YOU'LL NEVER GET THIS ONE...

I'll be mucho impressed if anyone gets this one.....

I'll give you one tiny hint right off the bat - the picture was taken in 1940 and this woman is still alive.

HERE'S ANOTHER ONE

Ya know who this is?

GUESS WHO?

I can't think of any really amazing surveys to post (not like the last ones have been all that amazing anyway), but here is a picture.

Do you know who it is??

(Do you know how many e-mails I received asking me if this was Mark Hamilton?)

FIVE THINGS YOUR CELL PHONE CAN DO

(FYI: I didn't know if this was true or not, so to check it out, I dialed 112 from my cell phone. It showed up that I was dialing "emergency", so, like an idiot, I hung up. Within seconds, my phones rings and it's the Linn County Sheriff's Department wondering if I am okay. I told the gal that other than the fact that I'm sitting home alone on a Friday night verifying cell phone tips and calling random classmates, I am fine. So, I guess at least we know that tip #1 works. I need a beer.)

There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies. Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. Check out the things that you can do with it:

FIRST: The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile network and there is an emergency, dial 112, and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly, this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked.

SECOND: Have you locked your keys in the car? Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).

THIRD: Imagine your cell battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370#. Your cell phone will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your cell phone next time.

FOURTH: How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone? To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on your phone: *#06#. A 15-digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. When your phone gets stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the memory card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use/sell it either.

FIFTH: Cell phone companies are charging us $1.00 to $1.75 or more for 411 information calls when they don't have to. Most of us do not carry a telephone directory in our vehicle, which makes this situation even more of a problem. When you need to use the 411 information option, simply dial: (800)FREE411, or (800) 373-3411 without incurring any charge at all. Program this into your cell phone now.

JEEPERS

Blogspot.com has this contraption that you can put on websites to see the amount of traffic and page visits each day. It also tells you from what countries your visitors are coming.

So, I just checked this for today and so far, the Anamosa Class of 1981 blogsite has had visitors from South Korea, Saudia Arabia, Spain, Hungary, Malaysia, Canada, Brazil, and Portugal. Those are just today alone!!

Who do you suppose is reading our blogsite in those countries?

The person in Malaysia clicked on SIX different pages!!! I am thinking maybe they are doing a search of some kind and accidentally arrive on our site somehow, but that Malaysian dude sure likes us!

A LIGHTER MOMENT...

OMG, I just saw a commercial for the prescription sleep medication Rozerem.

It said two possible side effects are "drowziness and fatigue."

Ya think??

Oh, hell, I just laughed my ass off.

That is just all sorts of stupid.

LUNAR ECLIPSE

it's not all it's cracked up to be

OK, so, I set my alarm clock for 3:30 a.m. so I can watch the whole la luna moon thing. I actually crawled out about 4:15. Since I don't have one of those ginormous, telescopic lense cameras like NASA, this is the best I could do. I'm no astronomer, after all. It is now almost 6:00 a.m. and I know I should try to get a little sleep, but after half a pot of good, dark, Norwegian coffee, it ain't gonna happen.

Who whapped me upside the head with a dillusional stick and thought it would be fun to watch a moon get smaller? NASA? Dillusional? Hell, give me a package of diapers and call me Lisa Nowak.

THE MOON

The full moon was gorgeous tonight. You gonna wake up at 3:50 CST to see the lunar eclipse?

If I make it, I will take and post pictures. Don't hold your breath.

GOOFY PICS FROM HATCHER

These two cracked us up the most.

(I have been on vacation for the past week and a half. Apparently, y'all have been, too. I have nothing to report because I have done nothing. And, I mean nothing.)

And, the newsroom goes silent...
The smiley face is a nice touch.

ADVICE FOR THE DAY

RANDOM HAIR DUDE

Question: Is this hair real or is it an a.k.a.-Britney-hat-with-hair-attached-thing-because-he's-really-bald-as-an-ass thing?

Form small groups. Discuss amongst yourselves.

Disclaimer: We're sorry if this is anyone's grandpa, dad, brother, or uncle, but this was some funny shit, man.

RANDOM CEDAR RAPIDIAN DUDE

We have no idea who this guy is, but he insisted we take his picture.