Woohoo! Go Swim Team USA!!

Ok so our swim team rocks. And michael Phelps is a wonderful swimmer. Lover to watch him swim. And her has a total of 9 Gold Medels. Read article below...

BEIJING — Michael Phelps carved his name among the Olympic greats on Tuesday, smashing another world record in the pool to join Mark Spitz and Carl Lewis in an elite group on a record nine career golds.

An imperious victory in the 200 meters freestyle also gave the 23-year-old American his third gold in Beijing as he seeks to overtake Spitz's other record, seven golds at a single Games.

"The ball's rolling," he said in his usual laid-back style, after chopping almost a full second off his own world record. "We just need to keep that ball rolling."

Togo won their first Olympic medal, in kayaking, and North Korea won a rare gold, but the record books will remember Phelps on Tuesday for another powerful performance at the Water Cube.

Phelps could overtake compatriots Lewis and Spitz, "Flying Finn" runner Paavo Nurmi and Soviet gymnast Larysa Latynina, all on nine golds, when he swims two more finals on Wednesday.

"To be tied for the most Olympic golds of all time, with those names ... is a pretty amazing accomplishment," he said.

Phelps led an American fightback against Chinese dominance of the medal table on day four, the U.S. team winning three out of four golds on offer in the pool.

They picked up another when a Texan hunter, Walton Eller, beat an Italian policeman in the men's double trap shooting.

China struck back with gold in the men's team gymnastics, an elegant victory in the women's 10m synchronized platform diving, its first fencing gold in over two decades and another weightlifting title. Near the end of day four, China led the Americans 13 golds to seven.

The hosts have spared no expense in staging the Games and preparing their athletes. Nothing would be sweeter than toppling the Americans off the top of the final medals table, after coming second in Athens.

They have dominated the weightlifting, won all three diving golds so far and picked up victories in shooting and judo.

The gymnastics victory was among the sweetest.

Gold medalists in Sydney, the Chinese failed to win a medal in Athens. This time they stormed to victory in front of an ecstatic crowd, led by double world all-round champion Yang Wei.

Little has been left to chance by organizers desperate to make a good impression, with cheerleaders filling vacant seats.

Organizers also admitted some of the opening ceremony fireworks were pre-recorded to enhance the televised event.

Authorities may be nervous after the father-in-law of the American volleyball coach was killed in Beijing on Saturday, and security has been tightened. An armored personnel carrier now guards the press centre and armed soldiers man barricades.

There have also been three attacks by suspected Muslim separatists in the country's far northwest in the last week, the latest on Tuesday when three security guards were stabbed.

TOGOLESE SAYS TIME TO VISIT

Back in the sporting arena, Germany won gold in team three-day eventing, compensation for disqualification in 2004.

There were celebrations for North Korea, the reclusive communist state winning its first gold since 1996 in the women's 63 kg weightlifting.

"This gold medal is the best present for the president and for the people of the country," Pak Hyon-Suk said, saying she was delighted to win for "our dear homeland."

There was no hint of politics, though, when South Korea's Jin Jong-oh beat the North's Kim Jong-su in the men's 50m air pistol. "We two are very close and happy we both got medals," said Jin.

There was unlikely glory for Togo with its first ever Olympic medal, bronze in kayaking for Benjamin Boukpeti.

Born to a Togolese father, Boukpeti chose to compete for the West African nation when it became clear he was too old for France. He has only been there once, as a baby, but said he now had "a very good reason to go."

Inside the polygonal bubble-wrap of the Water Cube, Phelps' win was one of three for American swimmers in 20 minutes.

World champion Natalie Coughlin "cried like a baby" on the podium after forcing Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry to settle for silver in the women's 100 backstroke, her relief all the greater after Coventry had set a world record in the semi-final.

American Aaron Peirsol smashed his own world record to maintain his dominance of the men's event, but it was the turn of an Australian in the women's 100 breaststroke.

World champion Leisel Jones ended eight years of gut-wrenching defeats by winning her first individual gold.

"It has been a long journey, a long eight years," she said. "I've gone from a naive 14-year-old to an under-pressure 18-year-old in Athens and now, a relieved 22-year-old."

American swimming success has helped draw huge audiences for the Olympics back home, where broadcaster NBC recorded the best ratings for any Games held outside the United States since 1976.

Chen Ruolin and Wang Xin made it three out of three victories for China in diving, winning the women's synchronized 10m platform. The youthful Chen, just 15, and Wang, who turned 16 on Monday, dived with adult composure to dominate the contest.

China's money market traders are now betting the host country will win 40 to 42 golds in the Games, up from 32 in 2004.

(Reporting by Beijing Olympic bureau; Editing by Keith Weir)

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince!!

So I saw the trailer for the new film and let me say I am a bit excited! OK. A LOT Excited! I cannot wait until November. I am prepared to cry, as those who read the book know all to well why. Those who haven't, read the books! Today! LOL

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/07/30/what-does-the-new-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-trailer-mean/

Ok so copy and paste the link to watch the trailer.

So I have decided to read the series again before I see the movie. Been too long and I need to refresh the memory. But as a huge fan, I need to separate the books from the films, they leave a few characters out that I think should be in the films. One Word, Peeves! But that is why you separate the 2.

And I can't beleive they are over. (books). No I need to find a new obsession.

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? My Grandmother Middle name. Oh Yeah and King Arthur had a ship named after me... lol

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? When I watched the crappiest movie EVER!

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? i do

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Bologna

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? none

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? of course!!! I Rock!

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM ALOT? Sarcasm, What's that?

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? yep, they are still there

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? I would like to say YES! But who knows.

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? frosted flakes=)

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? no

12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? i know so =)


13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? I LOVE ICE CREAM!


14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? there eyes and smile and humor

15. RED OR PINK? Pink


16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? im perfect... lol

17.WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? my grandmother

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK? For sure

19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Blue jeans and white shoes=)

20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? A crappy Sandwich from Lucky that had bad Mayonaise... eeewwwww

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? INXS Like it or Not


22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? MMMM.... yellow.. cheerful and bright=)


23. FAVORITE SMELL? Baking Cookies

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON PHONE? My Boss

25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO WILL RESPOND TO THIS? Of course!

26. FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH? baseball and football

27. HAIR COLOR? brownish red

28. EYE COLOR? brown

29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Nope 20/20 baby!

30. FAVORITE FOOD? Lasagna! mmmmmm

31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Um Happy Endings Duh!

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Penelope

33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? pink=)

34. SUMMER OR WINTER ? winter

35. HUGS OR KISSES: of course... both

36. FAVORITE DESSERT? The kind of desert only adults talk about!

37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? my friends=)

38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? oh they know who they are... not gonna mention any names

39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING? none right now

40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? At work has work logo and at home it is all about TIGGER!

41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT? The Mole and Big Brothr 10

42. FAVORITE SOUND? Thunder and a childs laughter

43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Beatles

44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? South Carolina

45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? I have Many Talents... ;O)

46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Carson City Nevada

47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK? all of them!!

How to deal with frustration

I guess today is my day to deal tiwh frustration. Count to ten and read a few good jokes...

Q .. What does a blonde say when you ask her if her blinker is on?
A .. It's on. It's off. It's on. It's off. It's on. It's off.

Q .. What do you get when you offer a blonde a penny for her thoughts?
A .. Change.

Q .. What does a blonde say if you blow in his/her ear?
A .. "Thanks for the refill!"

Q .. What do you call a basement full of blondes?
A .. A whine cellar.

Q .. What do you call a dumb blonde behind a steering wheel?
A .. An Air Bag.

Q .. What do you call a blonde between two brunettes?
A .. A mental block.

Q .. What do you call 10 blondes standing ear to ear?
A .. A wind tunnel.

Q .. What do you call 15 blondes in a circle?
A .. A dope ring.

Q .. What do you call an unmarried blond in a BMW?
A .. Divorcee'

Q .. What do you call a blonde with 2 brain cells?
A .. Pregnant.

One day a blonde came home from school and came to her mother and said, "Hey, Mommy! Mommy! Today in school we learned to count. The other kids could only count to three but I can count to Ten..... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!"

The mother responds, "Very good honey." The blonde asks, "Is that because I'm a blonde mommy?" And the mother responds, "Yes dear."

Next day the blonde came home and went to her mother and said, "Today in school we learned our ABCs! The other kids could only get to D but I can get to K! .... A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K!"

The mother says, "Very good honey." The blonde then asked. "Is that because I'm a blonde, Mommy?" The mother responds, "Yes dear."

The third day the blonde come home from school and said to her mother, "Mommy today in school we went swimming! But I was the only one who had breasts. Is that because I'm a blonde, Mommy?"
And the mother responds, "No Honey, it's because you're twenty five."


Rules Guys wished Girls knew... (Added On: 2008-04-29 Rating : 2.99 / 5.00 Rate This Joke)

1. If you think you're fat, you probably are. Don't ask us.
2. Learn to work the toilet seat: if it's up, put it down.
3. Don't cut your hair. Ever.
4. Birthdays, Valentines, and Anniversaries are not quests to see if he can find the perfect present!
5. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, expect an answer you don't want to hear.
6. Sometimes, he's not thinking about you. Live with it.
7. Don't ask him what he's thinking about unless you are preparedto discuss such topics as navel lint, the shotgun formation,and monster trucks.
8. Get rid of your cat. And no, it's not different, it's just like ever other cat.
9. Dogs are better than ANY cats. Period.
10. Sunday = Sports. It's like the full moon or the changing of thetides. Let it be.
11. Shopping is not a sport.
12. Anything you wear is fine. Really.
13. You have enough clothes.
14. You have too many shoes.
15. Crying is blackmail. Use it if you must, but don't expect us to like it.



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The Wagon (Added On: 2008-04-28 Rating : 4.24 / 5.00 Rate This Joke)

It seems a farm boy accidentally overturned his wagon-load of corn. The farmer who lived nearby heard the noise.
"Hey Willis!!" the farmer yelled. "Forget your troubles. Come in with us. Then I'll help you get the wagon up.
"That's mighty nice of you, " Willis answered, "but I don't think Pa would like me to.
"Aw, come on," the farmer insisted.
"Well okay," the boy finally agreed, and added, "but Pa won't like it."
After a hearty dinner, Willis thanked his host. "I feel a lot better now, but I know Pa is going to be real upset.
"Don't be foolish !" the neighbor said with a smile. "By the way, where is he?
"Under the wagon!"

Man + woman (Added On: 2008-02-25 Rating : 3.90 / 5.00 Rate This Joke)

Smart Man + Smart Woman = Romance

Smart Man + Dumb Woman = Pregnancy

Dumb Man + Smart Woman = Affair

Dumb Man + Dumb Woman = Marriage

Smart Boss + Smart Employee = Profits

Smart Boss + Dumb Employee = Production

Dumb Boss + Smart Employee = Promotion

Dumb Boss + Dumb Employee = Overtime

A man will pay $2.00 for a $1.00 item he needs.

A woman will pay $1.00 for a $2.00 item that she does not need.

A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.

A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.

A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

To be happy with a man, you must love him a little and understand him a lot.

To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.

Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed.

Women somehow deteriorate overnight.

A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.

A man marries a woman expecting she won't change, but she does.

Married men live longer than single men, but married men are more willing to die.

Any married man should forget his mistakes. There's no use in two people remembering the same thing.

A woman has the last word in any argument.

Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument



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Why do Co-Workers always claim to be smart?

Ok so I work with a bunch of idiots! That has been proven but the complete lack of memory or lack of follow through.

So today I get a call from a user that is following up on an isssue he had called in about earlier in the morning. So I open the ticketing system we have and there was no ticket open. So I IM the only other person who was on the calls this morning and she has no memory. She Says "His name sounds familiar. Did he call in for a password reset?" so I stated that he called in for a PC issue and she replies " I sent him his login information." What does that have to do with a PC issue?

She lost the call. After I tried repeatedly to remind her she finnaly got it and said. "well he said he had another PC he could work on" Well yeah, but he still needs his other one fixed. Are you kidding me?

So she deleted the ticket and now she is trying to say that the ticketing system we have messed up and deleted it. Yeah ok. So I had to explain to the end user that we made a mistake and I need to open a new ticket. So a place a rush on it.

So now the dekstop team has a PC they need to fix, but the ticket will be ignored because our desktop team has sworn off off helping on "Rush" items. Nice huh?

I love the people I work with. They make life so much easier!

Just a little humor...

That's when the fight started...




When I got home, last night, my wife demanded that I take her someplace expensive....

so, I took her to a gas station.

That's when the fight started.....

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I rear-ended a car last week.

So, there we were, alongside the road and, slowly, the other driver got out of his car.

You know how, sometimes, you get so stressed that every thing just seem funny?

Yeah, well, I couldn't believe it.... he was a DWARF!!!

He stormed over to my car, looked up at me and shouted, "I AM NOT HAPPY!!!"

So, I looked down at him and said, "Well, then, which one are you?"

That's when the fight started.....

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After retiring, I went to the Social Security office to apply for Social Security.

The woman behind the counter asked me for my driver's license, to verify my age.

I looked in my pockets and realized I had left my wallet at home.

I told the woman that I was very sorry, but I'd have to go home and come back later.

The woman said, "Unbutton your shirt."

So, I opened my shirt, revealing my curly, silver, chest hair.

She said, "That silver hair on your chest is proof enough for me" and proceeded to process my Social Security application.

When I got home, I excitedly told my wife about my experience at the Social Security office.

She said, "You should have dropped your pants. You might have gotten disability, too."

That's when the fight started.....

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My wife and I were sitting at a table at my high school reunion and I kept staring at a drunken lady, swigging her drink, as she sat alone at a nearby table.

My wife asked, "Do you know her?"

"Yes," I sighed. "She's my old girlfriend. I understand she took to drinking, right after we split up, those many years ago and I hear she hasn't been sober since."

"My God!" my wife exclaimed. "Who'd've thought a person could go on celebrating that long?"

That's when the fight started.....

Work

Ok so I am at work and my wonderful boss pulss me into the office to have our bi-weekly meeting. My boss continues to tell me that since everyone has missed the SOX items on terminated users account she will have to take corrective action with me.

My internal thought process "WTF! When is it my job to make sure my co-workers are making sure they are checking and disabling the proper access? I AM NOT Thier Boss! Take responsibility lady!"

But of course the good girl in me lets it fly and I took a small stand to tell her that I WILL NOT be checking email or doing doing the other portion of my job for AT LEAST two hours a day so I can MAKE SURE the systems access has been disabled. Then she asks me IF I want to send an email to the team to tell them that. And of course I told her, well you are the boss you tell them. But I will set aside 2 hours a day everyday to check these systems. I am not going to be written up for someone else's mistake or for somethign someone else should be doing too. I bet she didn't take corrective action with those other people either.

I think she seriously hates me. She plays favorites. BIG TIME. She has hired this girl that was let go last year, who everyone in the company knows is a complete idiot and tries to make other people do her job. But because this idiot is a brown noser she hired her back. and gave her the job that my boss said I do not have the skill set for, yet I will have to train her on the system access. How does that work?

If I made more money at my secodn job, i'd quit this one and move on, but I can't. So in the meantime I have to vent to my office budd (who I will kill if he blabs lol) and share our disappointment of office politics. Guess I need tolearn how to play the game.