How to keep cool??

Summer has rolled into the neighbourhood. Unlike those in Singapore, we have the priviledge of cheap pools made for big backyards. How to keep cool?? Many hours of running the garden hose into big blue plastic bag.

The pool's membership occasionally consists of monkey kids.




Until the local walking carpets discovered how to leap.

Yes the pool has gone to the dogs.

Really Really Really .....

For all those who squirm at anything that is not hamburgers or hotdogs, this is a lesson for you. Open your palette. But just be careful what you may eat in a 3rd World Country. (Now watch which countries you pick as a 3rd World, I am not from one).

My grandma said, "never trust the communists", in her case she refers to the Chinese. The lifestyle in China is still extremely backward and ancient, despite the global media exposure.

How backward? They still eat their young. Really, see it at this site.

AWWWW

See all the excitment I am having.

*yawn.

Now that School is out

In the neighbourhood the kids have a special place they called the "House of Food". According to kidslore, this house has a free flow of snacks, dishes of food are "carried" out from the kitchen, and apparently there is a full time chef that takes special requests.

Of course I was curious, so I asked the little boy to identify the house. I want a piece of the food too!!

Yeah yeah yeah.... the joke is on me. The boy pointed out my house.

D'oh!!

Another year Mr D.

Can it be true,
Another year flew.
My child is turning 4,
Mr D's age is well ... many more.

Mr D D***s,
It is that time of the year again, when we chant the words to you....

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to Mr Deeds
Happy Birthday to you...
And many moooooreeee.

Hat tip.

So if you see Mr D "cruising" around town in his special car,
Make sure he gets his bday honk,
From a far.

Learn a new word today

How about this in the local newspaper.

Kick the summer off right at Boogie on Main Street! Join us in downtown Findlay
as we close down the streets for an evening filled with good food,
libations, and live entertainment by ....

This annual fundraiser helps support the many free programs we offer to our community. Admission is $5, $2 for kids 12 and under, and free for children in strollers.

Libation is defined as:

(noun)
1. The pouring of a liquid offering as a religious ritual.
2. The liquid so poured.
3. A beverage, especially an intoxicating beverage.
4. The act of drinking an intoxicating beverage.
5. A beverage, especially an intoxicating beverage.
6. The act of drinking an intoxicating beverage.

Please note that children and strollers are welcomed. Reagardless, the local Law Enforcement will have a good time tonight.

How much is gas?

While I was drudging through tonight's news articles, I wonder how another hurricane or natural disaster affect the price at the pump.

September 1, 2005. We received 3.5 inches of rain in 24 hours from Hurricane Katrina, the price of gas was $3.09 per gallon for 87 octane, minimum wage was $5.15.

June 7, 2007. We received 0 inches of rain, the price is gas is $3.29 per gallon for 87 octane (at WALMART), minimum wage is still $5.15.

*rubbing chin.
*This summer vacation will cost a bundle.
*Even mowing the yard is getting costly.
*Good thing for the new Walmart closeby.
*This rise in fuel price will transfer to the operation costs in agricultural, does that mean KFC will raise the price of a bucket of chicken too?? (Argh!!)
*Is this really the signs of the times?

Okay, go talk amongst yourselves.

Leave it to the old guys.

Good reads:

Thanks to Blackfive, I found this article very very amusing, especially the priceless conclusion.
Graying duo keep passenger in check.
You still have a chance Mr Brice.

*** more to come, still reading.

Here is one to laugh at:
Apparently the Democrats are desperate, they will sit down for meal with a commoner for $10.00. Really at BarackObama.com.

"Four supporters who make a donation between now and 11:59 pm EDT on
Wednesday, June 13, will join Barack for an intimate dinner for five.

Get the kind of treatment other politicians reserve for special
interests."

None of the candidates interest me this time, so no strings are attached, I will blast whoever I land on first. Sorry, to Obama, this time.

A Fear for the children

As parents the welfare of our children is prime. We trust the educational system to maintain the safety of our children. What can be done if we have to send our children to a place they feel insecure?



"A dilemma I have to fight

With what ever resources I have

To protect my children

From the beast they thought cared.

Allowing the system to work

Will probably be the best

And let time heal the rest."

Hell Froze Over??

When I first laid eyes on this article, my heart skipped a beat.
HELL NO!!
Really ??


The challenge of the 2 largest operating system spanned over 30 years, both founders are 6 months apart in age. Both are nerds I grew up watching, both never quest for the money but for the love of the GAME.

So here it is, GATES AND JOBS together again. Notice how nerdy the richest and brightest minds present themselves. Gates slides into the chair like it was a lazy boy, while his glasses continue to slide down his bridge. Jobs, still in the same turtleneck, in his tennis shoes from the 80s. Mind you, these men shaped the world.

Technically it is the merger of a Mac and a Windows.

AWWWW.

So Long Farewell!!

Dear Cindy Sheehan,

Thank you for finally packing up and leaving. We no longer have to wonder how you can dishonour your son, use the names of other honourable fallen soldiers for your own irrational without permission (yes, she did that), scorn the country that provided you the FREEDOM of SPEECH, etc etc.

I hope you are not receiving anything from the military on behalf of your son, after all that will be a conflict of interest.

Thank you for no longer ruining the sacred ceremonies of other soldiers, with your wails from across the road. Your indignity will not be missed, showing up at a funeral uninvited, then to add further insult, protest the cause that others honourably and voluntarily sacrificed for.

Please leave the media alone, do not add to the clutter of obscenities. You have left your mark, now other parents have a reason to stay away from you. Just in case if you stole their markers again.

A new low in honouring the fallen, thanks to you.