Disaster relief

I've been searching the WWW all morning looking for news of other countries pledging to help with the disaster relief for the people suffering in the United States due to Hurricane Katrina. I'm not finding anything (nor do I expect to find squat).

Milk vs. Steroids

Recently a batboy for the Florida Marlins was suspended by the organization for 6 games for accepting a dare from an LA Dodger picture (Brad Penny). The dare was the old "I bet you can't drink a gallon of milk in less than an hour and note puke". Penny is quoted as saying "It's kind of ridiculous that you get a 10-game suspension for steroids and a 6-game suspension for milk".

I have to agree.

BTW, the batboy did drink all of the milk, didn't puke but didn't finish in the alloted 1 hour.

Olivia's first day of school. Boy are we in trouble! 

JJ and the Discovery space shuttle 

Orlando's Magic

Okay, finally I'm trying to catch up on some of these trips. I was home for just a few days before heading to Orlando for another GMS training course. Marcella and I decided several months ago that we would surprise the kids and take them to Florida. Olivia hadn't been to Disneyland and she kept asking us when she would get to go. JJ was really funning because about a week before we went his girlfriend (Stephanie) was taken out of school to go to California. JJ insisted that there is "No Way" he could do this. Well, Marcella packed their bags and picked them up from school and went to the airport. I was already in Orlando. They all were so shocked and surprised. While I was finishing up the training course, Marcella and the kids spent several days at Disney World. I went on day spending the morning in Animal Kingdom and the afternoon and evening in the Magic Kingdom. It was really a treat to be with Olivia. A good time was had by all. We spent one day at Cocoa Beach where Olivia wondered off (under Dad's great supervision) and was missing for about 1/2 hour. We ended up finding her about 1/2 mile down the beach.

We spent one day at the Kennedy Space Center. That was a real treat (mostly for the boys). We got to see Discovery out on LP39A. This was just days before the first attempted launch. There were many cool things to see at KSC and I know understand the significance of why it is named after Kennedy.

I'm so glad that one of the benefits of me traveling so much is that I can give my family experiences such as this one. We had a great time (even JJ although he missed 5 days of precious school).

Too much temptation??? Need some help???

Then you need the Temptation Blocker. I was browsing (accumulating part of my 2.09 wasted hours a day) and came across this interesting piece of software. What is entertaining is to read all of the comments/reviews. "Thanks! I don't know how I would have ever got that project done without my Temptation Blocker".

Dell on Earth

The title is probably copyrighted and I probably should pick something else. I friend of mine showed me this article about our local strange computer guy, Dell Schanze. You listen to the sound clip and see if you think it's NOT him.

Why do men have nipples?

Okay, Okay, Okay. I KNOW that I still have several trips to report on but I read this article today on CNN. Dr. Billy Boldberg got tired of answering silly questions at parties so he came out with this book. It answers many questions that I think most intelligent, literate people should already know. I'm sure it will be a big seller, however, because there are just too many clueless people in this world.

So, why DO men have nipples? Well according to Dr. Boldberg:

"While only females have mammary glands, we all start out in a similar way in the embryo. The embryo follows a female template until about six weeks, when the male sex chromosome kicks in. Men, however, have already developed nipples by that time."