Thursday, November 15, 2007
A cause I don't want to get behind... or downwind from!
I was driving to work this morning and pulled up behind a truck that had one of those magnetic ribbon support things. No offense to any of you who put these on your cars. I personally chose not to. In fact you will never see a bumper sticker or dealership license plate holder on any of my vehicles. I guess I am just not into car graffiti. Anyway this magnet I saw this morning was probably the strangest one I have ever seen. It said, "Support Farting"! Really????? Is that a cause that needs to be supported?????? Are global warming alarmists causing people to put aside their own personal CO2 emissions? Maybe this REALLY is a serious problem! Have we been blinded by good manners this whole time??? I say maybe we should all take a stand here! Just make sure I'm not around when you do!
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Yeah Seminary!
This is an article that was in the Orange County Register about early morning seminary. My old bishop is quoted in it.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Mission Viejo students take religious classes before school Mormon high school students take early morning religious classes before school.
By AMANDA GLOWISH
STAFF WRITER
Julia Knecht sets several alarm clocks before she goes to bed.
The 17-year-old wants to make sure she gets up in time for seminary class at 5:30 in the morning.
Knecht is among 200 high school students in south Orange County who attend religious classes every morning before school at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The program is run by the Church Educational System. Mormon students are enrolled from their freshman through senior year.
"I get a good feeling starting out my day here," said Knecht, a senior at Capistrano Valley High School. "If I ever miss a class I feel different; a little emptier."
The students are taught four, one-year courses on the Old and New Testament, Book of Mormon and church history. The teens are commended on their dedication to the program and their time management skills, said Kip Sheppard, seminary supervisor for the Mission Viejo LDS church.
"I admire them for getting out of bed so early every morning," Sheppard said. "I was 15 once. I remember those days."
It seems as though more students want to be a part of the early-morning ritual. Sheppard has seen enrollment for the Mission Viejo classes increase by about 40 percent over the past four years. There are almost 4,000 students across Orange County who are now enrolled in the religious program.
Seminary classes are held in Mission Viejo at an LDS church on Marguerite Parkway and one on Los Alisos Boulevard. The 12 teachers who instruct the classes are asked by the church to volunteer their time.
"Teaching these classes is one of the most difficult assignments in the church," said Greg Briggs, former seminary supervisor. "It's a tremendous amount of work and sacrifice. We love those that can connect with the youth."
Some students plan on taking what they're learning to teach others. Dallin Chambers, a senior in the program, wants to go on a mission when he graduates.
"It's (seminary) another thing you can say that you accomplished for four years of your life," Chambers said. "At 19 years old we can go and teach the gospel. Seminary is preparing me for that."
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Mission Viejo students take religious classes before school Mormon high school students take early morning religious classes before school.
By AMANDA GLOWISH
STAFF WRITER
Julia Knecht sets several alarm clocks before she goes to bed.
The 17-year-old wants to make sure she gets up in time for seminary class at 5:30 in the morning.
Knecht is among 200 high school students in south Orange County who attend religious classes every morning before school at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The program is run by the Church Educational System. Mormon students are enrolled from their freshman through senior year.
"I get a good feeling starting out my day here," said Knecht, a senior at Capistrano Valley High School. "If I ever miss a class I feel different; a little emptier."
The students are taught four, one-year courses on the Old and New Testament, Book of Mormon and church history. The teens are commended on their dedication to the program and their time management skills, said Kip Sheppard, seminary supervisor for the Mission Viejo LDS church.
"I admire them for getting out of bed so early every morning," Sheppard said. "I was 15 once. I remember those days."
It seems as though more students want to be a part of the early-morning ritual. Sheppard has seen enrollment for the Mission Viejo classes increase by about 40 percent over the past four years. There are almost 4,000 students across Orange County who are now enrolled in the religious program.
Seminary classes are held in Mission Viejo at an LDS church on Marguerite Parkway and one on Los Alisos Boulevard. The 12 teachers who instruct the classes are asked by the church to volunteer their time.
"Teaching these classes is one of the most difficult assignments in the church," said Greg Briggs, former seminary supervisor. "It's a tremendous amount of work and sacrifice. We love those that can connect with the youth."
Some students plan on taking what they're learning to teach others. Dallin Chambers, a senior in the program, wants to go on a mission when he graduates.
"It's (seminary) another thing you can say that you accomplished for four years of your life," Chambers said. "At 19 years old we can go and teach the gospel. Seminary is preparing me for that."
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Red Neck Pics!
I thought everyone would enjoy a few redneck pictures.
I thought about doing this to the 4Runner... What do you think?
Hmmmm...... interesting.
Campers can be very luxurious.... I don't see a problem here.
No comment needed!
Please take another look... this is not the back of a truck... its the back of a car!
I am not sure if this one is real or not but if its not this is too risky guys.
Notice the lawn mower being pulled buy a 3 wheeler! Who invents these things.
I wish I would have thought of this before... it probably works better then our ghetto grill.
No comment.
This is beautiful! Notice the office chair.
This is the wheelchair for any Robo Cop fan... if there are any left.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Idiot Experiences Of Others
IDIOT SIGHTING: Hubby and I had to have the garage door repaired. The Sears repairman told us that one of our problems was that we did not have a large enough motor on the opener. I thought for a minute, and said that we had the largest one Sears made at that time, a 1/2
horsepower. He shook his head and said, "Lady, you need a 1/4 horsepower." I responded that 1/2 was larger than 1/4. He said, "NO, it's not. Four is larger than two."
We haven't used Sears repair since.
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IDIOT SIGHTING: I live in a semi rural area. We recently had a new neighbor call the local township administrative office to request the removal of the Deer Crossing sign on our road. The reason: "Too many deer are being hit by cars out here! I don't think this is a good place for them to be crossing anymore."
From Kingman, KS
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IDIOTS IN FOOD SERVICE: My daughter went to a local Taco Bell and ordered a taco. She asked the person behind the counter for "minimal lettuce." He said he was sorry, but they only had iceberg.
From Kansas City !
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IDIOT SIGHTING: I was at the airport, checking in at the gate when an airport employee asked, "Has anyone put anything in your baggage without your knowledge?" To which I replied, "If it was without my knowledge, how would I know?" He smiled knowingly and nodded, "That's
why we ask."
Happened in Birmingham , Ala.
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IDIOT SIGHTING: The stoplight on the corner buzzes when its safe to cross the street. I was crossing with a co-worker of mine. She asked if I knew what the buzzer was for. I explained that it signals blind people when the light is red. Appalled, she responded, "What on earthare blind people doing driving?!"
She was a probation officer in Wichita, KS
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IDIOT SIGHTING: At a good-bye luncheon for a dear coworker: She was leaving the company due to "downsizing." Our manager commented cheerfully, "This is fun. We should do this more often." Not another word was spoken. We all just looked at each other with that deer-in-the-headlights stare.
This was at Texas Instruments.
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IDIOT SIGHTING: I work with an individual who plugged her power strip back into itself, and for the sake of her o wn life, couldn't understand why her system would not turn on.
A deputy with the Dallas County Sheriffs office.
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IDIOT SIGHTING: When my husband and I arrived at an automobile dealership to pick up our car, we were told the keys had been locked in it. We went to the service department and found a mechanic working feverishly to unlock the driver9s side door. As I watched from the passenger side, I instinctively tried the door handle and discovered that it was unlocked. "Hey," I announced to the technician, "Its open!"
His reply, "I know - I already got that side."
This was at the Ford dealership in Canton, Mississippi!
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horsepower. He shook his head and said, "Lady, you need a 1/4 horsepower." I responded that 1/2 was larger than 1/4. He said, "NO, it's not. Four is larger than two."
We haven't used Sears repair since.
____________________________________________________________
IDIOT SIGHTING: I live in a semi rural area. We recently had a new neighbor call the local township administrative office to request the removal of the Deer Crossing sign on our road. The reason: "Too many deer are being hit by cars out here! I don't think this is a good place for them to be crossing anymore."
From Kingman, KS
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IDIOTS IN FOOD SERVICE: My daughter went to a local Taco Bell and ordered a taco. She asked the person behind the counter for "minimal lettuce." He said he was sorry, but they only had iceberg.
From Kansas City !
______________________________________________________
IDIOT SIGHTING: I was at the airport, checking in at the gate when an airport employee asked, "Has anyone put anything in your baggage without your knowledge?" To which I replied, "If it was without my knowledge, how would I know?" He smiled knowingly and nodded, "That's
why we ask."
Happened in Birmingham , Ala.
______________________________________________________
IDIOT SIGHTING: The stoplight on the corner buzzes when its safe to cross the street. I was crossing with a co-worker of mine. She asked if I knew what the buzzer was for. I explained that it signals blind people when the light is red. Appalled, she responded, "What on earthare blind people doing driving?!"
She was a probation officer in Wichita, KS
_______________________________________________________
IDIOT SIGHTING: At a good-bye luncheon for a dear coworker: She was leaving the company due to "downsizing." Our manager commented cheerfully, "This is fun. We should do this more often." Not another word was spoken. We all just looked at each other with that deer-in-the-headlights stare.
This was at Texas Instruments.
________________________________________________________
IDIOT SIGHTING: I work with an individual who plugged her power strip back into itself, and for the sake of her o wn life, couldn't understand why her system would not turn on.
A deputy with the Dallas County Sheriffs office.
________________________________________________________
IDIOT SIGHTING: When my husband and I arrived at an automobile dealership to pick up our car, we were told the keys had been locked in it. We went to the service department and found a mechanic working feverishly to unlock the driver9s side door. As I watched from the passenger side, I instinctively tried the door handle and discovered that it was unlocked. "Hey," I announced to the technician, "Its open!"
His reply, "I know - I already got that side."
This was at the Ford dealership in Canton, Mississippi!
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STAY ALERT!
They walk among us, they REPRODUCE and they VOTE!!!
They walk among us, they REPRODUCE and they VOTE!!!
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Halloween
Halloween is a great time to dress up and look ridiculous. The imagination that comes out this day is mind numbing!
Thursday, October 25, 2007
55 USELESS BUT INTERESTING FACTS
I love stuff like this!!!
1) The soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles.
2) Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
3) Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles from the flush.
4) The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
5) American car horns beep in the tone of F.
6) No piece of paper can be folded into half more than 7 times.
7) Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
8) 1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
9) You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
10) Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.
11) The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
12) The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
13) A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brothers' first flight.
14) American Airlines saved 40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
15) Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
16) The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA."
17) Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
18) The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.
19) The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
20) Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
21) The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.
22) Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
23) Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
24) Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
25) Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
26) All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.
27) The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.
28) Debra Winger was the voice of E.T.
29) Pearls melt in vinegar.
30) It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
31) Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
32) The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
33) It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
34) Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands.
35) Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.
36) The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog," uses every letter in the alphabet. (Developed by Western Union to Test telex/two communications)
37) Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
38) A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
39) The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie."(Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)
40) Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the Great; Hearts - Charlemagne; Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
41) Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down-hence the expression "to get fired."
42) Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
43) Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
44) Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating.
45) Actor Tommy Lee Jones and US vice-president Al Gore were freshman roommates at Harvard.
46) The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene.
47) Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
48) The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
49) There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
50) All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20
51) A pregnant gold fish is called a twit
52) Rocks explode in microwaves
53) Steam rollers don't actually roll steam
54) 1,111,111 x 1,111,111 = 1234567654321
55) Coca-Cola is better at cleaning your drain pipes than
products like Draino
1) The soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles.
2) Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
3) Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles from the flush.
4) The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
5) American car horns beep in the tone of F.
6) No piece of paper can be folded into half more than 7 times.
7) Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
8) 1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
9) You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
10) Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.
11) The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
12) The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
13) A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brothers' first flight.
14) American Airlines saved 40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
15) Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
16) The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA."
17) Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
18) The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.
19) The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
20) Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
21) The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.
22) Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
23) Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
24) Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
25) Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
26) All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.
27) The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.
28) Debra Winger was the voice of E.T.
29) Pearls melt in vinegar.
30) It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
31) Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
32) The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
33) It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
34) Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands.
35) Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.
36) The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog," uses every letter in the alphabet. (Developed by Western Union to Test telex/two communications)
37) Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
38) A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
39) The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie."(Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)
40) Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the Great; Hearts - Charlemagne; Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
41) Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down-hence the expression "to get fired."
42) Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
43) Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
44) Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating.
45) Actor Tommy Lee Jones and US vice-president Al Gore were freshman roommates at Harvard.
46) The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene.
47) Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
48) The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
49) There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
50) All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20
51) A pregnant gold fish is called a twit
52) Rocks explode in microwaves
53) Steam rollers don't actually roll steam
54) 1,111,111 x 1,111,111 = 1234567654321
55) Coca-Cola is better at cleaning your drain pipes than
products like Draino
Saturday, September 22, 2007
I LOVE FALL
I love this time of year. I can actually say that it is probably my favorite time of the year. Not too hot... not too cold, but just right. I think my pictures do all the talking.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Sunday in the mountains
Yesterday Andrea and I went up into the mountains with Curry and Melissa and the kids. It was a lot of fun and the weather and lighting couldn't have been better.
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