Well, it is dark now. So far, all the kids who have "rung the bell" (approached the porch) are Right Scary kids. Their Right Scary parents hang back about 10 yards. This is good. They are having fun!!! I mean - all of em', the children and their parents. Cool!!! We live in a Right type neighborhood. It could be worse. Know what I mean? You could be "Left Out".

It will be a good night!

Ain't Halloween Great?

Well, I'm back. The costume didn't fit. That's OK though, my Deckie would have none of it.

Since it is Halloween, I'm trying on my new costume. I'm going to become a liberal Democrat. If I post some completely illogical nonsense, you will know why. I'll be back after the transformation is complete. Stay tuned!

Bullshit!

Americans are Americans plain and simple. I’m sick and tired of hearing African American, Asian American, Mexican American, Hispanic American, whatever, etc, etc, bla bla bla.

I’m also sick and tired of hearing about Slavery and Reparations. Slavery was, and is, wrong, but I did not participate. I DID NOT PARTICIPATE!

Some Americans continue to rant and rave about slavery and injustice. Well here’s one for you. The Europeans, climbed aboard boats, sailed into the sunset, and basically stole two continents from the natives.

What do you think about that?

I think sometimes people confuse injustice with progress. I guess it’s all a mater of perspective. Remember, I said “sometimes”

And for the record: Some Americans tell other Americans to “go back to somewhere”. This is incorrect because 99% of the Americans being told to “go back” have never been to somewhere in the first place. So, how could they go back?

If you want to tell someone to go back to somewhere, first ensure they’ve been there before, or just drop the back and you’ll be cool.

The Commerce Department reports the GDP is growing annually at 7.2 %. This is the largest increase in almost 20 years, since the 1st quarter of 1984.

Don't expect the media to give Bush a "high five". Do expect the Democrats to spin these facts out of control.

This will be interesting to watch.

Iraq:

The United Nations is breaking for cover.

The Red Cross is breaking for cover.

The Democrats want to break for cover.

I agree with Zell Miller. The next five years are crucial for the survival of our nation, and will determine the kind of world future generations will live in.

Read more below: Jay Bryant sums it up pretty well.

I'm downtown with this.

Zell Miller endorses Bush

"The next five years will determine the kind of world my children and grandchildren will live in," Miller said in an interview. And he wouldn't "trust" any of the nine Democratic presidential candidates with governing during "that crucial period," he said. "This Democrat will vote for President Bush in 2004."

I wonder - just wonder, that's all.

It is curious that all of this happened after the Religion of Peace formally declared war on our way of life.

The IslamoFascists want to disrupt and break the back of our economy.

This is a fact. They brag about it. We should hunt them down, and kill them, for they are swine.

The “Cruise Ship Sicknesses” have had an impact. This has never happened before. There is something “that’s not right about this”. Anyway, there’s more to this than meets the eye.

Power outages on a scale we’ve never seen before.

The US, Canada, England, France, Italy, and other grids in Europe. We’re talking about MAJOR outages.

Fires on a scale we’ve never seen before.

The IslamoFascisits have indicated their desire to use Fire to disrupt our economy, as well as the economies of Australia, Italy, Israel, and many more in Europe. Actually, to be accurate, I should say “any economy in a non Muslim country”.

Side note: All countries mentioned above have had reliable intelligence that IslamoFacisists are interested in “burning the foundation of their economies”, and killing as many of the natives as possible.

Worldwide Denial of Service attacks on Internet sites that host “War Bloggers’. This is new, but this is not surprising – these IslamoFascists are whacked.

I think the press is somewhat at fault. It (the press) believes, that average Americans are negligent, have no interest in international policies or politics, are really interested in some stupid domestic “headlines grabbing” murder case, and would rather watch some stupid Sitcom instead of reality.

I disagree – the average American would appreciate the truth. Of course, I never said the watchers of the garbage are average Americans.

Thanks from the "new guy" to the "old guy".

I have to say - I like Footy Pajamas period. They are comfortable.

Stealing thunder is bad JuJu!

It will never, ever, happen agian.

Ow - come on - one more time, and that is it.

JUST DAMN!

Enough said.

For my wife.

She is a 10.

I love you baby!

I just received word that my good friend from down under (yes, he is Australian) is now the father of a son. Congratulations to him and his wife! Good thing for him it was a boy – he never understood why we ground girl babies, at birth, until 30 years of age.

G'day

I understand that Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston are headed to the Middle East on a private peace mission in hopes they can solve the Israeli-Arab conflict. What?

I’m proud to say I’ve never seen an episode of Friends, and never will, so I don’t know if she can act or not. I am fairly certain, though, neither of them have any diplomatic talent.

A statement from these yoyo’s reads: "The past few years of conflict mean that yet another generation of Israelis and Palestinians will grow up in hatred. We cannot allow that to happen."

Just how they plan to accomplish this remains to be seen.

It gets better. They are taking Danny DeVito with them.

I think we should throw the fly fishing reporter and his wife off the train.

What a joke! I needed a good laugh.

This is a great analysis of the latest debate by the Democratic Dopefulls.

Excerpt:

With the exception of Lieberman and Gephardt, the foreign and defense policy of the remaining candidates was simply “cut and run.” The remaining candidates claimed to be against the Iraqi invasion or believe that they were voting for something other than an invasion of Iraq. They must have thought that the Peace Corps was going to land in Baghdad and persuade Saddam Hussein to be a nice guy.

Never mind that weapons of mass destruction do not have to be huge nuclear arsenals but can be small and equally lethal vials of deadly biological agents. What a surprise that in a country the size of California we have not found these agents. Even more outrageous, we know that France gave passports to ex-Hussein leaders to cross the border into Syria.

Most repulsive is the candidacy of Wesley Clark. Hiding behind his four stars, he berates the Administration for policies that he did, in fact, endorse until his presidential ambitions took hold of him. He has flip-flopped so many times on his assessment of the wisdom of the Iraqi invasion that he should be a contortionist in the circus rather than a candidate for President.

The fact that the Clinton administration was responsible for sleeping at the switch regarding Iraq’s violations, the growth of Al-Quaida or the development of North Korean nuclear capability was conveniently forgotten during the entire debate.

I think President Bush can rest easy given his rag-tag group of opponents. Of course, if the economy were to tank -- even the most egregious pond scum could get elected.

Anyway, go read the whole article.

Reboot Boy is a guy who works in a typical office. He supports "end users", not with application support, but with Microsoft Windows operating system problems. All he does all day long is say, "Reboot". Application support requires a real technical person to get involved. Then, the real technical person calls Reboot Boy for yet another technical assessment - which always requires another Reboot.

I must be missing something - these people spend more time rebooting than working.

I have a dedicated Linux box I use for a firewall - I've booted it once in the last 10 months, and that is because I lost power. My goal was a year. Missed it by no fault of the operating system.

The damn thing is like the Energizer Bunny - it just keeps going and going and going.

You can't do that with Windows.

Longhorn, yet another "bet the company" product from Microsoft, is it's biggest release of this decade and the biggest since Windows 95, is being announced three years early. However, Microsoft gave no timetable for the launch of the software, which has already slipped to a later timetable than originally thought. With Longhorn now not expected before 2006, it is just more of the same from Microsoft - which is nothing new.

At the heart of the next Windows will be a new format for storing data that Microsoft has worked on intermittently for more than a decade. Rather than each software application saving information in a different format, a new standardized file system known as WinFS will create a single, unified system.

What a concept!

Anyway, go here for a good laugh.

The Habanero Pepper (Scotch Bonnet) is the hottest pepper known to mankind, and I love them but, just damn, you must be careful. I sliced a few last night (part of my plan B) and washed my hands as always, but it was not good enough. I rubbed my eyes, and thought about a trip to the ER. I was down on my knees in pain and could not open my eyes for 20 minutes, so, I was blind. My eyes are still "not right". I'm serious, these are some "bad boys" and I've been consuming them for years.

The only time the pain has been worse, is when I sliced them in the same manner and then had to take a leak. Can you imagine that?

Apparently, the Russian Space Program doesn’t have much confidence in their re-entry guidance systems. After a Soyuz space craft landed about 2000 miles off course in the midst of a pack of hungry wolves, SOP necessitated packing a sawed off shotgun in each capsule.

(CNSNews.com) - A British newspaper reported that half of the rockets used in Sunday's attack on the Al Rasheed Hotel were French weapons produced after an arms embargo was imposed against Iraq following the Gulf War.

The key here is "after an arms embargo was imposed".

Once again, which side are they on?

Do you think this could possibly illustrate why they didn't support (and wanted to break for cover) the U.S.?

Anyone who trusts the French, is making a HUGE mistake!

I say: F__k em!

Acidman is going to write a novel.

Consider this post the first pre-order.

I mean that - go for it!

I’ve done got me a problem, and I needs your help. This is probably a question for Uncle Remus, but he ain’t in. In fact, he’s been dead since around 1880.

Anyways, you knows I likes to grows me some peppers and maters in the spring, and greens in the fall. Well my spring plot done got drowned out, but my fall stuff is looking pretty, except for them damn squirrels. Squirrels will eat anything and everything – plants, trees, bird feeders, lawn furniture, hammocks, hoses, plastic – hell you name it – they’ll eat it. Even the grill, but I done made an example outta him. Anyway, last year I done got me one of them there high powered one pumper 22 cal. pellet guns (with a scope) and took matters into my own hands. I capped a bunch of em’. I even got me a count sheet by date and quantity to prove it. Wife made it for me on her computer.

I’m a nice guy, so I done got rid of my one pumper cause my neighbors youngins getting bigger. Theys wandering around all over everything and everywhere now. Don’t let anyone ever tell you that lead pellets don’t ricochet, causing they do. Couldn’t live with myself if I capped a youngin. The neighborhood I live in does not support whipping the ole 12 guage home defender out and vaporizing these bastards. What would the golfers think?

"We're under attack!"

I got a buddy of mine lives close by. Hims and his ol lady raise African fighting cats (damn things look just like leopards, just smaller, but quicker), and he offered to loan me a couple two-three for a couple two-three days – problem is, they ain’t selective. They would probably take care of my rodent problem, but they’d also do the dogs (I like dogs), other cats, and maybe some of their owners. No shit, first time I met em’, I couldn’t shave for a week. They clawed my face good.

My Gran Pappy used to trap em’ and gas em'. He rigged a cage with a cover and attached it to his trucks exhaust pipe. And you know the rest of the story. Worked every time.

Them damn chipmonks is a different story. Theys like the Viet Cong causing they knows how to use tunnels. Sneaky bastards.

Does Bejus like squirrels? How bout Dax?

Any help show would be appreciated.

I made a pot of red beans and rice today. and they were terrible.

The beans were so bad only a camel could eat em'. And that's a "maybe"

I burned the shit out of the Andouie sausage. That's because my grill girl was off doing something else.

This stuff didn't even look good in the pot, much less on the plate. Believe me, it tasted worse.

Just Damn!

I'm going to plan B for tomorrow. Gotta celebrate "Fall Back" somehow.

Maybe I should go on down to "Nawlins", soak up a little jazz, do some Dixie, and eat some real red beans and rice.

I think we should stay on "Spring Ahead". I don't wait for a bus in the mornings. The later the sun sets, the better.

You know - when the decision was made to spring ahead or fall back, children didn't have reflective gear. They do now, so what's the big deal?

We should stay ahead.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said on Friday police raids on dozens of U.S. Wal-Mart stores in the search for illegal immigrants this week amounted to "terrorizing" workers.

Maybe we should send a form letter to the address they use to get a valid "illegal alien" driver's license

"It instills a great deal of fear in people who are only trying to earn a living and put food on the table for their family," Pelosi, a California Democrat, told reporters on a Congressional visit to Mexico.

Who cares? I think putting food on the table for their family is admirable - only they should do it in Mexico.

Hundreds of workers at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. locations across the United States were arrested on immigration charges on Thursday in an investigation into contractor cleaning crews.

Good - deport them all, after they clean her house

"We think there might be a better way to go about this because the fact is that it is against the law for the employer to hire these people so there should be more focus on the employer and less in these terrorizing raids," Pelosi said.
She was speaking after meeting Mexican President Vicente Fox for talks on immigration and border security.

Better way? And what would that be? Maybe use the same tanks Janet Reno did?

Pelosi said the Wal-Mart raids showed the need to legalize undocumented workers in parts of the economy other than just the agricultural sector.
Several bills to grant legal status to illegal immigrants working in U.S. agriculture are before Congress, including the Berman-Cannon bill which would let an estimated 500,000 illegal immigrants earn legal residency.

She will need all the undocumented votes she can get. Maybe, this is her plan. Idiot!

The following is unrelated to this rubbish, but speaks of her character. She speaks to the camera, has no agenda, has no problem with lying, and is just full of s__t.

"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process."
-Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D! , CA), Dec. 16, 1998

She is a Fool!!

I have the ultimate Jar of “Burns Blue Beads Clear”. The best East Tennessee has, period. This stuff is the Catdaddy. I should share it with Donnie and Dax.

I don’t even know em’, but I like em”.

Cool runnings!

I went to a “North Carolina Wine” tasting this afternoon. They all sucked. I bought a bunch anyway, which means I’ll be giving them away as Christmas presents to people I don’t like. These other people , the wine cellar boys and girls, bragged about how long they’ve been “tweaking” their grapes.

I say: Not long enough. This is really bad, you need to tweak em' some more!

Oh well, live and learn.

Just Damn!

The first thing I think of when I wake up every morning is Polling. What’s wrong with that?

In my business, in a nutshell, “Polling occurs when one computer contacts another, they swap data, then disconnect.” Very natural.

I was once troubleshooting an unsuccessful “poll”, and I called the guy on the receiving end (target) and said – “Man, I missed you last night – I need to poll you right now”

He said – “Lovely, I get off at five”

Hell, I didn’t know he was a homo.

Just Damn!

My Grandmother died ten years ago. We held a funeral service at the cemetery, and afterwards, friends and family went over to my Mom’s for a reception. Pretty standard except for this: My first cousin and her husband, on the way to the reception, rented a trailer, went to my Grandmother’s house, and loaded up everything they wanted. Now that is Cold! Anyway, they missed the prize. I am the owner of several cast iron skillets that have been seasoned for about fifty years.

I think of this every time I make Cornbread.

Courtney Love says she tried to make her recent drugs overdose "fun" for her 11-year-old daughter.

Fun? She is a NUT

The Hole singer was arrested earlier this month after becoming violent outside a house in Los Angeles.

Hours after she was released by police, she fell ill from an accidental overdose of the narcotic OxyContin.

Accidental?

Love, 39, said her daughter Frances Bean made her green tea as they waited at their Beverly Hills home for an ambulance to arrive.

Green tea? Just Damn!

"That's the only time my daughter has ever, ever, ever pitched in on one of my little crises," Love said.

Little crises? Big Slut!

"I made it fun. I said it was going to be gross and I was going to have to make myself throw up but it was going to be OK," she told People magazine's November 3 edition.

)%#! )@*

Days later Frances was put in the care of Cobain's mother Wendy O'Connor and a bitter custody battle has since erupted.

GOOD!

Love said: "I'm not on some downward spiral. I'm not on narcotics. I'm fine. I just want my daughter back."

RIGHT!

In another interview, Love revealed the battle for Frances was becoming increasingly hostile.

REALLY?

Love has enjoyed a good relationship with O'Connor since Cobain shot himself in 1994 but it soured after her arrest.

All this bitch needs is a good "rm -rf". That should take care of it.

Just Damn

I want to thank my boy Donnie over at aintdoneit.com for being the first to blogroll me. Me and hims, at some point, gonna do some beers at the Mac.

Thanks Man!!!

I would consider what I do for a living, as well as my hobbies, to be highly technical. I have some friends (means we can have a cold beverage together) who are so intelligent they amaze me. There's nothing better than conversing with someone really knowledgeable or having a game of chess when your opponent is better than you. I am very fortunate to know people with minds of this caliber, and I do not take them for granted. They have saved my ass on many occasions.

I have a great deal of admiration for them.

So, my point is: these folks must dream in binary.

I've been asked - Why is Brier not Briar?

Well, I like e's more than a's.

Brier - Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings

Patch - A piece of anything used to repair a breach

Brierpatch - A tangled mass of prickly matter

So there you have it!

You know what really aggravates me about flying? It's the storage space above the seats. I believe when you purchase a ticket, you also "rent" a percentage of the "storage space" which correlates to the number of seats below. Two seats - 50%, for example.

I can't tell you how many times I've boarded an aircraft (with a seat in the front (fore)) and all of the storage is taken. The benefit of sitting fore is you get to disembark first, unless some idiot sitting in the back (aft) has used your space. Then you have to take your luggage aft and store it above the idiot who stole your space. This means you have to wait until everyone has left the plane before you can retrieve your bag, which defeats the purpose of sitting fore. This has caused me to miss connections as well.

Speaking of connections: If the flight is late, why don't they allow everyone in danger of missing their connection to get off the damn plane first. Not doing this has also caused me to miss connections.

You might say, "check your luggage". I say, "it's a pain in the ass and you shouldn't have to because someone steals your space".

Eenie, Meenie, Minie, Moe - pick a seat we gotta go.

I feel better now

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Acting on orders from Gov. Jeb Bush, a hospital began giving fluids to a brain-damaged woman Tuesday, six days after her feeding tube was removed in one of the nation's longest and most bitter right-to-die battles.

This is wrong

Court-appointed doctors have described Schiavo as being in a vegetative state, caused when her heart stopped in 1990 from a suspected chemical imbalance.

They should have let her go 13 years ago

Former Florida Supreme Court Justice Stephen Grimes said it is not clear whether the law will be upheld.

Not clear? Nothing is ever clear with them, except money!

"It presents a new legal issue that I've never heard of," Grimes said.

Bullshit!

Ever hear of Compassion ?

LET HER GO!

Anyway, you can read more here

Do you know the difference between watching Professional Golf live as opposed to viewing on television? It is the Jail Shots. You can feel em' You can feel the tension and the pressure. You can see , up close and personal, the want for the cash, the want for the win, the need to keep the "card", or make the exemption. You can see a Pro - stressed out. You can see a Caddy - stressed out. You can also hear the leader board. Leader boards are loud - they are not digital - they click loudly all the time. When you see the players looking at the boards - it is not because they want to see where they are - it is because they are annoying and just might make them lose their concentration long enough to blow it. That's a fact.

I went to the PGA in Greensboro last Saturday and Sunday, and I've got to say, it was a well managed affair. Beer huts and facilities every three holes with no lines. Sweet. The weather was perfect.

Anyway, back to the "Jail Shots".

I like to watch the players in trouble. They always seem to have a bad lie, behind the worst possible obstructions, between clubs, no clear line to the pin, and too much pressure.

Yet, 9 times out of 10, they make the shot. Why is this? It's called practice and intuition. What I mean is - after you practice enough, the shot becomes intuitive. This is where the pro's differ from you and I. They have the "qua" (Jerry McGuire). They know the real meaning of “show me the money”.

Now the following is not really an example of "Jail Shots", but of the good ole "Up and Down".

We're "dug in" on the back of the green (just off the the fringe) on the 226 yard par 3, 8th hole. Pin is front - way right - no room to work with it. I mean --- no room at all. We watched 8 groups play. Stats are: ONE greenie, 15 OFF. The results: ONE birdie, 15 Pars. This is amazing - One guy got on in regulation and ended up with a par. One guy was short left, and he chipped in for birdie. The rest, from off the green, got up and down for par. I mean, they ALL saved par.

This is what it is all about. Can you handle the pressure?

These guys are incredible!

We had a good time.

From AP: MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. -- A woman who left her 22-month-old grandson inside a burning vehicle early Sunday was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and turned herself in to authorities on Monday.

Endangering the welfare of a child? Give me a break!

So and So, 41, was released on her own recognizance after a short hearing in Superior Court.

Authorities did not lay out their case in the court proceeding.

Why not?

Police said So and So, 41, of Mount Laurel, was driving in a rural section of Eastampton Township shortly before 3 a.m. Sunday when her Ford Bronco ran off the road, starting a fire in the engine compartment.

So and So went to a nearby house to call for help but did not mention that her grandson, Never Had-a-chance, was in the car until 10 minutes later when a police officer arrived, authorities said.

Did not mention he was in the car? She left him inside a burning vehicle?

By the time rescue crews arrived, the fire had engulfed the vehicle, killing the child.

Burlington County Prosecutor Robert D. Bernardi said he would ask a grand jury to consider whether more severe charges might be warranted.

More severe charges? How about 2nd degree murder?

Just Damn!

Just a reminder of how hypocritial the Democratic Dopefulls and some of their mob actually are.

They just make it up as they go.

Asshats

I was just thinking. If there are 2 billion Muslims on planet Earth, and only 1% (20 million) aspire to murderous suicide / homicide acts of terror, we've got a long row to hoe. But it also means they need to come up with 1 billion, 440 million virgins.

Now, that's a bunch of hoes

Special thanks to the girl who can read my mind. She knows who she is!

From CBC News: GENEVA - Researchers have more than doubled the world speed record for internet data transfer.

Scientists at the CERN particle physics laboratory in Switzerland sent the equivalent of a full-length DVD movie in about seven seconds.

Colleagues at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) received the data.

The land record was set on Oct. 1 by transferring 1.1 terabytes of data over a 7,000-kilometre link in less than 30 minutes, the team said.

I say: Al Gore will be holding a press conference soon.

I'm happily married

I was born In Tennessee

I live in North Carolina, equidistant from the Great Smoky Mountains and the Right Coast

I'm a Southern Gentleman

I like any kind of pepper

I collect hot sauce

I have great friends

I have known my two best friends forever

My wife has blue eyes and soup cooling lips

Favorite card or board game? Chess

I enjoy cooking

Favorite Music? Classical / Blues / Reggae / DMB

Windows or Linux? Linux

Favorite Author? Uncle Remus

I have no children

I can cut a smeller

I'm a life long learner

I like dogs

I believe in Open Source

I do not wear jewelry

I can trash a kitchen

I believe in the right to bear arms.

I grind my own coffee beans

I believe in racial profiling

Iceland is cool

My parents are dead - I miss them

I like golf more than football

I like to travel

I'm a news junky

I like Sushi

I've bungee jumped

I have a great job

I support Israel

Sailboat or Powerboat? Sailboat

Beach or Mountains? Tie

OJ is guilty

Americans speak English

I like Grits

I like Dinosaurs

I think military jet fighters are cool

I wish I knew more about astronomy

I believe Women have intuitions that Men do not

My favorite sound is a baby crying on an airplane

I like sharp blades

I want a tomahawk

I own a totem pole

I wear reading glasses - just damn

I believe fried Okra is good for the soul

I never voted for Clinton

I believe in a starched white shirt and a silk tie - when necessary

I believe everyone should own a shotgun

Money clip or wallet? Money clip

Stereo Speakers? 20 years old

I like storms of any kind

I like to grow vegetables

My best friend owns a beach house - sweet

I support the Military

I like to sit on the porch without no shoes

I believe the future can be seen through one of my wife's kaleidoscopes

I believe in the blogosphere

I believe all good pictures should be framed

I like to wear sandals - with or without socks

My lowest round of golf was an 82

My first plane ride was the last flight of a DC-3

I believe in the Maker

I believe everyone should have an opinion

I've had dinner with Elvis

I've been hot air ballooning

I sunk a Canoe - with all the guns and beer

I've taken several trans-continental train trips

kill -9 works everytime

Favorite place to chill? My home office.

Do you use profanity? Hell yes!

Do you like to make fun of people? Of course!

Naval Officer or Pirate? Pirate

Nationality? American by birth - Southern by the Grace of God

Age? Old enough to know better and too young to resist

Sunrise or Sunset? Sunset

Favorite Cartoon Character? My Wife

Favorite bush? Ha ha - Azalea

The 1st thing I think of in the morning? Polling

Can I read more than one book at a time? Yes

GUI or Command Line? Command Line

I've been sailing in steady 45 knot winds and gusts to 60

Favorite Firewall? Dedicated Linux box