Microsoft workers prefer Google

Microsoft workers prefer Google

ROFLMAO

Rules for Summer Work Wear - Netscape Careers

Rules for Summer Work Wear - Netscape Careers

Hear Hear! I can't tell you how much it peeves me to see women wearing sleeveless tops, spaghetti strap tops, etc.

Timing on this article is interesting for me today. I had an observation. I think the reason why skinny bitches wear those spikey-high-heeled shoes at work is because walking in them causes their butt to shift a certain way and thus draw attention to their asses.

Oh my goodness... I just realized I will be 39 in 4 months. Kill me now please..

NIEHS Kids Page -- Optical Illusions

NIEHS Kids Page -- Optical Illusions

Ok, so maybe I am just a big kid at heart. Especially check out the non-animated, animated images toward the end of the page. :-)

Outsourcing America

Wide Angle . 1-800-INDIA | PBS

Damn, I can't find any recent articles, and damn, why don't people DATE their web articles, but this is from Sept 05. I have gotten first hand affects of outsourcing recently. My company outsourced labor to help with a transition of support roles from one country to ours. Now, they continue to outsource by having some of the East Indian natives here on work visas, and some still in Pune, India, telecommuting. Now, I have nothing against these guys, they are all very nice and respectful. But, it is hard for me to be appreciative of them when I feel that they are taking jobs away from other Americans.

But then, wait a minute, are they? It seems that there may be more to the picture than just the image before us. With the growing trend of devaluing science and math in schools, or at least, our status of being #26th in the world for math/science grades, maybe we just don't have enough trained individuals to do these IT jobs. But, that is at the programmer level.

Support roles, such as the Tech support offered up by Dell and other PC manus, there is no reason those need to be outsourced. Why are they then? For profit, pure and simple. These CEOs just don't seem to know how to live off of the millions/billions they have already, but they need to get more and more. And, for those who have spent a great deal of time and energy pursuing an IT degree, only to find that there is no job for them, it isn't a good thing. At one time, it was very easy to get an entry level position programming. Companies accepted that you would be green, and there would be some ramp up time. Well, now companies still accept that position. However, that entry-level position no longer goes to an American citizen, instead it is outsourced to India.

What does it mean for the mighty America when we have outsourced so much of our jobs that we are no longer self sufficient? What will happen to us when other countries start enacting trade restrictions against us because they don't agree with our domestic policies. Who will we turn to to feed our nation when this happens? Is America a 3rd world nation in the waiting? Think about it.

U.S. Senate: Legislation & Records Home > Votes > Roll Call Vote

U.S. Senate: Legislation & Records Home > Votes > Roll Call Vote

Damn, I tend to be democratic, but why were the demos so against this amendment??!! I say it should have been written in the constitution, but heck, back then, they never would have dreamed that 10% of Americans would speak Spanish. Didn't we have some kind of Spanish_American war???

Oh well, at least there were a few demos voting in favor. 10 of them in fact.

GMA :No English, No Cheesesteak

GMA :No English, No Cheesesteak

You tell em Joey Vento! Genious. This is America. Speak English!

Harry Potter: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Harry Potter: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Yea! I finally finished book1, only 5 years after I started, LOL. Now on to book 2 and the first movie. Or should I see the first movie BEFORE reading Book 2. LOL

Independent Online Edition > Science & Technology

Independent Online Edition > Science & Technology

WTF???!!

Why am I always last to hear about these things?! My gosh, what is next, censorship of the net. I mean, after all it is the WORLD wide web. HOw can the US mandate what charges are being made anyway. We don't own it, telecom companies don't own it, give me a break.

What I am listening to now...

Artist: John Hiatt Lyrics

Song: Have A little Faith In Me

When the road gets dark

And you can no longer see

Just let my love throw a spark

And have a little faith in me

And when the tears you cry

Are all you can believe

Just give these loving arms a try

And have a little faith in me




Have a little faith in me

Have a little faith in me




And when your secret heart

Cannot speak so easily

Come here darling, from a whisper start

And have a little faith in me

And when your back’s against the wall

Just turn around and you, you will see

I will catch you, I will catch your fall

Just have a little faith in me




Have a little faith in me

Have a little faith in me




‘Cause I’ve been loving you, for such a long, long time

Expecting nothing in return

Just for you to have a little faith in me

You see time, time is our friend

‘Cause for us, there is no end

And all you gotta do, is have a little faith in me

I will hold you up, I will hold you up

And your love, gives me strength enough to

Have a little faith in me

Hey hey

All you gotta do for me girl

Is have a little faith in me




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How do I not know about this man! John Hiatt, amazing vocals. He also sang Feels Like Rain from the Raising Helen soundtrack. I don't know why I stop and watch that movie every time it is on. Always makes me cry.

I knew this song sang by Joe Cocker. Never realized it wasn't his song. Now, which of the many albums of John's should I purchase?

Movie & TV News @ IMDb.com - WENN

Movie & TV News @ IMDb.com - WENN: "Magazine Threatens To Sue Bloggers Over Pitt-Jolie Photos
Attorneys acting for American publication People magazine have demanded websites immediately remove unauthorized photographs of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie with their new baby. The couple sold the North American rights for the prized first pictures of daughter Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt to the magazine for a reported $4.1 million. Britain's Hello! magazine has reportedly secured the international rights to the photos, which allegedly appeared on various gossip blogs yesterday. It is not clear whether the pictures that appeared briefly are authentic. The leaked photos feature Pitt and Jolie in a Hello! magazine spread gazing down adoringly at their new baby. Representatives for Time Inc, the publisher of People magazine, immediately sent out letters threatening legal action to various gossip blogs accusing them of copyright infringement. The document demands the websites must 'expeditiously remove or disable access to the infringing photograph upon receiving this notice.' The celebrity couple announced on Monday they were selling the photos through America's Getty photo agency and donating the profits to a charity benefiting African children."

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Why can't people just play nice! As you may have read in one of my previous blogs, I put forth this suggestion to Angelina and Brad. Of course I realize that they didn't get the idea from reading my blog < grin >, but it sure is nice to know that they are as smart as I. (Or is that "as me" I never do recall, so I guess I am not that smart after all. < wink >)

I may actually go out and buy a People trash mag just to support the cause! Bravo Angelina and Brad, way to give it to those sleeze bags that call themselves photojournalists.

NARA | The National Archives Experience

NARA | The National Archives Experience: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."

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I say that we are far past the time for a repeat performance; what say you?