Wow...

Here it is the last day of April. 1/3 of the year already gone.


To be honest with you, I didn't think I would still be around.  For those few who care, the colon cancer seems to be gone from my abdomen but a mutated variant has appeared in my right lung.  Yes, its a cancer in the lung but its not lung cancer.  More than a semantic difference.  This thing is slow growing and I am scheduled for another CT scan this Wednesday (5/5/10).   From there a determination will be made as to whether I have surgery or, if they find other traces of it elsewhere, go back for another, but different, round of chemo.  I have been off all meds since the middle of September.  The only major residual side-effect of the last round is loss of feeling in my hands and feet.  Its something nicknamed the "woolen sock" syndrome.  It makes me rather reluctant to get around much since I can't sense the ground I am treading on.  Doc says it should go away in 2 or 3 years, maybe.  Oh, well.  Feces occurs.


I know I haven't posted many words here lately but I just haven't really had anything worth saying.  My thanks to those of you who still manage to drop by on occasion.  You know, I started this blog just for my pleasure back in '03 and then it really grew when it became a "Cab-Blog" in '06.  Now its just for my pleasure again.  Don't forget to drop by my other place when you can.  Almost1,200 movies available.

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Dead Snake at Abandoned Water Treatment Plant

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The New $100 Bill

The New US $100 Bill from paradisedriver on Veehd.

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The Story of Creation

An objective visual essay on the Judeo-Christian myth of creation.
(My thanks to Lugosi)

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Wired Science - Touch Table

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Why Can't We Predict Earthquakes

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Happy Hour in Africa

Okay, its narrated in French but the message is clearly understandable by just viewing

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WHOA, NELLIE. Quit shakin'

We all heard about the shaker in China.  Did anyone get the news about the one in Spain?  I guess I wasn't on the cc: for that one.

Update time = Wed Apr 14 16:46:40 UTC 2010 (for the latest, up-to-the-minute list CLICK)

MAG UTC DATE-TIMEy/m/d h:m:s  Region

 5.0   2010/04/14 08:16:24                IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION

 5.0   2010/04/14 05:16:17               GUERRERO, MEXICO

 5.8   2010/04/14 01:25:15               SOUTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA

 5.1   2010/04/14 01:16:59               SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE

 5.0   2010/04/14 00:18:30               ALAMAGAN REG., NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

 5.2   2010/04/14 00:12:25               SOUTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA

 5.3   2010/04/14 00:01:17               SOUTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA

 6.9   2010/04/13 23:49:38               SOUTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA

 5.0   2010/04/13 21:40:00               SOUTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA

 5.4   2010/04/13 20:27:02               SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION

 5.3   2010/04/13 20:14:59               NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION

 5.0   2010/04/13 15:46:38               SOLOMON ISLANDS

 5.4   2010/04/13 00:55:42               NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

 5.0   2010/04/12 12:36:48               SOUTHEAST OF EASTER ISLAND

 5.7   2010/04/12 10:23:15               WEST OF MACQUARIE ISLAND

 5.0   2010/04/12 07:57:23               SVALBARD REGION

 5.0   2010/04/12 05:51:31               NORTHERN PERU

 6.3   2010/04/11 22:08:11               SPAIN

 5.3   2010/04/11 13:02:14               RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN

 5.0   2010/04/11 10:28:07               LIBERTADOR O'HIGGINS, CHILE

 6.8   2010/04/11 09:40:31               SOLOMON ISLANDS

 5.4   2010/04/11 08:45:16               NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

 5.2   2010/04/11 05:59:29               SOUTHWEST OF SUMATRA, INDONESIA

 5.6   2010/04/11 04:57:29               TAIWAN REGION

 5.0   2010/04/11 03:25:49               SOUTHERN EAST PACIFIC RISE

 5.7   2010/04/11 02:19:07               SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS

 5.9   2010/04/10 16:54:25               FIJI REGION

 5.5   2010/04/10 15:06:33               ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE

 5.7   2010/04/10 06:30:03               WEST CHILE RISE

 5.1   2010/04/10 06:16:12               NEAR NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA, P.N.G.

 5.1   2010/04/10 05:06:44               SOUTHEAST OF EASTER ISLAND

 5.3   2010/04/10 02:53:24               KEPULAUAN BABAR, INDONESIA

 5.0   2010/04/09 23:11:59               OFF THE COAST OF ECUADOR

 5.8   2010/04/09 22:23:00               LA RIOJA, ARGENTINA

 5.3   2010/04/09 16:34:26               EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

 5.1   2010/04/09 06:04:22               TONGA

 5.3   2010/04/08 16:44:26               BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO

 5.0   2010/04/08 08:58:21               SUNDA STRAIT, INDONESIA

 5.0   2010/04/08 04:26:09               KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION

Most recent earthquakes are at the top of this list.

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TAKEN - The SyFy mini-series (complete episodes)

I have added the wonderful SyFy mini-series TAKEN to the CULT-TV section of my other blog, the HOME THEATER CENTER.

That's right, besides 1,000 movies I also have some unique and quirky TV shows available.  Band of Brothers.  Firefly.  Defying Gravity (including the 5 episodes not shown on American television).  Coming up, in the near future, I will be adding Dead Like Me and FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON

So, take a moment and drop on over.  I think you'll enjoy whats available.

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HOW THEY GROW

I was compiling movies for my other blog and was adding My Girl 2 for publication this weekend.  Looking at the image of sweet little Anna Chlumsky it dawned on me how old that movie was and, gee, she must be all grown up now. 

Well, she is. 

Married (no kids) to a US soldier, she has a degree in International Studies from the University of Chicago.  She turns the big 30 on December 3rd this year.

Its not the big things that make me realize how fast time passes.  Its these little "flashes" of reality checking that typically floor me.

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The Gay Man & The Black Man

At the end of a tiny deserted bar in downtown  Detroit   sat a huge black man.  He was having a few beers, when a short, well dressed, and obviously gay man walked in and sat beside him.    After three or four beers, the gay man got the courage to say a few words to the big black man.. Leaning over towards him, he whispered, “Do you want a blow job?" At this, the massive black man leaped up with fire in his eyes, and smacked the shit out of the gay man, knocking him swiftly off his stool.  He proceeded to beat him all the way out of the bar, before leaving him bruised and battered in the parking lot, and returning to his seat. Amazed, the bartender quickly brought over another beer to the black man, and said, ”I've never seen you react like that.  What did he say to you?" "I don't know," the black man replied.  "Something about a job."

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MUSLIM QUARTERBACK

A little California humor here.

The coach finally had put-together the perfect team for the Oakland Raiders. Only thing missing was a good quarterback. He'd scouted all the colleges, and even the Canadian and European Leagues, but he couldn't find a ringer who could ensure a Super Bowl win.

Then one night while watching Fox News, he saw a war-zone scene in Afghanistan . In one corner of the background, he spotted a young Afghan Muslim soldier with a truly incredible arm. He threw a hand- grenade straight-into a 15-story window 100-yards away.

KAH-BOOM!!!

He threw another hand-grenade 75-yards away, right into a chimney !!!

KAH-BLOOEY!!!

Then he threw another one at a passing car doing 90 mph --

BULLS -EYE! 

"I've GOT to get this guy!", the coach said to himself. "He has the perfect arm!".

So he brings him to the States and teaches him the great game of football. And the Raiders go on to win the Super Bowl.

The young Afghan is hailed as the great hero of football. And, when the coach asks him what he wants, all that the young man wants is to call his mother!

"Mom!", he screams into the phone, "I just won the Super Bowl!".

"I don't want to talk to you", the old Muslim woman says, "You are NOT my son!".

"I don't think you understand, Mother", the young man pleads, "I've just won the greatest sporting event in the WORLD! I'm here among thousands of my adoring fans!!!".

"NO!! Let me tell you!", his mother sharply retorts. "At this very moment there are gunshots all around us. The neighborhood is a pile of rubble. Your two brothers were beaten within an inch of their lives last week, and I have to keep your sister in the house so she doesn't get raped!".

The old lady pauses, then tearfully says, "I will never, EVER forgive you for making us move to Oakland".

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WINTER'S OVER

SPRING HAS SPRUNG

ITS TIME TO START THINKING

ABOUT SUMMER FUN.

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SMART PEOPLE'S QUIZ - The Answers

1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.

Boxing

2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?

Niagara Falls  
(The rim is worn down about two and a half feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute)

3. Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables?

Asparagus and rhubarb

4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

Strawberry

5. In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle?

It grew inside the bottle.   
The bottles are placed over pear buds when they are small, and are wired in place on the tree.  The bottle is left in place for the entire growing season. When the pears are ripe, they are snipped off at the stems

6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters ' dw' and they are all common words. Name two of them. 

Dwarf, dwell and dwindle

7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar.

Can you name at least half of them?

Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe,question mark, exclamation point, quotation mark, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellip ses

8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.

Lettuce

9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter 'S.'

Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes,  stockings, stilts

If you didn't do well, that's okay.  Just turn off your 'puter and go back to watching those "educational" reality TV programs everyone is so fond of.

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THE "SMART" CAR

A very practical vehicle for urban dwellers

It does have certain drawbacks though.

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SMART PEOPLE'S QUIZ

This is a quiz for people who know everything!

I found out in a hurry that I didn't.

These are not trick questions..
They are straight questions with straight answers.

I will post the answers in 24 hours.

1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.

2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?

3. Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables?

4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

5. In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle?

6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters ' dw' and they are all common words. Name two of them.

7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar.

Can you name at least half of them?

8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.

9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter 'S.'

"Let's all be careful out there!"

A few good Senior Moments

Garage Door 

The boss walked into the office one morning not knowing his zipper was down and his fly area wide open. His assistant walked up to him and said, 'This morning when you left your house, did you close your garage door?' The boss told her he knew he'd closed the garage door, and walked into his office puzzled by the question.

As he finished his paperwork, he suddenly noticed his fly was open, and zipped it up. He then understood his assistant's question about his 'garage door.'

He headed out for a cup of coffee and paused by her desk to ask, 'When my garage door was open, did you see my Hummer parked in there?'

She smiled and said, 'No, I didn't. All I saw was an old mini van with two flat tires..

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An elderly gentleman....

Had serious hearing problems for a number of years. He went to the doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed the gentleman to hear 100%
The elderly gentleman went back in a month to the doctor and the doctor said, 'Your hearing is perfect.. Your family must be really pleased that you can hear again.'
The gentleman replied, 'Oh, I haven't told my family yet.
I just sit around and listen to the conversations. I've changed my will three times!'

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Two elderly gentlemen...

From a retirement center were sitting on a bench under a tree when one turns to the other and says: 'Slim, I'm 83 years old now and I'm just full of aches and pains. I know you're about my age How do you feel?'
Slim says, 'I feel just like a newborn baby.'
'Really!? Like a newborn baby!?'
'Yep. No hair, no teeth, and I think I just wet my pants.'

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An elderly couple ...

Had dinner at another couple's house, and after eating, the wives left the table and went into the kitchen..
The two gentlemen were talking, and one said, 'Last night we went out to a new restaurant and it was really great.. I would recommend it very highly.'
The other man said, 'What is the name of the restaurant?'
The first man thought and thought and finally said, 'What is the name of that flower you give to someone you love?
You know.... The one that's red and has thorns.'

'Do you mean a rose?'
'Yes, that's the one,' replied the man. He then turned towards the kitchen and yelled, 'Rose, what's the name of that restaurant we went to last night?'

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Hospital regulations...

Require a wheel chair for patients being discharged However, while working as a student nurse, I found one elderly gentleman already dressed and sitting on the bed with a suitcase at his feet, who insisted he didn't need my help to leave the hospital.
After a chat about rules being rules, he reluctantly let me wheel him to the elevator.
On the way down I asked him if his wife was meeting him.
'I don't know,' he said. 'She's still upstairs in the bathroom changing out of her hospital gown.'

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Couple in their nineties...

Are both having problems remembering things. During a checkup, the doctor tells them that they're physically okay, but they might want to start writing things down to help them remember ..
Later that night, while watching TV, the old man gets up from his chair. 'Want anything while I'm in the kitchen?' he asks.
'Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?'
'Sure..'
'Don't you think you should write it down so you can remember it?' she asks.
'No, I can remember it.'
'Well, I'd like some strawberries on top, too. Maybe you should write it down, so as not to forget it?'
He says, 'I can remember that. You want a bowl of ice cream with strawberries.'
'I'd also like whipped cream. I'm certain you'll forget that, write it down?' she asks.
Irritated, he says, 'I don't need to write it down, I can remember it! Ice cream with strawberries and whipped cream - I got it, for goodness sake!'
Then he toddles into the kitchen. After about 20 minutes, The old man returns from the kitchen and hands his wife a plate of bacon and eggs.. She stares at the plate for a moment.
'Where's my toast ?'

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A senior citizen said...

To his eighty-year old buddy:
'So I hear you're getting married?'
'Yep!'
'Do I know her?'
'Nope!'
'This woman, is she good looking?'
'Not really.'
'Is she a good cook?'
'Naw, she can't cook too well.'
'Does she have lots of money?'
'Nope! Poor as a church mouse.'
'Well, then, is she good in bed?'
'I don't know.'
'Why in the world do you want to marry her then?'
'Because she can still drive!'

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Three old guys are out walking....

First one says, 'Windy, isn't it?'
Second one says, 'No, it's Thursday!'
Third one says, 'So am I. Let's go get a beer..'

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A man was telling his neighbor...

'I just bought a new hearing aid. It cost me four thousand dollars, but it's state of the art.. It's perfect.'
'Really,' answered the neighbor . 'What kind is it?'
'Twelve thirty..'

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Morris, an 82 year-old man...

Went to the doctor to get a physical.
A few days later, the doctor saw Morris walking down the street with a gorgeous young woman on his arm.
A couple of days later, the doctor spoke to Morris and said, 'You're really doing great, aren't you?'
Morris replied, 'Just doing what you said, Doc: 'Get a hot mamma and be cheerful.''
The doctor said, 'I didn't say that.. I said, 'You've got a heart murmur; be careful.'

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One more. . .......!

A little old manshuffled slowly into an ice cream parlor and pulled himself slowly, painfully, up onto a stool. After catching his breath, he ordered a banana split.
The waitress asked kindly, 'Crushed nuts?'
'No,' he replied, 'Arthritis.'

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The First Impression

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A Gift for the Man Who Has EVERYTHING

C'mon ladies. You know your guy would just love one of these...

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Top 10 Low Pass FlyBys

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You Can't Make This Up...

Jay Leno doesn't have an exclusive on this stuff...

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