But that, my friends is the blessing, the curse that was avoided is something that online oldtimers will remember from years back. It was in the form of an email that made the rounds several times. It also got posted on countless newsgroups and forums. The content was something that made car buyers shiver and think “God I hope that isn’t gonna happen”.

So now it’s official and Barack Obama has now been “officially” nominated to be the Democratic candidate for president. Honestly, I can’t help wondering why they even bothered to hold a convention. I mean really, I am not a hamster, you just can’t tell me that once Clinton finally conceded and the primaries ended there was any doubt that Obama would get the nomination.

One of the things that’s so definitely wrong with the world is the way a lot of elderly and sick are treated. Case in point is the story of Steven H. Sabock. He was a patient at Cherry Hospital. He died because he choked on medication.

I don’t normally pass on forwards but this one is too good not to. It’s one of those things that comes out of the collision of conspiracy theories and a good sense of humor.

I am not a hamster and it’s a good thing because I’d be a lot of them. To illustrate that point I’ll explain why I’m one of those folks that could well be interested in reading things like Fenterdren reviews.
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Well the 2008 Summer Olympics is done with and the medal counts are in. The US leads the overall count with 110 medals but China leads the Gold count with over 50.

“A mind is a terrible thing to waste”

Ok, I’ll admit it, I’m old enough to remember when that phrase was used in PSA’s on tv a lot and no, I am not a hamster, I’m not using it here in the same context as it was used back then.

How shall I describe yesterday? I like to keep this blog family friendly so I’m sure that most readers will understand my meaning when I just call it a “Rolling and Screaming Charlie-Foxtrot”. The details of this adventure is something that my wife will no doubt do a much better job of writing about than I can. What I want to focus on here is the cherry on top of that “wonderful” day.

I imagine that when most people finally get back home after being away for several days they’d prefer to jump in and at least get caught up on some of the tons of email that tend to pile up and I sorta did, though mostly what I did was download it and set it aside to look at later.

Here’s one you’ll surely remember (I know, I know, “don’t call me Shirley”). This guy was traveling to the US and was stopped in the airport because a security scanner detected something that “had a similar molecular density to certain types of explosives.”