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June 23, 2004 by Lenbert
For the second time in as many days, there has been a report on the news regarding the potential ill (long term) effects of the Atkins Diet. Well, it's about dang time! I was wondering when there would be an intelligent, scientific opposition to this diet fantasy. Granted, I am not overweight. I am the unfortunate recipient of some "high metabolism" gene. I actually have to eat A LOT and work out to keep the weight on. I am not working out regularly now, but when I was working out ...
June 21, 2004 by Lenbert
I have taken to feeding squirrels on my back deck. It's a bit ironic because I said that I would post an article here daily (across different categories), but for the past couple days I haven't posted anything, mainly because I've been in a creative dry spell, and I've taken to feeding the squirrels on the back deck. I find myself watching the mammal dynamic taking place right in front of me, as oppsosed to writing something here. I've come to believe that there are about 4 or 5 of the...
June 16, 2004 by Lenbert
(Author's note: With any of my random, abstract thoughts, you can't just "browse". You have to read all of it. They may appear to be rambling at first, but all of my postings are intended to take a person from point "a" to point "b".) Nuradin Abdi was arrested this past week under allegations that he was planning to detonate an explosive device at an Ohio shopping mall. Abidi is a Somali National with ties to al Qaeda. During a press conference to announce Abidi's capture, Attorney ...
June 15, 2004 by Lenbert
People who chronically play the lottery aren't "Gamblers". They are "Alternative 401K Plan Participants". LLS
June 14, 2004 by Lenbert
In my 42 years, I don't believe that I have never done the research on this. Cannon balls DO NOT explode, as much as Hollywood insist's that they do. Or do they? I saw "The Patriot" a few years back, and I was quite amazed at the "reality" of the movie. For all of it's war violence, it was very elegantly directed. One of the minor items from this movie that was pigeon-holed into the back of my brain was the fact that the cannon balls didn't explode. In the movie, the cannon projecti...
June 13, 2004 by Lenbert
I had a restless night last night. I spent a half hour surfing the cable channels for something that would either hold my attention, or lull me into a peaceful slumber. I stumbled on to something completely, utterly terrifying - Geraldo Rivera in Afghanistan, with Jesse Jackson offering live commentary. I watched this sitting bolt upright, clutching the blankets in sheer terror, as the cold sweat poured from my brow. I still get shivers just thinking about it! That cheesey smile, t...
June 12, 2004 by Lenbert
I have a hard time figuring out what the national media deems "important". I use to have a largely pessimistic attitude on human behavior as it applies to the media. The idea that we are all sheep, with the media talking heads being the shepherds....corralling the ideas and beliefs of the general population into THEIR pre-disposed beliefs and suppositions. A local radio talkshow host (kudos to Mac on 1140WRVA) insists that we aren't sheep. We're just ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder). ...
June 12, 2004 by Lenbert
My room mate made the comment this morning: "Boy, your IQ certainly drops a couple of notches on the weekends." I have no argument there. During the Monday-to-Friday work week, my job requires me to be "analytical", "inqusitive" , to look at things from different angles and also to look at things from a "direct cause and effect" standpoint. So during the work week, my television "likes" are the local and national news and current events, TLC, CourtTV, Discovery, The History Channel etc...
June 11, 2004 by Lenbert
Sometimes I wish I were a father..... Just so I could get presents in June. LLS
June 10, 2004 by Lenbert
So, there I was driving to work this morning. It's a 4-lane road and the two lanes in my direction were moving at a pretty good clip. The pack of cars I was trailing was pushing 55 in 45 MPH zone. Both lanes of traffic in my direction were more or less, travelling at about the same speed. Suddenly, and seemingly out of no where, a Ford F150 comes screaming up to my bumper with inches to spare. All I could see was "grill" in my rearview mirror. Apparently, my lane was not moving fast...
June 9, 2004 by Lenbert
I am forced to listen to AM talk radio in my truck. I am "forced" because my FM died a couple years ago and I have a cassette jammed in the tape player (Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2). There is a local radio talk show host that is aired 3pm to 7pm. My drive time home from work is 4:30pm to 5:00pm. So basically, I only get to hear about 30 minutes of the show. The topic yesterday (Tuesday) was "Smoking On Your Work Break". Apparently, there is a law firm here in Richmond, VA that has ...
June 8, 2004 by Lenbert
[Author's note: Moved from "Politics" to "Blogging"]I have felt a need to get this off of my chest. Reagan as a human being, not a politician or a Republican. I graduated from high school in 1981. Before that time, I was merely on the periphery of global events. It was not until I attended college that I became submerged in world events. I mean really, from a peer pressure standpoint, I was forced to become knowledgable in world events to carry a half-way decent conversation with ot...
June 8, 2004 by Lenbert
I've been considering a blog for many months now. Without even remotely trying to make this appear as a solicitation on a "Dating" website, I'm forty-something, male, jack of all trades - master of none. There are a lot of things that I want to say, which I DO say on a regualr basis to close friends. But those conversations are only transient. They fall by the wayside. A blog is just one way for me to see what a complete idiot I can be sometimes. If I were to pick a color to descr...
June 8, 2004 by Lenbert
Just the occasional musings of an ordinary guy