Fart Rating System
1. Silent, unsmelly. No harm, no foul. The day proceeds.
2. Audible, unsmelly. You can hear it, so you get ready for the smell, but it doesn't get you. Plus, you know who did it.
3. Audible, smelly. You can hear it, so you get ready for the smell. It gets you, but you know who did it, along with everyone else. You don't get blamed.
4. Silent, smelly. A wicked one. No-one hears it, so there is no warning. Then it gets you. Wicked! The worst thing, you might get blamed for it. No-one knows who did it.
Wicked.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Friday, July 30, 2010
No Posting Today
I am not going to do any posting today, especially about villas on st john through www.stjohnvillarental.com vacation villas.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Where is Word
I can't find Microsoft Word anywhere.
I dragged it from the stupid "dock" to the desktop -- where I want it -- and it disappeared. Now I don't know what to do.
This mac-mini is a mac-migraine.
I dragged it from the stupid "dock" to the desktop -- where I want it -- and it disappeared. Now I don't know what to do.
This mac-mini is a mac-migraine.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
The Lads Won Again!
Yes, another big victory for the Lads yesterday, as they outscored their opponents during the win.
Two straight wins while outscoring the opponent.
Wicked!
Two straight wins while outscoring the opponent.
Wicked!
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
The lads outscored the opponents last night
Yes, the lads did good last night and actually outscored the opponents while winning. Soon the injured ones will be back. That will be good.
Then we will be
wicked!
Then we will be
wicked!
Monday, July 26, 2010
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010
Research again today
Today I will do some research in my little library. Then I will go to the big town and get my recliner, a pay check, some gas, and maybe some potrzebie.
Wicked!
Wicked!
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Axolotl
An axolotl is some type of mexican frog, not a made up word. Or it might be a mammal, I don't really know. Anyway, there is an axolotl.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Research again
I will undoubtedly do some research this morning in my little library.
In fact I can feel the start of it already.
In fact I can feel the start of it already.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Kevin Youkilis
Youk deserves mention today because he did something good and the Boston Red Sox won by outscoring the opponents.
Wicked.
Wicked.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
An empty post
This is an empty post except for these few words, which make this very short sentence, which is a very short paragraph, and I am not even going to say wicked, although I may type wicked.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Thursday, July 15, 2010
My itunes don't work at all.
I can't get my itunes to work because my stupid Sea Disk is not recognized by my Mac Mini, so I will have to go to Plan B.
Unfortunately, I don't really have a Plan B.
Unfortunately, I don't really have a Plan B.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Some gang dink shot 2 people on st thomas
This was in The Source today. Typical st thomas stuff -- a gang member got killed, so a gang member retaliated and managed to kill the other gang member and a 14-year-old tourist girl from a cruise ship.
So now the cruise ships probably won't come to st thomas anymore. This is absolutely pathetic, and the police are giving it just a little lip service and nothing more. It's been going on for years.
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Community Ponders Economic Impact of Coki Point Shooting
By Ananta Pancham — July 13, 2010
A handful of taxi drivers sat talking Tuesday morning near the intersection across the street from Vendor's Plaza, mulling over the unusual calm that had settled over downtown St. Thomas.
Usually, with a ship in port, the area was buzzing, but on Tuesday, only handfuls of tourists moved about, some sitting in Emancipation Garden or milling up and down Main Street, many with a copy of a newspaper in their hands.
"Murder, murder, murder," one taxi driver said loudly, as he unsuccessfully tried to offer one passing family a ride to the beach. "That's all everyone is talking about. Well, we need this [tourism] industry, too. It's all we have to survive on."
Similar conversations could be heard all over the island Tuesday, as many residents thought about the territory's economic future in the wake of a gruesome double homicide at Coki Point Beach that left two people dead -- including a 14-year-old tourist whose family was traveling aboard the Carnival Victory. One of the most common questions heard on the street or asked over the radio airwaves was whether the cruise ships, the territory's lifeblood, would be pulling out now that reports of Monday's incident have hit the international media.
At this point, no one has said that. And speaking from her office early Tuesday morning, Tourism Commissioner Beverly Nicholson-Doty said she would remain positive as she prepared to resume the steady stream of calls to the cruise lines that began Monday afternoon after the shootout erupted.
"We have to be positive as we look at how we move through this horrible incident, and see how we can use it to make the Virgin Islands a better place, both for our residents and our visitors," she said. "So all the discussions between yesterday and today with the cruise lines, and all of our partners, is focused on what's at stake and what we have to do. We have to work closely with everyone, all of our partners right now, to make sure everyone is comfortable."
But while there's no talk of pulling out, Carnival has since suspended "all excursions that include the Coki Beach area until further notice," according to a statement released Monday. Carnival is not releasing any additional information at this point, and has not given an indication on how long the suspension will be in effect, or how talks are going between the company and local officials.
However, Coral World owner Trudie Prior said Tuesday she was told by Carnival that tours would be suspended indefinitely, while Princess Cruise Lines has said they would not be coming to Coral World for at least four visits before revisiting the issue. Prior added that Norwegian Cruise Line is currently in talks with its legal department.
"Business was terrible," she said Tuesday. "We have had cancellations from hotels as well for activities, and people have been asking for their money back on tours that were booked in advance."
Prior has long been pleading with the government to clean up Coki Point and address everything from the criminal activity near the beach to the barkers that frequent the area.
"Coki has not gotten the kind of government attention it needs, and I can only hope that what has happened in the last 24 hours is going to move them to take an aggressive stance and do what they need to do to make sure that it's not viewed as a place to avoid," Prior said.
As far as anyone heard Tuesday, most of the government's top officials were booked up in meetings -- either talking strategy with one another or with representatives from the cruise lines.
Police Commissioner Novelle Francis Jr. said early Tuesday that the department was working on a strategic safety and security plan in anticipation for another meeting with Carnival that afternoon.
All the usual strategies, such as saturated patrols and routine traffic stops, will continue to be in effect, but police will also be using information they've gathered to monitor and track the "associates" of suspected criminals, along with some of the individuals working behind the scenes. Gang activity and retaliatory attacks are what police have said is contributing to the increase in violent deaths throughout the territory, so Francis said the officers are going to try and cut that off at the source.
"When something like a murder happens, the retaliation goes back and forth continuously to resolve these issues, so we want to take action immediately to minimize that," he said Tuesday. "We're going to be out there and in these people's faces -- we're going to respond to every case and try to bring some calm to this situation."
A new set of officers will be deployed at the end of the week, and patrols will also increase in "violence-prone" neighborhoods, Francis said. He added that a number of federal agencies have been in contact since the incident to offer help, and are being built into the strategic plan.
"We want to show that we've got a handle on the situation," he said Tuesday. "We want to show everyone that we're here to protect this community. We've made an arrest -- hopefully that makes an impact."
So now the cruise ships probably won't come to st thomas anymore. This is absolutely pathetic, and the police are giving it just a little lip service and nothing more. It's been going on for years.
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Community Ponders Economic Impact of Coki Point Shooting
By Ananta Pancham — July 13, 2010
A handful of taxi drivers sat talking Tuesday morning near the intersection across the street from Vendor's Plaza, mulling over the unusual calm that had settled over downtown St. Thomas.
Usually, with a ship in port, the area was buzzing, but on Tuesday, only handfuls of tourists moved about, some sitting in Emancipation Garden or milling up and down Main Street, many with a copy of a newspaper in their hands.
"Murder, murder, murder," one taxi driver said loudly, as he unsuccessfully tried to offer one passing family a ride to the beach. "That's all everyone is talking about. Well, we need this [tourism] industry, too. It's all we have to survive on."
Similar conversations could be heard all over the island Tuesday, as many residents thought about the territory's economic future in the wake of a gruesome double homicide at Coki Point Beach that left two people dead -- including a 14-year-old tourist whose family was traveling aboard the Carnival Victory. One of the most common questions heard on the street or asked over the radio airwaves was whether the cruise ships, the territory's lifeblood, would be pulling out now that reports of Monday's incident have hit the international media.
At this point, no one has said that. And speaking from her office early Tuesday morning, Tourism Commissioner Beverly Nicholson-Doty said she would remain positive as she prepared to resume the steady stream of calls to the cruise lines that began Monday afternoon after the shootout erupted.
"We have to be positive as we look at how we move through this horrible incident, and see how we can use it to make the Virgin Islands a better place, both for our residents and our visitors," she said. "So all the discussions between yesterday and today with the cruise lines, and all of our partners, is focused on what's at stake and what we have to do. We have to work closely with everyone, all of our partners right now, to make sure everyone is comfortable."
But while there's no talk of pulling out, Carnival has since suspended "all excursions that include the Coki Beach area until further notice," according to a statement released Monday. Carnival is not releasing any additional information at this point, and has not given an indication on how long the suspension will be in effect, or how talks are going between the company and local officials.
However, Coral World owner Trudie Prior said Tuesday she was told by Carnival that tours would be suspended indefinitely, while Princess Cruise Lines has said they would not be coming to Coral World for at least four visits before revisiting the issue. Prior added that Norwegian Cruise Line is currently in talks with its legal department.
"Business was terrible," she said Tuesday. "We have had cancellations from hotels as well for activities, and people have been asking for their money back on tours that were booked in advance."
Prior has long been pleading with the government to clean up Coki Point and address everything from the criminal activity near the beach to the barkers that frequent the area.
"Coki has not gotten the kind of government attention it needs, and I can only hope that what has happened in the last 24 hours is going to move them to take an aggressive stance and do what they need to do to make sure that it's not viewed as a place to avoid," Prior said.
As far as anyone heard Tuesday, most of the government's top officials were booked up in meetings -- either talking strategy with one another or with representatives from the cruise lines.
Police Commissioner Novelle Francis Jr. said early Tuesday that the department was working on a strategic safety and security plan in anticipation for another meeting with Carnival that afternoon.
All the usual strategies, such as saturated patrols and routine traffic stops, will continue to be in effect, but police will also be using information they've gathered to monitor and track the "associates" of suspected criminals, along with some of the individuals working behind the scenes. Gang activity and retaliatory attacks are what police have said is contributing to the increase in violent deaths throughout the territory, so Francis said the officers are going to try and cut that off at the source.
"When something like a murder happens, the retaliation goes back and forth continuously to resolve these issues, so we want to take action immediately to minimize that," he said Tuesday. "We're going to be out there and in these people's faces -- we're going to respond to every case and try to bring some calm to this situation."
A new set of officers will be deployed at the end of the week, and patrols will also increase in "violence-prone" neighborhoods, Francis said. He added that a number of federal agencies have been in contact since the incident to offer help, and are being built into the strategic plan.
"We want to show that we've got a handle on the situation," he said Tuesday. "We want to show everyone that we're here to protect this community. We've made an arrest -- hopefully that makes an impact."
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
Everything
Everything happened yesterday, so you can read about it all over the place. The Red Sox even won by outscoring toronto. Spain won the World Cup. The Boston Celtics, The Greatest Franchise In The History Of Sport, let Tony Allen go. And Frickenfracken won a golf tournament. Meanwhile, someone wanted a villa from www.stjohnvillarental.com in St. John, USVI vacation villas.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
What is in my clipboard?
I am going to post what is in my clipboard. I think it is a long story about how shitty the miami dickheads are. Found in the www.nytimes.com website.
Op-Ed Columnist
Miami’s Hoops Cartel
By MAUREEN DOWD
Published: July 9, 2010
After the heady courting, the King changed courts.
And there were such loud howls about betrayal, disloyalty, selfishness, revenge and intrigue that it might have impressed even a Shakespearean court.
“I’m going to take my talents to South Beach,” LeBron James told Jim Gray on ESPN’s special — and specially obnoxious — show, “The Decision,” as though he were going on spring break.
It’s always a bad sign when people begin talking about themselves in the third person. “I wanted to do what was best, you know, for LeBron James, what LeBron James was going to do to make him happy,” LeBron James told Michael Wilbon on ESPN after the special.
ESPN’s 28 minutes of contrived suspense over James’s narcissistic announcement that he was going, aptly, to My-Am-Me played like “The Bachelor,” without the rose for the winner.
“Kobe Bryant has twice re-signed with the Lakers — no TV special,” said David Israel, an L.A. TV writer who had a renowned sports column at The Washington Star when I had an obscure one about tennis. “Alex Rodriguez got more than twice as much money when he left his first team, Seattle — no TV special. Tom Brady, three Super Bowls in the nation’s most popular sport, quietly re-signs with the Patriots when his contract expires.”
The special was packaged by Gray and James’s agents, with Gray asking lame questions. CNBC reported that Gray was paid by James, a claim the veteran sports broadcaster denies. It drew more than nine million viewers — more than baseball games, home run derbies and even some N.F.L. Monday night games.
The setting of the Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich, Conn. — with no interaction between the King and the kid-props — was weird.
“What was up with that?” wondered Israel. “He wanted to show how much he cares about the welfare of the children of hedge fund managers?”
Asked by Wilbon about Cleveland fans burning No. 23 jerseys in the street, James noted that if “you put the shoe on the other foot and the Cavs would have got rid of me at one point, would my family burn down the organization? Of course not. This is a business.”
James said he did not want to make “an emotional decision.” But it was a personal decision. The kid who grew up poor in Akron without a father — moving 12 times between 5 and 8 — regards his teams as family. So much so that he ruled out bidding teams, like Chicago, that ruled out putting any of his “LeBrontourage” on the payroll.
His decision came after he consulted with his mom and formed a hoops cartel with his pals Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade. It’s usually women who get accused of needing to go places (restaurant bathrooms) together.
James wanted to be wooed because he missed any courtship when he was drafted by the pros right out of high school. But the 25-year-old superstar, who tweets as King James and tattooed “Chosen 1” on his back, got lost in the stratosphere of sports marketing advice and wound up with too many people whispering in his ear. He seems to have no idea of the public relations damage he has inflicted on himself.
“Never has so much time, effort and money been expended by an individual to diminish himself,” Israel told me.
A sports TV executive I know agreed: “I don’t think he has any concept that people will be rooting against Miami harder than ever. These three players have attempted to hijack the league and said, ‘We’re all good buddies who are going to gang up and go to one team and dictate who wins championships.’ ”
After seven years as the local hero, James should have shown more class than to let the Cleveland owner, coach and fans hear about his defection on TV, broadcasting from cosseted Greenwich to struggling Cleveland.
It is true, as The Washington Post’s Mike Wise put it, that a message to fans from the Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, accusing James of a “cowardly betrayal,” sounded like “the kind of psycho, ex-girlfriend letter that certifies LeBron made the right decision.” But you feel the rabid pain of Gilbert, who was clearly played. He exacted further revenge by dropping the price of a life-size James decal from $99.99 to $17.41, the year Benedict Arnold was born.
In essence, James was acknowledging that he didn’t think he could lead a team — or at least that team — to a championship on his own.
“The King abandoned the throne like Edward VIII, not for love of a latter-day Wallis Simpson, but for fear of failure,” Israel said. “All the bravado has been a pose. He’s not a leader, he’s not an alpha, he’s just a pack animal. In Miami, Dwyane Wade is the alpha dog.”
Israel believes James would have had a better chance to win in Chicago: “These guys don’t fit together on the Heat. It’s kind of like asking Jackson Pollock to finish a painting Picasso started.”
Op-Ed Columnist
Miami’s Hoops Cartel
By MAUREEN DOWD
Published: July 9, 2010
After the heady courting, the King changed courts.
And there were such loud howls about betrayal, disloyalty, selfishness, revenge and intrigue that it might have impressed even a Shakespearean court.
“I’m going to take my talents to South Beach,” LeBron James told Jim Gray on ESPN’s special — and specially obnoxious — show, “The Decision,” as though he were going on spring break.
It’s always a bad sign when people begin talking about themselves in the third person. “I wanted to do what was best, you know, for LeBron James, what LeBron James was going to do to make him happy,” LeBron James told Michael Wilbon on ESPN after the special.
ESPN’s 28 minutes of contrived suspense over James’s narcissistic announcement that he was going, aptly, to My-Am-Me played like “The Bachelor,” without the rose for the winner.
“Kobe Bryant has twice re-signed with the Lakers — no TV special,” said David Israel, an L.A. TV writer who had a renowned sports column at The Washington Star when I had an obscure one about tennis. “Alex Rodriguez got more than twice as much money when he left his first team, Seattle — no TV special. Tom Brady, three Super Bowls in the nation’s most popular sport, quietly re-signs with the Patriots when his contract expires.”
The special was packaged by Gray and James’s agents, with Gray asking lame questions. CNBC reported that Gray was paid by James, a claim the veteran sports broadcaster denies. It drew more than nine million viewers — more than baseball games, home run derbies and even some N.F.L. Monday night games.
The setting of the Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich, Conn. — with no interaction between the King and the kid-props — was weird.
“What was up with that?” wondered Israel. “He wanted to show how much he cares about the welfare of the children of hedge fund managers?”
Asked by Wilbon about Cleveland fans burning No. 23 jerseys in the street, James noted that if “you put the shoe on the other foot and the Cavs would have got rid of me at one point, would my family burn down the organization? Of course not. This is a business.”
James said he did not want to make “an emotional decision.” But it was a personal decision. The kid who grew up poor in Akron without a father — moving 12 times between 5 and 8 — regards his teams as family. So much so that he ruled out bidding teams, like Chicago, that ruled out putting any of his “LeBrontourage” on the payroll.
His decision came after he consulted with his mom and formed a hoops cartel with his pals Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade. It’s usually women who get accused of needing to go places (restaurant bathrooms) together.
James wanted to be wooed because he missed any courtship when he was drafted by the pros right out of high school. But the 25-year-old superstar, who tweets as King James and tattooed “Chosen 1” on his back, got lost in the stratosphere of sports marketing advice and wound up with too many people whispering in his ear. He seems to have no idea of the public relations damage he has inflicted on himself.
“Never has so much time, effort and money been expended by an individual to diminish himself,” Israel told me.
A sports TV executive I know agreed: “I don’t think he has any concept that people will be rooting against Miami harder than ever. These three players have attempted to hijack the league and said, ‘We’re all good buddies who are going to gang up and go to one team and dictate who wins championships.’ ”
After seven years as the local hero, James should have shown more class than to let the Cleveland owner, coach and fans hear about his defection on TV, broadcasting from cosseted Greenwich to struggling Cleveland.
It is true, as The Washington Post’s Mike Wise put it, that a message to fans from the Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, accusing James of a “cowardly betrayal,” sounded like “the kind of psycho, ex-girlfriend letter that certifies LeBron made the right decision.” But you feel the rabid pain of Gilbert, who was clearly played. He exacted further revenge by dropping the price of a life-size James decal from $99.99 to $17.41, the year Benedict Arnold was born.
In essence, James was acknowledging that he didn’t think he could lead a team — or at least that team — to a championship on his own.
“The King abandoned the throne like Edward VIII, not for love of a latter-day Wallis Simpson, but for fear of failure,” Israel said. “All the bravado has been a pose. He’s not a leader, he’s not an alpha, he’s just a pack animal. In Miami, Dwyane Wade is the alpha dog.”
Israel believes James would have had a better chance to win in Chicago: “These guys don’t fit together on the Heat. It’s kind of like asking Jackson Pollock to finish a painting Picasso started.”
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Friday, July 9, 2010
Jermaine O'Neal
The Celtics, The Greatest Franchise In The History Of Sport, signed Jermaine O'Neal yesterday. He is wicked.
Jermaine Lee O'Neal (born October 13, 1978[1][2]) is an American professional basketball forward-center for the Boston Celtics. The 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), 255 lb (115 kg) forward-center had a successful high school career and declared his eligibility for the 1996 NBA Draft straight out of high school. He was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 17th pick of the first round, but O'Neal was unable to break into the first team in Portland and was traded to the Indiana Pacers in 2000. In his eight seasons with the club, he was voted an NBA All-Star six times, made the All-NBA teams three times, and was voted the NBA Most Improved Player in the 2001–02 season. He also helped Indiana reach the NBA Playoffs six times, including the Conference Finals in the 2003–04 season. He was traded to the Raptors before the 2008–09 season began, and traded to the Heat midway through the same season. It was announced on July 8, 2010 that O'Neal signed with the Boston Celtics for two-years. The contract is reportedly for the team's full mid-level exception, which is around $5.7 million for the 2010–11 NBA season.
Jermaine Lee O'Neal (born October 13, 1978[1][2]) is an American professional basketball forward-center for the Boston Celtics. The 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), 255 lb (115 kg) forward-center had a successful high school career and declared his eligibility for the 1996 NBA Draft straight out of high school. He was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 17th pick of the first round, but O'Neal was unable to break into the first team in Portland and was traded to the Indiana Pacers in 2000. In his eight seasons with the club, he was voted an NBA All-Star six times, made the All-NBA teams three times, and was voted the NBA Most Improved Player in the 2001–02 season. He also helped Indiana reach the NBA Playoffs six times, including the Conference Finals in the 2003–04 season. He was traded to the Raptors before the 2008–09 season began, and traded to the Heat midway through the same season. It was announced on July 8, 2010 that O'Neal signed with the Boston Celtics for two-years. The contract is reportedly for the team's full mid-level exception, which is around $5.7 million for the 2010–11 NBA season.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Red Sox Win Again By Scoring Fewer Runs
The lads from the town of beans underscored their opponents yesterday while winning.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Shutters
Today I am going to complete door shutters 2 and 3, and then I am going to put a second coat of paint on the window shutters while ellis works on painting activities for the door shutters. Spackle, sand, prime, paint. That will keep him busy.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Saturday, July 3, 2010
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