which to use

regarding work, I'm not sure which to use:

"Too old, too old for the training." +
"The rookies are worth as much because they haven't put their time in." ++

+ Star Wars Empire Strikes Back
++ Platoon

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spellcheck

Well, the new blogger has a lot of neat and simpler interface features. The spellchcek is, by far the neatest change. The elements interface makes it especially easy, so that too is good. The old spell-checker was slower and less clear. This new one is simply -- a great MS, like spell-checker, but better. The in-question words are highlighted, then you choose to correct or not to correct.

Great job team, whomever is responsible for the number of changes!

hint about work

I won't disclose where I now work, but ...
I know that where they are, their business has benefited by being there for a long while. The access to the business is a little awkward, so visitors overcome the situation and go there anyway. That's great!

I don't disclose the place because I don't want me associated with them -- it just might turn out badly. So, sometime, I might write about it and include the name. For now, it is a mystery for some.

Suweeten Alabama

Sweet Home Alabama ... movie. I overheard it.

How many variations of the song can you put into a movie -- watch and find out the answer.

bit of play

Jared looks surprised to see Star Wars while he's wielding a lightsaber

Monkeyjack has his gun aimed and Charlie is trying to play ball -- knock out Daddy!

Winter again

Snow in shutter ... more waste, colder than the artic

broken plastic on side lights on the van -- shattered from cold, maybe?

birds getting fatter

lazy doves, one on one leg

taller than some dogs, the snow makes the feeder a possibility for the squirrels

just sick

Tennessee, backwoods got woodier. A law issuing death certificates for fetuses. So, by law, a family who has a miscarriage or stillborn would get this painful reminder too?

F - OFF!

My solution, flawed, but better:

Find familes for children. If you have enough families for children, then you could outright ban abortion. Since there aren't enough families, you are going to have abortion. Fix the problem by finding families for the children. THAT IS THE SOLUTION. Waving pictures of dead babies doesn't work and is sick, it isn't a solution either.

-- "F- Off" might mean "fudge, forget, Farsnworth", or something more foul

I started the drives at 6:00 a.m.

I spent a really long time ... got them done and was tired and sore. The city didn't even touch the street until after 5:00 pm. I cleaned the end of the drive twice. The plowed mess was solid crap that spent the rest of my minimal energy after a day. I spent a tank and more of fuel. The neighbor who was expecting his son-in-law to plow the drive eventually asked me to do his after waiting and waiting.

We are supposed to get more snow tomorrow through Sunday. Great ... just great!

media to avoid

"Who Moved the Cheese?", unless you like a sarcastic, "no, duh". It was a terrible story. It was a allegory to change in your life. Two mice, two mice-sized humans are in a maze. They have different ways of doing things. One human adapts the tendencies of the mice and does better. The end. This could have been a one-page story, but it was a retch id mess. Much of it was introducing the story, then noting how good it was, then the story, then more promotion of how good it was.

The simple bulleted items: adapt to change and avoid non progressive habits
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"Discover Your Sales Strengths" (audio book) was more than a waste; it was an insult to your intelligence. The narrator had a peculiar speech error, which made the person pronounce 'strengths' incorrectly. Since it is in the title and a common word in the story ... funny.

POS, is a generalized assessment of this thing.

non-smokers know

A person introduced her/him[self] as a smoker. That person didn't have to tell me ... I could smell it on the breath. Upon looking at the person ... tell-tale muscle expression on the mouth. I wonder how the person will feel years down the road ... ill, well, cancerous?

first day -- training

I learned quite a bit, tomorrow -- moor bweifing.

The surprising thing was seeing "the back" where the action is. I did not know so many ruddy people worked in the back. There were around 20 or more hidden people you never saw. They are "the backbone, the nerve center of a great"+ business that makes mucho money for the business.

+ Blues Brothers

not a convinced Toyota buyer

I drove by a Toyota dealer today. There was a test driver who was stuck in the piles of snow around the dealership's entrance. I don't think they made a sale to that guy. I saw six guys around the car that was dangerously in the way of traffic. The helpers had shovels, but the driver wasn't able to get up that hill to the lot.

Me, I like Toyotas and this wouldn't put me off, but I think thsi guy was not impressed.

Al Gore, illusionist

I saw an Inconvenient Truth, as it was highly rated by some. Well, it's full of charts and other visuals, which are neat, but the documentary, as it were, is choppy and sloppy. I liken Gore to an illusionist drawing your attention to over dramatic scenes and with graphs, that at one point in time, "there are many factors", but never goes into detail. There was an audience in the movie who were captivated by this Tennessee lawyer who confounds and baffles with visuals.

I would not recommend this movie, as it lacks fluidity and tries to look authentic with visuals. The only clear statement that is incontrovertible is that CO2 emissions will increase over the next decades. How much and how this will effect the environment is not so clear. Nations like China and India will be entering the cycle the US did in coal use and greater vehicle use. The thing touched was change -- toxifying the Earth with chemicals -- that is fact. At no time before industry did the Mississippi burn.

At no time did the ocean hold syringes until industries were allowed to dump trash in the ocean. We are consuming the toxins which we poorly dispose. If we dump waste into water that animals consume, it comes back to us. There is our problem. The CO2 and ozone are hot topics, but what happens is pure conjecture.

evolution of backward

Kansas repealed the idea of intelligent design. What the state lacks is consistency ... pro-evolution, pro-intelligent design, pro-creation, then back again to the others in a circus of "I don't know". What a lonely bunch of buttmunches the school has for decision making, if that's what you call it.

Truly OZ, Kansas doesn't know what it's teaching. I suggest it be renamed SASNAK (backward) or ASSKAN (I think you get this one). Testing the students ought to be fun.

What is responsible for development of micro features consistent with different genus be present in only one species of each?

God, I don't know; science maybe?
Correct.

STOO PID

I was driving this morning and jammed my thumb. It was a stupid thing to do. This evening ... pulse, stiff. Crud! What a complete moron! My thumb is returning to normal with pulse and stiffness.

finalist

The above was posted for humor. I didn't probe into the job ... ha ha ha.

I got the following response from an application:
"We have narrowed it down and have made our selection. Unfortunately I must inform you that you were not a finalist."

Finalist? What kind of contest? It was a contest? Crud! I knew I should have bribed a judge.

Winter Whoas!

An hour after snowblowing, there was snow covering where I had been. Snow, wind ... these are not strangers to our land. It is, however, a great punch after many winter weeks of light, light winter.

What I want

is a snowblower/thrower that picks up winter by the collar and punches it, kicks it while it's down ... in a sense, a machine that drop kicks and beats the season within an inch of its life. I'd like to see snowbanks with a long stretch of goo dropping from its nose as it sits sorely recouperating from a haltingly fatal beating after starting a wicked fight.

Snow vs Drifthog+: the most one-sided fight you'll experience

+ Drifthog is conceptual name for snow-battling equipement

Special Valentine News Report

After years of exhaustive research, there has been no conclusive proof whatsoever of fidelity and the purchase of jewelry. While the purchase of unbroken bands is tradition for relationships, marital vows are broken unlike the ring bands. "Bigger and more expensive is better", claimed by retailers may not be true. While the overspending, like vehicle prices or home improvement projects are well noted, many people receiving the jewelry can remark usually of who got the piece for them, but attach absolutely no meaning to the piece at all.

Jewelry, it appears, does not guarantee fidelity, respect, admiration, or physical contact. It appears to continue a business of buying and buying, usually more than the purchaser can afford, for "a week's paycheck and a peck on the cheek". + There are no statistics that relate positively, generally, that more yields more. In contrast, though sappy and dreary, many males have coupled their cards with voice-cards playing the song "More Than Words" by Extreme. Hint, hint ... I bought you this, I think you want what I plan (to do).

So those would-be lovers in pursuit ... make yourselves happy, live well, live together, and love. The buy, buy, buy, buy your way to my heart may not be the best course of action. If you think winning affection through debt happens when you court, what happens on each holiday? Christmas, Anniversary of first date (also other firsts), birthdays, Easter, Arbor Day are all "buy me something" days. If you haven't been married, then this was just an FYI.

If the woman you're "in to" behaves like "material girl", this does not disipate after marriage. If you have a job, get another one.

While the allure of over-buying is tempting, better is romance. The industry can't sell, "do something spontaneous, meaningful, catered to your lover's interests". Leave the world behind, extricate yourselves for a bit of time and do something for each other. A long walk, ending with a surprise ... an evening of chick flicks (yes, more than one) with a real fine dinner, candlelight and hugging/holding ... holding hands for 24 hours (yes, in a row) in public, making everyone aware you are a great and loving couple; these are a few ideas.

People -- demanding stuff builds resentment, please don't do it. Expecting a trip to Paris of a guy pulling in $40,000, is unrealistic. Hope high, aim low or "aim small; miss small" ++. A man with a vocation/occupation shouldn't say, I love you with a McDonald's dinner and two fries twisted together making a heart, but less financially stable people will do something a little less fairy tale-like and might do a cheesy, though thoughful (heartfelt) gesture.

Happy planning and have an enjoyable Valentine's day with your loved one! If you are really in love, not just lust, follow your heart, do soemthing special, make that person know you love them by example, not force.

Happy Valentine's day, several hours early!

+ "Come Dancing" by the Kinks
++ Patriot, staring Mel Gibson