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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Web 2.0 Symbols and 1:1:1:1 Cuisine: If the hash tag # replaced the pound sign #, will the hash brown replace the pound cake?!!

Just pondering the entire "tag" idea. I just get a kick at how web applications (i.e. web 2.0 and such) have paved the way for a new generation of web-based word definitions. For a long time I wondered what a hash tag was and when I learned the meaning of it, it took another few days -perhaps weeks- for me to try the hash tag idea and set it in motion; it worked. I guess "thanks?" is in line for Twitter, but I am not sure yet. Sometimes tagging isn't as great as one would like to think (tomfoolery) like on Face Book (FB). Yes, FB where you may become a member and welcome others to be your friend or vice versa, but if you aren't mindful and alert via your account settings, you leave yourself wide open to all the tagging (free tagging) others may be forcing upon you; finding yourself posted all over the Net and paving the way for companies to spam all your email and such.
You keep your hash tags for now and I will keep eating my hash browns. And whatever happened to my favorite symbol the pound sign? It took so long in my lifetime to learn the significance of that when I had to make phone calls and such and the automated operator would tell me to "press the pound sign". I finally learned the usage and the definition of the pound sign without thinking of the sometimes moist but most often kind-of-dry confectionery known as pound cake; the one which requires one pound of each of four ingredients. The cake which may only be referred to as "pound cake" if the following ratio is followed 1:1:1:1 ..a pound of each of four ingredients: flour, butter, eggs, and sugar. It's kind of sexy, is it not (?) or maybe I have too much time on my hands and am kind of hungry as I sit here drinking my morning's o.j. wishing someone would make me a plate of breakfast eats. The sexiness of a pound cake to me at this moment is as sexy as champagne is when I think of the European region from which this thirst-quenching sparkling wine must derive from before it can be dubbed with the "champagne" sobriquet (nickname).
Oops...forgive me my tangent! But to be honest - I prefer a plate of hash browns right now than following someone or something on the electronic highway via a hash tag. Just saying...

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Repubs: Gone Wild: Dissing President Obama!

(click here) The 10 Worst Moments of Disrespect Towards President Obama!

01-25-12: Arizona Gov. (R) Jan Brewer shows how far (and low) Republicans, Tea Party members, Conservatives, politicians to the "right" etc. have succumbed to in continually trying (in vain) to embarrass President Obama!
And did I mention he is black?!!

Friday, February 17, 2012

The New Predator: Unmanned Drones!

The Drone Next Door: New FAA Rules Will Increase UAVs In National Airspace!

Jillian Rayfield February 9, 2012

A new set of laws will require the FAA to ease up on the rules governing domestic drone use — and to find a way to integrate them into national airspace alongside regular aircraft.
Earlier this week, the Senate passed a bill by a vote of 75-20 that had been fought over in Congress for several years, which appropriates $63.4 billion for the FAA, and, among other things, requires the FAA to loosen restrictions on domestic drone use by September, 2015.
Currently, the FAA has a strict process of licensing agencies to operate Unmanned Aerial Vehicles within the U.S., and limits where they can be flown for safety reasons. Primarily, the unarmed UAVs are being used by some law enforcement agencies for surveillance and emergency situations.
(read more here...)

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Water Rationing Is Upon Us: Watering the sidewalks!

Water rationing...
Stop watering needlessly especially the sidewalks.
Or soon we will all have cement lawns!

Monday, February 6, 2012

Clint Eastwood: "It's Half-time In America"...Go ahead, make his day! 2012 super bowl commercial!

CLINT EASTWOOD: "It's half-time in America
and the second half is about to begin!"


Famous words by the once Republican Mayor of Carmel (CA)
who was
anti-stimulus package and voiced that fact during a November 7th, 2011 interview with the L.A. Times.
He recently applauded the package during a
2012 super bowl commercial.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Mitt Romney Gaffes: 2012 Rep Primary: "Not Concerned About the Very Poor!"...

"Not Concerned About the Very Poor!"

SARA FERGUSON AND ELLEN DEGENERES: PHILANTHROPIC WAYS LETS REPUBLICANS "CASH" IN ON "JOHNNY'S SYNDROME"!

Sara Ferguson, a Pennsylvania Teacher, appeared on "The Ellen Degeneres Show" today during which Ellen presented the altruistic teacher with a gift card and a $100,000 check. The check, which was donated by JC Penney, is for Columbus Elementary School -- where Ferguson teaches math and literacy. The school is part of the Chester Upland School District in Pennsylvania which is right outside of Philadelphia. The school district announced earlier in January that it was facing bankruptcy. That was when 204 teachers, including Ferguson, and 64 support staffers vowed to work for delayed pay. Ferguson was later featured in a Philadelphia Inquirer piece reporting that Chester Upland teachers had resolved to keep working without pay when the district revealed that it could no longer afford to pay its staff. With this decision Pennsylvania public schools win a round against Republican Governor Tom Corbett's effort to kill off an entire school district, but the fight is far from over. Ferguson was the guest of Michelle Obama during the State of the Union Address, February 25th.
Sara Ferguson was also the guest on "The Ed Show" on three separate occasions. Today Ed Schultz ended his show by congratulating his "favorite teacher", Sara Ferguson, for her continued efforts to keep working for free. He went on to show the segment during which Sara appeared on "The Ellen Degeneres Show" earlier today - Ed told Ellen that she was "pretty cool" for recognizing Ferguson on her efforts. He ended his segment stating that it was too bad that Republicans failed to see such positive actions and that it was also too bad that they could not learn from it.
I totally agree with Ed Schultz that the right ignores such altruism and selfless acts even if they are for the betterment of our children and their futures. I understand why Ed bids such praise. The issue I take up with Ed is simply this...that by the left exercising such philanthropy and good will, it allows Republicans to keep ignoring the issues and to keep lending a deaf ear and a blind eye to such issues. Using a term which yours truly has dubbed "Johnny Cash Syndrome", the Republicans basically ignore said issues and they will continue sweeping them under the ole proverbial rug. My "Johnny Cash Syndrome" is simple, it basically pertains to people who seldom or never deal with problems because they have come to expect others to fix things for them. Johnny Cash was this type of person according to his significant other - the one and only June Carter (Cash). Republicans have the same views - to keep ignoring issues plaguing this country because "others" (mainly the Democrats) will rise up to the occasion and fix any issues. Whether the Reps agree to how the Dems will fix things they will at first be against the ideas and then when it most benefits them, the Reps will come up with the same ideas but with different verbiage. Oh, Johnny come lately!!!