Snow in Minnesota

I just got off the phone with a friend in Minnesota.
She said that since early this morning the snow has been nearly waist
high and is still falling. The temperature is dropping below zero and
the north wind is increasing.

Her husband has done nothing but look
through the kitchen window. She says that if it gets much worse...,
she may have to let him in.

Craig Ferguson - Banned Doctor Who Video

A few weeks ago Craig Ferguson interviewed the Brit who plays Doctor Who and did a work up for an opening song to explain to US viewers what Doctor Who is about. At the last minute there were copyright concerns and the song was pulled. Evidently everyone has kissed and made up and the song is released.

http://blogs.forbes.com/davidewalt/2010/12/01/craig-fergusons-doctor-who-song/

If you are not familiar with them, pop over to YouTube and check out other Ferguson opening songs. They are rare but very precious gems.

Enjoy
Linda B in TN:)

Facebook & Twitter Over 50

Not written by me but please let me know if you find the author:

When I bought my Blackberry I thought about the 30-year business I ran with 1800 employees, all without a cell phone that plays music, takes videos, pictures and communicates with Facebook and Twitter. I signed up under duress for Twitter and Facebook, so my seven kids, their spouses, 13 grandkids and 2 great grand kids could communicate with me in the modern way. I figured I could handle something as simple as Twitter with only 140 characters of space.

That was before one of my grandkids hooked me up for Tweeter, Tweetree, Twhirl, Twitterfon, Tweetie and Twittererific Tweetdeck, Twitpix and something that sends every message to my cell phone and every other program within the texting world.

My phone was beeping every three minutes with the details of everything except the bowel movements of the entire next generation. I am not ready to live like this. I keep my cell phone in the garage in my golf bag.

The kids bought me a GPS for my last birthday because they say I get lost every now and then going over to the grocery store or library. I keep that in a box under my tool bench with the Blue tooth [it's red] phone I am supposed to use when I drive. I wore it once and was standing in line at Barnes and Noble talking to my wife and everyone in the nearest 50 yards was glaring at me. I had to take my hearing aid out to use it, and I got a little loud.

I mean the GPS looked pretty smart on my dash board, but the lady inside that gadget was the most annoying, rudest person I had run into in a long time. Every 10 minutes, she would sarcastically say, "Re-calc-ul-ating." You would think that she could be nicer. It was like she could barely tolerate me. She would let go with a deep sigh and then tell me to make a U-turn at the next light. Then if I made a right turn instead…well, it was not a good relationship.

When I get really lost now, I call my wife and tell her the name of the cross streets and while she is starting to develop the same tone as Gypsy, the GPS lady, at least she loves me.

To be perfectly frank, I am still trying to learn how to use the cordless phones in our house. We have had them for 4 years, but I still haven't figured out how I can lose three phones all at once and have run around digging under chair cushions and checking bathrooms and the dirty laundry baskets when the phone rings.

The world is just getting too complex for me. They even mess me up every time I go to the grocery store. You would think they could settle on something themselves but this sudden "Paper or Plastic?" every time I check out just knocks me for a loop. I bought some of those cloth reusable bags to avoid looking confused, but I never remember to take them in with me.

Now I toss it back to them. When they ask me, "Paper or Plastic?" I just say, "Doesn't matter to me. I am bi-sacksual." Then it's their turn to stare at me with a blank look.


I was recently asked if I tweet. I answered, "No, but I do toot a lot."

Singing Doctors - Waking Up is Hard to Do

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOrjcLJ2IE0&feature=related

These singers are all real Anesthesiologists in Minnesota and they can really sing!

They are also funny. Here they sing "Waking up is hard to do" – check out the lyrics.

You Tube Links for Today

Susan Boyle
The number one download the past few days is Susan Boyle, the 47 year woman who wowed Simon Cowell at the Britain's Got Talent auditions. If you haven't seen it give it a listen and get the Kleenex out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY


Did You Know?
Awesome video on the progression of technology prepared for a Sony conference. Researched by Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod and Jeff Bronman:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY


Sheep Herding on Steroids LOL
These guys seriously have too much time on their hands BUT, they sure did something interesting with it...I enjoyed it. Some of it looks like the film was speeded up but I enjoyed it LOL:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw

Humor in Uniform

From Reader's Digest, Humor in Uniform

We were using live ammunition during maneuvers in Germany when a phosphorus flare fell short, coming perilously close to me and some of my buddies. We did what most people do under such circumstances -- we ran for our lives. "Get back to your weapons!" shouted the officer in charge. "Why are you men running?"

As one private ran past him, he answered the officer, "Because we can't fly, sir."
-- Myron Epstein

Stunning Performance

Such a gorgeous performance. Well worth watching:

"As long as you are kind and there is love in your heart
A thousand hands will naturally come to your aid
As long as you are kind and there is love in your heart
You will reach out with a thousand hands to help others

Guan Yin is the bodhisattva of compassion, revered by Buddhists as the Goddess of Mercy. Her name is short for Guan Shi Yin. Guan means to observe, watch, or monitor; Shi means the world; Yin means sounds, specifically sounds of those who suffer. Thus, Guan Yin is a compassionate being who watches for, and responds to, the people in the world who cry out for help."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgHmSdpjEIk