tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112955672024-03-07T21:15:28.735-06:00WilliebeeContents may vary under pressure.Williebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367139551751552864noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295567.post-78305664545454390042009-08-16T13:31:00.000-05:002009-08-16T13:32:51.927-05:00Checking InJust showing Blogs to Killernashville.Williebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367139551751552864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295567.post-63605820512143724742008-03-29T12:53:00.003-05:002008-03-29T12:57:16.204-05:00set adriftSorry gang,This blog is being set adrift. Work and Writing is taking up too much of my time to give a blog the attention it needs to grow, or at least not die.A new blog, work related is coming soon.It will relate, for those who need and care, technology tips for the rest of us.We all see tips show up that involve either for the latest and greatest mega buck technology tools, or the ones that, Williebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367139551751552864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295567.post-39157919802252749102008-02-18T22:54:00.002-06:002008-02-18T22:58:52.919-06:00pencils and first draftsThe February AW Blogchain was/is on the subject of "balance". Somewhere during readingMiss Colby's post in the chain my mind churned up this:On a new pencil, the lead side is 6 1/2 inches long. The eraser is only 1/4 inch.Something about those numbers, I think, means that pencils were designed for first drafts.Williebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367139551751552864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295567.post-66821967800395319302008-02-14T21:33:00.004-06:002008-02-15T09:03:16.918-06:00Balance in the face of a Saint---OK, granted. You can't blame St. Valentine, or even Cupid. We (meaning people) did it to ourselves. Pick a store, any store. It's been there since before New Year's Eve. You know what I mean. The Valentine's chocolate aisle.Flowers die. Diamonds carry a guilt all their own. Chocolate? Goes with every outfit. Every outfit but that pesky swimsuit, right? So, how to keep the weight Williebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367139551751552864noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295567.post-68848852702152421222008-02-12T14:28:00.003-06:002008-02-14T21:31:06.313-06:00Balance and the art of making timeI've volunteered to be a part of the AW February Blog Chain. The subject is "Balance".My turn is coming up in a few, in the meantime, Make some time for a word or two from these nice folks?The Unfocused LifeAuria CortesSpontaneous DerivationOrganized ChaosThe Writer's Round-AboutSpynotesWilliebeeEven in a Little ThingSpittin' (out words) Like a LlamaA Thoughtful LifeLife in ScribbletownMy Path Williebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367139551751552864noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295567.post-46231684052141450162008-02-06T14:02:00.000-06:002008-02-06T14:32:16.145-06:00The Power (and speed) of the Public VoiceRegardless of which side of the ballot you march on, March. Vote. Be Heard.The primaries are just that, primary. The campaigns are a long way from over.Above and beyond that, consider this, please:Then consider this: The speech was given on January 8th.The song and the video were produced and hit the streets in less than a month.Less than a week later it has been seen by more than a million Williebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367139551751552864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295567.post-16257335467748754152008-01-31T21:43:00.000-06:002008-01-31T21:50:05.269-06:00What good's my card, then?--The Republican Debate this week was interesting, if only for the backdrop. Did you know that Ronald Reagan's Presidential Library has a plane in it?Turns out, yeah. President Reagan had Air Force One completely remodeled while he was in office, and then took it home with him. Now it's on display at his library.They wouldn't let me check it out, though.But turning in the inter-library loan EldonHugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354873696259005276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295567.post-53345483502617523472008-01-27T02:52:00.000-06:002008-01-27T03:16:16.346-06:00Lost in the Fifties tonight...Technology today continues to scream along at light speed, bouncing through one prism after another, each new beam racing away to find a prism of it's own to multiply and fracture itself through.I was trying to find an example of just how far and how fast personal computing technology has evolved and came across this:It's from Weezer's "Buddy Holly" video. (Yeah, I could have embedded it here inEldonHugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354873696259005276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295567.post-87660352482113229422008-01-14T12:34:00.000-06:002008-01-14T22:01:46.219-06:00Jonny Man & the Sand People---Some times dreams just offer a peek at the story waiting around the bend...“There’s no truth to the rumors that Rounder Jon escaped from the clutches of the Sand People,” I said loudly. I’d been listening to the three men at the bar argue and debate the stories and rumors that surrounded the old tide runner for over an hour. “What was that?” The youngest and loudest of them assaulted me Williebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367139551751552864noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295567.post-66008252370667836492008-01-10T22:56:00.000-06:002008-01-12T23:37:18.063-06:00Willie and Frank -----Join me in some light reading?EldonHughes has a new story running over atI Found A Knife:Willie & Frank -- Shakespeare and Chemistry.I also spent part of the week going back to the old school; Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep". It's one of Time's all time 100 Novels, written in 1939.Are you into Film Noir? Open this book, pick any paragraph and read aloud."I was neat, clean, shaved and Williebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367139551751552864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295567.post-7066944373260377702008-01-05T18:13:00.000-06:002008-01-05T18:23:41.739-06:00Jesus wished me a Merry Christmas---Some of the local churches (some, not all are invited...) did a light show in the park again this year. Some of the displays included live animals and people.They depict the scene at the inn, (Joseph and Mary outside the inn. Mary is riding a donkey. A friend of mine provides some of the animals. I think he does it just so he can drive by this scene and say, "Hey you. Get off my ass.")Williebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367139551751552864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295567.post-91517898532996686322007-12-10T21:29:00.000-06:002007-12-12T23:24:02.172-06:00Making the List. Checking it Twice. Yup. Still there.--Jen, who is most definitely a Chic Chick has chucked the mouse my way,so here we go...The AW December Blog chain is almost halfway gone, as is the month of December,("Christmas times a'comin', Christmas times a'comin'!")I wanted to take the topic back to the top, with lists.But only because I wanted to pass on something that happened this last weekend.I was reading Christmas stories to kids Williebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367139551751552864noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295567.post-11716024341371189692007-09-21T08:47:00.000-05:002007-09-21T08:59:58.098-05:00Did Mattel fold before China?Check this out. Read a few paragraphs in.Go find a few more stories on this. Check out the news stories on it.Did Mattel just fold and put their manufacturer ahead of their customers?Am I wrong on this? (hey, it's happened before....)But if I'm right, Mattel's not getting another dime from me. It isn't just the patriotism issue, it's the practicality... the safety.If they, as the customer, Williebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367139551751552864noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295567.post-24976267560012426692007-09-08T08:28:00.000-05:002007-09-08T08:44:19.848-05:00my brother's cousin's barber's carwasher told me....---When it comes to news in print (digital or old school) I tend to read the top three paragraphs or so of ongoing stories, and the last couple paragraphs of new ones.With old or ongoing stories there's rarely anything new after the first few 'graphs. So, you can stay up to date just by reading the first couple paragraphs. The rest is regurgitated words from past stories, used to fill the Williebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367139551751552864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295567.post-4233295336342544812007-08-27T22:21:00.000-05:002007-08-27T22:32:49.280-05:00remember red wigglers?---There's one of those marquee signs on a trailer just south of town. It sits next to an open chain link gate.It reads: Henry's Gifts and DecorWE HAVE LIVE WORMSI don't have anything to add to this. You're on your own.Williebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367139551751552864noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295567.post-59631731243365831162007-08-25T21:38:00.000-05:002007-08-25T21:46:48.033-05:00Dinner Impossible, The Final Episode---Dinner ImpossibleTonite's challenge -- You're on a beautiful, picturesque small island in the South Pacific. You've got a box of vanilla wafers, two cans of spray whip creme and a 40 year old Hershey bar. And here are your guests, 300 cannibals. Bon Apetit!Williebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367139551751552864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295567.post-2056784747798280432007-08-04T21:34:00.000-05:002007-08-04T21:45:14.313-05:00We are a weird species, take two-- We've had decades of professional sports figures arrested or investigated (not always both, interestingly enough) for wife beating, drunk driving, dealing, distributing, using drugs, yadda, yadda.A pro quarterback gets busted for dog fighting and the media goes nuts on it.I mean, the only way this should have gotten this kind of press coverage is if he was actually fighting dogs. Lots of Williebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367139551751552864noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295567.post-89679673948044636682007-07-20T07:36:00.000-05:002007-07-20T07:47:34.256-05:00Writing news and an Elvis "Sighting"--Last week "Elvis" appeared at the local VFW. It was big news in town. The local Walgreens was having a sale on cheesy "E" memorabilia. (What I want to see? A mashup of Elvis and Python memorabilia. Stuff like the "I'm not dead yet." t-shirt would take on a whole different meaning. OR! "I'm not dead yet." on the front, and on the back: "And I am NOT working at your K-Mart!"Anyway, DB is Williebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367139551751552864noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295567.post-43029414445941942612007-07-03T23:07:00.000-05:002007-07-03T23:14:34.147-05:00Now available in the deluxe home game edition......We had another episode of the monthly (or so) home refrigerator game--Can You Guess What This Was?As with all made up off the top of my head games, there are rules:Rule 1) You must make your guess before whatever it was disappears down the garbage disposal.Rule 2) You only get one look at whatever it was (while it's on its way to said disposal.)Rule 3) The second person guessing is allowed Williebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367139551751552864noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295567.post-1154662581036632007-06-24T11:48:00.001-05:002007-06-24T11:50:19.588-05:00More News from Cornfield Township......Mrs. Thomas, over to the Farm Bureau? You know, the one with 7 kids and a half dozen grandkids? She had hip replacement last week. She had the doctor put a bear trap in next to where her purse usually hangs. She says the kids still beg for money, but they're taking No a lot more seriously....Williebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367139551751552864noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295567.post-90847901118507748722007-06-18T17:19:00.000-05:002007-06-18T17:27:39.068-05:00Oh the difference in our similaritiesStanding out in my sun stroked backyard I realized how, with but one small sentence, I could demonstrate the vast gulf that exists between how I am similar to, say Marilyn Monroe and yet, how very, very different. Observe:We might have stood, side by side, and announced: "Oh man, am I hot."We would both have been so right... but Sooo different.EldonHugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354873696259005276noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295567.post-35822543550555704582007-06-10T00:34:00.000-05:002007-06-10T00:43:22.654-05:00loose ends, and how cat's are teaching us to comunicateLest ye mere mortals have any doubt that our cats are teaching us their language, I offer this:Meh.If you blog, or regularly read blogs, you already know what it means, the ultimate in "yeah, so what?"Call the cat? You get Meh-ow. Offer the cat something she thinks is boring? Meh-ow.Hold the door open with the cat sitting right in front of it, pretending she want's out? Meh-ow.Meh. We're Williebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367139551751552864noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295567.post-63936529065462068732007-06-08T22:48:00.000-05:002007-06-08T23:42:44.376-05:00Chains that find me---Chains that find me. Chains that bind me. Chains to make me see.As I said a couple posts ago, I volunteered for the AW Blogchain. Kelly at Organized Chaos just tagged me, so here we go:The Chain started with Courage, and ran from comfort foods to food security, to the amazing conditions that people often elect to live in, in order to live in Alaska. Let's touch on all of that, shall we?Williebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367139551751552864noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295567.post-1197603866222387972007-06-03T21:36:00.000-05:002007-06-03T21:37:39.735-05:00A question about child abuse--If it's not appropriate to teach a child to smoke, is it child abuse to make them sit in the smoking section of a restaurant?Or, is it just stupid?Williebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367139551751552864noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295567.post-76445296842945190432007-06-01T20:32:00.000-05:002007-06-01T20:42:48.920-05:00Blindly onward unto the webEvery now and then you have to jump with full keyboard into something you've never done before.So, I agreed to participate in the absolutewrite.com current Blogchain, #9. The idea, as I understand it is, one person posts on their blog, then each person in turn creates a post that has something to do with the previous poster's post. Also, pre-post and post-post you are supposed read the posts Williebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367139551751552864noreply@blogger.com0