Presenting with pleasure - a new safety device

If your mother told you doing it would make you go blind, now you can have a car with a vibrating seat that warns you if something is in your blind spot.

For those women who like to apply makeup while driving, you can also use the vibrating mascara , and be sure to set your cell phone on vibrate for maximum driving satisfaction.

But please keep your eyes on the road.

Laugh or Cheer (Depending on Your Political Views)

Filtering the news is propaganda

On July 1, 2010 the government issued an order barring the public and the news media from coming within 65 feet of clean-up operations of the gulf oil spill without permission from the Coast Guard.   Anyone not authorized by the Coast Guard “must not come within 65 feet of booming operations, boom, or oil spill response operations under penalty of law.” Those who “willfully” defy the White House order could be prosecuted as Class D felons and face up to five years in prison and a $40,000 fine.

Here's an excellent op-ed about first amendment rights.  He raises an interesting point as to why the media only cries foul on first amendment issues when it pertains to media, but not to other entitites.

Dog Days of Summer

Just because I'm a dog lover, especially Vizslas:

The long and short of it

We entertained a childhood friend of my husband this weekend who was here for a class reunion.  He looks a bit like this:

Well, he doesn't really look like he just arrived from 1945, but he is very tall.  My husband's friend is 6 ft 8 or 9.

If you've read my blog for any length of time, you know I'm short .  There are some adaptations one must make to deal with every day life when one is on the low end of the vertically challenged.  The same holds true for very tall people.

Never walk into a room with a very tall man if you want to be inconspicuous.  As we entered several restaurants this weekend,  heads turned, eyes gawked, and the whispers began.

"I'll bet he's a retired basketball player from the NBA."

And that was followed by constant staring while people tried to figure out who this giant really was.

I have another friend who is similar in size.  He became a very successful trial attorney, and used his height as an advantage in the courtroom.  His imposing presence oozed authority and decisiveness, and his physical stature alone could influence juries to sympathize with his client.

Both have back problems, both have trouble fitting into a car, and both always play footsie (not necessarily by choice) with the person across the table from them.

I also have two good female friends that are nearly 6 feet tall.

I am not sure why I like them all so much. They make me feel rather small and can be a pain in the neck.

Happy July 4th!

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32 years ago today

The Supreme Court on July 3, 1978 upheld an FCC ruling due to George Carlin's 7 dirty words skit.  Thus began regulations of speech regarding indecency, censorship, and specific time periods in which certain subject matter is disallowed.

Fortunately there is still free speech on the Internet any time of the day or night. (Warning, this video may be offensive to some people.  For the rest of you, it's still funny after all these years.)