rachel leigh has some pretty nice stuff. it's a smallish collection tho. there's only one ring (i loves me rings) but she has quite a few necklaces. my favorite, by far, is the 'over it' necklace.
Tuesday, September 5, 2006
rachel leigh
rachel leigh has some pretty nice stuff. it's a smallish collection tho. there's only one ring (i loves me rings) but she has quite a few necklaces. my favorite, by far, is the 'over it' necklace.
Saturday, September 2, 2006
just a little bit..
reep and i went mini golfing last night. i suck. :) altho at one point reepal told me to 'beat that' and i got a hole in one. haha! but yeah. i suck at mini golf. i usually do better when i don't aim. lol. but i beat him. i beat him good. by like... maybe some 40 points (after around 55 holes). cause the higher the score the better, right? ;)
1. reep peering over the arch. 2. fobbing it up at the 'gate of the golden orient'. 3. lol, i just like this shot. 4. stephanie = tired. 5. giant reep climbing on the house. cast your ballots: is he the king from those burger king commercials or is he king kong? i vote for burger king. :)
full set at my flickr. altho no, i haven't linked up the two yet. sorry!
full set at my flickr. altho no, i haven't linked up the two yet. sorry!
stoopids!
+-------------- Bizarre Deaths in History ----------------+
Tycho Brahe was an important Danish astronomer of the 16th century. His ground breaking research allowed Sir Isaac Newton to come up with the theory of gravity. In the 16th century, it was considered an insult to leave a banquettable before the meal was over. Brahe, known to drink excessively, had a bladder condition -- but failed to relieve himself before the banquet started. He made matters worse by drinking too much at dinner, and was too polite to ask to be excused. His bladder finally burst, killing him slowly and painfully over the next 11 days.
Horace Wells pioneered the use of anesthesia in the 1840s. While experimenting with various gases during his anesthesia research, Wells became addicted to chloroform. In 1848 he was arrested for spraying two women with sulfuric acid. In a letter he wrote from jail, he blamed chloroform for his problems, claiming that he'd gotten high before the attack. Four days later he was found dead in his cell. He'd anaesthetized himself with chloroform and slashed open his thigh with a razor.
Francis Bacon was one of the most influential minds of the late 16th century. A statesman, a philosopher, a writer, and a scientist, he was even rumored to have written some of Shakespeare's plays. One afternoon in 1625, Bacon was watching a snowstorm and was struck by the wondrous notion that maybe snow could be used to preserve meat in the same way that salt was used. Determined to find out, he purchased a chicken from a nearby village, killed it, and then, standing outside in the snow, attempted to stuff the chicken full of snow to freeze it. The chicken never froze, but Bacon did.
Jerome Irving Rodale was the founding father of the organic food movement, creator of "Organic Farming and Gardening" magazine, and founder of Rodale Press, a major publishing corporation. He bragged "I'm going to live to be 100 unless I'm run down by a sugar-crazed taxi driver," was only 72 when he appeared on the "Dick Cavett Show" in January 1971. Part way through the interview, he dropped dead in his chair. Cause of death: heart attack. The show was never aired.
Jim Fixx, the author of the best selling "Complete Book of Running," which started the jogging craze of the 1970s, was visiting Greensboro, Vermont when he walked out of the house and began jogging. He'd only gone a short distance when he had a massive coronary. His autopsy revealed that one of his coronary arteries was 99% clogged, another was 80% obstructed, and a third was 70% blocked... and that Fixx had had three other attacks in the weeks prior to his death.
Tycho Brahe was an important Danish astronomer of the 16th century. His ground breaking research allowed Sir Isaac Newton to come up with the theory of gravity. In the 16th century, it was considered an insult to leave a banquettable before the meal was over. Brahe, known to drink excessively, had a bladder condition -- but failed to relieve himself before the banquet started. He made matters worse by drinking too much at dinner, and was too polite to ask to be excused. His bladder finally burst, killing him slowly and painfully over the next 11 days.
Horace Wells pioneered the use of anesthesia in the 1840s. While experimenting with various gases during his anesthesia research, Wells became addicted to chloroform. In 1848 he was arrested for spraying two women with sulfuric acid. In a letter he wrote from jail, he blamed chloroform for his problems, claiming that he'd gotten high before the attack. Four days later he was found dead in his cell. He'd anaesthetized himself with chloroform and slashed open his thigh with a razor.
Francis Bacon was one of the most influential minds of the late 16th century. A statesman, a philosopher, a writer, and a scientist, he was even rumored to have written some of Shakespeare's plays. One afternoon in 1625, Bacon was watching a snowstorm and was struck by the wondrous notion that maybe snow could be used to preserve meat in the same way that salt was used. Determined to find out, he purchased a chicken from a nearby village, killed it, and then, standing outside in the snow, attempted to stuff the chicken full of snow to freeze it. The chicken never froze, but Bacon did.
Jerome Irving Rodale was the founding father of the organic food movement, creator of "Organic Farming and Gardening" magazine, and founder of Rodale Press, a major publishing corporation. He bragged "I'm going to live to be 100 unless I'm run down by a sugar-crazed taxi driver," was only 72 when he appeared on the "Dick Cavett Show" in January 1971. Part way through the interview, he dropped dead in his chair. Cause of death: heart attack. The show was never aired.
Jim Fixx, the author of the best selling "Complete Book of Running," which started the jogging craze of the 1970s, was visiting Greensboro, Vermont when he walked out of the house and began jogging. He'd only gone a short distance when he had a massive coronary. His autopsy revealed that one of his coronary arteries was 99% clogged, another was 80% obstructed, and a third was 70% blocked... and that Fixx had had three other attacks in the weeks prior to his death.
Friday, September 1, 2006
bday(s)
it was my mom's bday the other night so we went out to macaroni grill out in huntington beach. normally we don't much celebrate my rent's bdays (i'm the only one that cares much for bdays) but this year was a special one for my mom. back when my parents were born in taiwan, they used to use the lunar calender quite a bit. i'm not totally sure on the details, but i think the lunar calender has 12 months wit an alternating 29 or 30 days per month. so every couple years they have a 'leap month' rather than our 'leap day'. so the year my mom was born, she was actually born in the second 'july'. and that day equated to our august 30th. many years passed and never again did her lunar calender birthdate match up wit our gregorian calender birthdate. but this year it did! and it was like the first time in 36 years or something like that. i don't really kno how all this works out. but anyway. it was a special one.
1. bday girl. 2. mom & dad. 3. mom & dad & uncle. 4. bday cake drawing by me. lol. looks like a 4yr old drew it...
slippy shoulders
embrace is a pretty interesting product. if you find that your bra straps are constantly slipping off your shoulders but don't want to buy racer-back bras (or can't find them, etc), then you can use this product to clip the staps together. like a racer-back bra.
travel stories
+------------- Bizarre Travel Agent Stories ---------------+
From a former Washington, D.C. travel agent of over 30 years
* A New Hampshire Congresswoman called to ask for an aisle seat so that her hair wouldn't get messed up by being near the window.
* A Candidate's Staffer called, wanting to go to Capetown. I started to explain the length of the flight and the passport information then she interrupted me with, "I'm not trying to make you look stupid, but Capetown is in Massachusetts." Without trying to make her look like the stupid one, I calmly explained, "Cape Cod is in Massachusetts. Capetown is in Africa." Her response? Click.
* A Senior Vermont Congressman called, furious about a Florida package we did. I asked what was wrong with the vacation in Orlando. He said he was expecting an ocean view room. I tried to explain that is not possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state. He replied, "Don't lie to me. I looked on the map, and Florida is a very thin state!"
* A Lawmaker's wife asked, "Is it possible to see England from Canada?" I said, "No." She said, "But they look so close on the map."
* A Bush cabinet member's aide called and asked if they could rent a car in Dallas. When I pulled up the reservation, I noticed they had only a 1-hour layover in Dallas. When I asked him why he wanted to rent a car, he said, "I heard Dallas was a big airport, and we want the car so we can drive between gates to save time."
* An Illinois Congresswoman wanted to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:20am and got into Chicago at 8:33am. I tried to explain that Michigan was an hour ahead of Illinois, but she could not understand the concept of time zones. Finally, I told her the plane went very fast. She bought it!
* A New York lawmaker asked, "Do airlines put your physical description on your bag so they know whose luggage belongs to whom?" I said, "No, why do you ask?" She replied, "Well, when I checked in with the airline, they put a tag on my luggage that said "FAT." I'm overweight and I think that's very rude!" After putting her on hold so I could "look into it" (I was actually laughing), I came back to her and explained the city code for Fresno, CA is "FAT," and that the label was only a destination tag.
* A Senator's aide inquired about a trip package to Hawaii. After going over all the cost info, she asked, "Would it be cheaper to fly to California and then take the train to Hawaii?"
* A freshman Congressman called from the airport to ask, "How do I know which plane to get on?" I asked him what exactly did he mean. He replied, "You told me my flight number is 823, but none of these darn planes have numbers on them."
* A lady Senator called and said, "I need to fly to Pepsi-Cola, FL. Do I have to get on one of those little computer planes?" I asked her if she meant "fly to Pensacola, FL on a commuter plane"? She said, "Yeah, whatever!"
* A senior Senator had a question about the documents he needed in order to fly to China. After a lengthy discussion about passports, I reminded him he needed a visa. "Oh, no I don't. I've been to China many times and never had one." I double-checked and, sure enough, his stay required a visa. When I told him this he said, "Look, I've been to China four times. Every time they've accepted my American Express!"
* A New Mexico Congresswoman called to make reservations. "I want to go from Chicago to Rhino, New York." The agent was at a loss for words. Finally, the agent: "Are you sure that's the name of the town?" "Yes, what flights do you have?" she replied. After some searching, the agent came back with, "I'm sorry, ma'am. I've looked up every airport code in the country and can't find a Rhino anywhere." The lady retorted, "Oh, don't be silly! Everyone knows where it is. Check your map!" The agent pulled out a map of New York state and finally asked, "You don't mean 'Buffalo,' do you?" "That's
it! I knew it was a big animal!"
* I had someone who wanted to stay at the Bob Newhart Inn in Connecticut. When I explained that the inn was fictional, the customer became very irate and insisted, "I know it is real, I see people check in every week!"
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