MSN Search-little late!

MSN Search has now decided to take on a whole new Google like apperance. Msn went away long ago as my homepage. "Analysts say Google's aggressive ambitions could pose a formidable threat to Microsoft because it gets to the heart of what drives Microsoft's dominance: its control of the user experience through the Windows operating system. Web search isn't the only place where Microsoft is playing catch-up. In June, Microsoft launched an Internet browser toolbar that blocks pop-up ads and enables search, years after Google had created its own." I do not see myself switching to the MSN toolbar, seeing as I have loved Googles from day one. Just found the little microsoft search page a joke...seeing as it is so close to what Google has been doing for years! The full article is here.

You knew it would happen!

I am sure everyone has heard about the most recent unusual Ebay auction where someone was trying to sell a grilled cheese sandwich with the Virgin Mary's image in it. Well you knew it would happen...another weird unusual auction featuring the Virgin Mary eBay item 5536240604 (Ends Nov-17-04 05:38:24 PST) - CONDOM used by Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese NOT A HOAX ! and there it is. Check out this other strange auction if you are interested in purchasing a 3,000 pound anchor and you have $3,300 to do it with. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3762597319

New Mustang

I have always been, and will always be...a lover of the Chevy Camaro. I have owned both a 89 RS and a 2001 Super Sport in my lifetime. The RS was dependable, fast, and not too expensive to maintain or fix. The 2001 was a joke. Me being me, I just had to have the SS (Supersport) with the extra horsepower so I could blow away the Mustangs in town. The bigger sticker price, obviously did not mean better car. I swear the damn thing fell apart. After just one year and a half I had to get rid of it. I mean I loved it on one hand, on the other I hated it and thought many times about driving it into a telephone pole, a river, or just leaving it running with the keys in it hoping someone would take it. So with my love/hate relationship stated with the Camaro, I just have to say that I love the new 2005 Mustang. It is gorgeous. I have never owned a Ford vehicle, and have sworn that I never will...but I am defiantly admiring this car. Not that I can afford to trade off my new Grand Prix, which I am satisfied with. I would lose to much on my trade that a new car would be a ridiculous notion at the moment. I also have sworn that after the 2001 Camaro deal that I would drive the Grand Prix until it falls apart. I will just admire it from afar.

Awesome Blog

Kevin Sites Blog is a very interesting blog, a look into the war in Iraq not often seen on the nightly news. Worth a visit if you are more interested in the more personal side of this conflict. Looking through the photos brought a tear to my eye just thinking about what our soldiers are going through over there. The sacrifaces they have made to their country (and us) is hard to conceive of in this world full of selfish people. There are no words for thier work.

Who turned off summer?

I know what a boring topic to write about, but at this moment I am freezing, and it is the dominant issue on my mind. I want the 70 degree weather we had two weeks ago. Sure 60-65 during the day is not bad, but this 30 degrees at night is bone chilling. I am starting to regret my mid August decision of ridding my bedroom of its plush carpet to reveal the beautiful, yet cold bare hard wood floors. It will be a long winter.

Scott Peterson convicted of murder

MSNBC - Scott Peterson convicted of murder. I know that we will continue to hear about this trail for awhile. I have to admit, I really havn't followed the case at all. Bits and peices of it has sunk in here or there. I do have to say that I have an overwhelming feeling that he is guilty, and the right verdict was reached. However, I do not pity these jurors. I would not want to be in their place. I think about my own brother, what if he suddenly came to be in Scott Petersons position? To have a jury determine his future when there was no pysical evidence in the home to convict him. As advanced that our sciences are someone can still be convicted without physical evidence and senteced to death. It is scary to a point to think that any one of us could be placed into this position easily by a party willing to bring horror into our lives. I really beleive that he did do it like I said before, but I do not not know if as a juror I could say it without a reasonable doubt.

What would you tell your 16 year old self?

I don't know what got me thinking about this, maybe the rainy, lonely night it has been. I was just thinking how some people when they get old and gray say that they do not have any regrets. I guess probably at the end of your road, the little things won't seem so important. But then again, the little things can have big effects on the rest of your life. These are defiantly the things I wish I knew 10 years ago.



1. Don't waste your time with Marijuana. It does nothing but make you tired. No, just because it made you tired the first time doesn't mean that you will eventually find out that it is great. You will be tired everytime. Telling you this now will let you avoid the embarrassing time of trying to climb out of the car window on the interstate.

2. When you meet Ralph RUN FAR FAR AWAY. If you don't you will spend years trying to get over the emotional abuse and lose part of yourself forever. You will never be the same person again if you give this a**hole the time of day.

3. Enjoy your looks, you are not fat-just wait you will see.

4. When that certain someone tells you that he loves you, or he sends his friends to judge how you feel about being more then friends, don't keep your mouth shut or you will regret it for the rest of your life.

5. Don't waste your time with the drama in highschool, don't lay low and be the peacemaker. Be the Bitch. Trust me those people are insignificant and I know that in your 16 yr old mind you think if you make someone mad by speaking your mind, you won't have any friends, you are wrong. Your real friends will always love you. Might as well find out who they are now. You will save yourself time later, you will have less weddings/babyshowers to attend when you could have been doing something more constructive.

6. Always go with your gut feeling, listen to the little voice in your mind. You will find out way too late that it was right all along.

7. When the rest of your friends drop out of highschool, do it with them. You could have gotten your GED way faster then a diploma, been finished with nursing school before the rest of your class even thinks about what college their going to. Senior Prom was not as great as you think it will be (yeah you guessed it he was kind of a jerk to!) so the GED/Nursing School is the smarter route.