MC Howie Music Video- Gimme A Slice
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MC Howie (a Lawyer by day) has made another funny video.
I'm IN IT! No Seriously... I'm not kidding... Seriously.
MC Howie (a Lawyer by day) has made another funny video.
I'm IN IT! No Seriously... I'm not kidding... Seriously.
My Binding - Great Find!
Company Review and Recommendation: MyBinding.com
Ryan, my husband, is a very dedicated teacher. He even went as far as to buy a Laminator for our home so he could laminate things then bring them into school. But laminating pouches at Staples or Officemax are outrageously expensive! So Ryan went on a hunt to find them in bulk. What he found was that MyBinding has the best price and is pretty close to bulk. We've used them for a few different home office solutions. They get 4 stars!
Do you have a home office or Want to score points and save your company money? Seriously... http://www.mybinding.com/.
They have great products and a range that fits everyone's budget. We also bought a paper cutter from MyBinding.com. I had a vision in my head of the paper cutter to get. It was a specific model and was just like the one my dad had when I was little (weird memory I know). There were few places that had this level of professional paper cutter in a price range that an average person could afford. But MyBinding.com had it! Go MyBinding.com!
Good find! I know this recommendation will be useful to some of you!
Ryan, my husband, is a very dedicated teacher. He even went as far as to buy a Laminator for our home so he could laminate things then bring them into school. But laminating pouches at Staples or Officemax are outrageously expensive! So Ryan went on a hunt to find them in bulk. What he found was that MyBinding has the best price and is pretty close to bulk. We've used them for a few different home office solutions. They get 4 stars!
Do you have a home office or Want to score points and save your company money? Seriously... http://www.mybinding.com/.
They have great products and a range that fits everyone's budget. We also bought a paper cutter from MyBinding.com. I had a vision in my head of the paper cutter to get. It was a specific model and was just like the one my dad had when I was little (weird memory I know). There were few places that had this level of professional paper cutter in a price range that an average person could afford. But MyBinding.com had it! Go MyBinding.com!
Good find! I know this recommendation will be useful to some of you!
Politics Stand Back
One man's Rant on the government and YOU....
Give him a Shot... I have to say I agree with him. Be willing to consider another viewpoint besides your own.
Remember: If you ask your parents about when they were young and the topic of politics was brought up the conversation was shot down immediately. Who you voted for was a very private matter and people within your own family didn't necessarily know who you were voting for. It was extremely taboo to discuss your political views. I think we should all go back to this way of supporting our candidates. Talk about issues not positions, don't name drop, start at the bottom with congress and not at the top with the president. Stand for your values, but not by standing on other people's toes. That means don't gossip or put down people. Don't name drop or even let your favorite candidate's name drip from your mouth until the last minute. You cloud other people's listening with that crap. It's as bad as slinging "Yo Momma" insults.
Ok. Now that MY rant is over... Here is this gentleman's Rant... :)
1) The President of the United States is the head of the EXECUTIVE branch of the government, not the LEGISLATIVE branch of the government. He doesn't make laws because he CAN'T. Period. Carriage-Return, new paragraph. If you don't understand that, crack a history book. Most of 'em have a copy of the Constitution in the back somewhere. I promise you it's far more interesting than the MoveOn.org or Newsmax.com articles you people have apparently been reading. Don't like your budgets? Your education mandates? Your LAWS? That's CONGRESS, ye dolts. Wise the f**k up on that one point, at least. Sure the President can submit those things, but it's CONGRESS that enacts them. It's repulsive to watch these two clowns stare straight into the camera on live TV and LIE to everybody, telling the population what they will DO, rather than what they will PROPOSE. Repulsive because they're lying? No, not at all. Repulsive because they HAVE TO in order to secure the "moron vote," the bulk of the American electorate who have absolutely no idea how their country works, but who get a vote anyway.
2) Remember Thomas Jefferson? (Hint: check your nickels) Pretty respectable guy, right? Pretty smart, wouldn't you say? (That whole "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" rap from the DoI was something he cadged off of John Locke.) Do you know what he thought about people who supported political parties? He thought they were slobbering idiots. Consider that the next time you're about to flamingo your yard with McCain or Obama signs: a founding father of this country, were he alive today, would likely toss a lit lantern through your window for being mindless enough to support either of today's major political parties.
You people are MAKING YOURSELVES fodder for this machinery, so you get what you deserve.
Oh, Bush is a nightmare, right? Eight years of "Tyranny," correct?
He got RE-ELECTED.
Read that again. RE-ELECTED.
Until the American voter walks away, en masse, from these two political parties, there will be NO CHANGE in American government.
"Oh, yeah? Well, Clinton left a surplus and Bush blah-de-blah-de..."
Ah, yes. My favorite piece of drivel. Such a hero of the Democratic party that he was succeeded by 8 years of Republican "Tyranny." Yeah, the American population was just screaming for more of Clinton, weren't they?
Tell me, do you think Obama can "do" what Clinton "did" by virtue of his political affiliations? Maybe McCain? Hmm?
Think carefully, then reach for that history book....
Oh, @#$%! That's right! The Cold War ended just before Clinton took office! I almost forgot!
Clinton INHERITED that fat ol' plum tree; he didn't plant it. Those of you who weren't utterly stoned at the time will recall the issue of the "Peace Dividend" in the '92 election and its expected effect on the American (and global) economy with the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Guess what.
Ain't happening again. There's no Evil Empire to collapse and leave us with a massive glut of previously spoken-for resources.
Your next President ain't gonna fix @#$% because he can't. He can point, but Congress has to follow. About the only place he doesn't need Congressional approval is in military operations, and even then, he has restrictions. Sorry, but it's true: your Congress approved the war (call it a "War on Terror" rather than a "War on Islam," since that's not PC - even if it is the truth).
You want a change? Vote congressionally, not presidentially, tear up your party cards, and start thinking for yourselves before it becomes a capital offense.
That rant just gets me all hot and bothered- in a GOOD way :) How bout' you?
Give him a Shot... I have to say I agree with him. Be willing to consider another viewpoint besides your own.
Remember: If you ask your parents about when they were young and the topic of politics was brought up the conversation was shot down immediately. Who you voted for was a very private matter and people within your own family didn't necessarily know who you were voting for. It was extremely taboo to discuss your political views. I think we should all go back to this way of supporting our candidates. Talk about issues not positions, don't name drop, start at the bottom with congress and not at the top with the president. Stand for your values, but not by standing on other people's toes. That means don't gossip or put down people. Don't name drop or even let your favorite candidate's name drip from your mouth until the last minute. You cloud other people's listening with that crap. It's as bad as slinging "Yo Momma" insults.
Ok. Now that MY rant is over... Here is this gentleman's Rant... :)
1) The President of the United States is the head of the EXECUTIVE branch of the government, not the LEGISLATIVE branch of the government. He doesn't make laws because he CAN'T. Period. Carriage-Return, new paragraph. If you don't understand that, crack a history book. Most of 'em have a copy of the Constitution in the back somewhere. I promise you it's far more interesting than the MoveOn.org or Newsmax.com articles you people have apparently been reading. Don't like your budgets? Your education mandates? Your LAWS? That's CONGRESS, ye dolts. Wise the f**k up on that one point, at least. Sure the President can submit those things, but it's CONGRESS that enacts them. It's repulsive to watch these two clowns stare straight into the camera on live TV and LIE to everybody, telling the population what they will DO, rather than what they will PROPOSE. Repulsive because they're lying? No, not at all. Repulsive because they HAVE TO in order to secure the "moron vote," the bulk of the American electorate who have absolutely no idea how their country works, but who get a vote anyway.
2) Remember Thomas Jefferson? (Hint: check your nickels) Pretty respectable guy, right? Pretty smart, wouldn't you say? (That whole "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" rap from the DoI was something he cadged off of John Locke.) Do you know what he thought about people who supported political parties? He thought they were slobbering idiots. Consider that the next time you're about to flamingo your yard with McCain or Obama signs: a founding father of this country, were he alive today, would likely toss a lit lantern through your window for being mindless enough to support either of today's major political parties.
You people are MAKING YOURSELVES fodder for this machinery, so you get what you deserve.
Oh, Bush is a nightmare, right? Eight years of "Tyranny," correct?
He got RE-ELECTED.
Read that again. RE-ELECTED.
Until the American voter walks away, en masse, from these two political parties, there will be NO CHANGE in American government.
"Oh, yeah? Well, Clinton left a surplus and Bush blah-de-blah-de..."
Ah, yes. My favorite piece of drivel. Such a hero of the Democratic party that he was succeeded by 8 years of Republican "Tyranny." Yeah, the American population was just screaming for more of Clinton, weren't they?
Tell me, do you think Obama can "do" what Clinton "did" by virtue of his political affiliations? Maybe McCain? Hmm?
Think carefully, then reach for that history book....
Oh, @#$%! That's right! The Cold War ended just before Clinton took office! I almost forgot!
Clinton INHERITED that fat ol' plum tree; he didn't plant it. Those of you who weren't utterly stoned at the time will recall the issue of the "Peace Dividend" in the '92 election and its expected effect on the American (and global) economy with the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Guess what.
Ain't happening again. There's no Evil Empire to collapse and leave us with a massive glut of previously spoken-for resources.
Your next President ain't gonna fix @#$% because he can't. He can point, but Congress has to follow. About the only place he doesn't need Congressional approval is in military operations, and even then, he has restrictions. Sorry, but it's true: your Congress approved the war (call it a "War on Terror" rather than a "War on Islam," since that's not PC - even if it is the truth).
You want a change? Vote congressionally, not presidentially, tear up your party cards, and start thinking for yourselves before it becomes a capital offense.
That rant just gets me all hot and bothered- in a GOOD way :) How bout' you?
High School Rendition of "Battle Hymn of the Republic"- So Moving
Click the link to hear the performance put to images.
High school and middle school children perform a moving rendition of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic". It seriously made my eyes tear up. It's so glorious. Towards the end you'd think you're listening to a professional chorus.
http://www.greatdanepromilitary.com/Battle%20Hymn/index.htm
Enjoy.
High school and middle school children perform a moving rendition of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic". It seriously made my eyes tear up. It's so glorious. Towards the end you'd think you're listening to a professional chorus.
http://www.greatdanepromilitary.com/Battle%20Hymn/index.htm
Enjoy.
"The SubPrime Primer" or "How Did We Get Here?"
Ok. I know it's a little late for this but here's the best quick depiction of the market crash.
Watch and Listen to "SubPrime Primer"...
Watch and Listen to "SubPrime Primer"...
Danger Danger! Penn and Teller Ban Water!?
Oh dearly me! It's been a long time since I updated my blog. Well what a better way to ring in the new year then by....Banning Water?
Enjoy a truly eye opening video by Penn and Teller...Are you an informed "Joiner"?
Enjoy a truly eye opening video by Penn and Teller...Are you an informed "Joiner"?
Sittercity Babysitting Profile
The link to my babysitting profile. If you are interested in having me babysit your children once or on an ongoing basis, contact me.
http://babysitters.sittercity.com/profile/332515.html
http://babysitters.sittercity.com/profile/332515.html
Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis and Fats Domino
For anyone who likes Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis, or Fats Domino...
How about all 3? Performance of 2 songs...
The Magic of Peter Lik
Peter Lik is an amazing photographer. Ryan and I were introduced to his work when we were in Las Vegas (he has a gallery there). His photographs are inspiring and who he is reminds me of me. Check him out...He'll remind you a little of you too.
Consumer Reports New Friend
Just as we trust the opinion of Consumer Reports, we can now get the skinny on consumer issues from the same source. The same people have started Consumers Union. Thier motto seems to be “...working for a fair, just and safe marketplace for all...” I can dig that.
Thier most recent bout with the consumer market is with the meat companies and the FDA. I recomend you check out thier findings and petition.
Consumer's Union Website: www.consumersunion.org
Meat and FDA bout: www.notinmyfood.org
Thier most recent bout with the consumer market is with the meat companies and the FDA. I recomend you check out thier findings and petition.
Consumer's Union Website: www.consumersunion.org
Meat and FDA bout: www.notinmyfood.org
Candidates that make you go Hmmm...
A few snippets from tonight's debate transcript, along with my commentary :)
The Rules:
BROKAW: Each candidate will have two minutes to respond to a common question, and there will be a one-minute follow-up. The audience here in the hall has agreed to be polite, and attentive, no cheering or outbursts. Those of you at home, of course, are not so constrained.
Now for the fun part...
Brokaw speaking to McCain on his lengthy speech...
BROKAW: Senator, we have one minute for a discussion here.
Brokaw to McCain and Obama...
BROKAW: We've run out of time. We have this one-minute discussion period going on here.
Brokaw to McCain...
BROKAW: I'm trying to play by the rules that you all established. One minute for discussion.
Brokaw to Obama...
BROKAW: All right, gentlemen, I want to just remind you one more time about time. We're going to have a larger deficit than the federal government does if we don't get this under control here before too long.
Brokaw to Obama...
BROKAW: Sen. Obama, as we begin, very quickly, our discussion period, President Bush, you'll remember, last summer, said that "Wall Street got drunk."...
Brokaw to Obama after McCain's discussion time...
BROKAW: Sen. Obama, we have another question from the Internet.
OBAMA: Tom, can I respond to this briefly? Because...
BROKAW: Well, look, guys, the rules were established by the two campaigns, we worked very hard on this. This will address, I think, the next question.
OBAMA: The tax issue, because I think it's very important. Go ahead.
BROKAW: There are lots of issues that we are going to be dealing with here tonight. And we have a question from Langdon (ph) in Ballston Spa, New York, and that's about huge unfunded obligations for Social Security, Medicare, and other entitlement programs that will soon eat up all of the revenue that's in place and then go into a deficit position.
Since the rules are pretty loose here, I'm going to add my own to this one. Instead of having a discussion, let me ask you as a coda to that. Would you give Congress a date certain to reform Social Security and Medicare within two years after you take office? Because in a bipartisan way, everyone agrees, that's a big ticking time bomb that will eat us up maybe even more than the mortgage crisis.
Brokaw after Obama's discussion time...
BROKAW: Gentlemen, you may not have noticed, but we have lights around here. They have red and green and yellow and they are to signal...
OBAMA: I'm just trying to keep up with John.
MCCAIN: Tom, wave like that and I'll look at you.
BROKAW: All right, Senator.
Here's a follow-up to that, one-minute discussion. It's a simple question.
MCCAIN: Sure.
McCain speaks on an issue and at the end of it just as Brokaw is about to turn another question over to McCain...
Obama: Tom, just a...
Brokaw: Sen. McCain...
Obama: ... just a quick follow-up on this. I think...
McCain: If we're going to have follow-ups, then I will want follow-ups, as well.
Brokaw: No, I know. So but I think we get at it...
McCain: It'd be fine with me. It'd be fine with me.
Brokaw: ... if I can, with this question.
Obama: Then let's have one.
Brokaw: All right, let's have a follow-up.
McCain: It'd be fine with me.
Obama: Just -- just -- just a quick follow-up, because I think -- I think this is important.
Brokaw: I'm just the hired help here, so, I mean...
Obama: You're doing a great job, Tom. Look, I -- I want to be very clear about what I said....
Now Obama is done and McCain responds...
McCain: And, Tom, if -- if we're going to go back and forth, I then -- I'd like to have equal time to go -- to respond to...
Brokaw: Yes, you get the...
McCain: ... to -- to -- to...
Brokaw: ... last word here, and then we have to move on.
More than 7 times they had to be reminded about the rules they agreed to play by... At this point Ryan and I decided to go to bed. The speech was a little more than half way over at this point.
The last part I quoted is just "tit for tat", and I understand... This was a Debate! In Pure Debate Fashion! So why not bicker about your time and your "right" to rebut. But yeesh.
Last Note by me... During the debate I noticed McCain and Obama were both blinking excessively. I looked up body language and mannerisms, all evidence pointed to the same thing... Shifty eyes or excessive blinking are suggestive of Deception! Ta Da! And these are the men we're appointing to run our country?
Bullshit! My new motto is "Don't vote for who you see. Vote for who you want!" There are so many people running for president, yet we only see two of them. Did you know there's a BLACK WOMAN running for president!? Bet you didn't.
So... Check out http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/index.php to see the candidates and their spending habits and vote for who you WANT not just who you see. (Who you see May BE who you want, but do your homework first.)
Love ya!
Erika
The Rules:
BROKAW: Each candidate will have two minutes to respond to a common question, and there will be a one-minute follow-up. The audience here in the hall has agreed to be polite, and attentive, no cheering or outbursts. Those of you at home, of course, are not so constrained.
Now for the fun part...
Brokaw speaking to McCain on his lengthy speech...
BROKAW: Senator, we have one minute for a discussion here.
Brokaw to McCain and Obama...
BROKAW: We've run out of time. We have this one-minute discussion period going on here.
Brokaw to McCain...
BROKAW: I'm trying to play by the rules that you all established. One minute for discussion.
Brokaw to Obama...
BROKAW: All right, gentlemen, I want to just remind you one more time about time. We're going to have a larger deficit than the federal government does if we don't get this under control here before too long.
Brokaw to Obama...
BROKAW: Sen. Obama, as we begin, very quickly, our discussion period, President Bush, you'll remember, last summer, said that "Wall Street got drunk."...
Brokaw to Obama after McCain's discussion time...
BROKAW: Sen. Obama, we have another question from the Internet.
OBAMA: Tom, can I respond to this briefly? Because...
BROKAW: Well, look, guys, the rules were established by the two campaigns, we worked very hard on this. This will address, I think, the next question.
OBAMA: The tax issue, because I think it's very important. Go ahead.
BROKAW: There are lots of issues that we are going to be dealing with here tonight. And we have a question from Langdon (ph) in Ballston Spa, New York, and that's about huge unfunded obligations for Social Security, Medicare, and other entitlement programs that will soon eat up all of the revenue that's in place and then go into a deficit position.
Since the rules are pretty loose here, I'm going to add my own to this one. Instead of having a discussion, let me ask you as a coda to that. Would you give Congress a date certain to reform Social Security and Medicare within two years after you take office? Because in a bipartisan way, everyone agrees, that's a big ticking time bomb that will eat us up maybe even more than the mortgage crisis.
Brokaw after Obama's discussion time...
BROKAW: Gentlemen, you may not have noticed, but we have lights around here. They have red and green and yellow and they are to signal...
OBAMA: I'm just trying to keep up with John.
MCCAIN: Tom, wave like that and I'll look at you.
BROKAW: All right, Senator.
Here's a follow-up to that, one-minute discussion. It's a simple question.
MCCAIN: Sure.
McCain speaks on an issue and at the end of it just as Brokaw is about to turn another question over to McCain...
Obama: Tom, just a...
Brokaw: Sen. McCain...
Obama: ... just a quick follow-up on this. I think...
McCain: If we're going to have follow-ups, then I will want follow-ups, as well.
Brokaw: No, I know. So but I think we get at it...
McCain: It'd be fine with me. It'd be fine with me.
Brokaw: ... if I can, with this question.
Obama: Then let's have one.
Brokaw: All right, let's have a follow-up.
McCain: It'd be fine with me.
Obama: Just -- just -- just a quick follow-up, because I think -- I think this is important.
Brokaw: I'm just the hired help here, so, I mean...
Obama: You're doing a great job, Tom. Look, I -- I want to be very clear about what I said....
Now Obama is done and McCain responds...
McCain: And, Tom, if -- if we're going to go back and forth, I then -- I'd like to have equal time to go -- to respond to...
Brokaw: Yes, you get the...
McCain: ... to -- to -- to...
Brokaw: ... last word here, and then we have to move on.
More than 7 times they had to be reminded about the rules they agreed to play by... At this point Ryan and I decided to go to bed. The speech was a little more than half way over at this point.
The last part I quoted is just "tit for tat", and I understand... This was a Debate! In Pure Debate Fashion! So why not bicker about your time and your "right" to rebut. But yeesh.
Last Note by me... During the debate I noticed McCain and Obama were both blinking excessively. I looked up body language and mannerisms, all evidence pointed to the same thing... Shifty eyes or excessive blinking are suggestive of Deception! Ta Da! And these are the men we're appointing to run our country?
Bullshit! My new motto is "Don't vote for who you see. Vote for who you want!" There are so many people running for president, yet we only see two of them. Did you know there's a BLACK WOMAN running for president!? Bet you didn't.
So... Check out http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/index.php to see the candidates and their spending habits and vote for who you WANT not just who you see. (Who you see May BE who you want, but do your homework first.)
Love ya!
Erika
Bon Appetite Vegetarians...Meatless Perfection!
My husband (Ryan) has been a vegetarian for 3 years now. He's been buying "fake meats" for sandwiches for most of the past few years also which I always thought was ridiculous. I used to say "Your food is more processed than mine!". Now that I'm a vegetarian (and the switch has been very mild on me, since we've barely had any meat in our home for the past year or so anyway, due to the fact that it's silly for me to buy meat for only me.) people ask me if I miss eating meat. After finding a few great brands that carry soy or mycoprotein (mushroom) fake meats I can honestly say... I'm ecstatic about being a vegetarian! I don't miss a chicken nugget or a wing or a breaded chicken cutlet! (I was never too into steak, but I'll continue to look for a substitute).
I am now going to RAVE about this product Ryan and I bought and had for dinner last night. 
Holy Toledo! So good! The perfect "Meat Replica". I could have served this to a bunch of meat eaters and they never would have known the difference. The seasoning was awesome, and spicy, the consistency even looked like chicken. I'm amazed. I am now extra happy to be a vegetarian.
Holy Toledo! So good! The perfect "Meat Replica". I could have served this to a bunch of meat eaters and they never would have known the difference. The seasoning was awesome, and spicy, the consistency even looked like chicken. I'm amazed. I am now extra happy to be a vegetarian.
Story of Stuff...I share because I care.
Long overdue... Here is the compelling "Story Of Stuff"...
It's a 20 minute video. So instead of watching a tv show tonight, spend the same amount of time learning AND being entertained...
You can also view it at www.storyofstuff.com.
Pay close attention to the Consumption part of the video. "The Golden Arrow" and The Quote about it is eye opening.
Story Of Stuff...
It's a 20 minute video. So instead of watching a tv show tonight, spend the same amount of time learning AND being entertained...
You can also view it at www.storyofstuff.com.
Pay close attention to the Consumption part of the video. "The Golden Arrow" and The Quote about it is eye opening.
Story Of Stuff...
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