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That is what I am doing.
Just finished watching The Missing right in time to see Billy Crystal do the opening number.
The movie was ok. Not great but ok.
Had some tense moments.
So I am bored sitting and watching the Oscars already.
I don't even know why I watch it.
Do you?
I mean, yeah, we will get to see if LOTR takes it finally but other than that, why do we watch this?
Later days.
Filed under tv.
Pisces Drinking style:
If you're a Pisces, you've probably already heard
that you share a sign -- and an addictive
personality -- with Liz Taylor, Liza Minelli
and Kurt Cobain. Not only do Pisces like to
lose themselves in the dreamy, out-there
feeling that only hooch can give, but they
build up a mighty tolerance fast. Who needs an
expensive date like that? On the other hand,
they're fabulously enchanting partners, whether
in conversation or in crime. With the right
Pisces, you can start out sharing a pitcher of
margaritas and wind up in bed together for
days. The phrase "addictive
personality" can be read two ways, you
know.
Alcohoroscopes- what do the stars say about your drinking style
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Like this is news to anyone who really knows me.
One is too many and a thousand will never be enough.
Filed under general.
Prophets are compelled to speak. Maybe this time around, the messenger won't be held responsible for the message. If you bring good news, however, you're sure to be treated well.
Please don't shoot the messenger.
Hahaha
Filed under funny.
Thanks Jenni! You rawk!
P.S. It is tomorrow, not today. I am a March 1st baby. :)
Filed under friends.
Went to the store and spent my little bit of cash on much needed cat litter and stuff.
Damn cats stink the place up.
Speaking of cats, Nova, the injured stubby tailed kitty, chewed on that injury until some of the skin was just hanging.
It was disgusting.
So it is off now and healing better.
At least I won't have to hear her chewing on it anymore.
Mark is still with Mikey and Sebastian and I are watching Forrest Gump again.
It's on tv this time.
Mark just called while I was typing.
The boys are on the way here.
Hopefully with a movie or 2.
I just love watching movies and Mikey has a huge collection.
As much as I love watching Keanu over and over again, the kids, well, they hate it...lol
Later days.
Filed under home and family.
Just passing it on as an interesting link.
Cannot be confirmed. Who the hell knows right?
Top News Article | Reuters.com
And in case it gets shuffled away, just for my own memories, the article itself in the extended entry.
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U.S. Denies Iran Report of Bin Laden's Capture
Sat Feb 28, 2004 08:41 AM ET
TEHRAN (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Defense denied reports by Iran's official IRNA news agency on Saturday that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been captured.
IRNA quoted a story on Iran's state radio Pashtun service which reported "a very reliable source" as saying bin Laden had been captured in a tribal area of Pakistan.
A senior U.S. defense official denied the report, telling Reuters it was "another piece of stray voltage that's passing around out there."
And Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri told a news conference he was aware of the Iranian report, but added: "We cannot confirm it at all."
Washington says bin Laden masterminded the September 11, 2001, suicide hijack attacks in the United States, which killed nearly 3,000 people.
The Iranian correspondent responsible for the report told Reuters the radio had also reported bin Laden's capture a year ago. But said a new source had told him on Friday the al Qaeda leader had been seized "a long time ago."
"It could be one month ago, it could be one year, but he has been arrested," he said.
While declining to reveal his source or how his source knew of the capture, he said: "My source said it and he knows it."
Pakistani troops earlier this week arrested 20 suspects in an operation against al Qaeda and Taliban militants in South Waziristan. Officials said none were leading al Qaeda militants.
The U.S. military said this month that U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan were moving toward coordinated operations along the border -- "a hammer and anvil approach" -- to prevent fleeing al Qaeda fighters from escaping simply by crossing from one country into the other.
Pakistan, a key ally in the U.S.-led war on terror, has stepped up efforts in recent weeks against al Qaeda and Taliban fighters as the 10,600-strong U.S. force in Afghanistan gears up for a spring offensive against Islamic militants.
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I slept late, nothing happening around here.
Mark is over at Mikey's, Sebastian is watching cartoons.
I uploaded some smilies.
That is too damn easy Jenni...lol
Just upload them and there they are.
That's bad for me.
I could put some stuff in there man.
I must have looked at about 200 smilies.
Yeah, that is it.
I am a smiley geek. 
Later days.
Filed under gneral.
This is Jenni, breaking and entering into Kat's blog to say happy birthday (early) and her comment smilies are working just fine! Yippee for me. Hee.
Sweetie, gimme a yell if / when you'd like any other things installed. The page is bookmarked on my blog as always. I added credits to Scriptygoddess and Jason's Smiley Collection in your sidebar, too.
Sorry for barging in.....
Solonor, my blog daddy, sent me Permanent Record for my birthday!
Weee!!!
But once again, UPS did not knock on the door.
What the hell is up with that?
But anyway..
I have this to watch.
Thanks blog daddy!! *mwah*
Filed under friends.
As much as the commercials I discussed bother me, I was being sarcastic.
I don't think any of them should be removed.
I don't think they should tell us what we can see, hear, watch, look at, whatever.
Yes, some of them are highly inappropriate for prime time or hell, even daytime, but like I stated in my post, I do answer the questions that come up because I am a parent and it is my job to teach them.
Sure, the herpes commercials are a little hard to explain but I do it because I'd rather have them informed then with an STD.
I am capable of making the viewing choices for my family and explaining things to my kids.
The commercials are not alone in showing inappropriate content, the evening news is pretty good for that too but what are we going to do folks?
Seriously.
What do you want?
Do you want a group that decides what you can and can't watch deciding everything for you?
Are you capable of deciding if a show with a mans naked butt or a flash of a womans breast is appropriate for you or should someone step in and make that decision for you?
They will if you allow them to.
I may hate all those commercials but I would rather them be there and in my face pissing me off then not at all.
I don't want censorship.
I don't want someone deciding for me what I can see, listen to on the radio or look at in a museum or make fun of during commercial breaks.
I am capable of deciding what I allow my family to watch even if I have to answer uncomfortable questions regarding feminine hygiene.
At least I am answering the questions they ask.
Filed under general.
The FCC crackdown on indecency.
Ok, so they want to save us from obscene or indecent talk, images, tv shows whatever right?
I don't want them to tell me what I can listen to, watch or see.
I am an adult and a parent. I do know how to make the best decisions for myself and my family.
But.
If they insist on removing indecent things from us, I have a few suggestions as to what they can take away next.
Menstrual cycle commercials.
Let me just say that I do not have a problem with my cycles and if you were to ask, I'd be happy to tell you that I am bloated, cranky as hell and if the kids touch my chocolate stash one more time, someone is going to lose a finger.
What I do have a problem with is Tampax having a woman shove a tampon in the hole of a boat to stop a leak and her boyfriend is just like ok with that.
It's just a bad image ok?
I don't want to see K-Y lube commercials on during prime time.
I know what it is and where to buy it should I need it but everytime I see that commercial I am reminded of the couple I saw in the supermarket that one time.
The dude is standing staring at the gel and his girlfriend is all like 'you want to try it, you're gonna buy it.'
Then the 2 of them trying to buy some other stuff to buy so that is not the only thing on the belt at the checkout.
We all know what you bought it for. Be adult about it.
I am simply not ready to explain the need or use for lube yet.
I also don't like having to explain to my 2 pre-pube sons why that woman just shoved a tampon in a hole in a boat.
And the reason?
Cuz no woman would ever shove a tampon in a hole in a boat to stop a leak!
That's just stupid.
I had to tell them that some smartass ad guy thought it would be clever.
Clever for what they asked.
Well, that smartass guy thought it would be a clever way to let women know that their tampon has superior leak protection.
But mom they said, you're not supposed to put them in a boat are you?
No sons, you're not.
They (FCC) think Janet flashing a boob is a problem.
No no. It is much easier to explain that that woman thought it would be shocking and kinda cool to flash her tit. She made a bad mistake.
The boys understood that.
What is hard to explain is why menstrual commercials use blue gel and then cut the pad in half so you can see it didn't leak.
Mom, why would they do that?
Uh, cuz some smartass ad guy thought that using blue gel and then cutting the pad in half would show women how much better their pad is.
But mom, all the pad commercials use blue gel and cut it in half.
Yeah, I know boys, doesn't make much sense to me either but they think it's a good idea.
And the tampon commercial where the girl ties inferior tampons together and then taped to a pad to get the one tampon that fell out the window onto the bush at the party?
Sorry, I have never known a woman that cared that much that she would risk looking like an ass and wasting the hosts products for 1 tampon.
That is a sure fire way to not get invited back.
But the FCC lets these images be shown on tv.
Valtrex commercials bother me because then I have to explain that someone has herpes and then I have to explain what is herpes.
Yeah, good times.
The viagra commercial where everyone is looking at the guy walking in to work asking if he got a haircut or a new suit or whatever and the voice over is telling us all how he used viagra and his sex life is better.
Great, good for him but the kids have started listening to the side effects of these drugs.
One warning, if you experience an erection for more than 4 hours, seek medical attention.
Try explaining that.
Funny to you and me but to little boys, not quite so funny when they think about having to see a doctor to make it 'go down'.
I just find it amusing and funny the stuff they think is indecent like talking about sex or questioning the government and a boobie, but they will allow these bizarre images and words to flood our airwaves all the time.
And the commercials just get worse and worse as each year passes.
In just a few short years, I fully expect to see a commercial where they show women how to insert a tampon or place a pad in their panties or use the lube.
Don't take away radio hosts or give me a 10 second delay on awards shows because you are afraid someone may say the word fuck or whatever if you are going to continue to allow these commercials to stay on the air.
And yes, it is the same thing.
What you find indecent is not what I find indecent and if you're going to lay the smackdown, lay it down on everything or just shut up.
You will never be able to please us all.
We all have different ideas of what is obscene, indecent or just plain ignorant.
Let us be the judges of our own lives.
Filed under general.
Peter gave something to me.
Peter, the owner, sent me this New Morning Basket as a thank you for promoting the site.
I got it today.
Very cute. Love the cup! He even put some 'they took everything' emery boards in it for me.
Thanks Peter!
Filed under general.
This morning, Mark is on his way out the door and says mom, there's a box here.
It's from Amazon.
What the?...
No one knocked on the door last night.
I open it and inside are 50 Memorex cd-rs and Stephen Kings It!
I assume for my birthday?! There was no note.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Muhahaha
Pennywise!!!
I absolutely love Tim Curry. It also stars Johnathan Brandis as William 'Stuttering Bill' Denbrough (age 12) .
He died on November 12, 2003 by suicide.
Thank you. Karri :)
Filed under friends.
Fantasia from Christine. She was cleaning out her movies on VHS a bit ago and was doing a give away of them.
I have always loved Fantasia and I had it but some scummy room mate stole it quite a few years ago.
I have Fantasia 2000 and watch it all the time.
I love classical music (thanks dad) and just enjoy the interpretations of the artists when they put their visions to music.
The kids really enjoy it too.
They are too young to remember watching saturday morning cartoons like Bugs Bunny in all his glory set to classical music and being politically incorrect and violent.
They have chopped Bugs cartoons to hell these days.
Thank you Christine. We will take really good care of it and enjoy it.
Filed under friends.
I'm sorry, you don't know who the scumbag is do you?
It's ex-roommates ex.
He is the lowest form of scum.
Trust me.
Little weasel.
Anyway, he came over to bring me her vacuum that he has been holding onto at his parents house instead of trying to get it to her.
So we made a swap.
Her vac for his parents large, really nice igloo cooler.
Yeah, I was holding it hostage.
She actually said I could have her vac because mine is shit and I was supposed to buy a new one with my credits but other things happened and well, my credits got spent on some things they shouldn't have and other things they should have.
Only 2 items ended up being for me but oh fucking well right?
So anyways, he stops by with it and we trade and he is all polite and I am trying to be a good girl and not tell him to shove it as far up his ass as he can, I say thank you and see ya.
I'd like to beat him with a really big spikey stick.
So I plug it in and damn, that thing could suck the paint off a car.
Thanks ex-roommate.
Oh and ex-roommate, just because he dropped this off like you asked him to does not mean that he is a good guy. He is still the same fuckwad that said all that shit to you in an email on Christmas day.
Never forget those words. EVER.
He is a fucking dillhole.
Filed under friends.
It's thundering and lightening.
Yuk.
Good sleeping weather though.
Why are people linked to very old pages that no longer exist on this blog and hit those old links several times a day?
That stuff has gone buh bye and sits on my hard drive.
I won't be putting any of it back.
Those archives are for just myself now.
Link the new page because whatever it is that you keep looking for, doesn't exist for you anymore.
This is part of a comment I left here.
"We didn't/aren't voting for a religious leader and that is what GW thinks he is. He thinks he is now my president, my father, my doctor and my pastor."
President, I can deal with. My father telling me what to do, nope sorry, I have a dad and even he doesn't tell me what to do. My doctor? George, stay out of my womb. My pastor? No. Keep your religious beliefs to yourself George. What you think of marriage being what is defined under your religion, is your belief. It is not mine, do not speak for me and my beliefs. Come November, you are history.
Filed under general.
Sara was next to go on Americas Next Top Model. I really wanted Camille to leave cuz she's a fake bitch but oh well.
If you click that link, you can download Tyra Banks MP3 single which isn't half bad and I usually don't go for dance shit.
Filed under Tv.
Odd recipe but tasty and the kids ate it.
3 chicken breasts or however many you want to cook.
1 large red pepper
1 cup Miracle Whip
2 tbs. plain mustard
Put the chicken in the pan and then cut up the red pepper in small dices.
Mix with the cup of Miracle whip and the mustard in small bowl.
Spoon mixture over chicken and bake in the oven at 350o for 35-40 minutes until chicken juices run clear.
Serve with favorite side.
Tangy and way yummy.
Filed under food.
Clickable.
Stinky perfume lady on the bus.
Amish ladies who scooted me off the bench.
Waiting on the bus to arrive.
Blue skies
Hyatt Regency Luxury Apartments.
Who knew that those hot dogs would smell so good.
Almost home.
Happy to be home. Hurting but happy.
Later days.
I have to go out a bit later in the morning.
Right around middayish so it's going to be much warmer.
I don't mind the warmth, it is better than cold that is for sure but I don't like having to be out and walking around alone in the heat.
Luckily, the buses go damn near close to where I have to go today.
I sewed my favorite shirt.
It had a hole.
It's my fave shirt so I just keep fixing it.
I will let it completely fall apart beyond repair before I toss it.
That is all I have to say this morning.
Later days.
Filed under general.
I feel fine now.
I was talking on the phone to ex-roommate when all of a sudden, chills, sweats, sick to my stomach, then barfo rama.
I felt shitty for like 20 minutes afterward but feel just great now.
Weird.
I ate the same food the kids did and they didn't get sick.
I hate it when that happens.
I have such a screwed up stomach because of my ulcer and all the meds, that food that doesn't bother anyone else as in bad food, makes me oh so ill.
Oh well, at least it's over now.
Filed under health.
He has been over there since January and we now have his address to send him things.
I am going to burn him a cd and the kids are making him some cards.
He is the one I told you about whose baby was very sick.
CJ, the baby is doing much better.
I have no idea what else can be sent.
Anyone out there military who knows what they can have?
His mom said he likes junk food, so what can I send through the mail that won't spoil or go rotten.
I can't afford to send a huge box or anything but a few small things I can do.
I remember Chris before he was even born.
I went with my Aunt Rosalie and her husband Tim to the state fair in Maine while she was pregnant with him.
I used to help her take care of him when he was a baby and then I played with him and his little brother Sean and sister Mandy.
It's hard for me to believe that he is all grown up, married, has a baby of his own and is now off in another country.
Kind of scary.
Scary that he is over there and scary that I am old enough to have a cousin who is all grown up and fighting a war.
Filed under home and family.
First, I got my check for $13.86 from the Anti-trust CD lawsuit. Yeehaw!!
I got my birthday card from my mom and dad. Thank you, I love you too.
And lastly, as much as I try to avoid political discussions, a vote for Nader is a vote for Bush.
A vote for nader is a vote for Bush.
Do not throw away your vote.
He does this all the fucking time and every time he does, a piece of shit ends up in the white house.
Thank you.
Filed under general.
I offer you a local band from St. Pete called Smackhead.
Yes, I know these guys.
Heard them play at Livingstons before it went the way of all local live music, out of Sarasota, and loved it.
They gave me a cd and we hung out. Hi Joe!! 
My weekends were spent at the club hanging out and jamming to local bands. That is also where I heard Neurotica for the first time.
I would bring people with me to see them all the time.
It's Florida rock so it's kinda southerny but heavy too.
You know what to do, right click it and save target as. DO not stream this or you will be killed.
Ok, so not killed but I will put a curse on you that will leave you barren and bald with a bad case of crotch itch.
This is a hidden track on the self titled cd and it just fucking rocks. I love this song. I know you are gonna like it too.
Enjoy and remember, no streaming.
I will be keeping an eye on it and if people are streaming, I will pull it.
Smackhead-Cries of Pain GONE.
when *flicker flicker poof*, out went the lights.
I thought I blew a fuse because I had the tv on, the stove, the electric skillet, the dryer, 2 pcs and 3 lights.
I know that doesn't seem like a lot but I blew a fuse on Monday just by doing laundry, tv running, 2 pcs and the carpet cleaner.
It happens.
It wasn't a fuse this time.
From what I hear, a car wrapped itself around a pole.
We lost power at 5:45, right after I posted that last post.
Flicker flicker poof.
Luckily, the meat had finished and the water had boiled enough to where the pasta just needed to sit in it a few minutes.
We got power back around 8.
It sucks when you lose power doesn't it?
But, we ate by candle light, went for a small walk around the hood, and talked to each other about stuff.
Every now and then, it can be a good thing to lose the lights.
Filed under home and family.
in a drug induced stupor all day.
I hate these pills.
I am so dead and useless when I have to take even one.
I have now come out of the coma and am making the boys dinner after having to fend for themselves all day.
Wha? Cereal? Yeah, eat what you can or want. Try not to make a huge mess k?
Bad mommy.
grr.
I hate this.
I will try to catch up with you all later on.
Later days.
Filed under general.
Had to take a muscle relaxer that sends me for a spin into la-la land so I'm out for a bit.
Have a nice Sunday.
Filed under general.
The good news is the city came out yesterday and bitched them out over the septic tank.
The bad news is they have 2 dumb-ass nobodies out there digging up the drain field and getting drunk.
There is also the smell.
The windows have all had to be closed.
I would take pictures of the pants around cracks of asses drinking idiots scratching their heads trying to figure out how to fix it, but they are pretty damn pissed they got caught.
I will stay indoors until it's over.
On an unrelated note, Jenni added a search feature and a really nice Legolas search results page.
Legolas in blue.
*sigh*
Filed under home and family.
I am having a very bad back day and may not be around much at all.
Enjoy your weekend.
Third Watch since it began and it is one of my favorite shows.
Tonights was incredible.
I knew it was coming.
You could tell Doc was a little off and I thought perhaps he would harm himself after last weeks party. Giving stuff away, making amends.
I didn't see a 'postal' situation at all.
His character will be missed.
Filed under Tv.
Twisted Land of Oz.
More specifically, this one. Click it.
Yeah, I know. I am twisted myself for liking that and maybe I got dropped on my head as a baby but damn! Those toys are fucking cool.
The boys told me about them.
Me: What are you looking at?
Mark: McFarlane Toys at Toy Wiz.
Me: What kind of toys? Spawn?
Mark: No, Twisted Land of Oz.
Me: What?
Mark: You know, Dorothy but uh, she looks bad.
Me: ??
5 minutes later.
Me: Oh hell yeah!!!
Filed under toys.
I'm breaking in and posting as Kat again, sorry. Is anyone else having problems with the comments remembering their info (name, e-mail, etc.)? I'm not and the code is fine. I'm wondering if the person in question has his cookies on. You need to accept cookies in order for the remembering function to work.
If something's acting weird for you, leave a comment and I'll look into it. Thanks! I think we fixed it -- thanks, Kat! Anyone else has probs, let Kat know in the comments.
-- Jenni
P.S. This is what Christina was trying to give me but she couldn't log in for some reason.
*rowr*
Credit:http://www.livejournal.com/users/mys1985/
Your pretty brave letting anyone into your cp to edit and delete things. there must be a way to set some permissions for users that can post like this. in Greymatter I can set you as an author with no editing rights,
all it takes is one idiot to ruin your blog for ya.
Hey Kat! Just poppin in to say hi! We havent ben able to chat much lately, but just want you to know Im thinking about you. Hope all is well with you and the boys.
Hugs!
Aero
boycott-riaa.com - Article: The CD Checks Are In The Mail -- Finally!
Yes!
A whopping $13.86 per person.
Don't you just feel great getting that back?
That is if you signed up for the lawsuit.
I'm either gonna buy food with it, (ramen noodles galore baby) or donate it to the EFF.
Just wanted to wish everyone a great weekend and to remember to take one hour to do something just for you!
Hehehe...this time I wanted to post a little "funny." My Dad sends me funnies in my email all the time. I thought I would share a cute one. Happy Friday! Hugs to you Kat!
Just Rilana
Sotally Tober
Starkle starkle little twink
who the hell you are I think
I'm not under what you call
the alcofluence of incohol
I'm just a little slort of sheep
I'm not drunk like tinkle peep
I don't know who is me yet
but the drunker I stand here
the longer I get
Just give me one more drink
to fill me cup
'cuz I got all day sober
to Sunday up.
Well! After a couple of attempts I finally got in... this is so cool!
Oh and Kat, I do love that pic of Keanu up there. I think I heard on TV lately that his name is Hawaian for "Ocean Breeze" or something.
You're braver then me to open your blog to others to post on. My hat is off to you girlie. And the new look is delish. Makes my teeth sweat to see Keanu looking so tasty. He's a hottie.
No.
Not the lottery but I still won something.
I won a Tops Trump LOTR card game from Hasbro.
We wanted to win the sword of Aragorn but this is still cool.
The boys will love it anyway.
It's like the card game war I think.
I emailed them back my addy etc and it will arrive in the mail in 6-8 weeks.
What?!
6-8 weeks!
By then, I will have forgotten about it.
Oh well.
It's still a win.
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Hi ya, Kat. I agree with Karen, you are awesome (and not just because of this Free for Friday, either, although I LOVE free stuff). Glad you're back up and running...like I said, I need my daily Kat fix.
Free for all?! Is this really a free for all? Cool idea, Kat!! I just wanna say that Kat is one of the best women in this world. She's kind hearted, strong and is just awesome. Love ya, Kat! -Karen
how beautiful my blog is!
I just looked at the archives.
Yow!
Jenni doth rawk.
I'm such a plain jane and this is just like what I would have done if I had any artistic talent...lol
Hats off to the artist!
Filed under friends.
Dear Kat and Kat readers: I just wanted to formally make the invite that y'all are welcome up here in the vast cold (and snowy!) wasteland of Canada. :D
Gays can get married and we have "free" healthcare. Kat, your back would have been taken care of by now. The down side is we have dweebs for politicians, but our political satire shows are the best.
(darn, she said no politics. Oops.)Anyway, I have a spare bedroom too. Love ya, sweetie!
- Andrea
Does this not look amazing?
Thanks so much Jenni!
She worked her butt off to make it all look good and work in every browser size.
Do you have any idea how hard that is and most people don't even pay attention to it when redesigning?
If your blog does not compress down to 640x480, you are shutting out a group of people. Sure, it might be a small group of people but if they can't read you because your sidebar overlaps your text, they move on.
How do you check?
Paste this in your browser, javascript:void(window.resizeTo(640,480)) and then click on your site.
If you end up with overlap, you don't render down.
I know, what a pain in the ass huh?
The header does not have to shrink.
It's not the pretty pictures they come to see.
It's your words they come to read.
Ok, It is Friday so that means Free For all.
Here's what you do.
Go to http://www.mysinglemomlife.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt.cgi, my login page, and the user name is notKat, password, guest.
Simple.
Rules are simple too.
No long rants about politics cuz it's just boring for the most part.
Leave a link back or your name so we know who you are.
Oh yeah, choose free for all friday as your category.
Thank you.
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Again, it's Jenni, not Kat. Sorry. :) Just a quick update: This blog is 95% finished. I'd like to add extended entries for you, sweetie, along with some other scripts here and there. How's tomorrow sound for that? I'm soooo tired.
Other that that, you're set. The category and individual archives are finished. Provided your folks can view everything okay, we're done. (I'll add monthlies tomorrow as well if you'd like them.)
** Forgot this part -- I'll adjust the margin widths in just a bit so Kat's folks see everything okay. :) **
So I'll slap it in religion and see what happens.
The movie, The Passion of the Christ, is getting a ton of press. Good, bad, just boatloads of it.
I'm hanging out watching ET and what do my wondering eyes grasp?!
Passion Jewelry.
Now YOU can wear a nail around your neck. Click it and make it bigger. :)
I actually want one of those. Not because I am religious (have you been following along even with all the site mishaps?) but because it is just so anti-religious in my opinion.
I know a lot of people are gonna get some and wear them around proudly with a hey, look at my nail! I am a true christian because I am wearing a nail that represents how they hung him to the cross along with my cross necklace and ear rings.
Folks, it's tacky.
T.A.C.K.Y.
Tacky.
But, you know me. I'd wear it for the tack factor.
They need to sell some rocks from the era too. Maybe little jars of dirt, vials of "his blood."
You know, tie it all in to the marketing package.
You can watch the movie while wearing your Passion jewelry and drinking from your Passion coffee cups while handing out your Passion witness cards.
It's a movie and I have to expect that there would be products to market to go a long with it but I really wasn't expecting a nail.
Filed under religion.
This isn't Kat, it's Jenni -- excuse any weirdness you might see here on the main page tonight. :) I'm redesigning it and keeping it decent for Kat's parents, who view her site via WebTV. Things might look a little odd until it's straightened out and I like what I see. Everything will be cool by midnight, trust me. :)
(Kat, just delete this post when I'm outta here.)
to get some extra work on his math.
Nova the kitty is doing well, still picking at her tail and doing it while I sleep.
Making baked potatoes because I just love them carbs and all and with cheese and bacon bits.
Yes, I can't give up comfort foods and really, I don't want to.
You only live once baby, eat the ice cream.
I have such a backache today so I'm sort of off and on here.
Later days.
Filed under home and family.
I was treated in a very unprofessional manner.
I was a client and should have been treated with the same respect as the more professional clients but I wasn't for whatever reason.
The lack of professional communication is most disturbing regardless of what our personal relationship on the net may be.
You host. I pay. That makes me a client and should be treated as a client when matters of TOS or billing or whatever is pressing upon us.
It should not be displayed on my public blog.
That is why we have email.
I will not be treated that way regardless of what your opinions of a cussing, disabled, single mother may be.
I have a voice.
I will use it.
I don't go on long rants about things much. I generally stick to fluff and stories about my home and family and tv shows. I don't get all righteous and in your face much.
Today, I am.
I have taken a stand on an issue of copyright.
I urge my hearing readers to hear this: Laurence Lessig's Must-hear Speech.
For my hearing impaired readers, here is the general idea of the speech which I wish you could hear because the passion is amazing.
"Laurence Lessig has given over one hundred speeches like this one. On June 24, 2002, he announced this one would be one of his last....
That's the opening paragraph of the Flash Movie, which introduces the speech about to be played.
It's a very long speech, which reveals the true reason there is copyright. The agenda of the RIAA, Disney, and all those who desire copyright is explained in a 4 step process which he calls "The Refrain," because he repeats it over and over after he gives examples.
The Refrain:
1. Creativity and Innovation always builds on the past.
2. The past always tries to control the creativity that builds upon it.
3. Free society enables the future by limiting the power of the past.
BUT!
4. Ours is less and less a free society.
In 1928, Walt Disney derived the cartoon Steamboat Willie from the Buster Keaton movie Steamboat Bill. Buster Keaton and the makers of the movie did not sue. Disney was free to COPY it. BURN it. REMIX it.
And Disney did with many public domain fairy tales like Pinocchio and beyond. In 2004, this would be impossible.
But as time went by, Mickey Mouse was ripe and ready to enter the public domain so some lucky innovator can take Mickey and redraw him, remake him, and retell his adventures....
And Disney said FUCK that! The MOUSE IS OURS FOREVER!
And they lobbied and kicked and screamed until the copyright length got longer and longer and longer until it became Life + 70 years, SO THAT NOBODY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO WITH MICKEY WHAT THEY DID WITH STEAMBOAT BILL AND THE BROTHERS GRIM.
Why? Go back up and read the Refrain....."
Printed from http://www.boycott-riaa.com/article/10479
What you think of copyright law is flawed.
You are going on what they have told you and not what the truth of the matter is.
Your rights are at stake.
I will not be silenced.
I will not be told by you that I am breaking a law when you yourself do not even understand the basis for those laws and how they themselves have been changed to remove the artistic abilities of everyone.
In a free society, we are free to take the art and use it, build upon it, share it, give it as a gift, sleep on it, shit on it, break it and flush it down the toilet, run over it, play frisbee with it, zap it in the microwave, but they are changing that.
On the internet, almost every single thing has been copyrighted.
Everytime you make a new design for your site and use any piece of art found anywhere on the web or maybe you scanned it from a book, without their express permission or a notice of creative commons, you are violating someones copyright.
It does not matter if you link back to the artists website.
Everytime you post a picture or excerpts of a news article that you grabbed from the headlines at a major news or local news site, is a violation of copyright even if you link to the article.
You are not the photographer and you don't have his permission to use it unless you have the express permissions of the news channel or the creative commons license by them.
And just as an example, CNN.com, at the bottom, is a terms of use link. If you click it and read section 5, you will see that you cannot take any part of the site and reproduce it in anyway. Go read it.
I do not appreciate being publicly flogged on my domain regardless of where/who is hosting it.
If you host me, be professional and take it to email warning me of my infraction and I will read your TOS and then act accordingly to my own heart and mind and free will and if that means getting shut down, I will deal with it but at least I will be truthful to myself and you.
I stand firm in my decision to post a music file the other day.
It is a personal website.
The items I use are for my personal use.
I am not running a commercial website.
If at any point I make enough money from being an affiliate that causes me to have to pay taxes on those earnings, I then become a commercial website.
I guess this is where the grey areas of the P2P/RIAA laws affect us.
When and how does my personal webspace become a commercial website where it is illegal to post copyrighted works?
And once this happens, just who is it that decides I am commercial and the items are not for my own personal use?
For more information on just one issue which forced me to move my domain, please visit the following:
http://eldred.cc/
http://creativecommons.org/ *NOTE* A lot of you have this posted somewhere on your blogs or sites. Do you even know what it means?
And it's really funny how some people on the net display their Creative Commons license giving people the right to use their stuff and make statements about copyright.
http://www.publicknowledge.org/
http://eff.org/
http://lessig.org/
This isn't about popularity or how many people have me linked or not linked, it is just my space for talking about my stuff.
If you want to blogroll the new url is up to you.
This is where I am and have no intention of moving again for a long time.
Sorry for the inconvenience of it.
Filed under general.
"It's all set, sweetie. :) Enjoy. Sorry it took all day and night....grrrrr...."
No, thank you friend.
Thanks to you for helping to get this back up and running.
I have a post that I am still not so sure I want to post so I'm gonna sleep on it.
But because of that post and the insanity of some people on the net, I removed a link to the person helping me.
You'll understand later.
I will be back with more to say when I get up.
I may have been down and some stuff got lost but ya know what?
I feel fine.
P.S.
If you feel like being an asshole in my comments over my error page, don't. You will be deleted and banned.
I ain't playing games with some of you anymore.
Grow the fuck up.
Filed under general.
