Stardock's newsgroups (news.stardock.com) are a wealth of information. They also include a "humor" group, which really has some funny stuff on it. The following joke was brought to the group by Mr. Michael Block (who's a regular in the group). I can't help but chuckle about this one every now and then..... Ugly People... A bus carrying only ugly people crashes into an oncoming truck, and everyone inside dies. They then get to meet their maker, and because of the grief they have experi...

Since I got my new printer, I haven't been getting much sleep. Last night I tried.....I *really* tried. I went to bed at 11pm (my husband has been working an odd shift, so I've been getting up at 6 instead of 5). I figured 7 hours would be good....and it would have been if I would have been able to sleep. Apparently, if you deprive yourself of sleep for too long, your body has a hard time sleeping (stupid body). So, I have averaged about 4 hours a sleep a night for the past 5 nights...

Yeah, that was 5 minutes of photoshop drawn with a mouse....but, hey- it's the thought counts! I hope everyone has a safe and fun Halloween! (Send all your excess chocolate to me!)

There used to be a time in my life that I spent hours styling my hair. Now I'm just happy if I have hair. I'm not too happy right now....... I have what they term "alopecia areata". It basically means "you go bald and we don't know why". This is the third time that I have lost hair. The first time freaked me out and I was very depressed. The second time wasn't too freaky, but it made me wonder if it would happen again. This time..well...it just pisses me off. I finally got my hair...

It's an odd season. Many people talk about giving gifts and helping people, but do they really mean it? Sometimes I think that people talk just to talk and never have any real commitment to what they say. For instance, I purchased a fairly large gift for my Mom this year. It was something that she needed and we could afford it but she couldn't. I got really mixed reactions when people heard about it. A lot told me I was insane. Others acted hostile that I did it (maybe they are jealous)...

I feel like a slug. Sometimes a cold slug, sometimes a hot slug. i usually don't get this sick. I have an auto-immune disease (Lupus) so my body has an over-reaction to anything that happens to me. Typically, if I do get a cold, it's gone in a couple days. My skin heals too fast (leaving scars) and infections clear fast....that is unless I'm already fighting something- like myself. The beauty of Lupus is that it sees your own cells as foreign, evil, intruders that must be eradicated. So...

My heart has been heavy lately.  The world around us seems to be so wrong and dangerous.  However, the more I look around, the more thankful I am that I live in a country that is typically well educated, civil, and cares about her people. As September 11th approaches, I can't help but think of the images that I saw that day and the sadness that people endured.  Lives were changed, and the world changed forever. However, there is a past event that haunts me even more.  I...

I grew up with pack rat instincts.  I reuse stuff when I can, and I recycle what I can't because garbage seems like such a waste.  (We only have 3/4 of a bag of garbage a week that we throw out from our household). However, it's hard.  Everything in todays world is throw away.  I caught myself doing this because I like to save money.....wait...what was that I just said?  Yep, it's true.  To save money, you end up throwing more things out in todays world. Thing...

Dear Bob the psycho VW Freak, I have deleted the article about putting a Karmann Ghia on a custom chassis.  Now, go away.  You need professional help.  I am glad that you think that I am going to hell for ripping up a classic VW. I am glad that you got your kicks out of posting as me on car sites.  That was a nice touch.  Though, I am a bit scared that you read all my articles and pulled out so much information about me.  I think I have learned that there are ...

Now, I am going to be perfectly honest, I'm a bit freaked out about this.  Driving an SUV?  How could this happen? Well, it's a long story.  My Mom has always driven Jeep Cherokees.  The one that she had was 10 years old and falling apart.  My parents drive 4 wheel drives so that they can get up their insanely steep driveway.  Since my parents are retired and watch my daughter while I'm at work, we bought my Mom a Jeep Liberty to replace her rusting car. So, h...

My Mom is having surgery today.  I know I should be more freaked out by it than I am, but I am sure that if I hadn't been through so many surgeries myself, I would be a bit freaked out.  But, I also know that there is no reason to worry, because worrying won't do anyone any good since everything is totally out of your control once "Dr. Feelgood" (the name I call anesthesiologists ever since I had my daughter) gets ahold of you, you are pretty much at the Dr.'s mercy until they get you ...

I have a collection of stuff on my desk at work.  The typical stuff: a rubber Iguana wearing a pink necklace and eating an Elk (the cleaning staff always remove the elk from the Iguana's mouth for some reason, though), a dreidel, some bobbing head Lilo and Stitch characters, a stuffed Gecko doll named "Owen" from a Hawaiian friend, a plastic molded Weiner Mobile....the typical stuff. Yesterday was my Birthday.  My sister took me out to lunch and gave me another addition for...

I am typically very well grounded.  I have come to terms with a lot of things in my life, and have learned how to live with it, forget it, or just accept it.  But, every now and then, I lose it.  When that happens, I have to set myself down and get my center back. Why did I lose it this time?  I'm not sure if it was just one thing.  At least I can't find the one thing that did it to me.  As I wrote before, I have Systemic Lupus.  For the longest time I tr...

I think that I have found out how much is too much. Apparently, coffee (well caffeine in general) will actually dehydrate you. If you drink nothing but coffee for....lets say.....3 days, you get a killer headache from dehydration. I thought that I was getting a caffeine headache because it had been a few hours since I had a cup a coffee. Half a pot of coffee later, the headache was worse. So, being the intelligent soul that I am, I decided to drink a bunch of water to hydrate myself. I...

I have always been interested in cars.  Up until about 7 or 8 years ago, I could tell you what any car was that I saw. Unfortunately, too many cars look the same now, and that has made it a lot harder to tell what they really are. Lately I have been thinking about what my "perfect" car would be if I could just make one myself.  This is what I have decided so far: 1) It would have the body of a 1970 convertible VW Karmann Ghia, only a bit bigger so that it could have a real back sea...