touching is good.

touching is good.

very interesting.... very very interesting....

you know you're from California if

I got this one today and just had to post it.. really funny.

So as not to be outdone by all the redneck, hillbilly, and Texan jokes, you know you're from California if:

1. Your coworker has 8 body piercings and none are visible.
2. You make over $300,000 and still can't afford a house.
3. You take a bus and are shocked at two people carrying on a conversation in English.
4. Your child's 3rd-grade teacher has purple hair, a nose ring, and is named Flower.
5. You can't remember . . . . is pot illegal?
6. You've been to a baby shower that has two mothers and a sperm donor.
7. You have a very strong opinion about where your coffee beans are grown, and you can taste the difference between Sumatran and Ethiopian.
8. You can't remember . . is pot illegal?
9. A really great parking space can totally move you to tears.
10. Gas costs $1.00 per gallon more than anywhere else in the U.S.
11. Unlike back home, the guy at 8:30 am at Starbucks wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses who looks like George Clooney really IS George Clooney.
12. Your car insurance costs as much as your house payment.
13. You can't remember . . . .is pot illegal?
14. It's barely sprinkling rain and there's a report on every news station: "STORM WATCH."
15. You pass an elementary school playground and the children are all busy with their cells or pagers.
16. It's barely sprinkling rain outside, so you leave for work an hour early to avoid all the weather-related accidents.
17. HEY!!!! Is pot illegal????
18. Both you and your dog have therapists.
19. The Terminator is your governor.
20. If you drive illegally, they take your driver's license. If you're here illegally, they want to give you one.

Do not believe in what you have heard..........

"Do not believe in what you have heard; do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations; do not believe anything because it is rumored and spoken of by many; do not believe merely because the written statements of some old sage are produced; do not believe in conjectures; do not believe in that as a truth to which you have become attached by habit; do not believe merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. After observation and analysis, when it agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it."

- The Buddha

Khaaan!!

All, I can say is.... holy crap there are some bored people out there

The Buddhist Channel | Personality | Taipei businessman retreats to mountains and meditates on wooden coffin planks

The Buddhist Channel | Personality | Taipei businessman retreats to mountains and meditates on wooden coffin planks I saw this and had to post about it. What a place this would be to visit.

CNN.com - Pet store owner: Satan's image on turtle's shell - Mar 21, 2005

CNN.com - Pet store owner: Satan's image on turtle's shell - Mar 21, 2005

this is just hilarious..... Apparently, the pet store owners were also inside during the fire and inhaled A LOT of smoke

Phlog - kris

Ian is picking out his own DVD

Ian had a great time picking out his own DVD.

(I also wanted to see if I could link my Phlog DVDPhlog pictures to this blog site.)

Sir Winston Churchill Quotes

Sir Winston Churchill Quotes

here's a great link to other quotes by Sir Winston

such a fitting quote....

My friend sent me this quote today:

"You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police. Yet in their hearts there is unspoken – unspeakable! – fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts! Words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home, all the more powerful because they are forbidden.
These terrify them. A little mouse – a little tiny mouse! – of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic. --Winston Churchill"

It reminded him of the FCC.
Makes me think of Bush.

.....................and we agree with each other

CNN.com - Bill Gates 'humbled' at knighthood - Mar 2, 2005

CNN.com - Bill Gates 'humbled' at knighthood - Mar 2, 2005

What the heck?

CNN.com - Paper pied piper of education turns 10 - Mar 2, 2005

CNN.com - Paper pied piper of education turns 10 - Mar 2, 2005

Flat Stanley Rocks the Red Carpet!!!! WOOOO hahahaha... Dawn got me a Flat Stanley book that I've been saving for when Ian is old enough to enjoy taking him places. (I can't wait)

USA: Supreme Court outlaws execution of child offenders - news.amnesty - Amnesty International

USA: Supreme Court outlaws execution of child offenders - news.amnesty - Amnesty International

This says it all:
"Today’s decision by the US Supreme Court outlawing the execution of child offenders -- those who were under 18 at the time of the crime -- finally brings the USA into line with an unequivocal principle of international law, Amnesty International said today, welcoming the ruling."

Well,, finally, maybe there is hope for our country......

And for those who still think the death penalty is a good idea, I can't help but think of a quote from Gandhi - "An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind."