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Fur-Ternity

You have just gotten a new petand you have no way of paying for aSitterall day while you are at work.What to do?What to do?I know,work for a company who cares! Minneapolis company's 'fur-ternity leave' lets new pet parents work from home! By Gabriel Kwan for MPRNews.orgIt all started with a new puppy. Nina Hale, a digital marketing company in Minneapolis, just introduced a policy that allows its employees who have just gotten new pets to work from home.
They're calling it "fur-ternity leave." The policy was inspired by Connor McCarthy, senior accounts manager at Nina Hale. Back in May, he had adopted a Goldendoodle named Bentley, and he wanted to be there for him as the new puppy settled into his new home. "I reached out to my direct supervisor ... and the lead in our team, and just mentioned that I was getting a puppy," he said. "So I just discussed if there was any way that we could have adjustments to my schedule ... to allow me to at least be with the puppy while still working." Allison McMenimen is the executive vice president for client services at Nina Hale and McCarthy's team lead. She said that McCarthy's request was quickly approved and that it tipped company leadership off that fur babies were just as important to their employees as human babies.
Isn't that sweet.Now if we can get moreCompanieson board,we wouldn't have theTraffic Jamswe do today.
This is,Still Hoping To Get My Computer Fixed Soon,So I Don't Have To Sit In Line At The Library To Use One Of Theirs,Jim Hauenstein,
Maybe Then I Will Be Able To Have Time To Write Some Good Short Stories Again,
And,
"Life is too short to be miserable. So let's be happy."- Gethard Berger -
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I Am A Reading Whovian

  Yes,I am a readingWhovian!I can't wait for the new television season to start too!
This is,I Own A David Tennant Sonic Screwdriver,Jim Hauenstein,
And,
“People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but *actually* from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff.”
- Steven Moffat -

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Pack 220

Yesterday'sPostgot me to thinking.Remembering the days when I was in theCub Scouts andBoy Scouts,back home,inSouth Milwaukee,Wisconsin.I actually enjoyed being aCub Scoutmore than aBoy Scoutback then.I believe the reason I liked theCub Scoutsso much is because myMotherwas theDen Motherof our group.The only real story I still remember of those days is when our troop went on a field trip to thePort Of Milwaukee.This was during the early 1960sand the reason we were going to thePortwas to take a tour of aWorld War 2eraU.S. Navy Submarine.
Yes,they still had submarines stationed in theGreat Lakesduring this time because at first,ourGovernmentwas afraid ofGerman U-Boatsinfiltrating these waters during
and after WW2.
Then,
afterwards,
it was theCold WarwithRussia.I guess theMilitarythought that during theCold WarthatRussiawould attackCanadafirst,then come down from theNorthand take over theGreat Lake Region.I'm not sure,its just my speculation.While our troop ofCub Scoutswas touring theSubmarine,and let me tell you,there was barely enough room for us kids to move around,theLinesorHawsers mooring theSubmarineto the pier,somehow unraveledand the ship floated away from the dock.Since there wasn't a full crew to run the ship back,theNavy Lieutenantgiving the tour,had to radio in to thePort Authoritiesfor aTug Boat. We were all kept down inside the ship,until we docked once again,because ourDen Motherthought we might fall over boardand drown.But still,it was an adventure of a lifetime for an eightor nine year old,and I,myself,had plenty of tales to tell my fellow students when I went back to school onMonday Morning!
This is,Life,It Is Always An Adventure,
Live It, Jim Hauenstein,
And,
“There is no teaching to compare with example.”
- Baden Powell - 
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The First Year

This is the first year.And the times are changing.I thought about itand I am all for it! Girls in the Louisiana Boy Scouts? Yes, it's for real! By Kris Wartelle, The Daily Advertiser on WWL-TV.comIn an historic move, The Boy Scouts of America, for the first time in its 108-year history, is inviting both boys and girls to join the Cub Scouts. Boys and girls must be between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. Scouting leaders say all families will now be able to participate in the Cub Scouts, a program renowned for character-building fun and adventure. Each Cub Scout den will be single gender — all boys or all girls. Meanwhile, Cub Scout packs can include any combination of all-boy or all-girl dens. Scouting has seen a decline in membership over the years, said Michelle Copper, committee chair for Cub Scout Pack 451 in Scott. After studying successful programs around the country, the organization found that those run as family programs, which would include girls, were the most successful packs. I chose this story about theLouisiana Boy Scouts because one of myGranddaughtershas just signed up to be in the first ever class of girls joining theBoy Scoutsin that state.Good for her.I am very proud of youLilah!
This is,Being A Proud Papa,Jim Hauenstein,
And,
“I became a Cub Scout and learned how to salute by bringing my index and middle fingers together and touching my forehead just above my right eyebrow. I could snap a smart salute and did so whenever the occasion arose. My uniform was second hand and already had most of the required patches sewn onto it. It was quite worn and had a faded look, which suited me just fine. It gave the illusion that I had been around a while, and wasn’t just the tenderfoot that I really was.”
- Captain Hank Bracker, -
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April 8th, 2024

Last night I watched a recording on theScience Channelof a program which looked back at the last year'sSolar Eclipse.It was spectacular,wasn't it? And if you did not get to a spot where you could be in the"Totality Area"ofAmerica,where theMoonblocks theSuncompletely,never fear,there is anotherTotality Eclipsecoming next year! Nearly two years after the Great American Solar Eclipse of 2017, the world will once again have a chance to experience totality, when the moon completely blocks the sun, turning day into night as its 125-mile-wide (200 kilometers) shadow moves across the surface of the Earth. On July 2, 2019, the moon will block the sun over the South Pacific Ocean, Chile and Argentina. Other parts of South America will be able to see a partial eclipse. Most of this eclipse will be happening over the Pacific Ocean, where the partial eclipse starts at 12:55 p.m. EDT (1655 GMT). This total solar eclipse will have a longer duration than last year's total solar eclipse, with totality lasting up to 4 minutes and 33 seconds. However, this maximum duration may be visible only to observers on a few boats and airplanes, because it will be happening over the Pacific Ocean. By Space.com Staff.
If you don' want to put yourPontoon Boatout in thePacific Ocean,there will be anotherTotality Solar Eclipsecoming toAmericaonApril 8th, 2024!So don't get your knickers in a bunch!Comeand join me on this date,just north ofSan Antonio, Texas.That is where I will be.
This is,Now I Am Thinking About My Days DrinkingAnd Driving A Pontoon BoatWith My Girlfriend OnTippecanoe LakeIn WisconsinJim Hauenstein,
And,
“A little tranquil lake is more significant to my life than any big city in the world”
- Munia Khan -
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Group Texting Dad Jokes

A couple of years ago,I startedGroup Textingmy kids.It is my way,of letting them know,that they are in my thoughts everyday.Even though I am retired,and I would like to point out that I was very lucky to be able to retire at the age ofFifty-Three,and have a lot more free time on my hands now,my kids are busy as ever with living their lives.They don't always have the time,to take out of their busy schedules,to just sit aroundand chat about the weather with me on their cellphone.So IGroup Textthem a"Dad Joke"on a daily basis to keep in touch.It also keeps them on their toes.A lot of times,it also starts a conversation between them,about how corny I am.In this way,I have them communicating with each other too! What?You don't know what a"Dad Joke"is?"Dad joke" is a pejorative term used to describe a corny or predictable joke, typically a pun.[1] Generally inoffensive, dad jokes are traditionally told by fathers among family, either with sincere humorous intent, or to intentionally provoke a negative reaction to its "dagginess". One of the most common "dad jokes" goes as follows: A child will say to the dad, "I am hungry," to which the dad will reply, "Hi, Hungry, I am Dad." Many dad jokes may be considered anti-jokes, deriving humor from an intentionally unfunny punchline. Wikipedia
 My oldest daughter thinks I am so corny with my"Dad Jokes"that she sent me this video.I think she might be thinking that I am ruining their lives! This is,I Have Personally Used The"Sandwich Joke"Mentioned In This VideoOn More Than One Occasion,Jim Hauenstein,
And,
“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
- Steve Martin -

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Long Boards Or Short?

Since I likeScienceso much,and I like to try to be funny,I thought it was time to bring back my storyHey Dude, Are You A Long Boarder Or Short Boarder When Riding Those Gravitational Waves?APostI wrote onFebruary 13th, 2016.
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I was talking to my friend Albert awhile back, you know, Albert Einstein. About a hundred years ago,
I was talking to him about some of his theories. He starts telling me,"We will not only use telescopes to do astronomy, by seeing beautiful close-ups of the Planets and our Moon, but we'll see the Milky Way in a whole light. In the future we'll finally understand Star formation, how our Solar System was born, and we'll discover and prove my theory on Black Holes." So I say to him,"Come on Al, aren't you stretching things a bit with your Black Hole theory?"
So Al, who is part of my posse says to me, “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” 
If I didn't know any better, I would have thought that I just got insulted, I think?Well, my Good Ol' Homie was proven right once again last September 14th, 2015. It took Scientist, who released their findings just a couple of days ago, that long to sift through all the data to prove there are Gravitational Waves. They did it with LIGO. You know, The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatories.The headlines read, "A scientific milestone was achieved using a pair of giant laser detectors in the United States, located in Louisiana and Washington State, capping a decades-long quest to find these waves." Story by Will Dunham and Scott Malone for Reuters.
I know, these guys are cheating! My man Einstein used chalk and a blackboard for his findings. These LIGO  people are using lasers and got their money from,The National Science Foundation, "an independent agency of the United States government, who provided about $1.1 billion in funding for the research over the past 40 years."
But I must say, I always wanted one of those laser pointy sticks for myself! I would use it to set up my wobbly telescope, pointing it to the Moon.
This is,Gravitational Waves Are Kind Of Small,
So I'm Using A Long Board When I Go Surfing,Jim Hauenstein,
And,

“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign of?” - Albert Einstein -

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What Have I Been Saying?

What have I been saying,from the start,of writing thisBlog?AnyComputerorComputer Systemcan be hackedand will be hacked,given enough time.Conspiracy Theoristsbelieve theMalaysia Flight 370internal control system was hacked.Google's Self Driving Cars have to stay off line,while not in use,because they are so easy to hack.And I could go onand on.So I will. An 11-year-old hacked a replica of Florida’s voting system in 10 minutes!
By Jennie Neufeld @jennieneufeld jennie.neufeld@vox.com for Vox.comThe 2018 midterm elections have been racked with concerns that state voting systems could be vulnerable to attacks by highly skilled Russian intelligence agencies looking to alter poll results. But over the weekend, participants in a hacking conference proved that those interested in shaping the history of American democracy don’t need the backing of an authoritarian government to wreak havoc. An 11-year-old boy changed fake voting results by hacking into an exact replica of Florida’s state election website in just 10 minutes, according to the organizers of DEF CON 26, an annual hacker convention. The participants also discovered more vulnerabilities in the system where citizens directly cast their votes. The kids were able to wipe the memory cards from a recreation of state voting machine interfaces (within five seconds) and either replace a voter’s ballot altogether or overload the system with fake voters to render a real voter’s ballot useless.This is,Wondering How Long It Will Before Someone CanHack Our Brains!Jim Hauenstein,
And,
“Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.”
- Cory Doctorow, -
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Queen Of Soul

I was going to write about an idea I had the other night,but instead,I would like to pay tribute to someone who influenced me,in my youth.Their is no mistaking the voice ofAretha Franklinand how her music gaped the color barriers during the lateNineteen-Sixties.I could be wrong,but most kids today probably haven't heard ofArethaor her music.Unless they are true aficionados aboutMusicand itsHistory.Aretha Franklinis theQueen Of Soul! Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul, Dead at 76By Douglas Wolk and David Browne for Rolling Stone Magazine on MSN.com/EntertainmentIt was a small moment that would reverberate for decades. On January 24th, 1967, Aretha Franklin was struggling to record “I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You),” her first project for Atlantic after several years recording more conventional material for Columbia. As Franklin would recall, something with the studio musicians wasn’t clicking until someone said, “Aretha, why don’t you sit down and play?” Taking a seat at the piano, Franklin quickly cut the smoldering track that would become her first No. 1 R&B hit. “It just happened,” she said. “We arrived, and we arrived very quickly.” And it never stopped. For more than five decades, Franklin was a singular presence in pop music, a symbol of strength, women’s liberation and the civil rights movement. Franklin, one of the greatest singers of all time, died Thursday, according to the Associated Press.
Dubbed the Queen of Soul in 1967, Franklin loomed over culture in several monumental ways. The daughter of a preacher man, she was born with one of pop’s most commanding and singular voices, one that could move from a sly, seductive purr to a commanding gospel roar. From early hits like “I Never Loved a Man” and “Think” up through later touchstones like “Sisters Are Doin’ it for Themselves” with Eurythmics, there was no mistaking Franklin’s colossal pipes. As one of her leading producers, Jerry Wexler, said of her simmering gospel-pop classic, “Spirit in the Dark,” “It was one of those perfect R&B blends of the sacred and the secular … It’s Aretha conducting church right in the middle of a smoky nightclub. It’s everything to everyone.”
This is,Remembering
And,
“The voice of God, if you must know, is Aretha Franklin's.”
- Marianne Faithfull -

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Soothes The Soul

I was thinking aboutOuter Spaceand the different kinds of music associated with it.I like a lot of the older songs.All of them inspire me though.The classic. One more for the road.This is,Music Always Soothes The Soul,Jim Hauenstein,
And,
“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.”
- Albert Einstein -
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