Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Ducks, redux...
While Mrs. A and I were away, and our home was being assulted by KIDS , we saw something that brought to mind Cassies tail of the "special needs duck" from her blog a while back. We actually saw a small flock of severly handicapped ducks, if you can call four ducks a "flock." I am afraid that this may have been one of those segragated communities of duck outcasts, exiled from larger duck society due to their being "different." How sad. I managed, through the use of a long lens and good camoflage, to discreetly snap a single photo without being detected and thus causing these poor fowl to feel self-concious or embarrassed. Observe:

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Look at that! Two one-leg ducks and two no-leg ducks, hiding their little duck faces in shame. I get all teary-eyed every time I look at this photo.
thus voiced The A, Mistah @ 8:49 PM
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Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Drews recent post about the earth speeding up, etc. reminded me of the so-called "cat/toast" paradox that is the subject of much heated discussion amongst theoretical physicists and other pointy headed scientist types. If you are not familiar, it goes like this:

Fact #1:We all know that if you drop a cat, it ALWAYS lands on its feet.
FAct #2:We all also know that if you drop a piece of buttered toast, it ALWAYS lands butter side down.
Therefore, if one was to securely fasten a piece of buttered toast to a cats feet, with his feet to the non-butter side, and then you drop said cat/toast unit from some distance above the floor, neither the buttered side of the toast, nor the cats back will hit the floor. A simple Einstein-type thought experiment will show that the as the butter side of the toast approaches the floor, it will be repelled in keeping fact #2. This will flip the cat/toast unit over, thus exposing the cats back to the floor. As the cats back cannot hit the floor to preserve fact #1, it will again flip over, again exposing the buttered side of the toast to the floor. And the cycle repeats endlessly, the cat/toast unit spinning while hovering in place just above the floor.

It has been proposed that this rotational energy could be harnessed to a degree sufficent to end our need to import forign oil.

I have done some limited testing on this myself. I constructed a cat/toast unit, and hoping to maximixe the captured energy, dropped it from my office window, on the 11th floor. Unfortunatly it did not behave according to the current theories, though I think that may be due to the fact that the toast was not dark enough. I am awaiting a small shipment of cats (don't worry these are "out of date code" cats from the local chineese restuarant) to continue testing. Of course no experiment is ever truly a failure, as the data gathered has led to a completly different device. I cannot discuss too many details as the patents are still pending, but if you contact the patent office, you can find the preliminary patent info under the heading "Organic feline inertial ballistic impact device."
thus voiced The A, Mistah @ 10:35 AM
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Friday, April 15, 2005
Happy Birthday Beethoven89!
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thus voiced Mrs A @ 12:55 PM
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Monday, April 11, 2005
Drewey on my cell phone
thus voiced Vanderganes @ 6:37 PM
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Sunday, April 10, 2005
OK, it's setteled...
When the time comes, I have instructed my family to get me one of these.
thus voiced The A, Mistah @ 8:38 AM
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Thursday, April 07, 2005
Must be my verse
On every calendar or in every devotional book, this verse always comes up on my birthday or anniversary. It was especially disturbing a few years ago on my fortieth birthday, but today, on my wedding anniversary, it was rather comforting.

Psalm 37:25-26: "I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed."

The Lord is truly faithful and merciful.
thus voiced Mrs A @ 11:54 AM
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Wednesday, April 06, 2005
Familiar Treasures
Someone in the family owns these treasures. They
have a special space upon his/her desk. Does anyone
know the names of these items and who they belong to?


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thus voiced Mrs A @ 6:48 PM
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Saturday, April 02, 2005
Alan Cooks Breakfast
What happen when pancake flipping goes awry.
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thus voiced Mrs A @ 7:09 PM
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Don't Spill the Noodles!
Teds asked for a big spoon and this is what Dad gave him!
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thus voiced Mrs A @ 7:01 PM
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