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30 December, 2007

Fwd: Giglish - Defending Your Wife

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Candidate Fred Thompson is now busy defending his much younger wife. In a
recent interview, he said all criticism of his wife should be directed at him.


As a result, conservative groups told Thompson he's been showing too much
cleavage.

- Conan O'Brien

Best of 2007 - August
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The List... 2007

Notable Deaths of 2007 - New York Times

Who we have lost. :-(



17 December, 2007

Fwd: Giglish - Rational Protest?

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Crowds in Iran torched at least 12 gas stations to protest higher costs due to
rationing of subsidized gasoline.

For some reason destroying gas stations has not yet caused a drop in the price
of gasoline.

Best of 2007 - June
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11 December, 2007

Fwd: Giglish - A good read?

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Britney Spears' mother, Lynne, has written a book on parenting.

And I can't wait to read it just as soon as I am done with my Paris Hilton book
on playing hard to get.

- Alex Kaseberg

Best of 2007 - November
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I feel sorry for Conrad Black

I feel sorry for Conrad Black

So do I.

The looters just keep piling on... :-\

28 November, 2007

FOXNews.com - Search Fails to Find Missing Pregnant Woman After Prayer Group Finds Body of Different Person - Local News | News Articles | National Ne

FOXNews.com - Search Fails to Find Missing Pregnant Woman After Prayer Group Finds Body of Different Person - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News

WTF? Are there so many murders in OK that they are stumbling across random bodies down there?

27 November, 2007

Fwd: Giglish - Dangerous City

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Detroit has been named the most dangerous city in the U.S.

People in Detroit are signing up for the military in hopes of being sent
somewhere safer. Like Baghdad.

- Jim Barach
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20 November, 2007

Fwd: Giglish - Diamonds or Pearls?

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Hillary Clinton was asked by a UNLV student at a debate whether she preferred
diamonds or pearls.

Clinton it said it depends on what she caught Bill doing.

- Jim Barach
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For more humor visit http://www.giglish.com

19 November, 2007

Fwd: Giglish - Secular Lights?

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The Holiday Display Task Force in Fort Collins, Colorado, plans to recommend
that the town put up only white lights because red and green lights might be
seen as promoting a religion.

Also, to be on the safe side, they're disconnecting all the traffic lights.

- Comedy Wire
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16 November, 2007

FW: Pet Rules

Pet Rules

To be posted VERY LOW on the refrigerator door - nose height.


Dear Dogs and Cats,

The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest.

The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack. Beating me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help because I fall faster than you can run.

I cannot buy anything bigger than a king sized bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure your comfort. Dogs and cats can actually curl up in a ball when they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm.

For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. If by some miracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the knob or get your paw under the edge and try to pull the door open. I must exit through the same door I entered. Also, I have been using the bathroom for years -- canine or feline attendance is not required.

The proper order is kiss me, then go smell the other dog or cat's butt. I cannot stress this enough!

To pacify you, my dear pets, I have posted the following message on our front door:

To All Non-Pet Owners Who Visit & Like to Complain About Our Pets:

1. They live here. You don't.
2. If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture. (That's why they call it "fur"niture.)
3. I like my pets a lot better than I like most people.
4. To you, it's an animal. To me, he/she is an adopted son/daughter who is short, hairy, walks on all fours and doesn't speak clearly.

Remember: In many ways, dogs and cats are better than kids because they:

1. Eat less
2. Don't ask for money all the time
3. Are easier to train
4. Normally come when called
5. Never ask to drive the car
6. Don't hang out with drug-using friends
7. Don't smoke or drink
8. Don't have to buy the latest fashions
9. Don't want to wear your clothes
10. Don't need a "gazillion" dollars for college.

And finally,

11. If they get pregnant, you can sell their children.

Fwd: Giglish - Music Experiment

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Violinist Patricia Arguelles is spending a week in a glass cube in central
Madrid, Spain, to see if an artist can compose a good piece of music while
living in a glass box and being watched constantly by the public.

We've heard Britney's new album: the answer is no.

- Comedy Wire

07 November, 2007

Quotation from Robert Frost

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

--Robert Frost

06 November, 2007

Sophia


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Originally uploaded by MMT1972
I thought that I would try a posting on my blog using my iPod Touch, given that a friend of mine was starting to do the same with his iPhone...

Yep, I agree that the interface takes a bit of getting used to...

The image of Sophia was from the last shoot that I did, going on a month now. I am still about three weeks behind on my photoshop work
after the hard drive failure. I am catching up slowly, and also have an active sync of all projects to an external 500 gb drive, itself backed up to a duplicate drive once a week.

I am still so thankful that I didn't lose any original files.

Ciao beautiful peeps... Back up your stuff ;-)

30 October, 2007

globeandmail.com: A STORY OF SURVIVAL: THREE-YEAR-OLD FOUND ALIVE AFTER PLANE CRASH KILLS TWO

globeandmail.com: A STORY OF SURVIVAL: THREE-YEAR-OLD FOUND ALIVE AFTER PLANE CRASH KILLS TWO

The Jewish Bugle - Glitch Hits Burial Of Man With Mobile Phone

The Jewish Bugle - Glitch Hits Burial Of Man With Mobile Phone

25 October, 2007

QRPFTA... Oct.25


Waiting for the snow...
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While we do that, we'll have to make do with a picture from White Sands... ;)

24 October, 2007

QRPFTA... Oct.24


MOMA

23 October, 2007

Would-be identity thief finds himself stumped without printer drivers

Would-be identity thief finds himself stumped without printer drivers

That's just... poetic.

Hey, I do feel for the guy though; I've had problems enough with the drivers on printers that I've owned... ;-) lmao

22 October, 2007

QRPFTA... Oct.22


I must admit, that during my recent trip to NYC, I was a bit shocked to see that tourists deface the Empire State building. WTF.
02-10-2007 11-33-01 AM_MG_3714

19 October, 2007

QRPFTA... Oct 19th...


Dark City

16 October, 2007

Photo from the last shoot...


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12 October, 2007

TheStar.com | News | Desperately seeking medicare

TheStar.com | News | Desperately seeking medicare

11 October, 2007

QRPFTA... Oct 11


02-10-2007 11-36-06 AM_MG_3737

05 October, 2007

QRPFNYC... one for Sheena...


01-10-2007 4-36-42 PM_MG_3634

04 October, 2007

QRPFTA... Oct. 4th


01-10-2007 3-58-20 PM_MG_3619

28 September, 2007

QRPFTA... September 28th... Quarter End 2. ;-)


The old standard, looking up Univ...

25 September, 2007

QRPFTA... Sept 25


Within reason... some do reach that point.

24 September, 2007

QRPFTA... Sept 24


evil guinness

21 September, 2007

QRPFTA... Sept. 21


Webster Falls

20 September, 2007

QRPFTA... Sept 20th


_MG_3030-kelly

18 September, 2007

QRPFTA... September 18th


F/A-18 Superhornet

17 September, 2007

QRPFTA... Sept. 17

From a recent air show... this plane costs what, $120 mil / copy?
F-22 Raptor

15 September, 2007

Good morning from the VW dealership...

Good Morning all...

One of the Great Things about my VW dealership is the unlimited supply of coffee, and the free wireless connection.

As a sales professional, dealing as I do with long sales cycles, technical IT buyers, and complex, multi-level applications that require some degree of configuration to do what the users require... well, it always makes me a bit envious to watch the car-salesguys at work.

They have discrete products that the customer can touch, evaluate, and even emotionally bond with, in a very short period of time. And when you look at some of the higher-end products offered, they're really not that different in price than some of my offerings.

So where is the upside to what I sell, as opposed to what the car-guys flog?

I suppose some of the benefit is in the ability to gain depth, and understanding of the market that I serve, and the deeper I get into the Health Care space, the more that I become concerned about the flaws inherent in the system.
So many people are working to put their own spin on the issues, in order to either benefit financially or to build empires... when I read about the incidents that make the headlines (or heck, even discuss the issues with my own personal physician, Canadian though he is), I keep coming back to the thought that the primary user of the system is not being served by the competing interests at work.

The Dr's and RN's have to be frustrated on an almost daily basis. And how can the MS's and Google's of the world NOT bring the same level of disruption and competing agenda to something that is just too damn important to people, on a personal level?

Throw in the... institutionalized Oligarchy that the US political process has become, and you end up with a system that moribund and graceless, at the highest levels, with little ability to change.

This is not Windows vs. Linux, Open vs. Proprietary, HD vs Blu-Ray. This sh*t is too important to screw up once, let alone again, and again, and again... and I do not see enough positive effects happening on the macro level.

Well, I'm being paged by the service desk attendant. With the exception of a nail in a tire, it looks like my car has a clean bill of health.

Ciao beautiful peeps; go out and think about competition vs. efficient delivery... I think it is going be a bigger issue than we would like it to be.

Regards,

Imp;-)

14 September, 2007

pic from last Saturday


_MG_2810-r-tasha

13 September, 2007

Quotation from Ken Hakuta

Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle.

--Ken Hakuta

dancing with darkness

Also from last Saturday's shoot...
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12 September, 2007

Quotation from Alfred Korzybski

There are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.

--Alfred Korzybski

Not so random photo of the day...

From last Saturday's photoshoot...
_MG_2833-tasha

11 September, 2007

HP's inkjet tech seeks to replace hypodermic needles | Tech News on ZDNet

HP's inkjet tech seeks to replace hypodermic needles | Tech News on ZDNet

The company is licensing a medical patch it has developed to Ireland's Crospon that potentially can replace hypodermic needles or pills for delivering vaccines or other types of medication to patients. The patch contains up to 90,000 microneedles per square inch, microprocessors and a thermal unit...

6 years later


07 September, 2007

A friend sent you this link

A friend read this article and thought you would find it interesting

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/09/cell_phones_bad.html

04 September, 2007

QRPFTA... Sept. 4th


All fired up...
And they're turning it into a bistro-type place... ugh.

31 August, 2007

QRPFTA... Aug 31


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Next weekend, I have another underwater shoot...

30 August, 2007

QRPFTA... Aug 30


bad depth of field. sit! stay. Good boy.

29 August, 2007

QRPFTA... Aug 29


Jawfish
Sometimes it pays to have a bolt-hole...

27 August, 2007

quasi-random photo from the archives... 27 Aug


_MG_4191
And yes, it's really quite grand.

23 August, 2007

QRPFTA... Aug 23


Xmas, anyone?
Xmas Tree Worms

22 August, 2007

QRPFTA... Aug 22


And summer slowly melts away...
Some things don't work in B&W...

21 August, 2007

QRPFTA... Aug 21


Home on the range...
dinosaurpark2

20 August, 2007

quasi-random photo from the archives... 20 Aug


Self portrait. :-)
Self portrait...

17 August, 2007

QRPFTA... Aug 17


jenn1

16 August, 2007

Quotation from Lord Acton

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.

--Lord Acton Letter to Mary Gladstone, 1881

QRPFTA... Aug 16


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15 August, 2007

QRPFTA... Aug 15

Yay, payday!
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One from the backyard...

14 August, 2007

Quotation from Jimmy Buffett

If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me

--Jimmy Buffett

QRPFTA... Aug 14


Macro logo...
Overdue for an oil-change... tsk.

13 August, 2007

QRPFTA... Aug 13


Godrays are Cool...

09 August, 2007

b-day.

Christ. If we're just given 3 score and 10, I'm half way done.

Ciao beautiful peeps... if you see me today, buy me a beer. :-)

08 August, 2007

QRPFTA... Aug 8


Yep, still flat.
_MG_2641

07 August, 2007

QRPFTA... Aug 7


Monday was a long weekend.

And it's going to be a tough week this week. :( Ah well.
Sure, just TRY and not feel a little atavistic thrill up your spine when these guys walk past...

03 August, 2007

rpfta... 3 Aug


Sara III

02 August, 2007

QRPFTA... Aug 2


Do you feel better now?

01 August, 2007

I want to get wet. :-(


It's been too bloody long since I've been diving, damnit.
scuba mosaic

31 July, 2007

quasi-random photo from the archives... 31July


_MG_4043-Robyn-IV

30 July, 2007

Do you want to save before you quit?


do you want to save before you quit?

quasi-random photo from the archives... 30July


dog days of summer...
Waiting for Timmy... (and Suzy, Johnny, and Betsy, etc.)

27 July, 2007

seeing some old chums tonight...


From the former incarnation. Ah, beer.
The Feeding...

26 July, 2007

quasirandomphotoofthedayasirunoutthedoorlateforwork...


something buried...

25 July, 2007

quasi-random photo from the archives... 25 July


I live in the wrong country, damnit.

24 July, 2007

quasi-random photograph from the archives... July 24th


...some things work in B&W.

23 July, 2007

quasi-random photograph from the archives... July 23rd


Hawaiian Stormtrooper

20 July, 2007

quasi-random photo from the archives... 20 July 2007


Saucy riddle girl....

19 July, 2007

quasi-random picture from the archives... 19 July 2007


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Ah, edicts from on high...

Though shalt not surf the net for non-work purposes.

Though shalt not have an instant message application installed on thy computer.

Though shalt not use thy work computer to store personal files.

Though shalt not have iTunes installed on thy work computer.

Though shalt immediately remove said applications from thy work computer.

Unless you're el Presidente. ;-)

Ciao beautiful peeps... have thou flogged thy staff today? ;-) (oh, get thy mind out of the gutter, perv)

ps, nope, t'was not I that was the catalyst for this ugly little streak of nascent fascism.

18 July, 2007

quasi random photograph from the archives... July 18th, 2007


blonde brunette redhead