From Examiner.com article 101 Signs That You’ve Encountered A Ghost…

101 Signs That You’ve Encountered A Ghost

1. You feel like you’re being watched from a ceiling corner of the room.
     Are you sure that is not the NSA or RIAA surveillance camera.
2. You see unexplained lights in houses when no one is home.
     If no one is home then I’m not at home, so how can I see lights when I’m not there?
3. Your dog freaks out over something you can’t see, cowers and runs from the room, or refuses to enter the room.
    Sounds like my dog wherever it is, so ergo everywhere is haunted.
4. Your cat stares at a certain spot, his hair raises, he hisses and bolts from the room.
     Yes, every time the dog enters the room.
5. You see a transparent human form walking around.
     I don’t, but my wife does whenever I walk into the room… she ignores me.
6. You feel a weight on your bed, as if someone is sitting there but no one is.
     Yes, it is called my cat.
7. You hear someone shout your name.
     That would be my wife.
8. You find physical evidence of footprints that can’t be explained.
     I ask the kids and they can’t explain how their muddy footprints got in the kitchen either.
9. Electrical devices start operating by themselves.
     It’s called a timer.
10. A child’s toy starts moving on its own or if it’s electronic, starts making noise.
     Durn those motion-activated toys.
11. You see a light colored mist form into any shape and the origin of the mist is unknown.
     Then I realized my wife had burnt the roast.
12. You hear crying of an unknown origin.
     Unfortunately, it was me who was crying after the Braves blew a save.
13. You smell a fragrance in your home that you don’t own.
     It wouldn’t have anything to do with that naked guy hiding in my closet?
14. A picture flying (not falling) off the wall and into the room.
     Have you seen how hard my son can slam a door?
15. You hear the sound of footsteps when no one is there.
     Not counting my own?
16. You see someone who looks as real as you do but as you watch they disappear.
     My children when the subject of chores comes up.
17. You’re physically touched by someone that isn’t there – your shirt or hair is tugged, someone brushes by or lays a hand on your shoulder.
     Sounds like an old girlfriend… she was never really “there”.
18. More elevated – you’re slapped, pushed or shoved by something you can’t see.
     The same girlfriend when she didn’t get the diamond ring for her birthday.
19. A foul odor comes from nowhere and then disappears.
     Two words – dog farts.
20. Furniture is rearranged – even heavy furniture.
     My wife during one of her “moods”.
21. Water is turned on or off by itself.
     It’s called a well going dry.
22. You hear music from an unknown source.
     I have kids, when is music not coming from somewhere unknown?
23. Lights turning on an off by themselves.
     The Clapper.
24. More elevated – you see the light switch move when no one is touching it.
     I get the same excuse every time my kids leave the lights on in the house.
25. Unexplained writing appears on a wall, mirror or piece of paper.
     …but it looks an awful lot like my son’s handwriting.
26. Objects are missing from a locked box or safe and show up later outside of the secured place.
     Happens with my wallet a lot, especially when someone wants to buy something.
27. Your doorbell rings but no one is there.
     So ghosts leave the flaming bags of poop?
28. You hear doors or cabinets opening and closing by themselves.
     And cookies just suddenly appear in the kids hands.
29. You SEE a door or cabinet open or close when no one is near it.
     And then I fixed the door and it stopped happening.
30. More elevated – doors or cabinets slamming shut with extreme force.
     And it only does that when the windows are open and it is windy, go figure.
31. A child tells you they see someone that you can’t. (Children and animals are very sensitive to the paranormal)
     Imaginary friends.
32. Faces appearing within inanimate objects and then disappear.
     I scream too when ever my reflections appears.
33. You feel a cold spot when there isn’t a reason for it to be cold in that area.
     I really need to patch that hole in the wall.
34. You find hand prints of unexplained origin.
     Usually by the cookie or candy jar.
35. You hear hushed whispers but can’t find the source of the sound.
     And it is always before I find the cat in a dress.
36. Items disappear and then reappear in an unexpected place.
     With or without the chocolate fingerprints?
37. You see a shadow of someone in your peripheral vision.
     Get back to bed now!
38. You look into a mirror and see someone else reflected there but when you look into the room where they should be standing no one is there.
     Unfortunately no matter how many times I deny it, it is just me getting old.
39. You see balls of unexplained light.
     Usually after I look directly at the light bulb I’m trying to change.
40. You get a sudden sick feeling in the pit of your stomach and goose bumps on your arms or a prickly feeling on the back of your neck all at the same time.
     Every time I see the bill for the credit card.
41. You get sudden cold chills accompanied by a sense of fear.
     The light bill arrives.
42. You feel uneasy in certain areas of your home like the basement or attic.
     Which would be a pretty cool trick if I had a basement or attic.
43. You feel a sudden warm or hot spot in your home.
     My wife left the oven on again.
44. You feel a breeze inside the house when the windows are closed.
     Who turned on the air conditioner.
45. A spirit orb appears in a photo you’ve taken.
     At least it is not my thumb this time.
46. A musical instrument plays by itself (piano etc.)
     If you were a musical instrument you play yourself too after hearing me play.
47. A sudden feeling of nausea in a particular room when you’re not sick.
     That is why my kids have to clean their rooms.
48. You have thoughts that don’t fit your personality when in a particular area.
     Mmmm, Japanese tentacle porn.
49. Laughter without a source.
     Every time I take off my clothes.
50. You hear sounds of pain, like moaning, but there isn’t anyone there.
     Oh sorry, that was me getting out of bed in the morning.
51. You hear sounds or smell a certain fragrance or odor at the same time every day.
     Funny it happens right after I put on some aftershave.

To be continued……

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U.S. military testing ray guns on goats – so the US Military has been in co-hoots with the Martians all along!
Jesus found in ultrasound – man, that dude really gets around. I wonder who is agent is.
Illinois congressman wants constituents to make up laws – I move to make the “s” not silent any more.
Whey you don’t see dead porn stars naked – so if I come back as a ghost I can will myself to be naked. Cool! Exclusive naked ghost video – not for the easily offended… or anyone with any with any intelligence.

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I’m sure you’ve read by now the article on The Tech Herald about the sudden demise of influential technology bloggers and how blogging is potentially deadly.  If you haven’t go read it now, I’ll wait. 

Hurry up, I don’t have all day.  Boy, you are a slow reader.

As you have read, the article makes a big deal about the link between blogging and death.  By their logic I can link bicycling with death and make it sound like an epidemic.  It seems to me that the recent deaths and illnesses have more to do with the type of job the people had (IT and technology related) than to actual blogging.  IT is a high stress occupation area to begin with.  Add that with journalism and poor exercise habits (which is the norm for IT people) and you’ll get a high incident of illness.  There are nights I have trouble sleeping, I tend to get sore elbows, wrists, and shoulders when working too long, and I am overweight (though I had a weight problem before I became involved with IT), but it is no worse than the other billion or so people who work everyday.

I can see my headstone now… “He died blogging and downloading porn”.

Of course it could really be a skinny Japanese girl with long hair and pale skin that is crawling though the blogosphere kill people like Ringu or something.  I guess I just came up with the next J-horror clone.

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Arthur Charles Clarke died Tuesday in Sri Lanka.  He will be missed.

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Compulsionary volunteerism.   That is the what politicians are looking into today.  Sound familiar?  It was an idea proposed by Ronald Reagan back in the ’80′s to stir patriotism and community service and to bolster the ranks of the military.  You will also remember if from the movie Starship Troopers.

“They’re doing their part. Are you? Join the Mobile Infantry and save the world. Service guarantees citizenship.”

“Every student in America would be required to perform 100 hours of community-based service prior to high school graduation.”

So in order to graduate you have to do stuff that is normally a punishment for law breakers?

“But enforced community service at this time in American history could bring immeasurable benefits to the nation’s psyche as it grapples with housing foreclosures, doped-up national sports heroes and serious challenges to our international image as world leaders.”

Say that again.  I don’t see how one thing has to do with the other.  Kids are going to look at this as another attempt by adults to control them.  What about the kids who will not have time to fulfill the service requirements (due to jobs, family obligations, etc)?  Are you going to penalize these students?  Sounds like there is going to be more problems for the poor and working poor than those who could skirt there responsibilities because of money or who their parent’s know.

Another “we didn’t think this through” idea that will catch on like wildfire in the political ranks and will be sugar-coated to get the popular support.

Yes, I know Israel has something similar and look how frelled-up that country is.. you have to be Jewish to be a citizen (and no, France’s system of volunteerism is quite different that what is being proposed).

Feeling:  rainy days and Mondays

Listening to The Encore Collection by Kansas

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It seems that McCain has won the “hotly” contested Florida Republican votes and Clinton has the Democratic ones (yeah, like they really count as Florida will not have representatives in the Demo convention). Here is the standing at this time…

Republicans

Democrats

The Democrats shot themselves in the foot by not allowing candidates to campaign in Florida. No delegates and no campaigning because Florida moved up it primary.

I have a great solution to all this… let’s just have all the primaries on one day. No, I’m not the first to suggest this and I won’t be the last. This “we want to have a say in who will be the primaries” is a bunch of crap. You want more say, get more people in you state to vote. (And yes, I do realize that a one day primary will cost the candidates more, especially the ones that are way out of the running, but you need to have the money to run in the first place.)

Who am I voting for coming Super Tuesday? Hillary of course… she is a bit more in the know about IT than is Barack and I can not with clear conscience vote Republican (Georgia has an open primary, no need to declare a party).

Now come November I may be singing a different tune as McCain is a mighty tempting candidate… but the likelihood of Republican party hardliners allowing the more Liberal McCain to run is very slim (yes, they can and have stopped the top vote getter from getting the nomination).

*No, I’m not calling Florida voters  or anyone else swampmonsters.

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Umm, yea… like they really are meany terrorist types.

Yes, I am referring to the Aqua Teen Hunger Force ad campaign that got a bunch of tight wad, anal retentive fear mongers’ skirts in a bunch. Come on, those signs were about as lethal looking as my 80 year grandma. Yeah, I know you can put a bomb in anything, but please, to get so uptight about a publicity stunt. It was Boston’s own fault that they overreacted to the signs.

But I really like the two guys response at the press conference.

I can just hear the terrorist now…”Hell, we don’t need to bomb to cause terror, the US government spreading terror for us.”

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If you haven’t hear by now, the movie Hounddog has a scenes that depicts Dakota Fanning (all of 12 years old) in rape and sexual abuse situations. From what I’ve heard there is not actual depictions of said rapes or abuse, just some intercut scenes to imply such has happened. My hat’s off to Dakota for taking such a role (as the star no less) knowing what controversy will arise from the movie. Now given that the abuse is central to the story of her character, there is not much you can do to get around the implied scenes. That is not the real news however. The real bone headed news is summed up by the title of a StarNewsOnline.com article….Republican: Scripts need reviewing. Yeah, like we really need some (derogatory name not used because I can’t find one stupid enough) to read all the movie scripts (only in North Carolina at this point) and judge if they are suitable enough to be filmed. Yes, I am aware the legislator wants to limit it to those that apply for tax discounts for filming in NC, but that just screams censorship.

“Sorry, but you can’t get the tax refund for your film depicting the rape of the African-American community because it has bad language in it and it paints the North Carolina government in a bad way, but we’ll approve the one made by the KKK.”

Yes, I know that is a bit of an extreme example, but hasn’t that kind of censorship happened before in this country?

And I seem to remember watching a movie where a werewolf was raping a woman… isn’t that bestiality. No one ever raise concerns about that.

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