Why I love the web... Independent Woman - played by kittens - Joel Veitch rathergood.com, music by Elbow

Al Gore ad copy for Dean For President 2004

Happy Kwanza -- a must read!The American Spectator

Happy H... uh, Merry Christmas: Welcome to The GrinchList.com!

Happy Birthday to You. Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday from Hoover, Happy Birthday to you.

A tale of revenge against a supposedly hip large corporation! iPod's Dirty Secret - Neistat Brothers

Might be worth investigating . . . Upper Keys Sailing Club, Key Largo, Florida

From National Review:

As we go to press, a congressional bulletin tells us that: “The U.S. Capitol Holiday Tree is scheduled to arrive at the West Front of the Capitol . . . on December 1.” This year’s Holiday Tree, we are further informed, is from the Boise national forest in Idaho. It will be decorated with more than 6,000 holiday ornaments and 10,000 colored holiday lights. Residents of Washington, D.C., will be able to admire the Holiday Tree as they bustle around doing their holiday shopping. Many of us will, of course, decorate our own homes with holiday lights and holiday wreaths. In our living rooms we shall put up holiday trees very much like the Capitol’s Holiday Tree, though of course much smaller. Under our holiday trees we shall pile holiday presents. To our friends and loved ones we shall send holiday cards. Perhaps we shall take our children to see a holiday show—a stage performance of Charles Dickens’s much-loved fable A Holiday Carol, perhaps. On Holiday Eve we may be serenaded by carol singers with “The Twelve Days of Holiday” or “We Wish You A Merry Holiday!” Then we shall read the little ones to sleep with Clement Clarke Moore’s classic poem “’Twas the night before Holiday.” On Holiday itself we shall open our holiday presents and eat our holiday dinner, then settle down to watch the holiday specials on TV. Remember, Holiday comes but once a year, so—Merry Holiday!

Michael Crichton on the "religion of environmentalism" vs. real science -- read the whole thing as they say.. Commonwealth Club Speech

A greeting card from one American to another

"I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover" is the theme song of the 4th ID that caught Saddam today. G. T. Swing: Virginia's

Barney Cam II Barney Reloaded from Whitehouse.gov

Life During Wartime: Saddams Hole Camera Works: Audio and Video (washingtonpost.com)

President-General of the International Muslims Organization, said that the bombing of Afghanistan would create a thousand bin Ladens, whereas the other day Egypt's President Mubarak said that the bombing of Iraq would create a hundred bin Ladens. So right there you've got a 90% reduction in the bin Laden creation program -- just by bombing a second country!
Greatest Hits Request Of The Week

The new National Air and Space Museum is opening this weekend Steven F. Udvar Hazy Center - Look Inside (Web Cams, Virtual Tour)

lgf: Why Do They Hate Us, Dude?

Eric was the Star of the Church Play "The Mystery of Simon Shepherd" If you haven't seen the video yet, you simply must request it.


Here he is in his role (one of three) as King #1. A (rap) Star is Born.

Christmas Card to You

Digital cameras explained.

The Universe is a colorful place, brought home to us thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope. HST Greatest Hits 1990-1995 Gallery

Never forget and may we never be caught unaware again. National Geographic: Remembering Pearl Harbor--history, maps

portable teak bar

"Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteers are in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by itslef but the wrod as a wlohe. Ceehiro"

First/Second Rounds in Orlando 2004 NCAA Men's Basketball .

Today was officially Christmas lights and decorations day. Eric helped David with the outdoor lights, then helped Betsy put up the tree, the rest of the decorations, and of course the Lego train around the tree!



Everyone is starting to look forward to Christmas! And the presents and the dog are already under the tree...

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone

Lots of folks attended Thanksgiving this year. 21 served.



22 lb. Turkey took 5 hours on the grill. And the weather turned out O.K. too.


Who drank all the Baileys? Somehow a whole bottle evaporated right in front of this group.

President Bush secretly spent Thanksgiving in Baghdad today! DRUDGE REPORT 2003®

Here is a source for all the various computer and electronic related advertised specials that are out there. Coupons from FatWallet.Com save you money!

Well, Thanksgiving is almost here...

Very good article here on wireless networks. 802.11b is great for internet, inadequate for streaming video: PCWorld.com - Warp-Speed Wireless: "While even 11b is faster than your broadband connection to the Internet, 11g's extra throughput lets you more easily transfer large files across office and home networks and even stream video from computer to computer"

About this blog:

This is the primary method I use of communicating interesting stuff I find on the internet. As I surf around and find stuff I like, or interesting reading materials, I blog it here. So it is full of stuff I want for Christmas, a funny joke or two, other interesting links, and an occassional really good political article.

(Hint: any time you see a different colored, underlined word or phrase it is a link to another site. Merely click on it and it will take you there.) Betsy occassionally contributes, and I'm sure will do so more often.

There are permanent links on the right hand side that I enjoy looking at every day.

Hope you enjoy what you see here.

Here is the Mozilla site. For a little history, this is the team that created Netscape Navigator which made the world wide web accessible to the masses. Microsoft then used its OS monopoly to capture 90% of the market. Naturally, once they captured the market, M$ stopped developing new features in their Internet Explorer browser. The Mozilla project is open-source development, and they have created a really enjoyable to use browser.

I am currently using Firebird, which is the browser component of Mozilla. Mozilla 1.5 includes newsreader and E-mail as well. It's a great package. Read about it here: mozilla - home of the mozilla, firebird, and camino web browsers

A Day in the Life of a Puppy

12:37 AM: Thought I heard something outside so I barked and barked and barked until Betsy was awake to check it out!

1:19 AM: A shadow moved across the window! It could be an attack! I howled and barked for 5 minutes straight until David told me to "shut up!" See if I warn him again! I hope whatever is out there eats him! =(

2:58 AM: Definitely heard something that time! Barked at top of my lungs until both of my owners woke up! I could tell they were awake because my David threw a shoe at me as a reward! I chewed on it for 30 minutes before I fell asleep. And I thought he was mad at me. I have a lot to learn!

4:11 AM: Lots of rain and really loud noise outside with bright flashes of light! I cried and whimpered and jumped in the bed!

6:02 AM: My owners are awake and they're taking me outside! Hooray! Hooray! Hooray! Hooray! I jumped around everywhere to celebrate! I came that close to wee-weeing right there on the floor because I was so excited. But I didn't because I'm a good boy!!!

6:59 AM: They gave me food! They gave me food! They gave me food! They gave me food! Hooray! Hooray! Hooray! Jumped around to celebrate!

11:42 AM: Betsy bent down to pick me up and I licked her in the mouth! I thought she would taste like chicken...but she doesn't =(

12:13 PM: They locked me up in the laundry room and everybody left =( Maybe they're never coming back =( sniff, sniff, sniff

12:14 PM: Hey, there's all kinds of fun stuff to play with and eat in this rectangular toy chest! =)

3:36 PM: I thought I heard them coming! Barked for 15 straight minutes! But it wasn't them =( =(

4:02 PM: Ooooooh that's them for sure! It is, it is, it is! Barked for 15 straight minutes! But it wasn't them =( =( =(

5:15 PM: They're back!! Hooray! Hooray!! This is the best day of my entire life!! They're back!! They're back!! Jumped and barked for joy!! Hooray =D

5:24 PM: They're taking me outside! I didn't think it could get better...but it did!!

5:28 PM: I pooped in the yard and Betsy said I was a good dog!!! I'm the best dog...ever!!!!

6:30 PM: They gave me food! They gave me food! They gave me food! They gave me food! Hooray! Hooray! Hooray! Jumped around to celebrate!

6:41 PM: The boy left his Legos on the floor. They sure are crunchy! Why is he always yelling at me. =( =(

9:01 PM: Ran out of water in my bowl but found another source!

9:33 PM: Realized I hadn't chased my tail once today! I wondered where the day went as I chewed on the curtains.

10:19 PM: I get to go outside...AGAIN!! I can't believe it! Jumped around and barked because I was so happy!!!!

10:25 PM: It was raining outside! I got all wet and muddy! So I jumped on the couch and shook myself dry! David called me a bad boy =( =( =(

11:02 PM: I tried to make it up to him by licking him on the eye! He told me to "stop that" so I tried to lick him on the mouth instead. He said "Ugggh" then. What does it mean??? What does it mean??

11:48 PM: They're going to bed! They're going to bed! They're going to bed! I love to sleep! It's better than pooping and licking myself in front of company put together!

12:37 AM: Thought I heard something outside so I barked and barked and barked until Betsy was awake to check it out!...

Too Smart To Be So Dumb

Ceramic Smoking Baby

We are currently expecting 18 for Thanksgiving, with an outside possibility of 23 including Betsy, David, Eric, Connie, Larry, Betty, Bill, Randy, Bruce, Vicki, Susan, Janie, Steve, Jim, Cindy, Thomas, Dianne & Betsy's other Sister.

That's 16 set, 2 possible, and the Nix family could make it 23!

UPDATE: According to Betsy, her other sisters name is "Polly"

More Dean wisdom about the South
Tallahassee Democrat | 11/05/2003 | Graham on 'short list' for VP spot: "Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean said Tuesday that Southerners must stop basing their votes on 'race, guns, God and gays' and forge a multiracial coalition that focuses next year's presidential election on jobs, health care and a foreign policy reflecting American values."

On Dean and the South Tallahassee Democrat | 11/06/2003 | Howard Dean's Northern condescension is showing

The press releae on the camera. It's available in a couple weeks. EIGHT MEGAPIXELS JUST PART OF THE PICTURE WITH SONY

David's next digital camera Sony DSC-F828 Hands-On Preview: Page 1. Introduction [Digital Photography Review]

Sail Expo in St. Pete this weekend
Thursday through Saturday 10 to 6
Sunday 10 to 5
SAIL AMERICA

Florida Keys Web Cams: Cam-munity, Key West, Florida

Looking forward to that Hawaii vacation... Shark bites off surfer's left arm

Potential

Read the whole article, then determine if you want to treat them as equals at Thanksgiving. www.chiesa | The Church and Islam. La Civilta Cattolica Breaks the Ceasefire

Cool Halloween site for kids: TrickOrTreats.com: Halloween fun and new halloween candy for all ages.

Here is a site dedicated to Awful Plastic Surgery

PTA signs...

The Official Rock Paper Scissors Strategy Guide enough said.

"We have seen the European new world order, and its pacifist and socialist utopia leads to Sbrenica and an August of mass death in France." Victor Davis Hanson on National Review Online:

Now this is a pretty sight Photo Gallery : HindustanTimes.com

This is the browser that I am now using in place of M$ Internet Explorer. Mostly because it has "tabs" allowing for a bunch of sites to be open simultaneously, it is also much smaller, and you can easily change the size of text on a page to get bigger or smaller using Ctrl- and CTRL+ key combinations. Mozilla Firebird

Read the article. They are blaming Atkins and South Beach diets. USATODAY.com - Beef prices on the way up

Road Side Church signs as seen by members of The Corner on National Review Online

Labfest 2003 "a celebration of all things Lab"

Here's a site to keep in front of Eric... The Best Kid's Jokes

5417 Cedar Pine Court

240 Isle Drive

Here is Key West Fisheries Marina: Address Imagery View

TerraServer Imagery of Marathon, FL

Here is where we ate dinner with Jim and Cindy: Dockage, Commercial Lobster Charters, Boat Charters and Fabulous sunsets!

The anti-Doonesbury: Day By Day by Chris Muir, cartoon for: 10/15/2003

Here is the website dedicated to exposing Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics

I really like this Sony DSCF717 digital camera.

I think this blogging thing is catching on...

GeorgeWBush.com :: Official Blog

Another great idea for Christmas!
Passport 8500 Radar Detector & Laser Detector - Escort, Inc.

Oh My! I wonder what kind of clientele this realtor attracts?

Hopefully her luck will be better NASA - Eileen Collins -- NASA's First Female Shuttle Commander to Lead Next Shuttle Mission

"Sylk Cream is the sophisticated cream liqueur from Drambuie.

Cream and heather honey blended with aged malt whiskies and Drambuie's famous secret recipe create a smooth, yet surprisingly complex cream liqueur.

To enjoy Sylk Cream at its best always serve on ice. " Drambuie

Bin Laden Liquors/

My best score was 58,500

FIRE RON ZOOK NOW!

It's all over the state now. Everyone thinks that idiot Ron Zook needs to go immediately. Whether it's the Gainesville Sun, St. Pete Times, Orlando Sentinel, Tampa Tribune, Miami Herald, or even the Palm Beach Post they are saying he has to go.

Best quote is from the Palm Beach Post: "The Southeastern Conference has finally found a coach who can beat Florida twice in a row -- Ron Zook."

We will be grilling the Turkey for Thanksgiving Day.

It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time!!

Mick Jagger's dog

Eric has now signed up.

Mink eat each other after animal rights break-in: "Days after the break-in, starving mink attacked a menagerie of exotic birds, a flock of chickens and even a Labrador retriever"

An important Clearwater landmark has turned twenty.

NEWS.com.au | Beer saves man's life (October 2, 2003)

No Swimming Lessons Today

Scotland Castle Urquhart Loch Ness A brief history with images: "Castle Urquhart, Loch Ness"

"'Before that event, we had gone turkey hunting,' Jackson said. 'Well, I'd gone turkey hunting and left Little Morgan in the truck, where he ate about three or four days of dog food and a 12-inch submarine sandwich.'" ESPN Great Outdoor Games 2003:

This brings back fond memories... Glenfiddich

There is no triumph without loss; No victory without suffering; No freedom without sacrifice
The Return Of The King

On this date in history
1918 Lawrence of Arabia captures Damascus: A combined Arab and British force captures Damascus from the Turks during World War I, completing the liberation of Arabia. An instrumental commander in the Allied campaign was T.E. Lawrence, a legendary British soldier known as Lawrence of Arabia.

If Hoover ever needs a job he has to check this out

You can't make up a site like this one: Central Intelligence Agency Homepage for Kids

On This Date:
Sept. 30 1938: British and French leaders agreed to allow Nazi Germany to occupy sections of the Sudeten region of Czechoslovakia

Here would be a great Christmas gift for David

LILEKS (James) The Bleat

James Lileks is from Minnesota, and is one of the very best writers on the web. He writes an online, personal column called "The Bleat" Monday through Friday. He's almost always worth reading. His is one of several great sites that are linked to on the right hand side of this here weblog.

He also wrote a pretty funny novel that takes place in Minneapolis called Falling Up the Stairs that is well worth checking out of the library.l

Anything you need to know about any movie can be found here

Here is what Hoover wants for Christmas!

When I buy my next PDA this is going to be the one I buy.

Space Derby Here is a link to building a Cub Scout Space Derby rocket.

Here are some interesting weaving sites

Hello

this is my first post to the blog

FireRonZook.com Home Page

Still on backorder

I have added some links along the side. Including a link to our personal pages where we can store photos. If this project takes off, I'll spend a little money on it so we can post photos here. But right now we are using the free service and there are no photo or graphics capabilities.

I sent out invitations for Larry, Connie and Eric to join in. I figure once we debug it, we may want to invite Leslie and Family and Betsy's family in. The idea is to share interesting things, ideas, wants, needs, or a great link on the web. There are a few examples of this below.

You can follow a link to see an Island Packet 370 for instance. Once you get the hang of it it's kinda fun.

You can post what you really want for Christmas like a car, or a trip or even some of these.

Anyway, I hope this might be something people like to use. Especially with Christmas coming up. Too many ideas fly around and are forgotten about. Here is a tool to share some of them.

We need a new Christmas Tree this year

Corn Maize

Island Packet Yachts - America's Cruising Yacht Leader!

Here it is, the IP485 from Island Packet.

Egg Nog
3/4 pint whiskey
1 qt half & half
4 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 oz. jamaican rum

seperate eggs, beat yolks slowly
add sugar to yolks
slowly add whisky, half & half and rum
refridgerate for days, store whites.
before serving, beat whites stiff, fold into eggnog, top with nutmeg.

Margarita Recipe:
One Can MM Limeade
Two Cans H2O
One Can Premium Tequila
One Half Can Triple Sec
Optional Splash Cointreau
Float Grand Marnier on top