodle dish from Italy, that's very hard to spell; I start with s and end with I please ring the dinner bell. Spaghetti

A red sign that tells you, your car must not go on; a place to catch the bus, before it's been and gone. Stop.

A room off a room, where people hang clothes; close the door fast, or it's mess you'll expose! Closet

A sea bird with a long bill, I dive to get my food; and I rhyme with "well, he can..." now, can you guess me, dude? Pelican

A sheet of glass you look through, the outside world you'll see and if the room's too stuffy ask mom to open me. Window

A tub of hot water, cleans when you're yucky; don't forget your soap or your yellow rubber ducky. Bath

A very sharp pain, you get from a bee; I start with an 's', and end with a g. Sting

A very sour fruit, and I start with l; add water and sugar, and I taste just swell. Lemon

A word that means moist, I’m somewhat less than wet; I start with a d, have you thought of me yet? Damp

A word that rhymes with spare, is something very fine; you give me some of yours, I give you some of mine. Share

Across the frozen north, I hunt with my pack; we're searching for a herd, that we can track. Wolf

All cuddly and warm, what you feel is me; I rhyme well with hug, but not with iced tea. Snug

All day I do follow, each move you have made; when I’m cast by a tree, then I am called shade. Shadow

Another name for child, but one that starts with 'k'; or think of baby goat, did that give it away? Kid

Another name for nations, like England and Japan; or Italy or Russia, or even small Iceland. Countries

At first a quick sniff, but, no, I’m not through; starts with a tickle, and ends with achoo! Sneeze

At the rear end of a dog, at the rear end of a cat; and, an ugly one is found, at the rear end of a rat. Tail

Bigger than a pond, but smaller than an ocean I start with an 'l', now, put your brain in motion. Lake

Bigger than a town, I start with a c; my buildings are tall, and streets run through me. City

Blow me up with air tie a knot on my top; poke me with a stick and I will surely pop. Balloon

Child of your aunt, and I contain a u; first, second or step, ah well, how do you do? Cousin

Cock-a-doodle-doo, and I start with r; I crow at the sun, and I end with r. Rooster

Dark glasses are used, when I ‘m in the sky; hang your clothes on a line I’ll help them get dry. Sun

Do me to the ball, if it's thrown to you; try not to drop it, whatever you do. Catch

Do me to your hands, do me to your face; and then, you'll be clean, and not a disgrace. Wash

Don't even start a cookie, without a glass of me; cold and white and healthy, you could have two or three? Milk

For music or noise, you hit me with sticks; I rhyme well with crumb, but not well with ticks. Drum

For nine months I was your home, and I contain a t; such a very special day, is set aside for me. Mother

From black pools in the earth, I’m pumped up from a well; they put me in tankers, and hope that I don't spill. Oil

From my old church steeple, it was two if by sea; or go my direction, old Santa for to see. Old north church, north

From out of your mouth I do pop, and with truth I do rhyme; under your pillow I'll become, a coin during night time. Tooth

High winds and rain, or sleet and snow; call the small boats, tell them, "don't go!" Storm

Humpty had a great one, before he fell apart; now, mom won't let you stand, in that big shopping cart. Fall

I am a good dessert, and I start with p; and I do rhyme with fly, can't you just taste me? Pie

I am a large bird, I start and end with e; my nest is very high, that soaring bird is me. Eagle

I am mined from the ground, and I do contain an er; I used to be in dollars, that weren't made out of paper. Silver

I am not big, or tall like a tree; I start with an 's', and little is me. Small, short

I am not cold, I am not hot; with these two gone, what else have you got? Warm or cool

I am not left, I am not wrong; I rhyme with sight, but not with song. Right

I am really brittle, And I contain an L; You can see right through me, What am I? Can you tell? glass

I am what you are called, first, last, and middle; and I sound much better, than hey diddle, diddle. Name

I am what you may do, when sitting at the table; you chew and you swallow, as well as you are able. Eat, eating

I am what you will do; from nighttime until day, and in me you may dream, and rested, wake to play. Sleep

I can be very sharp, and I start with p; you can even erase, what you wrote with me. Pencil

I can hold up pants, and I start with b; as you start to grow, you change the notch on me. Belt

I catch all the sounds, and I start with e; I look like a shell, you see by the sea. Ear

I come from the forest, and I contain a d; sometimes in the winter, you may set fire to me. Wood

I contain an n, I’m air that's on the move; I can bend a tree, and all its leaves remove. Wind

I contain an s, and I contain a t; think now of a girl, that is in the family. Sister

I cover that tree, I cover that log; or else I’m a sound, that's made by a dog. Bark

I do not mean no, and I rhyme with mess; now, think if you must, then, go ahead, guess. Yes

I don't mean yes, I rhyme with so; I start with n, and end with o. No

I eat lots of grass, and I start with c; the milk in your lunch, all began with me. Cow

I fly through the air, and I start with a; fasten your seat belt, and we're on our way. Airplane

I have a large bill, and I start with g; I've a long, white neck, and I end with e. Goose

I have many pages, and I start with a b; before you learned to read, someone read to you from me. Book

I have many stripes, and I start with z; I am black and white, surely you've seen me. Zebra

I have two wheels, and I start with b; unless I’m training, then see four on me. Bicycle

I just love the mud, and I start with p; I am fat and smart, and I end with g. Pig

I live in the jungle, and I start with t; I have stripes and sharp teeth, my middle letter's g. Tiger

I live on the desert, and I start with c; I have one or two humps, so, don't look for three. Camel

I look like a wild dog, and I start with c; I yap and howl at night, and I end with e. Coyote

I look out on the world, and I start with e; you would depend on hearing, if it weren't for me. Eye

I love to eat carrots, and I end with a t; I’m so soft and fluffy, you love to cuddle me. Rabbit

I love to eat cheese, and I end with t; I have a long tail, a cat's chasing me! Rat

I love to say, "who," and fly through the skies; or perch on a limb, and try to look wise. Owl

I make the drinks cold, get me from the freezer; in cubes, chips, or blocks, I am a drink pleaser. Ice

I may be long or short, I ‘m curly or I ‘m straight; just use a comb or brush, to keep me looking great. Hair

I mean to go fast, and I start with r; of course you could walk, and go just as far. Run

I mean to go high, and I start with j; see me go over, the thing in my way. Jump

I must cut the wood, and I start with s; I rhyme with paw, now, then, can you guess? Saw

I pick things up, I put things down; I rhyme with band, but not with sound. Hand

I pulled the stagecoach, and I end with e; it takes a blacksmith, to put shoes on me. Horse

I rhyme well with stop, do me at the store; bring home lots of stuff, then, go back for more. Shop

I rhyme with dancers, you need me on tests; sometimes I' I’m known, and, sometimes I’m guessed. Answers

I rhyme with date, but not with winner; the dish on which, your mom puts your dinner. Plate

I rhyme with kittens, wear me in the snow; are you still thinking, or do you now know? Mittens

I rhyme with liver, and 'r' starts me; I start in the hills, and end in the sea. River

I rhyme with rash, you can call me money; I start with c, now isn't that funny? Cash

I rhyme with talk, and start with a w; go step by step, and this riddle won't trouble you. Walk

I rhyme with will, and I’m made of ground; smaller than a mountain, but larger than a mound. Hill

I ride on the water, and I start with b; with sail or motor, you can go with me. Boat

I ride on your shoulders, and I start with b; and I carry your books, your lunch rides in me. Backpack

I sit upon your shoulders, and I end with k; you would surely lose your head, if I went away. Neck

I sleep through the winter, and I start with b; when you're in the state parks, please, please don't feed me. Bear

I slither through the grass, to find some food I like; my fangs tell all creatures, that I’m ready to strike. Snake

I start and end with s, and your feet I hide; rub me on the mat, if you've been outside. Shoes

I start with an f, which doesn't stand for fail; the part of your hand, that ends up in a nail. Finger

I start with an 's', and end with 'p'; and sail upon, the salty sea. Ship

I start with l, and I rhyme with dawn; I’m thick and green, and fun to play on. Lawn

I start with 'p' and am your friend, I’m found around the house; a dog or cat or hamster too, but rarely ever mouse. Pet, pets

I start with t, that's my railroad; I may say, "choo!," and not have a cold. Train

I stick out of your face, and I end with an e; but if you have a cold, you won't smell much with me. Nose

I swim in the ocean, I swim in the river; my tuna tastes yummy. Much better than liver. Fish

I was just born, when hungry I cry; I start with 'b', and I end with y. Baby

I wave every day, without going away; you give me your pledge, to start off the school day. Flag

I wiggle in the ground, and with the rain come out; and fishermen use me, to catch that bass or trout. Worm, worms

I will be your friend, and I start with d; I will guard your house, and I end with g. Dog

I will chase a mouse, and I start with c; I will chase a bird and I end with t. Cat

I will chew on a can, and I start with g; I will chew on grass, and I end with t. Goat

I will gather some nuts, and I start with s; see my bushy tail, am I hard to guess? Squirrel

I will lay an egg, and I eat corn from the ground; and with my sisters, I make a clucking sound. Hen or chicken

I wrap around his wrist, and tell him of the time; I may or may not tick, I hope you like this rhyme. Watch

If you are a girl, you are not a he; I start with an 's', and end with an e. She

If you count to ten, then, I come after five; I end with an x, this riddle you'll survive. Six

If you get a treat, I am what you say; 'cause being polite's, a very good way. Thank you

If you'd like a cookie, I’m what you need to say; and since you're so polite, your mom says, "Yes, you may." Please

I'm a bird who walks or swims, but who cannot fly; my eggs are on the land, that by the sea does lie. Penguin

I'm a fuzzy, sweet fruit, and I start with a p; a pit is what is left, when you're done eating me. Peach

I'm a kind of carpet, that lies on the floor; be careful not to trip or you will be sore. Rug

I'm a kind of tree, with needles and cones; I rhyme well with dine, but not well with bones. Pine

I'm a little, red fruit, and I start with c; George Washington with axe, once chopped down my tree. Cherry

I'm a loaf, I ‘m a slice, I ‘m a sandwich to be; peanut butter and jam, go very well with me. Bread

I'm a measure of milk, and I contain a u; I’m larger than a cup, there's an a in me too. Quart

I'm a name for your dad, and I rhyme with mop; I’m a name for soda, push tab or screw top. Pop

I'm a piece of pizza, yes, I’m a piece of pie; I rhyme quite well with spice, these riddles never lie. Slice

I'm a shiny metal, and I end with a d; look at your good jewelry, and you may well see me. Gold

I'm a source of water, and I contain an a; if I’m in the forecast, you'll stay inside to play. Rain

I'm a tasty fruit, and I rhyme with glum; and once I was stuck, to Jack Horner's thumb. Plum

I'm a unit of gas, you pay for what is pumped; and I contain an a, I hope that you're not stumped. Gallon

I'm a unit of sugar, you add to your iced tea; and I am eight letters long, a cup is more than me. Teaspoon

I'm a unit of weight, I’m a thing hammers do; scales tell how many, there are of me in you. Pound

I'm a very thick mist, and I contain a g; you may see me in London, or out upon the sea. Fog

I'm a yellow fruit, and I start with b; you could fall right down, if you stepped on me. Banana

I'm adorable, in every way; and I rhyme with boot, or so they all say. Cute

I'm all the things you eat, the name for all that stuff; from steak to juice to rice, from lettuce to cream puff. Food

I'm an oak. I'm an elm, and I start with t; you'll need to ask mom, before you climb me. Tree

I'm baked in an oven, but I am not a cake; there're z's in my name, what a meal I make. Pizza

I'm bounced and I’m hit, I’m kicked and I’m tossed; the game has to end, if I ever get lost. Ball

I'm brown and rather gooey, a gift to you from bees; I’m sweet but I’m not chewy, and sometimes found in trees. Honey

I'm brown ground-up ground, and I rhyme with hurt; I start with a d, and get smeared on your shirt. Dirt

I'm cooler, yes, than cool, the opposite of hot; think snow without a coat, now that's a chilling thought. Cold

I'm covered with sand, and waves break on me; you stand at the edge, and look out to sea. Beach

I'm done with a ball, and I start with s; I go in a hoop, I hope you can guess. Shoot or shot

I'm done with a bat, and I end with t; to get a home run, then you must do me. Hit

I'm done with the arm, and I start with t; if you want to pitch, then you must do me. Throw or toss

I'm done with the foot, and I start with k; the ball comes to me, I send it away. Kick

I'm down near the ground, and I start with a t; I’m part of a foot, folks call me piggie. Toe

I'm found inside pillows, I help keep birds dry; I ‘m soft to the touch, birds need me to fly. Feathers

I'm green and hop around, and "ribbit's" what you hear, I’m bigger than a cricket, but smaller than a deer. Frog

I'm hard, icy balls, that hurt if they hit you; and I start with h, now, what does that get you? Hail

I'm how far you drove the car, and I rhyme with style; I am longer than a foot, guess me and you'll smile. Mile

I'm how you make a hole, and I start with d; you may need a shovel, and I end with g. Dig

I'm just below your leg, the flat part with the toes; you kick the ball with me, and see how far it goes. Foot

I'm like a crocodile, and rhyme with agitator; you'll figure this out now, or figure it out later. Alligator

I'm more than four, but less than six, like fingers on one hand; or piggies going to market, now your answer, I command. Five

I'm not hamburger, and yet I am ground; and I rhyme with Bert, on kids' clothes I’m found. Dirt

I'm orange and in a glass, upon a breakfast table; and I do rhyme with Bruce, but I don't rhyme with Mabel. Juice

I'm part of a book, the part that you turn; when you read my words, just think what you'll learn. Page

I'm such a sweet, sweet fruit, whose name does rhyme with cherry; to pick me from the vine, be careful; very, very. Berry

I'm the front of your head, the part mom says to wash; without my eyes and mouth, now, how could you say, "gosh!" Face

I'm the sound of a duck I begin with a 'q'; I’ll give you a hint, not cock-a-doodle-doo! Quack

I'm the thing that thumps, when you've been on a run; I’m on valentines, that you send just for fun. Heart

I'm used to tie the present, I’m used to tie her hair; I make the package pretty, and pigtails take a pair. Ribbon

I'm very hard and shiny, and I contain a t; bridges and ships and tow trucks, are all made out of me. Steel

I'm very nice weather, and I rhyme with air; the day is so pleasant, I don't have a care. Fair

I'm what kids must take, for rest in the day; you lay on your bed, then, go out to play. Nap

I'm what ovens do, to make you a cake; I start with a 'b' and I rhyme with rake. Bake

I'm what the postman brings, the letters, ads, and such; from strangers you don't know, and friends who stay in touch. Mail

I'm what you say in greeting, "hi" is short for me; you'd say I rhyme with jell-o, is this one too easy? Hello

I'm what you write upon, and I start with p; if you fold me just right, then you can fly me. Paper

I'm what you're doing, just perched in that chair; I rhyme with knitting, and not with beware. Sitting

I'm where you sit at school, and I start with an 's', a chair or stool or bench, the one is hard to guess. Seat

Look up to see us, we twinkle at night; with our friend the moon, we help give you light. Stars

Mom says you must put me on, to go out in the snow; I’m warmer than your jacket, so, zip me up and go. Coat

My captain is the one, who battled peter pan; I’m the end of the line, for that worm in the can. Captain hook, hook

My color means please stop, and I end in d; and some fire engines, have been painted me. Red

My eater was a man, I think his name was peter; or cut a face in me, and I’m a scary greeter. Peter Pumpkineater, pumpkin

My gun just cannot shoot, but rolls on four wheels; alone my dog's tail, tells just how good he feels. Wagon, wag

My neck is so long, and I start with g; I eat leaves in trees, there's an r in me. Giraffe

My sound is a quack, and I start with d; I can fly or swim, it is up to me. Duck

My table held the food, for Arthur and the knights; or else I tell how long, they've lasted in the fight. Round table, rounds

My wife does all the hunting, while I just lie around; my loud roar tells you I’m king, my mane looks like a crown. Lion

Now I am just not pretty, and I contain ag; but like the famous duckling, you have to wait and see. Ugly

Now you see me stuffed, or living in a zoo; from noisy chimpanzee, to hopping kangaroo. Animals, animal

Now, you suck upon, the tube in your drink; you gulp as you watch, the drink level sink. Straw

Please check out my shell, I’m slow and I’m green; I walk on the land, or go submarine. Turtle

Pot and I both, do start with a 'p'; use me to heat, that can of chili. Pan

Put birds inside me so they won't fly away; hang me on a stand, and clean me every day. Cage, birdcage

See me in the tree, I do give a hoot; I’m looking for mice, my big eyes are cute. Owl

Some call me a sack, put groceries in me; paper or plastic, I still start with b. Bag

Some kids will ride me, to get to their school; mostly painted yellow, I’m no horse or mule. Bus

Step after step, go faster and faster; stumble and you, will meet with disaster. Run, dash, sprint

Tears in your eyes you're not feeling glad; I start with 's', and I rhyme with lad. Sad

Tents only have one, a house has far more, and I rhyme with boom, now, please shut the door. Room

The bag in the microwave, it grows and it makes noise; I’m a hot and tasty treat, for all the girls and boys. Popcorn

The coat of a bear, the coat of a weasel; I rhyme well with her, but not well with diesel. Fur

The color of a juice, and I end with e; a fruit that is quite sweet, is named for me. Orange

The color of a tree, and I start with a g; and if you have a lawn, let's hope it's colored me. Green

The color of the dark, the color of the night; the color of some bears, the opposite of white. Black

The color of the sky, and I start with b; and if it's deep and clear, the lake is colored me. Blue

The color of the sun, and I start with y; there are two l's in me, guess me, oh please try. Yellow

The meal you eat at school, let's hope you brought some money; 'cause going without me, is never very funny. Lunch

The opposite of light, I start with a d; a flashlight you will need, to see into me. Dark

The opposite of night, a word that ends in y; at sunrise I begin, at sunset say, "goodbye!" Day

The opposite of there, a word that rhymes with deer; just think with all your might, you'll get it, never fear. Here

The opposite of woman, and I rhyme with fan; now, can you get the answer? Yes, of course, you can. Man

The place where you go to learn every day; except in the summer, and, then, you just play. School

The plate on baseball's field, another word for house; the place you hope that you, will never see a mouse. Home

There're pickles in me, and I start with 'j'; you unscrew my lid, and take what you may. Jar

Think first of a number, called lucky by some; or think of four and three, now, what do they sum? Seven

Think now of a coin, that's less than a dime; more than a penny, can you guess what i'm? Nickel

Think of a tired dog, who's run around the block; or think of what to wear, that starts about the socks. Pants

Think of little pigs, or of mice that are blind find the right number, and you won't fall behind Three

Though I contain a w, it doesn't make a sound; my fate is never to be right, this poem is quite profound. Wrong

To the dump I haul, the garbage of the city; and I rhyme with duck, I hope you like this ditty. Truck

Two kids are running, and both try to win; I start with an 'r', and end with a grin. Race

Two pieces of bread, a food for your lunch; you choose what goes in, and then start to munch. Sandwich

Use me to sit on, for small kids I ‘m high; but don't stand on me, unless you can fly. Chair

Way up the mountain, the color of the snow; the color of those new sheets, and, yes, that new pillow. White

We grow in the garden, but we weren't invited; so we are pulled or sprayed, whenever we're sighted. Weeds

We're a bunch of flakes, whose name starts with s; think of white winters, and maybe you'll guess. Snow

What they will say things are, that do not cost a thing; while I rhyme well with tree, I don't rhyme well with ring. Free

Wheels on your feet, blades if there is ice; I begin with s, falling isn't nice. Skates

When something's not good, we say it is me; I start with a 'b', and end with a d. Bad

When you are not well, they say you are me; though it's just a cold, it's bedtime for thee. Sick

Which way do you look, to see that plane fly? And if you said down, no one would know why. Up

With feathers and wings, I’m able to fly; I start from a branch, and head for the sky. Bird, birds

With ter I can be cold, the trees are damp with snow; with ner it was my race, to best the rest, you know. Winter, winner

Yesterday is gone, they say, tomorrow lies ahead; I am the day you live in, until you go to bed. Today

You just crawl into me, and never count sheep; with blanket and pillow, you go right to sleep. Bed

You keep us in a box, and with us you do play; you hope to get some more, upon your next birthday. Toy, toys

You look at the words, and know what they say; I’m something to do, 'most every day. Read

You may call me burro, and I start with d; put a load on my back, you can count on me. Donkey

You need me to breathe, you need me to fly; I rhyme well with hair, but not well with tie. Air

You plant me in the ground, and give me lots of care; I grow up in the spring, with lots of flowers there. Seed, seeds

You switch the switch, from on to me; I start with 'o', and not with z. Off

You take me for a drive, and I start with c; but if I’m out of fuel, you won't ride in me. Car

You'll do me to your finger, if careless with that knife; do me to that chocolate cake, to get yourself a slice. What am I? Cut it, cut

You'll find me in your mouth, I help you talk and shout; and everybody knows, it's rude to stick me out. Tongue

Last bit to add to last entry

I don't take sides here, for both are bad, and they've shown it. I don't preport to be a party member, for I am not. I am a malcontent that sees too often, power abuse and illegitmate power use in ways contrary to the will of the public. If the government is supposed to be of, by and for the people, why is it so often in direct opposition to it? In government, I mean all three branches, including the judicial branch, which often goes unscathed through political sickness. Congress and Senate and President are often to blame, but rarely is the judicial branch suspect, but why?

They are appointed, not elected, and therefore not up for review or disciplining, save feloneous acts. Acts, considered misdemeanor are allowable of federal judges, as there is no dismissing them because of such crimes. Check out the history on them, find out that only felonies may get them disbarred. Local judges too share this reletive immunity from prosecution.

Scaring people into a POV

I don't care what side of the fence you're on, this complete bullcrap of "don't vote for ..." slogans get me pissed! They aren't, "vote for the best candidate (of this party) because they are best suited to better your area &/or America", it is, "this other group here is evil, so don't vote for them".

If they have nothing positive to say about their party's candidate, they shut up! Bad is bad and evil is evil. It seems to me that many slogans and campaigns are trying to show a difference between similar situations. I'll give you an example:

berating and belittling someone before firing him/her vs firing him/her then belittling and berating him/her

Is there a real difference between the two? I find this year a smathering of sickening "don't vote for" campaigns. Another, local, candidate is sending out fliers to all women for the candidate is a woman. Vote for me because I am a woman, not because I am the best suited for the job. How would I know, because I didn't get one, despite that I am listed as a [political party here] due to my primary election history.+

It seems to me that they have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that the parties have bad candidates, some of whom will be elected. Joy of joys ... they've shown you why you shouldn't vote for them and how, after Nov. 8th, you'll have these bad people in office. That's just simply wonderful! They've done something I couldn't do ... shown that politics tend to be bad and that most don't serve the people, but rather continue an entity that protects itself from reproach.

It is a deplorable year, I can only hope that 2008 is more why I should vote for someone rather tha not for someone.

+ of course, during primaries, you must choose to select either people for Republican nominees or Democrat nominees. You may not select nominees for both during primaries. This is how they call you for political party calls. Jerks -- I'm neither and you should have no knowledge of my voting history or preference, according to balloting and voting systems.

Why you dink da net wuz born?

Porn! Porn! Porn!

Various videos using Avenue Q's "Internet Is For Porn" song.

Webcam girls, how useful.
Original Warcaft special.
voiceover for PC commercial.
Azumanga Daioh, requires logging in.
Narturo.

If you were gay anime!
Sloppy webcam girls "If you were gay"

phone political fad

I got a call today railing on Hayhurst. The person on the phone didn't say anything positive about anyone before I hung up. Okay, understand that if you have nothing positive, don't call! It would have been one thing to put one candidate on a pedestal and the other in the pig trough, but they spent all the time critiquing the candidate with, misinformation, according to the reading I have done on Hayhurst.

I wish these types of calls would be as unlawful as unwanted phone solicitations.

Alaska, coin toss, why

There was a dead woman on the ballot and with a coin toss, the dead candidate won over the living candidate. Okay, my questions is; why was there a coin toss?

not a typo

A teenager carrying a Bible and shouting "I want Jesus" was shot twice with a police stun gun and later died at a St. "Louis hospital, authorities said." -- Associated Press

I have to laugh at this tragedy. I look at it as, "look kid, we tried". The article failed to report what the disturbance was, only that he was a protester.

Halloween 2006

The usual suspects arrived.

It was a nice party, sadly MH decided to overindulge and paid a minor price on Sunday with mild illness. The goofy thing was the come and go with people and odd circumstances that we call bits of life. Considering this also, Lori beat me to puking! I didn't until 10:00 am Sunday, Lori started in her car and not from drinking.

It was a good time and it was interesting that MR had to run out to get a game -- operation, the wacky drunkard's surgery game. This is not as interesting as the compilation pics Dave assembles, but it will do. I like for ... I am not in the picture. Thanks everyone, as it was great to see you all!

Cast of hundreds

There is a school very close and they have an annual Halloween parade. I missed them marching down the street this year, but I did hear the thunderous drums as they marched in costume along some of the streets. I believe they have enough chapperones to make it safe. It is an old tradition. I know, because I used to be in such a parade myself. My neices also had that privilege.

Toast to you old edition and school!

Pss'd off

You'd think that when a company has your resume' that you submitted, that they would be able to extract data from the resume and put it onto their forms like others, but no. What gives? Worse still, there was a site, I'll have to return there, asking about patents and published works. On the same page they asked what high school I attended and if I graduated. Now, perhaps they are seeking geniuses or it is outright a stupid form.

generally planned for candidates

There have been a few candidates that scare me on their answers, such as lowering "sin" taxes like cigarettes and alcohol, cutting child tax credit and other ideas. Hmmm, I'm still left with a couple of offices staring tweedle dee and tweedle dumb.

Vote Allen County

For what it's worth, more voting info ... lots to sort through, interface a little poor.

Voting Smarter?

Find some issues, thoughts, perspectives on would-be candidates. Learn fast for you vote soon. Since I am from Indiana, I found a voting district map to make things, easier?

labeling

So, charged with assault for labelling a molester (rapist) killer. I'd say, give the tattoo artist a few magzine subscriptions free, during his incarceration. Way to go! Since the rapist-killer plead guilty, there isn't a "wrong guy" situation here. It is certainly Darconian, but I like it.

Plans bring vile

I brought wind to the area by simply making and executing a plan -- leaf raking. I'm sure that at some time I also brought rain when I planned and agreed to go camping.

I might have unwittingly brought wind, because I tried to do a task that requires little or none of it.

bellyaching

Normally I'm bitching about something, which sounds or reads much like simpy bellyaching. I lost a day, being ill on Sunday after way too much to drink. I would like to say that it was junk food, but I don't think I had much food, all things considered.

My bellyaching today is about me!

I'm annoyed and angered that I drove drunk. I am very thankful that no one was hurt. I am also thankful that the police did not pull me over, as that would have complicated my life even more. I hope that this is something that will stick with me, that there is a time to sit and rest and be a weight on furniture rather than a threat to others.

Damn me!

Legal enticement?

I included the advertisement on the right because of irony. Victoria's Secret 5 for $25 pink panties. Inder that, Christian-based ad.

This real job posting seems to me to be child enticement. Teens wanted? Transportation provided? If you can't drive, that makes you around 13-16. "Win prizes" I can't believe officers haven't called this guy to, "chat" with him. If you thought job searching was safe for your naive child, think again.

Downs

And in this corner, Watership Down, the book.
And in the second corner, Watership Down, the movie.

"Okay dog, well, we can just forget the rules" and timeline "shall we?" "That's fine with me, chicken!"+

So, who read the book? I don't think the story board personnel read it. Suffice to say, read the book.

+ Warner Brothers Foghorn Leghorn with Spike

Milking it

Fresh Cow Reproduction Manager

 

This was a real job posting title.  Now, any layperson would assume, as did I, that it was an animal husbandry job, but no.  It was a sales job.  I guess it did do something that it needed to do--got attention.  I'm glad it wasn't as crude as bull specimen collector or calf by douche facilitator.

Actual job listing may differ

Fresh Cow Reproduction Manager

I read through it and it was a sales job, but clearly, that's not what it sounds like. It sounds more like husbandry.

Actual job listing may differ

Fresh Cow Reproduction Manager

I read through it and it was a sales job, but clearly, that's not what it sounds like. It sounds more like husbandry.

2D-Play

They have a messload of games. The most recent one that has caught my attention is Crazy Chess. It isn't chess at all. The goal is to move your one knight across the board as quickly as possible to pick up coins, and other stuff. Meanwhile, pawns are moving toward the bottom of the screen. At the bottom are two castles. If eight pawns succeed in getting past the bottom, you lose. On each level there is a limit to the number of pawns moving. It does not help you play chess. It does help you to remember how to move a knight

Also neat about this game is that you can download this small game for free.

Thanks 2D-Play!

suspended

Now when I think of this term, several things come to mind.
In school, suspension meant, just that to extend out. There were in school suspension where you continued punishment in a room not in your regular classes and out of school, where most disruptive students really ached to be anyway.
Suspension, is in frozen in time or body.

I would like to think also; suspension being like a bridge, being held up by rope, wire, or cable. So in this sense, a suspended senetence could or in some cases should be 10 years suspended by the toes or the neck, or whatever.

In a recent case, a child molester got 40 years with 10 suspended, leaving 30 with possible half off for good behavior. I think it unlikely that upon completing 15 years in prison, he's going to be up and ready for the challenge of "impulse-free" living in society. Uh, no. How about suspended in a spinning ride, where the occupants are flung so hard with centrifical force that they are unable to move from the edge. I will agree to suspend you in a state of 365.25 days in spin 'n' puke with variable oscilation and indidual modulation, complete with 24 hour continuance regardless of weather. Now, to this I would agree. The man finsihes in 1 year after his 15 or so in the prison, without having to worry about probation. Of course, the "worry" then would be that he'd be a veritible mindless drone or vegetable, but I'm willing to live with that. A willless body isn't likely to commit more crimes.

If that seems like cruel and unusal punishment, then I suggest:
15 years mine disposal or
prompt execution or
parole upon reaching 76th birthday or
40 years (no early parole) hard labor such as 16-hour days of textile work or foundry work
how about trash and plastics sorting?

In the case mentioned, he plead guilty, he wasn't found guilty.

no thinking involved

Sheik Taj Aldin al-Hilali declared that women who don't wear burkas invite rape. That's an odd phrase coming from a Muslim who doesn't believe rape exists except for non-Muslims to engage in sex with Muslim women. Here too, the Westerners would be rapists, while the women would be whores. Therefore, easily fixed by a good ol' killing of everyone. He'll double up on bad statements by calling women "meat" and that the White House should be emptied. In retaliation to this outrage, the US did nothing. Huh! We didn't burn the man in effigy, nor start riots. Huh. Gosh! We're missing out!

I would speculate if this is, and I truly hope not, the taught concepts of more tradtioanl Arabic Muslims, then women should be afraid and that is a piss poor excuse -- slavery. I'm surrprised that they didn't take up the sub-Saharan African tradition of female genital mutilation. This practice is to "ensure monogomy" of the woman. The man, of course, has no such bounds. Some, not all, of these Muslim cultures in Northern Africa also have mentral huts, where bloody women go until they are no longer bleeding.

So, is this the standard? What I'd like to know is what is the standard? What group allows women to be, you know ... people? From the translations (Dead Sea Scrolls) and Qu'ran texts into English, it appears to be, well ... a religion where deviation is not tolerated and women don't have a real afterlife, per se. So ... again, I would like to know what the typical concepts, theories and practices are. What I see and get scare me.

How is a rapper being arrested news?

Rapper arrested fro drugs and illegal gun posession. How shocking! It's S Dogg. How shocking! Wait, no ... unremarkable. What would be remarkable, is if he served jail time.

scam scheme

scam scheme
Originally uploaded by MDH, II.

This picture looks very much like a pyramid, does it not? I got a do it yourself scam from a company that has the name of a fast car. I will not use the name of the car as someone might try to find the website. Anyway, I got this email with "go here". I knew it was bogus, but cleverly intersting for the foolish.

It used my name in print and in speech in this flash animation. The goal, get people to commit to $10 monthly charge for a doman name essentially. They didn't use that term for fear of someone finding out that you can get one for $10 a year. Anyway, $120 per year, plus pestering people you know to get on baord the BS train. I wonder how many people jumped in on this.

Really, once they put up this screen, any person could see -- pyramid. I had it playing in the background, then every now and then flipped to it. When I saw later the $10 monthly, I rewound the animation and saw this.

During the animation, the woman here sat in a chair during part of it. My question would be, why?

... in the window

I picked up my neice from school, she had a half day. She broght friends with her and I dropped them off at one of the girl's house. I pulled into the drive to see a little girl's face. She seemed happy to see guests -- moreover, knowing that her sister was home. I then saw the shape of a dog, another face. To my joy, I saw the dog barking, though I couldn't hear the noise and the girl approach the window.

The girl began scratching at the window as would a dog. The dog stayed back from the window. It was the funniest thing I'd seen in a long, long while. "How much is that doggie in the window?" The one with the curly blonde hair. It was very cute.

Secondhand Lions

It was a great movie! I was hesitant to believe so until i saw it. It reminded me much of Princess Bride with swashbuckling and boyish dreams and adventure. There was intrigue, doubt, relationship growths and fadings. It had implications, but no sex shown. Apart from the profanity, it could have been a kid's book. I'm glad that they didn't make Michael Cain's character the daring do-all with passion and power, but more as a reserved person.

There is nothing bad to say about this movie. It has re-watchability (credits to credits). I found it interesting that Robert Duvall was in a movie with Kyra Sedgwick.

The overall message was "true love". I shant give away more of the movie.

getting down with the lupine

Watership Down is a story with which I am have finished. I cannot believe that any middle schooler might have been called to read this. My word! Not only is it, well, cruel in some places, but the religious sects, ideals, and rabbits placeing others under arrest is just nuts. I can see a few things in the thoughts behind it, but this is no exodus of history. This isn't Old Rabbit Testiment nor WWII flight, but rather flight of fancy with odd choices.

Hazel should not have been used as a boy's name.

The writing style is simple enough, almost like an improved me on my rough draft ... dialogue, then fill in the backdrop later. I mean this in that you could subtract the "blades of grass delicately whispering ..." and still get the feel for the land and the trials and death of the rabbits. I suppose that I might suggest either a mature middle-schooler to read it, but they'd have to find the first bit interesting, otherwise, they'd put it down and never read anymore. In the middle of it, while their trip is full of danger and learning, you wonder, "why?" I almost interrupted my own reading with a Princess Bride moment, "Who kills Humperdink?" Alas, I'll finish it soon.

I found some interesting sites on the novel, including a researcher trying to find in Hampshire (Great Britain), the areas noted in the book. The paperback version I am reading has a sad little blurred map that is unreadable. For those who read some or all of the Lord of the Rings, it's about like that. The mountains around Mordor about as tall as the lowercase m on 12 point font. Thanks for the barely useful map Tolkein!

Fans of Watership Down have drawn some much better maps that make sense. The time frame seems unclear until you read that it spans weeks. I thought at first that the rabbits were traveling in days, but the text is ambigious in parts. The author, trying to stay true to rabbit thought, denies time and remarks dawn, dusk noon, night, and midnight.

My next assignment, John McCain biography, as it seems, presently that it will be Hillary Clinton (boo -- hiss) vs John McCain for 2008.

Smashes, Thrashes, and Hits? (nope, that's KISS)

I have read a transcript of President Bush's October 25th speech. His main speech was okay, I remark only on a few points, most of which were with the question-answer period after the speech.
........
A brilliant statement: "I do not question their patriotism; I question whether or not they understand how dangerous this world is." He made this regarding democrats. The statement is just about perfect.
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And this is a big issue in the campaign. Security of the country is an issue, just like taxes are an issue. If you raise taxes, it will hurt the economy. If you don't extend the tax cuts, if you don't make them -- in other words, if you let the tax cuts expire, it will be a tax increase on the American people.. Take the child tax credit. If it is not made permanent -- in other words, if it expires -- and you've got a family of four sitting around the breakfast table, the taxpayers can be sure that their taxes will go up by $2,000: $500 for that child, $500 for the one right there; $500 for this one and $500 for that one.

That is a tax increase. And taking $2,000 out of the pockets of the working people will make it harder to sustain economic growth. So the two issues I see in the campaign can be boiled down to who best to protect this country and who best to keep taxes low.
That's what the referendum's about.
....
Oi! Okay, he lost on that one with the rambling, not really clearly conveying cut taxes to rich to increase spending. This fell flatter than Reagan's "This is not a regressive tax" speech, which clearly was detailing a regressive tax; in that it was a tax inversely proportional to income, which is the definition of a regressive tax. Oh well, he tried.
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I think the coming election is a referendum on these two things: which party has got the plan that will enable our economy to continue to grow and which party has a plan to protect the American people.
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On this I might suggest that parties are not red and green only. I cannot believe that all republicans side with, "Stay the course+ and give tax cuts to stimulate economy." I can't believe that all democrats stick with, "Get 'em out of there now and tax the rich heavily!" I think the reality lies somewhere between. The problem now is that the congress and senate agreed to enter Iraq on false pretenses; no matter to what degree they knew and are now being fed fear of moving out. Lies and fear, sad that people use them (regardless of party).
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-- the ultimate accountability rests with me. That's the ultimate. If you're asking about accountability, it rests right here. That's what the 2004 campaign was about, you know. If people are unhappy about it, look right to the president.
....
I haven't seen to much of the accountability for anyone in government. This sadly is a series of words like Jabberwocky, seemingly making a statement, but nothing is really stated at all.
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As a matter of fact, the benchmarks will make it more likely we win. Withdrawing on an artificial timetable means we lose.
Now, I'm giving the speech -- you're asking me why I'm giving this speech today -- because there's -- I think I owe an explanation to the American people and will continue to make explanations. The people need to know that we have a plan for victory.
....
"We need to know that we have a plan for victory." That's nice. What is it? Would you care to share it with us? I didn't think you would. I put this with the republicans' arguemtns that the democrats have no solutions that they will voice.
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And I know it's incumbent upon our government, and others who enjoy the blessings of liberty, to help those moderates succeed. Because otherwise we're looking at the potential of this kind of world, a world in which radical forms of Islam compete for power; a world in which moderate governments get toppled by people willing to murder the innocent; a world in which oil reserves are controlled by radicals in order to extract blackmail from the West; a world in which Iran has a nuclear weapon.
.....
Here's my radical idea: stop supporting, protecting, and taking money from oil lobbies. Make oil companies accountable for price gouging and monopolies. Make America foreign oil independant in 5 or fewer years. Permanently illegalize fuel inefficient vehicles for general consumer use. Make non-oil burning public transportation a reality.
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They will support the war as long as they see a path to victory
....
Agreed. I think that most people don't see a path to victory. When the government understands that, it will either have to fess up to the plans for "what are we doing" or confess that there are ideas on post-it notes, but nothing beyond that.
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And we will not put more pressure on the Iraqi government than it can bear.
…
Later on, Bush remarked, “We're making it clear that America's patience is not unlimited”
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We did not expect the Iraqi army, including the Republican Guard, to melt away in the way that it did in the face of advancing coalition forces.
….
This was planned to disband the army of the Hussein regime and yet, he didn’t know they would melt away. Okay, sorry, this was a poor statement to make.


Now then, overall, I think he did an alright job of defending his points, but lacked details to convince most people. He had a broken record on "end-zone dancing" and "benchmarks". At one point in his speech, it wasn't clear if he understood benchmarks. I think, for whatever reason, the question broke up his line of thinking, leaving him stumbling over his words. I think it was no worse or better than any other discussion, although he did better speaking this time. He has no doubt that republicans will retain control, but his constiuents are not so sure.

+ "Stay the course" has been purged as it conveyed a static ideal, though that wasn't the implication. A common myth regarding taxes is that democrats always want to tax the snot out of the rich. As most of the congress and senate are rich, that really isn't realistic to believe they they would seek to lose money. Another myth about tax cuts is that it always stimulates the economy. Whereas tax cuts and shelters enable individuals and companies to put money offshore, out of the country, that doesn't do squat for American economy. Like so much of the law, the tax code is like a cartoon contraption. Rather than set a mouse trap, Tom puts together a series of 30 parts to smash Jerry with a safe. Making the tax code more elaborate doesn't ensure improvement or success. It does make it more complicated and with more parts, more areas for error.

KISS -- keep it simple, stupid

Countdown clock

I switched it. I figure if you can't figure out that Halloween is coming like a shark in the water, fin up and charging near you, then you're just going to be bitten in the arse.

Christmas, and curse the stores for reminding us in July, is coming. No matter what you say, you are never really ready for it.

For a clever surprise for kids treating this year, drop in candy canes.

Treating 2006

There is always a question about when tick or treating starts here in good ol' FW and this year, it has stayed the same, 6-8 or was it 5-7 last year. Who knows? There is a great inconsistency, so much so that they have to put it in print and on TV. To their defense, Indiana second holdout to swtiching to daylight savings time, now has new hours. What a mess.

So, if you are here in FW, IN, then doorbells will be ringing at around 6. Let's hope for the little kids that the weather is again fair. As for the alcohol-breathing, cigarette smoking nutjob chronolgical adults ... well, may they grow up and put that crap away! What's scarier: very scary haunted house, scary masks, candy-bag stealing teens, vandals, or drunk so-called parents toting kids (maybe not theirs) around neighborhoods?

bad title

"Sect Leader Executed in 5 Deaths"

 

That was a local headline.  You figure it out!  Once you read and understand it pertains to a sect leader who killed 5 people, and today he was executed by the state it makes sense.

locally, assessor not clear

Written more for my benefit than for other readers ...

 

Assessor A: incumbant age 76 with years of experience

Assessor B:  41, with more difficult to achieve certification (incumbant has tried and failed to get this)

 

Seemingly a slam dunk for assessor B, but ... with campaign pages with B on them, more costly, will B be better manager with money?

 

hmmmm

 

shake, shake, shake ... magic 8 ball answers, "ask again later"

Damn!

He's Lump

He's lump; he's lump; he might dead.

Danny died by lethal injection. This famed killer slaughter, in every sense of the word, his Gainsville victims. According to evidence: sex, assault, and murder. They were intertwined into a gory mess left at scenes. Why the heck they didn't just kill him at the sight goes beyond my understanding. He was in court, stood there, plead not guilty by reason of insanity. He had details, opportunity, motive, access, guilty -- and so said the jury.

He slumped -- society's safer.

water fence

water fence
Originally uploaded by MDH, II.

put a fence to keep me out, or to keep Mother Nature in ...

This was a tennis court, but the parks and rec are ripping it apart and giving it a new one, oh, well, they're doing something. I've not really heard of anyone threatening to tear someone a new tennis court, but there have been stranger threats.

If you'll note, the color of the water seems odd. Yes, it is aquamarine, through intentional means and algae buildup.

photo taken at Lakeside Park

this, and nothing more quoteth the duck

fall follage
Originally uploaded by MDH, II.

fall follage at Lakeside Park.

The ducks were quacking away, the geese honking often, dogs entering and exiting the water chasing the thrown stick -- today, cool, bright, I got a chance to see autumn before all the leaves were gone. The folks and I went and they got a short walk. I got some interesting or at least colorful photos.

Famous

I ate at one of two existing Fish of Stroh. This restaurant in the area was about as common as Bob Evan's, but then it collapsed. Shortly after a smaller local comapny wanted to essentially buy the name, and so it lives again. The food was okay, much like Fish of Stroh of "old", though the atmosphere has improved. I found it funny, while sitting there, the background music seemed to be "hits" from 1973-1983.

I will go again, though it isn't really anywhere near where I live now.

Quicly, get her, she's a traitor!

She's written on Lost for so long, that I think the crew gets notes and ideas from her! Anyway, I look on her blog and -- my word! There's a nother show, headline ... she's, she's ... cheating on them! Perhaps they'll put a together show with Heroes and Lost and get Gilligan, "and the rest" out of there!

They've tried to change their evil ways, baby

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The tip should have been that the pictures all show people with half faces, meaning that you're getting half of what it's worth.

as seen on You Tube

Goofs and stupidity on game shows

Porky pilot

Cursed selfish pilot develops heart.

Porco Rosso another Hayao Miyazaki movie. This time, while he has a young girl in the movie, she isn't the primary focus. She is the one who is trying to prove that she is something, some one and through her, people are changed (though generally due to machisimo battling men fighting for her attention).

It has some mild and deep themes, but the main character's perpetual smoking and drinking and reputed womanizing would make me skeptical to show this to younger people. It is, afterall only a cartoon, but I still wouldn't encourage smoking if I could help it.

There were no shown deaths in the movie and the exaggerated battles were akin to some of his work, but more along the line of caraciture work of Dragonball Z.

Considering re-watachability I would give it a 5.2

Zathura

based on a short book by Chris Van Allsburg. He is the same author/illustrator who did Jumanji and Polar Express. Candidly, between the three of them in movie form, I favor Polar Express. Anyway, the book, short and ending in an intereresting quirk while playing a game, was quite different in the movie.

The movie added elements unimportant such as: single fatherhood (completely different than the short story) and a sister, again different than the short story. In the story there was no sister. In the movie, she played a very minor role, and I guess it was three fold: screaming girl, to interest girls in the movie, demistify puppy love. Anyway, a couple of good elements were there and the special effects were at par (though improved) with Jumanji.

To simplify the plot: two boys facing sibling rivalry and growing pains play a game, where the messages in the game become reality. In the end, the tangent reality (the game they are playing) ceases.

In the end, I think that the two movies (Jumanji & Zathura) could have been run back to back or similtaneously in one film, that way in could have been simple and to the point without the fluff. There was only one big morale in the movie: treat family as family.

Considering re-watachability, I would give it a 3.7 or whatever number I have Jumanji minus .7. As far as family watching -- profanity would make me hesitant to allow younger people to watch it.

"Dick", then addressing it as wrong.

waste

Dog's Life, a Dogumentary is a short piece of crap by a self-absorbed neurotic wench who, miraculously finds other people's lives more important than her own, for a period of about 9 months, then ... back to the old me-me-me bit. After watching it, hoping that it was going to be amusing, I discovered that the dog was the intelligent one.

common danger of drinking

Woman found after possible sexual assault

Fort Wayne police are investigating whether a local woman was sexually assaulted before she woke up inside a downtown hotel lobby Sunday morning.

The woman met with police at a local hospital Sunday and said that she was wearing someone else’s pants when she woke up inside the hotel lobby. Her clothing was inside a trash bag by her side. She did not know who called her boyfriend and friend to come get her as her cell phone was no longer working, a police report said.

The victim said that she had gone to Piere’s Entertainment Center Saturday night. She blacked out about 2 a.m. Sunday, and her friend said that she had been dancing with a man who would not let her leave to go home, the report said.

The friend asked for Piere’s security staff to help her get the woman out of the bar but when she returned the woman and the man were gone. Piere’s paged the victim but she never reappeared.

The woman was taken to the Sexual Assault Treatment Center for an exam and interview, the report said.

Trying to be wiser at the polls

I find that incumbent or not, locally the better choices I see are Republicans, for those who care about parties. I really don't care which party, but I am interested in the person. The papers here (online) sometimes detail persons and their short bios. I have read a few ideas, as they were, from some locals who had some good ideas. Others were a bit off. I am compiling a short list for the polls to, hopefully, better and "more wisely" vote, having a better feel for more of the candidates. I have often been ignorant of too many candidates and haven't voted for a particular office, because I could not effectively vote, knowing nothing of any candidate.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch

Ohio lethally injected a self-proclaimed murdering prophet for the crime of killing a family of five, whom he found naughty in his eyes. He claimed to have heard God's voice and was directed to kill the family. Well, in stark opposition, in accordance with the law, the physician did not hear a call to stop or delay the exectution and did fulfill the state's obligation to execute this man.

Although I didn't see the evidence, I would suggest that a leader of an organization, herein a cult (based on his proclaimation that he was "more than a prophet"), he could very well lead others into more crime had he had access to them. This is clearly a good example of the type of person to execute. It was retalitory, but a tool to protect soceity from murderers, either in their own right or by conducting or eliciting other to do it. Think Koresh, Manson, et. al.

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Director of Recruiting

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Oh, give me a break! Not only did I not disclose the email address, to where this was sent, out to any employers, but they have sent this to me weekly for a month. Gee, maybe they're right! Maybe I could make $150,000 in my first year selling insurance. That sounds like a good figure. Next, I suppose the president will call me to be a backup astronaut and I'll pick the winning Powerball numbers with the highest ever sinlge jackpot payout to one single winner.

"Don't believe the hype!"+

They are spammers

+ Not just a song from Public Enemy

bells ringing

It could be said that I try feverishly to find error and that I'm a cynical because I love it, but ... I saw a movie that I will not critique. Polar Express is a movie that I would recommend. Undoubtedly many others have agreed that this is a good movie; story, dialogue, action, character development and arstic rendering. Alan Silvestri doing the music was alsoa great plus. I find him to be a rare talent. I was worried that Tom Hanks would run the show, but that certainly wasn't the case.

of course, now it's on DVD

Nature retaliates

I missed a show the folks told me. Nature (PBS) had a show on how creatures were and are entering into suburban and urban areas causing trouble. The theory behind it is, urban sprawl and habitat encroachment pushes many species into darwin's adaptability paradigm. Here, either creatures adapt to siutations or become extinct. Since there are few places to exist beyond humans, they naturally progress into areas where humans are. Thereafter, there are stuggles until an equilibrium is reached eithere with a new relationship or one species being suppresssed or extinguished.

Darn, sounds good! I'll have to make a point to watch it.

webbed

I watched True Adventures of the Ultimate Spider Hunter and found it relying too heavily on Spiderman and Stan Lee. It was a Nature (PBS) show, but lacked some credibility with it's overuse of Stan Lee. The spider hunter himself was much like Steve Irwin. Oh, there's a spider ... let's touch it, hold it, see if we can get it to attack this stick! Oh, look how aggressive it's getting! Wow!

It really peeves me to see someone intentially toying with an animal and trying to provoke it into attacking to "scientically" show wondrous it is and how the laypersons of the world should hold a healthy respect for these creatures. Hey! Why don't the hosts practice what they preach and be less hypocritical and just observe and do some minor voice overs rather than jumping in and shouting hysterically about how neat it is that the creature is now defensive. Really! Go figure! There's a human a hundred or more times heavier and larger than they are.

Lame!

Using the ultimate in fast forwarding, I was able to see some pretty spectacular shots and spiders, but as a whole -- the plunky duck adventurer could have been changed.

Hanna Barbara's ark

HB did a religious series where kids time travel to different religious events. If you ever saw the Dungeons & Dragons cartoons, it's very similar in theme and style. The one I watched was Noah's Ark, which wasn't too bad, bringing across the point of harassment and evil of the people around. The "leap of faith" isn't in the miracle of the ship being built, nor in the gathering of pairs of animals, but in the English-speaking kids communicating with Noah and family and being ingratiated into the move with the ark. Here these 70s/80s kids with era-appropriate clothing launched into near pre-history. That's a leap! It's a cartoon, it's forgiven.

The creators didn't labor too many points and at 23 mintues, it was about the perfect length.