Comfortable

Maia looks at ease here ... for she is at ease. She's resting up for the playtime after the Superbowl

Taking off to the Great White North

What were these birds thinking? Go to Indiana, while it's bitter cold? That's just nuts!

Shame on me

I didn't believe in the Colts and thought they would lose. They taught me, other faithless persons, and the Bears. They really did win! They didn't squeak by, but finished with nearly a two-touchdown gap. Gratulations Colts, I didn't think that you could do it!

Dungy did it very well! This will undoubtedly give Indiana a reason to make Hoosiers II, the other underdogs.

We've got Rudy, Hoosiers and maybe Indiana will host the Superbowl sometime. Wouldn't that be special?

scores

My mom was reading Parade magazine and mentioned to me that "This Britany Spears' son, Shawn, had bruises on his head and so CPS were called." Now, my stance is that if your applicable IQ looks like a good golf score, you should not be in charge of anyone else. Conversely, if your applicable IQ looks like a great bowling score, then you could be in charge of other people.

I use the term applicable, because there is a big difference between intelligence and applied intelligence. If you mix in common sense, you have at least three intelligences there. Letting your child run along a very busy highway, in one case I-465 around Indinapolis where goes travel 80 mph on average, is a sign you should not be in charge of others. This person's laziness and stupidity doesn't measure with IQ testing. Some of the more famous starlets and entertainers are like really pretty play-doh. They aren't thinkers, like you and I think, and are quickly molded into whatever the viewers want.

Let's examine Tom Cruise ... arrogant, pushy, bizarre, and stupid. I will stand by "stupid" because if you buy into, literally, Scientology, then you are a sucker. Now, religion (snicker) aside, if you have to buy into a religion, that's an investment. I would submit, investment scheme, for it protects itself like the Marcos family ... 10,000 shoes, pampered, despots, yet well funded and self-serving. I doubt that 50% of the scientologists ever read the book, which is much shorter than the Dianetics novel of old. I think of them as Yuppie Moonies or bankroll neo-quasi-buddhists. They are so far from right (in this case meaning "correct"), they revolve once and return to the same spot.

Let's examine those who follow Cruise's example, you get a child-like bride, then when she starts looking adult, you dump her and get a new bride. Huh. I wonder if Trump is a Scientologist too. This new bride "buys into" the schtick and another buys the rust.

To return to my point on scores, I know after taking some stupid IQ tests that I range from 100 - 140. I'll write that I am probably at 100 IQ, for what that's worth. I might even be lower than 100, I just don't know. While I know that there are certainly people smarter than me, and people should be getter smarter ... society produces a bumper crop of plain old stupid. Darwin awards aren't just for hicks anymore.

One-Minute Manager

Good Grief! The first twenty minutes was a waste, unless you're stupid. If you needed that, then you aren't a manager, period. It turns out that I taught like this. Who knew it was a book?

DUI, DWI, why, oh why, oh me, oh my

FW posted its stats on DUIs and showed Indianapolis as a contrast/comparison. If you will note that FW has more arrests and more fatalities. I would note here that FW police, while I have some misgivings about their efficiency, have done a great job arresting people. That many arrests with a smaller force and a smaller population is a very commendable effort. I'd say cheers to FWPD for their successes, not failures. FW has a great number of "watering holes" where the tenders don't much care how much you imbibe, as long as you're off the property by close. These same places have generally cash receipts that are not tracable. Who's to blame -- the drinker, but the establishment catches blame too.

With DUIs on the rise, it's worth mentioning that DUI is a blanket term for drugs, alcohol and others. FW has the sad fate of needing a strong police force. This city is a HUB and center for drug distribution from Chicago, Detroit, Indy, Toledo. We are not in a pretty situation for drug enforcement. "We need more men"+ I don't know how many people will read this and continue or start a foul relationship with the police, but I think they are doing a noble and successful job with DUIs.

+ Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back

darkly simple plan

I didn't buy Iran to take it over, I bought Iran to dismantle it.+ America has had it all wrong. They should just buy countires.

+ Who Framed Roger Rabbit, as Judge Doom explains his plans to buy the Redcar in order to wipe out Toontown and build the L.A. freeway

Corruption

Thanks Newsweek for showing how to sell sex and the corruption of our youth. It might be a good article, but you mention by name girls corrupted like Paris Hilton, and others, and here you have her on the screen. Brilliant thinking there buddies! Yeah ... that's evil, yeah, that's bad -- but have you seen these tasty or tasteless pictures of these hot beauties?

What a farse!

apple, not leaf

apple, not leaf
Originally uploaded by MDH, II.

What a surprise that would be, both it being winter and that it would be sold for consuption. If it were fried and dipped in chocolate, it could be a lego and some people would eat it. This creation was sguary, with soft, chewy interior, but was expensive.

Happy New Year, pigs

February 18th this year is the New Year for many people. I was not born under this sign, so no joy, no worries. I believe that Carrie, ISJ, Cerpicio, Monkeyjack were born during one of these years. Huh! Whatcha know 'bout dat?

I am a rooster, but what I read on one site lacked my boostfulness that I have--regretably and my creativity.

The character above is, "peace"

Here come the judge now

This year, you can volunteer to be a Science Fair Judge. These three sheets are for the regional science fair 2007 in Fort Wayne, IN, IPFW. It will be held March17th (St. Patrick's Day) from 8 a.m. to around 12 noon

What's in a name

I saw on job postings a name of a company with "profits" in it's name. Well then. I saw what is typical of high volume, high pressure jobs, "generate sales" with the hidden (lots of them hourly), through your Hollywood index of millions of willing investors. Make lots of money, money, money for the company, company, company. In the scheme of things, generally these high volume, high pressure jobs truly work for only two personalities:

energetic, aggressive, slighly pressuring, sales person who sees everyone as a buyer with the right prompting.

or

energetic, sociopathic, aggressive, tromping salesperson who sees money to be had, regardless the cost; losing friends and family in the process is immaterial.

The less successful sales people either falter, skim by, or find that they aren't the first so temporarily act like the second. Me? I couldn't sell stuff to people who don't need it. I would Airplane+ process aggressive salespeople. I am not a pressuring type of guy, so I despise when others charge at me like starving people to a buffet.

+ Airplane, going through the airport Peter Graves is confronted by Moonies, solicitors of all types, wanting money and patronage to groups. He uses karate and judo to floor them all.

Winter isn't gone

Today, 30-40 mph shifting winds, fluries, single digits. The Groundhog seeing or not seeing its shadow doesn't mean squat. Today it is cold, wintery and snowy. Winter is clinging on to life here and isn't going to pass without a strong fight.

Daffy driver

Warner Brothers flash toon; Stud driver. Fail?
To Cerpicio I once asked, "Do you want to get there fast, or do you want to get there safe?"
"A little bit of both", he remarked.

This is our tale, thanks to Warner Brothers for drawing it out of my mind.

Intelligence

I applaud the creators of this video. It was well crafted!

I also would like to mention that generally rap with these types of lyrics are at this level of stupidity. They might as well just say, for they aren't singing, "sex" for the 3.5 minutes of "song". I suppose this is the origin of the one-minute man.

Do you really think ten years, twenty years down the road you're going to put this in and think ... man, that was when music was good and the lyrics really hit my soul.

lack of black

My city is going to go deep red like battlefields of old. The schools need fixing, got it. That bill is $500 million. The city bought lots of property downtown and will build a stadium, which is a bad idea. That is $100 million. There are infrastructure projects, which should take place over the ill-fated downtown project. That is $25 - $200 million. So where is the city going to get the money ... not us, said the the citizens. Not us, said the annexed regions of the city. Not us, said the loan companies. Not us, said the few companies staying because they aren't paying taxes.

So, the homeowners and taxpayers get the new bill of $1 billion dollars, payable over a ten to fifteen year period. Thanks, thanks, and thanks!

Phoenix man

To law enforcement and citizens, I offer this one simple tip: make no pretense about it, suspect is not to be taken alive. A hero's welcome to the person(s) responsible for the proper capturing and executing of the guilty serial rapist. We are not interesting in the live capture of this person. You may use any means necessary. Please include disintigration. Take a stand ... evil must go.

"O" words

GITMO, RITMO, what's next, RUTRO? RUTRO, Raggy, rear rin rubble! Look, if you are a face on TV and can't say your name, let alone a foreign name, you probably ought to bow out. If you're a reporter and you don't take the ten seconds to go to google or merriam-webster, shame on you.

I was asked in an interview to pronounce a phrase, "et cetera". Apparently the man had his fill of people striding with their airs pretending to be wise, yet blurt out, "notafinga", or go into "Open sarsaparilla. Open Saskatchewan ..."+

Cut to the chase, if you can't say it right, don't make a new word. There are famous people who make up words, but that should not be a trend. 50-cent. Those who respect him are outright stupid. With the spelling power of Mike Tyson and the humility of Gore-Clinton, we proceed with reporters who couldn't bluff their way out of a misplaced comma.

+ Hassan charged with guarding treasure cave entrance in Bugs Bunny cartoon

Indigo, or the other end of the spectrum

I posted about Red, where movement is slower, regardless of how common and shiny it might be.

Indigo might retort harshly with, "Enough with the working class hero crap!"+ The priviledge is mine, earned, why look at my degree from the University of Las Vegas. I spent four long months getting that online degree between poker and these damned reports I keep getting. Yeah, work is a nusance. I worked long and hard managing people doing things I don't understand. I'm wanting more of this "i" stuff. I've had some of the e-learning and e-commerce, but I like "i".

I got an iPod. The Wii is better because it has two i's. I'd like to have i-commerce, and i-learning, and i-thinkpad. I'll start the i-generation.

+ Jaws

Rotisserie positions

There are a couple of local companies that tout growth, importance, "and other fine stuff like that there", yet have an old White Castle building, still white, still fresh paint and french fry smell. The one place in particular had a very odd question indeed. What car do you drive?

What the? I drive Herz and I'm a backseat driver. What does it matter what car I drive? They didn't hire me. I think I was turned off on the question, showed it and the hiring manager was put off by me. Oh, well. That was a long time ago. I do find it interesting that this company apparently goes through new "talent" quickly or are really growing at a fast past. I think the former is more likely. I think it likely that it was a more sales than promotion job.

I want you to sell 110% of last week. So each week, you are gaining 10%. After six months, will expect 130% each week. Then you're on the fast track to management.
"Kiss ass while you bitch, so you can get rich, but your boss gets the richer off you."+

The job description I got was, "Take these fine new products from big name companies and get them displayed and sold in local markets." Now, what does my car have to do with that? I guess, presentation is foremost, which is fine. If I look like a slob, then say, "thanks, but we have more promising prospects". The company started early with the carrot. I have interviewed with other companies that start with the carrot.

Now, you can view "the carrot" in two ways, neither positive. A carrot can be on a string, on a stick in front of you, driving you forward. You are never really going to get the carrot. If you do, you have well exhausted yourself and are quickly tempted by another. The other "carrot" could be one given to the pet rabbit. While the rabbit eats kibble and sustaining food, what it seeks is alfalfa and carrots -- broccoli. These treats are given irrepective of effort or work. So there is no reward. This type of carrot is well documented, though humorously, in Office Space.

No more carrots! I am looking for a job, seeking a career. When you have a career, you grow, and are "into" it. You instictively seek to learn. You give a care about what you are doing, and even the company. The tokens and tickets and carrots are demeaning and make people unproductive and the company less profitable. So, the company has 60% aggrivated workers, so little is done. If the company has low morale, there is little incentive. The low pay, lack of raises and the expontential gain (salary, bonuses, benefits) of some CEOs and chairpersons sucks the life out of the company.

Dilbert shows the pointy-haired boss, less competent than TV. The TV is a medium for entertainment that is disguised as fact. It offers nothing other than programming mostly for toddlers. This is management that moves up in the company, doing nothing, yet finding ways to remove inspiration. I know that in a city job, I won't be more specific, when a person isn't performing, that person isn't fired. Oh, no. That would make sense. The person isn't shifted laterally either. The failing flunky is moved up, in charge of people and paper. When he can't do that, he's moved up to handle different paper and people. With each level, there is less responsibility and more pay. In this instance, it is a government job and the taxpayers pay for the flunky to move up the ranks because of failure.

On the lower end, an honest person might be stationed as a door, only ever moved and not on it's own accord. Not all persons are doors, but a great many are. A flunky passes through them on to the next place, while the door remains. Look, you're a good door. You helped keep out others and let an person pass. You have a purpose.

+ "Holiday in Cambodia" by Dead Kennedys (covered by) Laaz Rockit