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March 02 Here is theond installment of my favorite (your are reinstated as if you were ever demoted to "only" : ) ) aunt's LOL Birds.
February 25 My favorite aunt (note: I only have one) sent me a few pics of her budgie and asked that I turn them into LOLBirds. Ha ha. Supposedly the whole LOL cat thing started from a pic of an owl that was captioned - known as the O RLY? owl. So - really we are just returning to the roots of the whole LOLcat thing.
February 06 I signed up for Yelp! today. I've heard of this service before. It is super popular in Silicon Valley.
Ever wanted to write a review about that horrible/great experience you had at a restaraunt/movie theatre/laundromat/hair salon? This is what this service is all about. It's cool cuz you can look up reviews written by people on almost anything.
Check it out:
February 02 Awhile ago I signed up for GreenDimes which is a service that helps reduce the amount of junk mail you get. I even paid money for this service. At the time I think it was $15.
Well - it worked!! We have literally a handful of mail per week now and very little junk mail at all. Hallelujah! That deserves an LOLCat:
Now - pretend you care about the environment OR get yourself all angry about all the junk mail that people send you and go sign their petition to stop junk mail.
January 24 Well - looks like the government is going to give us back some of our hard earned money!
So - let's see - Couples filing jointly - that's me/wife - $1,200
Kid #1 - $300
Kid #2 - $300
Kid #3 - $300
$2,100 back from the government - priceless.
At least those kids are worth something!
Here's to hoping the guys/gals on the hill can get this "economic stimulus package" approved!  I really struggle to find reasons why I live in this sun-forsaken land of the North during the winter months, but at least here is one (in addition to my awesome job at Microsoft):
The King County home prices are still going up (by 7.1% in the last year) while the rest of the nation has been seeing declines in home values - on average losing 1.8%. Ouch! It's the first time tha home prices have fallen since the Great Depression (that's the early 1930s for all you history buffs).
We'll be staying here and waiting for the sun for now!! It will eventually come back here; we don't need to go chasing it around.
January 22 Here's a gem my mom forwarded to me. I don't know how much of all this is truth and how much is spin but I imagine all of it has some degree of truth and most of it is probably dead on. I looked up some of this stuff and it seems pretty legit, but definately take it with a grain of salt. But even then, Yikes! We do not want her and her liar of a husband in the White House again. ------------------------------ We need to think about the logic of those who would consider, even for a moment, bringing anyone associated with the Clintons back into the White House-----especially Hillary. Hillary Clinton has been telling America that she is the most qualified candidate for president based on her 'record', which she says includes her eight years in the White House as First Lady (or "co-president") and her seven years in the Senate.
Here is a reminder of what that record includes: - As First Lady, Hillary assumed authority over Health Care Reform, a process that cost the taxpayers over $13 million. She told both Bill Bradley and Pat Moynahan, key votes needed to pass her legislation, that she would 'demonize' anyone who opposed it. But it was opposed; she couldn't even get it to a vote in a Congress controlled by her own party. (And in the next election, her party lost control of both the House and Senate.)
- Hillary assumed authority over selecting a female Attorney General. Her first two recommendations (Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood) were forced to withdraw their names from consideration, and then she chose Janet Reno. Janet Reno has since been described by Bill himself as 'my worst mistake.'
- Hillary recommended Lani Guanier for head of the Civil Rights Commission. When Guanier's radical views became known, her name had to be withdrawn.
- Hillary recommended her former law partners, Web Hubbell, Vince Foster, and William Kennedy for positions in the Justice Department, White House staff, and the Treasury, respectively. Hubbell was later imprisoned, Foster allegedly committed suicide, and Kennedy was forced to resign.
- Hillary also recommended a close friend of the Clintons, Craig Livingstone, for the position of director of White House security. When Livingstone was investigated for the improper access of up to 900 FBI files of Clinton enemies (Filegate) and the widespread use of drugs by White House staff, both Hillary and her husband denied knowing him. (FBI agent Dennis Sculimbrene confirmed in a Senate Judiciary Committee in 1996 both the drug use and Hillary' s involvement in hiring Livingstone. After that, the FBI closed its White House Liaison Office, after serving seven presidents for over thirty years.)
- In order to open 'slots' in the White House for her friends the Harry Thomasons (to whom millions of dollars in travel contracts could be awarded), Hillary had the entire staff of the White House Travel Office fired; they were reported to theFBI for gross mismanagement' and their reputations ruined. After a thirty-month investigation, only one, Billy Dale, was charged with a crime - mixing personal money with White House funds when he cashed checks. The jury acquitted him in less than two hours.
- Another of Hillary's assumed duties was directing the "bimbo eruption squad' and scandal defense:
- She urged her husband not to settle the Paula Jones lawsuit
- She refused to release the Whitewater documents, which led to the appointment of Ken Starr as Special Prosecutor. After $80 million dollars of taxpayer money was spent, Starr's investigation led to Monica Lewinsky, which led to Bill lying about and later admitting his affairs.
- Then they had to settle with Paula Jones after all.
- And Bill lost his law license for lying to the grand jury
- And Bill was impeached by the House.
- And Hillary almost got herself indicted for perjury and obstruction of justice. She avoided it mostly because she repeated, 'I do not recall,' 'I have no recollection,' and 'I don't know' 56 times under oath.
- Hillary accepted the traditional First Lady's role of decorator of the White House at Christmas , but in a unique Hillary way. In 1994, for example, the First Lady's Tree in the Blue Room (the focal point each year) was decorated with drug paraphernalia, sex toys, and pornographic ornaments, all personally approved by Hillary as the invited artists' depictions of the theme, 'The Twelve Days of Christmas.'
- Hillary wrote 'It Takes a Village,' demonstrating her Socialist viewpoint.
- Hillary decided to seek election to the Senate in a state where she had never lived. Her husband pardoned FALN terrorists in order to get Latino support and the New Square Hassidim to get Jewish support.
- Hillary also had Bill pardon her brother's clients, for a small fee, to get financial support.
- Then Hillary left the White House, but later had to return $200,000 in White House furniture, china, and artwork she had stolen.
- In the campaign for the Senate, Hillary played the "gender card" by portraying her opponent (Lazio) as a bully picking on a poor woman.
- Hillary's husband further protected her by asking the National Archives to withhold from the public until 2012 many records of their time in the White House, including much of Hillary's correspondence and her calendars. (There are ongoing lawsuits to force the release of those records.)
- As a Senator from New York, Hillary has passed no major legislation. She has deferred to the senior Senator (Schumer) to tend to the needs of New Yorkers, even on the hot issue of medical problems of workers involved in the cleanup of Ground Zero after 9/11.
- Hillary's one notable vote, supporting the plan to invade Iraq, she has since disavowed.
Just when I thought there would never be anything funny on the Internet again, I came across LOLDogs. They are LOLCats (see previous post) but without the obnoxious cats! :) http://ihasahotdog.com A few favorites... 


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