Hump Day

Reason for hope: The Economist reports another reason to savor wine and dessert after a good meal. When high-fat foods, especially red meats, are digested, they release various oxidizing toxins, implicated in cancers, diabetes, and heart disease. Red wine and fruits contain substances that react in the stomach to neutralize these toxins before they are absorbed. It doesn't mean that I can

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand welcome to the third installment of the time of the week where I do copious amounts of Internet leg humping.  I’m your host, Jennifer.  Make yourself at home.  Thank you. Let’s begin with this week’s Site O’ the Week…Watch Me!  No, Watch Me!  I’ll be hanging with Christine in San Francisco asking her medical and [...]

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Get your Internet leg humping RIGHT HERE!  Yes, it’s a little early, not Wednesday yet, at least in my part of the world.  It’s Wednesday somewhere, right?? First off, you all were too kind about my red shoes.  There sure were a lotta comments about my shoes.  I’m tempted to post about each outfit I’m wearing next week [...]

This is my first time to join the Hump Day at Mercedes Rocks. I love humor and that is why, I love to share to you guys some of the unique stuff.The Bamboo JeepA jeep featured in boing boing paving the way to put Filipino made bamboo jeep in blogosphere spotlight worldwide. This is a genuine, stylist and very native in nature jeep created by father of Novice Blogger .The bamboo jeep (or kawayan

Today begins a new Wednesday feature here at Playgroups are no place for children!  There are so many things I come across on the Internet that I MUST share with you, so I decided to start “Hump Day! This is me humping your Internet leg!”  Tasteful, no?  Yeah, so this isn’t an original idea.  Blah, blah, [...]

Live intimate life for full!Live intimate life for full....I have said it a hundred times and still don't get it. Ok, not a hundred times because I'm a quitter, but the fact remains I don't get it.Your pants' key from her bedroomI really have no idea what this means, but if it involves my pants in her bedroom I'm in.non controlled weakness to controlledApparently if I take there pills, I have con

15 times the powerBy my calculations(fuzzy math) this should put me right in Ghengis Khan and Abraham when it comes to makin' babies.no need to be thin anymoreThis can be taken two ways. 1) You can make your shame stick wider. 2) If you take their pill, you will be so good in bed chicks won't care if you are a fatass.what a stupid face you have hereI'm not really sure what this is for, but I im

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I secretly grab her boobiesI know what you are wondering, because I was too. What could this possibly be an ad for? Apparently since we like grabbing boobs, that means chicks like grabbing big "man meat" so you should buy their pill to get it.Update your peni$This one amused me purely because of the word update. I guess now you can just download an update and yours is better.The craving in her

My least favorite "chef" on Hell's Kitchen sliced off the tip of his thumb in a cooking related fiasco. Gosh that guy is a tool.Did anyone else know Kristen Davis, Charlotte of Sex and the City fame, is a recovering alcoholic? She's been sober for years apparently so those Cosmos were probably just raspberry lemonades. Chances are, she quit cold turkey after this.Tonight's American Idol results ar

My least favorite "chef" on Hell's Kitchen sliced off the tip of his thumb in a cooking related fiasco. Gosh that guy is a tool.Did anyone else know Kristen Davis, Charlotte of Sex and the City fame, is a recovering alcoholic? She's been sober for years apparently so those Cosmos were probably just raspberry lemonades. Chances are, she quit cold turkey after this.Tonight's American Idol results ar

Make your fat friends envy youAs a general rule, I don't open the emails, just steal the titles. This however I had to know about; unfortunately there was nothing in the email except a link which I obviously didn't click. Thankfully I don't have any fat friends so it doesn't really matter. F*ckin fat people.Be the one who girls hunt forAssuming they don't mean hunt with guns, I am in. What coul

I actually had a couple posts I thought about putting up this morning, but when it came down to finishing them up last night, I just didn't have the mojo. So, I'll fall back on some of the fear stuff that I've either stumbled across or had sent to me. Sankofa is one of those dudes that I actually probably should apologize to. He sent me his CD, The Tortoise Hustle, right around the time I was

It's Wednesday. How are you celebrating?The Real World is shooting in Brooklyn for its 21st season. In case you're counting, this is the 3rd time they'll be in New York. I wrote a post about this for my other blog, and I'll link to it when it goes up. In the meantime, let me just say this: Really? Three times in NYC? There's no other place in the worth checking out? In this entire country? Really

It's Wednesday. How are you celebrating?The Real World is shooting in Brooklyn for its 21st season. In case you're counting, this is the 3rd time they'll be in New York. I wrote a post about this for my other blog but let me just say this: Really? Three times in NYC? There's no other place in the worth checking out? In this entire country? Really?My favorite chef got voted off Top Chef tonight. I

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It's Wednesday and always there's too much to talk about. How was your hump day everybody?Top Chef finally got rid of my least favorite chef. I won't give it away, but let me just say: I'm glad he's gone mate.David Blaine broke the world record for holding your breath under water after breathing in pure oxygen for 25 minutes. Yes, the record is that specific. Apparently there are two types of records. One where you don't take in the pure oxygen and one where you do. Either way, you get the shakes, your heart goes funny and you look like a dumbass in a giant globe of water on the Oprah set. If SNL were new this week, they'd be having a field day. And in Idol chatter, one of my favorites, Brooke White, went home tonight. She wasn't going to win, but I did like her modesty, sincerity and ever

Why does so much good TV news happen just in time for the Hump Day update? The world may never know.Aging, (literally) slap-happy, supermodel Naomi Campbell is doing a guest appearance during the season finale of Ugly Betty. I don't know how they'll write in all of the cast's black eyes and broken arms into the episode. That's what makes them professionals people.In other diva-of-color news, Jennifer Lopez is working on a reality show with TLC. It's going to focus on how she juggles mommy-hood with all of her business ventures. It will be like Jon & Kate Plus 8, except more like Jen & Marc Plus a 100 person staff and millions of dollars.Orlando Brown, best-boy-friend to Raven on Disney's popular That's So Raven, went missing for just over a day. Apparently he left his manager's hou

Having money is great. Saving money to have more when you need it is always a good idea and it always pays off. But there is a conspiracy out there to separate me from my money. Whenever I want to use some service or to obtain some type of good, may it be in the form of some type of edible treat or skin warming fabric, people want to charge me money for it. I can't stand being charged for things that I need to survive, so when I stumbled upon a nice little scheme to get me 50% off the price of admission to various places of necessity I was shocked and awed by its subtle elegance. You see, with a little guile, a small amount of assembly skills, and an extremely flexible (or smallish) companion, you will never have to pay the full price for admission ever again.Here is how it works:You a

Having money is great. Saving money to have more when you need it is always a good idea and it always pays off. But there is a conspiracy out there to separate me from my money. Whenever I want to use some service or to obtain some type of good, may it be in the form of some type of edible treat or skin warming fabric, people want to charge me money for it. I can't stand being charged for things that I need to survive, so when I stumbled upon a nice little scheme to get me 50% off the price of admission to various places of necessity I was shocked and awed by its subtle elegance. You see, with a little guile, a small amount of assembly skills, and an extremely flexible (or smallish) companion, you will never have to pay the full price for admission ever again.Here is how it works:You a

HANDICAPPED ACCESSit's true. lately, I've just about needed a handicap, con-sidering how tough it's been simply to keep a schedule.posting has been erratic, and I still have no internetsat home. that's because Comcast is nothing but a batchof fucksticks. yup. hey, just never you mind about thecrutches in the background. it's all good, ya know it?

Lots of little things to talk about today.These new Gossip Girl ads are steamy. People are getting this much ass in high school? I should've spent less time in forensics.I Tivo'ed Idol Gives Back tonight but I haven't had a chance to watch it yet. This is probably for the best seeing as it is probably the cheesiest 2.5 hours of television known to man...since this of course.It's official: I will watch Chris Hansen sting just about anybody. Dr. Oz is probably the only person in Oprah's posse who is intelligent and charismatic enough to get his own show. It's about time he steps out from under her cashmere wing. Maybe this one will actually be worth watching.

You know you aren't exactly thrilled with your jobby job when you are counting down the days left in the week. Or in my case, counting every two hours that go by until the next break. Yes, I love my job. So, while you await the GRAND finale of the Philaflava Obscure tracks, with the posting of my own ten or twenty favorite "obscure" choices, I figured I'd toss up some FREE (I know, everything is

You know you aren't exactly thrilled with your jobby job when you are counting down the days left in the week. Or in my case, counting every two hours that go by until the next break. Yes, I love my job. So, while you await the GRAND finale of the Philaflava Obscure tracks, with the posting of my own ten or twenty favorite "obscure" choices, I figured I'd toss up some FREE (I know, everything is

 …& another resource to boost sales. Hi, Phew - WoW! That’s all I can say about the 24 hour RAL Hump Day Sale that ended 9:00 AM this morning! What a day! I have known a thing or two about my clients and subscribers on my list — they are brilliant and an astute bunch of marketers. - If [...]

The group is Justice, and the track is 'DVNO.' I've been enjoying the hell out of this video recently, as I'm an old nerd with a penchant for 70's and 80's television production company bumpers. Hope you enjoy it, too.Sound off in the comments section and enjoy your day.TOMORROW: "Will It Make The House Explode?"

-Day 92- First, I'd like to say thanks for all the e-mails you sent threatening me if I ever scare you again. (I'm not scaurd!)(much)Ha Ha Ha! I had my fun! I regret closing the comments because some of your vulgar statements were colorful... to say the least!. I would like to answer one question:."uhm did you spell SWAN wrong on purpose?".WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?? THAT'S HOW YOU SPELL SAWN!!.Anyway, I hope you had a fun April Fool's Day. Mine wasn't too good, aside from the e-mails I mean..I decided that on my next meeting with OZ, I might ask for my own office. .Currently I share the office with Milton, PD, the copy machine, fax machine and the postage meter thing. .Unfortunately, I sit right next to the copy machine.My desk is the one with the X: .Do you see where the copy machine is

I love TV, but a few things drove me a little nuts today about my favorite medium.I'm watching Top Chef and while it's nothing new, those little "coming up on Top Chef" clips are starting to drive me nuts. Trust that I will stay to watch and just go to the commercials. I don't need any more Padma than absolutely necessary. I do love Andrew though. He dances on the border between funny and sociopathic.American Idol **Spoiler Alert** - I am sad that Chikezie got voted off. He wasn't a great singer but he seemed funny and I liked watching the few occasions when he shook things up.One of my favorite game shows, Family Feud, is making the move to primetime NBC. I think it deserves a 21st century update but I don't like that they're fussing with the family aspect a bit. The show could feature ce

I've continued to look into the inflation problem I raised in my post How High is Inflation Really? I found two good links that dig deeper into rising food costs and rising fuel costs. In general it seems like there have been a whole series of failed policies and broad economic mistakes that have all built up to give us a perfect storm for rampant inflation. It may not be too late to fix some of the problems but there is the potential for very bad things.On another note, Aspire 2 Wealth has been included in a whole slew of carnivals over the past week. I have gotten behind with sharing them, but today I sat down and read through many of the posts and came across a lot of great information. Here they are:Money Hacks Carnival #2 hosted by beingfrugal.netMoney Hacks Carnival #4 hosted by

I just couldn't pass this one up after stumbling upon it writing my Pro vs Joe articles (here and here). If you don't find Gary Coleman acting like a macho man funny then this might not be for you, but if you do ...Oh the things we do for money! I wonder how much the WWE pays a person to act like they are punching a grown man in the goods from behind and then have your face bashed in by a fake guitar? If its more than $10 count me in.

Adam's cub scout pack arranged a trip to see a Lowell Devils (minor league team of the NJ Devils) hockey game at Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Massachusetts. It was a fantastic event including a tour of the ambulance used by the hockey players, pizza in our own club room, front row seats in the end zone, a chance for one of the scouts to ride the Zamboni (more on another post), and a free skate on the ice after the game. The atmosphere was festive, everyone was in a great mood, and the Devils won in a shoot-off. I forgot to bring my camera, but the iPhone was a worthy substitute, and you can see the entire set of pictures here.There was one incident that marred the event. All through the game, there were promotional giveaways, a Jeep and tons of shirts for the crowd. You can see the mascot

Well some GREAT news last night! America isn't necessarily going into the crapper. Huckabee finally threw in the towel, and even though McCain isn't a friend to the gays, he's still better than Fuckabee. And with Huckabee out, we're safe from his hate fueled/religiously delusional leading skills...at least for another 4 years.And even better knews, Hillary Clinton beat Obama, snagging Ohio and Texas...the two key states she needed to secure her footing in the race. So take THAT, Oprah. Ok. I wont get into it anymore...because I already wrote about how us Demo's could wind up destroying ourselves if we polarize even more on the candidates....so I will merely say, I'm really glad Hillary is still in the running.On my end of things I don't have anything to report. Work is work....more tattoo

For all of you that love crafts (not to be confused with Kraft like mac and cheese) there is a great site called Etsy. My friend, Lauren - aka the soap-slut - ordered some soaps from there and had nothing but great things to say about them. She’s got a nose for nice [...]

As a follow-up to Julie Pippert's post on Is there gender bias on the playground and political field alike?, here is my take on assertiveness and gender. Since I don't follow the political arena as closely as I should, I'll limit my observations to what I'm supposedly an expert on, my children. Having both a boy and a girl allows us to see differences in assertiveness in action, as well as just about every other area. As all parents, we try not to raise them differently but their natural gender tendencies always show through. Let's just say that when Dova plays with Adam's cars, it's to pretend that families are taking a vacation. And when Adam plays with Dova's doll house, it's to line up the dolls and shoot them down with rubber bands. I hate to make generalizations about gender, as

With only one day notice (!! - I like to ponder topics ad nauseum before I post), here is the scenario that I will pontificate upon for this week's Hump Day Hmm, sponsored by Julie Pippert's Using My Words:You're having coffee with some of your playgroup mom friends when one tells you she has the funniest story. "Some dad wanted in our playgroup," she laughs, "I told him no boys allowed. He was disappointed, but having a man would be too awkward, and anyway, our group is full, don't you think?" What do you think? What do you say?Right now, our family consists of a WOHM (work outside the home mom) and a SAHD (stay at home dad - I know, these acronyms make my head spin as well), so this is the perfect scenario for me to blow my top over. So here's what I think. I've lived my life as minori

Wow. How did I miss a Hump Day? To be honest, I'm just all over the place right now with work and getting ready for winter vacation coming up. Last night I did about 500 pounds of laundry. I almost snapped my wrists carrying it to the laundromat...Ok granted I have tiny wrists, BUT, it was still a shit ton of laundry. Pittsburgh is still on the agenda for the holiday...blah blah. Nothing much else to report in my life. Just busy busy busy...so let's get to the men folk.Today's hump day treat is a man by the name of Ramirez Allender."Standing 6'1" feet, at 165 pounds, the former Bahian soccer player turned model has done a lot and intends to do a lot more in such a young age. In 2007, he got his big break when he was featured as Terra's The Boy model.Allender's goal in life is simple: he wants to marry, have children, and open a business. He says his best quality is he's very generous and his flaw is he's a perfectionist. During his spare time, he loves to listen to music and pl

It's almost Friday!!! I don't know about you guys but this has been a long week for me. For your reading enjoyment, be sure to check out the 1st Carnival of Financial Goals - 2008 Financial Resolutions Edition hosted by Patrick over at Cash Money Life. My article, 2008 Financial Goals, was included in the roundup. I didn't make the editors pick but I'm still glad to have been included. Some of my favorites:Randall from Credit Withdrawal wants to earn enough alternative income to pay his mortgage. I will definitely have to follow his progress.Mighty Bargain Hunter wants to track and categorize all money coming in and out of his household. I need to do a better job at tracking all my pennies too. Gather Little by Little plans to pay a minimum of $1000 a month towards his debt. Paid Twice wants to wipe out all of her family's credit card debt in 2008. Clean Simple Finance wants to consolidate and simplify financial accounts in 2008. I need to reduce the amount of paper I get from f

We like to have some fun around here about mid week, so here is this week’s addition to Hump Day. Here is one of the many historic markers in and around the Dothan area. This one is located next to the Wiregrass Museum of Art, on Museum Street, just behind the Dothan Civic Center. Most of the historic markers you see around the Dothan area are erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission. Side 1 reads as follows Near the location of Poplar Head Park (200 feet west of this marker) was once a large spring surrounded by poplar trees. Two well-beaten trails crossed near the spring and the area was often used as a camping and resting place for Native Americans and early settlers. In the early 1800’s William Cawthon, from Georgia, built a corral for his cattle near the spring and the area first became known as “Cawthon’s Cowpen.” Later, several families built log cabins nearby and dubbed the little settlement “Poplar Head” due to poplar trees an

Wow, finally Hump Day ANNNNND Halloween. One of my favorite holidays. Last Saturday I went to a Halloween party...dressed up...so I'm done for the year. I'm going to forgo the NYC Halloween parade and its mass of slutty nurses, sexy male nurses, cast members from the movie '300', and your Larry Craigs....and just go home and watch a scary movie. Jealous much? I thought so.Don't forget, while this may be Halloween, one of the most important days of the year happens tomorrow.....that's right; November 1st...the day all Halloween candy goes on sale at your local drug stores and grocery stores. So make sure you stock up now...I'm gonna make sure I swing by every Rite Aid and Duane Read on my way home from work. Hell, I may even use my lunch break to buy some. What? Don't judge.I have no idea who the hunk of the week is.....got him off some blog about hot dudes....so I'll just make up his info:His name is Daren and loves mac and cheese. He tells people he likes 'the blue box'...b

HBO, or Halo.Bungie.org, is probably the hardest of the Halo hardcore. Fortunately for us (we thought), they are all hardcore about terminals, fiction and zany gametypes. Frank said “beating the old men of HBO would be effortless.” DURR DURR DURR HBO Guy who runs giant Internet hosting technology and is therefore HOST of these games – Louis Wu Judas Iscariot – KP Random Ringer – Konrad Miguel – Free2BMe Bungie & Friends Objective Whore – Frankie Sick and dying – ThugLarz On Suicide Watch – Lukems BANNED – Shishka First, the caveats: Beating Bungie and Friends this week is the equivalent of beating up a wounded old lady as she tries to pull herself across the road. Frankie’s wrist is still in a cast and Lars is out sick, in fact, you’ll see while inevitably watching the films, pointing, laughing and snickering, that we accommodated Frank’s injury by having him hold the ball in Game 1 (it’s actually game 2 as dictated by the Humpday text, relax kids,

Hey kids...this Hump Day post is beyond late and for that I'm sorry. It's been ridiculous at work...but all positive.It's finally 60 degrees here in the city. It was gross still having 80 degree weather in October, but now we break out the light jackets. Holla! I know, I know...doesn't take much to get me excited.Last weekend was great...I stayed in the entire time...a first in....months. I caught up with my dvd collection and sleep. Now I feel completely recharged. Our Hump Day boy is Mario Lopez...best known for guest starring in many of my dreams....I mean 'Saved By The Bell'. Today is his birthday. He is 34. Damn. I'd totally give him my flower....but only if he called me "momma". What? Don't judge.

As you can see I have no Wordless Wednesday today. And no Works For Me Wednesday either. There is no time, ya see. I am officially naming today ... Catch Up Day! I have a million things to accomplish and I always get sidetracked by blogging and reading blogs. Gee,...

Well, it's another Hump Day. The day where you celebrate getting halfway through the work week by getting drunk on one too many mint juleps....that was until the alcoholics got together and decided that wasn't enough..thus 'Thirsty Thursday' was born, to bring the world 4 solid nights of getting drunk. For more information, consult your local library.Anyhoo....this work week has been crazy with no signs of stopping. It seems like my plan to make "Gossip Girl" a new favorite of mine, isn't really working out...cause once again I have plans tonight. So far, I've seen a total of 5 minutes from the whole series. Oops. Though I don't know how much longer the show will be on anyway. Apparently it's not doing well in the ol' ratings department....but it IS doing well in the CW ratings department. Not a surprise that the CW has lower standards than most networks. They're still hoping to turn it into the new "O.C."....maybe I need to pick a new show to get obsessed with. I was thinkin

Hola kiddies.This week has been chugging along just fine. Nothing really new to report. It's almost October, yet we're close to 90 degrees here in New York. Craziness! Bring on fall already. Well it's that time of year when you should be thinking about what to dress up as for Halloween. Last year I went as a cop. I think I pulled it off well...but this time I'm looking for something a little more creative. If you have any ideas for me, let me know. So far, what's been suggested is:* Zac Efron* Kelly (of Kelly's Shoes fame)* a sexy walrusSo there ya have it. I need more ideas.....and potentially way better ideas...but thanks so far. Tonight I will be going out with a friend to Rapture Cafe, The Cock, and House of Compari. So all of you, have a fantastic night. I'm sure I will.Today's hump day treat is Jim Sturgess. A charming and adorable actor from the UK who can be seen in Across the Universe. There's not a ton of information on him on IMDB, but it looks like he's been in t

I would be willing to wager than many people in Dothan don’t know that we hold the dubious honor of having the world’s smallest city block in our city. The block is located at the intersection of Museum Avenue, N. Appletree Street, and E. Troy Street, behind the Dothan Civic Center and near the Wiregrass Museum of Art. Click on the picture for a full size photo. Share This

Another Hump Day is upon us. Thank god. After last weekend, I'm kind of in a rush to get to Friday so I can actually have a chill relaxing weekend this time. I know I didn't write about my last weekend...but let's just leave it at 'relaxing with a bit of crazy' and move on. I love this time of year. The awful heat is starting to die down, but it's also not freezing. You get to break out some cute fall outfits that have been in hiding since March. Tonight is the premiere of Gossip Girl on the CW at 9pm. I plan on watching and so should you. The CW is really counting on this show to make them rich. If you watch any news segment of theirs, they drop the show's name every 5 seconds. It's kind of ridiculous but for me, necessary since I have the memory of a gold fish. This week's Hump Day man is musician/model/actor, Ari Gold. Ari's a native New Yorker, hailing from the Bronx, and is an openly gay man. He's a gorgeous gorgeous man and talented musician. He does well for himself o

Well we've made it. Hump Day. I know these posts have been coming in a little later than usual, but I've been at shoots for the last two days and have my last one tomorrow. After that, the updated posts should start appearing earlier and all will be right in the world again. This week hasn't been too bad. It has been long, but not bad. I get to spend all day at a gorgeous Manhattan hotel, so I can't really complain. I don't really have much else to report. I got a party happening this weekend, but other than that, nada. I hope you are all having a good week.Oh, and there still are some tweaks I'm working on for updating the blog itself...but I don't have much time to work on them, but they'll be coming soon enough.Today's Hump Day man is none other than DList's own Daniel Nardicio. An incredibly handsome tall drink of water if I do say so myself. So check out his site Dlist.com and his show the Great Gay Road Trip. Yum.Alright, that's it for tonight. Later kiddies.xoxox

I'm so busy today. So I thought I'd take a breather and post a funny commercial someone sent to me via e-mail yesterday. That's all I've got time for today. So enjoy. Okay...WTF? How come the video works in Blogger "preview" mode, but not when published? Very disappointing. All I wanted to do is share a laugh and Blogger won't let me. Technology sucks sometimes.-------------------------------------------Update: It works now. I guess you have to publish it in "compose" mode rather than "edit HTML" mode. Weird.Rothfamilyadventures.com

Ok...this is getting out a little later than usual, but I just wanted to wish you all a happy hump day. This one came up fast though, due to Labor Day and all....so to be honest it feels like Tuesday. Things on my end are good. The production company I work for got picked up for more episodes, which is awesome...so hopefully that will mean more work for me down the line. I have a little 'fuck you' to hand out to the men of Astoria. Last night I was walking home from my friend Carol's house, and this car comes speeding through a nearby parking lot and slams on their breaks when they get to me. So I wave them on; "go ahead, it's cool"...and they pull up and yell at me and say "don't tell us to go ahead you fucking faggot". Faggot. Niiiiiiiiice. And the sped away. It's the not the first time I've had that word used against me...but it is the first time it happened in Astoria. Some of you may say "well I've experienced worse...been beaten up, etc"....I have no argument there. But h

It was that kind of night, they were those kinds of friends and he had exactly the kind of memories a guy is expected to have after spending that kind of time at the bottom of several containers of fiery spirits. His name was Vikram and he liked to think his life was almost exactly how he liked it. It started out as a regular Wednesday with work, a minor disagreement or two around the boardroom and all the attendant drama that goes with an idea being bounced around like an illegitimate child out of a woman who didn’t understand the concept of monogamy for even one night. Lunch was a salad and water because the last woman to wake up in his bed had rubbed his belly and called him Santa. She was exaggerating of course but he needed to look upon rock-hard abdominal perfection when he checked his reflection in the bathroom mirror. That was his thing. He looked at the doughy midsections of those in upper management and imagined the effect they had on their lady friends. It was his closely-

Hump Day Linkage - Open Thread Feel free to post pithy comments, links in your direction or others you have stumbled upon, random ramblings whatever… The mother of all links! Insane in the membrane! Insane in the brain! You have to read this to believe it. “Off with their breasts!” @ Fausta’s Blog Giving harry hell! Who Won Harry? @ J.D. Pendry wOw! Now to get your patriotic hearts a racin’ I give you… Mullah Najibullah, You’ve Been….Thunderstruck @ blackflag We dont need no (diverse) education. We dont need no thought control. No dark sarcasm in the classroom. Teacher, leave those kids alone. Hey, teacher, leave those kids alone! But will they? The Words “Mom” and “Dad” to Be Banned to Please Gays @ Moonbattery Now for this: IMPORTANT PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT! New Form of Methamphetamine Coming To A School Near You By Joe Citizen @ Right Pundits Updated: LOOK BELOW THE FOLD FOR INFORMATION ON ANOTHER DRUG THAT

I sent my bottom-fishing friend an email yesterday asking if he'd bought TOA and he didn't respond for some reason. With the stock down another 11% yesterday he should probably just wait to find it in a grocery store parking lot somewhere in a cardboard box labeled "free to a good home". Lenny Dykstra, who my beloved Mets once traded along with Roger McDowell for then preposterously overrated Juan Samuel, is buying Microsoft deep-in-the-money calls. Specifically, he's buying October calls with a strike of $20. Personally, I was bearish on MSFT when it was trading at $31 back in January and I remain bearish on it now that it trades below $28. Technically, I hate the chart at the moment as it just keeps posting lower highs and lower lows since that January high water mark. Fundamentally, people have been arguing that the stock is cheap for years and yet, it somehow remains cheap. Why is that? Well, it's probably because nobody takes MSFT seriously as a growth company anymore. They d

I have so much going on in my life at the moment. All the hub-bub has dried up my inspiration for blog topics.Which is funny since I rarely have an occasion where I have nothing to say.What been on my mind you ask? Did you ask? If you didn't, just keep your mouth shut, lol. Stress from the gazillions of doctor and lab appointments in the last couple weeks. Promotion at work (blessing and a curse). Training replacement at work (because I wasn't smart enough to leave the divison entirely, so I still have "ownership" to my old position). Toddler David has been exercising his free-will in the last couple of weeks to challenge EVERYTHING we (S. and I) say (hmm, bet there's a good bloggy topic in there).Okay now, everyone think in unison.... awwwwwwwwwwww.It's Wednesday, friends.Talk amongst yourselves.

Working too hard this week? Been slaving away for the “man?” Why not celebrate your survival by working for the WOMAN instead? I promise you will get to “hump” — The Mistress Alexandra Way, of course! Listen, relax, and feel goooood … for ME, he he.

WindJoel and Ruth, on top of Sandia Peak, 1 January 2004. I wanted to take Joel and Ruth to Sandia Peak to see the sunrise. We picked the perfect time to travel to the top of the mountain; the weather at the peak was 20 degrees with winds in excess of 30 miles an hour, which made it cold enough for the camera to freeze up. Needless to say, we took shelter behind this building, as the coffee shop at the peak was closed for the day.technorati tags: photo, blog, meme, Foto Pherrets

CakeI really had to hunt in the archives for this one. It turns out that I have quite a few pictures of cakes. The only problem is that they happen to be in weddings that are, to borrow the oft-used phrase, "no longer operable". Thankfully, I think that my aunt Maria is still married to Joe, so this picture should be good to use. I think.technorati tags: photo, Flickr, blog, meme, Foto Pherrets

Hey its the middle of the week yay! Tonight I went for a drive... oh man what a night... so beautiful and warm!! Here's the gos for another Wednesday.> The tearjerkiest moments of the last 20 years [Pajiba]> Stacey Keibler in a fug dress [Bastardly]> Charles Barkley lost $2.5 million gambling in one night [Rhymes with Snitch]> Will and Jada Smith, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Penelope Cruz at an Oscar luncheon [PopSugar]> LeeLee Sobieski's boob popped out of her dress while she was presenting an award. It wasn't real, anyway [CelebNewsWire]> Orlando Bloom is so bad ass he had to be reminded multiple times to turn off his cell phone on a plane [Derek Hail]> Nicole Kidman with her trainer [ICYDK]> Steve O peed all over the bar at a South Beach club [CelebSlam]> Gay leaders say Paris should apologize, have coffee with Isaiah Washington [The Blemish]> Sienna Miller hooked up with that guy Jamie Burke, better known for sleeping with Kate Moss and Lindsay Lohan [DListed]> Sienna's high fa

Wednesday has been a busier day than usual.Several straight hours of grad homework while simultaneously watching the ongoing court battle over Anna Nicole's remains on MSNBC can be quite taxing.I've gotten the most remarkable e-mails in the last 24 hours, including a fellow ufologist in the Kansas City, MO area concerning my own beloved Kansas based investigative organization...The DSL is a Godsend. Much, much better than the old cable Internet connection we had here. (This just proves that the problem was not my computer, after all.)I had forgotten what it's like to be able to check messages in a timely manner...When I called to cancel the cable Internet, they sure enough offered me a half price rate for a few months to give it a second chance. I told them I couldn't take that kind of chance...And, yada, yada, yada--they wiped out my old e-mail account I had with their company within six minutes of hanging up.For the first time, it seemed, they actually kept one of their promises.