Psalm 23

March 30, 2006 at 9:27 pm · Filed under General

Not quite the normal way we look at it. This was sent from a yahoo group I belong to:

Psalm 23

**The Lord is my Shepherd**

*That’s Relationship!*

**I shall not want**

**That’s Supply**

**He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.**

**That’s Rest!**

**He leadeth me beside the still waters.**

**That’s Refreshment!**

**He restoreth my soul**

**That’s Healing!**

**He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness.**

**That’s Guidance!**

**For His name sake**

**That’s Purpose!**

**Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death.**

**That’s Testing!**

**I will fear no evil.**

**That’s Protection!**

**For Thou art with me**

**That’s Faithfulness**

**Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me,**

*That’s Discipline!*

**Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of my enemies.**

**That’s Hope!**

**Thou anointest my head with oil,**

**That’s Consecration!**

**My cup runneth over.**

**That’s Abundance!**

**Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.**

**That’s Blessing!**

**And I will dwell in the house of the Lord.**

**That’s Security!**

**Forever.**

**That’s Eternity!**

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NBA OR NFL?

March 28, 2006 at 11:12 am · Filed under General

Friends Barry and Carol sent this to my email. I went to snopes.com to make sure it was accurate, now passing it on in my blog! (Keep in mind an arrest is not a conviction, but still….)

36
Have been accused of spousal abuse

7
have been arrested for fraud

19
Have been accused of writing bad checks

117
Have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses

3
Have done time for assault

71,
Repeat
71

Can not
Get a credit card due to bad credit

14
Have been arrested on drug-related charges

8
Have been arrested for shoplifting

21
Currently
Are defendants in lawsuits, and

84
Have been arrested for drunk driving
In
The last year

Can
You guess which organization this is?

Neither,
it’s the 535 members of the United States Congress.

The Same group that crank out hundreds of new laws each year Designed to keep the rest of us in line.

71 can’t get CREDIT and they spend our tax dollars?????????
What are we thinking when we vote for these guys? Surely we take some of the blame here!

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How Abusive Men Treat Submissive Wives

March 27, 2006 at 10:55 pm · Filed under General

When I read these answers from other women, I was looking at something deeply familiar and scary to me…

Abusive men always think there is a motive behind a womans actions and her words. They see her as only trying to maniupulate. They never see goodness in them. They distrust and are irriated by them.. They might feel they love these women but they don’t like them. The most important thing in any realtionship is to be liked and respected. Even when the women are in a good mood it irritates them. They want to show her up, put her down. make her feel inferior in evrything. Then when they have her upset it makes them angry that she’s weak. Yet the object is to tear her down. It’s a double edged sword: a no win situation. The woman spends years trying to prove she’s not bad. But it’s futile. He either knows it and doesn’t care or doesn’t and she’ll never prove it anyway.

They train women to ‘think’ for them, making them submissive and without any identity. She is expected to anticipate his every desire or expectation and to make his existence the focus of her life. They are treated as sex slaves, (taking away her femininity), only to leave her feeling besmirched and ridiculed. The motive behind all this,is to make him feel powerful. He lacks the integrity and dignity to be a real man.

Men who have a abusive nature are wanting power and control, they cannot control other men, or non-submissive women, so they prey on those who seem like they are submissive, those are vulnerable, those with low self esteem, or in my experience, lower their self-esteem with words, degrading them and truly making them feel like are doing something. “It must be me” They also show tremendous love, especially when they feel they are losing that control.

I was married for 33 years to a man who emotionally abused me. He was not physically abusive though he came close in his aggressive and frightening rages. He never saw things from my or anyone else’s perspective, never apologized, never allowed me to air a grievance, saw every criticism as an attack on him. Every time I thought of leaving him, something was happening in his life which made me feel terribly sorry for him and I couldn’t bring myself to go. He alienated everyone he met and thus ruined every budding relationship both personal and professional. Finally when he forbade me from visiting my family (who lived in another country) I walked away

Abusive men are looking for a way “out” of some situation they’ve most likely created in their head. They attack their wives/girlfriends and use this attack to channel their rage and feel like they can controll their emotions and their surrounding. Men are not the only ones capable of this conscienceness. When wives/girlfriends feel their at a less than desirable position in a relationship; they attack to gain what seems an advantage in their surroundings. This advantage seems to be the only reasonable way to controll their surroundings.

First these men study, observe from a distance (This may take one day or this may take a week or even a year) and then they pounce on their prey which is YOU. Next, they become a mirror reflection of YOU. (This is the con part) You believe you have found the perfect person. If he is sly, he will never slip up during this time. If during this dating period, you have gut feelings and thoughts, PLEASE FOLLOW YOUR INNER FEELINGS. THEY ARE RIGHT AND ALWAYS CORRECT. The relationship is perfect until you marry him. Small things begin to happen, ie, He criticizes your children, maybe kicks them out at some point,he picks on your animals, he yells at you for nothing, he starts picking on your wifely duties, you use too much electricity, you didn’t fix my dinner (after you worked a 14 hour day), tells you you are not the same, picks on you incessantly, tells you are not keeping the house clean enough, picks fights with you, tells you that he is the man of the house and you will do what HE says in his house, tells you to get out and that he is going to file divorce papers, he drinks excessively, passes out, flicks ashes around the house, watches pornography on the television, video, the computer and tells you that you are a prude, blames you for his outbursts, blames you for making him mad, charms his family members, his friends or buddies, and his workers, bosses, and co workers and treats them like gold, but watch out behind closed doors. Steadily, this man becomes more enraged, demanding, hurtful, abusive physically and mentally…he is totally unpredicatable…it does get worse and worse…it is very scary for YOU. The last act may indeed become violent and unsafe and may become your last breath. By this I mean a gun, knife, whatever. These men who are so angry will do anything at any cost to get their control back of you. Get out and do not tell him that you are going to leave him, this will enrage him more. You must have a plan.

was in an abusive relationship for a little over a year and this man knew how to manipulate every situation we were involved in. Believe me when I say always go with your gut instincts. He never wanted my family around even my four year old son. He would hold grudges against my family members for silly reasons and would make me choose between him and them. He started off calling me names, then it went on to pushing, slapping, spitting, throwing me out of cars, screaming at me when I would try to explain how I felt. It never got any better. He wanted to know that he was the “MAN”. I was always accused of cheating, not being there for him, and not being a woman. This was a man who I allowed to treat me like sh-t because I thought I loved him.

By confusing them and controlling them. One minute they absolutely love you - you are the greatest thing walking the planet (difficult to live up to) and then, after a period when you think the sun is shining and you feel confident, they find a way to make a black cloud appear. It’s very difficult for women living with what I would call ’subtle’ abusers to judge when the next episode will be, but often it seems that the attack comes just when you least expect it - when everything is all right. And the problems will arise from something so seemingly inoffensive that the ‘victim’ is made to be very confused about what exactly she has done ‘wrong.’ The effect of this slow drip treatment is that you end up afraid to feel happy because that seems to trigger (very probably subconsciously) the desire in the abusive person to make the reverse the case. In my experience every ‘episode’ leaves the victim feeling less and less capable. The abuser, seeing the deterioration of the person he ‘loves’, may then be overly concerned about her health and about the terrible state she is in. But is this all just words, making the right noises? Promises of it not happening again eventually mean nothing because the victim knows damn well it will happen again - it always does - it is cyclic. The abuser is unwilling to seek professional help or guidance while, very often, as a desperate measure, the victim is likely to do this in an attempt to heal and perhaps find ways of dealing with the abuser. Very often, she does actually love them, but the love can fade after a while and is then replaced with a feeling of sympathy for the abuser (Bizarre, but then she is submissive - everything is her fault - she is sensitive - you couldn’t so succesfully emotionally batter an tougher person.) It is all very confusing. Confusing. That word describes so much.

Letting an abuser into your heart, mind and life is like opening the door to the devil. I am very honest when I say these types have nothing but a mission to destroy you and are bad to the core. I was married to an abuser. We have been divorced just over a year. When we met it was bliss. We thought the world of each other. We had the romance, the fun and laughter. It was a whirlwind. Little did I know he was only trying to get ownership of me quickly. We married a year later. Then the little comments started. I wasnt good at this or that. Then came the yelling. It was a gradual process of dehumanization and degradation. Then came the pushes and slaps. Then the financial abuse. I went hungry. It was hell. He would stop at nothing to ruin me. Anything good about me was not loved, it was a threat to him and he set out to ruin me. I left him. I didnt care for him as much. The pain to stay was worse than to leave, so I kicked him out. I am glad now. It was the best thing I ever did.

I have been in an abusive relationship with my husband for almost three years and we are separated now. I am not normally the submissive type of woman but since I loved my husband greatly, I tried to submit to his abusive ways out of fear and feelings of helplessness. I submitted to his manipulative, decietful, controlling,and neglectful ways but it really back-fired in the end. He used my submissiveness to only control and abuse me more. He continued to lie to me, abandon me, and neglect me. His behaviors got worse over time to the point that all my trust in him was completely eroded. I finally left him because of the breakdown of trust. I wish that I had asserted myself more in the past and had not submitted to his abusive ways - it may have given our marriage a chance to change and get better. Now, he says he wants to change but it’s too late for me to give him another chance because all trust is gone. It would be too great a risk for me to get back together with him after all that he has done.

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Magic Time

March 25, 2006 at 12:55 pm · Filed under Personal

Ripped some Van Morrison today for my house cleaning background music. Great stuff.

1. Van Morrison - Carry on Regardless (5:54)
2. Van Morrison - Lonely and Blue (3:44)
3. Van Morrison - Magic Time (5:08)
4. Van Morrison - Stranded (5:38)
5. Van Morrison - They Sold Me Out (3:13)
6. Van Morrison - This Lion This Time (4:58)
7. Van Morrison - This Love of Mine (2:44)
8. Van Morrison - Celtic New Year (6:12)
9. Van Morrison - Evening Train (2:51)
10. Van Morrison - Gypsy in My Soul (4:05)
11. Van Morrison - I’m Confessin’ (4:29)
12. Van Morrison - Just Like Greta (6:27)
13. Van Morrison - Keep Mediocrity at Bay.mp3

VAN MORRISON lyrics - “This Love Of Mine”

This love of mine goes on and on
Though life is empty since you have gone
You’re always on my mind though out of sight
It’s lonesome through the day but oh, the lonely nights

I cry my heart out, it’s bound to break
Since nothing matters just let it break
I ask the sun and the moon and the stars that shine
What’s to become of it?
This love of mine

I cry my heart out, it’s bound to break
But since nothing matters go ahead and let it break
I ask the sun and the moon and all the stars that shine
What’s to become of it?
What’s to become of it?
What’s to become of it?
This love of mine

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Solar Powered Plane

March 24, 2006 at 10:47 pm · Filed under News Items

Solar powered plane may fly continuously for weeks.

It’s called a Zephyr, it has a 39 foot wingspan and weighs only 59 pounds.

On its first flight trials in New Mexico, it reached maximum altitude of 27,000 feet above sea level, but it is designed for as high as 132,000 feet. The platform is capable of continuous operation through the use of solar power and low drag aerodynamics. The combination of solar panels on the upper wing surface and rechargeable batteries allows Zephyr to be flown for durations of many weeks and even months.

What I want to know is, if they can power a plane that can go as high as 132,000 feet in the air, why can’t they power a car on the ground for us that way?

Links on the Story:

The Engergy Blog
Treehugger
BBC News

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There are no people with physical defects in North Korea

March 22, 2006 at 10:37 am · Filed under News Items

There is a good reason for that. They murder the defective.

"North Korea has no people with physical disabilities because they are killed almost as soon as they are born, a physician who defected from the communist state said on Wednesday."

"The practice is encouraged by the state, Ri said, as a way of purifying the masses and eliminating people who might be considered "different." "

More on the story HERE

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Windows Vista

March 21, 2006 at 10:59 am · Filed under General

Well to me it just looks like another headache to get used to in our ever changing world of computers…

Jeff, at BigBlueBall, however, gives an informative preview HERE

Related Links:

Microsoft Windows Vista

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Jurassic Miquel

March 20, 2006 at 7:09 pm · Filed under Personal

Miquel had been wanting to learn how to play the theme from Jurassic Park on the piano, so he and Enric sat down to play it.

Miquel has been practicing diligently, have a listen:

Miquel Playing the theme from Jurassic Park

(To make the file small for the net, I have put it in .rm format. Even so it is 3.71 MB in length) You might have to right click and choose SAVE TARGET AS

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Maryland’s first day of spring

March 20, 2006 at 10:46 am · Filed under General

50% chance of snow tomorrow

*sigh*

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Botellon

March 19, 2006 at 4:16 am · Filed under News Items

Tens of thousands of young people gathered in cities around Spain on Friday night in an attempt to hold the biggest street drinking session or "botellon" ("big bottle").

Like one would suspect, this caused clashes between the young people and the police. 70 were arrested in Barcelona, which in the past has been like a second home to me. Barcelona didn’t host the only section of violence, there was plenty to go around in the other cities as well.

Tens of thousands is a lot of young people, and in this modern age one would think that the youth of any nation could find something better to do than to unite in a national drinking binge.

I know this seems isolated to one country, but, to me it does seem to require an evaluation on a worldwide scale as to what values our young people are being raised with. What do you think? Isn’t there something better and more productive for young healthy people to spend their time doing?

News Story HERE

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Get Your Own Blog

March 17, 2006 at 10:57 pm · Filed under Personal

MySpace, Blogger, Xanga…they all offer free blogging services, but what if you want your own domain name and your own personal touch? What if you don’t wish to advertise for someone else?

Well, along the same lines of being able to offer people to "get their own gallery " with only a one time set up fee, I thought to also offer people to help them to GET YOUR OWN BLOG!

If you’ve been desiring to enter the foray of Blogging but didn’t know how, let me know at xerraire@xerraire.com

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Projects Completed

March 17, 2006 at 8:31 pm · Filed under Personal

Wow. It seems I had 4 clients all at once. One needed a web designed from scratch, and two others wanted a complete RE-design. The last was for Petra’s Foundation.

I am rather proud of the website I did for Anchor Baptist Church. For one thing, much of the artwork there was taken from my photography, and that makes it very personal for me.

Visit Anchor Baptist’s New Design .

The other two were simular in nature, each selling infant massage lotions.

Baby Sweet Cheeks
Sweet Pea Products

Another web project dear to my heart is that of the Screaming Eagles. This is a very worthwhile website dedicated to honoring War World II veterans. This site has many hands involved in it, and is in constant state of updating.

Visit ScreamingEagles.nl

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Is this Me or WHAT?

March 15, 2006 at 10:52 am · Filed under Personal

I went to Tigerblade’s blog as I regularly do… He had one of those ‘answer the questions and learn something about yourself" tests results on his page. "Ok," I think, "I will play."

I couldn’t believe that only having to answer TWO questions, how this NAILED me. What do you think?

the Helper

"I must help others"

Helpers are warm, concerned, nurturing, and sensitive to other people’s needs.

How to Get Along with Me

Tell me that you appreciate me. Be specific.
Share fun times with me.
Take an interest in my problems, though I will probably try to focus on yours. (so true! )
Let me know that I am important and special to you.
Be gentle if you decide to criticize me.

In Intimate Relationships

Reassure me that I am intersting to you.
Reassure me often that you love me.
Tell me I’m attractive and that you’re glad to be seen with me.

What it goes on to say about "two’s"

What I Like About Being a Two

being able to relate easily to people and to make friends
knowing what people need and being able to make their lives better
being generous, caring, and warm
being sensitive to and perceptive about others’ feelings
being enthusiastic and fun-loving, and having a good sense of humor

What’s Hard About Being a Two

not being able to say no
having low self-esteem
feeling drained from overdoing for others
not doing things I really like to do for myself for fear of being selfish
criticizing myself for not feeling as loving as I think I should
being upset that others don’t tune in to me as much as I tume in to them
working so hard to be tactful and considerate that I suppress my real feelings

Twos as Children Often

are very sensitive to disapproval and criticism
try hard to please their parents by being helpful and understanding
are outwardly compliant
are popular or try to be popular with other children
act coy, precocious, or dramatic in order to get attention
are clowns and jokers (the more extroverted Twos), or quiet and shy (the more introverted Twos)

Twos as Parents

are good listeners, love their children unconditionally, and are warm and encouraging (or suffer guilt if they aren’t)
are often playful with their children
wonder: "Am I doing it right?" "Am I giving enough?" "Have I caused irreparable damage?"
can become fiercely protective (no kidding!>)

The Quick and Painless ENNEAGRAM Test

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Our Lawmakers are leasing gas guzzling cars

March 15, 2006 at 10:40 am · Filed under News Items

I first heard the report on FOX NEWS this morning as I woke up. Since I only heard the headlines, I looked it up on the news on the net.

Reps. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) drives a Cadillac Devilles
Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-Mich.) drives a Cadillac Deville

Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) cruises around in a 2006 Infiniti M45

Reps. Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.) drives a BMW 525
Tom Feeney (R-Fla.) drives a Nissan Pathfinder

Congressmen spend an average of $646.53 a month to lease cars. Most lease American cars.
Reps. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), Buck McKeon (R-Calif.), Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), Sue Myrick (R-N.C.), Feeney and Hinchey lease foreign cars.

MORE HERE » THE HILL

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To Risk

March 13, 2006 at 9:16 pm · Filed under General

To laugh is to risk appearing a fool,
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental
To reach out to another is to risk involvement,
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self
To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss
To love is to risk not being loved in return,
To hope is to risk despair,
To try is to risk to failure.
But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing is nothing.
He may avoid suffering and sorrow,
But he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or live.
Chained by his servitude he is a slave who has forfeited all freedom.
Only a person who risks is free.
The pessimist complains about the wind;
The optimist expects it to change;
And the realist adjusts the sails.
-William Arthur Ward, “To Risk”

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Run Free

March 13, 2006 at 8:04 pm · Filed under Personal

A freak warm day in Maryland, led Laura I to take to the beach where we promptly kicked off our shoes and felt the sand between our toes, the warm breeze on our faces, the sun warming us.

The water was cold though, 47°F

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Personal DNA

March 11, 2006 at 7:47 am · Filed under Personal

I am an……

You are a Builder

You are detail-oriented, cautious, and practical, making you a BUILDER.

You are excellent at focusing on the concrete, functional elements of things, so you’re good at making things happen.

Pursuing novel ways of doing things helps you to be efficient.

You’re great to have on a team, as you understand how things work and don’t let your ego get in the way.

You’re perceptive, down-to-earth, and realistic.

You don’t see a need to commit to a set routine or schedule—you’d rather improvise a little.

Although you may doubt yourself sometimes, you have the skills and the curiosity to pursue broader adventures.

You like to consider a lot of information before making big decisions, and you think about that information in realistic, thorough ways.

You don’t concern yourself with flashy styles or surface appearances—you’re far too sensible for that.

You’re not one to force your positions on a group, and you tend to be fair in evaluating different options.

You’re not afraid to let your emotions guide you, and you’re generally considerate of others’ feelings as well.

You prefer to have time to plan for things, feeling better with a schedule than with keeping plans up in the air until the last minute.

You do your own thing when it comes to clothing, guided more by practical concerns than by other people’s notions of style.

You are Encouraging

Your outgoing nature, understanding of others, and directness make you ENCOURAGING.

You want others to do well for themselves, and you generally believe in their abilities.

You often know what’s good for people because of your caring nature and your worldview.

When you care about someone, you don’t keep it to yourself: you are good at letting people know that you’re thinking of them.

Because you trust people, you take violations of that trust very seriously.

You thrive in large groups of people, and even though you know who you like and who you don’t like, you can interact well with many different types of people.

You have a healthy respect for people who have earned what they have, and you strive to be similar to successful others.

You are a loyal friend, and a good listener.

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Where do all the Billionaires live?

March 10, 2006 at 6:16 pm · Filed under News Items

Forbes’ U.S. Billionaires, Listed by State

The ranking of American billionaires as estimated by Forbes magazine,listed by state. Listings include rank, name, age where known, wealth in billions of dollars and source of the money.

A number of billionaires share the same rank because Forbes reported their wealth as being identical with each other.

The list includes U.S. billionaires living overseas.

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Alabama

512. Marguerite Harbert, 82, $1.5, inheritance

Arizona

451. Bennett Dorrance, 57, $1.7, inheritance

512. John Sperling, 85, $1.5, Apollo Group

562. Peter Sperling, 46, $1.4, Apollo Group

645. Arturo Moreno, 59, $1.2, billboards

Arkansas

17. Jim Walton, 58, $15.9, Wal-Mart

19. S. Robson Walton, 62, $15.8, Wal-Mart

21. Helen Walton, 86, $15.6, Wal-Mart

645. Winthrop Rockefeller, 57, $1.2, Standard Oil, banking

California

15. Lawrence Ellison, 61, $16, Oracle

26. Sergey Brin, 32, $12.9, Google

27. Larry Page, 33, $12.8, Google

53. Kirk Kerkorian, 88, $8.7, investments, casinos

63. Sumner Redstone, 82, $7.7, Viacom

103. Eli Broad, 72, $5.9, investments

104. Donald Bren, 73, $5.7, real estate

129. Eric Schmidt, 50, $4.8, Google

140. David Geffen, 63, $4.4, DreamWorks

140. Steven Jobs, 51, $4.4, Apple Computer, Pixar

147. Charles Johnson, 73, $4.3, Franklin Resources

168. David Murdock, 82, $4, investments

168. Charles Schwab, 68, $4, discount stock brokerage

181. Gordon Moore, 77, $3.7, Intel

185. Rupert Johnson Jr., 64, $3.6, Franklin Resources

194. Bradley Hughes, 72, $3.5, Public Storage

194. George Lucas, 61, $3.5, Star Wars

224. Roland Arnall, 67, $3, mortgage banking

240. David Filo, 39, $2.9, Yahoo

240. A. Jerrold Perenchio, 75, $2.9, Univision

245. Haim Saban, 61, $2.8, television

245. Steven Spielberg, 59, $2.8, movies

258. Henry Nicholas III, 46, $2.7, Broadcom

292. Riley Bechtel, 54, $2.5, engineering

292. Stephen Bechtel Jr., 80, $2.5, engineering

292. Barbara Davis and family, 76, $2.5, inheritance, oil

292. George Roberts, 61, $2.5, leveraged buyouts

317. Henry Samueli, 51, $2.4, Broadcom

317. Steven Udvar-Hazy, 60, $2.4, leasing

317. Jerry Yang, 37, $2.4, Yahoo

335. Ronald Burkle, 53, $2.3, investments

350. Gordon Getty, 73, $2.2, inheritance, oil

365. Alfred Mann, 80, $2.1, inventor, entrepreneur

365. Ernest Rady, 68, $2.1, banking, insurance

382. Charles Brandes, 63, $2, money management

382. William Hearst III, 56, $2, Hearst Corp

382. Michael Milken, 59, $2, investments

382. John Sobrato, 66, $2, real estate

410. Phoebe Hearst Cooke, 79, $1.9, Hearst Corp

410. Louis Gonda, 57, $1.9, leasing

410. David Hearst Jr., 60, $1.9, Hearst Corp

410. George Hearst Jr., 78, $1.9, Hearst Corp

410. Irwin Jacobs, 72, $1.9, Qualcomm

428. Franklin Booth Jr., 83, $1.8, Berkshire Hathaway

428. Margaret Cargill, 86, $1.8, inheritance

428. Jess Jackson, 76, $1.8, Kendall-Jackson

451. Tom Gores, 41, $1.7, leveraged buyouts

451. Anthony Pritzker, 45, $1.7, hotels, investments

451. Daniel Pritzker, 47, $1.7, hotels, investments

451. John Pritzker, 53, $1.7, hotels, investments

486. Ray Dolby, 73, $1.6, Dolby Laboratories

486. Thomas Siebel, 53, $1.6, Siebel Systems

486. Patrick Soon-Shiong, 54, $1.6, generic drugs

486. Elizabeth Wiskemann, $1.6, mutual funds

512. Archie Aldis (Red) Emmerson, 76, $1.5, timberland, lumber mills

512. Charles Munger, 82, $1.5, Berkshire Hathaway

512. Kavitark Shriram, 50, $1.5, Google

512. Margaret Whitman, 49, $1.5, Ebay

562. John Anderson, 88, $1.4, investments

562. George Argyros, 69, $1.4, investments

562. Robert Day, 61, $1.4, money management

562. Leslie Gonda, 85, $1.4, International Lease Finance

562. Ming Hsieh, 50, $1.4, Cogent Systems

606. John J. Fisher, 44, $1.3, Gap

606. Robert Fisher, 52, $1.3, Gap

606. William Fisher, 48, $1.3, Gap

606. Alec Gores, 53, $1.3, leveraged buyouts

606. Gary Michelson, 57, $1.3, medical patents

606. John Morgridge, 72, $1.3, Cisco

606. Alexander Spanos, 82, $1.3, real estate

645. Carl Berg, 68, $1.2, real estate

645. Timothy Blixseth, 55, $1.2, timber, real estate

645. Alan Casden, 60, $1.2, real estate

645. Scott Cook, 53, $1.2, Intuit

645. David Copley, 54, $1.2, newspapers

645. Roy Disney, 76, $1.2, Walt Disney

645. Ernest Gallo, 97, $1.2, wine

645. Herbert Sandler, 74, $1.2, banking

645. Theodore Waitt, 43, $1.2, Gateway

698. John Arrillaga, 68, $1.1, real estate

698. Kenneth Fisher, 55, $1.1, money management

698. William Gross, 61, $1.1, bonds

698. George Joseph, 84, $1.1, insurance

698. Robert Naify, 84, $1.1, movie theaters

698. Richard Peery, 65, $1.1, real estate

698. Edward Roski Jr., 67, $1.1, real estate

698. Marion Sandler, 75, $1.1, banking

698. Joyce Raley Teel, 76, $1.1, supermarkets

746. L. Doerr, 55, $1, venture capital

746. William Hilton, 78, $1, hotels, casinos

746. Bernard Osher, 78, $1, banking, investments

Colorado

80. Charles Ergen, 53, $6.7, EchoStar

89. Philip Anschutz, 66, $6.4, investments

486. John Malone, 65, $1.6, cable television

512. Pat Stryker, 49, $1.5, Stryker Corp

606. James Leprino, 69, $1.3, cheese

645. Thomas Bailey, 69, $1.2, mutual funds

Connecticut

194. Edward Lampert, 43, $3.5, investments

292. Steven Cohen, 50, $2.5, hedge funds

382. Paul Jones II, 52, $2, hedge funds

451. Karen Pritzker, 48, $1.7, hotels, investments

512. Peter Buck, 75, $1.5, Subway

District of Columbia

350. Mitchell Rales, 49, $2.2, Danaher Corp

365. Steven Rales, 54, $2.1, Danaher Corp

Florida

52. John Kluge, 91, $9, Metromedia

94. Micky Arison, 56, $6.1, Carnival Cruises

365. H. Wayne Huizenga, 68, $2.1, investments

382. Peter Lewis, 72, $2, Progressive Corp

382. Robert E. (Ted) Turner, 67, $2, cable television

428. S. Daniel Abraham, 81, $1.8, Slim-Fast

512. Fred DeLuca, 58, $1.5, Subway

512. James France, 62, $1.5, auto racing

512. William France Jr., 74, $1.5, auto racing

512. George Lindemann and family, 70, $1.5, investments

512. Arthur Williams Jr., 63, $1.5, insurance

562. Edward Debartolo Jr., 59, $1.4, shopping centers

562. James Moran, 87, $1.4, auto dealerships

606. Malcolm Glazer, 77, $1.3, investments

645. Harvey Chaplin and family, 77, $1.2, liquor, wine distribution

645. Dr. Phillip Frost, 69, $1.2, Ivax

645. John MacMillan III, 78, $1.2, inheritance

645. William Morean, 50, $1.2, Jabil Circuit

645. Jorge Perez, 57, $1.2, home building

698. Edmund Ansin, 70, $1.1, Sunbeam Broadcasting

698. Charlotte Colket Weber, 63, $1.1, inheritance

Georgia

29. Anne Cox Chambers, 86, $12.4, Cox Enterprises

350. Bernard Marcus, 76, $2.2, Home Depot

606. Arthur Blank, 63, $1.3, Home Depot

698. Jesse Robinson, 82, $1.1, banking, insurance

Hawaii

29. Barbara Cox Anthony, 82, $12.4, Cox Enterprises

Idaho

278. John Simplot and family, 97, $2.6, potatoes, microchips

606. Robert Holding, 79, $1.3, energy, resorts, ranching

Illinois

140. H. Ty Warner, 62, $4.4, Beanie Babies

158. Lester Crown and family, 80, $4.1, investments

224. William Wrigley Jr., 42, $3, chewing gum

258. Matthew Bucksbaum and family, 80, $2.7, real estate

258. John Calamos, 65, $2.7, mutual funds

317. Samuel Zell, 64, $2.4, real estate

410. Thomas Pritzker, 55, $1.9, hotels, investments

428. Penny Pritzker, 46, $1.8, hotels, investments

451. James Pritzker, 54, $1.7, hotels, investments

451. Jay Robert (JB) Pritzker, 41, $1.7, hotels, investments

451. Jean (Gigi) Pritzker, 44, $1.7, hotels, investments

512. Kenneth Griffin, 37, $1.5, hedge funds

512. Michael Krasny, 52, $1.5, CDW Corp

562. Neil Bluhm, 68, $1.4, real estate

562. Oprah Winfrey, 52, $1.4, television

606. Nicholas Pritzker II, 62, $1.3, hotels, investments

746. Gary Comer, 78, $1, Lands’ End

746. Marvin Herb, 69, $1, soft-drink bottling

Indiana

214. William Cook, 74, $3.2, medical devices

278. Melvin Simon, 79, $2.6, real estate

606. Dean White, 82, $1.3, billboards, hotels

698. Herbert Simon, 71, $1.1, real estate

Kansas

33. Charles Koch, 70, $12, oil, commodities

33. David Koch, 65, $12, oil, commodities

428. Donald Hall, 77, $1.8, Hallmark

486. Min Kao, 57, $1.6, navigation equipment

606. Phillip Ruffin, 70, $1.3, casinos, real estate

698. Gary Burrell, 68, $1.1, navigation equipment

Louisiana

645. Phyllis Taylor, 64, $1.2, Taylor Energy

Maryland

486. John Marriott Jr., 74, $1.6, hotels

512. Richard Marriott, 67, $1.5, hotels

512. Bernard Saul II, 73, $1.5, banking, real estate

Massachusetts

28. Abigail Johnson, 44, $12.5, Fidelity

80. Edward Johnson III, 75, $6.7, Fidelity

258. John Abele, 69, $2.7, Boston Scientific

335. Peter Nicholas, 64, $2.3, Boston Scientific

350. Amos Hostetter Jr., 69, $2.2, cable television

486. Jim Davis and family, 62, $1.6, New Balance

606. Richard Egan, 70, $1.3, EMC Corp

606. Thomas Flatley, 73, $1.3, real estate

645. Amar Bose, 77, $1.2, Bose

698. Paul Fireman, 62, $1.1, Reebok

698. Robert Kraft, 64, $1.1, paper, packaging

Michigan

194. William Davidson, 83, $3.5, glass

200. Richard DeVos, 80, $3.4, Alticor

382. Roger Penske, 69, $2, cars

410. Ronda Stryker, 51, $1.9, Stryker Corp.

428. Jon Stryker, 47, $1.8, Stryker Corp.

486. William Pulte, 73, $1.6, home building

645. A. Alfred Taubman, 82, $1.2, real estate

698. William Ford Sr., 81, $1.1, Ford Motor Co

Minnesota

158. Richard Schulze, 65, $4.1, Best Buy

245. Carl Pohlad, 90, $2.8, banking

365. Glen Taylor, 64, $2.1, printing

428. James Cargill, 81, $1.8, inheritance

562. Barbara Carlson Gage and family, 64, $1.4, Carlson Cos.

562. Marilyn Carlson Nelson and family, 67, $1.4, Carlson Cos

645. Stanley Stub Hubbard, 72, $1.2, DirecTV

645. Cargill MacMillan Jr., 79, $1.2, inheritance

645. W. MacMillan, 76, $1.2, inheritance

645. Whitney MacMillan, 77, $1.2, inheritance

Missouri

100. Jack Taylor, 83, $6, Enterprise Rent-A-Car

278. Ann Walton Kroenke, 56, $2.6, Wal-Mart

350. Nancy Walton Laurie, 54, $2.2, Wal-Mart

451. E. Kroenke, 58, $1.7, sports, real estate

645. Pauline MacMillan Keinath, 74, $1.2, inheritance

Montana

292. Dennis Washington, 71, $2.5, construction, mining

451. Linda Pritzker, 52, $1.7, hotels, investments

Nebraska

2. Warren Buffett, 75, $42, Berkshire Hathaway

292. J. Ricketts and family, 64, $2.5, Ameritrade

451. Walter Scott Jr., 74, $1.7, construction, telecom

Nevada

14. Sheldon Adelson, 72, $16.1, casinos, hotels

43. Pierre Omidyar, 38, $10.1, eBay

365. Stephen Wynn, 64, $2.1, casinos, hotels

562. William Boyd, 74, $1.4, casinos, banking

698. David Duffield, 65, $1.1, PeopleSoft

New Hampshire

382. Patrick McGovern, 68, $2, IDG

New Jersey

44. Jacqueline Mars, 66, $10, candy

65. Donald Newhouse, 76, $7.5, publishing

278. Peter Kellogg, 64, $2.6, investments

562. Michael Price, 53, $1.4, investments

645. David Tepper, 48, $1.2, hedge funds

New York

53. Carl Icahn, 70, $8.7, leveraged buyouts

65. Samuel Newhouse Jr., 78, $7.5, publishing

71. George Soros, 75, $7.2, hedge funds

84. Keith Rupert Murdoch, 75, $6.5, News Corp.

94. Ronald Perelman, 63, $6.1, leveraged buyouts

112. Michael Bloomberg, 63, $5.1, Bloomberg L.P.

185. Ralph Lauren, 66, $3.6, fashion

214. Maurice Greenberg, 80, $3.2, insurance

224. Edgar Bronfman Sr., 76, $3, liquor

240. Leonard Lauder, 73, $2.9, Estee Lauder

258. Ronald Lauder, 62, $2.7, Estee Lauder

258. Leonard Stern, 67, $2.7, real estate

278. James Simons, 68, $2.6, hedge funds

278. Donald Trump, 60, $2.6, real estate

292. Bruce Kovner, 60, $2.5, hedge funds

292. Henry Kravis, 62, $2.5, leveraged buyouts

292. David Rockefeller Sr., 90, $2.5, Standard Oil, banking

292. Stephen Schwarzman, 59, $2.5, investments

350. Leona Mindy Rosenthal Helmsley, 85, $2.2, real estate

382. Mortimer Zuckerman, 68, $2, media, real estate

410. Herbert Allen Jr., 66, $1.9, investment banking

410. Austin Hearst, 53, $1.9, Hearst Corp

410. Tamir Sapir, 58, $1.9, real estate

428. Stanley Druckenmiller, 53, $1.8, hedge funds

451. Charles Dolan, 79, $1.7, Cablevision Systems

512. Stewart Rahr, 60, $1.5, Kinray

512. Daniel Ziff, 34, $1.5, inheritance, hedge funds

512. Dirk Ziff, 41, $1.5, inheritance, hedge funds

512. Robert Ziff, 39, $1.5, inheritance, hedge funds

562. Albert Ueltschi, 88, $1.4, FlightSafety

562. Sanford Weill, 73, $1.4, Citigroup

606. Barry Diller, 64, $1.3, InterActiveCorp

606. Alan Gerry, 76, $1.3, cable television

606. Blase Golisano, 64, $1.3, Paychex

606. Thomas Lee, 61, $1.3, leveraged buyouts

645. J. Flowers, 48, $1.2, investments

645. Jerome Kohlberg Jr., 80, $1.2, leveraged buyouts

645. Steven Roth, 64, $1.2, real estate

645. Wilma Tisch and family, 78, $1.2, Loews

698. James Cayne, 72, $1.1, Bear Stearns

698. Mario Gabelli, 63, $1.1, money management

698. David Gottesman, 79, $1.1, investments

698. Kenneth Langone, 70, $1.1, investments

698. Nelson Peltz, 63, $1.1, leveraged buyouts

698. Herbert Siegel, 77, $1.1, television

746. Jeremy Jacobs Sr., 66, $1, sports concessions

746. Michael Jaharis, 78, $1, pharmaceuticals

746. Wilbur Ross Jr., 68, $1, leveraged buyouts

746. Sheldon Solow, 77, $1, 9 West 57th

North Carolina

158. James Goodnight, 63, $4.1, SAS Institute

335. Clemmie Spangler Jr., 73, $2.3, investments

382. John Sall, 56, $2, SAS Institute

562. Ollen Smith, 79, $1.4, Speedway Motorsports

Ohio

258. Leslie Wexner, 70, $2.7, Limited Brands

350. Carl Lindner Jr and family, 86, $2.2, investments

410. Clayton Mathile, 65, $1.9, Iams

562. Nancy Lerner, 45, $1.4, inheritance

562. Norma Lerner, 69, $1.4, inheritance

562. Randolph Lerner, 43, $1.4, inheritance

606. Richard Farmer, 71, $1.3, Cintas Corp

Oklahoma

140. George Kaiser, 63, $4.4, oil and gas, banking

382. David Green, 64, $2, Hobby Lobby

Oregon

70. Philip Knight, 68, $7.3, Nike

Pennsylvania

258. Henry Hillman, 87, $2.7, industrialist

382. Leonore Annenberg, 88, $2, inheritance

382. Margaret Magerko, 40, $2, 84 Lumber

451. Mary Alice Dorrance Malone, 56, $1.7, inheritance

512. James Kim and family, 70, $1.5, microchips

562. Richard Hayne, 58, $1.4, Urban Outfitters

645. Richard Scaife, 74, $1.2, inheritance

Rhode Island

746. Hope Hill Van Beuren, 72, $1, inheritance

South Carolina

746. Jerry Zucker, 56, $1, industrialist

Tennessee

258. Martha Ingram and family, 70, $2.7, Ingram Industries

365. Frederick Smith, 61, $2.1, FedEx

451. Thomas Frist Jr., and family, 67, $1.7, HCA Healthcare

606. Brad Kelley, 49, $1.3, tobacco

Texas

12. Michael Dell, 41, $17.1, Dell

20. Alice Walton, 56, $15.7, Wal-Mart

100. Dan Duncan, 73, $6, energy

129. Robert Rowling, 52, $4.8, oil and gas, investments

147. Henry Perot, 75, $4.3, investments

200. Robert Bass, 58, $3.4, oil, investments

278. Harold Simmons, 74, $2.6, investments

292. Ray Hunt, 63, $2.5, oil, real estate

317. Richard Kinder, 62, $2.4, pipelines

317. George Mitchell, 86, $2.4, Mitchell Energy

335. Richard Rainwater, 61, $2.3, investments

350. Charles Butt, 67, $2.2, supermarkets

428. Lee Bass, 49, $1.8, oil, investments

428. Mark Cuban, 48, $1.8, Broadcast.com

428. Fayez Sarofim, 77, $1.8, money management

486. E. Marshall, 67, $1.6, investments (Marshall has asked to be excluded from list, saying it overstates his assets and their value)

512. Gerald Ford, 61, $1.5, banking

512. Tracy Krohn, 51, $1.5, W&T Offshore

512. T. Boone Pickens, 77, $1.5, oil and gas, investments

562. Sid Bass, 63, $1.4, oil, investments

562. Joseph Jamail Jr., 80, $1.4, lawsuits

562. Robert McNair, 69, $1.4, energy, sports

606. Christopher Goldsbury, 63, $1.3, salsa

606. Donald Horton, 56, $1.3, DR Horton

645. Edward Bass, 61, $1.2, oil, investments

645. Billy Joe (Red) McCombs, 78, $1.2, radio, oil, real estate

645. Robert McLane Jr., 69, $1.2, Wal-Mart, logistics

698. Jerral Jones, 63, $1.1, Dallas Cowboys

698. Kenny Troutt, 58, $1.1, Excel Communications

746. Perry Bass, 91, $1, oil, investments

746. Anne Windfohr Marion, 66, $1, inheritance, oil

746. Todd Wagner, 45, $1, Broadcast.com

746. Samuel Wyly, 70, $1, investments

Utah

174. James Sorenson, 84, $3.8, medical devices, real estate

486. Jon Huntsman, 68, $1.6, chemicals

Virginia

44. Forrest Mars Jr., 74, $10, candy

44. John Mars, 69, $10, candy

512. Winnie Johnson-Marquart, 46, $1.5, S.C. Johnson & Sons

562. Frank Batten Sr., 79, $1.4, Landmark

Washington

1. William Gates III, 50, $50, Microsoft

6. Paul Allen, 53, $22, Microsoft, investments

24. Steven Ballmer, 50, $13.6, Microsoft

147. Jeffrey Bezos, 42, $4.3, Amazon

365. Craig McCaw, 56, $2.1, McCaw Cellular

606. James Jannard, 56, $1.3, Oakley

746. John Edson, 73, $1, leisure craft

746. Charles Simonyi, 58, $1, Microsoft

746. John Stanton, 50, $1, wireless

Wisconsin

114. John Menard Jr., 66, $5, home improvement stores

365. Herbert Kohler and family, 67, $2.1, plumbing fixtures

410. S. Curtis Johnson, 50, $1.9, S.C. Johnson & Sons

512. Kenneth Hendricks, 64, $1.5, building supplies

512. H. Fisk Johnson, 47, $1.5, S.C. Johnson && Sons

512. Imogene Powers Johnson, 76, $1.5, S.C. Johnson & Sons

512. Helen Johnson-Leipold, 49, $1.5, S.C. Johnson & Sons

645. Donald Schneider, 70, $1.2, trucking

698. Robert Galvin, 83, $1.1, Motorola

746. William Kellogg, 62, $1, Kohl’s

Wyoming

17. Christy Walton, 51, $15.9, Wal-Mart inheritance

Americans living abroad

114. Leonard Blavatnik, 48, $5, Access Industries

278. Barbara Piasecka Johnson, 69, $2.6, inheritance

365. Evgeny (Eugene) Shvidler, 41, $2.1, oil

428. J. DeLeon, 40, $1.8, online gaming

428. Ruth Parasol, 39, $1.8, online gaming

428. Ernest Stempel, 89, $1.8, insurance

512. Victor Fung, 61, $1.5, distribution

512. Marc Rich, 71, $1.5, commodities

645. William Connor II, 56, $1.2, exports

645. Robert Friedland, 55, $1.2, mining

645. Pincus Green, 70, $1.2, commodities

645. Marion MacMillan Pictet, 74, $1.2, inheritance

746. Louis Bacon, 50, $1, hedge funds

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Three IM’s for Podcast?

March 10, 2006 at 11:43 am · Filed under Personal

Perhaps I should entitle this "Ineptitude #2, going with a previous blog , but then again, perhaps its just a failure of todays ever changing IM’s not keeping up with everything people need.

On a good day, there are always problems with my regular IM, MSN. Video can be slow, audio can be noisy with beeps and echos, and it rarely sends a file transfer.

So, I got Skype. GREAT speed with the file transfer. At first it had no video, it has added that, but the camera view wasn’t the best. Especially if you want to see what image you are sending out to others, forget it, you need the eyesight of a sharpshooter. I was told Skype was used widely for podcasting. I couldn’t see how, I didn’t see anything to record with. Oh, I am told, you have to download nifty plug ins for it. Well, I couldn’t get anything of them to work properly.

Enter the Gizmo Project. Easy recording, nice sound. No transfer or video. It will be perfect for the podcast.

So, with my first ‘victim’ for the podcast, we had a test run. MSN, to see each other, Gizmo to record the sound, and when I wanted to share the audio file we had recorded…open up Skype to make the transfer.

I know part of this complex way of doing things is ME, but come on, some of it HAS to be these programs!

I did enjoy my new headset with microphone though.

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THINGS THAT HALLMARK CARDS DON’T SAY

March 10, 2006 at 10:42 am · Filed under Personal

(I will have to admit, I could identify with a few…)

Congratulations on your wedding day!

Too bad no one likes your husband.

When we were together,

you always said you’d die for me.

Now that we’ve broken up,

I think it’s time you kept your promise

I’m so miserable without you

it’s almost like you’re here.

 

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