According to HelloSanta, four of the top ten most wished for items this Christmas are Wii products. The other six are movie videos.

http://www.hellosanta.org/find.aspx?q=MostWishedFor

I'd like to thank George W Bush for running the American economy into the ground these last eight years. And I'd also like to thank all you idiots that voted for him twice. Good job! I can understand voting for him once, but his first administration was a joke and you voted for him again. Now we are all screwed. BTW, if you voted for George, then you have no right to get upset when you are laid-off.

North American managers have major problems understanding human resource management. These people graduated as engineers, with zero understanding of the worker. We too easily promote our best engineers to mangers and that is the core of the problem.

Early this week, I called and left a message with an arberer. He returned my call within five minutes and showed up at our house about an hour later. Quick reasonable quote. I told him the job is his if he removes the two trees this week. He says no problem. Today, his crew shows up and removes the trees without myself at home noticing. I'll get a bill in the mail. I'll write a review on the blogaround Toronto blog later.

Dear John,
I hope you can help me here. The other day I set off for work leaving my husband in the house watching the TV as usual. I hadn't gone more than a mile down the road when my engine conked out and the car shuddered to a halt. I walked back home to get my husband's help. When I got home I couldn't believe my eyes. He was in our bedroom with the neighbor lady. I am 34, my husband is 36 , and we have been married for twelve years. When I confronted him, he broke down and admitted that they had been having an affair for the past six months. I told him to stop or I would leave him. He was let go from his job six months ago, and he says he has been feeling increasingly depressed and worthless. I love him very much, but ever since I gave him the ultimatum he has become increasingly distant. He won't go to counseling and I'm afraid I can't get through to him anymore. Can you please help?
Sincerely,
Sheila
 
Dear Sheila; 
A car stalling after being driven a short distance can be caused by a variety of faults with the engine. Start by checking that there is no debris in the fuel line. If it is clear, check the vacuum pipes and hoses on the intake manifold and also check all grounding wires. If none of these approaches solves the problem, it could be that the fuel pump itself is faulty, causing low delivery pressure to the carburetor float chamber.
I hope this helps. 
John

Every once in awhile, I stumble upon an old thread where I contributed comments. Today, I stumbled upon someon Micro Persuasion from a few years ago.

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2005/01/blogger_claims_.html

Steve Rubel pointed to a blogger that claimed he predicted an earthquake. But when I read the blogger's post, it was apparent his prediction didn't happen. He predicted the earthquake would happen in the next 24 hours, but it didn't occur till months later. I replied such on Steve's blog. I didn't follow up on the comments and this Sherman guy actually replied. He shrugs off the fact that his prediction was in the next 24 hours with "Something of which the mainstream media just loves to do." WTF? Then he claims "And it's not like I've ever written anything like that before." WTF? I checked out his blog and it appears he makes wild predictions all the time. Nice try Dan. I guess if you predict an earthquake tomorrow, you'll eventually be correct. Thanks for the laughs!