The desert is on hold here for the moment- check out the globe mallow at my place...

The weeds at Mishy's after much rain

Dvorak Uncensored » Idiotic Google Ads Go Unnoticed

Dvorak Uncensored » Idiotic Google Ads Go Unnoticed: "It began with the used pinto bean post below and then the “Low priced Mormon for sale” comment triggered more interesting research into the phenomenon. Here’s what you get. (And yes, many of these are soph0moric)."

Images: Virtual girlfriend comes to life | CNET News.com

Images: Virtual girlfriend comes to life | CNET News.com: "Virtual girlfriend comes to life"

Cute but I don't see the point. Language translation features might be interesting

CBS News | White House Lies: A History | February 27, 2005�09:33:26

CBS News | White House Lies: A History | February 27, 2005�09:33:26

CNEWS - Space: Scientists: Methane rain, river beds on Titan

CNEWS - Space: Scientists: Methane rain, river beds on Titan

A probe to Titan has found that liquid methane rains lash Saturn’s largest moon, a freezing, primitive but active world of ridges, peaks, river beds and deserts scoured by the same forces of erosion as Earth, scientists said Friday.

Methane is a highly flammable gas on Earth, but on Titan, it is liquid because of the intense pressure and cold.

“There is liquid that is flowing on the surface of Titan. It is not water — it is much too cold — it’s liquid methane,

Bin Laden -- a Brand You Can Trust

iWon News: "Swiss authorities have ruled that a Geneva-based half-brother of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has the right to use the family name as a trademark.

But businessman Yeslam Bin Ladin said he had no immediate plans to bring out any goods under the name."

BadCorp.org: Stop funding your own oppression.

BadCorp.org: Stop funding your own oppression.

Read who the evil corprations really are

Love - From a Shorter Perspective

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4- to 8-year-olds, What does love mean? The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:

When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and
paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time,
even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love
Rebecca- age 8

When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.
Billy - age 4

Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving
cologne and they go out and smell each other
Karl - age 5

Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your
French fries without making them give you any of theirs
Chrissy -age 6

Love is what makes you smile when you're tired
Terri - age 4

Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes
a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK
Danny - age 7

Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired
of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy
are like that. They look gross when they kiss
Emily - age 8

Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop
opening presents and listen
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)

If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a
friend who you hate
Nikka - age 6 (we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)

Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears
it everyday
Noelle - age 7

Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are
still friends even after they know each other so well
Tommy - age 6

During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I
looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He
was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore
Cindy - age 8

My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone
else kissing me to sleep at night
Clare - age 6

Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of
chicken
Elaine-age 5


Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still
says he is handsomer than Robert Redford
Chris - age 7

Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day
Mary Ann - age 4

I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her
old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones
Lauren - age 4

When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you
Karen - age 7

Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't
think it's gross
Mark - age 6

You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it.
But if you mean ;it, you should say it a lot. People forget;
Jessica - age 8

And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked
about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was
an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the
man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his
lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked what he had said to the
neighbor, the little boy said, Nothing, I just helped him cry;

DRAGON'S NEST POTTERY

DRAGON'S NEST POTTERY

LOTS of COOL dragons!

Come Toast the Town with Quiznos Sub

If you like Quiznos then here are some free internet coupons.

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ART - landscape painting, realism, abstract art, more

ART - landscape painting, realism, abstract art, more

Too Stupid for Words - It never ceases to amaze me how dumb schools can be

More Questions & Answers - Detention for a Bag of Dirt: "More Questions & Answers - Detention for a Bag of Dirt
By: Tony Hensley

Sikeston, Missouri - Police and school leaders in Sikeston say the case involving a 6-year-old girl and a bag of dirt needs to be taken seriously.

'If she would have been 14, we would have been arrested her and taken her to jail."

New York Daily News - Home - 10 years later, she'll wed ex-lover, now 22

New York Daily News - Home - 10 years later, she'll wed ex-lover, now 22: "10 years later, she'll wed ex-lover, now 22

BY BILL HUTCHINSON
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Letourneau
Cradle-robbing teacher Mary Kay Letourneau plans to marry the former elementary school student she was convicted of raping when he was just 12, a friend of the couple says."

And people wonder why I think some child sex laws are stupid. What an incredible waste of Tax payer money

Welcome to Coastal Bend Bays Foundation - Corpus Christi, Texas

Welcome to Coastal Bend Bays Foundation - Corpus Christi, Texas

Hey all you people who live in Corpus Christi lets make Corpus a beautiful clean place again. Let the Bays Foundation know your concerns at this weeks monthly meeting.

CBBF’s Monthly Coastal Issues Forum
Second Monday of each month
Carlos F Truan NRC Building, Room 1003, TAMU-CC,
6300 Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi, TX
**5:00 p.m.** MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2005
REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SUMMIT: PHASE I

For more on this meeting click Below
Welcome to Coastal Bend Bays Foundation

Grab the Kids and have some fun on Earth-Day - Bay Day
April 23rd, 2005 - Cole Park, Corpus Christi, TX

This is not the America I was raised to believe in

iWon News: "Academic freedom has never completely protected professors who make unpopular statements. One was fired in 1960 for suggesting that premarital sex among students could be a good thing. Three decades later, a department chair was demoted for saying a Jewish conspiracy denigrated blacks in the movies.

Now experts say the Sept. 11 attacks have put new fire in the battle over just where academic freedom ends and misconduct - or even treason - begins."

They miss the point alot lately that we are allowed free speech, we are allowed personal views and while the essay may not have been politically correct there is some definate truth in it and anyone who thinks otherwise is deluding themselves.

Click below to read the actual essay and more commentary on the subject.
Some People Push Back
Face the fact that just because we don't like to think of America this way doesn't make some of this any less true

Welcome Teresa!
I've been sorting paperwork for two days and my head is fuzzy but will say welcome. It's always nice to have new on (or over)-the-edge contributors!

State Seeks to End 'Power Hour' Drinking

iWon News: "Lawmakers in North Dakota, alarmed by at least one death linked to the practice, are moving to close bars to newly legal drinkers who try to down 21 shots in the first hour after they turn 21.

Under legislation working its way through the state Legislature, people turning 21 would not be able to buy a drink in the state until at least 8 a.m. on their birthdays.

That would end the tradition of 'power hour' drinking under which some of those turning 21 hit a bar at midnight on their birthdays and try to down 21 shots before the bar closes an hour later. The practice is blamed for the death of a man last year.

Democratic State Sen. Joel Heitkamp told Reuters on Thursday: 'It's not the norm, but it is happening in North Dakota. What we have, so to speak, is people who turn 21 at midnight and have one hour in their eyes to accomplish a whole day's work. The sad thing is they don't have friends covering their back.'

I don't think they should make this illegal. I think this is exactly what Darwin was talking about because anyone who dies doing this deserves to and we should be grateful they are not breeding

K Space Art Studios :: Corpus Christi, Texas :: kspacearts.org :: Art Studios and Gallery

K Space Art Studios :: Corpus Christi, Texas :: kspacearts.org :: Art Studios and Gallery: "The jurors have spoken and the works selected.
An exhibition of 44 works by 33 artists with their vision of the beauty, the mystery, and the earthiness of eroticism.
Join us as our guest at the opening ............. be entertained and dazzled. "

Do something artistic this Valentines day. Go to an Erotic Art Show

:: EROTICA 2005 ::
Juried Exhibition of Erotica Works
submitted by
Artists from many US cities.
Opening Saturday, February 12, 7-10 pm
sultry sounds of Sapphire of Elgin, TX
415D Starr St. - top floor alley entrance

PS THIS IS TONIGHT - sorry I didn't get it in sooner

Bay Area Community Foundation - Help the enviroment in Corpus Christi

Bay Area Community Foundation - Home

We have a new member who has joined us her name is Teresa and she is big on the enviroment. Hopefull she will keep us updated with the latest and greatest enviromental happening in Corpus. Because God knows somebody here in Corpus needs to educate the citizens. Or at the very begin a program of flogging all those you litter here. Corpus ould be beautiful but only if we all learn to pick up our trash and quit polluting on our streets and beaches.

Anyway, everybody say hi to Teresa and give her a big crazy lady welcome.

I promise I will write more soon I have been crazy busy at work had visitors and my computer is currently trying to die. Going to build a new just need a few more parts.

Hey Lydia, Glad you quit the job cause we want to here from you more often. We've missed you

Oh why am I not surprised

CBS News | FAA Had Pre-9/11 Qaeda Warnings | February 11, 2005�03:10:21: "The report by the Sept. 11 commission detailed 52 such warnings given to FAA leaders from April to Sept. 10, 2001, about the radical Islamic terrorist group and its leader, Osama bin Laden. CBS News Correspondent Bob Orr reports that the heavily redacted report has been held by the Bush Administration since August. "

All those stupid people who voted for Bush just keep getting smacked in the head for with something new that he lied about or withheld every single day. I would laugh if it was my country that was also at stake. Next time people watch all the news don't just go for feel good. Bush is closer to the Hitler than he is to any God

Do something different this year - Send A Quiznos baby bob Valentines

STEP 1: Enter your email address

Yet another reason Team sports Booze and men should not be allowed on the same planet

iWon News: "A Welsh rugby fan cut off his own testicles to celebrate Wales beating England at rugby, the Daily Mirror reported Tuesday.

Geoff Huish, 26, was so convince"

West Hollywood May Ban Cosmetic Surgery for Pets

iWon News: "The mayor of West Hollywood -- a liberal, pet-embracing city adjacent to Los Angeles that two years ago brought America a ban on the declawing of cats -- has proposed a new ordinance making 'tail-docking' and 'ear-cropping' illegal."

Hurray for Hollywood, I have always thought these surgeries are cruel and no I don't care how much you spent or wha tthe damn dog is supposed to look like. If god had wanted tail and ears cropped and claws pulled he would have made them that way.

Desert Dragon Pottery, my new blog!

Desert Dragon Pottery By the way :-)

The black and white pony in progress

I have worked some more on it, will get more pics today :-) I'm lovin' it!

And if adopting a killer isn't enough you can join their organization and become their friend

American Sniper Association

Help with the war effort adopt your very own sniper

AmericanSnipers.org - Formerly Adopt a Sniper

This shows true commiment to addiction. Talk about enabling

iWon News: "Woman Accused of Giving Lethal Sherry Enema"

As usual, No good deed goes unpunished

Colorado Teens Fined for Giving Cookies to Neighbor:

Remember when people used to be embarrassed when they were frightened over something stupid. I am sure her friends and neighbors are laughing at her now

Mardi Gras Party in Corpus Christi, Texas From my favorite Art Show Man

Howdy Friends,

Late, yes I know, but wanted to pass on information
about a faboo Masquerade Mardi Gras party tomorrow
night, (Saturday, February 5th).

Hosted by some of Houston's hottest movers and
shakers, this event will feature live music, catered
eats by Water Street and a cash bar. Masquerade masks
and/or costumes are encouraged. Just $25 per person.
Solomon Ortiz Center. 7 pm. For more information call
P.J. Harkins 361.881.8680.

This should be a total blast. Come and join us!

-Jeff

Recipe: Cookie Dominos - Great way to play with your food- Thought t was a cute idea

Recipe: Cookie Dominos - NESTLÉ VeryBestBaking.com

Unique Wedding Favors-Bridal Shower Favors-Wedding Favor Ideas-By-Wedding Favors to Go

Unique Wedding Favors-Bridal Shower Favors-Wedding Favor Ideas-By-Wedding Favors to Go

If you are planning a wedding this spring these people have some cute ideas

The pony is looking really cute, by the way, I'll photo it when I finish.

How To Blog - Very Good Piece

tonypierce.com busblog: "how to blog by tony pierce, 110

1. write every day.

2. if you think youre a good writer, write twice a day.

3. dont be afraid to do anything. infact if youre afraid of something, do it. then do it again. and again.

4. cuss like a sailor.

5. dont tell your mom, your work, your friends, the people you want to date, or the people you want to work for about your blog. if they find out and you'd rather they didnt read it, ask them nicely to grant you your privacy."

I've been so motivated lately, studio is all clean, taxes caught up, I'm finishing this black n white tile pony I started months ago and even the house isn't too awfully messy. Not sure what it is, probably just some cycle thing, but I'm trying to take advantage of it. The puppy's name is Ozzy, and he's doing fine, typical pain in the butt, but it's okay. Steffin seems to be feeling better lately, although he still complains about pain, we saw someone today who works with a lot of brain aneurysm patients and she said the difference from six months (now) to a year after surgery is quite noticeable, so that was good news. If he is doing this well now, he ought to be hunky dory in another six months!

I want to start a Desert Dragon Pottery blog but I'm not sure how I should set it up, Brandy, should I use their automatic page setup or send it to my own site? I have plenty of space on my fastq/amug site to use a page there....

ATLANTA TIME MACHINE

ATLANTA TIME MACHINE

Just in case you have an overwhelming urge to eat chemicals

I don't understand what everybody has against real sugar. A cake made with fake sugar may have a couple of fewer calories but it can't possibly be healthier eating chlorine.
iWon News: "We feel the public needs to be aware that Splenda is an artificial chemical sweetener. Splenda is created with chlorine, and the final product does not have sugar in it,' he said.

Splenda's Web Site (www.splenda.com) says the product is made 'through a patented process that starts with sugar and converts it to a no calorie, noncarbohydrate sweetener. The process selectively replaces three hydrogen-oxygen groups on the sugar molecule with three chlorine atoms.'"