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Ann Coulter on ‘Morning Joe’

  I was up and watching “Morning Joe” and they had Ann Coulter on the show.  I almost turned the show off.  I hate her.  She is a bitch. 

 

 

“Nov. 29, 2011: During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," columnist and commentator Ann Coulter was briefly censored after using the word "douchebag" during a discussion about Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.).”

  I did not at the time know she had called John McCain any names. I was thinking they had audio problems.

  I do not understand why any station even puts her on the air.  She is just a hateful person and she never has anything good to say about anyone.  She just says things that she knows will get attention.  She is an attention whore. 

SodaStream

  I got my Sodamix taste sampler today.  My SodaStream uses 1 lt bottles.  I got the 12 sampler mixes today and each one make 1 lt of soda.  So I am going to need to order the normal sizes of the mix soon.  One lt of soda is about four glasses of soda.
  I just made the first one.  I made SodaStream Root Beer.
  It is not the best root beer I have tasted but I can drink it and Russ had some and he said it was OK.
  The root beer has 35 calories and zero fat, zero sodium and 9g of carbohydrate and 9g of sugar.  I think these drinks will be better for me than Coke Cola and Coke Zero.  I will have to look at the contents of Coke and see how it measures up.  But I think I will be getting less sugar and more water. 

The story of two men trapped in one body

National ‘motel kids’ problem

  I just read California chef feeds children for free on CNN. 
The “hero” Bruno Serato feeds more than 300 children each night in Anaheim, California.  
 
  We should not have hunger in America.  But most of all we should not have children in the United States going to bed hungry.

  NPR has some information on Hunger in America. 
 
  I suspect that politics is part of the problem.  I am sure the evil empire (the Republican Party) will say that we can not afford to feed American children.  I am sure the evil empire will say well they need to get a job.  The evil empire will say that the problem is that we give foreign aid to other nations.  I am sure that the evil empire will say it is all the wet back Mexicans here in the United States. 
  The Republicans will say if we would just cut the taxes on the rich people that somehow that would feed the children. 

  We have so many problems here in the United States that we need to work on.  I just do not see how we can get anything done with the evil empire in Washington.
 
  To tell you the truth I did not think about the problem of “motel kids” but I am sure that is a real problem. 
  Thank God for people like Bruno Serato.

Howard’s Notebook

  Most of you just follow ShowMeBlog and do not also read Howard’s Notebook.  But just in case some of you do follow HNB let me tell you that I am making more changes to it.  I screw with it all the time.  One reason many of you do not read it.

  I loved playing with Joomla for years.  I used it for Howard’s Notebook.  It was a lot of work and a bit over my head.  I am not smart enough to use Joomla. 
  Then I went to hosting my own WordPress site.  I been doing that for years.  I love WordPress.  It is a lot of fun. 
  But after years and years of using it and after spending God only knows how much on themes over the years I have decided to give up on WordPress.

  There are a number of reasons but the main two reasons are indexing and Google AdSense. 
  I blogged on ShowMeBlog about the nude female Egyptian blogger and I got for a few days over 1000 extra eyes on ShowMeBlog.
  I posted the very same blog entry and the very same time on Howard’s Notebook and got very few visitors to the blog from the post.
 
  So I am making a change for Howard’s Notebook and I am going to use Blogger for HNB and see how that works out. 

  I am starting out with new content for HNB and I hope that Google AdSense will allow me to run their advs on HNB. I have made $9.79 from Google this month and this is the 27th!  So I would like to increase the amount I get from Google AdSense advs on HNB.  

Seltzer in the face

  I got my SodaStream Jet yesterday.  I used it to make some “sparkling” water (seltzer).  The SodaStream sodamix will not get here until Monday.  So all I could make was the seltzer. 
  Now I never drink water…well sometimes to wash some pills down but most of the time I use Coke to wash my medication down.  I have never been a drinker of water.. I been drinking colas since I was a kid.
 
  I do not like water.  I never had seltzer until yesterday.  What do people use seltzer for?  The only person that I knew that used seltzer was Clarabelle the Clown.  
  It is no surprise that since I do not like water I do not like seltzer.
  So I will see if I can make something that I can drink out of seltzer.

I did not get out on Black Friday

 I did not get out on Black Friday.  I do not remember ever getting out on Black Friday.  I did work at CompUSA in Miami for a year and I had to work on Black Friday.
  Back in Kansas City many years ago I worked for Radio Shack.  I was training to be one of the store managers.  The general manager got me to go to work for them by telling me that they were building a Radio Shack in Belton, they were, and that I would be the manager.  I lived in Belton.  I worked through Thanksgiving and Christmas time at the Bannister Mall Radio Shack.  I was then sent to the Grandview Radio Shack.  Then they opened, at last, the Belton Radio Shack and the general manager gave the store to a guy that was already a manager and he also lived in Belton.  So I quit Radio Shack and told them to shove the job.
  I know the manager and I at Bannister Mall worked our asses off for Radio Shack.  It was a brand new mall and a brand new store. 
  I think everyone knows this already.  Radio Shack sucks as an employer.  I knew that before I went to work for them and I only took the job because I wanted to work at the store in Belton. 

  If I had the money I might have headed over to Radio Shack to pick up something on Black Friday. 
  They have a Radio Shack PRO-107 handheld iScan Trunking Scanner.  The normal pricd is $199.99 and it is on sale for $129.99 through 11/26/2011.  It is a kick ass scanner.  It works more like a iPod player than a normal radio scanner.  Pretty neat idea behind it.
 

  I have had a lot of scanners over the years.  I think I have had more scanners that computers and I have had a LOT of computers.
  A handheld scanner even saved my life one day.

  You know you can listen to radio traffic on your android cell phone?  You can also go to www.radioreference.com and listen to live radio traffic from all over the world. 

SodaStream

  It looks like I will have my SodaStream Jet Starter Kit about Monday.  I will have the ability to make water/seltzer.  I will be carbonating water. 
  So I will have everything I need to turn tap water into “sparkling” water. 

 

“…In addition to making fizzy water, SodaStream also offers more than 25 regular, diet, energy and caffeine-free flavors of syrup (sold separately). Each 500ml soda mix bottle makes the equivalent of 12 liters of soda (about 33 cans). And with over 25 flavors, the possibilities for creative beverages are limited only by your imagination. How about a Creamsicle (Orange and Cream Soda), or a Japanese Beetle (Ginger Ale and Lemon-Lime)? The regular soda mixes contain no high fructose corn syrup, while the diet soda mixes contain no aspartame.

The benefits of the SodaStream drinks maker, compared to ready made bottled drinks:

• Provides an endless supply of sparkling water, freshly made from tap water in just a few seconds.
• No more need to buy, carry or store large quantities of heavy and bulky bottles.
• A wide variety of flavors are produced by SodaStream.
• The ability to make sparkling water as strong or as weak as one likes, makes the machine an ideal solution for the family's entire sparkling beverage needs…”

  I do not drink water.  I know I need to drink water and it is a wonder I am alive.  I plan to start making my own drinks.  I hope I can stop buying bottles and cans of Coke. 
  I am 70 years old and I have never drank seltzer.  I have no idea what seltzer alone even taste like.

 

  I will let you know how this works out for me.  I am not sure it is going to be cheaper.  I will find out.  I do think it will give me some control and that it might be more healthy for me. 

Happy Thanksgiving WKRP

I am never going outside again

  CNN has a story:   The 8 germiest places in the mall

 

“(Health.com) -- During the craziness of the holidays, the last thing you want is to get sidelined with a cold, flu, stomach bug -- or worse. But while you're checking items off your shopping list, you may be exposing yourself to germs -- like flu viruses, E. coli, and staph -- that can make you sick.

"Anywhere people gather is filled with bacteria and viruses, and a crowded shopping mall is a perfect example," says Philip Tierno, Ph.D., director of clinical microbiology and immunology at New York University Langone Medical Center.

With that in mind, we asked a panel of experts to rank the worst germ hot spots at your local shopping center. Check out the ewww-inducing results -- and tips for keeping yourself in the clear..”

Health.com: How to sick-proof your winter

 

  I hate stories like that and the news media love those stories.  Also local TV news media love to go out and do reports like this.
  I have decided that I am just not going to leave the house.  Or I will get me a biohazard suit and go out with it on. 

  I spent 11 years working at Research Belton Hospital.  I spent most of the time in the ER area.  I worked at night and all the doors were locked and everyone had to enter through the ER door. 
  Since I was in the ER and often they were busy I would often help the ER staff.  I made carts for them and even bagged a few patients and took blood pressures and vitas for them!  I took lab samples to the lab for them often.
  I used infection control practices, of course, all the time.  We had a lot of sick people come in with everything you can think of and some you can not think of.  Had some Grateful Dead fans come in one night.  I wish I had a biohazard suit that night.  I used a lot of alcohol wipes after that patient left.
  I worked at the hospital 11 years and I was almost never sick.  I think I had the flu one time. 
  We had an outbreak of Hepatitis C in Belton and it was so bad that everyone was getting shots and the health department sent a team to Belton to see what in the hell was going on.  A couple of people died from it and that is rare to die just from getting Hepatitis C. 
  
  So hand washing HAND WASHING and hand washing. 
  I used gloves, of course, when I made carts or took samples to the lab and still washed my hands. 
  If you go to the mall or an ATM you can not be using gloves and washing your hands all the time.
  I still think I will stay home.