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11/11/2006 17:03 #32817
Fireplaces - ~$3000 laterCategory: housing
Ironically, dave was delivering a picture the guy took of us with Dave's camera in Rock River in Vermont last year which lead to a discount in these top of the line, super efficient gas fireplace stoves - which works for me. This will also save us a fortune in heating bills.
They are the Hearthstone Tucson model. They don't require any electricity to run so will work even in another arborgeddon. Dave bought one too. They will save the environment and make the selected rooms toasty warm, moist and carbon monoxide free without a vent.
One such room is my office which will now be exceptionally warm and usuable.
11/11/2006 11:52 #32816
Hypoallergenic Dog BreedsCategory: pets
What does "hypoallergenic" really mean?
To be hypoallergenic is to have a decreased tendency to cause allergies. Hypo means less, not none. Hypoallergenic dog breeds will still produce allergens, but because of their coat type, will typically produce less than others. People with severe allergies and asthma will still be affected by a hypoallergenic dog.
There is no such thing as a non-allergenic dog.
What coat-type makes the difference?
There are two coat types that produce a lesser amount of allergens: single-coated dogs, who do not have a thick undercoat, and hairless dogs. However even hairless dogs can produce enough dander to to affect a highly allergic person.
This is a Chinese Crested Dog (WIKIPEDIA - Chinese Crested Dog). If I could get a hiarless dog it would be this kind. (e:enknot) told me about them.
Speaking of crazy shit check of the Hobbit Cattery is a sub page of this and has dwarf hairless hobbit cats. There is something totally wrong with these cats.
UPDATE: 03/12/2008 I received this message about the person claiming copyright on the image. Sadly, I didn't even take the image from their site. I took it from the hobbit cat site which had stolen the image from them.
The photograph of the hairless dwarf cat is copyright Helmi Flick and you have not provided a copyright credit. I also suspect that you have not got her permission. Please clarify the situation. On the face of it this is a copyright violation. You can be sued for damages.
Michael
mjbmeister@gmail.com
I think I will just stick with tortoises and sugar gliders.
That cat in a dark house? I would be afraid the Devil would talk to me through it.
ew i think that cat is seriously disgusting looking. good call on the tortoises and sugar gliders. even though i am truly a dog lover...no dog or cat is better than a gross looking one.
Awwe!! The hairless cats are so neat! Their feet look like they're walking on little pillows. :)
Have you seen the hairless rats and guinea pigs they have now? lol
11/10/2006 01:16 #32815
Space Shuttle and The Queen of FranceCategory: travel
(e:mike) would really like this. It is a collage slide show that someone made about the movie. If I thought he had access to the media, I would swear he made it.
On the other hand I was looking at some pictures of the space shuttle on google news and I realized just how outdated those piece of crap sapceships are.
Remember making space shuttle cutout models back in the 80s. Oh my freakin god, I found the cutout online I am so making one tomorrow at work.
I thought the shuttle was so fucking high tech. Remember the NASA guy coming to your school to talk about the spaceships of the future. I assumed the future was 2000 at the time. I never thought they would still be using space shuttles in 2006. I definitely never thought I would be using a gas based car in 2006.
Think how fast stuff changed in our grandparents day in terms of transportation. My grandmother went from bikes to space shuttles. Did it just stop there? I guess that ended the transportation revolution and we started the information revolution. I suppose there is less pressure to travel faster now that information can proceed us and video and VR realities can project us.
Yeah, seriously! I mean it's 200-freaking-6, where are our personal jet packs and silver space suits already? I thought they were going to be standard issue on 1/1/00.
I wish I would have made that!
I once read somewhere that the computers that power the shuttle are something along the lines of a Commodore 64...
Yes, Miss Dunst is a fave of mine for sure!
11/07/2006 22:06 #32814
Lunch and VotingCategory: politics
I ate lunch at the Roswell Cafeteria with Tony and then stopped at (e:imk2)'s desk afterwards. It was so great to eat lunch in the cafeteria again. I really missed it. I also realized just how much I really missed hanging out with (e:enknot) while I was gone.
I have to say I thought (e:joshua) seemed to have a pretty rounded vote. I don't know why everyone is being so hard on him. I checked out the fox page it it seems pretty cool. Not like I would base my vote on it, but the interactive map is interesting to watch as the data pours in. According to Fox News:
President Bush Job Approval
Approve 39.0%
Disapprove 55.4%
Spread: -16.4%
Generic Congressional Vote
Republican 40.6%
Democrat 52.1%
Spread: -11.5%
I also did not vote for Hillary or Hevesi. As part of my tell all mobile fairy tale I took pictures of my votes. I am making one of the most secret events public. I think that it is great that we live in a country where we do not have to fear our lives because of who we vote on. I mean what is the point of having a secret ballot in modern america. Some people are really terrified that you will find out who they voted for. What is the deal with that? Are they party posers that pretend to vote for one party when talking with their friends and aquaintences and then vote on the opposite side once the curtain is pulled.
I mostly voted for Green and Democrat with two family party votes because the green were supporting them and I didn't know any of the candidates for those positions.
The day we close don the house I went to the Erie County Board of Elections to change my address and the worker told me I had missed the deadline. She said I should have come sooner. Ha, I wish I had gotten the house before. Anyways, she instructed us to go to the voting station across from our house but when we went there, they told us we could not vote there because we were not registered. We ended up having to go to our old station over a Lafayette High School. I have to say I think each one of the workers we dealt with had a slight to severe form of mental retardation.
Hell yea for the Green party, and I'm starting to trust the Working Families party too. I feel like my votes are especially significant because by voting only on 3rd party lines I'm actually speaking for what I believe in and protesting the inadequite 2 party system.
i am not to blame, jenks. they came to me, not me to them. i did not betray you!!!
People give Josh a hard time because he's different from them. He's not a committed leftist and that to some people may as well be criminal. Same kind of motivations that have made humans hate each other for thousands of years.
Gasp!
I feel so lunch cheated on!
I ate all alone, and no one would have coffee with me, either!
11/06/2006 20:27 #32813
LeftOver Media from the tripCategory: mobile
The Bat Rays we got to pet
The coit tower in san fran
The Christopher Columbus Statue - what was he wearing - a miniskirt? Notice there is no fabric on his knees.
San Francisco was really beautiful but way to high intensity for me.
Three peeps in the park robbed by some jews.
SF really doesn't have to be so high intensity. It's just I was trying to show you everything while the weather was cooperating and you weren't at that pesky conference, haha. Ok, just kidding about that last part.
p.s. -- I keep meaning to talk to Carl, but he's still pretty stressed out about knocking up his ex-girlfriend. Oops! Did I actually say that?
you were stolen by jews, or ju-ju-bees, or whatever they are? either way, thats messed up.
The posterior must have grown as the day went on; the rip definitely wasn't that big when you came in, lol.
How old is the christopher columbus statue? It would be cool if someone cut off his head like when bart simpson did it to that statue of Jebediah Springfield.
my coworkers pants were ripped down the thing today too. Random
Welcome home
After seeing your pretty working fireplace post, I remembered that you had posted about buying one. I scrolled back to this post and one work stuck out: "arborgeddon". I just sat here laughing for a bit.
Thanks for the giggle. :)
Wow... that place is literally a few blocks away from the house I grew up in.