Is John Kerry a Flip Flopper?

Check out this interesting piece that discusses this further.

Knock, Knock!!! Who's There?

It's 6:30AM, and as I approach the front door I see red lights whirling around in the soaking rain. Hmmm, I'm curious now. (and a bit concerned)

"Forks Township Fire Department, sir" he proudly blurts out.

As I scan over the faces of the firemen and women (there were 4 of them), I saw this scene.

Hello!

"Sir?", he says "is your basement flooding?"

"Just a little" I respond.

"Do you have a sump pump?"

I am concerned with that question, especially because the answer is "No."

"My wife and I..." I begin to explain "...have been down there moving valuables away from the rising water."

A little dejected, he says "OK sir, if you need us go ahead and call 9-1-1, we will come back and help."

More scared then when they arrived, I thanked them very much and scanned the corner for just how much water there was out there.

As they walked away, one of the younger female fire workers said "Have a nice day!"

Hmmm. Thanks.

The water rose for another hour or so and finally stopped. I promptly left for Lowes to purchase my first 12 gallon Shop Vac.

We are fine, all is OK. The basement got about 1-2 inches in only a few places and all of our valuables were saved. Even a few I wouldn't mind losing.

All pictures here.

Maine Vacation

Morsels from Maine.

This photo was taken from our tandem kayak at Valley Cove. It was our 1/2 way resting point while Becky and I toured Somes Sound together.

Seven days of fresh fruit breakfasts, crab lunches and lobster dinners. Envy us, it's cool.

All pictures are here.

Who comes up with these things? They really DO look like eachother.(thanks Deb for sending this my way)

That's Gonna Leave A Mark

Here is a pefect example of why I say "There is no fender-bender on a motorcycle."

That's what we in the business call "painful". He won't die, but probably wished he would.

Here is an interesting article about the PA helmet law 4 months after being lifted.

"In the first four months that helmets became optional for riders 21 and older, deaths among helmetless riders more than doubled, from six to 15, compared with the year-ago period. Fatalities among riders wearing helmets dropped 28 percent, from 25 to 18."

"No one here will be able to draw any conclusions,'' said Ed Myslewicz, a spokesman for the state Department of Transportation.

WHAT? What will it take to draw conclusions? A connect the dot exercise with pictures of conclusions?

State Sen. John Wozniak, a Cambria County Democrat and motorcyclist who helped shepherd the bill through the Legislature, said he expected a "small spike'' in injuries among helmetless riders, but predicts it will be temporary as riders adjust to their new freedom.

HMMMM, you must be right. It's obvious to me that when people aren't forced to wear a helmet that they go out and crash to "adjust to their new freedom".

Off soapbox.

Nutrition Facts

Nutrition Facts and Food Composition Analysis for Burger King sandwich: Original Whopper Sandwich

I actually ate one of these the other day. Did you ever get a hankorin' for one!? MMM mmm.

Good thing it was only 710 calories, plus the fries.

Breaking News - Top Story Skip Jack Wins the Lottery!

Breaking News - Top Story Skip Jack wins the lottery!

This is really a funny site! You can change the first and the last name in the address line to be anyone's and then hit enter.

Give it a shot and email it to someone who deserves to envy you.

August 2004 Pictures

Paige is growling at Minnie!

August pictures.... Jim, Kathe & Walt's visit and Paige and Beck go to Bushkill Park.

Great Olympic Moments

• Greatest Javelin Throw
• Bronze Metal
• Silver Metal
• Gold Metal

Hope you had a laugh at those! Check out the Official Website of the Olympic Movement. (I didn't even know it was referred to as a 'movement')

That's what the nurse always called it in school when you went to her and complained of a stomach ache. I digress...

My Famous Wife

With all this Gymnastic talk lately, I am reminded just how cool my wife is. Famous, you might say.

I say cool.

Hoax or Real?

Lets see how many of these email "hoaxes" you can pick out as real or fake.

Post your results below!!!

Need a excuse to get out of somewhere?

I can use something like this on those realllllllllly long sales calls, when they aren't buying anything. You can use it on your next date with "a really nice person".

MMMM. Beer, I mean Bear

He doesn't like Busch beer?

Blonde Surprise

A blonde walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan officer. She says she's going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000.

The bank officer says the bank will need some kind of security for the loan, so the blonde hands over the keys to a new Mercedes Benz SL 500. The car is parked on the street in front of the bank, she has the title and everything checks out. The bank agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan.

The bank's president and its officers all enjoy a good laugh at the blond for using a $110,000 Benz as collateral against a $5,000 loan. An employee of the bank then proceeds to drive the Benz into the bank's underground garage and parks it there.

Two weeks later, the blonde returns, repays the $5,000 and the interest, which comes to $15.41. The loan officer says, "Miss, we are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multimillionaire.

What puzzles us is, why would you bother to borrow $5,000?" The blonde replies..... "Where else in New York City can I park my car for two weeks for only $15.41 and expect it to be there when I return?"

The McGreevey Top 10

Caution: Rated R

Can't believe it took this long to compose them!!!


10 NJ State bird: swallow
9 NJ Tpke renamed Hershey Highway
8 NJ raises terror alert level to lavender
7 We know he didn't like Bush, but this is ridiculous
6 Now we know why McGreevey enjoyed "polling" so much
5 What does McGreevey and the Israelis navy have in common?
Jewish seaman.
4 NJ DMV to now call rear end accidents, a mcgreevey
3 Gives new meaning to stuffing the ballot box
2 Post headline...mcgreevey goes down
1 Shouldn't take McGreevey long to get out of the governors
mansion, he's already got his sh*t packed!

Radar Image of YOUR HOUSE!

This is the radar image of Mom & Dad Storholt's house....

This is Patrick & Becky's house

This is Jim, Kathe and Walt's house

This is Joel's house

This is Mom Kaine's House

This is Boom and Anastasia's House

How the heck do you do this master? (or what is the trick, Jack?)

Go to www.wunderground.com and search for your local radar, then click on Local Radar. This will give you an image and under the image on the right it will read "Current Station: XXX" This is your local radar.

Then go to www.geocode.com and search for your address. In most cases, it will give you your exact coordinates. (in the case of Mom and Dad Storholt, no luck - but that's what you get when you live in heaven, right?)

Then you just click on a link above and edit the locations, and coordinates.

Don't ask me where I get this stuff from.






I said don't ask.

Pocono Weekend

Seriously, how lucky are their men?

We had an awesome time this weekend... Hanging with the Mohrs and Kevin. It's like an oasis on Lake Wallenpaupack. The 3 black labs and Paige loved each other, and the wave runners loved me!!

Thanks - Cheryl and Kevin and Mary and Barry!!!

I need a massage from all that exercise. Seriously.

Click the photo or headline for all of the pictures.

CNN.com - Police: Wedding guests eat victim - Aug 10, 2004

This is absolutely unreal!!!!! Hungry?

This is why I always get the fish... no mistaking fish for cousin Bob.CNN.com - Police: Wedding guests eat victim - Aug 10, 2004

July Photos

July Photos....Feel free to post comments below.

I'm out. Peace.

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