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Smurfed from Cookie :) Southern Women Southern women appreciate their natural assets: — Clean skin. — A winning smile. — That unforgettable Southern drawl. Southern women know their manners: — “Yes, ma’am.” — “Yes, sir.” — “Why, no, Billy!” Southern women have a distinct way with fond expressions : — “Y’all come back!” — “Well, […]

An old buddy of mine IM’d me asking if I knew an alternate to Crystal Reports or any other kind of reporting software (he’s a VB coder). Personally, I’ve had limited exposure to several packages, including Crystal Reports and JReports, and thought they were ok, and I know Oracle’s XML Publisher is supposed to be […]

I’ve spent the better part of the last couple of days cleaning out my subscriptions … from emails and mailing lists, to feeds, to twitters, etc. Over the past 6 months, I’d signed up for so many things, it’s getting harder and harder to read every day/week, and it’s really starting to clutter up my […]

Nooooooooo!!! :( Ch-ch chocolate ch-ch changes Question: what if Hershey went from using cocoa butters in their chocolate to using vegetable fats and artificial sweeteners? That’s what might happen. They’re asking the Food and Drug Administration to change the standards in which chocolate is made and classified, to “modernize” the making of chocolate. Hershey isn’t […]

A friend of mine sent me this on IRC and my first thought was, “Thank God, it wasn’t someone from Alabama.” LOL! Man Tries To Sell Dealership The Same Car He Stole From Them If you steal a car from a dealership, don’t try to trade that car back in at the same place. Believe […]

A former co-worker of mine used to jokingly call most of what I drank at the time “fru-fru” … as in fruity, girly, etc. You get the idea. As it turns out, fru-fru drinks are good for you: Drink more fruity drinks, they’re good for you Researchers in the U.S. and Thailand have discovered that […]