Friday, November 25, 2005
Rest in Peace, Mr. Miyagi
Pat Morita (aka Mr Miyagi from the Karate Kid series) has passed away.
Go well into that good night. Man who catch fly with chopstick accomplish anything.
Bio.
Go well into that good night. Man who catch fly with chopstick accomplish anything.
Bio.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
XBOX 360
So it went on sale today and I realized that I don't have the money to buy one...oh well, such is life. But I've seen some on Ebay for some outrageous prices. Can't people wait a couple weeks for the next shipment? Anyway, I found this picture of a giddy Bill Gates at a Best Buy hockin' his product. Almost looks like C. Montgomery Burns...Exxxcellent.
Thursday, November 17, 2005
I want an.....
Xbox 360. I went to Best Buy after work and played the demo Call to Arms 2(?). Damn, that was fun. It looked fantastic.
Only for the high price.....sigh.
Only for the high price.....sigh.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
So long and good night for the Phaeton
VW's entry into the ultra luxury vehicle segement in the US has fizzled. According to some reports, only 686 VW Phaetons have been sold in the US. The anticipated number at inception was 10,000.
Oh well, maybe they should stick to making Golfs (24,000,000)
Oh well, maybe they should stick to making Golfs (24,000,000)
Yet another reason for my sister's not to have kids
I mentioned that the kids were sick, right? Well, I took Mia from her momma last night to put her to bed. She proceeded to puke, just a bit and on the floor. I call Ana to come clean it up. Mia then proceeds to puke on me. I went "Eeeewwwwww!!!" and turned my head towards Ana, making a disgusted face. Then Mia does some projectile stuff. I mean, almost into my mouth. Ugh!!!! Like less than a quarter inch from my mouth. Bleyuch!!! It runs down my face, on my shirt.... So I take Mia into the bathroom and she pukes yet another time, this time on my shorts. So by the time I get ready to hop in the shower, I've been puked on my face, a bit on my neck, on my shirt, shorts, some running down my arm... yuck. It was cheese (actually milk, but you know how that gets after a while), spinach, gatorade, tomatoes(?), just lovely.
Ugh...
So everyone in the house is sick now. It's all Ana's fault. I blame her. She started it, and now I get to finish it.
Well, the two youngest kids both have tonsillitis and ear infections. Mia is allergic to penecillin so she's on something else, while kai is on amoxycillin. Me, I don't know. I'll find out tomorrow when I go visit the doctor. Speaking of doctor visits, I told my supervisor that I had my doctor visit tomorrow. He asked me if I could skip it. I was like, no, there's a reason that I set up an appointment. This will be only the second time that I have gone to the doctor since I started working there....5 years and 8 months ago. Geez. Then he asks if I plan on coming back after my appointment (which is at 3:00 PM). We'll see.
But anyway, that's the latest from the household...
Well, the two youngest kids both have tonsillitis and ear infections. Mia is allergic to penecillin so she's on something else, while kai is on amoxycillin. Me, I don't know. I'll find out tomorrow when I go visit the doctor. Speaking of doctor visits, I told my supervisor that I had my doctor visit tomorrow. He asked me if I could skip it. I was like, no, there's a reason that I set up an appointment. This will be only the second time that I have gone to the doctor since I started working there....5 years and 8 months ago. Geez. Then he asks if I plan on coming back after my appointment (which is at 3:00 PM). We'll see.
But anyway, that's the latest from the household...
Monday, November 14, 2005
How dumb can you be.
From the featured article....
HOUSTON -- A Houston-area justice of the peace went on trial Monday for allegedly using her deceased mother's name to apply for a handicap-parking permit, Local 2 reported.
Harris County Judge Betty Brock Bell, 55, applied for the permit in September 2004, officials said. She is charged with tampering with a government document, which is a felony punishable by up to two years in jail. Opening statements in her trial began Monday afternoon.
Prosecutors said Bell is blaming an inexperienced clerk.
"The defendant says, 'Well, they should have told me I couldn't do it. When I went to the tax office and I made this application, I didn't know it was illegal. I didn't know it was illegal to put my dead mother's name there as the applicant,'" the prosecutor told jurors.
(Hmm, I wonder if it's illegal to fill out a form for social security benefits for a dead person...idiot)
The defense said it would show that Bell did not receive enough explanation from the clerk.
"(The clerk said) 'Go ahead and initial this application,' and, of course, it was the application they still had on file for her deceased mom. Thinking that she could still continue to renew it under that application, she goes ahead and initials the application," defense attorney Jeffrey Gelb said.
Gelb said when the application was filed, Bell had a hip problem and drove around relatives who were handicapped.
He also told jurors that a disgruntled employee of Bell's sparked the investigation. The judge barred that statement and would not allow the jury to consider it.
Bell said she would provide a solid, legal reason why she obtained the handicap placard using her dead mother's name, but she declined to answer KPRC's questions about it Monday.
County workers who took the parking permit application last year knew her mother was deceased, so they turned it over to the district attorney's office, according to authorities.
Bell has been on the bench for nearly 20 years. She won re-election to Precinct 7, Place 1 last year. She was the first black woman to be elected as a justice of the peace in Harris County.
HOUSTON -- A Houston-area justice of the peace went on trial Monday for allegedly using her deceased mother's name to apply for a handicap-parking permit, Local 2 reported.
Harris County Judge Betty Brock Bell, 55, applied for the permit in September 2004, officials said. She is charged with tampering with a government document, which is a felony punishable by up to two years in jail. Opening statements in her trial began Monday afternoon.
Prosecutors said Bell is blaming an inexperienced clerk.
"The defendant says, 'Well, they should have told me I couldn't do it. When I went to the tax office and I made this application, I didn't know it was illegal. I didn't know it was illegal to put my dead mother's name there as the applicant,'" the prosecutor told jurors.
(Hmm, I wonder if it's illegal to fill out a form for social security benefits for a dead person...idiot)
The defense said it would show that Bell did not receive enough explanation from the clerk.
"(The clerk said) 'Go ahead and initial this application,' and, of course, it was the application they still had on file for her deceased mom. Thinking that she could still continue to renew it under that application, she goes ahead and initials the application," defense attorney Jeffrey Gelb said.
Gelb said when the application was filed, Bell had a hip problem and drove around relatives who were handicapped.
He also told jurors that a disgruntled employee of Bell's sparked the investigation. The judge barred that statement and would not allow the jury to consider it.
Bell said she would provide a solid, legal reason why she obtained the handicap placard using her dead mother's name, but she declined to answer KPRC's questions about it Monday.
County workers who took the parking permit application last year knew her mother was deceased, so they turned it over to the district attorney's office, according to authorities.
Bell has been on the bench for nearly 20 years. She won re-election to Precinct 7, Place 1 last year. She was the first black woman to be elected as a justice of the peace in Harris County.
Sunday, November 06, 2005
Halloween
Yeah, I know that Halloween was almost a week ago, but I guess late is better than never. Here are the pictures of the kids.
