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Cussing is Good For You! I KNEW IT!!!

Swearing can reduce the feeling of pain. Who knew? I KNEW!!!

Scientists have discovered that uttering swear words can help to lessen the feeling of physical pain.

The study by researchers at Keele University found that volunteers were able to withstand pain for longer when they swore compared to when [...]

CompuServe, I Hardly Knew Ye…

I started my electronic wandering here in the mid ‘80s with Compuserve, the first commercially successful on-line service. They finally closed their doors today.

Columbus, Ohio – The original commercially-successful online mail service, CompuServe, has been shut down by its owner, AOL.

The clunky but much-loved service debuted in 1979, offering electronic mail, technical support and moderated technical [...]

Weekly Tweets for 2009-05-31

  • Back on the road, heading to SC… Had a great weekend, saw lots of people I hadn’t seen in a long time. Good times, good times… #
  • The Law is working overtime in TN, handing out tickets with both hands today. Everyone is subject to their attentions, not just big trucks. #
  • Driving under the Smokies (1 of 2) http://twitpic.com/5y392 #
  • Driving under the Smokies (2 of 2) http://twitpic.com/5y3hz #
  • @jinime Awesome synonyms: tubular, gnarly, bitchin’, sweeeeet, zomg. And of course, greeblie… ;) in reply to jinime #
  • RT @isfullofcrap: If I want to see rednecks drive in circles for 500 miles, I’ll go to a sale at a Wal Mart with a really small parking lot. in reply to isfullofcrap #
  • Feeding the ducks at a TS in SC… Then they went under my truck to hang out for a while. NOTE TO SELF: Check under truck before leaving. #
  • Truckstop Ducks – (trying to post pics, but apparently Twitpic is fubar) #
  • Southbound thru the liquid sunshine. http://twitpic.com/601rk #
  • Hiding out for the night behind a WallyWorld, picking up my freight in th am. Got some shopping done, now I can eat! #foodisnice #
  • I just farted so bad it drove me out of my truck and close to the exhaust stack, where I could get some fresh air. TMI, yeah sure… #
  • Reading Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. But I’m slowly slipping into timewarps and have been rereading a lot… Time for bed, I think… #
  • Passing thru “makin jawjuh” on my way to Texas. Unrelated: Is anyone else creeped out by my avatar? The peanut M&M in my nostril too much? #
  • @Kalli us motherfuckin amurrikun done ruint everthing, huh… ;) in reply to Kalli #
  • @deadvoter Piercing? Not a bad idea! Well, except maybe for the blocked sinus and the inevitable decomposition. Oh, and the blue dye ring ;) in reply to deadvoter #
  • @melissakeyes So far popular consensus is not good. I’ll have to change it soon. I wonder if its lost me any followers? That’d be kewl! #
  • @Kalli LOL! Imagine, if you will, the world DID revolve around the US. Then people in Australia would be flung off into space! ;) in reply to Kalli #
  • @melissakeyes Yes, I’ll have to be subtle with next pic… I know just the one! hee hee! in reply to melissakeyes #
  • RT @verwon: You have got 2 be kidding, why would you post this pic as your avatar? Not going to watch that popup in my stream all the time! #
  • RT @Sternenfee: “if you want me to follow you back, introduce yourself, make yous presence known.” I’m the one snorting M&Ms in reply to Sternenfee #

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Tea Party Video from Both Sides…

I’ve been perusing some of the Youtube videos about the Tea Party protests, from both sides. Bet you didn’t know that the Tea Parties occurring across the nation were financed by Fox News, didja? And that MSNBC is the most worthless BIASED reporting out there… or maybe you did. Does anyone watch MSNBC anymore for news? [...]

Get The New WTF Blanket!!

I got mine, you get yer OWN [...]

Happy 2009: Don’t Drink and Blog

I’m still at home, enjoying the hometime but ready to get back to work. I’ve run out of vacation time so this time off is all unpaid. Must do better planning next time.  If a load does not come up tomorrow, I’m pretty much stuck till Monday…

So I’m blogging and drinking beer but I really wanna [...]

testing BloGTK

I’m getting ready to switch from Windoze to Linux. Right now I’ve been playing with the Ubuntu distribution and so far I’m digging it. I won’t be able to drop MS completely, I can’t run my GPS map program in Linux and so for I’ve not found anything in Linux to do the job of Photoshop [...]

Sucker for a Meme #3

I’m even later to the party than Jay G but I thought I might play along. I’m not tagging anyone either but if this moves you to do one yourself, let me know.

100 Thing You Have Done.

Started your own blog. (Back in 2001 I posted my first drivel on a blogspot blog.).
Slept under the [...]

State of the Blog

I read lot of blogs through Google Reader and I’m noticing a slowdown in some of my regular reads, mostly in the “personal” blogs. I’m not complaining, believe me. If I didn’t have Twitter plugged into my own blog, weeks and months could slide by without updates. Sometimes I think this site is just a placeholder [...]

Misc Rants #13

The husband of convicted child killer Andrea Yates is suing to block release of crime scene videos to two TV station that requested it. Under Texas law the district attorney’s office must release them.

“The only legitimate public interest in the contents of the videotape was served when it was played for the jury at the [...]