And we’re just barely ending January!
Officials: Hamas Wins Palestinian Election (emphasis mine)
RAMALLAH, West Bank – Hamas’ top official told Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday the Islamic militant group is ready for a partnership after
defeating the ruling Fatah Party in parliamentary elections — a shocking upset sure to throw Mideast peacemaking into turmoil.
more.
I have such fear in my heart right now…
Got this in the mail; I thought it was funny.
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Ten Thoughts to Ponder during 2006
- Number 10 – Life is sexually transmitted.
- Number 9 – Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
- Number 8 – Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich.
- Number 7 – Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to use the Internet and they won’t bother you for weeks.
- Number 6 – Some people are like a Slinky… not really good for anything, but you still can’t help but smile when you shove them down the stairs.
- Number 5 – Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
- Number 4 – All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
- Number 3 – Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut saves you thirty cents?
- Number 2 – In the 60s, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
- AND THE NUMBER 1 THOUGHT FOR 2006: We know exactly where one cow with mad-cow disease is located among the millions and millions of cows in America but we haven’t got a clue as to where thousands of illegal immigrants and terrorists are located. Maybe we should put the Department of Agriculture in charge of immigration.
I got this in my email today. It’s funny, mostly because (in general) it’s true.
(Click on the pic to enlarge)
I just finished closing a deal to work with one of my favorite freelance artists working in the industry now, Jeremy Mohler. Ever since I saw some of his work a year ago at RPG.net, I have wanted to have him do illustrations for my products, and it looks like I’ll finally get my wish. I am uber-excited about this!
The front left tire of my car has been making a weird sounds, on and off, for a few months now, kind of like banging a stick back and forth inside a plastic pail. It would just come and go, but yesterday afternoon, as I was driving home on the expressway at 70 MPH, it started in earnest, really loud, accompanied by a shaking of the steering wheel. Needless to say I freaked out and slowed down to a crawl, much to the chargrin of the other drivers, and made it home ok. This morning the sound started again as soon as I left the house, then it went away, and started once more when I was on my way to deliver some office paperwork not far from my neck of the woods in Miami Beach. As soon as I dropped those papers, I called my boss to let him know I wasn’t coming in, and made my way back to my area to drop the car off at a mechanic.
I took the backroads, which means a 15-minute trip took almost an hour, but I didn’t dare risk the expressway again, not when the sound was now very loud even at 20 MPH. Thank G-d I made it ok to the mechanic and they are already fixing the car; the ball bearings on the front left tire needed to be replaced, and the wheels rotated. It’ll cost me about $500 that I don’t have, but I will gladly credit card it. I want no funny business with tires, especially after last April, when a friend from the synagogue died from his SUV having lost a tire on the expressway, sending his car into a series of spins. It was the first thing that came to my mind yesterday and earlier today as I heard the sound and then felt the car shaking. $500 is a small price to pay for assuring as much as it’s in my power that I will avoid a potentially-lethal accident.
Just a reminder that I can now be found at
http://dmperez.blogspot.com
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