tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88206929901215739912008-10-06T10:47:09.996-04:00i get my kicks above the waistline, sunshineRenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165486823815850422noreply@blogger.comBlogger198125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820692990121573991.post-22709205488070457542008-10-06T10:45:00.002-04:002008-10-06T10:47:10.023-04:00

The Baltimore Sun has a small article today about a couple getting bit by a snake at Maryland's Renaissance Fair... "A couple were bitten by a snake at the Renaissance Festival in Crownsville yesterday, an Anne Arundel County fire official reported. Division Chief Michael Cox said a woman in her 20s picked up the wild snake about 6 p.m. and was taunting her boyfriend with it when both of them

Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165486823815850422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820692990121573991.post-6329637302013871102008-10-03T21:44:00.001-04:002008-10-04T10:36:26.614-04:00

Because Philly is in a border state, don't you know? I can see the hordes of Mexicans jumping over the fence right now.

Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165486823815850422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820692990121573991.post-17589306605767584272008-10-01T20:57:00.005-04:002008-10-04T10:44:34.222-04:00

A politician speaking to all sides on all things? Flip-flopping to get the votes? What? I'm shocked!

Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165486823815850422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820692990121573991.post-74925128769617495652008-10-01T20:52:00.006-04:002008-10-04T10:44:48.408-04:00

The professional cameras and posters and shirts just happened to be there...

Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165486823815850422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820692990121573991.post-46318320164201337312008-10-01T09:16:00.001-04:002008-10-01T09:16:40.272-04:00

Baltimore County and the State of Maryland are having a parade in Towson and big party at Fort McHenry (where the original Star-Spangled Banner flew) to celebrate the accomplishments of the 2008 Olympians from Maryland. Chief among them, of course, will be Michael Phelps, winner of 8 gold medals during the games in China this summer. A big part of Towson will be closed down, and a bigger part of

Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165486823815850422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820692990121573991.post-63901669281887724252008-09-27T16:26:00.002-04:002008-09-27T16:28:06.135-04:00

He's the one that, around 35 seconds, comes close to the camera and hands off a rose to someone in the audience.

Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165486823815850422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820692990121573991.post-34199031238862767032008-09-25T09:42:00.002-04:002008-09-25T09:45:24.580-04:00

It amazes me that the leadership of the City of Baltimore is only now acting upset over the amount of crime in the City. And they are doing so because one of their own, former City Council member Kenneth N. Harris Sr., was killed during a robbery last weekend. (STORY HERE) Well, today there is yet another reason, among the 158 so far this year, why they should be outraged and upset... AND DO

Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165486823815850422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820692990121573991.post-23406302986964756482008-09-25T09:18:00.001-04:002008-09-25T09:18:35.317-04:00

Aren't We Lovely?

Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165486823815850422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820692990121573991.post-47137930185491605952008-09-22T21:17:00.001-04:002008-09-22T21:17:22.166-04:00

Some of you have asked who I am endorsing for President. My answer is...Wait, let me tell you something first. I work in Public Health. Unlike my last job, this one is all about the politics and the politicians. This one is all about who you know, more so than what you know.So it's not in my professional best interest to say that I am for one candidate over the other. And so, for the first time

Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165486823815850422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820692990121573991.post-45102013416289074332008-09-16T21:33:00.001-04:002008-09-16T21:33:12.920-04:00

I told The Girl tonight that I was probably the only geek in the known universe who was watching "E=MC2", the story of Albert Einstein's memorable breakthrough. "No, you're not," she said. Then I told her that I wanted to live in that time, or at least wished that I did. It was a time of many discoveries. "You wouldn't have appreciated," she said. And she's right.It is only now that I write on my

Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165486823815850422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820692990121573991.post-21683860162333251662008-09-13T00:53:00.000-04:002008-09-13T00:54:33.248-04:00

I was listening to the news coming out of Houston, where they are facing Hurricane Ike tonight. One of the reporters on the ground was talking to a man who had to be rescued by the Texas National Guard. The man was plucked from his home near the beach because the storm surge was about ten feet. While his house was on stilts, it was just impossible for him to get to any safety with the water and

Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165486823815850422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820692990121573991.post-86392643781431369732008-09-12T16:02:00.001-04:002008-09-12T16:06:15.270-04:00

I finally got the name placard for my cubicle at work. Heck, it only took a year... Fast by government standards.

Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165486823815850422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820692990121573991.post-65515086125923597532008-09-10T11:49:00.001-04:002008-09-10T11:49:59.788-04:00

The rather Large Hadron Collider is open for business, and the crazies are coming out of the woodwork. By crazies I mean the people who have apocalyptic views of science and also those whose theology IS science. Fears and doubts are all the rage with the new particle accelerator coming online.What this thing does is speed up two particles (say, protons) and smash them together at

Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165486823815850422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820692990121573991.post-54006033197854752082008-09-08T17:31:00.001-04:002008-09-08T17:31:13.907-04:00

I had the honor of being the first person to email Marc Steiner on his new show this afternoon. I opined on the mortgage crisis. He is interviewing Governor Martin O'Malley, who is, technically, my boss. Marc asks some pretty good questions... I just wish he didn't allow so much "spin". If you're near Baltimore, you can listen to the show Monday-Friday at 5pm on WEAA 88.9FM. Or you can find the

Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165486823815850422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820692990121573991.post-41374255472601188612008-09-08T14:05:00.002-04:002008-09-08T14:06:36.889-04:00

As some of you know, I earned my undergraduate degree from The University of Texas at El Paso, UTEP. I wasn't much into the social scene, mostly because I was 16 as a freshman and just barely 21 as a graduating senior. So getting into the scene meant drinking alcohol, and, well, I'm not much for it and not much for breaking the law. Nevertheless, there was one social scene where I could interact

Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165486823815850422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820692990121573991.post-69782534533228509332008-09-08T11:04:00.001-04:002008-09-08T11:04:13.968-04:00

My little brother turned me to Facebook when he signed up and was posting all sorts of information about his life on there. I thought I could do the same, but it turned out to be less adaptable to my needs to communicate than blogger or my own webpage. So I loaded some basic info, and I use it to stay in touch with friends.I don't load any "apps" (applications that are supposed to make Facebook

Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165486823815850422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820692990121573991.post-89868931143581554682008-09-04T09:40:00.001-04:002008-09-04T09:40:12.884-04:00

This picture is on full spread at the CNN Web Page right now (9:35AM Eastern)....Call me crazy, but it looks like the Nazi salute. What do you think?

Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165486823815850422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820692990121573991.post-26858027972284760852008-09-03T19:05:00.002-04:002008-09-04T09:47:04.307-04:00

Waiting at Chipotle.

Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165486823815850422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820692990121573991.post-68122486291355864122008-08-31T20:41:00.002-04:002008-09-01T22:04:45.151-04:00

Hurricane Gustav is en route to Louisiana and neighboring states. Landfall is expected in the next 24 hours. The lessons from Katrina will hopefully guide the response to this emergency. From all the way up here in Pennsylvania and Maryland, our prayers are with you folks down there. TO HELP: Donate cash to the American Red Cross. The ARC is still the best bet to put your money to work because

Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165486823815850422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820692990121573991.post-9232123715076533582008-08-31T00:01:00.001-04:002008-08-31T00:01:49.045-04:00

I'm watching the cats going nuts over some catnip I put down for them. It's funny how much into it they are and how they seem to just forget the world for it. The scary thing is that us humans have so many of our own "catnips". Everything from heroin to sex, to even shopping, seems to make us forget the world around us.And that is quite the scary proposition indeed. What's your "catnip"?

Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165486823815850422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820692990121573991.post-18581697655338186322008-08-29T08:36:00.002-04:002008-08-29T08:44:03.202-04:00

Part of my work at the Health Department is to do surveillance for new cases or outbreaks of certain diseases. One of those diseases is Legionnaires' Disease. To obtain information from all sources, I search around internet results for reports of "Legionnaires' Disease", and I came upon this article from the Southern Poverty Law Center... http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid

Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165486823815850422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820692990121573991.post-2333826804146483072008-08-27T08:21:00.005-04:002008-08-27T09:16:33.382-04:00

I remember the days of school when I didn't understand English. It was very trying for me to keep up with my classmates. Where it used to be that I got near-perfect scores on all subjects when I went to school in Mexico, I was barely getting by my first year in the States. But I was lucky... I was only seven years old, and I had a mother with enough wisdom to place me in an all-English class

Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165486823815850422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820692990121573991.post-27092169796269599072008-08-25T08:30:00.002-04:002008-08-25T09:39:31.064-04:00

I was going to write today all about our anniversary weekend, but I thought that some of you might get a bit of a headache with all the sweetness it contained. The take-home message is that The Girl and I have been together two years now, and the relationship has gotten stronger and stronger as the days have gone by... Expect some great news before long. I want to write today about an event I

Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165486823815850422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820692990121573991.post-69630424695181112242008-08-22T21:22:00.001-04:002008-08-24T22:40:38.927-04:00

The dumbing down of America, brought to you by Kohl's.

Renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165486823815850422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820692990121573991.post-87172304355685341942008-08-22T10:58:00.001-04:002008-08-22T11:04:45.400-04:00

Tomorrow is our 2-year anniversary, and The Girl sent me a very nice arrangement of fruit. Believe me, it's delicious and nutritious. The way to my heart really is through my stomach.

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