The Benefits of Being Bilingual

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The Religion Test

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Interesting. Find out what believes are in line with yours. The higher the score, the more in line your beliefs are with that religion.

1.	Orthodox Quaker (100%)
2.	Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (86%)
3.	Liberal Quakers (80%)
4.	Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (73%)
5.	Eastern Orthodox (72%)
6.	Roman Catholic (72%)
7.	Seventh Day Adventist (72%)
8.	Unitarian Universalism (70%)
9.	Sikhism (69%)
10.	Orthodox Judaism (68%)
11.	Reform Judaism (66%)
12.	Neo-Pagan (63%)
13.	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (60%)
14.	Hinduism (60%)
15.	Bah�'� Faith (57%)
16.	Islam (56%)
17.	Theravada Buddhism (55%)
18.	Mahayana Buddhism (54%)
19.	New Age (52%)
20.	Jainism (45%)
21.	Jehovah's Witness (44%)
22.	Secular Humanism (39%)
23.	Taoism (39%)
24.	Scientology (33%)
25.	Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (29%)
26.	New Thought (27%)
27.	Nontheist (20%)

What is your spiritual type? Take the test: The Belief-o-matic! Who would have thought I was really a orthodox quaker?

Irish Curses

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I normally hear about irish blessing, but they were famous for curses as well. Be careful with curses. They can come back to you.

Go n-ithe an cat thú is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat
May the cat eat you, and may the cat be eaten by the devil

Now this is a very interesting site: The Leprechaun Watch. A webcam that is trained on a fairy ring in Ireland. Interesting!

The Leprechaun Watch

The leprechaun Irish fairy watch camera is in a hidden location in a field overlooking a fairy ring in Tipperary, Ireland. In a dip in the Glen of Cloongallon, Ballyseanrath lies the fairy ring itself. It and its fairy inhabitants are shielded by trees ranged around the perimeter, mainly chestnut, with one magnificent oak over 600 years old. Over the years it provided leprechauns with acorns for their pipes and other Irish fairies with shelter. The tree is protected by an Irish fairy known as a skeaghshee or tree spirit. The camera is concealed in a cavity in its trunk, and a branch supports an antenna!

Blarney Castle

The Irish Times
In Search of Ancient Ireland: PBS Special
Ireland: Information of the Irish State

Randomness of Thought

• Damn.  I sure got sleepy after lunch.
• I could really use some chopped chicken liver right about now.
• Why is he so wierd? 
• What was he doing at lunch?   He has a funky smell now and reeks of cologne as if to hide something.
• Scratching your crotch in public is not okay.
• Quit trying to peek at my computer!
• Can butterflies fly with dragonfly wings?
• Why can't I be outside today?

Handling a Difficult Person

According to a story on Jim Huggins' Humor page (and attributed to W. Craig Trader), during the last days of old Stapleton Airport in Denver a flight was canceled. The airline that canceled the flight had only one agent to rebook a long line of inconvenienced travelers. Suddenly, an unhappy traveler pushed his way to the head of the line. He slapped his ticket down and said, "I have to be on this next flight and it has to be first class!"

The ticket agent politely told the man, "I'm sorry sir. I'll be happy to help you, but I've got to help these folks first, and I'm sure we'll be able to work something out."

This did not satisfy the customer and he said loudly, "Do you have any idea who I am?"

The agent smiled and grabbed his public address microphone: "May I have your attention, please. We have a passenger who does not know who he is. If anyone can help him find his identity, please come to the gate."

The angry man retreated, and the crowd applauded.

The Young Man and the Frog!

There was once a young man who was crossing the road. As he was making his way over a frog called out to him and said, "If you kiss me, I will turn into a beautiful princess." The young man picked up the frog and put it in his pocket.

The frog called out from the young man's pocket, "If you will kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, I will come to your house for one week and cook and clean for you." The young man took the frog out and smiled at it and then put it back into his pocket.

The frog called out from the young man's pocket again, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, I'll stay with you for as long as you want and do anything you want me to." Again, the young man removed the frog, smiled at it, and then placed it back into his pocket.

Finally, the frog called out from the pocket, "What is it with you? I told you I'd stay with you, and cook and clean for you and do anything you want me to do. Why won't you kiss me?" The young man took the frog from his pocket and said, "Look, I'm a computer programmer. I don't have time for girlfriends — but a talking frog is really cool."

Turkey Verses Eagle

Benjamin Franklin believed that the turkey, not the eagle, should be the bird that symbolizes America. He wrote, in 1784, the following:

"I wish that the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character; he does not get his living honestly. You may have seen him perched on some dead tree where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labor of the fishing hawk and, when that diligent bird has at length taken a fish and is bearing it to his nest for the support of his mate and young ones, the bald eagle pursues him and takes it from him...besides, he is a rank coward; the little kingbird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him bodily and drives him out of the district...For a truth, the turkey is in comparison a much more respectable bird."

How To Take A Shower

How To Take A Shower
Like a Woman:
Take off clothing and place it in sectioned laundry hamper according to lights and darks.
Walk to bathroom wearing long dressing gown. If you see husband along the way, cover up any exposed areas. Look at your womanly physique in the mirror - make mental note to do more sit-ups/leg-lifts, etc.
Get in the shower. Use face cloth, arm cloth, leg cloth, long loofah, wide loofah and pumice stone. Wash your hair once with cucumber and sage shampoo with 43 added vitamins.
Wash your hair ! again to make sure it's clean.
Condition your hair with grapefruit mint conditioner enhanced.
Wash your face with crushed apricot facial scrub for 10 minutes until red.
Wash entire rest of body with ginger nut and jaffa cake body wash.
Rinse conditioner off hair.
Shave armpits and legs.
Turn off shower. Squeegee off all wet surfaces in shower. Spray mold spots with Tilex.
Get out of shower. Dry with towel the size of a small country. Wrap hair in super absorbent towel.
Return to bedroom wearing long dressing gown and towel on head. If you see husband along the way, cover up any exposed areas.
Like a Man:
Take off clothes while sitting on the edge of the bed and leave them in a pile.
Walk naked to the bathroom. If you see wife along the way, shake wiener at her making the 'woo-hoo' sound.
Look at your manly physique in the mirror. Admire the size of your wiener and scratch your ass.
Get in the shower. Wash your face. Wash your armpits.
Blow your nose in your hands and let the water rinse them off.
Fart and laugh at how loud it sounds in the shower.
Spend majority of time washing privates and surrounding area.
Wash your butt, leaving those coarse butt hairs stuck on the soap.
Wash your hair. Make a Shampoo Mohawk. Pee.
Rinse off and get out of shower.
Partially dry off. Fail to notice water on floor because curtain was hanging out of tub the whole time.
Admire wiener size in mirror again.
Leave shower curtain ! open, wet mat on floor, light and fan on.
Return to bedroom with towel around waist. If you pass wife, pull off towel, shake wiener at her and make the 'woo-hoo' sound again.
Throw wet towel on bed.

Kirby Puckett Dies of Stoke at 45

Induction Information Elected to Hall of Fame by Baseball Writers in 2001, as a Player 423 votes on 515 ballots 82.14%

Born: March 14, 1960, in Chicago, IllinoisDied: March 6, 2006, Phoenix, Arizona
ML Debut: 5/8/1984
Primary Position: Center Fielder Bats: R Throws: R Primary Uniform #: 34

Played For: Minnesota Twins (1984-1995) Post-Season: 1987 ALCS, 1987 World Series, 1991 ALCS, 1991 World Series Awards: All-Star (10): 1986-1995; All-Star Game MVP 1993; Gold Glove (6): 1986-1989, 1991-1992; 1991 ALCS Most Valuable Player

A fun-loving and gregarious ball player, Kirby Puckett totaled 12 solid seasons with the Minnesota Twins. The 1982 first-round draft choice hit for power and average, batting .318 with 207 home runs. A true team leader, Puckett led the Twins to a pair of World Series titles in 1987 and 1991. The six-time Gold Glove winner was named to 10 consecutive All-Star teams from 1986 to 1995. Puckett finished among the top 10 in MVP voting seven times, only to have his career end prematurely after the 1995 season due to irreversible retina damage in his right eye.

Kirby also had a checkered past.

ESPN voices on Puckett

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Impatience or Road Rage

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On yesterday I was leaving my neighborhood and got to the corner where there was a light to get onto the main road. I was making a right turn. I stopped at the light as it was red. A large red SUV pulled up behind me very close and stopped. Traffic was coming from the left. There was a small break in traffic from teh left, but it was not large enough for me to make it into the right lane, accelerate and begin safe travel. I would have been hit by that oncoming car. I did not pull out. The driver of the SUV blew his horn angrily. Why? Impatience. Ignorance. Road rage?! As big as that SUV was there was no way he could make it. It must have been an Escalade by Cadillac or a large Suburban by Chevrolet. I have a small car (Hyundai) and I could not make it.

I did not look in my rearview mirrow. I looked to the left and waited for the other cars to pass me. I was waiting for the next break in the traffic. I was coming and there was not another close by. Well, the SUV driver started to pull right next to me on my left, like he was going to pull out in front of me and go right. What the hell was he thinking? When it was my turn to go I pulled out. The SUV began to move and then stopped. I just knew I would be driving an SUV in the very near future! I just saw alot of green in my future coming straight from his insurance company. Luckily he stopped as there would be a 3 car wreck right there. Who needs that at 7:45am in the morning?

After we both turned right, we both made a left at the very next corner. He was on my tail the whole time. I continued to drive my normal pace. If he hit me, I would not be at fault. Finally I made another right and he zoomed on down the street. Seeing how he was acting made me think that I needed to get some road rage cards. I saw a blurb on tv about these cards about a month ago. Neat! They are even written backwards so the other driver can read them.

Take the Road Rage test. I did I am not even close to being in a rage at any time. There are crazy people out there on the roadways.

Prosthetic Legs Returned

A very odd and disturbing story!

ARCADIA, California (AP) -- A 16-year-old girl's prosthetic legs, which were stolen twice since November, have been quietly returned, police said.
Melissa Huff's mother found the legs in her unlocked car, which she had parked at Arcadia High School on Wednesday afternoon.
"Nobody was seen in or around the car," Arcadia police Lt. Ken Harper said. "There were no witnesses. We lifted some fingerprints and will see if there is any match."
Huff's right leg was amputated below the knee after she was struck by a car two years ago.
The first theft happened November 1, when someone cut a hole in a window screen in Huff's home and stole a $12,000 cosmetic leg.
Her doctor and two companies donated money for a new, $16,000 sports leg, which she uses to play softball on the Arcadia High team.
The stolen leg was tossed into the family's back yard in January.
But on Valentine's Day, somebody stole both legs after prying open a screen window. She had been unable to wear either prosthetic at the time because of a surgery. The legs were returned Wednesday, but had graffiti on them.
She was scheduled Friday to pick up another new leg, which the community rallied to buy for her.
Huff said she and her family believe the thief knows her.
"It doesn't bother me," she said. "I'm not scared of them."
Arcadia is about 24 miles (38 kilometers) east of Los Angeles.

Nora Jones

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I have finally discovered Nora Jones. Well, not exactly. I finally paid attention to her work. I have heard bits and pieces, but I finally got a CD. Man. Can we say good!? Love her!

I just downloaded Come Away With Me into my ipod. You can get it here!

No Ticket, No Entry

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Two security guards were shot at a Kanye West concert in central England after a man tried to get in without a ticket, police said on Wednesday.

The shootings occurred at the front entrance of the NEC Arena in Birmingham at about 10 p.m. on Tuesday during an altercation between the guards and a man who was refused entry to the Grammy-award winner's show, West Midlands police said.

Detective Inspector Ian Grant said several shots, believed to have been from a handgun, had been fired.

One of the guards was in hospital in a serious condition but the other had been discharged after treatment.

"At this early stage, the motive for the shooting remains unclear but there appears to have been some sort of dispute about gaining entry to the concert," Grant said.

A man and a woman have been held in connection with the incident.

Tuesday's concert was the last in the U.S. rapper's tour of Britain. He is due to perform in Milan on Thursday.