Thursday Thoughts ...

Today's pizza went over great!! I had ordered two extra large deep pan pizzas. The pizza place was great about doing a special order. Half a pizza was pepperoni only, the other half was pepperoni and bacon. The next pizza was half pepperoni and ham and half pepperoni and sausage. They were great, too, about cutting it so that there'd be more than enough for the 30 students in class. Talk about a huge hit! There wasn't a crumb left in the two boxes. Lots and lots of thanks for the awesome snack. Best of all, I think I may have drummed up some new business for Poppy's Pizza here in good ol' Waterford.

Married Son delivered the pizzas promptly at 11. He, DIL and Grandson came in to meet my class. Grandson was "ohhhh'd" and "ahhhhh'd" over. He loved the attention. He eve got to eat a piece of pizza, taking over my seat of course. Someone asked him if he went to school (he'll be 4 next week) and he said "I sure do". "What's the name of your school" she asked. "Sunday School" he said. I'm sure not what she had in mind, but he's right. He then tells the student that he wants to come to my school, he wants to play with the dolls in the back of the class room (resuscitation dummies - the class is in the EMT classroom).

I'm gonna miss Stress Management class!! But, made some new friends ... and they aren't even PITA's ... go figure. Two new friends from that class, one from my Accounting class. And not a PITA in the bunch!

Speaking of the friend from Accounting class ... she's pregnant. Due like any day. I got a text from her during Stress class that they were taking her to the hospital, they're inducing her this afternoon. Hopefully as I type this her daughter has been born. I know "S" wanted the pregnancy over with. Poor girl has been so miserable and uncomfortable!

Ah, another speaking of ... pregnant. Alien finally told my mother she's pregnant. I guess it didn't go well at all. Mom's furious! Refuses to go to baby showers or the wedding. I can't say as I blame her, that same thought had crossed my mind. But I will go ... after all, mistake or not she's my daughter. I want her to know that although I won't provide materially for them, I will be there for her and the baby.

I still haven't talked to Mom. I've been putting it off. I'll call her later today. Once I build up the courage ... it's a call I just don't want to make. Ya know? I know Mom ... and I'm going to get the "you failed your child" lecture. Ummmm ... I'm not the one who put her in bed with the loser ... I did what I could. Lord knows I did what I could to raise her right. But that's my Mom. I won't take it personally.

And if she does get to me, I'll just practice some of those stress management techniques Coach taught us!!

Well ... off I go. I've been putting off writing up my Accounting group presentation. We present on Monday. Think I better get that going so the guy doing up our power point isn't at it at the last minute.

And then there's that dreaded call to Mom that I have to make!

WTH Was I Thinking?

Alright ... so I decided to do something really stupid. I raked leafs. Yes, me ... and I'm really feeling it. Not so much in the arms (I'm sure that'll happen tomorrow) ... but my stomach muscles hurt like heck. I think I overdid it, maybe? Now ... remember, I'm under doctor's orders to not over do it - and for a reason. I have a eight inch round piece of surgical mesh that's pretty much holding that ol' hernia in place. Oops. Don't think I ripped my "screen" ... but I'm not gonna be doing that stuff for a while.

And as long as I'm at it ... it takes a special person to give themself a black eye. Care to guess who that talented person is? Yup ... moi! Long story short ... I was checking a sensitive area near where I had that growth removed on my cheek last year ... and my finger slipped!! I dotted my own eye basically!! Worse part is, I also left a half inch cut with my own finger nail! Thankfully I missed my eye, the cut is closer to my cheekbone.

I'm glad Mom didn't name me Grace!!

So ... school ... it's almost over! Yeah!! Marketing test was easy. Glad I opened the book the other night and read the chapters. LOL.

After class I went to sell my books back to the school. I won't tell the kids because I'm not going to give them a penny of it ... but I got $132 back. Too bad they didn't take my darned accounting book! The one class I couldn't wait to sell the book and they aren't buying it back. Grrrrrr. Guess I hit amazon.com or half.com (as a classmate is suggesting).

On Friday I'm going to the Secretary of State (Dept of Motor Vehicles) to get one of those enhanced driver's licenses. This way I won't need to have a passport to travel to Canada. Not all states have enhanced driver's licenses ... so if it's something you think you might be interested in, check your state's DMV site to see if it's available.

Tomorrow is Stress Management. I'm done with the work, I did my final presentation last week. I have to bring a snack. Since one of Married Son's four jobs (yes, four) is pizza delivery I was able to make a sweet deal with his boss for two extra large pan pizzas. Think that'll be enough of a snack? LOL.

Two more exams after that and it's SUMMER BREAK!! Yippee. Have I mentioned I'm soooo ready for it?

Oh, yeah ... I went grocery shopping after class today. Woo hoo. Big deal, right? Well ... check this out ... I was walking down the main aisle and saw Kelloggs cereals has Star Trek toys inside the box. Yes!! So I grabbed a few boxes, hey they *were* on sale. Yup ... that's my excuse. $2.50 for a box of cereal. Oh, and I found Star Trek Cereal, too!!!! For $2 no less! So ... now I can play with my Star Trek toy when I'm eating my Star Trek Cereal!!

I know, I know ... I need a life!!

Another Virus Warning

This time brought to you by my anti-virus program ... avast!. Still, it's worth passing on.

Beware of the threat from hacked websites 

This year, there has been a large increase in the number of legitimate websites infected by a so-called "iframe" threat - a type of malicious script.

Several prominent websites have come under attack from hackers who have modified the underlying code so that malware can be distributed to unsuspecting users who visit the site. When a user visits an infected site, an invisible connection is established to a remote server, which can then attempt to install malware on the user's computer. The intention could be to generate spam, or possibly something more sinister, such as stealing personal information e.g. bank account or credit card details.

 In 2008, several high-profile websites were targeted, including USA Today, ABC News, Target and Wal-Mart and simply visiting one of these infected websites could have resulted in the user's computer being infected. More recently, a number of websites have been detected by avast! as being infected by a malicious script called "HTML:Iframe-inf". Among the websites affected are a number of Government sites in the US, including the United States Forest Service, the US International Trade Commission and the websites of several embassies around the world. Many popular travel and recreational websites have also been compromised.

avast! antivirus will detect and block access to any website that is infected by this threat and will display a warning that a virus has been detected. If avast! displays this warning, you should discontinue your attempt to connect to that particular website and either report the infection to the relevant party so that it can be removed, or post a message on the avast! forum in the section Viruses and Worms so that it can be investigated to determine whether the website is really infected. Do not ignore this warning, even if you believe the website to be a reputable one - the recent attacks prove that no websites are immune to infection.

Thanks to one of our regular forum users who reported the infection to the organization concerned, the website of the US International Trade Commission was quickly repaired and the infection removed, however, potentially, many more websites remain infected.

To minimize the risk of falling victim to such an attack from this, and other similar threats, it is essential that your antivirus software is kept up-to-date. We recommend that your avast! antivirus is set to update itself automatically, or alternatively, that you perform regular manual updates, ideally daily.

Alwil Software would like to thank its regular forum users for their help in this particular case and for the valuable support they continually provide to the rest of the avast! user community.

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Local Couple Makes AP Odd News!

Blown-away Chihuahua reunited with owners

WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Tinker Bell has been reunited with her owners after a 70-mph gust of wind picked up the six-pound Chihuahua and tossed her out of sight. Dorothy and Lavern Utley credit a pet psychic for guiding them on Monday to a wooded area nearly a mile from where 8-month-old Tinker Bell had been last seen. The brown long-haired dog was dirty and hungry but otherwise OK.

The Utleys, of Rochester, had set up an outdoor display Saturday at a flea market in Waterford Township, 25 miles northwest of Detroit. Tinker Bell was standing on their platform trailer when she was swept away.

Dorothy Utley tells The Detroit News that her cherished pet "just went wild" upon seeing her.

Okay ... somebody smack me before I say ...

Todo, we're not in Kansas anymore!

Honest Bumper Stickers

-- All men are idiots, and I married their king.
-- Your kid may be an honors student, but you're still an idiot.
-- I brake for no apparent reason.
-- Time is what keeps everything from happening all at once.
-- Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.
-- I didn't fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian.
-- Women who seek to be equal to men lack ambition.
-- Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle drugs.
-- I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
-- Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off NOW.
-- Give me ambiguity or give me something else.
-- Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else.
-- Puritanism: the haunting fear that someone somewhere may be happy.
-- Consciousness cuts into my napping.
-- Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
-- There are 3 kinds of people: those who can count and those who can't.

And the Most Popular Bumper Sticker in Detroit:
-- Keep honking. I'm reloading.

Sunday ...

I'll be sooooo glad when the semester is over. Only a week to go! Monday is our last day. Yippee!! I'm so ready for summer break! Then it's a summer of catching up with the things I let slide during the school year. You know ... chores!!

So, how 'bout that storm that blew through the area yesterday? High winds (70 MPH), hail, pelting rain. And there outside my bedroom window sat this furry little friend. Too scared to move for about ten minutes!!

I swear he was looking nasty at me ... "biiiiiitch, let me come in. I need shelter". He looked so scared!

And what a storm it was! We're lucky, we didn't have the normal trees down or branches littered all over the place. Wide spread power outages ... 117,000 + DTE customers without power. Hell, my folks lost power for about 8 hours yesterday! Hardest hit, of course, were the areas that my folks live in - and the area Single Son is a cop for. I'm hearing now that the area he patrols was hit by a tornado. He said it's a mess!!

Not a whole lot else going on today besides the typical studying. Did I mention I'll be glad when the semester is over?

What Not to Say to a Policeman

What Not to Say to a Policeman

-- I can't reach my license unless you hold my beer.

-- Sorry, Officer, I didn't realize I was driving.

-- Wow, you must've been doing about 125 mph to keep up with me!

-- I was going to be a cop, but I decided to finish high school instead.

-- You're not gonna check the trunk, are you?

-- You look just like my girlfriend's deadbeat ex-husband.

-- The question is -- do YOU know why you pulled me over?

-- I was trying to keep up with traffic, and it's miles ahead of me.

-- If you have to ask if I've been drinking, I'm not going to tell you, dude.

-- It wasn't my fault -- when I reached down to roll this joint, my gun fell off my lap and got lodged under the brake pedal.

-- That's a sweet 9mm. You want to hold my .44 magnum?

-- If I'd known I was getting a full body cavity search, I would have waxed!