The Happy Carpenter

Breaking radio silence for a green flash and a new photo album

New photo album - August '06

And now, back to sleep until 09-04-06

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz............

My first meme

I've managed to resist them all, but since I learned from this one that my friend Patty and I have three places in common, I was compelled to respond:
Now, here's what you're supposed to do...hit forward, delete my answers and type in your answers.
Then send this to a whole bunch of people you know INCLUDING The person who sent it to you. The theory is that you will learn a little known facts about the person who know you. Remember send it back to theperson who sent it to you.

Four Things you may not know about me...

A) Four Jobs I have had in my life:

Piano/organ salesman at the mall (Yes, I was one of those nerds at the mall.)
Phosphate mine laborer (Very cool job; unique experience being at the bottom of the food chain/ladder/totem pole.)
Contractor
Real Estate investor
Life insurance agent

B) Four movies that I would watch over and over:
     Monty Python & the Holy Grail (Bring out your dead!)
     Groundhog Day
     Predator (but Predator II was one of the worst of all time)
     They Were Expendable (John Wayne)
     My Cousin Vinny

C Places I have lived:
Cedar Rapids, Iowa                  
Virginia, outside of DC
Long Island, Centerport, NY
Gainesville, FL
Houston, TX (yuck!)
Tampa Bay, Crystal Beach, FL aka PARADISE!

>D)Four favorite shows
        American Idol
        So You Think You Can Dance
        Everybody Loves Raymond
        Sunday Night Football

>E) Four Cars owned, starting with your first:
        Ford F-150
        Corvette convertible
        1970 Oldsmobile 442 convertible
        Nissan Titan

>F) Four of my favorites Foods
         Lobster
         Dee Dee’s greens
         Ceviche from fish we’ve caught ourselves that day
         Breakfast a la Daddy (that's me)

>G) Four places I would rather be right now:
Not to make anyone sick, but I’m in paradise right now.  There’s no place I’d rather be.

>H) Four friends I think will respond
        Not a single one.  I mean, admit it:  it's kinda gay.

>I) Four places you would return to on Vacation

Leadville, Colorado and surrounding area
Washington in August
Little Cayman
Cross country road trip with the family, provided I can sound-proof the driver’s cab from time to time.

Pedro

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Ain't global warming a bitch?

How 'bout them hurricanes this year!

And thus, with one sentence, I break two blogging promises!

What's the point?

so, I've been sticking to my pledge to not blog, sorta.  What I've been doing is putting non-time-sensative stuff in the blog on a post-dated basis so it wouldn't appear until my self-imposed exile is over.

Which is really dumb, when you think about it.

So let's just say, blogging will be very, very light and irregular until Labor Day, OK?

These are REAL 911 Calls!


Dispatcher:9-1-1 What is your emergency?
Caller: I heard what sounded like gunshots coming from the brown house on the corner.
Dispatcher:Do you have an address?
Caller:  No, I have on a blouse and slacks, why?


Dispatcher: 9-1-1 What is your emergency?
Caller:  Someone broke into my house and took a bite out of my ham  and cheese sandwich.
Dispatcher: Excuse me?
Caller:  I made a ham and cheese sandwich and left it on the kitchen  table and when I came back from the bathroom, someone had  taken a bite out of it.
Dispatcher: Was anything else taken?
Caller:  No, but this has happened to me before and I'm sick and tired  of it!


Dispatcher:9-1-1 What is the nature of your emergency?
Caller:  I'm trying to reach nine eleven but my phone doesn't have  an eleven on it.
Dispatcher: This is nine eleven.
Caller:    I thought you just said it was nine-one-one
Dispatcher: Yes, ma'am nine-one-one and nine-eleven are the same thing.
Caller:    Honey, I may be old, but I'm not stupid.


Dispatcher: 9-1-1 What's the nature of your emergency?
Caller:    My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart
Dispatcher: Is this her first child?
Caller:    No, you idiot! This is her husband!

And the winner is..........

Dispatcher:9-1-1
Caller:  Yeah, I'm having trouble breathing. I'm all out of breath.
             Darn....I think I'm going to pass out.
Dispatcher: Sir, where are you calling from?
Caller:  I'm at a pay phone. North and Foster.
Dispatcher: ! Sir, an ambulance is on the way. Are you an asthmatic?
Caller:  No
Dispatcher: What were you doing before you started having trouble breathing?
Caller:  Running from the Police.

Blog vacation

I have to admit it. 

I'm so busy starting a new career I just don't have time or energy to blog.  It's been obvious for weeks.  This state of affairs will not be permanent, however.  By the end of the month, I should have things rolling like a well oiled machine, or at least well enough to spare an hour in the morning for the blog.

So, until Labor Day, carry on without me.  See you September 4th!

I'll leave you with a few predictions, which we can review in September.

1. Israel is going to kick Hezbollah's ass, and July's hand wringing will be a distant memory by Labor Day.
2. It will take more than a little gastro-intesti-whatever to take down Cuba's monster.  Sorry, my southern neighbors, but your nightmare is not over yet.
3. Somebody will tell the Iraqi prime minister how important it is to shave before appearing in front of the American media.  That somebody will be executed.
4. Iraq will grind on.  The ten year job will take at least 3,650 days to effect.
5. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays will be in last place, again, but will claim major progress, as usual.
6. Nothing will have been done about Iranian nukes.  Sell your New York and Tel Aviv property now before it becomes so much radioactive ash.