Random Thoughts and Scattered Vents

I have plenty of sites, blogs, and print publications to talk about computer and network security and I have outlets for writing about family and kids. This blog is to talk about whatever pops into my mind- good, bad or indifferent

Saturday, July 01, 2006

I've Been Tagged

Tag : You're It

Name four jobs you have had in your life:

  • Pizza Delivery
  • US Air Force Electronic Warfare Technician
  • Network and Security Administrator
  • Journalist and Author

Four movies you would watch over and over:

  • Top Gun
  • Purple Rain
  • Any Star Wars movie
  • Any James Bond movie

Four places you have lived:

  • England
  • Turkey
  • California
  • Michigan

Four TV shows you love to watch:

  • Boston Legal
  • Lost
  • The Office
  • Gray's Anatomy

Four places you have been on vacation:

  • Niagra Falls
  • Las Vegas
  • New York
  • Washington, DC

Four websites I visit daily:

  • My Yahoo
  • Bringing Home Baby
  • My Amazon Profile (to monitor book sales)
  • Antionline

Four of my favorite foods:

  • Ice cream
  • Pineapple / Cherry Dump Cake
  • Tiramisu
  • Sweet Lorraine's Traverse City Chicken & Gorgonzola Pasta

Four places I would rather be right now:

  • Vietnam
  • Las Vegas
  • Washington, DC
  • Colorado

Four friends I am tagging that I think will respond:

  • Hhmmm. I don't have four friends
  • The friends I do have, don't have blogs
  • The only person I could tag who would possibly respond is the one who tagged me
  • Are "tag-backs" allowed in this game?

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Flies Have Rights Too!

If you happen to visit Hawaii and are attending a fireside luau when a swarm of bugs descends upon your freshly roasted dinner, you better be careful which ones you kill. According to this article, "twelve species of rare flies known for their elaborate courtship displays and found only in the Hawaiian Islands are now protected under the Endangered Species Act."

The government can't find Osama, and they can't keep the peace in Iraq, and they can't seem to balance the budget, reduce fuel prices, or anything else important, but you can feel pretty sure that if you try to carry a mechanical pencil on an airplane or swat one of these creatures to an untimely demise, the feds will find you!