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Beans! For Clarence, that may have been a million dollar can of beans. I can see the ad now, “These beans…” takes a big bite directly from the can, “… taste like a million bucks.” (continue reading…)

Thanks to Survivor Insider, I am able to bring you greater insight and lots of nifty pictures. You’ll like it!

Having had a few days to ponder since the first Survivor 3 episode, I shall now provide insight and brilliance. Also, since I still have RealPass working on my computer (I thought I cancelled this after Big Brother ended with a gag me), I have watched these extra scenes (18 of them, some of them pretty good I must say) and will offer even greater insight (and lots of pictures) into things not shown on TV. (continue reading…)

The writer travels to Europe with a suitcase full of bras.

Our Bodies, Our Bras

It was my job to clean out Mom’s belongings after she died and I was surprised to come across two dresser drawers full of nothing but bras. So many? What confronted me could have filled a brassiere museum. (continue reading…)

Today

Attitudes like that died, fast and furious with the recession of the 1990’s.

It was a period that some have come to call the “white collar recession.” For the first time, professional workers within offices found their jobs and careers at risk, as a particularly nasty wave of economic restructuring took place. The period of downsizing also led to a very significant change in the attitude that many people had towards the corporation.

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Jobs aren’t us any more; now we have skills and attitude

Talk to some people today, and you’ll encounter individuals who are proud to say that they don’t have a job, a steady income, or any real idea of how they might earn a living a year from now. Ask them what they wear to work, and they might indicate pajamas. Ask them their overriding career goal, and they might indicate lifestyle. Ask them what they do, and they’ll tell you that economists have given them a number of different names. They’re temporary workers. Nomadic workers. Contingent workers. Independent contractors. Contract workers. Outsourced employees.

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In Mr. Ornery’s absence from the site, he has been at work upon a novel. Actually, he has been at work upon more than one novel and has been working on these same story ideas off and on for, oh, twenty-eight years, give or take a little. God willing and the creeks don’t rise, as the old adage says, these novels should see the light of publication by the year 2900, barring any distractions.

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The end of the year is near and it is time once again to review the best and worst of the show for the year. Y&R continues to prove why it is the number one rated soap opera in daytime, there are very few worsts and this keeps fans coming back day after day.

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Outside the US
Outside the US, the European Community in late 2010 announced the formation of MedCertain, a metadata scheme for evaluating health information that is scheduled to eventually include a “trustmark.” And in Japan, the  Internet Medical Association (JIMA), a non-profit citizen’s organization, has developed “Guidelines for the Use of Medical Information on the Internet,” which are consistent with the e-Health Code of Ethics. JIMA also has a trust program and a JIMA mark that sites which are in compliance with it’s code can use.

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Asian ginseng is a perennial herb with a taproot reminiscent of the human form. It grows in northern China, Korea, and Russia, and a close relative  is cultivated in the United States. Because ginseng must be grown for 3 years before it is harvested, it commands a high price, with top-quality roots easily selling for more than $8,000. Dried, unprocessed ginseng root is called white ginseng, whereas a steamed, heat-dried root is called red ginseng. Each is believed to have its own characteristic effects.

Panax ginseng has long been a major herb in the Chinese herbal pharmacopoeia. As with all Chinese herbs, its traditional indications are embedded in the framework of the Chinese medical system, in which ginseng is said to “replenish the original, tonify the lungs, strengthen the spleen, tonify the stomach, benefit yin, generate fluids, benefit Heart, and calm the spirit.” None of these effects is considered unique to ginseng, and for reasons of cost, traditional Chinese herbalists frequently substitute the inexpensive herb pilosulae in ginseng formulas, believing that it offers essentially identical benefits.

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The monkeys and sheep have spoken. Max is king of the jungle once more.

Not that you get many sheep in the jungle…

So, the news is in. Max Mosley, the head clown of the F1, has been reinstated for another term of insanity. The only consolation is in 2005, he can’t run again. So folks, only 3 more years to go before hopefully a saner pilot will take the helm.

Max is a moron. There’s no way around it. He’s a spineless, gutless moron. As I’ve said before, he showed great testicular fortitude ousting Jean Marie Balestre in the early 90′s, and has promptly sat on his ass twiddling his thumbs. Occasionally he’ll speak about something in F1. Such a teams engineering results. “Oh, if this happens again, there will be severe punishments.” When it happens again, “Oh that, no, I didn’t say that, but if this happens again there will be severe punishments” ad infinitum.

Balestre was hardly a saint, though was at least controversial enough to be interesting. Mosley is just a plank with all the leadership qualities of a lemming.

3 years folks. 36 months and this will all be over.

Of course, there is a saying. “Better the devil you know…”