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2003-05-17 - 2:16 p.m.
Saturday! Yippee!

Stopped by a garage sale on the way back from dropping of the dry cleaning, and picked up a cool leather jacket for J. for only $10 - he was thrilled!

Hopefully we'll go see the Matrix tonight, and when I'm done here, I have to go get those damn passport photographs.

Speaking of photos, I also dropped of at Eckerds two disposable cameras we finally used up last week. Some of the photos go back two years!

Hawaiian sunset, from the cruise ship 'Patriot'. Shortly after this picture was taken, United States Lines (the operator) went out of business. We were in Hawaii for our honeymoon, the second week of September, 2001.

I remember the morning of the 12th. The Captain called everyone to the main assembly area and said a prayer and asked for a moment of silence. We stood there numb, angry, confused. Then behind us, on the bridge, a Bugler started playing the Last Post (TAPS). I broke down right then.

Everyone very much wanted to go and see the USS Arizona, but it was a Federal site, and therefore closed. We left Honolulu on Saturday, after the strangest, most bitter sweet week of our lives. I remember the locals were very worried because very few new tourists came as the planes started landing again. Their economy, which was already on shaky ground, looked like becoming a lot worse.

Enough of that. Since September 11th, many things have been done in its name by the US and Britain, some of them were the right things to do. Others, to my mind, have helped achieve the goals the terrorists had in mind. Restriction of freedoms, erosion of the Constitution and other things that even I don't have the balls to complain about in open forum.

Damn, sorry! I'm at it again! Quick let's find something else to think about...

This is Bella. Bella was born at Beltane, and is beautiful, hence the name. She is also Delilah's aunt, although I'm not sure they know this. She has the sweetest nature of any cat I've ever come across, except when one of the other cats crosses her, in which case she turns into the devil incarnate.

Spent a long time this morning sitting on the porch talking with R. about Life the Universe and Everything. This is my second favorite pastime, and one I rarely get to indulge in. One of the issues came up was about the Jewish Guff. There have been about 60 billion humans alive on the planet so far. There are approximately 6.2 billion now. Based on experiences that people seem to have had, we can infer that reincarnation is something that occurs, which means that individual souls/spirits/identities return to Earth in many incarnations, drawn from the pool of souls (or Guff) that occupy the realm next to ours. Assuming there is a finite number of these souls, and assuming that every incarnates at least once, there is an upper limit of 60 billion souls in the Guff. If the average incarnation is 2 lifetimes, that means there are 30 billion and so on. Here's how it breaks down:

So is the Guff nearly empty? Possibly so. Perhaps it already is and people are being born without souls. I mean look at Congress :>

Well I seem to be in a funky mood today, don't I? Hmmm. Alright that's enough whittering for now, I have work to do!

Today's website:

  • Madman.com - maybe some new concepts here...

    Today's Joke (since we're talking about Jewish mysticism)

    Health check

    A little Jewish lady, calling Mount Sinai Hospital, said, "Hello, darling, I'd like to talk with the person who gives the information regarding your patients. I want to know if the patient is getting better, or doing like expected, or is getting worse."

    The voice on the other end of the line said, "What is the patient's name and room number?"

    She said, "Yes, darling! She's Sarah Finkel, in Room 302."

    He said, "Oh, yes. Mrs. Finkel is doing very well. In fact, she's had two full meals, her blood pressure is fine, her blood work just came back as normal, she's going to be taken off the heart monitor in a couple of hours and if she continues this improvement, Dr. Cohen is going to send her home Tuesday at twelve o' clock."

    The woman said, "Thank God! That's wonderful! Oh! That's fantastic, darling! That's wonderful news!"

    The man on the phone said, "Oh, I take it you're a family member or close friend!"

    "I am Sarah Finkel in 302! Dr. Cohen doesn't tell me shit!"

    Today's Clue

    I've had a lot of suggestions, although most of them don't relate to the puzzle and are usually physically impossible.

    So far, we know the picture below is related to a british contemporary comedy that appears on BBC America and KERA. Once you've nailed down the show, it should be fairly easy to identify what the image below refers to. So today's clue, to help you identify the show is.....

    The Sock Gap

    Too easy :>

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