Okay, maybe you do, but here is who I like for the next president. Ready... Mike Huckabee. I know I am not usually political in my posts, except for the global warming thing, letter from a soldier, okay so maybe I do venture into this realm occasionally.
Huckabee is the best candidate that fits most every conservatives bill. He is currently in fourth place nationally and was first at the recent Family Research Council's Washington briefing.
This is the address for his blog:
http://www.mikehuckabee.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Blogs.Home
This is the address for his biography page:
http://www.mikehuckabee.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=About.Home
I don't know if he is the perfect candidate, but I think he is the best option in the race, and one who I believe Dr. Dobson would support, after his recent comments.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
I think I'm the last one to be tagged
Seven things blah, blah, blah. I was waiting for this moment.
1. I add letters and numbers in any kind of sequence. Example: If a license plate is "2VD-6Q1", I see it as 2 times (V/22nd letter of the alphabet) equals 44; divided by (D/4) equals 11; plus 6 equals (Q/17); divided by (Q/17) equals 1. It does not always work evenly, but there is often a challenge. ((((2x22)/4)+6)/17)=1
2. I also have a very strict shower sequence. Shampoo (leave in) (I use 2 in 1, not as bad for short hair), wash body (I do use body wash and a scrubby), rinse all, THEN, blow my nose and clean my ears. The last two must be done every time or I am miserable.
3. I love to play sports. I don't care what sport. I also must have my own equipment. I have my own football, basketball, soccerball, tennis racquets and balls, bowling balls, bocce ball set, softball everything, paintball equipment, golf clubs and shoes for bowling, tennis (actually designed for hard-court play), basketball, golf and of course, softball cleats.
4. If you are ever talking to me and I say something that seems to come from nowhere, don't ask how I got there. This is where I got the name for my blog. My wife asked once about a random statement I made, and after I finished tracing back the thought process, she had a headache. Sometimes, I forget some of the steps, which makes the explanation even more difficult.
5. I hate talking on the phone. I would rather be able to type, where I can make sure what I say is the way I want to say it, or speak in person, where inflection and body language are both available.
6. I am a control freak. This is why I can drive at high speed without flinching, but cannot stand rollercoasters, or other people driving. I don't mind being in tall buildings, as long as I am on a solid surface, but I get nervous on second floor balconies, especially if they lean downward.
7. I do not like things that are popular. I would say I am a non-conformist, but that has an anarchist connotation. (I may be a secessionist, but not an anarchist) This could be based on my schoolyears of always being the guy that everyone knew, but wasn't in the "in" crowd. I had friends or atleast acquaintances in every group, but always fit in best with the nerds and stoners. I played tennis instead of football. I cannot stand 99% of popular music, and occasionally will like it after a few years. This could be more for the memento than the actual music itself. I have the 90's channel on XM, and I hate half of the songs on their musical (or lack there of) merit, but listen anyway because it reminds me of a time when life was much simpler. I still cannot stand hip-hop.
OK, I don't know if any of this was amazing or revealing, but my wife and Ryan may be able to add to the list.
1. I add letters and numbers in any kind of sequence. Example: If a license plate is "2VD-6Q1", I see it as 2 times (V/22nd letter of the alphabet) equals 44; divided by (D/4) equals 11; plus 6 equals (Q/17); divided by (Q/17) equals 1. It does not always work evenly, but there is often a challenge. ((((2x22)/4)+6)/17)=1
2. I also have a very strict shower sequence. Shampoo (leave in) (I use 2 in 1, not as bad for short hair), wash body (I do use body wash and a scrubby), rinse all, THEN, blow my nose and clean my ears. The last two must be done every time or I am miserable.
3. I love to play sports. I don't care what sport. I also must have my own equipment. I have my own football, basketball, soccerball, tennis racquets and balls, bowling balls, bocce ball set, softball everything, paintball equipment, golf clubs and shoes for bowling, tennis (actually designed for hard-court play), basketball, golf and of course, softball cleats.
4. If you are ever talking to me and I say something that seems to come from nowhere, don't ask how I got there. This is where I got the name for my blog. My wife asked once about a random statement I made, and after I finished tracing back the thought process, she had a headache. Sometimes, I forget some of the steps, which makes the explanation even more difficult.
5. I hate talking on the phone. I would rather be able to type, where I can make sure what I say is the way I want to say it, or speak in person, where inflection and body language are both available.
6. I am a control freak. This is why I can drive at high speed without flinching, but cannot stand rollercoasters, or other people driving. I don't mind being in tall buildings, as long as I am on a solid surface, but I get nervous on second floor balconies, especially if they lean downward.
7. I do not like things that are popular. I would say I am a non-conformist, but that has an anarchist connotation. (I may be a secessionist, but not an anarchist) This could be based on my schoolyears of always being the guy that everyone knew, but wasn't in the "in" crowd. I had friends or atleast acquaintances in every group, but always fit in best with the nerds and stoners. I played tennis instead of football. I cannot stand 99% of popular music, and occasionally will like it after a few years. This could be more for the memento than the actual music itself. I have the 90's channel on XM, and I hate half of the songs on their musical (or lack there of) merit, but listen anyway because it reminds me of a time when life was much simpler. I still cannot stand hip-hop.
OK, I don't know if any of this was amazing or revealing, but my wife and Ryan may be able to add to the list.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
That's not what we meant
This was a sidenote in my reading assignment for homework.
Translating a product’s advertising slogan is especially tricky, because the product’s benefits have to be packed into just a few words. A poor translation can be embarrassing, as in the following examples:
Kentucky Fried Chicken’s slogan in English: Finger lickin’ good.
Meaning in Chinese translation: Eat your fingers off.
Otis Engineering Corporation’s slogan: Completion equipment.
Meaning in Russian translation: Equipment for orgasms.
Parker Pen Company’s slogan: Avoid embarrassment.
Meaning in Spanish translation: Avoid pregnancy.
Perdue Farms’ slogan: It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken.
Meaning in Spanish translation: It takes a sexually excited man to make a chicken affectionate.
Thanks to Locker: Business and Administrative Communication, Seventh Edition
Translating a product’s advertising slogan is especially tricky, because the product’s benefits have to be packed into just a few words. A poor translation can be embarrassing, as in the following examples:
Kentucky Fried Chicken’s slogan in English: Finger lickin’ good.
Meaning in Chinese translation: Eat your fingers off.
Otis Engineering Corporation’s slogan: Completion equipment.
Meaning in Russian translation: Equipment for orgasms.
Parker Pen Company’s slogan: Avoid embarrassment.
Meaning in Spanish translation: Avoid pregnancy.
Perdue Farms’ slogan: It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken.
Meaning in Spanish translation: It takes a sexually excited man to make a chicken affectionate.
Thanks to Locker: Business and Administrative Communication, Seventh Edition
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
I guess it's about time
As much as I miss my girls, I'm laughing and crying at the same time.
Things Kids Say about science
One horsepower is the amount of energy it takes to drag a horse 500 feet in one second.
You can listen to thunder after lightning and tell how close you came to getting hit. If you don't hear it, you got hit, so never mind.
Talc is found on rocks and on babies.
Isn't inertia when something is moving, then it stops moving and keeps moving?
The law of gravity says no fair jumping up without coming back down.
When they broke open molecules, they found they were only stuffed with atoms. But when they broke open atoms, they found them stuffed with explosions.
Rainbows are just to look at, not to really understand. (Remember this to keep life that much easier.)
South America has cold summers and hot winters, but somehow they still manage.
A vibration is a motion that cannot make up its mind which way it wants to go.
Genetics explain why you look like your father, and if you don't why you should.
Some oxygen molecules help fires burn, while others help make water, so sometimes it's brother against brother.
Some people can tell what time it is by looking at the sun. But I have never been able to make out the numbers.
To most people, solutions mean finding the answers. But to chemists, solutions are things that are still all mixed up. (My personal favorite, kinda like doctors practicing)
I am not sure how clouds get formed. But the clouds know how to do it, and that is the important thing.
Humidity is the experience of looking for air and finding water.
Rain is often known as soft water, oppositely known as hail.
The wind is like the air, only pushier.
A hurricane is a breeze of a bigly size. (Sounds kinda Pooh-ish)
A monsoon is a French gentleman.
Isotherms and isobars are even more important than their names sound.
It is so hot in some places that the people there have to live in other places.
And, finally...
Most books now say our sun is a star. But it still knows how to change back into a sun in the daytime.
Thanks to Rinkworks.com
Things Kids Say about science
One horsepower is the amount of energy it takes to drag a horse 500 feet in one second.
You can listen to thunder after lightning and tell how close you came to getting hit. If you don't hear it, you got hit, so never mind.
Talc is found on rocks and on babies.
Isn't inertia when something is moving, then it stops moving and keeps moving?
The law of gravity says no fair jumping up without coming back down.
When they broke open molecules, they found they were only stuffed with atoms. But when they broke open atoms, they found them stuffed with explosions.
Rainbows are just to look at, not to really understand. (Remember this to keep life that much easier.)
South America has cold summers and hot winters, but somehow they still manage.
A vibration is a motion that cannot make up its mind which way it wants to go.
Genetics explain why you look like your father, and if you don't why you should.
Some oxygen molecules help fires burn, while others help make water, so sometimes it's brother against brother.
Some people can tell what time it is by looking at the sun. But I have never been able to make out the numbers.
To most people, solutions mean finding the answers. But to chemists, solutions are things that are still all mixed up. (My personal favorite, kinda like doctors practicing)
I am not sure how clouds get formed. But the clouds know how to do it, and that is the important thing.
Humidity is the experience of looking for air and finding water.
Rain is often known as soft water, oppositely known as hail.
The wind is like the air, only pushier.
A hurricane is a breeze of a bigly size. (Sounds kinda Pooh-ish)
A monsoon is a French gentleman.
Isotherms and isobars are even more important than their names sound.
It is so hot in some places that the people there have to live in other places.
And, finally...
Most books now say our sun is a star. But it still knows how to change back into a sun in the daytime.
Thanks to Rinkworks.com
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