:: Marty's blog ::

:: Thursday, February 26, 2004 ::

Ok, ok. Long time, no blog- I know. I think I went six months without a single coherent thought.
:: Marty 10:03 AM [+] ::
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China is threatening to execute anyone who intentionally spreads SARS (story). When they tell you to keep your germs to yourself, they really mean it.
:: Marty 8:37 AM [+] ::
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When black kids beat each other senseless, we call it gang violence. When white kids do the very same thing, we talk about 'hazing'. (story)

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And how about the parents who are suing over the suspensions because their children are being 'persecuted'? It doesn't matter whether you look at the Chicago hazing incident or the Long Island baseball team that snuck into a Florida strip club; they have the same common denominator. In both cases the parents are more eager to minimize the consequences for the children than to help them accept responsibility and learn something from the experience. Does anybody have a hard time figuring out why these kids have turned out the way they are?
:: Marty 11:45 AM [+] ::
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"I just need enough to tide me over until I need more."

-- Bill Hoest


:: Marty 11:43 AM [+] ::
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I was listening to the radio on the way in to work. The announcer was giving the traffic report. "Watch out for the slowdown at... There is an accident with police on the scene at... have to find an alternate route." At the time I was driving through Keeney Swamp and hadn't seen a car for five miles. The only congestion I needed to watch out for was the two geese who stand on the shoulder of the road every day.

Life is good.
:: Marty 8:27 AM [+] ::
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ahhh, time to play...
:: Marty 5:09 PM [+] ::
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Help Wanted

Multnomah County is looking for a Klingon interpreter -- just in case.

The county doesn't expect to be invaded by the alien warriors from "Star Trek" movies and TV series. But the office that treats county mental health patients wants to be prepared in case a client arrives in an emergency room gabbing in the galactic language.

"We have to provide information in all the languages our clients speak," says Jerry Jelusich, a procurement specialist for the county Department of Human Services, which serves some 60,000 mental health clients.

Steve Woodward, The Oregonian. May 10, 2003.

-- Beam me up, Scotty. There's no intelligent life down here.

:: Marty 2:25 PM [+] ::
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In the same country where the FBI can drain a pond because they detect a few anthrax spores (story), a 7-year-old Canadian boy can ride his bike across the border completely undetected (story).
:: Marty 12:56 PM [+] ::
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If I'm climbing a mountain and a rock falls on my arm and traps me, I'd assume God is sending me a message. "Marty, I'm taking you with me but my arms are full right now. You stay put until I get back."
:: Marty 10:38 AM [+] ::
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Rain, rain, rain. When it rains, my grass grows two inches a day... and I can't mow it! grr...
:: Marty 10:25 AM [+] ::
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Ok, created my blog. We'll see what happens now.
:: Marty 5:15 PM [+] ::
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