what's x-radiation?

Ok, so I did it... I have decided to do the unthinkable...


The wires in the pic below should be red, but instead this looks like the distributor cap under the hood of some damn car. I have no idea how/why that is so filthy. It has never been in the home of a smoker (my ex-wife smoked outside). Pretty damn gross.


The pic below states things about avoiding possible exposure to x-radiation and take x-radiation protective measures for personnel during service. Around the metal frame is this tube that seems to be insulated. Maybe this is some kind of shielding?


The bedroom TV relocated in the living room. The deceased's shell for comparison...



The tube on my "love" seat (which is going bye-bye soon, too). It may be difficult to see, but the tube is really sunk down in it. It's damn heavy...



Here's that metal frame. If you can see at the bottom is one of those black tubes. It's solid and does seem to have some kind of insulation...


My hands were so dirty, it looked like I'd been working on my truck or in a mine. I had no idea how dusty TVs get inside.I wish I had a gun. It would be cool to shoot this thing up.

whoopidy-dooo!!!

Those few readers who know me know I am not a big drinker. While getting some groceries tonight, I ventured down the beer aisle. At first I thought I would get a bottle of pinot noir, but the more I looked at the wine, the more I could sense something behind me... something beckoning me... something... willing me to come... closer to it... to seek it out... and take it home...

I have just finished my 2nd one of 6 longnecks. The other 4 have been spared, for now. I have a nice little buzz going, and with that I bid y'all farewell. Anyone who knows me understands my fondness for Crown Royal Special Reserve, but since that is expensive (let's face it- I do have to get up & workout tomorrow in addition to working) and would have required a 2nd trip out of my way, I figured that good ol'Bud would be a nice, inexpensive substitute. Cheers, beee-yotches!

That's the way, uh-huh, uh-huh, I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh...

flabbergasted

I have noticed a sour trend in my posts lately. For shame. Where's the fun? Where's the humor? Outside of the great vacation, nothing to really speak of this past summer (that I can remember right now, but I am sure there are other things). I had taken a nose-dive as far as me being positive about things, but things don't always turn out the way we'd hoped and there is always a reason for this although we don't necessarily see it that way immediately. We usually see it as a pisser and that led me to having a negative view on myself for a week or so. It's just part of my process of how I deal with rejection. I begin to really magnify, no- amplify why I probably strike out so often with women. I rip on myself up one side & down another & really put myself down. I retreat within myself and put up walls to distance myself & scurry back to my home where it is safe, no one can hurt me, and I can't make myself vulnerable.
What sucks is as often as I do strike out- it never stops feeling bad. One may think that if it happens so often I should be used to it. I'd like to get used to it, blow it off (i.e., not dwell on it), but I take it personal each & every time cos of the simple fact it does happen all the time, so there has to be something(s) about me that repels women, but I am hopeful that some woman will find me adorable enough to take a chance and get to know me.
I guess I want a relationship that is looked at as a weakness in a man- being in love. Seems like women in general are becoming less sweet and more cynical, dream less of romance and more of materialistic items, and are more angry about things. Some seem to go overboard with a lot of things, but this is just all from my point of view & me talking out of my ass.

not a good outlook for me, even worse if i have a child

The story is here.

Older fathers are more likely than younger fathers to have autistic children, experts have warned. Children born to fathers over 40 are said to be around six times more likely to suffer from autism compared to those born to dads under 30. However, the researchers who looked at 132,271 children born in Israel during the 1980s found no link between a mother's age and autism.

For a father aged 15 to 29 when a child was born, the risk of autism was said to be six in every 10,000 children.

This rose to nine in 10,000 children if the father was aged 30 to 39 and 32 in 10,000 for fathers aged 40 to 49.

Dr Abraham Reichenberg, from the the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, said: "This research adds to our knowledge that men also have a biological clock when it comes to reproducing.

"The sample size for the over-50s was small so we added it to the results for fathers aged over 40, but our research suggests that very old fathers have around nine times the risk."

Children and people with autism disorders often display problems with language and social interaction, and show repetitive patterns of behaviour.

Experts believe autism is becoming more common, affecting 50 in every 10,000 children compared with five in 10,000 20 years ago.

Better diagnosis has contributed to the rise but experts also believe there may be more cases.

Wonderful. Yet another strike against me.