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1940 - The first Social Security check was issued, to Ida May Fuller of Vermont.

This is the coolest shot........" Join the Navy and learn to Dance for Free"

An aviation boatswain's mate signals to taxi forward an S-3B Viking in order to set the launch bar into the catapult shuttle during flight operations on board Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman.

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Chinese College Student Seeks to 'Rent' Girlfriend for Holidays

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

BEIJING — A desperate Chinese university student wants to "rent" a girlfriend for 10 days so he can show her off to his parents over the Lunar New Year holiday, state media reported Wednesday.
The physics student, who gave his name as Zhu Lijie, posted a notice on a bulletin board at Peking University offering 1,000 yuan (US$130) to a woman who would pose as his girlfriend for the trip home for the holiday, Xinhua News Agency reported.
The advertisement said the woman should be "an honest, kind and similar-aged girl with a diploma."
The Lunar New Year holiday, which starts Feb. 18 this year, is the most important family holiday in China.
Xinhua said Zhu had told his parents, who were pressuring him to get a girlfriend, that he had been studying too hard and had no time to meet a potential partner.
Peking University officials and the police have warned women to be wary of such advertisements.
Wang Jisheng, a professor with the Psychology Institution of the Chinese Academy Sciences, was quoted as saying Zhu was trying to show filial piety to his parents but was only cheating them.

Fox News.

A shot of Killington,the beast of the east. (and, consequently we either love it or hate it)

This day in History

1972 - In Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 13 unarmed civil rights demonstrators were shot dead by British Army paratroopers, a day later known as "Bloody Sunday."
This is the event that latter would have a song written about it and performed my Irish rock band U2.

Dictionary.com's word of the day....

gadabout \GAD-uh-bout\,
noun:Someone who roams about in search of amusement or social activity.

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1900 - The American League, consisting of eight baseball teams, was organized in Philadelphia.

In my endless efforts to find something worthy to blog about........

I love these, they so so sugary and gross but for some reason I like them.

























This little mouse (at the bottom of the "gravestone") got into one of our lightswitch boxes at work. Needless to say, the little bugger didn't survive and someone put a cutout that looks like a gravestone over his remains. RIP little guy.

Superbowl 36 - No Timeouts- Glory Days

Why couldn't this have happened last night?

Happy Birthday to Jasmine!

I feel crushed from the inside out right now

These once again have proven elusive. It was however, a great ride.

This week, I won a debate over whether Donald Sutherland was Keifer's father. Needless to say, I was right.I mean, just look at them and see the connection.

Cars End Up Like Pinballs On Icy Roads

A new way to advertise

A letdown

I felt violated last night when I discovered that the song "Life is a Highway" was done by Rascal Flatts, a country group.Needless to say, I no longer feel the same about the song and the group for sneaking onto the radio waves of my rock station.

Murphy's Laws

Murphy's Law of the Open Road:
When there is a very long road upon which there is a one-way bridge placed at random, and there are only two cars on that road, it follows that:
(1) the two cars are going in opposite directions, and (2) they will always meet at the bridge.

Murphy's Law of Thermodynamics
Things get worse under pressure.

Because it is the Playoffs

Last month, Brady split with his longtime girlfriend, Bridget Moynahan, the fetching Hollywood starlet. Now, according to the Boston Herald he is dating Gisele Bundchen, the even more fetching Brazilian supermodel.
So he figured out how to do the seemingly impossible – upgrade Bridget Moynahan.
Yahoo sports.

Is he just lucky?

....and tell me again why we pay any attention to these people.....?

"I haven't had a drink in seven days. Or anything," she said to People. "I'm not even legal to, so why would I? I don't drink when I go to clubs. I drink with my friends at home, but there's no need to. I feel better not drinking. It's more fun. I have Red Bull."

Lindsay Lohan on checking into a rehab earlier today.

This had to hurt

Reggie Bush gets folded in half.

I found this rather funny

The Patriots may not have been able to run but they somehow WON!

This weekend

Once again, there will be a showdown between the New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts for AFC title and the right to play the NFC in the Superbowl.
The Patriots won in a rather common way,a fieldgoal with little time on the clock and the Chargers missed their fieldgoal attempt which ended their season and allowed the Pats to make their 4th AFC Championship game in 6 years.

How this weekend will stack up...... from a Patriot fan's perspective....

Offense- I have to give this one to the Colts, between Addia and Manning they should be able to pull off a couple good drives.

defense-This one is definintly going with the Patriots despite the fact that the Colts defense has shown up in their last two games,the Pat's has been there most all season.

Coaching- Belicheck knows what he is doing.

Intangibles- Patriots of course.

Outcome- Patriots will take it, they will put pressure on Manning that will disrupt the Colt's offensive rhythm and on offence, Brady will spread the defense out and find ways to get a couple touchdowns.
My prediction, a low scoring game.

I have never purchased used music before but on Monday I stopped at Coconuts and bought three and got one free. They are in exellent condition and yes, that is the Napoleon Dynamite soundtrack.

Zooropa-U2
U2 Pop
Blind Man's Zoo-10,000 Maniacs
Napoleon Dynamite

Some of Vermont's landscape

He could be just what the O's ordered

Men At Work - Down Under

This is a great song, the video is a blast to watch.

I Was Pleased

Blunt force trauma; Welcome to Rockyland