earth changes

i used to follow an earth changes newsletter (gordon somebody?), over 10 years ago.
and if i remember correctly, they had shown some kinda relationship,
between earthquakes occurring in 3s... (dunno if it's tectonics)

1st - down around indonesia
2nd - south america
3rd - westcoast of usa

and i see on the earthquake watch widget (igoogle), that the first 2 have occurred recently. 
i don't know if that pattern of 3s still fits.  i hope not.
just popped into my head, seeing the widget this morning.

:(

ok, this just seems dumb

maybe i'm missing the issue, but why *stop* new applications for 2 years for environmental studies?
when the rest of their administration is opening up new drilling areas, *known* to be environmentally damaging?
i blame george.

see:
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/321400439/article.pl

deez and doze...

wow.  just wow. 
check out 'The Deez' news: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080625/bs_nm/exxon_valdez_court_dc_5

i'm sorry, but our country is asleep.
we are allowing, nay, encouraging king george, his cronies, his jester court, to new heights of audacity.
i am just as responsible, as i hide my head in my tv,
and my video games, and my doubleshot, white-chocolate, morning latte,
which costs the same as a gallon of gas, so must be a bargain, right?

i tried to fill up the tank of my gas-guzzler this morning,
but, my CC limit is only $75,
so the pump shut off.

back to my quiet desperation...
/sigh

how long will we allow this?

craig from craigslist has a good post: http://www.cnewmark.com/2008/06/are-the-telecom.html#trackback

the love guru

mike myers may be a genius!
seriously!  i'm not saying comic genius, no.
(yes, i think he's funny, in a wonderfully sophomoric way)

but, i'm thinking more in the way of his spoofing, it's all snickery goofiness on one level,
and then there is another level, which i only got, sitting in the movie my kids invited me to,
so that they could actually get a ride, but not sit with their dad, cuz their friends were there.
(yes, i am the dadtaxi)

on other fronts, i actually rode my bike again, after getting a new tube for the rear,
for the *third* time!  gasp!  exercise!  shock!  disbelief!  acceptance!  resignation!

oops, forgot... bought a bike, planning to ride to work, got a flat on the canal, 2nd time i rode.
bike gathered dust for a week or so, standing in the kitchen, where i left it so that
i would actually take care of it quickly, but instead stepped around it daily...

well, better go shower and head to work a little late.
which is what i get for reading other peoples blogs,
and then the links they link to.
but it's fun and edumacational !

peace, my friends.

new job

so, started the new job on monday...
working with a couple of friends that i've worked with before at other companies.
seems pretty cool, so far.