Congratulations to Josh and Liz on the birth of their bouncing baby boy!
Hopefully there will be more information and a picture coming soon!
Monthly Archive for September, 2004
A college professor, an avowed Atheist, was teaching his class.
He shocked several of his students when he flatly stated that there is no God, the expression, “One Nation, Under God”, was unconstitutional, and further, he was going to prove there is no God. Addressing the ceiling he shouted: “God, if you are real, I want you to knock me off this platform. I’ll give you 15 minutes!”
The lecture room fell silent. You could have heard a pin fall. Ten minutes went by. Again he taunted God, saying, “Here I am, God. I’m still waiting.”
His countdown got down to the last couple of minutes when a Marine, just released from active duty and newly registered in the class, walked up to the professor, hit him full force in the face, and sent him ass over teacups from his lofty platform. The professor was out cold! At first the students were shocked and babbled in confusion. The young Marine took a seat in the front row and sat silent.
The class fell silent…waiting. Eventually, the professor came to, shaken. He looked at the young Marine in the front row. When he regained his senses and could speak he yelled, “What’s the matter with you? Why did you do that?”
“God was busy. He sent me.”
God Bless America!
by Stacy Kaucher
At the Vietnam War Memorial (The Wall) in Washington, DC sits a flag pole. At it’s base are the seals of all the services: Army, Navy, Marines (United States Marine Corps), Air Force, and Coast Guard. Every day throughout the entire year a group from Marine Barracks, Eighth and I, Washington, DC come to the flag and polish the Marine Corps Emblem.
The other services have NEVER touched theirs.
From the March 2004 issue of the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation newsletter.
NOTE: I know there are grammar mistakes in this post, but they are part of the QUOTE and I cannot change them.
I have finally gotten around to updating the picture pages. I was looking for a photo gallery program, but there are just too many bad free ones out there to sort through, I am too frugal to pay for one. Check out the new gallery (RJ’s Second Birthday). I will be sorting through all of the galleries throughout the week, so I am making a pledge to you, that all of the galleries will be updated by the first of October.
I am all done tinkering with my web log for now. I have added several features that I think everyone will like.
- A new comment popup link that looks almost identical to the old link, but doesn’t disappear on the permanent links page.
- A new track back popup link that looks almost identical to the old link, but doesn’t disappear on the permanent links page.
- A new permanent links link that looks nothing like the old link. This will link you to the article and comments on the same page. The links to the comments popup window and the track back popup window are still there, a redundant link to the same page, and an e-mail link.
- An e-mail link to send an article to a friend. This will eliminate the need to send the links through your own e-mail, and refers the recipient directly back to the permanent links.
I’ve even put the style sheet in all of the pages, so the format is that same. Please leave a comment and tell me what you think.
I added an “e-mail this article†link to make life easier on my mother. I hope you like it, Mom. I have not formatted the page yet, I was happy enough just getting it working. I will format the pages tomorrow.
Microsoft has decided that it will only release security patches for IE if you are running Windows XP. You can find the full story at News.com. Sounds like it is time to switch over to Firefox.
After seven years of consistent gains, the U.S. beer market contracted 0.3% in 2003 to 2.8 billion 2.25-galloncases, according to the latest Adams Beer Handbook published by Adams Beverage Group.
“Beer consumption clearly took a hit from the focus on low-carbohydrate diets,†said Tiziana Mohorovic, spokesperson for Adams Beverage Group. “Increased competition from spirits and wine products also took its toll.”
Spirits and wine consumption have not only benefited from ongoing new product launches and from the cocktail culture sweeping the country, but also from glamorous advertising campaigns and increased availability. More states are doing away with blue laws, thereby permitting spirits and wine sales on Sunday and in more retail channels. Both distilled spirits and wine consumption continued their upward climb in 2003.
With the booming popularity of the Atkins Diet and its trendy South Beach offshoot, America became obsessed with carbohydrates in 2003.
“Beer was quickly stigmatized as a big source of carbohydrate, whereas spirits and wine are carbohydrate free,” said Mohorovic.
Lights — the largest beer segment approaching a 50% share of market –climbed 3.6% and was the only domestic segment of the beer business to post again in case sales last year. More than two-thirds of light’s gain was attributable to Michelob Ultra and Rock Green Light — two new low-carbohydrate offerings. Several established lights took a hit in 2003. Bud Light recorded its lowest rate of growth ever last year, and Michelob Light fell double-digits after six years of growth.
“Not only has everything low-carbohydrate negatively affected the entire beer market, but new low-carbohydrate brews also appear to be cannibalizing established light beer brands,” said Mohorovic.
No beer category was spared from carbohydrate mania last year. Imports recorded their slowest growth rate in more than a decade and flavored malt beverages fell 7.9% in 2003 after two consecutive years of robust growth.
The Adams Beer Handbook 2004 contains beer consumption by category, state and metro market. Brand data, retail sales, consumer demographics, and industry statistics are included. The cost of the publication is $595. The Adams Beverage Group serves all aspects of the beverage alcohol industry through Cheers, Beverage Dynamics and State Ways magazines, Adams Beverage Handbooks and Adams Business Research.
From the Drunk Report.
