Call me late to the band wagon, but just had to blog about this: High School
runners disqualified
because they wore the Lance Armstrong Cancer survivor wristband “LIVESTRONG”
during a track meet. The Virginia Beach school district strictly prohibits the
wearing of jewelry other than religious jewelry, health advisories and perhaps,
wristwatches.

HUH?

Can you guess Delegatrix and I had a rousing talk on the
way into work today. Seems we were not the only ones. The aspect of this situation
was perhaps the most outrageous was the fact that the wearing of religious jewelry
was sanctioned.

Great minds think alike, as Delegatrix commented that the runners should have
simply taken a pen and drawn a cross or the star of david on the yellow rubber
band and said it was personalized religious jewelry. Then, she found an article
on HamptonRoads.com
talking about this very situation, and the author’s similar idea to reconstitute
the LIVESTRONG bands into religious jewelry.

So while the controversy over this had ended with the county official backing
down and reversing her decision, a larger issue is at hand. Have school districts
gone too far in their regulating the appearance of their student body? And if
so, why has it come to this? Is it because many parents no longer see it as
their job to teach, discipline and care for their own children, and have foisted
their responsibilities onto the “system”?

Today I was looking through new plugins for updating an older MT site when
I ran across this blog
talking about the the programmer’s impetus for creating the plugin, blah, blah,
blah – I know, get to the good stuff – this part is really only going to appeal
to say maybe delegatrix, and maybe not even her.

Anyway, the site was nicely designed (I notice those things) and I started
wandering around to see what all this guy, Scott Andrew has done. Turns out
he’s done a lot. But what really got me was not only is he a talented developer, but
a rather talented singer/songwriter. I listened to some mp3’s off his most recent CD
and they are really quite pleasant.

So check him out.

Ok, so my blog was yet again comment spammed by online gaming folks. ARRGGGHH!
This is the second time they got me, and due to a misplaced javascript file
I couldn’t do the mass delete from sodapdf that the new and improved MT software allows
for. But I have since added that missing file, deleted the offending comments (all 40 of them!) and all is right with the world, AGAIN.

In response to this spamming, I have turned on
a new feature of the MT software. The next time you go to post a comment,
you will be required to do a one time registration of your identity (name or online userid, legit email, etc.) to post a comment. Your information will not be
exploited nor shared with anyone else. I do have right of first refusal of
whether or not to allow your registration to post. People who really do know
me will have no problem getting waved on in, those who are spammers, sorry, Charlie.

I’m amazed what folks will do to advertise their web sites.

So it is FINALLY October 8, 2004 and the official haunting season is upon us…Yes, thats right – GoatMan Hollow opens its doors tonight at 7 pm for another season of thrills, chills and a lot of fun.

So much has happened behind the scenes this year, and it has made GoatMan Hollow seem more like a 1950’s bad horror movie edition of Peyton Place than a local haunt.

• We had pitchfork and torch wielding disgruntled local villagers who tried to get us shut down (Didn’t work this time guys, better luck next lifetime!)
• Construction delays due to dealing with pitchfork/torch wielding villagers and a toothless city council
• I have painted just about everything that ever entered the woods in GMH, including Abby and most definately myself. I personally went through 8 gallons of flat black paint so my new nickname is now “Black Paint”
• New girl from Canada raises the blood pressure of male GMHer’s in multiple hot tub incidents
• Sound ordinances that we just don’t know how to deal with or if we should even attempt to comply.
• Shortened hours of operation – okay, we know when to compromise sometimes…
• Crucial design elements were almost abandoned, but somehow, the day was saved and they will arrive at approx. 3 pm today. Yes, you read that right… at 3pm today. Nothing like cutting it close.
• And just in time for opening week – I come down with a sinus infection…hooray for me!

But no matter, its here! Its finally here! And its going to be wonderful — not only because they made me a producer this year, but because each year it just gets better and better. So if you are within 100 miles of me during the month of October, you better make plans to come out and experience GoatMan Hollow.

This came in my email today from my officemate Cindy, just as I enter the month of October and begin the decent into being 40. Thankfully, it was just what the doctor ordered. And I just love the “sausage” reference.

Written by Andy Rooney – CBS 60 Minutes

As I grow in age, I value women who are over 40 most of all. Here are just a
few reasons why: A woman over 40 will never wake you in the middle of the
night to ask, “What are you thinking?” She doesn’t care what you think.

If a woman over 40 doesn’t want to watch the game, she doesn’t sit around
whining about it. She does something she wants to do. And, it’s usually
something more interesting.

A woman over 40 knows herself well enough to be assured in who she is,
what she is, what she wants and from whom. Few women past the age of
40 give a damn what you might think about her or what she’s doing.

Women over 40 are dignified. They seldom have a screaming match with you
at the opera or in the middle of an expensive restaurant. Of course, if you
deserve it, they won’t hesitate to shoot you, if they think they can get away
with it. Older women are generous with praise. They know what it’s like to be
unappreciated.

A woman over 40 has the self-assurance to introduce you to her women
friends. A younger woman with a man will often ignore even her best friend
because she doesn’t trust the guy with other women.

Women over 40 couldn’t care less if you’re attracted to her friends because
she knows her friends won’t betray her. Women get psychic as they age. You
never have to confess your sins to a woman over 40 . They always know and if they don’t develop psychic skills they just contact psychic medium charlotte nc.

A woman over 40 looks good wearing bright red lipstick. This is not true of
younger women or drag queens. Once you get past a wrinkle or two, a woman
over 40 is far sexier than her younger counterpart. Older women are forthright
and honest. They’ll tell you right off if you are a jerk if you are acting like one!
You don’t ever have to wonder where you stand with her.

Yes, we praise women over 40 for a multitude of reasons. Unfortunately, it’s not
reciprocal. For every stunning, smart, well-coiffed hot woman of 40, there is a bald,
paunchy relic in yellow pants making a fool of himself with some 22-year-old
waitress. Ladies, I apologize. For all those men who say, “Why buy the cow
when you can get the milk for free”.

Here’s an update for you. Nowadays 80% of women are against marriage, why?
Because women realize it’s not worth buying an entire pig, just to get a little sausage…