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EMail from a Nurse

I got this eMail from a nurse:

"At your age frequent urination could be many reasons 1. diabetes due A blood sugar, 2. check your PSA levels (Prostrate Screening Antigen) check your prostrate! by an MD there is medication for this problem also use decaffeinated products 3. caffeine works like a diuretic making you piss a lot
Craig"

I have a caffeine addiction. I have made attempts to get rid of the addiction. I need to work on it. I need to cut down on caffeine if I can't do away with it.
I have no health insurance. I can not afford to see a doctor right now. Maybe after November if the American people vote the right way (I mean the left way).

Thanks for the advice. I will see a doctor as soon as I can afford it. It would be nice to sleep for 8 hours someday.

Ham Radio Blog

I have been working on a ham radio blog today. I should be sleeping. I have been trying to sleep ...but I wake up each hour to take a leak. Of course.. I am here, at the monitor, was a can of Coke..I know that makes a lot of sense. I am going to lay down here and try and take a nap soon.
I have to be at work at midnight. I need to call Roger about 8 pm tonight. I did not talk with him last week. He was working over time.

Well Troy has one more week of his class and he will be done.
Ken is done with school for about one month.
Russell should be here in about 11 days.

Last Day of School for Ken

Today is the last day of school for Ken. Ken will have one month off from school.
Russell should be here on the 10th of next month.

I have done away with my ShowMeNEWS site and the Security Officer site. No one was checking them out and so I did not update them..and if I don't update them..there is no reason for anyone to check them out.. I think you see where that leads or does not lead.

The type of stuff that I was going to post on those two sites I will try and post to Howard's Notebook.

I should be sleeping.. I am tired..

Ken is going to want to do things for this next month.. Lots of visits to the beach. When Russell gets here.. Ken is going to want to take him and show him FL. It will be a change for him. He has been in his room for years. He has been in front of the computer and TV set.

My computer is in pretty good shape. I have most of my programs installed and got most things working again. That USB/FireWire external hard drive is pretty nice. I do need a real hard drive for inside the computer. I will get one .. one of these days.

I got a Cher DVD the other day. I can watch it on my computer. I do love Cher. I am a fan. She is going to be in concert in Fort Lauderdale this month. I will not be going.. but.. maybe..when I move to Fort Lauderdale I can do security someplace were they do the concerts.
This is the only DVD that I own. It has "If I Could Turn Back Time" and "Half-Breed" on it.

I still play Age of Mythology on my computer. I still play on easy mode.

I have been making a few changes to the web sites and the blog.
I always send video with CameraWare. The streaming video.. I change often..and often turn it off.

IQ Test

EMail from Ken:

"Dad,

got bored tonight and started doing some searching on the online IQ test you
took. Check out this link...this is precisely why I don't like online
tests:

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:s-SZwq1ZerEJ:www.d12world.com/board/archive/index.php/t-108797.html+%22tickle+iq+test%22&hl=en
Notice how almost no one in this message board has less than a genius level
IQ? And there aren't any "average" IQs on here of 100. That is why I
dislike online...everyone is insecure they have to lie about everything."

Bush is Happy Now

Bush is not doing well and has been hiding in Texas. It is rare for someone running for president to be ahead of a setting president. Well Kerry is ahead.
Things have not been looking good.. and Kerry is having a good DNC in Boston. Kerry has been out and about trying to been seen and let people know more about him. He was at NASA.
Well.. he made a error by getting into a "bunny" suit to check out the space shuttle. The NASA people took this photo of him.
Bush has something to smile about now..

Tickle: The Social Network

I told you before that I signed up for Tickle ("The Social Network"). I sent some of you an eMail to join and I posted a link here so that you could join.
I am still checking it out..but it looks pretty neat. I can see where it could be fun.

So far five of you have signed up as "my friend" and those five people are; LaDawna, Troy, Claudio, Davina and Milford.
Davina is Troy's wife by the way.

One of the things you can do is post a story about the other people. They can post a story about you. Each person has the right to accept or reject the story about themself.

Here is what LaDawna wrote about me: (LaDawna is my oldest child)

"Jim is my dad. He taught me to believe in the easter bunny & santa, believe that he invented neopolitan ice cream (and some other cool stories - some of which I didn't realize until much later weren't true), believe in a good cause, but never to believe in racists, fascists, prudes, or republicans. He encouraged me to study computers which he promised were "THE future" and to take Spanish instead of French because what good would French do me anyway. He was right on both accounts but unfortunately I didn't take his advice."

Ultimate Personality

I took another test online at that site.
I am not sure I agree with it.. Not sure I disagree with it..
But here it is:

Lead on a new job

Last night about 3 or 4 am there was a car in front of the mall. The guy had a brand new car and it had over heated. I asked if he needed any help. He just let it cool down a bit. He said he paid 35K for the car and it was new and had problems with it.
I talked to him a bit and found out that he was the director of security and investigations for a local security company. He asked if I was interested in working for his company. I asked were he had accounts and he told me some of them. He has a large number of banks.
I told him I would be moving in March of next year and I would contact him about a job. He gave me his card and put his private phone number on the card.
Sometime.. I need to get my "G" permit. I just have a D right now. The G would allow me to be armed. He said the starting pay would be about $10.50 an hour.

I better try and take a nap. I have to work tonight.

Oh.. I THINK Troy took the IQ test. I need to find out how he did. I asked Ken to take the test. He said..if he took it.. He would not want anyone to know what score he got. Let me see ..who else can I get to take the test. Maybe that is not smart of me.. errrrrr.. everyone is going to do better than me on the test.

My IQ is 108?

I have never taken an IQ test. I took one online and they said my score was 108.

They also said this:

"Congratulations, Jim!
Your IQ score is 108
This number is based on a scientific formula that compares how many questions you answered correctly on the Classic IQ Test relative to others.

Your Intellectual Type is Word Warrior. This means you have exceptional verbal skills. You can easily make sense of complex issues and take an unusually creative approach to solving problems. Your strengths also make you a visionary. Even without trying you're able to come up with lots of new and creative ideas. And that's just a small part of what we know about you from your test results."

Not sure how correct that score would be.. that sort of test is very hard for me.. I was guessing much of the time.
The test does not take long. However when you get all done ...you don't get your score until you give them your name, age, zip code and a few items like that.. They offer more information for a payment ..but you get the score and a short few words, like I got, for free.
If you take the test..Let me know what you score.
If any of you know your IQ now and take the test.. Let me know..if they are the same or close.

Update: This from Terry "Well Mr. Howard I scored a 131 and got the same "word warrior" statement. But I guess I am still smarter then you (grin). I wonder what a perfect score would be? You keep saying Ken is a genious have him take the test and see what he scores and tell us on the site. Your looking well today by the way. Have a nice one."

Federal Crime - Cell Phone

It will soon be a federal crime to use the camera on your cell phone. You will have to be very careful where you take photos and what you take photos of..

A new law may curb cell phone camera use. Read the following for more.
Law May Curb Cell Phone Camera Use

"Fri Jul 23, 2:00 PM ET Add Technology - PC World to My Yahoo! Mark S. Sullivan, Medill News Service WASHINGTON-- Cell phone camera voyeurism will soon be a federal offense if the Video Voyeurism Prevention Act of 2004 continues its nearly unopposed march through Congress. The bill, designed to protect people's privacy from prying camera phones, needs only to pass the House of Representatives and to be signed by the president to become law. While Congress didn't consider it before recessing this week, proponents say chances are good the bill could pass this year. Still, cell phone manufacturers, while not actively opposing it, are quietly skeptical of laws that criminalize cell phone camera snooping. Privacy in Public The Video Voyeurism Prevention Act prohibits photographing or videotaping a naked person without his or her consent in any place where there can be "a reasonable expectation of privacy." Punishment would include fines of up to $100,000 or up to a year in prison, or both. S.1301 was first introduced in 2000, two years before the first cell phone cameras appeared in the United States. Its original language focused mainly on privacy infringements using hidden video cameras..."

For full details and more information and links: Howard's Notebook

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