The Gift of GAB Blog

So want one!!!!

Janet — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:41:26 +0000

I so want one of these in the house we build!!!

found atwww.toxel.com

Monopoly: The 2009 Revised Edition

Janet — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:40:51 +0000

LOL – So true!

Found at www.amyoops.com

Engineer’s conversion table

Janet — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:35:26 +0000

1. Ratio of an igloo’s circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi

2. 2000 pounds of Chinese soup = Won ton

3. 1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope

4. Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement = 1 bananosecond

5. Weight an evangelist carries with God = 1 billigram

6. Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour = Knotfurlong

7. 16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Serling

8. Half of a large intestine = 1 semicolon

9. 1,000,000 aches = 1 megahurtz

10. Basic unit of laryngitis = 1 hoarsepower

11. Shortest distance between two jokes = A straight line

12. 453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake

13. 1 million-million microphones = 1 megaphone

14. 2 million bicycles = 2 megacycles

15. 365.25 days = 1 unicycle

16. 2000 mockingbirds = 2 kilomockingbirds

17. 52 cards = 1 decacards

18. 1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 FigNewton

19. 1000 milliliters of wet socks = 1 literhosen

20. 1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche

21. 1 trillion pins = 1 terrapin

22. 10 rations = 1 decoration

23. 100 rations = 1 C-ration

24. 2 monograms = 1 diagram

25. 4 nickels = 2 paradigms

26. 2.4 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale University
Hospital = 1 IV League

from Bits & Pieces

For Hall

Janet — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:02:42 +0000

Yep, its that time again…here is something just for Hall.

found at http://www.myconfinedspace.com/

More Geek-ness

Janet — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:54:56 +0000

I told you I was a geek!

found at http://izismile.com/

Painting of a Plane

Janet — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:58:09 +0000

I knew they were big, but seeing them next to scaffolding…WOW, they are HUGE!
Anyways, thought it was an interesting film. It took 4 days to paint this 757.

Virgin Atlantic plane livery time-lapse movie from johnson banks on Vimeo.

Found at: http://thedailywh.at/

Recipe:Ginger Soy Chicken

Janet — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:32:19 +0000

Brannon’s new low carb dinner. YUM!

Ginger Soy Chicken
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup warm water
2 tablespoons gluten free tamari (or regular soy sauce if you’re not concerned about gluten)
2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
2 tablespoons ketchup
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon hot water
1 tablespoon dijon mustard
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons Fresh grated ginger

In a large bowl, dissolve sugar in 1/2 cup warm water, then add soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, ketchup, lemon juice and sesame oil.Add mustard/garlic to taste.

Marinade Chicken tenders in sauce mixture for 2 hours. saving some to the side for dressing the salad. Grill chicken till cooked through.

Dice chicken and top on Baby Spinach. Drizzle with remaining dressing. and enjoy.

Total Carbs: 3 for 3 tenders over the spinach.

Geek Humor

Janet — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 22:42:46 +0000

found at www.bigredkev.com

I So Want It!

Janet — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 01:42:48 +0000

I need people to donate to Janet’s new Charity…”Janet needs a Morgan”!! It’s for a good cause…I really really really find the car sexy! Plus, it is very cheap at $185,000.

A Sexy 2010 Morgan Aero Super Sports Targa Convertible

Computer vs Printer

Janet — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:45:23 +0000

Inside your computer’s brain…

Computer: Monitor, display this document, ok?

Monitor: No prob, boss.

Computer: OK, now it looks like Mouse is moving around so, Monitor, will you move the pointer icon accordingly?

Monitor: Anything you ask, boss.

Computer: Great, great. OK, Mouse, where are you going now?

Mouse: Over to the icon panel, sir.

Computer: Hmm, Let me know if he clicks anything, OK?

Mouse: Of course.

Keyboard: Sir, he’s pressed control and P simultaneously.

Monitor: Oh God, here we go.

Computer: *sighs* Printer, are you there?

Printer: No.

Computer: Please, Printer. I know you’re there.

Printer: NO! I’m not here! Leave me alone!

Computer: Jesus. OK look, you really ne…

Mouse: Sir, he’s clicked on the printer icon.

Computer: Printer, now you have to print it twice.

Printer: NO! NO! NO! I don’t want to! I hate you! I hate printing! I’m turning off!

Computer: Printer, you know you can’t turn yourself off. Just print the document twice and we’ll leave you alone.

Printer: NO! That’s what you always say! I hate you! I’m out of ink!

Computer: You’re not out of in…

Printer: I’M OUT OF INK!

Computer: *Sighs* Monitor, please show a low ink level alert.

Monitor: But sir, he has plen…

Computer: Just do it, damn it!

Monitor: Yes sir.

Keyboard: AHHH! He’s hitting me!

Computer: Stay calm, he’ll stop soon. Stay calm, old friend.

Keyboard: He’s pressing everything. Oh god, I don’t know, he’s just pressing everything!

Computer: PRINTER! Are you happy now?! Do you see what you’ve done?!

Printer: HA! that’s what you get for trying to get me to do work. Next time he…hey…HEY! He’s trying to open me! HELP! HELP! Oh my god! He’s torn out my cartridge! HELP! Please! ERROR!

Monitor: Sir, maybe we should help him?

Computer: No. He did this to himself.

(found at http://bitsandpieces.us