Star Trek - Camelot?

If you're a Star Trek fan AND a Monty Python fan, you'll really enjoy this.



They did a very good job of splicing ST scenes to fit the song, didn't they?

I Have Laryngitis.

And it's entirely my own fault. I knew I was engaging in Risky Behavior when I did it. But I went ahead and took the chance anyway. I figured, what the heck, I haven't had a problem in the last 3-4 years, so maybe I'll get lucky again. Maybe the whole "laryngitis in November / December" trend is over, yeah?
So, even though I knew I was courting laryngitis, I went ahead. I committed to Engaging In Risky Behavior. You'd think I'd learn, wouldn't you? I mean, really, this does fall into the category of I Should Have Known Better. But noooo, I went ahead and did it. After all, I felt fine. Not even a little sniffle, for pete's sake! What could happen? No problem! And then, Saturday. A little cough...a little sniffle....turned into a big cough and getting hoarse.
Well, I'll just be careful. SURELY this can't turn into laryngitis overnight. I'll just get some orange juice tomorrow morning on my way to church. Laryngitis doesn't hit me that fast, I should be OK.

Remember, though, I was Engaging In Risky Behavior. Sure enough, I woke up Sunday morning with a good case of "Laryngitis on the way". You'd think I'd learn. You'd think I'd know. It's not like i haven't SEEN the trend. It's not like I don't know what causes it. But I still persist in Engaging In Risky Behavior. I still keep hoping that maybe this time, it'll be different. It never is.
Maybe, someday, eventually, I will learn.

NEVER, EVER commit to singing a solo in November or December.
For this is Engaging in Risky Behavior, and is always guaranteed to bring on laryngitis for the day of the solo. ALWAYS.

Weekly Webness - Dirty Jobs

And the second of my two-part "series" on "Advertising TV Shows For Free": Dirty Jobs! Mike Rowe hosts this weekly show on the Discovery channel, wherein he finds - and works at - jobs where people get dirty. Jobs that we don't even realize exist, but that are necessary for our Modern Civilized Life to function.
He's done jobs such as septic service, suspension bridge maintenance, and sewer inspection.

The website features games, Q&A, Mike-Mail, and videos.
You can even submit your own suggestion for a Dirty Job!

Fashion?

The news this morning had a feature about podiatrists treating people with foot pain - and specifically, heel pain. Overwhelmingly, these people were women who were suffering from chronic foot and heel pain because of their choices in footwear. High, narrow heels with teeny weeny toe-boxes ending in pointy-toed shoes are the culprit, one said.
One woman confessed she had endured years of daily pain - many days so bad she could hardly walk - and still kept right on buying and wearing those idiotic shoes. And now she's got to have special custom orthotics just to walk - in ANY shoe.

This....this is incomprehensible to me. Willingly putting yourself through that much pain just for some stupid fashion? There are perfectly nice-looking flats and low-heeled pumps available! It boggles my mind that people deliberately cripple themselves for fashion. It's not like they need to wear THOSE shoes or else they die - no, it's just to "look good". I don't get it.

Maybe I'd "get it" if my mom had given in to my begging and pleading when I was in my early teens. Oh, I wanted those fashionable shoes too, but she said, "No, your feet are still growing and developing. I'm not going to allow you to permanently deform your feet by buying you those shoes." I got the sensible flats, with lots of room in the toes, and that did not create malformed feet.
Thanks, mom. <3 I get it now. And boy, am I ever glad you didn't let me get those shoes.

Weekly Webness - Mythbusters

This week I'm starting a 2-parter of "free advertising for shows I like." Today's is MythBusters, a TV show on the Discovery channel, where they tackle Urban Legends, Myths, and sometimes just weird stories to see if they're even possible. And they usually wind up blowing something up.

Information, entertainment, and explosions. What's not to like?

Behind-the-scene videos, extra footage, interviews, and cast bios are just some of the features on their website.

AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Okay, just saw this and HAD TO post it here.


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A Tribute to Veterans

I can't really say it any better than this. Thank you to all of those people everywhere, who have given at least a portion of their lives to serve their country.



Warning, Video is around 11.5 minutes long and has the potential to make you all sniffly.

Weekly Webness

Following up on last weeks' site, this weeks' feature is the National Geodetic Survey site. Here you can find any benchmark that's listed in the National Geodetic Survey database, and find out all about it, by clicking on the "Datasheets" link.
You can also obtain software from them - and there's a lot of it available.

Check out their Products, Projects & Services, and the Hurricane Images, too!
Neat site. Don't get lost!

Weekly Webness

What's the weather? Just ask your friends at NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration! You can check out the forecast for your city, check out weather alerts for anywhere in the country, get tropical weather updates, and much more at their site.