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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598584120899286612009-10-25T14:32:27.616-07:00Marked NewsHamsters, Political Animals, and Couples Living the Good Lifemarkednews@hotmail.com (Henry)markednews@hotmail.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159858412089928661.post-91760751468341808942009-08-30T00:30:00.000-07:002009-08-30T02:13:16.738-07:00Waiting Stomata

Waiting StomataPoem by Henry SanDiego, written for his beloved fiancé Alison I was a flower a soft tender flowerTicking away hoursNo bees to kiss my petals or stomataI was dour oh so dourI pretended to be a rose but not meant to beMy tender soft petals pedestrian hiding pbHollow and wanting love truthseeker my larrupOh he was so sad I had truth fled a daily pleaFor you see I had found my life

markednews@hotmail.com (Henry)markednews@hotmail.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159858412089928661.post-9884429293071529812009-07-24T23:24:00.000-07:002009-07-24T23:25:26.219-07:00

The Heavens in Trouble called an A TeamGod, Allah, Muhammad, Jesus, and Buddha were drinking a beer one day. The Gods were in Heavens situation room listening to reports of how the world was losing contact with its people. Religions were being led by charlatans. The disarray was horrible and the Gods in heaven were so sad.One day Allah suggested that it was indeed not so bad since we United

markednews@hotmail.com (Henry)markednews@hotmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159858412089928661.post-38988096851106201012008-10-23T21:50:00.000-07:002008-10-23T22:08:11.544-07:00Uncle Bill

RIP William John Foley March 1923 - October 2008

markednews@hotmail.co.uk (Alison)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07282369475234403689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159858412089928661.post-35683107951911237062008-08-13T11:46:00.001-07:002008-08-13T11:57:53.691-07:00Olympets 2008

HONG KONG (AFP) - As athletes from around the world sweat it out in Beijing, Hong Kong's pampered pets are being put though their paces in their own version of the Olympic Games.From rabbit hurdles and parrot rope-climbing to cat agility contests, a Hong Kong pet shop has organised 10 weeks' worth of events to try to promote sport for animals.Organiser Howard Cheung, who runs the city-centre

markednews@hotmail.co.uk (Alison)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07282369475234403689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159858412089928661.post-90275549516223804202008-06-23T23:25:00.000-07:002008-12-12T22:33:34.903-08:00Australia’s alleged “fat bomb”

AUSTRALIA has become the fattest nation in the world, with more than 9 million adults now rated as obese or overweight, according to an alarming new report. The most definitive picture of the national obesity crisis to date has found that Australians now outweigh Americans and face a future “fat bomb” that could cause 123,000 premature deaths over the next two decades. If the crisis is not

markednews@hotmail.com (Henry)markednews@hotmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159858412089928661.post-13957763907509473072008-04-09T11:58:00.000-07:002008-12-12T22:33:35.076-08:00Auntie Barb

R I PBarbara Alice Goodridge(Nee Foley) February 1916 - April 2008

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder.I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being.She said, 'Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I'm eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?'I

markednews@hotmail.co.uk (Alison)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07282369475234403689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159858412089928661.post-46093314622557488642008-04-06T09:15:00.000-07:002008-12-12T22:33:35.224-08:00We need some Good Small Banks and Bankers

Banks and Credit Unions Dirty little secret; Small Banks could of prevented the recent lending practice; Big banks need to be prohibited from buying small banks so easily.Banks have historically not loved the poor, but they never actively abused them. Recent events in the home mortgage industry show us all too clearly how big banks and their agents simply care less about people as individuals and

markednews@hotmail.com (Henry)markednews@hotmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159858412089928661.post-37630731050213300932008-03-26T00:19:00.000-07:002008-12-12T22:33:35.421-08:00Segway inventor Dean Kamen meets Colbert

I watched the Colbert report last night and as usual found it funny and enlightening. I am posting this as a footnote to myself to not forget that we have many inventions in-the-bag that can be enormously helpful to the world.Dean Kamen has invented a devise that cleans 1000 liters of water a day for nearly no cost. This could help eliminate nearly all disease in certain parts of the world at

markednews@hotmail.com (Henry)markednews@hotmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159858412089928661.post-54856719574753272042008-03-26T00:09:00.000-07:002008-12-12T22:33:35.617-08:00I found it interesting the idea of spying on oneself.

I found the concept of spying on yourself to see what others see from your cookies an interesting idea. I haven't used the software yet, but I am downloading it to get an idea of how much my privacy is compromised by cookies. So far, this only works on Firefox or Flog.It would be nice to see some discussion on this. The subject line above links to the site which tells more about this:http://

markednews@hotmail.com (Henry)markednews@hotmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159858412089928661.post-9669709076152308002008-03-24T12:42:00.001-07:002008-12-12T22:33:35.715-08:00A Little Humour

markednews@hotmail.co.uk (Alison)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07282369475234403689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159858412089928661.post-19154431165605605862008-03-16T14:23:00.001-07:002008-03-16T15:06:21.563-07:00It makes a nice change to receive an email with true sentiment, and not the usual ones where you're threatened with ill luck if you don't pass it on

Five lessons about the way we treat people1 - First Important Lesson - Cleaning Lady.During my second month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions until I read the last one:'What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?' Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times. She was

markednews@hotmail.co.uk (Alison)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07282369475234403689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159858412089928661.post-79502799191283170902008-03-14T12:31:00.000-07:002008-03-15T05:33:11.346-07:00A different way of looking at old age

The following is an email I received today from my good friend Annie.Old age I decided is a giftI am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I sometimes despair over my body, the wrinkles, the baggy eyes, and the sagging butt. And often I am taken aback by that old person that lives in my mirror (who looks like my mother!), but I don't

Vietnam has launched a crackdown on hamsters, a wildly popular pet here in the current lunar Year of the Rat, fearing an influx of the foreign-bred rodent fur balls could spread disease and destroy crops.Why oh why do us humans never learn? Whose fault is it? Not the hamsters for sure! Did they ask to be taken from the desert and bred for captivity? NO!We can learn so much from animals and the

markednews@hotmail.com (Henry)markednews@hotmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159858412089928661.post-49978924003793243832008-03-03T10:19:00.000-08:002008-03-03T10:31:20.504-08:00Sue CNN, Sue MSNC, Sue Fox, Jail for reporters

Someone needs to sue these cable stations for attempting to disrupt the presidential elections. They are engaged in several tactics that affect the outcome. To drive up ratings they want to extend the races so they talk badly about the front runner and dig up dirt on them.Then they change focus if the lead changes. Their only goal is in extending the races and interfering in the elctorial

markednews@hotmail.com (Henry)markednews@hotmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159858412089928661.post-12923127511846916872008-02-27T17:27:00.000-08:002008-02-27T19:04:56.070-08:00Summary of Consent Requirements for Taping Telephone Conversations.

If you live in a state that allows telephones to be recorded with the consent of only one party to the conversation, you always run the risk of the other person recording the call and might use against you in some way in court.If one of you live in a one party consent state and one live in a two party consent state, then usually you fall under the two party consent laws.So, for people that live

markednews@hotmail.com (Henry)markednews@hotmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159858412089928661.post-71264633811370304772008-02-26T04:18:00.000-08:002008-12-12T22:33:36.031-08:00I knew it, Astro can count!

"A variety of animals, including pigeons, parrots, raccoons, ferrets, rats, monkeys and apes are to varying degrees capable of either counting, adding or subtracting numbers."My little male syrian hamster Astro, and his sister Princess and step brother Paddy paws are my current companions. I had for years considered Hamsters for kids and not very fun. However, my friend Alison convinced me one

markednews@hotmail.com (Henry)markednews@hotmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159858412089928661.post-46180348589941798452008-02-26T02:11:00.000-08:002008-12-12T22:33:37.462-08:00Toy that I want! Bigliodromi

Its called a Bigliodromi, they are made in Italy and they are hard to find. Its an engineering toy and usually made by the person that wants one. The photo to above and left shows Anthony Hopkins in the movie Fracture, with the rolling glass marbles. This particular one was a design of the Dutch artist Mark Bischof. It takes Bischof sometimes six years to build a maze. The cost is undisclosed so

markednews@hotmail.com (Henry)markednews@hotmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159858412089928661.post-24253615452978570192008-02-24T07:55:00.000-08:002008-02-24T14:04:58.523-08:00Ralph Naders blood soaked hands

Few people in the history of civilization sleep in a bed of blood as big as Ralph Nader.Nader ran in the 2000 presidential election and siphoned enough votes off Vice-President Gore causing George Bush to be elected. Freedom and peace loving people across the United States begged him not to run or to withdrawal, but his warped perspective of America allowed him to continue on seemingly enjoying

markednews@hotmail.com (Henry)markednews@hotmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159858412089928661.post-91708165943087384992008-02-19T05:24:00.001-08:002008-12-12T22:33:38.102-08:00Cherries for Change from AP News

Ben & Jerry's Founders Endorse ObamaBy LISA RATHKE Associated Press Writer The founders of Ben & Jerry's endorsed Barack Obama on Monday, and lent his Vermont campaign two "ObamaMobiles" that will tour the state and give away scoops of "Cherries for Change" ice cream."If there was ever a need for real change, and if there ever was a candidate to inspire us and make that happen, it's now," said

markednews@hotmail.com (Henry)markednews@hotmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159858412089928661.post-32213023725917370222008-02-19T02:40:00.000-08:002008-12-12T22:33:38.578-08:00Shame on Glenn Beck and more shame on America

Clearly news is driven by advertiser revenue which is driven by viewership. The amazing thing is that we show more by our viewership than by what we actually say. For instance, Glenn Beck for a very long time has been decried by nearly everyone as an idiot, moron, loser and dozens of other pejorative terms. Yet he has a prime time show in CNN, the world's biggest Cable TV news network. We

markednews@hotmail.com (Henry)markednews@hotmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159858412089928661.post-5946901683472808102008-02-19T00:41:00.000-08:002008-12-12T22:33:38.913-08:00Barack Obama for President

markednews@hotmail.co.uk (Alison)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07282369475234403689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159858412089928661.post-44793361218178696412008-02-18T13:51:00.000-08:002008-12-12T22:33:39.465-08:00Hamster Bath Time - I don't think so!

markednews@hotmail.co.uk (Alison)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07282369475234403689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159858412089928661.post-26674029481193015962008-02-18T02:40:00.001-08:002008-02-18T02:53:35.286-08:00French Women Don't Get Fat and Do Get Lucky

Below is a post about women and how Americans who eat and live for nutrician and often forget about enjoying life. Plus our prudish ways seems to give no solice to our lonely hearts does it and French women seem to know this ever so well. Makes you wonder if in the end if its not the women who are the true sex winners of enjoying a full life (wipes tear off male cheek). Alas, while this

markednews@hotmail.com (Henry)markednews@hotmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159858412089928661.post-55370589643056492008-02-15T21:00:00.000-08:002008-12-12T22:33:39.684-08:00FUNNY HAMSTERS Collection

What did the mother hamster say to her children when they wanted a bedtime story?I don't have a tale! (Contributed by Jake, age 8, U.S, Texas)What kind of a dam does a hamster build?A Hamster dam! (Contributed by Laura, age 12, Lincolnton, N.C.)Where do hamsters come from?Hamsterdam (Contributed by Mary Sue, 10 years old, Chino, California)What do you call a hamster that can pick up an elephant?

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