Sunday, July 29, 2007

Home publishing macro available

Recently I completed writing a Visual BASIC macro (for MSWord 2003) which is useful for DIY bookmakers. This code is available to anyone who would be interested.

The input for the code is a text file such as those freely obtainable from Project Gutenberg or the user's self-authored manuscript. The user chooses the size of the signatures; further manipulation requires adjustment of the source code. There is little to no error checking included; it's a bare bones operation.

The output is formatted to print two columns (separated by the gutter) on each side of typical 8 -1/2" x 11" sheets of copy paper. Before printing, illustrations and additional formatting tweaks can be added. When printed, the sheets can then be folded and assembled into signatures and bound.

The macro is very easy to use and comes with a page of instructions for clarification.

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Zucchini out the wazoo


Zucchini is coming out the wazoo! Time to learn how to bake zucchini bread before my family is buried in them. Rivka is becoming an accomplished chef. She has made challot, cookies, and "chocolate snowballs" without any assistance. Maybe I can get HER to make the z-bread.

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Pinchas' favorite beers


Current "squeeze": Blue moon Belgian White (even though made by Coors)

Other good beers are: Leinenkugel Red, Labatt's Blue, Samuel Adams (original), Moosehead

Crappy beers (to ME): Guinness, Coors, Killians, and all cheap American beer, lite beer which is heavy on the corn.

It must be noted however that a crappy beer is better than NO beer.

Garden update

In the past week the mini-garden has given the following:

Sweet corn
Zucchini
Jalapenos
lot's and lot's of weeds


will late sprouting cukes have time to develop? stay tuned....

Monday, July 23, 2007

Some nice comic strips

I recently discovered the Jewish comic strip Shabot 6000 by Ben Baruch. I highly recommend this original strip. It seems to me like a gone-frum combination of Dilbert and Maakies, one of my favorite (black comedy) strips. To anyone who has the stomach for it, I'd recommend Maakies as well.

Friday, July 20, 2007

Our children may fly like eagles:



credit: soundtrack by Moby

Beware troll....

Leah has unwittingly blown her cover by posting my photo on the slanderous blog. The photo was taken with her camera; therefore she cannot deny complicity in the slander. Maybe her rap sheet will have another tic mark on it: leah kleim, leah kleim is the devil

In a Bill signed into law this week it prohibits using a false identity to otherwise annoy, slander, libel or harass anyone on the Internet. Some who are posters on Blogs decry this because they say that that it is a violation of free speech, unfair and it should not be a Federal Crime.

Indeed interesting comments. Yet chances are we have all be slandered and libeled on the Internet by vindictive, nut cases. If we own companies, we have had competitors do this. Most often someone will make up something and make a fake name and try to destroy your brand name, personal integrity out of jealousy, competitiveness or simply spite.

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----- leah kleim suffers from bipolar disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, and borderline personality disorder. psycho
Leah is another form of predator: the extortion junkie. She told me that she plans to make a lot of money smearing Chabad. One big rabbi even asked her "how much money will it take to remove your blog?" Leah's response? "$100,000". She says that the rabbi claimed he would get back to her on that. This does not imply guilt on the part of the offended party; this implies slander. Some people are able and willing to pay out big to stop smear campaigns like that.

She also told me that she plans to make money by suing those who use her feaux "company's" name, "ShtickDreck.com". One cannot blame Leah for her hardship. She is 30 years old, a mother with three kids, involved in a troubled marriage, and she doesn't work. Will she extort her husband as well?

This is obviously the basis for the slander against me. She plans to earn cash by smearing me. Ain't gonna happen. And there's plenty of evidence against her in this slander case, not to mention a rap sheet the size of Florida (hmmm....why did I choose Florida?).

Monday, July 16, 2007

Moshe Binyomin turns FOUR

My little Moshele enjoyed his fourth birthday today!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOEY!!!!!!

Sunday, July 15, 2007

Another video


Saturday, July 14, 2007

Car sucks, driving a truck, fishing luck

So my eight-year old intrepid is stuck in second gear; next my speedometer goes out--reads only zero. I bring it in immediately on the urging of the serviceman. Result: input and output speed sensors wasted, two "cracked" belts, and obliterated front strut supports, transmission fluid flush.
Damage: $1775

But I can't be there to pick it up today, I can't pick it up tomorrow, and they're closed on Sunday, so I need a rental for three days. What do they give me? A bright red Dodge Ram. It's so huge and so bright red that if I get stuck in traffic all I need is to strap a hose on the side and the other drivers will pull over so I can get through. If this is your
vehicle, "you may be a redneck."

I raced to get through my visits. One patient already transferred to rehab: check. Next patient ready to go home, so I took care of the discharge: check. Third patient was on the way to the ER; phone the ER: great; the patient was discharged home. Done!

I manage to make it to the dock in time for our charter. My brother, sister, and father (spouses in tow) and I board the 32' cruiser. My sister sleeps off the scopolamine; I don't get seasick, never have. After two hours of searching for the right spot with the Tournament Master ("cheat box"), we anchor and toss our minnow-laden lines in the water. We expect to catch lake perch. We do--a dozen or more pigmy-sized puny pipsqeak perch, a few arguably big enough to keep. But my brother and I manage to get to know one another again, and that's really the whole point of fishing anyway. The fish are just props.

The sunset looked wonderful, bright orange, marking the silhouette of the Chicago skyline, almost 40 miles away. The Sears Tower and John Hancock (where my grandmother's cousin lives) were clearly visible. The Gary airshow is this weekend, someone mentioned. It was such a beautiful day.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Thoughtful and pertinent discussion

Just what do virtual friendships mean?

You don't even play one on TV

A lot of people today, maybe even some of you, think you can read something on the web, maybe from books, or you can point to mistakes someone has made, and you think you're a doctor.

Let me educate these people. No matter how much you've read or think you know, it doesn't take the place of 11 years of education and ten years of clinical experience. Sure, there are doctors who suck; there are doctor's who are overburdened and their acumen is affected. Some of them even occasionally don't do the right thing. Doesn't matter. Everyday I see people who don't follow medical advice because they think they know better. These people are fooling themselves. Everyday I meet people who believe they will live forever, or that their behavior will one day result in a peaceful timely death, just the way they want it. You're deluded.

Here are some typical BULLSHIT diagnoses that I often see adults labelled with: fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome (iBS--emphasis on the last two initials), adult ADD. I am not saying these are nonexistent. However, 9 times out of 10 they are incorrect. There are idiot doctors out there who cannot admit that they DON'T KNOW, or are strapped into inventing a label so the insurance will pay for the health care. (the fucked up situation of American healthcare system is a whole 'nother discussion).

There's no bullshit in claiming that medicine is a calling. Anyone who is involved who has not received this calling came into it for the wrong reasons, and will likely be unsuccessful. Those who became physicians with a true feeling of the "calling" or instinctual need to do so, have chosen medicine for that reason. Hashem heals and provides miracles which are channeled through such persons. There is a combination of education, experience, and spirituality involved in helping people which cannot be imitated or duplicated. Anyone who denies this or doesn't understand this is doomed to harming themselves or to being harmed by an inadequate practitioner.

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

viral icons

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Instructions:

1.) Copy and paste the matrix of “Viral Icons” below courtesy of Ilker Yoldas from The Thinking Blog. TIP : Easy way to do this : When viewing this page in browser go to View----->Page Source (CTRL+U) in Firefox and View------>Source in Internet Explorer. This page source will open in a Notepad file. Just copy all between the lines "———Copy and paste the VIRAL-ICONS and instructions below/above this line———".
Then paste it in Edit Html tab of post editor when creating your post.

2)Make a favicon for your blog.

3.) Upload your non-animated favicon (GIF image of size 16x16 pixels) to any free hosting service, Googlepages or to your own server provided by your hosting service if you have one. Then copy down it's link : LINK OF YOUR FAVICON.

4.) Substitute the Host Icon and one of the “Viral Icons” in the matrix with your ALT text of choice and your blog’s URL. Maximum of 3 specific keywords for the ALT text are best for it to be effective.

Here is an example:

<a href="LINK OF YOUR BLOG"><img alt="YOUR KEYWORDS HERE" src="LINK OF YOUR FAVICON" /></a>

Replace the CAPS in the above code with actual values.

5.) When you get a ping back from someone that has your icon in one of their “Viral Icons”, practice good karma by copying his/her Host Icon’s code (automatically the associated ALT tag will also be copied) and paste it over one of your “Viral Icons” below.

6.) Invite your readers to do the same and soon this can grow virally.

Host Icon: love pinny blog

VIRAL-ICONS

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Rules: No Porn Sites, Only 1 icon per person (i.e. don't hog the ViralIcons!), and please don't tamper with other people's ALT tags, URLs or favicons.

Important: Once I get a ping back from you (I promise to do the best I can), I will add your favicon and the associated code you designate as “Host Icon” here, replacing one of the “Viral Icons” from the matrix above. Feel free to drop a comment here with your blog URL, ALT tags and favicon URL (we don't mind if it is the same all over the blogosphere).

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