Toy Story...

Capitalism - He who dies with the most toys, wins.
Hari Krishna - He who plays with the most toys, wins.
Catholicism - He who denies himself the most toys, wins.
Anglican - They were our toys first.
Greek Orthodox - No, they were OURS first.
Branch Davidians - He who dies playing with the biggest toys, wins.
Atheism - There is no toy maker.
Polytheism - There are many toy makers.
Evolutionism - The toys made themselves.
Church of Christ, Scientist - We are the toys.
Communism - Everyone gets the same number of toys, and you go straight to hell if we catch you selling yours.
B'Hai - All toys are just fine with us.
Amish - Toys with batteries are surely a sin.
Taoism - The doll is as important as the dumptruck.
Mormonism - Every boy can have as many toys as he wants.
Voodoo - Let me borrow that doll for a second.
Hedonism - To heck with the rule book!? Let's play!
Hinduism - He who plays with bags of plastic farm animals, loses.
7th Day Adventist - He who plays with his toys on Saturday, loses.
Church of Christ - He whose toys make music, loses.
Baptist - Once played, always played.
Jehovah's Witnesses - He who sells the most toys door-to-door, wins.
Pentecostalism - He whose toys can talk, wins.
Existentialism - Toys are a figment of your imagination.
Confucianism - Once a toy is dipped in the water, it is no longer dry.
Non-denominationalism - We don't care where the toys came from, let's just play with them.
Agnosticism - It is not possible to know whether toys make a bit of difference.

Relatives...

Tomorrow, my sister-n-law, Sondra's sister and two children are moving in with us. They are coming from Texas to start a new life and make a new beginning here in Virginia. I hope that it works out for the best and that they find what they are looking for. I on the other hand, am picking up several shifts this month due to the lack of people working that are trained. It is Thanks Giving month...
I have also posted for several jobs with Qimonda that will be with the company and not a contractor like I am now. More to come as events occur on this. Just all wish me luck!! It would be nice to be an employee instead of a contractor. On the flip side for that, the old company that I worked for, Sun Control Systems, I am a contractor for them and I worked up in Culpepper at a project that I had been on before. It is nice as I can pick up some extra work from time to time.Well, I need to go and get some sleep.
L8terz...

Smartest States ranking for 2006 - 2007

For those of you that wonder where your state ranks...

2006-2007 Smartest State Award
	RANK	STATE	SMART RATING	2005-2006 RANK	CHANGE
1	Vermont	18.57	1	0
2	Massachusetts	16.09	3	1
3	Connecticut	14.46	2	-1
4	New Jersey	14.35	4	0
5	Maine	10.79	5	0
6	Virginia	10.07	7	1
7	Montana	9.55	9	2
8	Wisconsin	9.04	8	0
9	Iowa	8.82	14	5
10	Pennsylvania	8.69	11	1
11	Nebraska	6.40	12	1
12	New Hampshire	5.90	15	3
13	Minnesota	5.33	6	-7
14	Rhode Island	4.31	16	2
15	Kansas	4.27	13	-2
16	New York	3.66	10	-6
17	South Dakota	3.25	18	1
18	Maryland	2.27	19	1
19	Wyoming	1.35	17	-2
20	Idaho	1.29	28	8
21	North Dakota	0.95	20	-1
22	Missouri	0.94	21	-1
23	North Carolina	0.84	22	-1
24	Indiana	0.06	26	2
25	Texas	-0.11	24	-1
26	South Carolina	-1.19	29	3
27	Colorado	-1.32	23	-4
28	Delaware	-2.47	25	-3
29	Florida	-2.90	36	7
30	Tennessee	-3.01	41	11
31	Kentucky	-3.24	35	4
32	Arkansas	-3.44	37	5
33	Washington	-3.85	30	-3
34	Ohio	-4.00	31	-3
35	Illinois	-4.32	32	-3
36	Oklahoma	-5.81	39	3
37	West Virginia	-5.82	34	-3
38	Utah	-6.30	33	-5
39	Michigan	-6.43	27	-12
40	Oregon	-6.87	38	-2
41	Georgia	-6.92	40	-1
42	Hawaii	-9.31	42	0
43	New Mexico	-10.60	48	5
44	Louisiana	-10.95	45	1
45	Alabama	-11.00	43	-2
46	Alaska	-11.91	44	-2
47	California	-13.10	46	-1
48	Mississippi	-14.78	49	1
49	Nevada	-15.81	47	-2
50	Arizona	-17.61	50	0
For more details about methodology, visit Morgan Quitno Press online.

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This week...

It has been a hectic week for me. I worked at Qimonda Monday and Tuesday night and then went to Culpepper Virginia on Wednesday and worked with Sun Controll Systems for that evening and the next day. Then I came home and I am now at work in the FAB for the next 3 nights on my regular work schedule. The weather is crappy with lots of rain and people here in Richmond do not know how to drive in ANY kind of weather!!! Oh well, more l8terz.

The EU has some energy trouble as well...

I welcome Comments to my BLOG.
Im not saying that we are not as wasteful, but this is very interesting!! At lest we know that we are not the only ones that are wasteful!!

A poll of 5,000 Europeans by the Energy Saving Trust found the average Briton admitted to 32 bad habits such as leaving lights on in empty rooms, more than twice as many as the most energy conscious nation.
In interviews last month released for the start of Energy Efficiency Week today, Germans admitted to having 14 energy wasting habits, the Spanish 16, the French 19 and the Italians 25.
Britain's bad habits
* 71 per cent leave appliances on standby
* 67 per cent boil more water than needed in kettles
* 65 per cent leave chargers plugged in
* 63 per cent don't turn off lights in empty rooms
* 48 per cent use the car for short journeys
* 44 per cent wash clothes at 60F
* 32 per cent leave the engine running while the car is stationary
* 32 per cent use the tumble dryer when the washing line could be used
* 28 per cent have the central heating on in an empty house
* 22 per cent turn up the thermostat instead of reaching for a jumper