Original post blogged on b2evolution.
[...]The hardest part of designing a new website is making sure it looks correct in all internet browsers. Not only that, but making sure it looks right in all versions of all internet browsers. It's a pain in the butt, but doable, with the exception of Internet Explorer.
Without alot' [...]
Ok, so I have this necklace with a large glass pendant. The past couple of days I've worn it, and my daughter at first called it a phone. Now, my daughter is pretty bright, so I couldn't figure out why she'd make a mistake like that. In fact, she kept' [...]
Hate stickers but your kids love them? Me too. I hate scraping them off of car windows, mirrors, walls, whatever. And storybooks with stickers are stupid. Kids don't realize they can't remove and adjust stickers so pages get ripped, stickers get folded up funny. In short, they look alot more [...]
So, some product reviews. First, the Western Digital WB MyBook external hard drive sucks. I purchased the 1TB Home edition, hoping to avert data loss disaster should something happen to my laptop.
Once home, I moved all of my documents to it. Less than a month later, it crashed. Talk [...]
Wow, have I been neglectful of my blog. I swear it wasn't intentional! I've had oh so many blog post ideas that somehow never made it into type. Tonight I'm kicking that bad habit and am determined it won't happen again!
We're good, nothing earth shaking to report. Well, that's not' [...]
This past month I've been working on a Joomla 1.0 component that does something I've yet been unable to find anywhere else (hence the reason I wrote such a program myself) - it's something akin to an online time clock and billing system. I've named it Trio Billing.
What does [...]
My son's kindergarten class created a book called "How to Cook a Turkey". Each student filled out a page that outlines their idea of how you cook a turkey. Here are a few of the good ones:
"I will shoot him in the woods. He will weight 2 pounds. I will [...]
Those of you with a less than stellar sense of humor can skip to the bottom...
The Project Valour-IT Fundraiser has experienced a thermometer'napping!
(~Done)
*Late at night, as the few members of the Coast Guard team sat in shock watching their [...]
Find it here: [www.dbs.kneedeepinthehooah.com]
(Even though they're on the Army team, kudos to them for the original funny)
Original post blogged on b2evolution.
[...]The annual Project Valour-IT fundraiser started again this year on Veterans Day. It will continue throughout the next 2 weeks until Thanksgiving. In the past, I always joined the Marines Team, (well, lead the team - same thing) because they were the underdogs. Last year however, we almost won! In [...]
If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Delta Airlines one year ago, you would have $49.00 today.
If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in AIG one year ago, you would have $33.00 today.
If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Lehman Brothers one year ago, you would [...]
Beautiful dark themed template with richly colored text, links and icon styling makes this Joomla! 1.5 Admin template a treat to use. Easy on the eyes, users may find this template lessens the eye strain in comparison to more traditional white or lightly colored templates.
Unlike many dark themed templates, [...]
Kids can be more clever and funny than we sometimes give them credit for. My son Thomas is a great example of occasional pure genius in practical jokes.
I often work sitting on the floor of our living room, with laptop in hand. When I take a break, I leave the [...]
ViviaBnne turned 2 today! WOW! Time sure does fly. Unfortunately, our son Timmy was sick and had tospend today (and tonight) in the hospital. Timmy adores Vivi - and vice versa- so we didn't do a party for her today. Timmy would have been sad to miss it. so we [...]
But did you really miss anything? That seems to be the question this year. This year's motto could have been "Deja Vu". Or "Been there, done that, already have the t-shirt". Perhaps this year's theme came across as 'unless you mix this with something people are already planning to attend, [...]
And where do you think the inhabitants of Castle Argghhh stayed this weeked during the BlogWorld Expo and Milblog Conference?
Where else!
Original post blogged on b2evolution.
[...]Arrived in Vegas today! Can hardly wait to attend the Blog World Expo and Milblog Conference this weekend! I may even blog several days in a row again! 
The fun starts tomorrow night with the BlackFive Party at 7pm. Expo [...]
Arrived in Vegas today! Can hardly wait to attend the Blog World Expo and Milblog Conference this weekend! I may even blog several days in a row again! 
The fun starts tomorrow night with the BlackFive Party at 7pm. Expo [...]
A few days ago we took my oldest son and three of his friends to a nice restaurant for dinner. One of his friends ordered a steak (I think for the first time). The waiter asked him, "And how would you like it cooked?"
My son's friend looked shocked a [...]
A few days ago we took my oldest son and three of his friends to a nice restaurant for dinner. One of his friends ordered a steak (I think for the first time). The waiter asked him, "And how would you like it cooked?"
My son's friend looked shocked a [...]
The Soldiers’ Angels warehouses in NC & CA are a wee bit like Mother Hubbard's cupboard.... E-M-P-T-Y!
Please be aware that both warehouses send out MUCH needed items to the soldiers (male & female), wounded service members and all those in need.
Everyone understands the financial tightness going on now....but [...]
The Soldiers’ Angels warehouses in NC & CA are a wee bit like Mother Hubbard's cupboard.... E-M-P-T-Y!
Please be aware that both warehouses send out MUCH needed items to the soldiers (male & female), wounded service members and all those in need.
Everyone understands the financial tightness going on now....but [...]
Well, it's been a busy spring, that's for sure! In case you haven't totally given up on my blogging, I've got a boring personal update post for you. Cute and funny stories ahead, I promise, so keep reading! First of all, for the exciting news, we've managed to move into [...]
Well, it's been a busy spring, that's for sure! In case you haven't totally given up on my blogging, I've got a boring personal update post for you. Cute and funny stories ahead, I promise, so keep reading! First of all, for the exciting news, we've managed to move into [...]
This summer my church is going on a mission trip to Lima, Peru. Most people signed up for the trip last January. I felt led then to find out more information, but didn't. Guess I was being stubborn or something. I'm not a missionary, what on earth could I do? [...]
This summer my church is going on a mission trip to Lima, Peru. Most people signed up for the trip last January. I felt led then to find out more information, but didn't. Guess I was being stubborn or something. I'm not a missionary, what on earth could I do? [...]
Grace Church in Eden Prairie will host its 9th annual “We Salute Our Veterans” program to honor veterans on Saturday, May 17, beginning at 10:00 a.m. The program will feature former NASA astronaut Jack Lousma (Colonel, USMC, Retired). Colonel Lousma was in the Marine Corps for 25 years. While working [...]
Grace Church in Eden Prairie will host its 9th annual “We Salute Our Veterans” program to honor veterans on Saturday, May 17, beginning at 10:00 a.m. The program will feature former NASA astronaut Jack Lousma (Colonel, USMC, Retired). Colonel Lousma was in the Marine Corps for 25 years. While working [...]
Today my hubby and I were in the kitchen when he did something particularly clumsy. My hubby is more the affectionately ornery sort, so I kept my mouth shut as I looked at him askance, but the expression on my face must have spoke volumes. He looked at me and [...]
Today my hubby and I were in the kitchen when he did something particularly clumsy. My hubby is more the affectionately ornery sort, so I kept my mouth shut as I looked at him askance, but the expression on my face must have spoke volumes. He looked at me and [...]
Is anyone else with me?
What? Let me get this straight. V-8 has a full serving of vegetables. So, if you drink one, why the heck do you need to actually eat your vegetables? So you can get 2 servings? I'm just saying, it's weird! If you drink the V-8, [...]
Is anyone else with me?
What? Let me get this straight. V-8 has a full serving of vegetables. So, if you drink one, why the heck do you need to actually eat your vegetables? So you can get 2 servings? I'm just saying, it's weird! If you drink the V-8, [...]
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Soldiers' Angels Traveling Museum
Brandon nominated his mother for America's Favorite Mom. Copy and paste this link in your address bar and vote for her! We'd really appreciate it!
My Mother Patti-Patton Bader
Is one of the most amazing woman in the world, literally. She has done more for me and the [...]
Need some advice? Something that will inspire and encourage you without saying anything really substantiative? You need to ask the Barak Obama Magic 8-Ball!!
Go ahead, ask it a question and then click the 8-ball for your motivating answer that leaves the real thinking to you!
Ask the [...]
...and we are the actors. Or at least everyone at Barnacle's Resort in Lake Mille Lacs, MN are. I just love creativity and cleverness bundled together to defeat stupid ban laws. Like the smoking ban passed in Minnesota last fall. Even though I no longer smoke, I really resent the [...]
Yep. That time of year again! Happy Birthday to me! And if you want to send me a present...
... Click here! (come on - you know you want to!)
[...]These things are hilarious!! Just watch a herd of them get startled.
Bwaaahaaaahaaaa!!!
And, for a little known fact you may not be aware of...
Last night after the President's speech an impromptu poll was held by text message, and it was determined that Ron Paul won the State of the Union by 40%.
[...]I don't care who you are, this is just funny!
[...]The First Executive Soldiers' Angels Meeting will take place Feb 21-23, 2008 in Pasadena, California. We are excited to announce that Soldiers' Angels Volunteers across the country, your friends, family and more as well as our troops will be able to listen to key leaders as they are interviewed LIVE [...]
On one Christmas morning a little kid made with a magical hat.And on that very night the snowman came to
life."I,m alive"said the snowman!TO BE CONTINUED
And again - Bwwaaaahaaahaaa!
Where else can you find code like this:
/* Boy, would I like to make the thing expire one second ago, or what?
Of course I would. But that slimy, stinking, load of pig manure
that is called Netscape/1.1N doesn’t pay any attention to [...]
Seems a ligitimate question to a 7 year old. My son Thomas asked me the other day if people have nuggets inside them like chickens do. He was assuming that a nugget was a body part like a thigh or wing. He just wondered if we had nuggets too. [...]
When the laptop exploded Devin "said what the"'.Lukas standed up "ok then" said Lukas.Devin,and Jared
screamed."Be quiet "said Lukas.Suddenly the ghost disapeared .So did Lukas,Jake,devin,and Jared.THE END
Tell your friends or anybody about this story if you want to.
[...]A GIRL'S ESSAY ON BOYS
Boys are men that have not got as big as their papas, and girls are women that will be ladies by and by. Man was made before woman. When God looked at Adam he said to himself: "Well, I think I can do better [...]
Totally icky. White trash or not, this is why I drink pop out of the can.
[...]I've mentioned before that I really love a beautifully laid out table for a dinner party. Atmosphere is half the experience, and beautiful place settings are really fun to put together. I have a tip for those of you who like to use antiques in their decorating.
Antique Victorian Christmas [...]
My dearly loved great-grandmother passed away the night before last, just 3 weeks after her 100th birthday. No words can express how much I'll miss her, and how I'd selfishly have loved to keep her here on earth for another century. But I know with assurance that she is in [...]
Dinner was at our house today. I love to go all out with my table display and food served.
The plates (click any pictures to see where to buy them):
Flatware This picture sucks, but the pieces are very pretty. They are both frosted and shiny silver.
Try this out this coming Sunday. When it's time to mention prayer requests raise your hand and mention you lost your car keys. Would you get a few strange looks? Assuming you've actually lost your keys and have been searching for them without success, would it still seem right to [...]
This past Sunday, at the end of our Sunday School class, everyone was asked for items of praise or prayer to close with. Up on the blackboard were written the words 'praise' and 'prayer' and each item was written down under the appropriate category as it was mentioned.
Now ordinarily [...]
Things I've learned in the past 24 hours - transformer toys don't always transform, and the X-Box 360 is a piece of crap.
Riddle #1: What do you call a transformer toy that only resembles a toy that transforms?
Riddle #2: If the X-Box 360 were made in China, how [...]
Ok, I'm not really a sandwich fanatic, and I hardly ever buy deli sandwiches at gas stations. I just had to preface this post. Anyways, Super America has the best sandwich ever. I'm gonna have to make some at home. It's their roast beef sandwich. I [...]
As much fun as it's been this year to participate in the Project Valour-IT blogging fundraiser competition, donations seemed unusually slow to trickle in. I might have thought the cause was me, as my blog has a much smaller readership than the other team leaders. But the other team's [...]
Today is the Marine Corps Birthday, and we're inviting the other services branches to our party and serving up a generous helping of
eat
our
dust.
Teee Heeeee!
Have you given a birthday present yet?
[...]Here's the 1st Place Trophy I'm looking forward to bestowing on the Army team at the end of the Valour-IT Fundraising competition.
You did know that's what 2nd place really means didn't you?
[...]Beginning today, those who donate more than $25 to the Project Valour-IT fund raiser will receive a Soldiers' Angels gold coin. Donors must use a team button to receive a coin.
This military-style challenge coin is available marked for each of the team service branches (Soldier, Sailor, [...]
Patti Bader, the founder of Soldiers' Angels, has been awarded Microsoft's Above and Beyond Effort Award! Patti will be accepting the award next week on November 12th in New York City's Rainbow Room.
From the Microsoft site:
Microsoft Corp., in collaboration with the United Service Organizations (USO), [...]
JUST SAYIN...... USMC Birthday November 10th
Not that I think it'll bring in what this book auction is, but it's what I have to give. So, I'm auctioning a signed copy of my book From Here to There, with the winner also having the option to have me add a personal message with [...]
Marine team bloggers:
Post about Valour-IT today and then send your trackbacks, or leave your link in the comments and I'll add them to this post!
A Blog for All: Marines Currently In Second Place In Project Valour IT Fundraising Effort
Fuzzilicious Thinking: Gift for Donors
Caos Blog: Marine Corps [...]
I've finished the book Hard Corps by Marco Martinez. If you've not yet bought the book I highly recommend it. Marco writes about his life as a teenager, his decision to join the Marine Corps, and follows through to the present. The book is a must read.
Marco's 2004 [...]
A few selections of writing work from my 8 year old son...
Acrostic Poem
Halloween
by: Lukas Aho
High loads of candy
And pumpkins
Like trick-or-treating
Like going to houses
Over eating candy
With going to houses
Even kids putting on masks
Even kids getting candy
Not pumpkins
No Title Story...
[...]
Today is my great-grandmother's 100th birthday! I can't imagine the things she's experienced first-hand that we can only read about in history books. To have been in kindergarten when the Titanic sank! (and yes, she remembers that too)
So Happy Birthday Great-Grandma!!
[...] This video is teaching self-defense to Japanese women who might be attacked by an English speaking mugger. It's weird, and what the heck is the fat white dude wearing on his head? Is that underwear? Why is the string part of it under his nose?
...Take anything you want....
[...]Well, from the show Spongebob anyways. The comment was actually from Patrick, and for some reason it had me giggling. Spongebob spies a billboard about potato chips, which says they are the best tasting chips ever. Spongebob says, "They most certainly are not the best tasting chips."
And Patrick says, "Especially [...]
So, I'm a member of a church group for mothers of teens, and we meet each week. Once a month there's a large meeting with several churches and we have a special speaker. I really look forward to the special meetings and was anticipating the one we had today for [...]
As of 9:46 CST the Marine Corps team is trailing the Army team by approx $900. Enjoy it while you can, Army team members. It'll hurt more later when you lose utterly!
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha [...]
Huh. And it's a real article, not a spoof! (hard to tell the difference these days, isn't it?) The gist of the article is that some stupid study recommends congressional oversight over the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, calling for clear guidelines for releasing arrested parents to minimize harm [...]
Michelle is donating $25 to the Project Valour-IT fundraiser for each left-wing blogger that joins the fundraiser blogging competition (any team, I assume), up to $250. That seems simple enough - just join a team, and $25 will be donated! Any left-wing bloggers up to the challenge? [...]
And, in other news - Obama's campaign theme song "We are family" strikes close to home as Hillary accuses Obama of taking her 'it takes a village' idea too far. Who is this guy NOT related to? And why don't they admit it in advance? Is there some other poor [...]
Well, the Valour-IT fundraiser is off to a fantastic start, and it's exciting as usual to watch the donation meters track each teams' progress! Of course, when the donation meters aren't updating themselves as they should, it's like watching grass grow. At the North Pole.
That's what [...]
Join the Marine Corps Team!!
The annual Project Valour-IT Veteran's Day Fundraiser is coming in less than 3 hours! (if you're on CST that is 
) It's that time of year again, and I'm honored to again have the [...]
...is like eating a box of Oreo cookies without removing the box. Who thought up their horrible idea to use regular pizza crust (thin) instead of something delicious like graham cracker? At the very, very least, not thin crust! Nasty! 
Jamal al-Badawi is reeeeaaaallly sorry for his involvement in the USS Cole bombing that killed 17 American sailors, so he's been released from jail and is "receiving well-wishers at his home in the al-Buraika district in Aden."
Really.... Do I need to call first or can I just drop by?
Most [...]
Want to track the space station in real time? You can do that here. My hubby says it should be bigger, what the heck are they researching up there anyways in that little tin can? "They're not taking air samples!"
[...]UPDATE: 6:07 AM: Bobby Calvan's blog, posts and all- along with an apology, are back up!
Yes, I’m obviously new to blogging. Sometimes I share too much. The blogosphere has reacted and pointed out my folly. Yes, I can be pushy. Arrogant, too. I can also be wrong.
Consider [...]
Microsoft and is having a 'Salute to the Troops' (week? month? not sure there) ..event, in any case, and part of it is having a few awards. Patti Bader, founder of Soldiers' Angels is a finalist for the Above and Beyond award.
Microsoft Corporation, in partnership with the [...]
From my local paper:
Former Jordanite assumes command of Red Bulls
Former Jordan resident Maj. Gen. Richard Nash took command of the Minnesota Army National Guard's 34th Infantry Division during a ceremony last weekend.
After more than 35 years of service, Maj. Gen. Rick Erlandson relinquished the position on Oct. 13 during [...]
This local post office used to have a wall with pictures of local soldiers on it. Not any longer.
But a spokesperson for the United States Post Office says regulations specify that only official postal announcements and other government notices can be put up on the walls.
“We just cannot [...]
Michael Yon is offering permission to all newspapers that are a member of the National Newspaper Association to print excerpts of his dispatches, along with photographs.
Those readers can first check to see if their local paper is a member of the NNA . Because only NNA members [...]
In case you missed it, here's the Really Big Guide to Secret Menu Items. Huh.
[...]A computer virus that has a purpose other than vandalism? Apparently so.
It's called the Storm worm. It first appeared at the beginning of the year, hidden in email attachments with the subject line: '230 dead as storm batters Europe'. The PC of anyone who opened the attachment became [...]
Tonight we're getting together with a few couples from church as a fun 'adults only' dinner. I'm to bring the potatoes, and one of the couples indicated they need gluten free food due to allergies.
Last spring I thought I was suffering from this as well (fortunately it was my [...]
...a true American, according to this billboard. The billboard IS entertaining, with Hugo Chavez holding the Citgo gas sign and the words: 'Don't by gas, from this ass' around him. As funny as the sign is, the news story cracked me up even more...
Mickey Donaldson says he's never seen [...]
