Students tracked with computer chips

CNEWS - Weird News: Students tracked with computer chips Besides all of my personal issues saying that this is wrong, wrong, wrong....Are the kids actully dumb enough to take the chip with them when they leave school?

"Some schools here this month began trial runs in which students carry chips that have tiny antennae and can be traced by radio, with some of the kids attaching the tags to their backpacks.

The chips send signals to receivers at school gates. A computer in the system shows when a student enters or leaves."

Bush or Kerry?

I do not like to dwell in politics, they make me mad and then I feel like I have no control over it. But I must say that I am very interested in this debate coming up. I hate to admit that I have a slight leaning in the favor of Bush at the moment. It is almost like taking the lesser of two evils. I really believe that Bush is not as dumb as the media likes to portray him, but John Kerry is a dumbass. I would hate to see more years of Bush running around shooting missiles from the sky into the cities of innocent people alienating the US from allies. But would John Kerry be able to handle what Bush has started? I just don't feel confident that he can. John Kerry's downfall to me is his total lack of emotion on his face. It makes me not want to trust him. I do not understand this political process. I do not understand why we have ended up with no better choices. Before the presidential race was on I kept thinking to myself, there will have to be something better next time around, we have to get this man back to his ranch and out of our white house. But with the choices now I keep thinking that maybe Bush is better then Botox Buddy, and maybe we will have better choices next time around. People keep commenting to me about Fahrenheit 9/11. One thing about that even though I haven't seen it, Michael Moore is also an idiot. I mean have you read the stats on this guy?? Jobless, irritating fat guy that had a point with Bowling For Columbine and now he is all in the know about our president? He is persauvise, but so is the devil. LOL.

On the other hand, it really felt like fall today! The leaves are starting to change, and there is a crispness in the air. It is refreshing but depressing at the same time, winter will soon be here and how I hate the winter!

For all the music lovers out there-Boombox internet radio

I just had to share what I think is the coolest thing. Boombox internet radio is a little program that scans the net for radio stations, which then play through your winamp, and let you push record to save your favorite song playing on your boombox! I love that, and it is free! You can download it over at http://www.download.com. I was suprised at how easy it is to use and fast. Download Mozzilla Foxfire while your at it. I am not even going to go into why you should, read the reveiws and you will see why.

Just have to vent..

I chose to be a nurse for one reason only, caring for others needs are important. I have compassion for people that have special needs etheir from illness, birth defects, etc. I am not here for your personal issues with management. I repeat: I AM NOT here for your issues with management. I am a nurse, my job is to provide medical care. If you are pissed because there is a lack of staffing, then tell somebody that cares. Or rather, tell somebody that can do something about it! Indiana's nursing shortage is 5.5-6% While nursing schools are reporting higher interest in Nursing education, there is still a huge lack of available nurses. The average age of nurses in Georgia is 45 years of age. I read somewhere that the forties was the average age everywhere, but do not feel like finding it at the present time. Therefore this shortage of nurses will only worsen. In a nursing home setting the numbers are often worse. Nurses that love geriatrics (like me) settle with less pay and poor benefits as compared to the hospitals in this area. So, the next time you think you are a big man that has the balls to prove his manhood by taking off the nurses head, you know the only one around trying to do the best damn job that she can, the next time, you may find that her balls ARE BIGGER THEN YOURS and will not take your shit. You would have gotten it this time had it not been for a more important need of a patient that needed my attention more then twisting your balls into a knot.


If you have a loved one in a nursing home let me offer you some guidelines to live by:
1. The situation you are pissed about is probably not the nurses fault, why don't you think about that before you go pissing people off and then expect them to continue to feel compassion for the idiot that raised YOU.
2. Some things are my fault-I'm human. But a simple why is this that way in a nice tone of voice, will get alot more answers for you then pissing me off. Once that happens I don't have to like you, there is a minium amount of standerd of care that I have to provide-I don't have to go the extra mile. And I won't as long as you find it neccessary to insult me as a professional and most of all as a human being!
3. I am much much younger then you-I might be your nurse one day-think about that.
4. The more you complain and find nothing to your satisfaction, the more avoidance of you the staff will display. No one will admit to this to you. but I have seen it a zillion times and the nursing staff admits this to each other!
5.If you feel we do not care for your loved one in a professional manner, then do yourself and us a favor-take them home with you. See how fast you answer dads bell the 150 millionth time he has rung for you to hand him something within his reach in the time period of one hour while you are attempting to clean up your 2 year old who is vomiting. Then maybe you will understand why we didn't run to him the 150 millionth bell ring and drop Ms. Doe on her ass when we were lifting her in the bed.

Don't want to come across like a terrible nurse/person here. Just telling you the truth-the truth you won't hear unless you are a nurse or a husband/wife of one.

Ghost In A Jar

Just when you are having a bad day, you come across something that makes you laugh, very hard until you are rolling! I love ghost stories, and while surfing the net for some, I came across this ghost for sale. Apparently Ebay ended the auction because of how ridiculous this one got, but I mean how could something like this not be ridiculous? Get your laugh on---->eBay item 2931457201 (Ends Jun-05-03 17:51:39 PDT ) - Ghost In A Jar! No Joke Serious Inquiry Only

Who Wants To Be Mayor Of Buffalo?

NCBuy Weird News: Who Wants To Be Mayor Of Buffalo? - 2004-09-17 Maybe we should just pick a new president this way. Our choices would be better, and prob more qualified!

Music worth the download

I have fallen in love with the sound of this band-Tin Ceiling! Their blend of bluegrass, rock, folk is amazing. I have been spending time over at Iuma where you can discover the many wonderfull unsigned artists. Many defiantly should be signed (such as Tin Ceiling) and others well...are talented but not the best I have heard. The music found on this site show a sense of real creativity and talent. No big record labels and money hungry performers. If you love music it is defiantly a good place to experience some of the most talented artists and experimental musical arrangements. I have downloaded several and added them to my winamp playlist, and quite honestly cannot tell the difference between what you have to pay for, and what folks are offering to the audience at Iuma . I might even have to add some great background music to this blog!

Long Day

This has been the longest day...irritating, depressing. My head has hurt from the time I got up until now. I even broke out the narcotics to try and ease the pain, something that only happens once every 2 years.

So Brittany Spears got married...uh...who really gives a sh*t? Why does the media feel like they are reporting news when they fill our heads with stuff nobody even cares about? I seen a tour bus parked at the Holiday Inn...somebody said "oh look wonder who that belongs to, somebody famous must be there" My response was "SO". I just don't care about famous people. I went to nursing school down the road from a very famous hotel, Often famous people would walk by school to get to the little coffee shops etc. I'll admit I sometimes looked twice, but usually that was because of how two big men were with them, and the famous person usually looked unhappy. My thought was not how much fun it would be to be famous and rich and adored like my classmates were thinking, but how awful it must be to have to pay somebody to walk to the starbucks with you. What would that conversation be like? Would they really even care about what you were saying? Or even notice that you were depressed? Would your paid help try and cheer you up? I wouldn't mind having money just so I could actully get out and do something important with my life instead of slaving away trying to pay the bills. Well now that I am into that mode of tired mindless rambling I will sign off until I am more awake!

Can You Hear Me Now? uh NO

Can you hear me now? Verizon Wireless trademark slogan is truth in advertisng like I have never seen before. Can you hear me, is what you will say over and over again. I have never seen such a company that does not attempt to improve their services to their customers. As a customer for the last five years, let me fill you in on my experiences. My first cell phone from Verizon was top of the line! Approx 10 inches long and 2 inches thick. That two tone dark green with puke green lighter colors made up the two color display. I used this phone for three years. Analog service that worked in big towns and occasionally smaller ones. After three years, I finally decided I should update my phone. At that time, I was a little upset at the fact that I never once received mail, or a phone call from Verizon saying "hey you know there are better phones now, digital phones that may be better for you." I signed a new two year contract that is required to get a new phone for what a brand new customer that this company has no prior experience with would get it for. I guess a new face is better for business then a faceless one that pays her bill on time every month. The saleslady never told me I was signing a new two year contract, just assumed I wanted it for two years, and when I said one would be better for me I was told that in order to get the new Nokia phone for 49$ instaed of a whopping $259.99 price a two year contract was required. Of course this was not told to me prior to picking out a new phone, or during the attempt to sell me a phone at their advertised price of 49$. No where was the higher price listed except I guess when you attempt to only sign a contract for one year. So in my despiration to obtain a new phone that might actully receive some kind of wireless phone service, I signed a two year contract. I have spent the last two years with this new Nokia phone, that was obviously digital and analog so therefore has the capablity to pick up some kind of signal beamed from somewhere, apparently my area of the world had no signal beaming signals. My two year contract was finished about 3 months ago. The last straw for me was when apparently last year sometime, my phone number prefix was no longer used in my area so therefore everyone that tried to call me had to dial a long distance number. I didn't realize this as I usually did not make a habit of phoning myself. A friend later informed me when she attempted to call me after placing a long distance block on her phone line. So wasn't that nice of them to make my number long distance for everyone in my area to call? I thought it was even greater customer relations to not bother to let me know or offer to change my number so I could be reached. So here I am with a phone that does not call out from my home or even 15 miles within my home, long distance from here and only God knows where else. So thats it I am done. I walked into T-mobile today, bought a new phone for the actual price listed next to it on the wall and signed a one year contract without a hassle. My new phone has a COLOR display, a background of my choice, funky ring tones with the ability to download the latest ones, instant messenger, text messenger, voice activated dialing and more cool features too numerous to mention. And guess what? I called people all the way home and from my computer desk and never once did I have to say "CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW"!!

So note to self: Stay with T-mobile, phone better, one year contract, price of phone same anytime everytime for all customers, big + :do not have to repeat self, due to other person heard me THE FIRST TIME, get nationwide no roaming for less then over at "Can you hear me now", website works, logged in tonight first visit, still can't log in over at can you hear me now.

So what in the world took me so long?

Ipod Guilty Pleasures

I found a link to this article over at Kottke.org and wanted to also admit my "guilty pleasures"! I love music (who doesn't) and every type of music. Although an Ipod is on my list of wants, not needs, so therefore I do not own one. But I have over 1500 songs on my laptop, more on the desktop, and many more on disks from a recent format that havn't quite made it to etheir computer yet. So I guess I would be ashamed to admit that I have two Brittany Spears songs, "Everytime" and "Oops I done it again". One New Kids On The Block, Hangin' Tough, and yes even One Vanilla Ice lol, "Ice Ice Baby"! A couple Debbie Gibson "Lost In your Eyes, and Out of The Blue". All of The Cars greatest hits, Every single AC/DC album, every Tom Petty album, every Blink-182 album, at least 12 John Mellencamp albums and all of the Goo Goo Dolls. Alot of New Found Glory, Def Leppard, Pure Moods...ok I will stop now! What are you listening to???

Link-O-the-Day

At least in all of my late night depressing moments I havn't resorted to listing all of my posessions online for the world. Although I would think that for insurance reasons in case of a disaster it would be nice to have everything written down somewhere that would not go up in flames with my house, I do not think I would make a website with illistrations! I have to say this is a pretty bad website. Welcome to my home.

Everything Changes

Have you ever sat down and thought about your life, and the changes you have seen? I look back at the last few years of my life and the changes are so many. Yeah I still have the same job, but everything else is diffrent. It is so depressing to find that everything I thought my life would be at this age it is not. The things and people I thought would be in my life forever have all changed, living new lives. It was nothing intentional, it just happened. I thought that I would always have certain people by my side and have found that life changed and so did they. Not that now is so much worse then years ago. Just different. It makes me wonder what the next ten will be like, will it be better? Or worse? Will I be happy? Sometimes those long drives home get me thinking, and then depressed. Since I am the only one up at the wee hours of the night it seems like, I stay depressed here at the computer. No one to talk to. Chat rooms are not my thing at all. A bunch of people trying to connect to someone they do not know is not something I find constructive. I guess netheir is being depressed typing into a blog etheir :0)

9-11

Looking back at the pictures and videos from 9-11 I am saddend by the meaningless loss of lives lost. To wake up, go to work, never to return. All the greif that must wash over those left behind is tremendous. I couldn't help but to scan the net and make a tribute video for my website. you can see it here http://www.thoughtsandinspirations.com

I need some sleep!

Besides needing some sleep, I am stressed out. Sometimes you think that this day has got to be less stressful then the last one, but its not. How long can someone keep going like this? How long can things keep piling up before someone finally breaks? I don't know but I tell ya, its gone be soon if things don't slow down! I try to think how can I decrease this stress? I keep finding the same answer, it all goes back to money. The need for it and then that I have to work for it! Overtime sounds great when I think about the need for money, but the extra hours are killing me. I can afford my lifestyle, but I am also always for the position that a new this or that would be nice. So I have come to the conclusion that I guess I really don't need anything new right, including a new digital camera. This has been on the top of the list of what I really can't afford right now, and what I really want. When I bought my first digital camera it was a nice one (Kodak 2 mega pixels), then my brother went out and bought a nice Canon S50 and I seen the difference between 2 pixels and 5. Now I want five.

At least my internet connection is running smoothly. My broadband had been acting more like dial up this past week.

Do yourselves a favor and don't download Kazaa. I am all for paying for music, but everyonce and awhile I hear a new group or style of music and just don't know if it is for me or not. So in my eyes sampling a few songs from a new band or new genre is not stealing or a crime. There are just so many one hit wonders out there. Big record companies desperate for the dollar, that most music these days suck. If I know an artist is good, then I will buy every album. There are several groups that I own at least 95% of their albums. (Blink 182, John Mellencamp, Def Leppard, New Found Glory just to name a few) I will not buy junk. I am not paying 20$ for mindless ramblings and cheap beats. My new favorite thing to hate is all these so called rap/hip hop artists that remake old songs into rap. 80's music seem to be a popular group of artists to rip off this way. One crapola dumb mindless rambling song on my mind is "Wat Da Hook Gon Be" by Murphy Lee. Need further proof besides the name? If so scroll down :0)

hahahaha u know!...yo yo yo yo,

u neva met a nigga like me yo yo yo,

have u eva seen another man who b doin what i do. ahuh yo!whooo

Now what goes up must come down,

but we aint commin down,

it be the same ole clowns,

evey style pretendin they proud

The sun'll come out tomorrow,

and I will never have to borrow,

I am sure you get the point by now, I will not go into the mindless chorus of "Wat Da Hook Gon Be". Wake up record giants, as long as you peddle crap "illegal" downloading will always be here somewhere. Back to my point Kazaa installs enough spyware that I am sure it is put out by the secret service. In a moment of stupidity I downloaded, installed, opened, then removed Kazaa. Only to have Adaware find 46 spyware applications Kazaa so coviently left behind for me.

It's Me Again

Over a week without internet and you would have thought that someone killed my dog. Thank God it is back on again. It is weird how five years ago I didn't even have a computer, couldn't have even turned one on by myself :0) and now I think that I cannot go without etheir. It is amazing how much of my time is wrapped around this little black box and the internet. I spent my time without thinking of all the things I needed to do when it came back on!