These letters share a unique characteristic:
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Any guesses?
Dec 112008
Dec 102008
Rather than me spending the time to peruse the news, maybe you could just rub this blog on your skin?
[smirk]
Dec 092008
Today’s high temperature in Central Florida was around 80°(F) and tomorrow’s forecast is for around 85°(F). [These temps are 5-10 degrees above normal for this time of year.] Yeah, that cold air that’s blanketing pretty much the rest of the U.S. hasn’t made its way down here yet. Doesn’t that just make you feel all warm and fuzzy?
Dec 082008
Really fine a capella. And a version of a song that usually makes me roll my eyes that just makes me smile….
Dec 032008
Sometimes I worry whether I reveal too much of myself in this blog. I am reminded tonight of this bit of wisdom:
I can prove that worry works because most of the things I worry about never happen.
(M)ary from As If You Care posted about a site called Typealizer that will analyze your blog’s personality type using the familiar Myers-Briggs Type Indicators. I have taken shortened versions of such personality tests [they said I should get one....] but not recently. I was pretty sure though that I was INTJ. I was quite surprised then with the Typealizer results:
ESFP – The Performers
The entertaining and friendly type. They are especially attuned to pleasure and beauty and like to fill their surroundings with soft fabrics, bright colors and sweet smells. They live in the present moment and don´t like to plan ahead – they are always in risk of exhausting themselves.
The enjoy work that makes them able to help other people in a concrete and visible way. They tend to avoid conflicts and rarely initiate confrontation – qualities that can make it hard for them in management positions.
This is the complete opposite of INTJ. And these web-based tools are always accurate, aren’t they? Suspecting that I wasn’t remembering my personality type results from years ago [the old grey matter ain't what it used to be] and to quiet the voices that were arguing loudly in my head [um, maybe you didn't need to know that?] I turned to Humanmetrics — a free short version of a personality type indicator. [And these web-based tools are always accurate, aren't they?] Sure enough, my results from that short questionnaire are:
Your Type is INTJ
You are:
- very expressed introvert (89%)
- moderately expressed intuitive personality (25%)
- moderately expressed thinking personality (38%)
- slightly expressed judging personality (22%)
I am not my blog…
…or am I?
Dec 022008
All of the following statements about hydroxic acid (DHMO) are absolutely true and independently verifiable:
- It is a colorless and odorless chemical compound
- Its atomic components are found in a number of caustic, explosive and poisonous compounds such as Sulfuric Acid, Nitroglycerine and Ethyl Alcohol
- It is a primary constituent of acid rain
- It contributes to the greenhouse effect and global warming
- It is a major component of acid rain
- It contributes to soil erosion
- It leads to corrosion and oxidation of many metals
- Contamination of electrical systems often causes short-circuits
- Inhalation of even small amounts can lead to death in a few minutes
- Its gaseous form can cause severe burns
- Prolonged exposure to its solid form causes severe tissue damage
- Exposure decreases effectiveness of automobile brakes
- It is associated with killer cyclones in the U.S. Midwest and elsewhere, and in hurricanes including deadly storms in Florida, New Orleans and other areas across the globe
- It may not be dumped into landfills in the U.S. and if found in a landfill must be removed
- However, it may be dumped with virtually no restriction into lakes, rivers, and streams
- It is widely distributed throughout the U.S. and can legally be sold to minors
- It is widely available in schools and administrators have no idea how much of the substance is used by students while at school or at home
- It is certainly ingested daily by a large percentage of students
- Attempts by government agencies to regulate its distribution and use are often ridiculed and stopped before being enacted
So, should we be worried about this dangerous chemical compound? It does have many practical uses and even healthful benefits to virtually all plants and animals. More importantly, hydroxic acid is more commonly known not so much as DHMO but by either its chemical formula or a vernacular term. DHMO is dihydrogen monoxide… H2O… water.
And one more: embedding is disabled on this one, but it’s definitely worth a click.
Dec 012008
It occurs to me that “laughing till you cry” and “crying till you laugh” might both be described as hysterical, but for completely opposite reasons.
Not that I do either.
Much.
Let's do Something Cheap and Superficial 
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