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Apparently you like the videos. Good thing, I have a lot to say. My camera ran out of memory in the middle of my comments about The Office. Sorry. More next time.

Rain, Rain, don't go away

It has been raining here in south Florida since last Friday. It's a good thing. We are under severe drought conditions. Steven's grandfather, a watermelon farmer here in Florida, is concerned about rumors that many local farmers won't be able to use water from Lake Okeechobee to water their crops this winter.

Lake O is about 6 feet lower than it needs to be. Last winter when the water level ran very low, experts believed that the rainy season in Florida (June-October) would replenish the lake. This was not the case. The lake is still dangerously low.

Last week Steven and I visited the lake for the second time this year. The first time was in May. The first time I saw the lake I was shocked. I figured I would see a lake like I am used to up north. But this lake was dry. It was sad and scary at the same time. Our most recent trip allayed my fears a little. It was apparent that the lake had received some much needed water over the months, but it is still thirsty.

So far we have had about 3 inches of rain at our house and the forecast calls for rain to continue through at least tomorrow. Our pool is almost overflowing, but I don't care. I'm pulling for ya, Granddaddy!

Confessions of a Baggage Handler

This is a great article. I always wondered what happened to my bags once they dissapeared down the belt.


Confessions of a Baggage Handler (CNN)

Peeping Toms and their spectators

LOL, what an interesting topic.


Peeping Toms (NYT)

Prison Food Convention

The last line in this video is shocking: "Prison nutrition requirements are higher than schools". WTF?? That's sad and unbelievable.

Prison Food Convention

What's up with Britney Spears lately?

I'm trying a new media: video. The last second has Steven adding onions to a hot pan, just to explain the noise.

Logan Announces Cell Phone Lot

This article in Boston.com thrilled me because one of the things I hated about picking people up at Logan airport in Boston was there was nowhere to park while I waited for them to arrive. The only option was to park in the central parking garage, which was fine, but it meant having to park, walk to the terminal, meet your party and then walk back to the car - a needless waste of time.

Many other airports have cellphone waiting areas and they are fantastic. When you arrive at the airport you park in the waiting area lot (which is free) and when your traveler arrives, they give you a jingle on your cell phone and you go pick them up. Brilliant.

I have used these lots in DC and Fort Lauderdale, and while Fort Lauderdale's lot is way too small to be practical, the idea is perfect. Way to go Boston!

New DJs on the scene

Watch out for these two newcomers to the music scene. They are on FIRE!!


DJ Ryan and DJ Sara

Whitesnake Rules!

"Still of the Night" is on the radio right now. What a rockin' band Whitesnake was. I wonder what happened to them? I should research them on Wikipedia (which is my new fav website, BTW).

I am also really into the Little River Band right now. Have you heard about the lonesome loser?

Carnie Pictures

This is a great set of pictures of carnivals and carnie workers. I think the photographer really captured the true essence of what its like to work at and play at a carnival.

And if you are really inspired by these photographers, a great book about this lifestyle is "Water For Elephants".

I could really go for a funnel cake right now.

OJ Simpson returns to Miami

I saw in today's paper that OJ Simpson returned to Miami last night. He flew into our airport here in Fort Lauderdale and flew US Airways in coach. I would totally laugh if I was on that flight with him. What a loser he is. I wonder if he is going to jail this time??

I hate cell phones

I fucking hate cell phones. I've said it before. Twice in the last week I have gone berserk because of a cell phone. The first time Steven and I were having dinner in a cool sushi/Thai restaurant and this bitch who was siting near us looked at her ringing cell phone and decided that she didn't want to take the call. Rather than silence the ringer, she just let it ring. And ring. And ring. Now, I am pretty certain the reason for this was because she didn't know that she could silence the phone (she was an older lady), but come on. That is SO fucking rude.

Yesterday while we were waiting for our flight from Boston to board, another bitch was eating a donut and talking on her Nextel phone (the walkie-talkie kind)and the call was on speaker. I was reading a magazine and when I heard her on her call, I put down my magazine and stared at her until she hung up. She glanced my way, but didn't seem to notice the daggers coming out of my eyes. That is going to be my new thing. If you annoy me I am going to stare at you. I'll keep you posted on this endeavor.

On a related note, I got a new cell phone today. Normally I wouldn't post such a mundane piece of news, but I traded in my Blackberry for a Razr (or Krazr, I'm not sure what they are called these days). The significance here is that I lived on my Blackberry in my last job. My new job doesn't require me to be as connected, and I haven't been using the email feature of the Blackberry for some time now. I was able to save $25 a month by not having the data charge. I am really excited to lose the Crackbery tether. Steven is really considering getting rid of his, too. I am all about work/life balance and this was a giant step in the right direction for me. Plus, the new phone has a camera, so now I can take pictures of the people that annoy me and maybe I'll post them on my blog!! JK, I wouldn't do that. Or would I?

Cape police seek parking lot masturbator

I haven't seen the word "masturbator" in the news lately. This caught my eye:

Cape Cod Times: Cape police seek parking lot masturbator

Teen emerges from ocean with a shark stuck to him

This is an unbelievable story. How long was the shark stuck to the boy? It had to be at least a few minutes before the fire department arrived and punched the shark, right? That would freak me out big time!

BTW - we live in Oakland Park, too.

Florida Sun-Sentinel: Oakland Park teen emerges from ocean with shark locked onto abdomen

Birthdays in the Office

We can all relate to this story. I found myself nodding a few times while I read this (except the part about making the cake - that I don't do unless it is from a box). This also makes me think of 'The Office' show, which should be back soon now that it is fall. I am in serious withdrawal mode right now.

Birthdays offer a break from the office norm (boston.com)

Texas Fan Almost Loses Testicles in Bar Fight and My 100th post!!

This article from Sports Illustrated really caught my eye when I read the headline: "Texas fan nearly castrated in bar fight". When I read the article I learned that the fight started when a man entered an Oklahoma bar wearing a Texas shirt. The two areas are football rivals. A man came up to the Texas shirt wearing guy and grabbed his crotch and wrestled him to the ground. As a result, the man's nuts were heavily damaged.

Cue the scratching record sound...WHAT? Who does that?

The world is going nuts.

On a lighter note, this is my 100th post! Wow, time sure does fly. Granted, some of my posts aren't original thoughts, but whatever. It is still a milestone for me.

Trash Pickers

This is an amazing story about a woman who quit her $100K/year job at Barnes & Noble and now lives off the land. Well, sort of. She lives in Brooklyn and is a trash picker. I'm speechless. And a little sick.

Trash Pickers

Poo Parasite in the Pool

An article from a Nevada newspaper talks about how seven people have been sickened from a mysterious parasite. As far as experts can tell, the parasite is infecting people who have been swimming in pools. What I found interesting is the below quote from the article:

"When people go swimming in a pool and they have cryptosporidiosis and they have a diarrheal accident in the pool, they have basically exposed anybody who goes into the pool afterward," Davis said.

WHAT? Does this really happen? I saw that YouTube video where the girl has diarhea in the hot tub, but that seemed staged. I wonder if she had the bug.

You've been warned. Oh, and don't even think about pooing in my pool.

Lamb Lollipops

Steven made lamb lollipops last night. I'm not a big fan on lamb, but, oh man, these were GOOD. They are little lamb chops that you hold like a lollipop and eat. Wow. They were so juicy and delicious. We had them with cous cous and tomato/mozzarella/pesto. It was pure heaven.

My mother likes lamb and she would occasionally make it for us as kids. Our family was one where you ate what was for dinner. Period. The only exception was that my mother knew I didn't like fish, so on those nights I got to eat something else. But when she made lamb I always thought it was a little bitter (only when I was older would I learn the term "gamey"). And the whole mint jelly thing just grosses me out.

I was hesitant to try last night's lamb, but was I ever surprised! And Steven said the meat was around $13, which is about what we'd spend on a nice steak for us.

I didn't watch Steven prepare the lamb, but I don't think it was very hard, so if you're in the mood for something different, give these a try. They're pretty tasty!

Radio Silence

My blog has been down for two days. Grr. It just came back online last night.

I am so pissed at Comcast. Since I host my own blog from my house, I use Comcast Business Workplace with a static IP. I only did this because I am a total nerd and I also host my own email server as well. I have to say that I haven't had many problems with Comcast up until the past few weeks.

It all started with our cable box. When we moved here they gave us a tiny cable box. I thought it was pretty cool because we were used to the giant ones. I wondered though, how reliable they would be since so much technology was packed into such a small package.

The box worked for about 5 months and then a few weeks ago the on-screen menu quit and so did any chance of watching OnDemand. I called Comcast to come out, but they never showed up.

In the meantime, my Internet went out the other day. Repeated calls to them revealed that they were having a major outage for their business customers (I am a technically a business customer since I have a static IP address). It took me a while to get then to reveal what had happened. I was nice throughout my calls to them, since I knew it wasn't the representative's fault that my Internet was down. What really pisses me off is that I felt like I had to lead the process to get this fixed. If I hadn't called a million times would my Internet still be out? That's a scary thought for a company as giant as Comcast.

All's well that ends well, though. My Internet is back on, I went to Comcast the other day and got another box and life is good once again. I still can't watch Weeds OnDemand, but I took that as a sign that I should probably get off my fat ass and go outside and do something productive. I'll pick up where I left off with Comcast next week when I get mad at them all over again.

For now, I'll go mow the lawn or something.

Take a walk through a giant inflatable colon

Maybe it's just me, but isn't this odd?

From boston.com - Convention crowds reflect younger face of AARP

The hypocracy continues! EVEN MORE

Wow, this guy looks gay. I hate to stereotype, but I am going to.

Priest cited for soliciting gay sex in bathroom (from Sun-Sentinel)

Chemical castration

I think this is a good follow-up to the last post:

Chemical castration sentance reversed for Palm Beach Man (from Sun-Sentinel).

Couple arrested for welcoming teen sex slave

I don't know how the wife was OK with this. Their trailer surely wasn't big enough for all of them. Freaks.

From CNN: Couple welcomes teen sex slave

Cracking down on baggy pants

I was thrilled to read this article today about some town cracking down on baggy pants. These drive me crazy. I can't tell you how many people (I'd say kids, but they aren't all kids) I see walking around with their pants around their asses. I've even seen people walking around like this and their freaking pants fall down! The article talks about how this came from prisons. Don't these people realize that the folks in prison wear their pants around the asses because they are somebodies bitch and are just showing off the goods?

And I also learned that those obnoxious long shirts are worn by drug dealers. That's smart guys, real incognito.

That's all.

Idiots announce pot for sale out of dorm window

Two bright students at my alma-mater, Northeastern University, were busted by police after they were overheard yelling that they had pot for sale in the dorm room at the school.

Here's the skinny from boston.com.

Wow, their parents must be proud.

This gives telecommuting a whole new meaning

Freaking BRILLIANT!! I am so jealous of this. I want one real bad.

Ivan Anywhere, from The Record.

Car Baked Chocolate Chip Cookies

Freaking BRILLIANT! I definitely want to do this. It's certainly hot enough in Florida right now.

Baking Cookies in your Car

Flipping Out on Bravo - major train wreck

Our cable box is broken. Well, not really broken, per se, but the on-screen menu thingie no longer works and forget about watching anything OnDemand. I called Comcast to come out and fix it, but their new thing is that they call you the day of your appointment to confirm. If they don't get you live, they reschedule the appointment. They called me on Saturday at 8am to confirm and of course I was asleep. Bastards! There is a local office where I can exchange the faulty equipment, but I haven't had a chance to yet.

We can watch some shows, but not a lot. One of the channels that does work is Bravo. Last night I was flipping through the 10 channels that work (Bravo, that one with the old lady nun, HSN, local access channel, MTV) when I came across pure gold. Flipping Out is about a bunch of homos in California who buy homes and flip them. More precisely, the show is about two homos who buy homes and flip them and the people that work for them. The main character, Jeff Lewis, is the biggest baby I have ever seen. His purpose in life isn't to flip houses, it is to be a complete bitch to his employees. Granted, his employees can be a pain, but Jeff LOVES to cut them down. One of his employees was giving Jeff trouble, so he demoted him to "trash guy". In one episode he wants the trash guy to clean out human poop that workers had left at a job site. Another employee, his second assistant, doesn't answer Jeff quickly enough, so Jeff makes him wear a walkie-talkie around the house and barks orders at him from another room.

This show eerily seems like the gay version of Flip This House with Armondo Montelongo, who is my nemesis. I don't usually get angry at the TV, but Armando Montelongo makes me INSANE! I think Jeff Lewis is second on the list. Or first, I'm not sure.

Bait and Switch

Yesterday I met some friends for lunch at Capitol Grill. I'm not fancy, but every now and then it's good to be a little over the top.

The waiter described a special that sounded pretty tasty: a pound of baby lobster meat on a roll. Simple and delicious. I ordered that sandwich without a second thought.

When my "sandwich" arrived, I almost gasped. The lovely sandwich I pictured in my head, with lobster meat falling out of the sides, was in reality, a mushy bun with 3 (yes, 3!!) little pieces of lobster inside. There was no way this was even close to a pound of lobster meat. This was more like 2 ounces. Now, I'm not fussy when I eat out. In fact, I am anti-fussy. But this was just stupid. It made me think of the lovely looking sandwiches you see on TV in advertisements for fast-food restaurants. In the ads the sandwiches look fantastic and you wonder who they can only charge a dollar for one. When you actually get one of the sandwiches is when you see their trick.

Well, I was tricked at Capitol Grill yesterday. I didn't even look at the price of the sandwich, but I'm certain it was north of $20. So, a word to the wise:

* Inspect your sandwiches, especially if they are supposed to have something yummy in them, like lobster.

* Speak up! I didn't say anything. (because the 4 of us had 2 bottles of wine with lunch). It's OK to send things back - you're paying for it. You should be happy (this part is really for my benefit, but you can read it too).

I couldn't find an appropriate picture of a soggy sandwich, but I think you know what I'm talking about.