Who let the dog's out?

Who Let the Dogs Out by Baha Men

Today's playlist

Photograph courtesy of http://www.sonsofdamien.co.uk/spitfire%201.htm

Spitfire: Prelude by London Symphony Orchestra & Richard Kaufman Spitfire: Fugue by London Symphony Orchestra & Richard Kaufman

Smooth Jazz, anyone?

One of my facebook friends, Louis, runs smooth jazz radio station. Quite how he pays the bills I just don't know. He's on his sailboat, the Najee.

Read all about it at Smooth Jazz Beach Radio

Cheers.

Facebook, is it a good thing or not?

From a good friend on Facebook:
"M Gary Guiste This facebook thing is getting too big to handle...Most likely will go back to blogspot soon...doing like 80 deletes per day now...sorry all...will keep it online for awhile, but then....hasta..."

Is he right? Well I have to admit that the amount of so called notifications is high. However you can hide those who do too many of those quizzes etc. I wish I could simply set it to notify me of status changes only. People tend to post short one line status comments, and those, to me, are how I keep in touch.

I am beginning to dislike the applications greatly. I get pestered to go back and play games that I don't like. I then tell the system to ignore them. I get invites from friends wanting me to play, but never find them on the game! My email junk burden has increased. All these factors make me agree with Gary somewhat.

But, I find that because my family and extended friends live all over the world and I DO wish to keep in touch.

I guess I'll continue to adjust my settings to reflect my wish for two things - remembering my loved ones and a peaceful life.

"Make new friends,
But keep the old;
One is silver,
The other gold.

Cheers

Let me tell you about Keiko Matsui

Hi, I'm currently listening to the track below. I am constantly impressed by this lady's music. Grab a track!

Hope by Keiko Matsui

Here's a playlist for you. Enjoy!

Using blogo, I can now pop a link from my iTunes straight into the blog! So I'll flip through some of my recent purchases. Enjoy the music!

Father's Eyes by Amy Grant

God's Been Good to Me by Crystal Lewis

Autumn Nocturne by The Jeff Hamilton Trio

Still In Love by Najee

The Sum of All Parts by Dave Holland Sextet

The Wave (Live) by Bobby Lyle

Feeling Good by Michael Bublé
Notice the é in Michael's name.

When I Dream by Barbra Streisand

Last Night At Danceland by Joe Sample & Randy Crawford

The next two are from the movie, The Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Spitfire: Prelude by London Symphony Orchestra & Richard Kaufman
Spitfire: Fugue by London Symphony Orchestra & Richard Kaufman

Who Let the Dogs Out by Baha Men

Interesting comparison between Richard Elliott's version of I'm Not in Love with the original.
I'm Not In Love by Richard Elliott
I'm Not In Love by 10cc

Family of Love by Take 6

Un-Break My Heart by Toni Braxton

And finally, something funny!
Always Look On the Bright Side of Life by Monty Python

Cheers.

Communal living, a pet hate!

Don't you just hate it when folks leave stuff for you to clean up! This was a week's worth of dirty dishes at work.

Come on, people! Clean up after yourselves! PLEASE!

I Ain't Gonna Let You Break My Heart by Jane Monheit

After Gary's recommendation

Here's the value of Facebook™, Friend Gary said in his status he was listening to the station below. So I checked it, and how very nice it is!

1480 KPHX---The Lounge Sound for Phoenix and the Valley

Speaking English! Health tips for the unwary.

I love this Doctor ! (Stolen from an unsigned email!)

Q: I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life; is this true?

A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it... Don't waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that's like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap.

Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?

A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products.

Q:Should I reduce my alcohol intake?

A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine, that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms up!

Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?

A: Well, if you have a body and you have fat, your ratio is one to one. If you have two bodies your ratio is two to one, etc.

Q:What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program?

A: Can't think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is : No Pain...Good!

Q:Aren't fried foods bad for you?

A: YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!!! ...... Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil. In fact, they're permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you?

Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?

A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.

Q: Is chocolate bad for me?

A: Are you crazy? HELLOOOO… Cocoa beans! Another vegetable!!! It's the best feel-go od food around!

Q: Is swimming good for your figure?

A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.

Q: Is getting in-shape important for my lifestyle?

A: Hey! 'Round' is a shape!

Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets. And remember: 'Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arri ving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO! What a Ride!!! '

AND.... For those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word on nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting nutritional studies.

• 1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
• 2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
• 3. The Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
• 4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
• 5. The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

CONCLUSION:Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you!

Soon be time for this sort of activity again.

Rudi This was taken a couple of years ago.

Maybe we'll soon have warmer weather so I can put Rudi back on a surfboard. Of course this year we'll be getting the ski-boat onto the water. I'll promise to keep blogging the progress of the ski-boat's renovation.

Cheers.

The little blue bug!

This is Gail's little blue bug. It's just like the real car she once had, without all the flower-power stickers. A little fun!

Facebook, should it be blocked by our employers?

I have read blogs about facebook. It's blocked at my place of work with the explaination that we should be doing work not playing around doing social networking.

Is social networking part of work? Well, sometimes! I can see the point of view of our employers, and know that facebook has been guilty of some serious spam via the applications that have been added. After all, millions of people were told they were related to Barack Obama.

So overall I guess it's justified for us not to use it at work. But it saddens me that we can't be trusted to get on with our jobs while simply keeping in touch with others.

Oh well, I'll use it at home.