Only great minds can read this

Only great minds can read this

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Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

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What's on your iPod/Zune/non-denominational mp3 player??

Thanks to Ben Mason for this interesting idea.

The challenge: Put your mp3 player on shuffle and list the first ten songs that play. The ideas is that a random sampling provides a true picture of your 'musical taste'

Clay Walker "If I could make a living out of loving you"
Tim McGraw "My Best Friend"
Lily Allen "LDN"
Andrea Burns "I'm not afraid of anything" (from the musical Songs for a New World)
Clay Aiken "Sugar Pie Honeybunch"
Montgomery Gentry "Lucky Man"
Andy Griggs "You Won't Ever Be Lonely"
Taylor Hicks "Soul Thing"
Duncan Sheik "Mama Who Bore Me" (from the musical Spring Awakening)
William Finn "Time and Music" (from the musical A New Brain)

Obama states the obvious

Friday Jul 11, 2008
Obama on Writing
Pam Coughlan over at Motherreader was at an Obama event in Fairfax, VA yesterday where he was asked what he would say to young writers.

He was surprised by the question, which he admitted was one he hadn't heard before, but didn't hesitate to answer. He referenced his two books, and specifically mentioned how he wrote them himself, along with many of his speeches. With a light inflection, he said, "In terms of getting a job, knowing how to write is a good thing." He talked about how he kept a journal, and how it was important for teaching him not only how to write, but also how to think. But my favorite part was when he said, "Over the course of four years I made time to read all of the Harry Potter books out loud to my daughters. If I can do that and run for president, then you can find time to read to your kids. That's some of the most special time you have with your children.
According to MSNBC he also said "these days kids know how to text message... but when you are applying for a job they will not be asking if you know how to text message."

In response to the bold text above....uh, no duh? ya think?

Cool t-shirt and stupid snow

http://www.snorgtees.com/sometimesy-p-252.html

It's snowing and it's APRIL. And it made Mar, Ben and Annika stuck in Colorado instead of coming to Price....Mother Nature is a meanie!

Bad news on myspace again

I swear, I'm going to stop logging in to myspace!

Every time I do, I get more bad news about an old friend. First, Ro announces that Ted Jensen died in his sleep un-expectedly, now today, I see a note from my friend Heather that she has to undergo another brain surgery related to possible tumor growth from her previous bout with cancer.

So, anyone who reads this, please put Heather Garrison (and her family) in your thoughts and prayers; she's one tough little lady (and I do mean little! She's barely 5' tall and maybe 100 lbs dripping wet!) She's beat this cancer back before, and I have faith that she can do it again but a little extra positive energy certainly can't hurt!

She has two beautiful children and an amazing husband who need her. And the world needs her sunshine in it; truly she is one of the most amazing people I know.

Cool Quote

Who dares to teach must never cease to learn

I saw it on a t-shirt over at Cafe Press....not sure who said it (if anyone), but I think it's very true.

Other library thoughts swiped from t-shirts

"Information is the currency of democracy" Thomas Jefferson

"Books are the compasses and sextants and charts which other men have prepared to help us navigate the dangerous seas of human life." Jesse Lee Bennett

"No matter how busy you think you are, you must find time for reading or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance." Confucius

"Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation." Walter Cronkite

"There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration..." Andrew Carnegie

I spoke too soon....

Today was pretty nasty in terms of how I felt. I've been doing really well, but a big storm came in today and I had a nasty headache a good portion of the day. I also spent a good chunk of the morning at work feeling sick and light headed, partially because I threw up all of my breakfast on my way to work and didn't have time to eat something (and not much of anything I actually wanted to eat in my desk) to 'replace it'. Not totally sure what triggered the throwing up as I ate when I usually do on the way to work and ate the same thing I always do, I thought I had figured out what was causing it (going too long without eating; I also found when I eat first thing in the morning, I have to eat a carb first before anything else.... I had a couple of bites of an apple this morning before my sandwich, I think that might have been what did it, but I can't figure out why it didn't actually make me sick until I had eaten my whole breakfast sandwich...

I've wondered if this headache is an indicator that I have developed gestational diabetes because my sugar was all out of whack at work today, and the headache got worse this afternoon when I had gone a little while without anything healthy to eat (because we were moving the office today and I had packed most of my desk's healthy snack stash my afternoon snack was swiss cake rolls and a caffeine free pepsi.....) The storm was also getting worse around the time my headache was though, and the phone problems we started having again also hit around then. Add to that the fact that a couple of the calls I took around that time were from people calling on terrible cell phone connections with really loud interference and at least one or two of them were very angry people who would not be talked down (which makes me stressed and aggravates my headaches) and it's no wonder I felt like my head was going to explode by the time I left the office (twenty minutes later than usual)

If it rains it pours I guess (and today, that's LITERALLY the case....see the Boman family blog for pictures)

It's a very good thing today was Friday and I get to sleep in tomorrow!