JC - Technology and Stuff

• Ok peeps, that’s it… moving day today. Let the chaos begin. See you all when I finally log on at the new place… #
• #QOTD: What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. #
• #QOTD: You can’t turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again #
• #QOTD: We don’t know a millionth of one percent about anything <- except for that annoying guy who’s always at the bar… #
• #QOTD: Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together. #
• #QOTD: I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand (Confucius) #
• OK, just to warn you. For the next week, my status updates & comments are going to be few & far between. Moving house & it’s a lotta work.. #
• #QOTD: An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field. #
• Feeling down tonight? Then read this exchange between a local council & a man regarding a dam built on his land: http://is.gd/3vuHv <lmao #
• #QOTD: Many books require no thought from those who read them, & 4 a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them #

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• Reading: One year after hurricane Ike - Amazing before & after pictures: http://is.gd/3twx0 (The Big Picture) #
• Back from the #Sounders game asking myself how much longer they’re going to go without winning a game at home… #
• http://twitpic.com/ibk84 - Some of the Eastside Massive tuck into breakfast before the #Sounders game #
• Cold & rainy morning in Seattle as the Eastside Massive Cheeky Boy Chapter prepare to head off to the #Sounders game. Gotta win today! #
• #QOTD: Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious #
• #QOTD: Use your imagination not to scare yourself to death but to inspire yourself to life #
• And finally this afternoon: Spanish court says calling your boss a ’son of a bitch’ is fine - http://bit.ly/PaOeC #
• Reading: Google easter eggs: 15 best hidden jokes - http://bit.ly/10KP1M #
• Reading: Frankfurt funnies: The International Motor Show in pictures - http://bit.ly/YWQVK #
• Reading: Doctor Who Top 10: fans vote for all-time best episode - http://bit.ly/36lBk #
• #QOTD: U can’t make a man by standing a sheep on its hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position U can make a crowd of men #
• Leave a ONE WORD comment that you think best describes me. It can only be ONE WORD. No more. Then copy and paste this to your status! #
• Reading: 18 goes into 54 a lot more times than 54 goes into 18. Therefore, I will not be home until sometime tomorrow: http://bit.ly/35s3OC #
• #QOTD: Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don’t need to be done #
• Time for bed said Zebedee again. Boingggggg…. #
• Off to catch the end of trivia quiz night @ #3LionsPub - I’ll be back as compere again in 3 weeks… (summer break nearly over) #
• Reading: Amazon hijacked: 10 funniest review threads - http://bit.ly/17XZ03 #
• Reading: Prehistoric man ‘used crude sat nav‘ - http://bit.ly/35Qc1S #
• Reading: Census records shed new light on victims of Jack the Ripper - http://bit.ly/2EoI5Y #
• 2 send U off 4 day: If you’re hiding naked in your underage girlfriend’s closet, don’t prank call 911 - http://bit.ly/GM9z7 #
• Reading: What does one trillion dollars look like? http://bit.ly/aNeh6 (w/pictures) #
• Reading: Obituary - Keith Floyd - Chef Extraordinaire - http://bit.ly/IGGDd #
• DAD #QOTD: “You think money grows on trees?” #
• Ok - packing & moving boxes yesterday. Walking & copious cycling today. I feel sore & knackered… #
• DAD #QOTD: “Life ISN’T fair” #
• Apparently I reached 27,000 followers. Is that a lot? #
• Reading: 10 reason guys don’t ask girls out on a second date. One surprising omission from list - http://bit.ly/Edppm #
• Books gone… TV sold… Couch donated… Boxes packed… Bed on it’s way out… We must be really on track for moving soon… #
• Reading: Woman searching for ghosts ends up becoming one - http://bit.ly/qnVV3 #
• 16yo schoolgirl trying 2 sail around world hits cargo ship on 1st night. Just 237 nights left. what else could go wrong? http://bit.ly/xxqLW #
• Reading: When U hallucinate that UR Brer Rabbit, & end up nearly naked in briar patch… that’s a bad trip - http://bit.ly/rJYEB #
• Reading: Why fork out for a child car seat when you can use a box of beer? - http://bit.ly/59chU #
• DAD #QOTD: “This’ll put hair on your chest” #

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• And so to bed… Reading: Walmart hired me… http://bit.ly/1hx5hM (Frickin’ hilarious!!!) #
• #Sounders win 2.1 excellent game. Now for some food #
• #3LionsPub come watch the #Sounders game #
• Reading: Ok to get rid of bag of pot while being chased by police, but if you throw keg out window they’ll notice- http://bit.ly/2iqPYK #
• Reading: S&M Barbie lashed by public - http://bit.ly/31IStr (w/picture!) #
• WoW! 10 Awesome Images That Are Actually Paintings - http://bit.ly/etutc #
• Loving espn360.com - watch college games live on your PC while you do other stuff…. amazing! #
• Back from the grocery store. Packing to do. Then it’s off to watch the #Sounders play an important league game this afternoon.. #
• Reading: Five ‘Vampire Diaries’ Actresses Flashed Drivers - http://bit.ly/12lRh1 (the things a girl has 2 do 4 a bite nowadays!) #
• Reading: ‘Giant’ blue tit dwarfs buildings in freak webcam photo - http://bit.ly/1aUfwZ (picture: http://bit.ly/11ON5p) #
• Reading: Wonky Veg: Nature’s odd mistakes compete in Garden Organic’s funny-looking vegetable contest - http://bit.ly/4Bgm5U #
• #Followfriday @curious1966 @Spaintopnews @Babuxoxoxo @Toujours_Diva @jenniferflea <- Yes it’s Saturday, but that’s no excuse. DO IT! #
• #Followfriday @Turtle732 @WILLKUmy @HypnoBear <- Yes it’s Saturday, but that’s no excuse. DO IT! #
• #Followfriday @usnoozin @ask57 @Babuxoxoxo @rebaenrose @MFLOWERS1965 @OscarRSCS <- Yes it’s Saturday, but that’s no excuse. DO IT! #
• DAD #QOTD: “look at me when I’m talking to you” #
• ‘Thanks, you little f*****’: Family horrified after restaurant bill makes clear what waiters thought of Molly, two - http://bit.ly/RMWix #
• Walk yourself fitter - get a pedometer… #
• Reading: Pirates of the Caribbean parrot attacks police officer - http://bit.ly/HjdXS #
• Reading: South African police adopt shoot to kill policy ahead of World Cup - http://bit.ly/3Q076j #
• DAD #QOTD: “Rise and shine!” #
• Reading: Women are diseases: clumsy translations abroad leave Brits confused - http://bit.ly/r1nn6 #
• Reading: Buzz Lightyear named longest-serving astronaut in space - http://bit.ly/fgxDE #
• Only took 45% of books & CDs we wanted to sell & already received far more than anticipated. Can now afford 2 move 2 new townhouse #
• Getting ready to take 80% of our huge book collection to Half Price books - freedom!!!!! #
• Just changed my twitter background, check it out! Found it at http://www.TwitterBackgrounds.com #
• DAD #QOTD: “Close your mouth and eat your supper” #
• Hilarious conversation between husband & wife after she gets lost on road 4 millionth time & phones husband 4 help. http://bit.ly/pbaYE #
• Reading: 20 most bizarre Craigslist adverts of all time - http://bit.ly/IMAFd #
• Reading: Pregnancy myths busted – curry does not bring on labour - http://bit.ly/j6RNz #
• Reading: Woman falls off cliff after shock marriage proposal - http://bit.ly/5CrIS #
• Got my stained shirt under control now I’m back home #
• Guess I’m going to have to wear half a stain til I get home from the office #
• Excellent - spilled some tea all down my white shirt! #
• DAD #QOTD: “This is going to hurt me a lot more than it’s going to hurt you” #
• Great way to start the day: 2 rashers of British bacon from the ‘bacon man’, accompanied by a nice fried egg. Better get ready for work now. #
• DAD #QOTD: “You better not let your mom hear you saying that” #
• “911, what’s yr emergency?” Caller: “My house is on fire” Dispatcher: “I know, that’s what U get 4 breakng up w/me” - http://bit.ly/BIeWA #
• Reading: 09/09/09: from The Beatles to the apocalypse, 10 things to look out for on Wednesday - http://bit.ly/ulCTi #
• Reading: Chinese scientists ‘filmed UFO for 40 minutes’ - http://bit.ly/HONk1 (w/video in Chinese!) #
• Reading: Short people ordered to stand behind President Nicolas Sarkozy during speech - http://bit.ly/110jEb #
• Oh well - the end of a holiday weekend & it’s back to the office tomorrow. But less than 3 weeks now til we move to our new town house #
• A morning of packing awaits - followed by a reward trip to the wineries #
• Reading: Humans ‘evolved’ to believe in God - http://bit.ly/kLVmO #
• Reading: Missing boy, 6, found behind wall after two years - http://bit.ly/Nq7Fh #
• Dad #QOTD: “Look it up in the dictionary” #
• Back from the store. Copious amounts of money spent. I am a happy person. No, really!! I love you all! #
• Ok - time to leave this online social networking world for the day - The shopping malls await. Aaaaaaaarrrrrrgggghhhhh! #
• http://twitpic.com/gq5hm - John’s new haircut #
• Off to get my hair cut - at least when you get older it takes less & less time… #
• DAD #QOTD: “A penny saved is a penny earned” #

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• Has anyone tried out me2everyone yet? http://www.me2everyone.com/541819 #
• Reading: Ice cream factory burns down, firefighters expect to extinguish flames by sundae - http://bit.ly/mxOYD #
• Reading: Today is International Bacon Day - http://bit.ly/fo18u <- WoW! Who’d have believed that! #
• Chiropractic Adjustment w/Hot Stone & Massage Treatment @t Flourish Chiropractic - http://www.groupon.com/seattle/deals/5199 <- $40 off #
• Reading: RAF fighter pilot drinks tea while doing 14 aerial loops cos he’s fighter pilot & he’s just that awesome - http://bit.ly/ch6db #
• What is this world coming to? Forced Catheterization Used In DUI Case - http://bit.ly/PbJJ #
• Reading: 50 things that are being killed by the internet - http://bit.ly/1RrCY9 #
• Reading: US man fires cannon, hits neighbor’s house - http://bit.ly/u3GGs #
• Reading: Daily Telegraph writer mauled after entering lion’s enclosure - http://bit.ly/qe1Zq (w/horrific video) #
• #Followfriday @efgfca @westham999 @MFLOWERS1965 @CharlesDiAngelo <- follow these ppl, just do it! #
• #Followfriday @WhispersWW @usnoozin @peruinside @chw131 @ask57 @OscarRSCS <- follow these ppl, just do it! #
• #Followfriday @mgmli @froward1 @amazingsusan @Beau775 @estoni @HavilahTower <- follow these ppl, just do it! #
• #Followfriday @skquinn @wellheeled @rebaenrose @curious1966 @lightflight1 @jrnygirl <- follow these ppl, just do it! #
• #Followfriday @drgreglane @magiinstitute @RobbieButt @artfanatic411 @ColinSWood @RobinTaylorRoth <- follow these ppl, just do it! #
• #Followfriday @csrolling @lunanola @ShaneMichael1 @Sixtiesguy @dabreakradio @lesliebriskman <- follow these ppl, just do it! #
• DAD #QOTD: That’s the best way I know to put out an eye #
• Time to head over to the Black Raven to have a wee pint and a natter… #
• And finally: Man breaks into estranged wife’s home in order to pay the bills - http://bit.ly/kql66 #
• Reading: Miss Universe contestants had to blow up condoms as part of the competition - http://bit.ly/LYT1s #
• Reading: Why you should wait until you get home before taking Viagra - http://bit.ly/1mubuh #
• Reading: 8 yo girl to school bus driver: “This isn’t my stop” Driver: “That’s tough. This is my last stop” - http://bit.ly/WAMMI #
• DAD #QOTD: If you fall & break your leg; don’t come running to me… #
• Reading: From Plan 9 to District 9: the weirdest aliens in film and television - http://bit.ly/kO9ac (w/pictures) #
• Pictured: Hitler playing chess with Lenin - http://bit.ly/eEdt2 (Yep - it’s real!) #
• Reading: Japan’s new first lady ‘flew to Venus with UFO’ - http://bit.ly/3QdBV #
• Reading: Angel sightings ’should not be dismissed’ - http://bit.ly/RvkXA #
• Reading: Why hangovers make it hard to get out of bed - http://bit.ly/EKjjO #
• #QOTD: Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger #
• Reading: Pedestrian killed by suicide jumper - http://bit.ly/ozKC6 (what are the odds?) #
• Reading: Say a prayer before sex - http://bit.ly/49P9o (so says the Catholic church) #
• Reading: Become a Facebook friend with a mountain gorilla - http://bit.ly/10H2Dj #
• Reading: Fragment of world’s oldest bible ‘discovered in Egyptian monastery’ - http://bit.ly/61iuZ #
• #QOTD: The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones #
• Reading: Coming to a city near you - Hello, Ladies: Fur Flies at Bay Area ‘Cougar’ Convention: http://bit.ly/iz7LL (w/pictures) #
• Excellent Pictures: California Fires - http://bit.ly/ytisy (Los Angeles Times) #
• Reading: Man killed wife ‘because she spent too much time on Facebook’ - http://bit.ly/1Mazyu (I’m watching my back now…) #
• Reading: TN wants U 2 save heads of squirrels & rabbits. Further proof that gvmnt has fallen into hands of zombies - http://bit.ly/13EHip #
• Reading: Office worker sacked for writing emails in block capitals - http://bit.ly/Raxys (UNBELIEVABLE!) #
• Reading: Farmer finds egg inside another egg - http://bit.ly/13etrz #
• Reading: Postman charged after 20,000 undelivered letters found in his home - http://bit.ly/4z8bLi (now we know where they went) #
• #QOTD: Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep #
• Back from a final evening at the Black Raven Brewery with my son John & my wife, before John returns to Edinburgh tomorrow… #
• Amazing Pictures: Ted Kennedy - http://bit.ly/7Fwk7 (The Big Picture) #
• Just got myself hooked up to a pedometer - this is where i really find out how lazy i am #
• Reading: Drunk pilot: Where have you hidden the runway? http://bit.ly/1bH1qP #
• Reading: Macaulay Culkin is the father of Michael Jackson’s son Blanket - http://bit.ly/2n3ImX (who left him home alone?) #
• Reading: Twittering teens add hundreds of words to dictionary - http://bit.ly/1Ag7z0 #
• Reading: Taliban chief who threatened Prince Harry killed - http://bit.ly/2C2g4 #
• #QOTD: The best helping hand that you will ever receive is the one at the end of your own arm. #
• Ok - off to bed for an early night… Back to work tomorrow & onwards & upwards with the rest of my life… #
• RT @Sixtiesguy Scientists have discovered something in the air that’s making young girls pregnant — their feet? #
• Hoping my aches & pains disperse quickly. Why does getting fit hurt so much? #
• Nominations gratefully received for who we know that is either Mr. Tickle or Mr. Grumpy - http://bit.ly/RPp59 (YouTube) #
• Watching: Ivor The Engine - http://bit.ly/14GybS (YouTube) #
• Reading: Wife catches husband licking woman’s face in club - http://bit.ly/15bIYD (strange!!!) #
• Reading: Traffic lights to be switched off in safety experiment in London - http://bit.ly/64ExG #
• Reading: Nudity and jellyfish just don’t mix - http://bit.ly/VWkhO #
• Trying to get my breath back after cycling to get fit this morning… #
• #QOTD: Sometimes love will pick you up by the short hairs…and jerk the heck out of you #

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