Ramblings of Silver Blue

Schoolyard BullyYou are 28% Rational, 57% Extroverted, 71% Brutal, and 14% Arrogant. You are the Schoolyard Bully! You focus more on feelings than rationality, and thus tend to be driven by your emotions. You are probably easy to anger or annoy, for instance. You are also an extrovert who wouldn’t mind having a lot of [...]

Judy, the editor of a trivia publication, was having trouble with her computer. So she called Dave, the computer guy, over to her desk. Dave clicked a couple buttons and solved the problem. As he was walking away, Judy called after him, “So, what was wrong?” And he replied, “It was an ID ten T [...]

Chicken Frangelico Ingredients 8 tsp butter; divided 6 tb extra virgin olive oil 8 8-oz boneless; skinless chicken breast, pounded thin Salt and pepper to taste Flour for dusting 5 shiitake mushrooms; sliced 1/4 cup pecan halves 1/4 c Frangelico 4 tb good-quality brown sauce 3 tb honey 2 tsp Dijon mustard Instructions Heat 6 [...]

Please don’t let me forget that DiGiorno tastes better than delivery. It’s cheaper, and it won’t involve the cops. Woman jailed after calling 911 about pizza man CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP) — An 86-year-old woman was jailed after police said she called emergency dispatchers 20 times in a little more than a half-hour — all [...]

Thanks to Tink for passing this on. Blueberry-White Morsels Biscotti Estimated Times: Preparation – 30 min | Cooking – 41 min | Cooling Time – 1 hrs cooling | Yields – 2 dozen biscotti These delicious biscotti are so easy to make; start with a blueberry muffin mix and add NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Premier White [...]

Your Birthdate: May 21 Being born on the 21st day of the month (3 energy) is likely to add a good bit of vitality to your life. The energy of 3 allows you bounce back rapidly from setbacks, physical or mental. There is a restlessness in your nature, but you seem to be able to [...]

“Don’t Say Nothing’s Changed” – Kim Wilde Don’t say nothing’s changed with you I can hear it in your sighs The way that you can’t look me in the eyes that’s spelling out bad news So don’t say it’s the same way too… No, I can’t say I’m suprised ‘cos I could see it in [...]

You scored as Idealist. Idealism centers around the belief that we are moving towards something greater. An odd mix of evolutionist and spiritualist, you see the divine within ourselves, waiting to emerge over time. Many religious traditions express how the divine spirit lost its identity, thus creating our world of turmoil, but in time it [...]

No. It just goes to show how paranoid bureaucrats will latch onto any possible “fix.” Some background: due to 9/11, and loopholes in Virginia law, a number of the hijackers ended up with Virginia Identification. Because of this, the “wise” decision has been made to end “on the spot” issuing of licenses so that photo [...]

Farewell to one of the icons of my childhood. Voice of Tony the Tiger dies Thurl Ravenscroft dead at 91

I am in need of a place to go to get royalty-free graphics …. the kind you would find in 50s/60s type advertisements. Wonder what the heck I’m talking about? Well, up in the header, with the exception of the Roxette Bunny™ and the Kylie Minogue graphic, all the graphics (the Caffeinated, Barbies, Gossip, Lifts, [...]

“Melt” by Erin Hamilton Written by Marco Scapillato, Scott Anderson Come to heaven, baby slip into my world… let your mind run free. This is not forever, just a brief surrender… leading to a perfect memory. Night is closing in, melt into my skin… come taste this fantasy, melt into me. I will guide you [...]

“Frozen” by Madonna You only see what your eyes want to see How can life be what you want it to be You’re frozen When your heart’s not open You’re so consumed with how much you get You waste your time with hate and regret You’re broken When your heart’s not open Mmmmmm, if I [...]

Tonight has been busier than I thought it would be, but that’s a good thing. I’m just now able to sit down to ye olde blog. (1) I am so sick of people who feel that if you don’t back the military or the president, or the government 100% that you’re “Anti-American” or you “just [...]

Top 22 Signs You’ve Had Too Much of the 90′s: 22) Cleaning up the dining area means getting the fast food bags out of the back seat of your car 21) Your reason for not staying in touch with family is that they do not have email addresses 20) Keeping up with sports entails adding [...]

Made by OzGuru Which tells you: According to the obituary notices, a mean and unimportant person never dies.

Taken from the Goddess Dawn 1. What is the last movie you saw in a theater? “Beauty Shop” 2. If you could create your own reality TV show, what would it be? Something having to do with dysfunctional families and how to rid yourself of the idiots who take advantage of you one too many [...]

The city of Hampton needs to get its act together — there’s the fledgling Power Plant Plaza which, except for Bass Pro Shops, could be considered run of the mill (Texas Steak House, Lone Star Steak House, Lowe’s, Cracker Barrel, Joe’s Crab Shack, Cold Stone Creamery (yawn, yawn, yawn)). Hampton’s also trying to beef up [...]

I’ve said lots about this mess of assessments and bunk with the city’s tax base. An interesting article from the local Daily Press is included in the extended section. Here’s a pertinent point: Her problem is one shared by many people living on a fixed income and trying to cope with property tax increases. Vittorini [...]

Ok, so you’re not PhotoShoppy. You’re wordsmithy. Or something like that. Leave a comment with a quote or two (or ten) that you’d like to see in the banner at the top. Just another way to try and keep stuff fresh.

Your Life: The Soundtrack Created by aiko and taken 26425 times on bzoink! Opening credits Silver Blue – Roxette Waking up Awakening – Sasha Lazard Average day Lifelines – a-ha First date To Love Again – Jane Olivor Falling in love You Opened My Eyes – Bosson Love scene Melt – Erin Hamilton Fight scene [...]

that I won’t soon forget. I sang a special at church (A Season In Your Path) which some people misunderstood from my introduction as being a “goodbye” song (i.e., I was leaving the church), when in fact I was only saying “Thank You” for the times we’ve had together so far. The Choir put in [...]

Yesterday, being my birthday, was a 99% computer free day. I checked my email at 4am, and again at 9pm. The rest of the day was spent away from the PC, and away from the house as well. Tink and PoloRandy took me to Romano’s Macaroni Grill, where dinner was good, but not as good [...]