Oh Bother....

I've been informed that I hadn't posted anything since the 17th - REASONS for this are as follows....

10.) Had to chase a squirrel out of my kitchen
9.) I was over-wroght with grief that I missed recording the "Beet" episode of Good Eats
8.) There was an earthquake
7.) We bought a haunted quilt and it's causing things to fly around the room
8.) My feet are swollen
7.) It was a full moon
6.) I burned dinner and had go-out instead.
5.) There was a big icky spider on my computer that said it would eat me.
4.) Someone replaced my cats with perfect duplicates and forgot to leave the manual
3.) Aforementioned cats had thumbs - use your imagination...
2.) I got a silly ticket from an annoyed CHP offcier trying to meet his quota

...and the number one reason why I haven't posted in a while..

1.) I'm lazy.

The Venture Borthers

For those of you who enjoyed Johnny Quest, you will definately enjoy this show.

I've posted Brock Samson's ID card for anyone who'd like to print it up, and have it in their wallet!

Enjoy!

Don't watch Dog the Bounty Hunter

For those of you who know of this TV show on A&E and are inclined to help DOG to find anyone, and if by some freak of nature, the man calls you to get information about a fugitive, RECORD THE CONVERSATION.

Back in May, I helped Dog find someone on his "most wanted" list on his website. The words CASH REWARD were stamped across the guy's face too.

After talking with DOG and BETH, (who is a ....well it rhymes with "clucking pitch"), Dog invited me on the show. I didn't address the cash reward thing as I felt it was not appropriate at the time. They both were saying things like " we need someone like you on our team" and "this is a one in a million tip" and "you don't have any problem with retaliatory actions do you?" (My reply noted that the guy would be in prison in HAWAII and that I didn't have any problems)I ask when he'd be in the area and he said he'd call me.NO SUCH LUCK.They caught the guy in August with less than 5 hours on the bail remaining, (read the article in SF chronicle for details).

Naturally I was a bit miffed at this and attempted to contact A&E as well as Da Kine Bail Bonds.I got this email back from BETH...

We owe you nothing ! Dog does not control who is on and who is not on the show we have no control over the production of the show ... you have threatened us for the last time do not contact us again or we will take legal action against you!

"Threatened" = sending emails and making phone calls asking for someone to please contact me regarding this capture and my part in it.

Again we owe you nothing I can easily prove you did not give the lead. Watch the show ! you were never promised anything he said he would try he never told you , you would get a reward Unless your leads directly lead to the apprehension which yours did not ...

Oh poppycock.

It is inappropriate for you to continue to contact me and if you continue I will take necessary steps toMake you stop

Who's threatening who now?

..Good Day sir
Beth Smith

I think I need not comment any further on the virtues of white trash....

Needless to say, I have already contacted the San Francisco Chronicle and the A&E production department to find out what the heck is up their butts.

"Good day sir" ...riiiiight, she wouldn't know where that quote came from if it hit her in the side of her "chocolate-stuffed" over-sprayed hair-do.

HowStuffWorks - Learn how Everything Works!

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Neat site - happy browsing....

Send Relief

Please visit http://www.paarc.org/ for information regarding direct donations - the "Donate Now" button is near the middle of the page and in RED.


Please visit the post on Craigslist.com for the fund raiser;

http://www.craigslist.org/pen/gms/94706706.html

If you couldn't link - here it is;
In light of the disastrous effects of Hurricane Katrina in the South East, my neighbors are are holding a garage sale Mountain View on Sunday with all of the proceeds going to the American Red Cross.

If you have some stuff lying around your house that aren’t sure what to do with or clothes that you just don’t wear anymore, please bring it on over! Any donations any of you can make would be appreciated, I know it’s short notice, but anything you can do would be great.

If you are looking for a garage sale to find some cool stuff, come by! So far we have clothes, books and furniture.

If you have any questions, would like to help us out, want to know where to donate items or where to come check out the garage sale, please feel free to shoot my neighbor or myself an email. Please put “hurricane Katrina” in the subject line so we don’t accidentally delete you!

-Lewis

THERE IS ANOTHER POSTING VERY SIMILAR TO THIS IN PLAIN TEXT WITH JENNA'S EMAIL ADDRESS - SHE IS THE ORGANIZER OF THIS GARAGE SALE - I AM SHAMELESSLY DOUBLE POSTING THIS BECAUSE - WELL - IT'S NEEDED BY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITHOUT HOMES OR FOOD.