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My life as a Brunette
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WASILLA, Alaska – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin abruptly announced Friday she is resigning from office at the end of the month, a shocking move that rattled the Republican party but left open the possibility she would seek a run for the White House in 2012.
Palin, 45, and her staff kept her future plans shrouded in mystery, and it was unclear if the controversial hockey mom would quietly return to private life or begin laying the foundation for a presidential bid.
Palin's spokesman, David Murrow, said the governor didn't say anything to him about this being her "political finale." He said he interpreted Palin's comment about working outside government as reflecting her current job only.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_palin_resigning
That is an interesting term. One would think that all thing misunderstood would be complicated, but in a way its the opposite for me. I have no idea what is going on, so saying it complicated explains nothing. I have to say that wasn't something I expected to hear as I would have greatly preferred "Oh, hi how are you?" But when someone is purposely closes all the doors and windows and rebuild that wall I tried so hard for so many years to take down. Such a pity becasue I doubt what's on the other side of the wall is so much better even if it so much more familer. one would think with all the years of shared experiences that I would be at least someone could have lunch or more than a 30 second conversation...
Now that is complicated..
I know I am a horrible typist, so I really do need to practice. So one of my co-workers found this fascinating site that helps you with typing and I thought I give it a whirl. It basically times you on these lesson of random paragraphs that you must type, but I assume they write them (or the computer automatically generates them) to not be predictable and give more accurate results, but the result is some the oddist paragraphs you would ever read / type...
An example is below...
" Here is a simple experiment that will teach you an important electrical lesson: On a cool, dry day, scuff your feet along a carpet, then reach your hand into a friend's mouth and touch one of his dental fillings..Did you notice how your friend twitched violently and cried out in pain? This teaches us that electricity can be a very powerful force, but we must never use it to hurt others unless we need to learn an important electrical lesson "
I would have thought he would have had himself frozen before this could happened.... Still crazy and sad that this has happened...
From the LA times
2:06 PM | June 25, 2009
[Updated at 3:15 p.m.: Pop star Michael Jackson was pronounced dead by doctors this afternoon after arriving at a hospital in a deep coma, city and law enforcement sources told The Times.]
[Updated at 2:46 p.m.: Jackson is in a coma and his family is arriving at his bedside, a law enforcement source told The Times.
Jackson was rushed to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center this afternoon by Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics.
Fire Capt. Steve Ruda said paramedics responded to a call at Jackson's home at 12:26 p.m. He was not breathing when they arrived. The paramedics performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation and took him to the hospital, Ruda told The Times.
[ Updated at 2:12 p.m.: Paramedics were called to a home in the 100 block of Carolwood Drive off Sunset Boulevard. Jackson had rented the Bel-Air home for $100,000 a month. It was described as a French chateau estate built in 2002 with seven bedrooms, 13 bathrooms, 12 fireplaces and a theater. The home is about 2 1/2 miles, about a six-minute drive, from UCLA Medical Center. An earlier version of this post incorrectly described the time to travel between the home and hospital as two minutes.]
The news comes as Jackson, 50, was attempting a comeback after years of tabloid headlines, most notably his trial and acquittal on child molestation charges.
In May, The Times reported that Jackson had rented the Bel-Air residence and was rehearsing for a series of 50 sold-out shows in London's O2 Arena. Jackson had won the backing of two billionaires to get the so-called "King of Pop" back on stage. His backers envision the shows at AEG's O2 as an audition for a career rebirth that could ultimately encompass a three-year world tour, a new album, movies, a Graceland-like museum, musical revues in Las Vegas and Macau, and even a "Thriller" casino. Such a rebound could wipe out Jackson's massive debt.
—Andrew Blankstein and Phil Willon
If your TV went blank, then you really haven't been paying attention for the last year have you? (you know all those commerical tellign you to do something??) The world has NOT ended, but its time for you to get cable or one of those boxes at Best Buy... (I bought mine on amazon actually... a Channel Master and Tyvex.)
1200 miles round trip!!!
Not sure what I was thinking but it was not as bad of a drive back as I was expecting. (I stopped a few times to break up the time on the way back!) The weather could have been a little warmer. Other than that, a 7-hour trek was probably one ofthe longer drive I've done in a long time. I forget sometimes how relaxing a nice drive is. So treking across the Mojave Desert wasn't so bad. Oddly enough I've benn out that way before and had to ask my dad why the place looked so familer. He says he remember us all taking a trek out that was years ago...
I was in Vegas for my friend Carlos' bachelor party. The offical word is that the Vegas was Lovely and the weather was nice. (Knew I should have found a tiger and baby before heading out there!) Vegas is still Vegas, and alwas nice place to go when you want ot get away. I stayed at hte Luxor, which is a first for me and was surprise how nice and inexpensive the hotel was, plus the pool was nice. Played too much blackjack and roulette, and no luck at either, but the bachelor seem to hold his own and that what was important!
Sounds like the next party is just white water rafting, I gues I better learn how to swim before them :-)
So watching one of my favorite show in TV, the following is a teaser that shows up at the end of the show. This one in particular caught my attention and wanted to quote it here...
"Live to see a highly educated, deeply thoughtful, articulate, cool, biracial President who is not overly crippled by childhood wounds and capable, in no particular order of freeing the nation of oil dependence, restoring its international standing, creating universal health care, resurrecting the economy, ending two wars, rebuilding the public education system, finally bringing about the end the mindlessness of racism, encouraging science and technology, firmly addressing environmental issues and global warming, and uniting the nation - and the world - in a giant cultural tipping point leap forward...
- Chuck Lorre # 239 To Do List
NASA is collecting name will be included with others on a microchip on the Mars Science Laboratory rover heading to Mars in 2011!
Submit away!
http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate/sendyourname/
Ah...they grow up too fast. My nieces Nicole and Alyssa are now adults. Well they will always be the little twins but yesterday they graduated from Tracy's West High School. I am still shocked that they just recently turned 18, but to now graduate from high school just a good example how life is too short and everything happens so fast.
Soon enough they will be starting junior college in the fall. Not sure if I could come up with words of wisdom as they have been model/ well-rounded children for the most part (well that's what I see) so I hope they turn into well-rounded respected adults. My only advice is to look into the future with a positive eye, don't get too hung up on things in life that won't matter in a year and don't follow and lead in whatever you do. I wish them the very best in whatever future endeavors may take them!
Stockon Record coverage of the graduation
Pacific University in Oregon, not University of the Pacific.
Pacific University board votes to bring back football
Boxers hopes to field team by 2010 if boosters can raise needed funds
By John Schrag
The Forest Grove News-Times, May 26, 2009, Updated 17 hours ago
After a 17-year absence, it looks like football is coming back to Pacific University.
The Pacific University Board of Trustees approved the addition of football to the school's athletics offerings on Friday.
Pacific's 21st intercollegiate athletics program hopes to take to the field in 2010, contingent on boosters raising all of the necessary start-up expenses -- pegged at about $1.5 million.
Full story (http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=124338307263607500)
 As Scott Smith from the Stockton Records points out, the San Joaquin Superior Court has setup a website for the Cantu case. http://www.stocktoncourt.org/courts/media_notice.htmThe arraignment in the case People of the State of California v. Melissa Huckaby (case number SF111539A) has been scheduled for Friday, May 22, 2009 at 1:00 pm in Department 35 of the main Stockton Courthouse located at 222 E. Weber Avenue, Stockton, CA 95202.
1:00pm.. Ah Fridays are great....
Well while watching the news just now on News 13, they just had a story about how SUSD has drastically reduced the high school drop out rate...They mentioned in the interview with the school district superintendent about a previous "calculating" error that has now been fixed, but in either case that is impressive that the drop out rate has dropped so dramatically. Finally some good news from the media about Stockton, CA.
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