This 'n That

Golden Olympic Moments – Gymnastics – Horizontal Bar

noreply@blogger.com (Dennis) — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:56:00 +0000

Are you a fan of the high bar? If so you will be inspired by these athletes who delivered perfection when it mattered most.

It is always amazing what talent and tons of hard work can deliver.

Golden Olympic Moments – Gymnastics – Horizontal Bar | Sportales

Flaxseed!

noreply@blogger.com (Dennis) — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:36:00 +0000

The flax seed post was supposed to be here, but I messed it up. Anyone know how to move a post from one blog to another?

Flax seed is often eaten with cereal, yogurt or fruit.

It is SO healthy!

Boehner Fails Republicans

noreply@blogger.com (Dennis) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:58:00 +0000

Speaker of the House John Boehner has once again followed the sick path of the GOP establishment. I am talking about those old-timers who are only their for their benefit and refuse to make a stand against the democrats for what is right. Think RINO (Republican in name only). Think about politicians more concerned with their own ease and pocketbook.

Boehner caved to the democrats on not raising taxes by preventing a payroll tax increase. Rather than maintain the current tax status for at least a year, Boehner caved to the democratic plan of doing it for two months. Procrastination certainly can be more fun than doing your job, but in this case it was an absolutely stupid decisions. John Boehner stupid?

It will take until the end of January for our wonderful politicians to even get serious about going to work. Then, tell me, what is going to change by the end of February? Probably nothing.

Make a note of it - Boehner has to be thrown out of the Speaker's position!

Idiots From the Left

noreply@blogger.com (Dennis) — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 13:32:00 +0000

Can you imagine the U.S. involving a butt-wipe like John Kerry in international matters? For some reason he is over in Egypt meeting with the Muslim Brotherhood (spelled U.S.-hating terrorist organization). Why would that kind of non-sense be allowed? Maybe because we certainly could not send the president. obama would have turned over our country and admitted defeat!

Speaking of obama, apparently his recent speech in Kansas was a kick-off campaign speech. But, don't be looking for 'hope and change' - it is gone. obama had originally claimed that the country was a mess and this his 'hope and change' was going to improve the country. obama has been if office for three years, and if anything, things are worse. He cannot run on accomplishments. He cannot run on obamacare because most Americans know that is wrong and he cannot run on 'hope and change'. That only leaves a campaign of negatives - criticizing President Bush, Congress and the people. Obama is a loser, and likewise the people that put him in office!

House Full of Divas

noreply@blogger.com (Dennis) — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 13:17:00 +0000

Can any man have too many women in his house? Oh, yea! For many years, the tone of my home has been set by a wife and four daughters. They may not qualify as divas, but when I read this poem, I found lots of reality, no matter what name you give it.

Check out House Full of Divas, written by someone who knows, and even more interesting, written by a woman.

House Full of Divas | Authspot

The Mind of an Eleven Year Old

noreply@blogger.com (Dennis) — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:46:00 +0000

Maybe you can remember back when you were 11 years old. If you were willing to make a little effort, your young and agile mind could do amazing things with memorization. More important than the amazing job this boy does, is the message that he delivers. In a straight-forward, non-theological way he shows how tremendous Jesus Christ is, and how we can see His many facets througout the entire Bible.

Enjoy the majesty of Jesus Christ - take it to heart!

Whack Job

noreply@blogger.com (Dennis) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:33:00 +0000

By the way, what is a whack job?

To start with, that person is a nut or a crazy person. They act like a lunatic and you are almost certain they have lost their mind. My recommendation is that you make every effort to avoid such people. There is some evidence that 'whack job fever' is contagious.

I have included some pictures (Pelosi, Obama doing crack and Jane Fonda). You could not find finer examples!

Queen On The Rocks?

noreply@blogger.com (Dennis) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:15:00 +0000

As some European countries go bankrupt and others struggle to keep their ship afloat, new legislation in England is going to put the Queen on a fixed budget, and actually a decreasing budget. The law actually changes the formula by which her budget has been determined. It appears that she may be reduced to holding bake sales on weekends.

The good news is that she will now qualify for American food stamps. She need only ask (if she can!). Must be really tough for her to understand why the people cannot just give her more of their income.

The keeper of the privy purse, Sir Alan Reid, is convinced that this cut in funding will make it very difficult for the Royal Household to maintain their list of activities in support of the Queen and her estate. I wonder if Sir Alan Reid is getting some coaching from Congress. I hear the same tone in the whining. One of their core beliefs is that what they do is so important that certainly no one could ask them to cut back and make do. Even the budget Super Committee could not cut a buck out of the budge in the U.S. Bear in mind that the environmental whack job Prince Charles will be of no use in times like these. Almost seems like the Royal Household may be going the way of unions.

You can read more here, but I think the bunch of them are just silly. If England is anything like America, 95% of the population probably no longer appreciates the Queen, especially with the high percentage of Muslim immigrants.

Ginger White: Slut or Just a Bitch?

noreply@blogger.com (Dennis) — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:36:00 +0000

Ginger White Claims Revenge!

Who does she think she is? What kind of sick revenge is this that she has inflicted on Herman Cain? Did she do it for money, or was it just hatred?

If Herman Cain is so terrible, then I would assume she is going to return the money that he had paid her over all those years. If she has any integrity at all, she would have to do that. There is obviously no gratitude on her part.

She has alleged that there was an ongoing fair. Most people would assume that the fair includes a sexual relationship. Herman Cain has not admitted that, so I will not claim it to be true. But I will say this - if it is true then Ginger White is a slut, messing around with a married man. If there was an affair, then she shares equal responsibility and maybe more. Was she using both Herman Cain's money and body to satiate her selfish desires.

Now justice requires that she have someone or something come and destroy her life's goal, just like she did to Herman Cain. Hopefully, when that happens, it makes the news.

Proximity Flying

noreply@blogger.com (Dennis) — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:33:00 +0000

Beautiful and amazing, as long as nothing goes wrong!

Cat and Dog - Best Friends?

noreply@blogger.com (Dennis) — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:17:00 +0000

Cat and Dog - Best Friends?

Your Job Search on the Internet

noreply@blogger.com (Dennis) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:55:00 +0000

If you are looking for a job these days, you are probably using the many resources on the Internet. This approach can certainly point you to many more leads than you would ever find in the local newspaper. See this article if you are in this game.

Here is an important tidbit to keep in mind: No matter how good the Internet resources are, and no matter how many jobs you have been able to apply for and how many emails you have sent - landing a job may still require a personal contact. When you put your name in for a job, keep your eyes open for a contact and phone number. It is really good to be able to follow up on a resume (especially one that appears to be ignored) with a phone call.

Wish you the best in your job search.

Missing CD - In Zanesville

noreply@blogger.com (Dennis) — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 01:40:00 +0000

In Zanesville
by Jo Ann Beard

There are of course different writing styles an author can use for a novel. People have their favorites and sometimes one style will satisfy more than another. "In Zanesville" is the story of a family as seen through the eyes of a 14 year old girl. Now I have read books like this before and they generally do keep my interest, just because people are all different and it is amazing to look into others lives.

On the other hand, this book had no real plot or purpose to carry the reader along. Rather, it is the timeline of life that carries the reader along - going from day to day, from one life incident to the next. Since there is no definite story to complete by the end of the book, one wonders how the book will end. (Keep wondering!) Certainly no offense intended for the author. I am certainly not educated enough to be a literary critic.

I write this perspective after the fact, so let me tell you what happened. When I started the seventh and last CD, I discovered that I had heard it before. The seventh CD, although labelled correctly, was actually a duplicate of the fifth CD. Ordinarily this would have bothered me, but in this case, I was content to let the story end there and was not overly concerned with the contents of CD 7. This attitude kind of surprised me. With many other books there is still a lot of plot to resolve on the last CD and you would be scrambling hard to find another copy.

Oh well, just an observation.

Not those cowboys!

noreply@blogger.com (Dennis) — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 01:25:00 +0000

Not those cowboys, the other ones! Recently, I discovered that I had mixed up my cowboys! What in the world am I talking about? Author Linda Lael Miller writes about cowboys in a number of her books. I was reading 'Garrett'. I had already read the books on his brothers - Tate and Austin, but it had been awhile. As I was hearing about the McKettrick family in Garret's story I was trying to put together what I was hearing with what I was remembering, and somethings just did not fit. Had Miller really changed some of the family history and character descriptions from book to book?

Turns out that I was confused. Linda Lael Miller wrote another series about three cowboy brothers, named the Creeds - Logan, Dylan and Tyler. There are plenty of similarities between the McKettrick's and the Creed's and it is not hard to mix some of the details up, especially if your memory is not as good as it used to be. Just the same, Linda Lael Miller is an author of the quality that could pull this off and keep every one of the six books interesting. There are more than three books in each of the series, so you best get started.

McKettricks of Texas - Garrett

noreply@blogger.com (Dennis) — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 01:12:00 +0000

Garrett - McKettricks of Texas

by Linda Lael Miller

If you have ever read books by this author, you have probably experience how well she can write about people and relationships, about cowboys and careers, about men and women - all the way from dislike and awkwardness to passionate romance. This books will not disappoint and I do recommend it. Miller knows how to make the characters live a real life and you will not want the book to end.

Garrett is a man of fast politics, fast women and fast cars. But not for long. His life is suddenly changed and he lands in the arms of school teacher and single mom, Julie.

Tea Party Knows the Status Quo is No Longer Sustainable

noreply@blogger.com (Dennis) — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:06:00 +0000

One of the reasons there is a TEA party is because there are people willing to speak the truth about obama and the democrats, even if it is not politically correct to do so. Some of the establishment Republicans are not much better. Rush Limbaugh captures nicely the cancer that is obama, and to think obama is the president?

Obama is:

taking money out of Medicare to spend on obamacare
destroying jobs
destroying home ownership
destroying the value of pensions and investments
driving healthcare costs out of control (this will be more evident in a year or two)

There is little evidence that this keeps obama up at night. More likely, it is what pleases the African socialist.

Tea Party Knows the Status Quo is No Longer Sustainable

One Summer

noreply@blogger.com (Dennis) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:56:00 +0000

One Summer
by David Baldacci

This is a well-written book with a powerful story. A father is given a second chance to be a good father to his children, even though there are regrets from the past. He sees this new opportunity, reaches for it, fumbles it and then manages to recover and succeed. What a good reminder for fathers everywhere about their duty to truly love their children and be investing into their lives.

Makes me want to read another book by David Baldacci.

The following is from the book cover:

"It's almost Christmas, but there is no joy in the house of terminally ill Jack and his family. With only a short time left to live, he spends his last days preparing to say good-bye to his devoted wife, Lizzie, and their three children. Then, unthinkably, tragedy strikes again. Lizzie is killed in a car accident. With no one able to care for them, the children are separated from one another and went to live with family members around the country.

Just when all seems lost, Jack begins to recover in a miraculous turn of events. He rises from what should have been his deathbed, determined to bring his fractured family back together. Struggling to rebuild their lives after Lizzie's death, he reunites everyone at Lizzie's childhood home on the ocean front in South Carolina. And there, over one unforgettable summer, Jack begins to learn to love again, and he and his children learn how to become a family once more."

Obama's Green Economy Withers Under His Rotten Policies - HUMAN EVENTS

noreply@blogger.com (Dennis) — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 12:55:00 +0000

When BHO returns from his latest vacation, he has promised to offer a jobs program. Isn't this like the third or fourth time he has done this? But he is an old liberal dog and has no new tricks. Once again, he will offer up the same failing policies that have marked his one-term presidency as a failure. He is a failure. This article demonstrates that truth well!

Obama's Green Economy Withers Under His Rotten Policies - HUMAN EVENTS

The Problem with Race Centered Statistics

noreply@blogger.com (Dennis) — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:01:00 +0000

Michele Bachmann has correctly stated that obama has "failed the African-American community, with 16 percent unemployment, or the Hispanic community, with nearly 12 percent unemployment. It's even worse for the youth: For Hispanic youth right now, 26 percent unemployment; for African-American youth, 40 percent unemployment."

She also adds that obama programs of failure have failed every American.

However, if she states the problem in terms of skin color, then she will be expected to provide solutions based on skin color. Yes, our government has lots of programs like that which discriminate against white Americans. We don't need anymore. White folks, as well as their children, need jobs too!

America Celebrates with Pretoria

noreply@blogger.com (Dennis) — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 01:43:00 +0000

True Americans celebrate today as most of the obama family left the USA and returned to their homeland. Unfortunately, I have not been able to confirm that those were one way tickets. Three of the four in the first family are gone and they took along a Grandma. The people of Pretoria, South Africa are glad to have some of their own back, and we are glad to see them gone.

Meanwhile, the first African president of the United States has decided to stay here. I would suspect he had either a golf or basketball commitment. He obviously is not going to do anything a normal POTUS would do. I know he would rather be in the country of his first love, so I say we let him resign his post - today.

Democracy Versus Liberty - HUMAN EVENTS

noreply@blogger.com (Dennis) — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:58:00 +0000

This is a test at creating a blog directly from Human Events with share function. This seems like something I should keep my eye out for on other sites.

Thanks, to whomever!

By the way, the article linked to hear makes clear why the founding fathers considered democracy a dirty word. They were certainly right. In light of that, I guess it is kind of obvious why democrats are such a screwed up bunch.

Democracy Versus Liberty - HUMAN EVENTS

Movies of a Different Day

noreply@blogger.com (Dennis) — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:50:00 +0000

When you've had your fill of the shoot 'em up, blow 'em up high tech movies of our day, your senses may be primed for something a little different. You might find it fun and exciting to experience a movie that intrigues your mind and touches your heart in a different way. Why not try a classic movie? When you think about it there are several reasons why classic movies appeal to our modern day sensibilities. Check this out!

Is your dentist sleepy, bored or just lost in the routine?

noreply@blogger.com (Dennis) — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:35:00 +0000

A recent survey of 300 dentists revealed some of the most amazing things they have heard from the mouths of their patients. Some of these will make you wonder, but vanity and wanting to save money can make us do and say strange things. Why not try one of these on your dentist next time you are in the chair? What was his/her reaction?

Can you extract my tooth without anesthesia?

Can you ID this set of dentures left in the bathroom of the bar I work at?

Pull all my teeth, and just give me dentures.

Please wire my mouth shut to aid in my diet.

I will pay you or your hygienist to floss my teeth at my office every day.

Will you give me local anesthesia in my lips? I'm going in for permanent 'lipstick' tattoos on my lips and would like to avoid the pain.

May I have an emergency cleaning visit? It's my high school reunion and I need a bright, white smile to face my old boyfriend.

Can I keep the teeth you pull out of my mouth? I'd like to make a necklace out of them.

I just broke off my engagement. Can you prepare my tooth so that I can keep the diamond in it?

And finally,

Can you give my dog braces?

Any Place I Hang My Hat

noreply@blogger.com (Dennis) — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 12:29:00 +0000

Book Review
Any Place I Hang My Hat
by Susan Isaacs

From the cover:

Abandoned by her mother, Amy Lincoln was raised by her zany grandmother (a shoplifting enthusiast and professional leg waxer) while her petty crook father spent most of his time behind bars. Now a successful journalist with a prestigious news magazine, Amy is intrigued when a man claims to be the illegitimate son of a presidential candidate. As she investigates the man's claim, Amy is inspired to look into her own past to discover the mother she never knew.

My two cents: It is a real journey for Amy. She spends a lot of time and energy sorting out her life. She is who she is because of her grandmother and father, and her rough childhood. She is successful in her career, but has to work out the situation with a serious boyfriend and her mother. The author does a good job with all of these intense life issues. My only complaint is that sometimes the descriptions go on and on. Sometimes guys like the shorter explanation. You will enjoy the book, and for the most part it is a happy ending.

Zshare - test

noreply@blogger.com (Dennis) — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 11:51:00 +0000

First Test - What will a link from Zshare do in this blog?

concerto no 5.mp3

Sorry, the file is marked private at this time.