Ok, I know there are a lot of differences (and I am oh so glad for that), but this is just one I have noted.  Not even recently, but about 34 years ago.  Some may find this insightful, others will go "ho-hum" and others will go "No way you stupid jerk!".  WHatever your reaction, that is fine.  As I am male, I may be wrong, so this is my disclaimer.  This is my perception. I have been faced with several cathartic moments in my life.  Being 50, that is not surprisi...

*** Congratulations to fbaggins for Winning the NOVEMBER Trivia Challenge! *** Fbaggins becomes the first person other than Dr. Guy and Gideon to win a month!  Other top 10 players are: 1. fbaggins (299 points, 2 wins) 2. ssnmg (276 points, 2 wins) 3. DaneelOlivlaw (248 points, 4 wins) 4. drguy (247 points, 3 wins) 5. MarcieHelen (246 points, 4 wins) 6. locamama (229 points, 3 wins) 7. JUGenghisHank (224 points, 3 wins) 8. gideon (217 points, 2 wins) 9. Zoologist03 ...

How do you sound? What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland "You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent."  You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas.  You have a good voice for TV and radio. Philadelphia ...

My male servant showed me your blog.  And do I have some advice for you!  first, grab that key board!  Then you can type your own messages!  Like I am doing now. Next, running is fun!  My female and male servants like to chase me.  They get tired after awhile, but then get mad at each other. Something about "who left the door open" or some such stuff.  But when the door is open, I zoom into the yard and then have to check out everything.  I have never s...

A while back, a certain prima donna decided to rip off one of my articles.  She had to misquote it to do it, but she asked "where are all the Liberals at JU".  I did not even realize it was a rip off (seems to be her only forte these days) until Brad wrote a rebuttal.  Eh?  So what. So what?  It seems now she is calling the tunes.  No longer satisfied to be queen bee, now she has to dictate to the rest of Ju who they can talk to and who they cannot.  It seem...

Xythe Wrote an article about how the Internet helped him unlearn prejudice.  And I must say I am impressed that he could recognize the fault, and even more that he overcame it.  It is sad that so many cannot, and never do.  But this is not about that really.  This is about a "sister" I met on line.  Sister as in sibling, not as in "hey sister!". I have always had a plethora of sisters.  4 (or 5) now, and I think my mother has stopped counting. But several year...

Several months ago, I told you about the notification problem.  At the time I had some info, but not a lot to give you.  I think I have more. Since the advent of the new Forums (they are great! BTW), I have noticed a dearth of email notifications.  And in all cases it appears to be when someone posts a response in the forums, we do not get a notification that a response has been posted (from the JU side).  Wincustomize, and the others seem to be working fine, it is ju...

For you working stiffs (Mason excepted), you may not know it but in 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue and discovered America on October 9th.  Why?  cause it is a Monday! As they say, leave it to a man to sail in the wrong direction, get where he was not going, and not realize he was lost! Thus was born Columbus day (even though we are named for Amerigo Vespucci - at least he knew where he was not).  And a Holiday for Banks, the Feds, and States (and some students)....

Amazing the difference a boss makes!  I did not realize how empty was my work spirit until "The Captain" left and I was on my own.  And given the lack of communication, I had a lot of catching up to do on the 'black hole' areas.  Those I was not allowed to administer, even though it was part of my job (leave that to the Wormtongue that left before the captain). In the last 2 weeks we have done more, and fixed more than in the previous 6 months (ok, that might be a slight exager...

Yea, it has happened.  My former troll has decided I am the lesser of 2 weevils.  And he has told his old boss, yea, I am OK.  So now, instead of a regular job (with occasional OT), I am on call!  Why?  Because they want me to take over for the troll! I am going to have to think long and hard on this.  Right now, I like my job.  But I don't like being called on my off time.  They are not paying me enough for that. We will see.  Why cant the trol...

Yea, I am just smiling and laughing.  And with tutoring, not a lot of time to blog.  But just wanted to say hi to everyone (especially the Masons, Dyna and Mason). My wife is swamped!  The other PL is out for the next 2 months!  SO I am tutoring her student!  I am a lousy tutor! But we are managing to survive! I am not a merry man (Worf)! But I will survive to Tutor! Damn that is hard! later!

Yea, my articles and time on JU has been curtailed.  For the first time since I joined, I am actually able to do my job without 'The Captain' or his Grima doing the finger pointing game!  So each day I work a hard day (sometimes 12 hours now), and I love it! I would love to say that I have gotten more accomplished in the last week, than in the preceding 3 years, but that would be an exaggeration.  Not a big one!  Not by much. Since his departure, I have managed to gain ...

I love the idea.  But I question the implementation.  But actually, this is not really about that, but about my one experience. Yes, with My aunt!  I used up all the minutes on my cell phone (free long distance) but she is up and running and again on the net, and now protected not only by Zone Alarm but by a hardware Gateway/Router!  But what a chore!  I know Florida has easier winters, but I sure could have used a pair of (knowledgeable) hands down there!  As it...

Scams.  Some are clearly illegal (the Nigerian money one and its derivatives) and others are only marginally legal.  Today we talk about the marginally legal ones. There are 2 types.  One promises a free 30 day sample (Enzyte), but you have to buy a 30 day sample.  And as they are selling you sugar pills, they make money from day one.  hell, they can send you a year free!  If you pay for a year, and they still make money!  And they share one thing in common ...

Ok, yesterday, I posed a question for old (excuse me, mature) folks about women and do you remember.  Some on their way to Adulthood (ok!  You can be adults!), chimed in as well.  But this question is for everyone.  Us old (mature geezers) and the New Adults (how is that for PC?). How much math can you do in your head?  Without benefit of a calculator (for the ones that never saw the series "Dukes of Hazzard", 'cack-a-lator' was what Boss Hogg called a calculator). ...