The Million Dollar Home Page

I say it's the digital age's version of the pet rock.

"Student charges $1 per pixel and becomes rich " Don't you wish you would have thought of this?

For the ignorant, like me, who had to look it up:

pixel: n : (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot); "the greater the number of pixels per inch the greater the resolution" [syn: pel, picture element]

A Toublesome Pair

Get a room!














Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) greets Venezualan President Hugo Chavez in Tehran July 29, 2006. (Raheb Homavandi - IRAN/Reuters)

Something To Covet

2006 Dodge Charger. Saw one on the road the other day. Sweet. $30K.

Peggy Noonan

I just put Peggy Noonan's archives in my favorites to the right. She somehow puts into words what I'm certain many people are thinking and feeling about living in this day and age in the world and in the U.S. At least she does for me. She was one of Ronald Reagan's speech writers. He said many things that resonated with Americans of all stripes. Noonan, was most likely behind some of that. I invite you to enjoy her commentary.

Boys Will Be Boys - Sandra Bullock

One For Girls, One For The Guys

Don McLean - Prophet

American Pie, prophesy. Follow the links.

What The Civilized World Is Up Against

Hezbollah youth.












Hate for infidels is fostered at an impressionable age. No end in sight?

My Reading From Rob Brezney Today

I like it.

"VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Some scientists believe our brains are in a continual state of war. Writing in LiveScience.com, Bjorn Carey reports that our grey matter is a battleground where competing thoughts and impulses struggle for supremacy, brawling and jousting for our undivided attention. I have reason to believe that this ruckus will be far more pronounced than usual for you in the coming weeks, Virgo. All of your pairs of opposites will intensify their conflict, with each side clamoring and maneuvering to be declared winner. What I recommend may surprise you. I think you should just sit back with amused tolerance and let them fight it out. There really is no pressing need for you to be anything other than a radiant bundle of fascinating contradictions." July 19, 2006

Bringing Heaven To Planet Earth

Especially in these troubled times. You may be coming in on the ground floor but eventually you can get to the top! Just one click away! And think of all the folks you can do it with:

"God, Christ, the Holy Spirit, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Melchizedek, Mahatma, Archangel Metatron, the Archangels and Elohim, Melchior, Helios and Vesta, Lord Buddha, the Universal Mind and Universal Heart of God, the Mighty I Am Presence's, Oversouls, Superconscious Minds, Allah Gobi, Lord Maitreya, Saint Germain, El Morya, Kuthumi, Serapis Bey, Paul the Venetian, Hilarion, Sananda, Saint Germain, Djwhal Khul, Lord of Arcturus and the Arcturians, The Ashtar Command, the Mother Earth Lodge, the Goddess Lodge, the Western Esoteric Lodge and Eastern Masters Lodge and the entire Cosmic and Planetary Hierarchy of Ascended Masters and Celestial Beings!"

That's quite a cast of characters!

It's best to have ALL your bases covered I suppose.

Ralph Reed - Loser

Rolling Stone published some dirty laundry about him in March here.

Beginning in 1998, Jack Abramoff and his business partner, Michael Scanlon, paid Reed more than $4 million to organize conservative Christians to lobby against new Indian casinos. These efforts were financed by Abramoff's tribal clients, who wanted to block competing casinos. Reed, now a candidate for state office in Georgia, says he knew that his work was financed by Indian tribes, but he thought the money wasn't coming from casino revenues. It's became a key issue in his campaign.

Yesterday Ralphy boy lost a bid to become the Lt. Gov. Repub nominee in the great state of Georgia. Just might not have had enough people praying for him, ya think?

Bush "Lays Hands" On German Chancellor Angela Merkel

The left is saying he "groped" her which has all kinds of sexual harassment connotations that they would like us to believe.

That being said, it's still kinda creepy. But that's our Jorge. Wonder if he apologized? Invading a woman's space like that is strictly a "no-no" in corporate America. But then Bush can break all the rules he wants can't he? You simply must check out the video of this here. It's like a hit and run accident.

I Report, You Decide

Pick one. You can find all the sordid details here.

There's Power In The Pyramid

New agers are just gonna love this!








"A spectacular bolt of lightning strikes above the Luxor Hotel and casino during a thunderstorm in Las Vegas." From Drudge today.

I'm Worried About Greg Kelly's Hair

I watched the primetime Fox Report this evening and Greg Kelly reported. He looked like he was sporting a silly rug or somebody had done something weird with his dimminishing mane. Trouble is, you just don't see any national TV correspondents that are bald. So one must "doo" what one must doo, suppose. But I worry. And you can see why I would, can'tcha? What I saw today looked way worse than Greg here. MAKEUP!

Clinton Willing To Go To War...This Time

Probably saying things like this for Hillary.

"Thurston, Must We Really Cut Back?"

"Yes we must Lovey."

Higher gasoline prices and interest rates -- which raise the cost of credit-card debt -- may be deterring consumers across all income groups, analysts said, but it's the middle class and the "nearly rich" -- those worth between $1 million and $5 million -- who are cutting back on luxury goods and services.

"Instead of buying the $25,000 watch, they're buying the $10,000 watch," said Milton Pedraza, CEO of The Luxury Institute.

Found here.

Politics Is Often Over The Top

Republicans have their boxers in a knot because the Dems put this well done ad out. Watch it. Then watch this:



You think there is exploitation of tragedy in both? I do.

The Dead, Illegals and Criminals Can Vote In Georgia

A judge finds that a simple requirement for voters to show a picture ID when voting is too burdensome to some. I just don't get it. In the law requiring a picture ID to vote, the state of Georgia offered to pay for a legitimate picture ID if someone did not have one, such as a drivers license or passport. The Democrats fought the ID law tooth and nail. The former Democrat Governor was behind it, it appears.

It just seems logical to me that a state could put in place a law that says a voter must prove that he or she is who they say they are before they can exercise their right to vote. Hell, no one can write a check anymore without being asked the same thing. What's a more legitimate reason for proof of who you are, commercial reasons or the vote? I hope common sense will prevail in the end on this issue. But as MGF says:"Common sense isn't common." The whole sorry story can be found here.

The Guidance of God

"God has lived through more days than we can count and has understood them all from the viewpoint of every person who has ever lived. It seems that he would be a good one to turn to for guidance."
Rives, my brother-in-law

I don't ever want to call Rives my ex-brother-in-law but progress towards a divorce from his sister-in-law is progressing. I think I'll always call him my brother-in-law. So there!

The Dyslexic, Agnostic, Insomniac...

... lays awake all night wondering if there is a dog."

Attribution: MGF

Others from him today:

"Better to be in small print than invisible ink." This is an MGF original.

"Show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser." Jimmy the Greek

St. Kenneth Lay

The Reverend Dr. Bill Lawson compared Lay with civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and Jesus Christ, and said his name would eventually be cleared. "He was taken out of the world right at the right time," he said. "History has a way of vindicating people who have been wronged."

Oh really?

This at St. Kenneth's funeral today.

Boys Will Be Boys

Hey, We Can Put Down Dick Cheney, But A Fucking Communist Shouldn't

Putin on tensions with "U.S."

Fred On The Boy Crisis

Having an 11 year old son makes this topic and Fred's opinion poignant.

New U.S. Treasury Secretary is Doing It for Love of Country

Goldman-Sachs CEO takes on a new job. He obviously knows about money. Probably not too in touch with the people, ya think?

Henry Paulson, the new Treasury secretary was paid $18.7 million for 6 months' work at Goldman.

"Goldman's board also authorized unnamed Goldman executives to determine how to unwind some 3.2 million shares of Goldman's common stock, with a current market value of about $488 million, that Paulson registered for sale June 28. Goldman might purchase the shares directly or help sell all or part of them to third parties.

Paulson, 60, previously had said he would divest himself of all of his shares of the company he has led since 1999 to avoid conflicts in his new government role. They have an estimated value of about $500 million.

In 2005, Paulson collected $38.8 million in compensation, $36 million of which was in restricted stock. His salary as Treasury Secretary currently is set at $183,500."

Update: I divided the value of his Goldman stock by the number of years that Paulson might reasonably have worked thus far. Assuming he began his career at age 25, that would make 35 working years. Average earned per working year: $14,285,714. That's $14M folks.

Stephen Hawking Asks The Question

"How can the human race survive the next hundred years? In a world that is in chaos politically, socially and environmentally, how can the human race sustain another 100 years?"

And a shitload of people respond.

Favorites From A Holiday Trip

I took 'em.

This From a Former U.S. Secretary of State

"I think that it's important actually not to make fun of them for the fact that their Taepodong, this one, failed because that just kind of eggs them on."

Madeleine Albright, On Larry King Live, July 6.

"Them" is North Korea. "Their Taepodong" is a missle that they tried to shoot on July 4, 2006.