Plasma Cutting

Anyone in the market for the highest quality equipment fo the cutting of heavy sheet metal should look into the products offered by Kaliburn. They have five levels of plasma cutting systems, each one of them is a superior product, designed to meet the needs of various customers. The Spirit system is the latest addition to the line and the most innovative, with a number of new features!
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My Old Bag!

I am mourning the loss of my favorite piece of luggage ever. On my recent trip to Singapore, the red canvas bag with wheels that I have had for about six years finally gave up the ghost. I have made many trips with that old bag, and I will miss it. I only hope I can find another to serve me as well!




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Perry Spares Convict!

Governor Rick Perry of Texas surprised a lot of people yesterday making it a very unusual day. A death row inmate in Texas had his sentence commuted to life without parole. It was only six hours before the execution of Kenneth Foster Jr. was to take place.

Foster was convicted as the driver of the get away car in a robbery in which his partner shot and killed the owner of the store being robbed. In Texas the law places the same guilt on all participants of a crime that ends in a homicide, so Foster was to die, just as the gunman did for his pulling the trigger. Governor Rick Perry decided that the punishment did not fit the crime of being the driver, so he commuted the sentence.

That is rare in Texas!






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Bogus Advertising

Talk about bad slogans!

Over the past few weeks, while watching the Astros' broadcasts, I have seen an ad campaign by Just For Men, the hair color product. They have had some lame campaigns in the past, such as the one that featured Keith Hernandez and Walt Frazier commenting on guys in a sports announcer manner. But I am really irritated by the current slogan. They urge men to cover up their gray hair with the line, "Let the real you come through." I cannot imagine how that got sold to the company as a clever.

I do not know why the line tweaks me so, maybe it only irritates me because I have so little hair left that I could color!






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Dangerous Fortune

My latest audio book to hear was an unabridged version of Dangerous Fortune by Ken Follett. The book is a story of a banking family and the world situation in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The fortunes of the Pilaster Family in London is the primary thread of the book. It is a good story and an interesting look into a segment of history that I had never investigated. A good read!






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Allergic Reaction--To Chocolate

I was sitting in my comparative anatomy class, minding my own business when I began to feel a strange sensation around my mouth, nose and chin. It felt as though my face was swelling. I covered my lower face with my hand left hand and continued to take notes till class was over.

I then went to the infirmary to see if the nurse had any idea of what to do. When I walked in she looked at my face and said, "Uh oh, allergic reaction." I said, I was just sitting in class and had not been bitten by a bug, nor had anything else happened I could think of that would be the cause.

She asked me what I had eaten for breakfast. I told her nothing, only had a coke on the way to class. She asked what I had for supper last night, but when I told her, she said that was not the problem. Next she wanted to know what I had eaten after supper. I told her my wife had made a pan of brownies and I had eaten several while they were still warm, with a glass of cold milk!

Her immediate reaction was, "that's it, you are allergic to chocolate." I let out a shout heard all over campus "Nooooooo!"
I said I had eaten chocolate all my life and never had a negative reaction. I said "maybe it is coca cola, I drink lots of cokes". She replied that coke has chocolate in it. I was devastated, losing chocolate and coca cola all in one moment.

I asked if there was any doubt. She told me that I could go have a series of tests run to confirm, but that she had no doubt. She suggested that I go a few days without chocolate and then try a bite and I would know the answer soon enough.

Since I did not really want to know, I went a week or so without chocolate. But one morning my 2 year old was eating a Marathon candy bar and offered me a bite. Without thinking I took a small bite, congratulating my baby for her spirit of sharing.

Within minutes my body was coverd with welts the size of golf balls. I was miserable and very sad. I then went about three months without any chocolate. At Halloween the girls brought home lots of goodies and I opened a little box of Milk Duds, three measly Milk Duds! Within a few minutes of eating those morsels my face began to swell, my windpipe closed off and I was gasping for breath.

I decided that day that I like breathing more than I like chocolate, but it is only by a very narrow margin!



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Erroll Le Vant's Top Ten Elvis Presley Songs

Everyone should take the time to read these lists of my personal favorties, because they are those of Erroll Le Vant

1. Jail House Rock

2. Wooden Heart

3. Don't Be Cruel

4. Can't Help Falling In Love

5. Heartbreak Hotel

6. Return To Sender

7. It's Now Or Never

8. Suspicious Minds

9. All Shook Up

10. Blue Suede Shoes


What are your favorites?

Erroll Le Vant's Top Ten Television--Western Series!

Everyone should take the time to read these lists of my personal favorties, because they are those of Erroll Le Vant.

1. Gunsmoke

2. Have Gun, Will Travel

3. Rawhide

4. Wagon Train

5. The Virginian

6. Maverick

7. Cheyenne

8. Bonanza

9. The Lone Ranger

10. Roy Rogers


What are your favorites?

Homeland Security

I received this picture in an email a little while ago, I hope I am not infringing on copyrights to post it here today. Do you suppose the guys in the picture have any ideas of what happens when immigration is not controlled? I have a strong feeling that they would!







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Luke's Skywalker in Space

There was a big promotional stunt yesterday, beginning in Oakland and ending in Houston. In Oakland there was a big send off of actor Mark Hammil, aka Luke Skywalker. There was an equivalent amount of fanfare when he arrived in Houston. He was carrying the light sabre movie prop used by Luke in the origianl Star Wars movie. It is going to be aboard the space shuttle when it takes off next month. It is all a part of the 30th anniversary of the release of the movie.






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Beijing Olympics

Preparations for the Summer Olympic Games will probably intensify now as the games are less than a year from being conducted in Beijing, China. Now doubt there will be some impressive facilities and the world will enjoy the presentations from the Chinese capital. I hope the people of the country will benefit from the scrutiny of the world!

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Michael Vick

Do you think Michael Vick will ever play in the National Football League again, following his confession to conspiracy charges regading dog fighting and gambling activities? He also admitted to brutally killing dogs that were not performing up to the standards necessary to win against other dogs. Fans have certainly turned against him.

I'm "betting" he plays again.






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School Starting

Tomorrow is the first day of school for the public schools in our area. It is a bit later date than we have had for several years. We have been starting about August 10 and finished in late May. This school year will not conclude till June 4.






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Cash In The Attic and Bargain Hunt

I am sitting here today doing a little blogging and watching BBC America on the television. I do not know how it happened but I am hooked on Cash in the Attic and Bargain Hunt. I watch them every Friday morning, my day off. It is strange to me that I would enjoy auctions of British antiques, but what can I say?





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MacBook 2.0

My daughter is a dedicated MacIntosh user, and she has been working on me to get a MacBook when I upgrade my laptop. I have been hesitating to spend the money, but today in the Frey's Electronics section of the newspaper this morning there is a MacBook 2.0 for less than $950. I am wavering!





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Jesus in the Floor

There are frequent reports of Jesus or the Virgin Mary making appearances in some of the most unusual places. I am more than a bit skeptical that these images are the result of visitaions of the divine. But I suppose the "visions" at least indicate that the divine is on the mind of those who "see" Jesus in every day places.

What do you think of such images?

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