kat talk

the blog continues

2005-10-09T18:20:00.000-07:00

okay, this is a listing in my blog after much time has past. i guess a lot of things have been going on. I am getting into running - have been doing so for the past 2 weeks. not sure how "in to it" i am, but i find it quite addicting, and hoping to keep my 3-mile run for a while....maybe even up it to farther runs. its just that 3 miles fits exactly in my lunch hour...i will continue my regular pace for the 3 miles (which is about 13 minutes/mile.

Breakdown:
Week Distance Time
10/3 - 10/9 3 miles 40 minutes

i hope to keep this up!

Need a reminder of how lucky most of you are to have your job?

2005-01-20T11:48:00.000-08:00

***Funny story sent to me by my aunt***

Pretty funny. Next time you have a bad day at work...think of this guy.

Rob is a commercial saturation diver for Global Divers in Louisiana. He performs underwater repairs on offshore drilling rigs. Below is anE-mail he sent to his sister. She then sent it to a radio station in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, who was sponsoring a worst job experience contest. Needless to say, she won.

Hi Sue,

Just another note from your bottom-dwelling brother. Last week I had a bad day at the office. I know you've been feeling down lately at work, so I thought I would share my dilemma with you to make you realize it's not so bad after all. Before I can tell you what happened to me, I first must bore you with a few technicalities of my job. As you know, my office lies at the bottom of the sea. I wear a suit to the office. It's a wetsuit. This time of year the water is quite cool. So what we do to keep warm is this:

We have adiesel powered industrial water heater. This $20,000 piece of equipment sucksthe water out of the sea. It heats it to a delightful temperature. It then pumps it down to the diver through a garden hose, which is taped to the air hose. Now this sounds like a darn good plan, and I've used it several times with no complaints. What I do, when I get to the bottom and start working, is take the hose and stuff it down the back of my wetsuit. This floods my whole suit with warm water. It's like working in a Jacuzzi.

Everything was going well until all of a sudden, my butt started to itch. So, of course, I scratched it. This only made things worse. Within a few seconds my butt started to burn. I pulled the hose outfrom my back, but the damage was done. In agony I realized what had happened. The hot water machine had sucked up a jellyfish and pumped it into my suit. Now, since I don't have any hair on myback, the jellyfish couldn't stick to it. However, the crack of my butt was not as fortunate. When I scratched what I thought was an itch, I was actually grinding the jellyfish into the crack of my butt. I informed the dive supervisor of my dilemma over the communicator. His instructions were unclear due to the fact that he, along with five other divers, were all laughing hysterically. Needless to say I aborted the dive. I was instructed to make three agonizing in-water decompression stops totaling thirty-five minutes before I could reach the surface to begin my chamber dry decompression.

When I arrived at the surface, I was wearing nothing but my brass helmet. As I climbed out of the water, the medic, with tears of laughter running down his face, handed me a tube of cream and told me to rub it on my butt as soon as I got in the chamber. The cream put the fire out, but I couldn't poop for two days because my butt was swollen shut. So, next time you're having a bad day at work, think about how much worse it would be if you had a jellyfish shoved up your butt.

Now repeat to yourself, "I love my job, I love my job, I love my job..."

Whenever you are bored....

2005-01-14T11:41:00.000-08:00

FASCO-CS

Here is a game that gets addicting. The object of the game is to get out of the room that you are trapped in. Good luck!

for those who didn't want to see Bush get a second term............

2005-01-10T15:37:00.000-08:00

Join many others like you around the country to tell the world that you're sorry that most of the US population is so stupid, sorry that Bush got reelected, and that you did everything in your power to kick Bush back to Texas where he belonged.

http://www.sorryeverybody.com

It's the least we can do!

Happy Birthday!

2005-01-08T10:29:00.000-08:00

Okay, even though he probably won't be seeing this, I'd like to say "Happy Birthday" to Heiko, a friend of mine in Germany. He got me started in scuba diving, which is a great sport (i really do love it) but it gets quite expensive!

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!!! Du alter Sack!

Did you know....?

2005-01-07T16:17:00.000-08:00

(listed on http://mcraeclan.com/)
San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before & the day after the Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

(from me :-) )
Moose droppings look like a large pile of brown peanuts.

There is a speed limit on the german autobahn....well, its more like a speed recommendation than an actual enforced speed limit. its 130k/h

Ciao.

need to cheer up?

2005-01-07T11:01:00.000-08:00

Here are some funny pictures I found on a site I found today called www.mistupid.com. There is one that shows partial nudity, so please forgive me if it has offended anyone. I just wanted to share these that made my day a little lighter....

SOTP RIGHT THERE!

proof that even cows have problems....

what you would need to go through if you didnt have a printer...

Grill's on!

Meet Ozzy

2005-01-06T15:25:00.000-08:00

This is my green cheek conure, Ozzy. We got him last august and he is about 1 1/2 years old now. If you don't know anything about green cheek conures, they are the most wonderful birds ever! well, i guess i'm just a little biased. ;-) green cheeks are very playful, they sometimes boss others around thinking he is as big as a macaw (even though he is only 10 inches long from head to end of tail), and they are actually much quieter than cockatiels and other parrots. green cheeks dont squawk or screech.

Ozzy can say his name (he says it all the time!), "step up", and he can "laugh" - the "ha ha ha" type - and sometimes eerily at the right times. he is so tame, that we can scratch him pretty much anywhere and he'd love it if he is in the mood. and when he wants to play with you, he'd roll over on his back and try to playfully bite at your fingers.

If anyone is looking into getting a pet, think of a green cheek. they are suuuuuuuppppper pets. Here are a few links for more info on green cheeks:

http://members.tripod.com/gcch/index.html
http://home.earthlink.net/~jenandjonm/id11.html
http://www.feathers-n-beaks.com/more_about_green_cheeks.htm

And if you live in the san francisco bay area, here is the link to the place where we bought Ozzy:

http://www.feathered-follies.com/

I highly recommend buying your next bird from them because they have a wide assortment of birds and the people there are very helpful and informative.

Ciao!

Asia aid

2005-01-05T20:43:00.000-08:00

If anyone has been paying attention to the news, radio, or even the internet, you have seen the terrible destruction and numerous deaths that have occurred in asia. Villages completely wiped out, death strewn along the coasts, and families torn apart. I knew 4 people who were in the areas effected by the enormous tsunamis. Fortunately all 4 people have given word that they are okay. All I can say about that is .......... WHEW!

What everyone needs to do, if they haven't already, is to donate what they can to relief aids dedicated to feed, clothe and help all the displaced people in the tsunami- and earthquake-ravaged asian countries. And speaking from experience, it also feels good to help those in need. Here is a list of organizations helping the hurting asian countries (and other needy countries around the world):

http://www.google.com/tsunami_relief.html

Thanks for giving!

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Additional Info
If you are one of the many people still searching for loved ones in the devastated areas of south asia, here are some links for you:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/4130565.stm
http://www.contactsrilanka.org/index.html
http://www.vachiraphuket.go.th/

My thoughts are with you. Good luck!

in the beginning....

2005-01-05T10:15:00.000-08:00

Ok, this is the very first blog I am littering the web with...hm..littering sounds so negative. Let's say that I am "decorating" the web with this personal blog. I'm a web developer, so I thought it's about time I made one of these for myself.

This blog is not intended for any particular audience. It's just a place where I can share some of my thoughts and experiences with the general public. Whether you are a family member, a relative, a friend, or a stranger who somehow found this blog, welcome! Let's see if I can entertain you with the content I choose to share. :-)

Hope you all had a great holiday season and a happy, happy, happy new year!

Ciao