Hmmmm, Postcards that come in Black Plastic...?

Image may or may not be of real Ummm "assists" no no Product For sale, ON THE POST CARD..



Sexy postcards won't have stamp of approval? Wed Oct 26,12:53 PM ET

The "Girl from Ipanema" may soon have to cover up, at least if she wants to appear on a postcard in Rio de Janeiro.

Postcards of bikini-clad beauties frolicking on Rio's famed beaches could be banned from sales in the city's shops and newsstands in an attempt to discourage sex tourism.

The Rio state assembly approved the ban on Tuesday night, and state governor Rosinha Matheus has 30 days to ratify it.

"These postcards ... attract to our city the wrong kind of tourist and promote deplorable sex tourism," said the bill's sponsor, deputy Alice Tamborindeguy.

"I hope the governor sanctions this proposal because otherwise we are doing a disservice to the state and showing disrespect for women."

Postcards of lithe and tanned women in bikinis on beaches such as Ipanema and Copacabana are ubiquitous at sales points in Rio. The image was immortalized in the bossa nova song, "Girl from Ipanema."

With its sun, sea, mountains and sultry lifestyle Rio is a popular tourist destination. But prostitution is also rife, and the United Nations and other groups have expressed concern that it is growing as a magnet for foreigners seeking cheap sex.

Last March the Brazilian government launched a campaign to stop the sexual exploitation of minors by tourists, which including involving hotels in cracking down on their guests.
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How would you react if a buddy sent you a post card wrapped in foil?
- TVG

{Photo from:
http://www.jaymekohler.com/archives/ind-20031115-0505.html }

Cat Nap?

Suspect in W.Va. Break-In Found Asleep Fri Oct 28, 5:35 PM ET

A suspect in a break-in at a veterinarian's office wasn't hard to find. He was sleeping in his office at a neighboring business and allegedly had some stolen items in his pockets.

Chad Lee Mays, 26, of Malden was charged Thursday with breaking and entering. Mays owns a tire shop next door to the Kanawha Boulevard Animal Hospital in Charleston, according to a criminal complaint filed in Kanawha County Magistrate Court.

Charleston police responding to the break-in saw a tire shop employee outside that business early Thursday morning, waiting for it to open. The employee said Mays was inside sleeping.

Mays told police he had heard an alarm go off at the veterinarian's office but did not see anything. He then said he needed to use a restroom and walked into another room where Patrolman S.S. Midkiff saw a computer similar to one that had been reported stolen, the complaint said.

Police searched the suspect and allegedly found cash and vials of veterinary drugs in his pockets.

Mays was being held Friday at South Central Regional Jail in Charleston.

Information from: The Charleston Gazette, http://www.wvgazette.com
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Those Cat Naps will get ya every time!
- TV

What about the twisted moose?

Landing in Alaska? Fear moose collisions no more
Fri Oct 21,11:15 AM ET
Pilots flying into and out of a small airport north of Anchorage, Alaska, no longer have to keep an eye out for stray moose on the runway. The municipal airport at Wasilla, a town about 40 miles north of Anchorage, has installed an electric anti-moose mat around the airfield. The barrier, similar to grated cattle guards on ranches, aims to prevent collisions between aircraft and the area's large moose population. "They'd feel a shock and they'd also hear a snap. Those two things would cause the moose to not go in there," said Archie Giddings, public works director for Wasilla. Airfield workers regularly had to chase the large ungulates away and moose have proved adept at getting through the gates of the airport's conventional fence, Giddings said.
A bull moose can weigh 1,000 pounds and stand 6 feet high. "If they ever did come to the runway and have a collision with an aircraft, that could be disastrous to the pilot," Giddings said. "An airplane could disintegrate if it hits a moose."

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Or the area moose will learn to like it and all park on the mat.

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Dead man gets parking ticket
Fri Oct 21,10:38 AM ET
Australian authorities have apologized to the family of an elderly man who was given a parking ticket while he lay dead in his car in a suburban shopping center. The 71-year-old man, known to be seriously ill, went missing nine days ago and his body was found in his car in a shopping mall car park in a Melbourne suburb, police said. A parking ticket had been placed on the car the day before his body was found. "It's just tragic. It must be just so sad for the family and we extend our sincere sympathies to them," local mayor Paul Denham told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio on Friday. "The circumstances surrounding the location of this poor fellow must make it all the harder for the family. It is simply a case of the parking officer not noticing."

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So .... Do they still have to pay the fine?

- TV

Snow Bunny?

Have your attention? One Playmates stand aganst KFC.

Nice thought, however...

New gadget to make theft of mobile phones harder
Thu Oct 13, 2:42 PM ET
Finnish scientists have invented a device to make it harder to steal mobile phones and laptops by enabling them to detect changes in their owner's walking style and then freeze to prevent unauthorized use.
The VTT Technical Research Center of Finland said the device, which is has patented but has yet to sell, could prevent millions of portable appliances being stolen every year.
"A device is equipped with sensors that measure certain characteristics of the user's gait. When the device is used for the first time, these measurements are saved in its memory," VTT said in a statement.
The gadget would monitor the user's walking style and check it against the saved information. If the values differ, the user would have to enter a password.
"Compared with passwords and traditional bio-identification, the new method is simple: confirmation of identity takes place as a background process without any need for user's intervention," the researchers said.

One problem I see with this is that as some one is being chased or, is thought be being followed, your gate changes, you go from your normal la de daa, mode to a defensive mode. I wonder if the phone would still lock and prevent you from calling for help? Hmmm, I will need to see more data. I still think a fingerprint scanner would be a better option on the phones, some computers are putting them in.

- TV

Odd little smiles...

Some of the things that I do while, hmmm how does one say this, spending valuable time on the internet ... Is visit on line cartoons. What I like is that these cartoons are also in the paper, however you can go back and review the last months toons here. 2 of the toons that I like are

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9 Chickweed has changed a little, however I have been reading it for so long that it still holds my attention. Someone just jumping in on the toon, it may be a little strange.

Get Fuzzy is just Odd, I like it that way. Check them out, let me know.

- TV

This fire truck brought to you by ...

STOCKERTOWN, Pa. They may not be able to change their tires in less than 20 seconds, but Stockertown's fire department is looking for something decidedly race car-like: sponsorship. The tiny borough of 650 residents bought a fire truck but hasn't been able to scrape enough money to pay for it. So the fire chief and the City Council president dreamed up the idea of selling advertising space on the fire truck. So far, no one has signed on. /

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Hmmm I wonder why, Hay Match makers, would you be interested insponsoringg our fire truck? Or how about, Hay Local Liquor store, would you be interested in sponsoring our DUI program?

Yes, Yes, Yes I know, now here in the above clipping do they use any of the examples that I have used here however, how would you like to be the business owner of "ABC Demolition" and have a reporter standing by a fire truck (reporters like flashing lights) with thebillboardd "Brought to you by ABC Demolition while at a fatality accident, or a house or business fire. Not so much thank you. How do you also let visitors know that this is an ad and not an endorsement for said business. Just some thoughts. What do you think.
- TV

Who gets to blow out the candles?

Expect a big birthday party next year in the Greco household. Suzanne and Michael Greco celebrated their shared birthday Saturday by welcoming their first child, 8-pound, 8-ounce Maxwell Allen Greco. ''We're wondering what the odds are of having the whole family born on the same day,'' said Vicki Greco, Michael's mother. ''It's just amazing.''

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That is just weird.
- TV

See Alaska be fore you die (B4UDIE)

I am mixed about the following promo drive to get people to come to Alaska. Check out the article:
http://www.ktuu.com/cms/templates/master.asp?articleid=185&zoneid=1

personally I like the fact that we can strech out and not knock the block off of our neighbor. Or that one can pass gas (fart for the younger generation) with out the neighbor calling and say "Liver & Onions again eah? LOL, I used to have a friend who used to say "ampersand" instead of "And" .. Kind of funny Kind of strange. Anyway YOU Tell me, would this billboard make you want to rush home and pack your bags to come to Alaska? Until next time...

- TV

Blog Dumpers...

Groan,
Ok, it may just be me however I do find it cool when I post and suddenly I see some one has commented to the post. It is like Christmas time and some one has left a present under the tree, I hit the post and find that it is not a gift, it is a flaming bag of Poo - Poo called E-spam. What the heck! Don't I already get enough E-mails from estate members of wealthy bankers or country men that have passed on, been kidnapped, or 'taken out' who want to share their 40,million dollars with me just out of random chance because my screen name seamed nice. Please I would get these e-mails if my address was:

BabbyEater@RiverOfStix.death
rather than
HayIAmANiceGuy@willingtogivebankinfo.com (duh, not real addresses)

Not born yesterday people.

It all comes down to this, have you used or would you use the anti-e-spam devices that are out there? If some one was using a device that made you verify that you are a real human behind the keyboard and not an automated mass mailer, would you take the extra step to place a posting or just clear them from your favorite places? Let me know what you think. Unless it is that I should enter into a time share deal, for a next to nothing price, you can just hang on to that one.

That is the rant... yup, that is it. If you are a real person and have posted, thank you I am interested in hearing/seeing what you have to say/type. Lets keep it up.
- TV

Reminds me of Humpty Dumpty ... In A Good Way.

Care to Comment? I thought that this was cool, however I think that I would like to driving the frying pan that, of course, is sold seperatly...

New concept car: a rotating egg on wheels
Fri Sep 30, 3:46 AM ET -

Tired of all those three-point turns? Nissan Motor could have a solution.
Japan's second-biggest auto maker has developed a concept car featuring an egg-shaped cabin atop a wheeled platform that can swivel around 360 degrees, doing away with the need to reverse when emerging from narrow spaces.
"With this feature, parking in tight spots is a cinch," chief designer Masato Inoue told reporters at a sneak preview of the bubble-shaped, three-seater electric car this week.
The car, named Pivo after the word "pivot", operates on an experimental system called drive-by-wire, which eliminates the mechanical linkages between cabin and chassis to enable steering, braking and shifting through electronic signals.
The system is the car's version of fly-by-wire technology, which has controlled commercial jets for more than a decade.
Nissan will showcase the Pivo at the Tokyo Motor Show, which opens to the public on October 22.
At the preview this week in Zama city, near Tokyo, a driver slid the 2.7-metre (8-foot) long Pivo into a tight imaginary parking spot, then rotated the cabin with the push of a button to face "backwards" to come out of the space in one motion.
"With the Pivo concept, we want to demonstrate the myriad possibilities that drive-by-wire could achieve," Inoue said.
Shiro Nakamura, Nissan's celebrity design chief, said on Friday the real-world application of the concept could be but a decade away.
"Who knows, in 10 years our March (or Micra, subcompact car) could look like this," he said at a media event at Nissan's showroom in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district, where the car was being prepared for display to the public.
Other auto makers such as General Motors and DaimlerChrysler have also developed drive-by-wire concept cars featuring cabin interiors that resemble cockpits.
Quirky concept cars are always crowd-pleasers at international motor shows, which auto makers use to show off next-generation technology and draw attention to their newest production vehicles.

Justice Deserts?

PUKE PUNISHMENT FOR VOMIT ASSAULT(Kansas, AP) - A Kansas high school student convicted of battery for puking on his Spanish teacher will spend four months cleaning up after people who throw up in a police car. A judge said at sentencing that he considered the incident an assault on the dignity of all teachers. The teen vomited on the teacher on the last day of classes at Olathe Northwest High School, outside of Kansas City. The boy's lawyer says his client had been nervous about his final exams but other students testified he'd planned it in advance. The teacher says he felt "sort of stunned" when it happened, and notes the student was failing his class.
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All I have to say is Yuck...
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WOMAN WALKING DOG HAS POOP BAG SNATCHED(San Diego, AP) -
Police in San Diego are searching for a gunman who swiped a bag of poop from a woman out walking her dog. The woman told police that she was out walking her dog, Misty, when a man in his 20s ran up behind her and grabbed the bag she was holding. When the gunman discovered what was in it, he threw it down in disgust.
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I think that a De De De would fit here nicely...
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(Image not of actual Dancer/Model)
(NIGHT)CLUB HANDS OUT PENCILS, SKETCH PADS (Idaho, AP) -
A city ordinance bans complete nudity at all gentleman's clubs in Boise, Idaho, but one club, Erotic City, has challenged that ordinance by distributing pencils and sketch pads to patrons during "art night." The ordinance does give nudity exclusions for artistic displays which include dance, ballet and dramatic performances, so every Monday and Tuesday, the club encourages customers to sketch the models as they perform nude routines. "As far as the Boise city code, it specifies it has to be a serious artistic manner and this is a serious artistic manner," said Chris Teague, Erotic City owner. The club has put on art night for two months, and Teague said he has not received any complaints. Boise Police officials say the club has not been cited for any ordinance violations.

- TV

Out on a limb .. er extremity?

Has the Media come to this? Let's out those that we believe have been augmented and make them prove that they have/are not? On another note do we really care or is it like a train wreck, you don't want to look however you have to...


This photo supplied by Warner Bros. shows supermodel Tyra Banks, right, getting a sonogram from an unidentified physician's assistant to prove that her breasts are not fake on her new talk show during taping in Los Angeles on Friday, Sept. 16, 2005. Dr. Garth Fisher from ABC's 'Extreme Makeover' performed a 'touch test' and after the sonogram concluded, 'Tyra Banks has natural breasts; there are no implants.' The show aired on Tuesday, September 20th. (AP Photo/Chris Polk,Warner Bros.)
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Supermodel
Tyra Banks' underwent a sonogram on her own television show to quell rumors that she had breast implants. But first she ordered all the men out of the audience, a spokeswoman for her program said on Wednesday. Banks, 31, told the audience for her syndicated talk show on Tuesday that she was tired of rumors that her breasts were fake. "It's something that's followed me forever and today I'm going to finally admit once and for all the truth about my breasts," the Victoria's Secret model said as she removed her push-up bra from underneath a T-shirt. She took a break and returned wearing a bathrobe and accompanied by plastic surgeon Garth Fischer. He and an assistant performed a sonogram in front of the audience that was broadcast with certain part of Banks' anatomy blacked out. Fischer said, "I've performed approximately 8,000 breast implant surgeries, I've examined you, I've reviewed your sonogram ... and Tyra Banks has natural breasts." Banks added, "By no means am I against plastic surgery, by no means am I saying that breast implants are a bad thing, but it's just not a choice that I made ... it's something that a lot of people think I have and that is so frustrating to me."


Please, is it any of our business? What are the boundries of a person in the publics eye life public and private? Another artical that I read advised that all the gentlemen in the studio were outted and the studio was then only left with female on lookers. To what extent will 'Stars' have to go to to prove, or dis-prove things said about them. OR is this just someting for Sweeps? Groan.. What to you think on this. Am I just being craby? Have to run, and watch the show over again... Untill next time...
- TV

Ever have one of those days?

I personally hate days like this.... Especially when you are mid stream, can't get out of it and can see exactly where it is going to lead... *Sigh*

- TV

Could You Pass the US Citizenship Test?

You Passed the US Citizenship Test

Congratulations - you got 10 out of 10 correct!

Could You Pass the US Citizenship Test?

Remember ...

Not to harp on history, however their are some things that we need not forget. I was brushing my teeth when the phone rang, a voice said that we have been attacked, and advised me to turn on the TV, it does not matter what channel, almost any one will do - the voice on the phone was my Mother. I did as she asked. I stood their tooth brush hanging out of my mouth trying not to get toothpaste on my tie, grabbing the remote and then just looked at the TV, processing what I was watching. The time was a little before 6 am Alaska time 10 am in New York, the second tower was just about to fall and another plane was still out their somewhere. I hurried through my morning duties to report to work at 7am wondering what the day would bring us, all while keeping one eye on the TV. As I got to work I "MacGyver'd" an antenna to the training TV so that we could receive broadcasts about the attacks during the day. A sobering day for all of us. Our thoughts and Prayers still go to family's and friends of those that were lost, and training continues to help protect the rest of us from seeing another attack.

Taps.mp3

Day is done, gone the sun, From the hills, from the lake, From the sky. All is well, safely rest, God is nigh.
Go to sleep, peaceful sleep, May the soldier or sailor, God keep. On the land or the deep, Safe in sleep.
Love, good night, Must thou go, When the day, And the nightNeed thee so? All is well. Speedeth all To their rest.
Fades the light; And afarGoeth day, And the stars Shineth bright, Fare thee well; Day has gone, Night is on.
Thanks and praise, For our days, 'Neath the sun, Neath the stars, 'Neath the sky, As we go, This we know, God is nigh.

-TV

Laughed so hard I lost 3 pounds, then I had to change my shorts!

A while ago I ran across a site that ran you through the day to day life of the stick figure man that does all of the warning signs that you see. It was rather an interesting interview.

Oh, go ahead, Click on the sign...

-TV

Need to Know Love...

Over the past several years I have had comfort in a few things, one is my faith, my family, and my wife. When everything else goes side ways those are the things I know will always be there. We have been married now for almost 9 years, and have known each other for a total of 15. We became friends, dated, became engaged, and got hitched. Considering every thing that we have been through, I would do it all over again in a heart beat. No Questions Asked. The Love I feel for her is ingrained. (I so could sound like a stalker now) Her beauty still astounds me. There is a song, "She don’t know she's beautiful" that wraps up a part of how I feel, and has some cool music in the background to. But more than her appearance is just her - Here is another stolen line, She completes me. When I lie awake at night I can look over and just watch her sleep; the colour of her eyes - is my favorite colour; the sound of her voice - makes my heart skip a beat. In short I guess I am glad she fell in love with me, before someone else, because I know that I then would be, still looking for her. Don’t like mush, too bad. It is what is on my mind, and I just wanted to say it. - TV

Friendly Tag

Tagged or Touched in the head? ----\/
I was tagged By my friend Eric:

What I was doing 10 Years Ago Today:
I was living in a little suburb north of Anchorage called Eagle River and running sled dogs with my fiancé’ (now wife). I was working 3.5 Jobs, not because I had to, but because I had to. 1) as a Operations grunt for a local TV station, 2) A DJ at a radio station conglomerate, 3) at a Pet store as a sales person and where house worker, 3.5) operating my own audio production company doing voice work. Oh I also did on call Security work.

Five Years Ago:
I was embraced by Emergency Services, as an Emergency Dispatcher for one of our city’s 3 Police Departments. Now married I am still working 3 jobs, 1) @ the PD, 2) Still DJ’ing 3) still running the audio production co. Also active in one of the towns local Toastmasters clubs.

1 Year Ago:
Still in the embrace of Emergency Services, and have almost a year under my belt as a trainee dispatcher with the local fire department, departed their and went back to police dispatching for a while. Still happily married to the same beautiful person.

Yesterday:
Kicked back and watched Sahara and Monster In Law, We were both taking it easy and my wife was feeling under the weather, Flu like bug.

Tomorrow:
Going to try to get more rest as I did not do such a good job at it last night. Need to clean the studio some more and get some of my framed photos on the wall instead of being in a pile on my desk. Need to see what the weather is going to be like to see if I can put out the flag.

The numbered things are in no particular order --

5 Snacks I Enjoy:
1. Candy!
2. Pie!
3. Smoked Cheddar cheese
4. Chips
5. Steak

5 Bands That I Know the Lyrics to Most of Their Songs:
1. Styx
2. YES
3. Boston
4. Petra
5. Monty Python 

5 Things I Would Do with $100,000,000:
1. Pay off debt
2. Look closer at Motor homes (Mini-Winnies / Realita etc)
3. Save – Put a big bunch in a fund for our Animals or just us someday
4. Learn to Fly
5. Add on to the studio

5 Locations I Would Like to Run Away to:
1. Closer to my Grandparents
2. My studio
3. Home
4. to be determined
5. to be determined

5 Bad Habits I Have:
1. Popping my knuckles
2. Dispatchers Turrets, Think it = say it, then think about it.
3. Prejudging people (however that has save my hinny a few times)
4. Not keeping up with my friends
5. Procrastination. It should have been first but I couldn’t get around to it.

5 Things I Like Doing:
1. Listening to my wife.
2. Coming up with new ideas
3. Laying on the couch watching bad movies
4. listening to music
5. Singing in the car, church, etc

5 Things I Would Never Wear:
1. My hair in a bun
2. Spandex
3. Leg warmers
4. Pimp Coat
5. Naughty piercing

5 TV Shows I Like:
1. ER
2. Third Watch
4. Anything Animal Planet / Nat Geo / Discovery Channel
5. Family Guy

5 Movies I Like:
1. Radio
2. Full Mettle Jacket
3. Documentaries
4. Shrek, Finding Nemo, Ice Age ect. Etc.
5. Movies which make me think for days about them

5 Famous People I Would Like to Meet (off the top of my head):
1. Neil Armstrong
2. Patrick F McManus (done it)
3. John Wayne
4. Al Roker
5. God

5 Biggest Joys at the Moment:
1. My Wife
2. My Family/Animals
3. Music
4. My Work
5. I like to, um, help people.

5 Favorite Toys:
1. My Studio
2. Sony P.S.P.
3. Cameras
4. computer equipment
5. Rotozip

5 Favorite Toys I Want!
1. Canon D-2
2. A killer PDA – Tungsten E3 or Like
3. Blackberry Phone
4. Heart pulse/o2 monitor
5. Motorcycle

The point is for the tagged individual to post their answers on their blog and tag other people if they so choose, much like a very friendly chain-letter.

I will now take a moment of silence for Sally ...

-TVG

Does Size matter?

I saw this news report and followed a few links and wound up here. Then the phrase hit me: Does Size matter? :-)
I personally use flash USB drives, and have one or more with me 'most of the time' okay okay, all of the time, now that I know that it is Bling, My posse and I can sit back with our pocket protectors and Bling Bling around our neck. Next we might go wild and get our Cisco Systems or Novel/Lunix tattoos. Hay the penguin is darn cute! I can see geek stickers for our Segways now "I read your e-mails", or "Watch Out I Reverse Engineer For Fun!" and "I'm Blogging this". Oh Oh, How about our horns ringing out "GEEK GEEK" instead of beep beep!. Our options are endless.
Be afraid not to laugh at this, we are the ones that you call when your computer gives you that lovely blue screen. Humor us.
-TVG