remembering the television shows of days gone by.

not really that long ago but still a few years back and many of you

likely haven't seen some of the best series that once were.

in the 80s we watched things like:

HUNTER - Fred Dryer was brilliant as a detective in L.A.

after the violence was reduced the rating rose - how do you figure?

Kate Jackson and Bruce Boxleitner may not have

been exactly believable as a team in secret agent

work but they were a lot of fun to watch in:

Scarecrow and Mrs. King.

Before he was Ducky in NCIS David McCallum had quite a career

and was in several successful series on television in both the

UK and USA - my favourite was this with Joanna Lumley:

Sapphire and Steel

walking the plank be old fashioned water boarding.

My sister - The Dread Pirate Buffy -

the meanest wench on the ocean.

and I mean like totally.

Here am I the Dread Pirate Jimmy

the most feared chef on the seven seas.

and our Dread Pirate Mommy

who taught us all we know.

Yun Fat Chow - is happy to not be in this crew.

Inigo Montoya ,,,,,,,,,isn't a pirate but I just couldn' leave him out.

In my online pirates game I do have friends who use these names.

they go by Dread Pirate Buffy, Dread Pirate Mommy and Dread Pirate Jimmy.

There is also Buttercup and on Inigo MontoyaVezzini and Fezzick.

the entire cast is in the game at least once withmany duplications

and variations on the main characters.

despite the theme of the game being Pirates of the Caribbean.

Princess Bride is hands down the most popular pirate movie ever,

at least according to the number of film names that have been copied.

I some games I haven't finishedbut I couldn't resist the last Steam sale.

75% off the Deus Ex collection was just too darn temping.

Deus Ex:GOTY, Deus Ex: Invisible War, Deus Ex: Human Revolution

and a pile of DLC to go with them.

I also picked UP Depths of Peril - a single player RPG/Dungeon Crawler

and also one that has a unique name: Divine Divinity

makes you think of candy doesn't it?

Divine Divinity really is pretty good open world RPG that was developed

in Belgium - this may account for the name.

how will the SPL manage and this means there will no longer

be an Old Firm !!!!

I had never considered it possible that the Glasgow Rangers FC

would just not be there one day any more than I thought it possible

that the New York Yankess, or Toronto Maple Leafs, or Melbourne Demons,

or South Sydney Rabbitohs, or Esteghlal Tehran would not be around

to play another season.

and it is unthinkable that there will not be an old firm.

- it is a tradition to cheer on either Celtic or the Rangers and has been

since before baseball was invented.

I just can't believe that the Rangers will not return - I don't think

the people of Glasgow, Scotland or the U.K. will allow anything less.

Hell I'm not a British citizen and I stand with them.

in order to avoid argument I am not going to mention which side

of the Celtic v Ranger debate on which I stand.

neither is my favourite football squad and as for religion.

one of my parents is Catholic and the other is protestant.

for those of you who are unfamliar with the Old Firm

Celtic supporters are Catholic and Ranger fans are protestant.

Left-footer or Papist vs Billy Boy or Hun.

there simply is too much history to let this die out

The Blues

1.Most Blues tunes begin with: "Woke up this morning..."

2. "I got a good woman" is a bad way to begin the Blues, unless you stick

something nasty in the next line like, "I got a good woman,

"who only got two teeth" or, "the meanest face in town."

3. The Blues is simple. After you get the first line right, repeat it.
Then find something that rhymes... sort of:
"Got a good woman with the meanest face in town. Yes, I got a good woman
with the meanest face in town. Got teeth like Margaret Thatcher, and she weigh 500 pound."

4. The Blues is not about choice. You stuck in a ditch, -- ain't no way out.

5.Blues cars: Chevy, Ford, and broken-down old trucks.
Blues don't ride around in Volvos, German Cars, SUVs or a British luxury car.

you can't sing the blues in a Beemer or a Jag.

Most Blues transportation is a Greyhound bus or a southbound train.

Jet aircraft, motor pools, and public transportation ain't even in the running.

Walkin' is a major part in the blues lifestyle. So is fixin' to die.

6. Teenagers can't sing the Blues. They ain't fixin' to die yet.

teenage angst is a problem but the frustration from

school and hormones doesn't qualify as The Blues.

Adults singthe Blues.

In the Blues, "adulthood" means being old enough to get

the electric chair if you shoot a man in Memphis.

7. Blues can take place in New York City but not in Hawaii or any place

in Canada. Hard times in Minneapolis or Seattle is just clinical depression.

Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City are still the best places to have the Blues.

You cannot have the blues in any place that don't get no rain.

8. You can't have no Blues in an office or a shopping mall. The lighting is wrong.

Go outside to the parking lot or sit by the dumpster.

9. Good places for the Blues:
a. highway
b. jailhouse
c. empty bed
d. bottom of a whiskey glass

Bad places for the Blues:
a. Nordstrom's
b. gallery openings
c. Ivy League institutions
d. golf courses
e. resort hotels

10. Do you have the right to sing the Blues?
Yes, if:
a. you're older than dirt
b. you're blind
c. you shot a man in Memphis
d. you can't be satisfied

No, if:
a. you have all your teeth
b. you were once blind but now can see
c. the man in Memphis lived
d. you have a 401K or trust fund

11. Blues is not a matter of color. It's a matter of bad luck.

Tiger Woods cannot sing the blues. Sonny Liston could.

Ugly, poor, white people also got a leg up on the blues.

12. If you ask for water and your darlin' give you kerosine, it's the Blues.
Other acceptable Blues beverages are:
a. cheap wine
b. whiskey or bourbon
c. muddy water
d. nasty black coffee

The following are NOT Blues beverages:
a. Perrier
b. Chardonnay
c. Wine Cooler
d. Slim Fast
e. Diet Coke

13. If death occurs in a cheap motel or a shotgun shack, it's a Blues death.
Gettin' stabbed in the back by a jealous lover is another good Blues way to die.

So are the electric chair, substance abuse and dying lonely on a
broken-down cot -- especially if there are maggots or bedbugs.

You can't have a Blues death if you die during a golf or tennis match or
while getting liposuction.

14. Some Blues names for women:
a. Sadie
b. Big Mama
c. Bessie
d. Georgia
e. Caledonia

15. Some Blues namesfor men:

a. Joe
b. Willie
c. Otis
d. Rufus
e. Leroy

16. Persons with names like Michelle, Amber, Jennifer, Tiffany, Brooke,
Brittany and Heather can't sing the Blues no matter how many men they
shoot in Memphis.

17.No matter how tragic your life is, if you own a
computer, you cannot sing the blues!

In the Confessional

One Sunday, a priest asked one of the church janitor if he would cover his

Confession shift for him he said it was easy, since he had a sin list inside

the booth which listed both sins and penance. The janitor agreed and took

the booth early on Sunday morning. Soon people showed up.

Forgive me Father, for I have sinned. I have committed adultery.

Adultery, eh? the janitor said. You sly devil. That'll be three Hail Marys, plus five bucks.

Thank you, Father. Another person came into the booth.

Forgive me Father, for I have sinned. I have embezzled money from work.

Embezzlement, eh? Naughty, naughty. Thatll be 5 Hail Marys, plus fourteen bucks.

Thank you, Father. This was easy, the janitor thought. Another person came into the booth.

Forgive me Father, for I have sinned. I have committed the sin of oral sex.

Oral sex, huh? He looked at the list, but didnt see oral .sex there. So, he excused

himself to look for help. He found an alter boy hanging out on the steps of the church.

Excuse me, the janitor said. What does Father Matthew give for oral .sex?

Well, said the boy, usually a couple cookies, but sometimes a Snickers.

Heart Attacks

1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.

2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.

3. The Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.

4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.

5. The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks

than the British or Americans.

CONCLUSION

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

LIFTS

An American visiting in England asked at the hotel for the elevator.

The porter looked a bit confused but smiled when he realized what the man wanted.

"You must mean the lift," he said.
"No," the American responded. "If I ask for the elevator I mean the elevator."
"Well," the porter answered, "over here we call them lifts."
"Now you listen," the American said rather irritated,"

someone in America invented the elevator."
"Oh, right you are, sir," the porter said in a polite tone,"

but someone here in England invented the language."

Statistically 12 out of 10 Russians voted for Vladimir Putin.

Does anyone else really want Amanda Knox to move In with Justin Beiber?

description of the photos for anyone who can't see them:

1. texting...
Mom 10:35 PM
Diane, what are all these bags full of clothes in the living room?

Stuff I wanna give to the Salvation Army. I'll come move them later on.

We live in Michigan. I don't know what folks here are going to do with stripper clothes.

Drop them off at a brothel, maybe then they'll get worn.

Moommmeh :) 9:25 PM

What's doing young slut? I'm just chillin at ma crib if da homies (aka your nan and aunt)

you should pop round and crank it wif us. Txt me back ya hussy!! ily and **** xxxxxxxx

You're drunk mom...

And whhaaatttt??!!

2. demotivational poster.
the back side of a girl in a bikini has 50c butt grab written in black marker.
the caption is "seems legit"

3. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr Seuss
Causes massive recall.

4. picture of a cute little girl leaning over her school desk and work book flipping the middle finger.

Iranian, Syrian, and Sudanese online gamers are hit by the new American sanctions.

Battlenet finally was forced to close their games due to restrictions imposted by the United States.

There are workarounds via Italy and Turkey to the European servers but there are also rumours

that the Iranian government is blocking online games.

It is not only Battlenet - Guildwars at least is also verified closed and probably many other popular games.

I hope our politicians are proud - they can't touch the governments but they successfully stopped

the Iranian and Syrian gamers - haven't heard anyone bragging about putting an end to those

dang gamers in a campaign speech yet:?

I always uncheck babylon when I download an update to an adobe

or use some other software that has that Babylon virus attached.

well on at least one of those times Bablyon piggybacked its way to

my PC anyhow. I uninstalled it and it is off of Maxthon, Chrome,

and Internet Explorer but even when I deleted it with the tools in

Firefox that damn thing still keeps showing up as the first window.

and takes over as the search engine.

there was a long time I only used Firefox - i'm heppy to have found

other browsers that do the job just as well.

Chrome and Maxthon - I still use IE some times - it is like an old friend.

had a bonk when I submitted my blog but it didn't to anything other than

surprise me and delay things.

I checked and things went through which made me happy because I

didn't save a copy and would have lost ...nothing worth worrying about here anyhow

Before the day of Eid, during the last few days of Ramadan, each Muslim family gives a determined amount as a donation to the poor. This donation is of actual food -- rice, barley, dates, rice, etc. -- to ensure that the needy can have a holiday meal and participate in the celebration. This donation is known assadaqah al-fitr(charity of fast-breaking).

On the day of Eid, Muslims gather early in the morning in outdoor locations or mosques to perform theEid prayer.

This consists of a sermon followed by a short congregational prayer.

After the Eid prayer, Muslims usually scatter to visit various family and friends, give gifts (especially to children), and make phone calls to distant relatives to give well-wishes for the holiday. These activities traditionally continue for three days. In Muslim countries, the 3-day period is an official government/school holiday.

Many Muslims also pay a visit to the graveyards, a custom known as "ziyarat al-qubur".

Muslims recite the Takbir which is a prayer glorifying the almighty.

The Takbir:

Allaho-Akber, Allaho-Akber
La ila-ha ill-lal-lah
Allaho-Akber, Allaho-Akber
Wa-lilahill hamd.

(English Translation )

Allah is great, Allah is great.
There is no deity but Allah
Allah is great, Allah is great
And all praises are for Allah).

here is the answer to a question many have asked:

Does Allah mean God?

I hope this helps us to understand each other a little bit as the festival starts and the great fast ends.

Bharat Mata

Today when India celebrates it 65th Independence Day, the entire country is signing songs of patriotism.

There might be corruption and a lot of unwanted elements in the country, but on this day people of India

want to forget all that and celebrate freedom.

Karan Johar says, Independence Day to me means freedom that is pegged with a lot of responsibility. All of us are responsible for our actions and its these actions that help us contribute towards the overall progress of our country. I hope that in some form big or small - I am able to spread the message of love and togetherness.

I have decided to celebrate the independence of the great Indian nation.

If I were to delve into the politics of the creation of the state I would need to write a book and many have already been published about both Ghandi and Bose and the details of their contentious relationship.

It would be my contention that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was the true patriot and his usage of the axis powers was only because they were the enemy of his enemy and not because they were really his friends as he did find out when they broke most of the promised that were made to him.

His life was a continuing effort on behalf of Mother India/Bharat Mata and to avoid partition which was why he did everything he could to fight the British and fell out with Ghandi.

Netaji and Gandhiji

Both Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Mahatma Gandhi were infallibly dedicated to the cause of Indian freedom. They were loved by the masses and feared by the Raj. But between themselves, these two icons of India's freedom movement shared a rather frosty relationship and history is replete with instances of trenchant differences between them.

The Azad Hind - Indian National Army and their brave but doomed fight have been all but forgotten.

However that is wrong when they and other martyrs such asNetaji Bose are in a direct line from National heroes such as Sardar Bhagat Singh

It was a long struggle for freedom and they all had their part and should be remembered.

especially on this day.

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Three photos for those who have trouble with them:

1 - a depiction of Bharat Mata - the traditional Mother India standing with a Lion over a Map of India.

2 - a photo of Subhas Chandra Bose from the 40s (I believe in the Andaman Islands).

3 - a photo of Bhagat Singh