The Dirty Dawg....

Umm..yeah

2006-04-02T11:55:00.000-07:00

Oh wow! I've been slackin on my posting lately.
I've had my brain sunk into web design, html and most things css.
Sorry I havent had time to post something interesting. I've been a bad blog mommy!

What do you get when you play country music backwards?
You get back your wife, your dog, your truck....

Chef quits South ParK!?!

2006-03-15T21:30:00.000-08:00

Chef quits 'South Park'…

The soul singer, Isaac Hayes is unhappy at religious gags the show does.

Soul singer Isaac Hayes has quit cartoon 'South Park' after an episodes lampooning religion. The star who has provided the voice for character Chef since the show's beginning has become upset at recent shows that have attacked spirituality.

Quoted by Hayes:
"There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins," Hayes said in a statement after he announced he had been asked to be let out of his contract.

"Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honoured," he added. "As a civil rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices."

WTF Isaac???
You didn’t seem to have a problem with episodes that poked fun at Catholics, Jews and Mormons, among others. …and even racism! I mean come on…little crackers?...and then there’s Token the black kid? I bet you were laughing all the way to the bank when you were cashing those checks! Where oh where was your “ethics” then Mr. Hayes?

Gee whiz…gimme me a frggin break Isaac!

'South Park''s co-creator Matt Stone declared that the episode - 'Trapped In The Closet' - was the reason behind Hayes' move, suggesting his respect for religious beliefs was narrow.

Producers have yet to decide whether the Chef character will be axed or re-voiced.

Tom Cruize sucks too!

Meet My Boy Blu...

2006-03-15T21:19:00.000-08:00

This is my boy Blu! He's 4 1/2 months old and developing into a fine young pup. He has the coolest personality yet and is most defiantly my best friend.

Loyalty, unconditional love, companionship and laughs...He has it all! I love him in all his puppy goofiness! He goes everywhere with me and is always at my side, even when I don't want him there, which isn't very often. Now that I got his last parvo shots...I can take him to the park with me in the mornings for our daily jog. He's a very social pup and loves going for trips in the car.

Dogs are amazing creatures! I've been a dog lover all my life. I'm particularly in love with medium to larger breeds such as Pits, Rotts, Boxer and Shepherds.

A dog is more faithful than most other animals—and are more faithful than many people I know!

Wrigley's Spearmint® Gum!

2006-03-15T21:15:00.000-08:00

Wrigley's Spearmint gum is named after company founder William Wrigley, Jr., and the common garden mint (Mentha spicata) better known as spearmint because of the sharp point of its leaves.

William Wrigley, Jr., started his career at the age of thirteen when, following his expulsion from school, his father put him to work selling soap door-to-door.

In 1891, William Wrigley, Jr., moved to Chicago to sell soap and baking powder. At twenty-nine, he started his own business in Chicago-with a wife and child and $32 in cash. When he began offering customers free chewing gum by Zeno Manufacturing, customers offered to buy the gum. So Wrigley developed his own gums, introducing Wrigley's Spearmint and Juicy Fruit in 1893. By 1911, because of Wrigley's insistence on pumping huge amounts of money into advertising, Wrigley's Spearmint had become the leading U.S. gum brand.

In 1915, William Wrigley, Jr. sent four free sticks of gum to every person listed in a U.S. phone book.

The spear-bodied elf character William Wrigley began using before World War I to promote Spearmint gum turned into the cheerful Wrigley gum boy of the 1960s.

During World War II, gum, considered an emergency ration, was also given to soldiers to relieve tension and dry throats on long marches. G.I.s used chewed gum to patch jeep tires, gas tanks, life rafts, and parts of airplanes. Wrigley advertisements recommended five sticks of gum per day for every war worker, insisting that "Factory tests show how chewing gum helps men feel better, work better."

William Wrigley was the first distributor to place gum next to restaurant cash registers.

The Wrigley family bought Catalina Island in 1919 and the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in 1931, built the Wrigley building in Chicago in 1924, and owned the Chicago Cubs for 57 years.

The company did not raise the original five cent price of a five-stick package of Wrigley's Spearmint, Juicy Fruit, and Doublemint gums until 1971. Management reluctantly did so by creating a seven-stick package and charging a dime for it.

Before World War II, the basic ingredient of all chewing gum was chicle, the sap of the sapodilla tree indigenous to Central and South America. When chicle became difficult to obtain during World War II, the gum industry developed synthetic gum bases such as polyvinyl acetate, supplied almost entirely by the Hercule Powder Company, an explosives manufacturer.

Psychiatrists have called gum chewing oral masturbation.

Americans chew approximately $2.5 billion worth of gum every year.

The average American chews 190 sticks of gum each year.

According to The Great American Chewing Gum Book by Robert Hendrickson, if all the sticks of gum chewed in America each year were laid end to end, it would equal a stick of gum five million miles long. That's long enough to reach the moon and back ten times.

Since World War II, American soldiers have been issued gum with their K rations and survival kits.

William Wrigley Jr.'s grandson, William Wrigley, owns 30 percent of the company and serves as CEO.

In 1997, the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company sold nearly $2 billion worth of gum.

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company has over 50 percent of the U.S. gum market and is the number one chewing gum maker in the world.

Since the collapse of communism, Wrigley's sales to Eastern and Central Europe (including the former Soviet Union) have surged about 50 percent every year since 1990. The same growth rate has been achieved in China since a Wrigley plant opened in Guangshou (the former Canton) in1993. Foreign sales now account for over 55 percent of the company's business.

Copyright © 2006 Joey Green. All rights reserved. "Wrigley" and "Wrigley's Spearmint" are registered trademarks of Wm.Wrigley Jr. Company.

Welcome!

2006-03-15T19:51:00.000-08:00

Welcome to The Dirty Dawg Blog!

Formally the The Atomic Blog.

Update: 3/15/2006

I did some recreating and downsized a few things. Changed the name and the colors. Should be easier to read and navigate now.

I will be transferring the post from The atomic Blog over to Dirty Dawg soon.

I added some games in the side bar and I am working on adding some new...kewler links.
Just trying to keep it interestin'.

Take care and have a Great Week everyone!

Dill Pickles Rock!

2006-03-14T21:13:00.000-08:00

They most surely do!
I love dill pickles...
do you?

The Outrageous Price of Cool!!!

2006-02-27T21:12:00.000-08:00

The Outrageous Price of Cool…

Ok…so today me and the daughter go lookin for shoes. Actually we are searching for shoes for her (my daughter). Air Force Mid Tops all white or white with red, size 5 ½! Sounds nice and easy huh? Yeahhhh right! 4 hours, 2 malls, 4 un-park-able parking lots, and 6 shoe stores later and I’ll be gosh, sitting in the back next to some Nike 21 somethings’ is a pair of All White Mid Top Air Force Tennis Shoes, size 5 ½! Imagine that! I’m not gonna mention what shoe store we finally found them at ( cuz I aint promoting that shit at all ) First of all, these shoes cost $80 friggin dollars.

OMFG! And there were others that cost way more then $80 there!
How can these companies and corporations charge these kinds of prices for…. shoes???
And why the hell do we pay these kinds of prices for….shoes????
Believe me; I personally would never pay that much for a pair of tennis shoes. But it was money she earned so she was makin her own decisions on this one. I tried to show her that she could buy 4 pairs for the price she was paying for just this one pair. But oh no…she wasn’t havin none of that.

The price of “Cool” is unfortunately…Frikkin expensive !!!

How far would you go????

2006-01-03T21:11:00.000-08:00

How far would you go to save your own life?
Oh Yes, There Will Be Blood!

I am a HUGE fan of horror films, books and games... After watching both of these movies back to back ( I never go see them in the theaters) I was left with a sense of WOW! - I was blown away... I felt like I was in my Silent Hill 2 (yes...Im a gamer too!) game the whole time I was watching Saw II. I would say that the SAW movies broke the mold of classic 'horror films'. It was fresh, new, and different. For me, its one of those movies that sticks with you after the credits roll. Both of these movies are worth watchin twice. Bravo!

Do your animals Drink?

2005-10-20T21:09:00.000-07:00

Drunken Animals!

I was reading some facts about animals the other day in a magazine I found at my daughters dentist office. Humans are not the only consumers of alcohol in this world of ours. Alcohol is highly calorific. Think only humans can get a beer gut? Think again! Animals have the taste buds for a little fermented drink too.

According to reports around the world, humans are not the only ones to experience the inebriating effects of alcohol. Recently, after having discovered beer in a village in Assam, India, an elephant herd went on a drunken rampage and destroyed buildings. In Bosnia a bear that acquired a taste for leftover beer in discarded cans began to beg for more. Tired of its rowdiness, the villagers decided to feed leave it nonalcoholic beer. That did the trick. The bear still enjoys its drink but is no longer aggressive. In northern California, birds drunk on fermented berries from roadside bushes attacked cars. The remedy was to cut down the bushes. Fermented nectar causes bees to fly into trees or just fall to the ground, unable to find their way back to the hive. Drunken bees that do make it home face a further challenge – the wrath of guard bees determined to prevent the whole colony from becoming intoxicated.

Bottom line: Keep your pampered pets out of the liquor cabinet.

Whoa is me....

2005-09-15T21:07:00.000-07:00

I've been down for about a week now. My back is out of whack and it hurts to do anything, and I do mean anything! Me and vicodin have become very good friends this last week. I've hardly been able to do anything and its getting on my last nerve now.

I got an email the other day from someone I used to go out with. It was kinda scary and exciting hearing from him. We left on bad terms with each other about a year ago and I think thats why it struck me that way. Now I'm thinking...is there a motive to this? Why does he want to get back in contact with me? The things he said in our departure left me very hurt and confused. (i'm all better now tho) Oh well...I'm gonna have to think about this one for a few.

Look what I did ma!
Been workin all my free time learning how to do style sheets. Its fun and fustrating all at the same time. I finnaly got a 3-column to work and suited to my taste. Thanx and props out to glish.com for the The Holy Grail! I like the way I got it to turn out and will sure nuff be doing more tweakin on it. :) I'll soon be adding a css link list here too.

I been slackin'

2005-08-15T21:06:00.000-07:00

I've been geekin out lately...

I've been spendin most of my spare time creating a new web page. I've been learning html, ccs and all that good stuffs. ( I really like that stuff ya know ) I havent even hardly logged onto Tribe in the past few weeks. Finally checked my email yesterday and had like 45 emails. Shhhsss! Talk about email brain freeze. Well off to shower and then back to the web page...jeezzzzzz I gotta get a life!

Ten Rules for Being Human!

2005-07-10T21:04:00.000-07:00

Ten Rules for Being Human!

1. You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it's yours to keep for the entire period.
2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called, "life."
3. There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial, error, and experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiments that ultimately "work."
4. Lessons are repeated until they are learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can go on to the next lesson.
5. Learning lessons does not end. There's no part of life that doesn't contain its lessons. If you're alive, that means there are still lessons to be learned.
6. "There" is no better a place than "here." When your "there" has become a "here", you will simply obtain another "there" that will again look better than "here."
7. Other people are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.
8. What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.
9. Your answers lie within you. The answers to life's questions lie within you. All you need to do is look, listen, and trust.
10. You will forget all this.

Cloning...Do we really want it?

2005-05-23T20:43:00.000-07:00

Tasmanian Tiger

A Tasmanian tiger, which was declared extinct in 1936, on display at the Australian Museum in Sydney. Australian researchers are reviving a project to bring the Tasmanian tiger back from the dead through cloning!

Do we really want this cloning stuff? I mean...think of the dangers in this.

Example...

Your beloved cat Frank has been a loyal companion for years. Recently, though, Frank is showing signs of old age, and you realize that your friend's days are numbered. You can't bear the thought of living without her, so you contact a biotechnology company that advertises pet cloning services. For a fee, this company will clone Frank using DNA from a sample of her somatic cells. You're thrilled: you'll soon have a carbon copy of Frank - we'll call her Frank #2 - and you'll never have to live without your pal! Right?

Not exactly. Are you familiar with the phrase "nature versus nurture?" Basically, this means that while genetics can help determine traits, environmental influences have a considerable impact on shaping an individual's physical appearance and personality. For example, do you know any identical twins? They are genetically the same, but do they really look and act exactly alike?

So, even though Frank #2 is genetically identical to the original Frank, she will grow and develop in a completely different environment than the original Frank or will have a different mother, and she will be exposed to different experiences throughout her development and life. Therefore, there is only a slim chance that Frank #2 will closely resemble the Frank you know and love.

State Secret: Thousands Secretly Sterilized

2005-05-21T20:55:00.000-07:00

ABC News: State Secret: Thousands Secretly Sterilized

WINDFALL, N.C., May 15, 2005 — Beneath the surface of this Southern town, with its lush evergreens and winding riverbanks, is a largely forgotten legacy of pain, secrecy, and human indignity.

"My heart still bleeds, and it will forever bleed, because of what had happened to me," local resident Elaine Riddick said.

Riddick was one of thousands of people secretly sterilized by the state between 1929 and 1974.

From the early 1900s to the 1970s, some 65,000 men and women were sterilized in this country, many without their knowledge, as part of a government eugenics program to keep so-called undesirables from reproducing.

"The procedures that were done here were done to poor folks," said Steven Selden, a professor at the University of Maryland. "They were thought to be poor because they had bad genes or bad inheritance, if you will. And so they would be the focus of the sterilization."

Sterilized Without Her Knowledge

Riddick was raped and became pregnant at the age of 13. Social workers labeled her promiscuous and too feeble-minded to ever be a responsible parent. So, after giving birth in 1968, Riddick was sterilized without being told.

She learned the truth years later, when she married and tried to have more children.

"They took so much away from me," Riddick said. "They took away my spirit and my soul."

North Carolina sterilized close to 8,000 women in hospitals across the state.

Even though the practice ended more than 30 years ago, some say the time has come to make amends. North Carolina was one of the first states out of 33 that once practiced sterilization to offer an apology. State Rep. Larry Womble is crafting a bill to provide financial reparations.

Some wonder where the state will get the money. "They say, 'Well, we can't afford it,' " said Womble, a Democrat. "Well, we cannot not afford it."

Elaine Riddick went on to earn a college degree and raise the son she had at 14. He now is an engineering consultant.

"I thank you, God, for giving me my child," she said.

Source

Ohh...What a lovely DAY!

2005-05-20T20:54:00.000-07:00

WoW!

Its Friday!!! Its been rainy and dreary all frikkin week...and this morning I woke up and the sun was shining and they say its gonna get up to 80-85 degrees! Time to break out the sun tan lotion and catch some rays! I really do need to get outside and get me a tan. I hope this weekend is a nice as today!

Nuttin like a little sunshine to lift your spirits!

They started releasing water from the dams, and our rivers are supposed to be at their highest levels. I think I'll go down and take some pictures of the river water levels this weekend...

CBC the fifth estate: Conspiracy Theories

2005-05-08T21:00:00.000-07:00

CBC the fifth estate: Conspiracy Theories: "
the fifth estate: Conspiracy Theories"

I came across this and spent a good hour + reading...
It contains some interesting theories on 9-11 and I believe it was on t.v. in 2003.

THE INDUSTRY OF CONSPIRACY
On September 11, 2001, pilotless airplanes were guided into the World Trade Center by homing beacons. It wasn't a plane that hit the Pentagon, but a missile. U.S. Air Force planes weren't scrambled to intercept the hijacked planes that morning because the White House was behind the events of that tragic day.

Incredible? Definitely. Outlandish? Absolutely. But, there are lots of people who believe that at least some parts of these stories are true.

Link: Conspiracy Theories

Can I scream Now?

2005-04-15T20:57:00.000-07:00

Can I?

I been working all night since after dinner, trying to get my photoblox going on this here blog page. After much cussin...and fit throwing, I figured it out!

Here it is on one of my Web Pages... Kelly's Photoblox!

Update:
This link no longer exsist.