Bizarre Extreme Tattoo DesignTuesday, March 2, 2010
Life In Prison VS At Work
In prison you spend a majority of your time in an 8x10 foot cell.
At work you spend most of your time in a 6x8 foot cubicle.
In prison you can fall asleep on the job and no serious consequences comes from this actions.
At work if I fall asleep on the job I get put on the next RIF list.
In prison they provide you with clothing with the ID conveniently sewn onto the clothes.
At work you must wear an ID badge at all times.
In prison you get three meals a day.
At work you only get a break for one meal and you have to pay for that one yourself.
In prison you get time off for good behavior.
At work you get rewarded for good behavior with more work.
In prison a guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you.
At work you must carry a security card and unlock and open all the doors yourself.
In prison you can watch TV and play games.
At work you get fired for watching TV and playing games.
In prison you get your own toilet.
At work you have to share.
In prison they allow your family and friends to visit.
At work you can't even speak to your family and friends on the phone
In prison all expenses are paid by taxpayers with no work required.
At work you get to pay all the expenses to go to work and then they deduct taxes from your salary to pay for prisoners.
In prison you spend most of your life looking through bars from the inside wanting to get out.
At work you spend most of your time wanting to get out and go to bars.
In prison you can join many programs which you can leave at any time.
At work there are some programs you can never get out of.
In prison there are sadistic wardens.
At work, we have bosses.
At work you spend most of your time in a 6x8 foot cubicle.
In prison you can fall asleep on the job and no serious consequences comes from this actions.
At work if I fall asleep on the job I get put on the next RIF list.
In prison they provide you with clothing with the ID conveniently sewn onto the clothes.
At work you must wear an ID badge at all times.
In prison you get three meals a day.
At work you only get a break for one meal and you have to pay for that one yourself.
In prison you get time off for good behavior.
At work you get rewarded for good behavior with more work.
In prison a guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you.
At work you must carry a security card and unlock and open all the doors yourself.
In prison you can watch TV and play games.
At work you get fired for watching TV and playing games.
In prison you get your own toilet.
At work you have to share.
In prison they allow your family and friends to visit.
At work you can't even speak to your family and friends on the phone
In prison all expenses are paid by taxpayers with no work required.
At work you get to pay all the expenses to go to work and then they deduct taxes from your salary to pay for prisoners.
In prison you spend most of your life looking through bars from the inside wanting to get out.
At work you spend most of your time wanting to get out and go to bars.
In prison you can join many programs which you can leave at any time.
At work there are some programs you can never get out of.
In prison there are sadistic wardens.
At work, we have bosses.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Causes of Frequent Urination in Men
Many men experience an increase in the frequency at which they have to urinate as they get older. This is exceedingly common among older men. However, if you are a man that is "always having to go", don't just dismiss it as aging. There are many causes of frequent urination and the symptom needs to be checked out by a physician.
Frequent urination defined
Always having to go or feeling the need to urinate more often than is usual is called frequent urination. This differs from urgent urination which is an urgent, compelling need to urinate. This can be accompanied with bladder discomfort.
If the need to urinate occurs at night, it is termed nocturia. Normally, a person can sleep for between 6 and 8 hours without the need to urinate.
Common causes:
When experienced simultaneously, a frequent, urgent need to go to the bathroom is a classic symptom of an infection in the urinary tract. Typically, the infection will cause an inflammation of the bladder which, in turn, reduces the bladder's capacity to hold urine. In this case, even a small amount of urine can be uncomfortable.
These symptoms can also be caused by:
• Diabetes.
• A condition called interstitial cystitis, which is a chronic, constant inflammation of the bladder. This is more common in women than men, but bears checking out.
• Diuretics as well as other medicines.
• Therapeutic radiation.
• Dysfunction of the bladder.
• Cancer of the bladder.
All of these are known to cause frequent urination, but there is one extremely common cause that is overlooked by many men. That is an enlarged prostate and affects more men than you probably know.
The prostate gland is a walnut sized gland that secretes seminal fluid (the fluid that carries the sperm cells). The gland itself surrounds the urethra, which carries urine out through the penis. As the prostate grows larger, it may exert pressure on the urethra and cause problems with frequent urination.
Causes of enlarged prostate
The prostate wraps around the urethra between the rectum and the pubic bone. Early in the development of an enlarged prostate, the muscle of the bladder contracts more powerfully than usual and pressurizes urine through the urethra. The bladder muscle responds by gaining thickness and sensitivity. This causes the need to urinate often.
The larger the prostate grows, the tighter is squeezed. The bladder then cannot compensate for the problem and empties entirely.
Symptoms of an enlarged prostate
Actually, an enlarged prostate is accompanied by no symptoms at all. There a re a few things to watch for, like:
• A weak stream of urine or a stop/start during urination.
• Finding it difficult to start urinating.
• Dribbling of urine after urination.
• Feeling like you are not done.
• Leakage of urine (incontinence).
• Frequent urination or an urgent need to go, especially during the night time.
If you have experienced any of the above, go to a doctor and get checked out immediately. An enlarged prostate only gets worse over time if it is overlooked. It could also lead to other more serious conditions.
Frequent urination defined
Always having to go or feeling the need to urinate more often than is usual is called frequent urination. This differs from urgent urination which is an urgent, compelling need to urinate. This can be accompanied with bladder discomfort.
If the need to urinate occurs at night, it is termed nocturia. Normally, a person can sleep for between 6 and 8 hours without the need to urinate.
Common causes:
When experienced simultaneously, a frequent, urgent need to go to the bathroom is a classic symptom of an infection in the urinary tract. Typically, the infection will cause an inflammation of the bladder which, in turn, reduces the bladder's capacity to hold urine. In this case, even a small amount of urine can be uncomfortable.
These symptoms can also be caused by:
• Diabetes.
• A condition called interstitial cystitis, which is a chronic, constant inflammation of the bladder. This is more common in women than men, but bears checking out.
• Diuretics as well as other medicines.
• Therapeutic radiation.
• Dysfunction of the bladder.
• Cancer of the bladder.
All of these are known to cause frequent urination, but there is one extremely common cause that is overlooked by many men. That is an enlarged prostate and affects more men than you probably know.
The prostate gland is a walnut sized gland that secretes seminal fluid (the fluid that carries the sperm cells). The gland itself surrounds the urethra, which carries urine out through the penis. As the prostate grows larger, it may exert pressure on the urethra and cause problems with frequent urination.
Causes of enlarged prostate
The prostate wraps around the urethra between the rectum and the pubic bone. Early in the development of an enlarged prostate, the muscle of the bladder contracts more powerfully than usual and pressurizes urine through the urethra. The bladder muscle responds by gaining thickness and sensitivity. This causes the need to urinate often.
The larger the prostate grows, the tighter is squeezed. The bladder then cannot compensate for the problem and empties entirely.
Symptoms of an enlarged prostate
Actually, an enlarged prostate is accompanied by no symptoms at all. There a re a few things to watch for, like:
• A weak stream of urine or a stop/start during urination.
• Finding it difficult to start urinating.
• Dribbling of urine after urination.
• Feeling like you are not done.
• Leakage of urine (incontinence).
• Frequent urination or an urgent need to go, especially during the night time.
If you have experienced any of the above, go to a doctor and get checked out immediately. An enlarged prostate only gets worse over time if it is overlooked. It could also lead to other more serious conditions.
Top Plants for Your Butterfly Garden
Create a best-on-the-block butterfly garden with these must-have plants.
Butterfly Weed
Grow a butterfly weed or two and you're sure to have Monarchs. The adults drink nectar from the plant's summertime orange flowers, and the caterpillars eat the plant's leaves.
Here's a hint: Add variety to your garden with other milkweeds, such as annual bloodflower or tall swamp milkweed.
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Grow it with: Liatris, another long-blooming perennial that Monarch butterflies love to visit.
Butterfly Bush
This shrub is called butterfly bush for a reason -- you're sure to see it covered in butterflies all summer long. An easy-care shrub, it features fragrant flowers in shades of blue, purple, and white.
Here's a hint: If your butterfly bush starts to get big, prune it back in winter or early spring. You can cut it almost all the way down to the ground.
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 10 feet tall and 15 feet wide, depending on type
Grow it with: Mexican sunflower; this annual's bold orange flowers look great against just about any butterfly bush
Aster
A top plant for the fall garden, aster is a heavy bloomer with colorful flowers in shades of blue, purple, pink, red, and white. Aster does double duty: The blossoms supply nectar for fall butterflies, and Pearl Crescent caterpillars feed on the plant's leaves.
Here's a hint: Look for newer named varieties of asters; they're often more disease resistant and compact
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 5 feet tall and 2 feet wide, depending on type
Grow it with: Bloody geranium -- this spring- and summer-blooming perennial develops bright red fall foliage that looks great with colorful aster flowers.
Purple Coneflower
There are lots of reasons to grow purple coneflower if you have a sunny spot. A wide range of butterflies love sipping its nectar; the plant is very heat and drought tolerant, it's a perfect cut flower, and it blooms almost all summer long.
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: To 5 feet tall and 2 feet wide, depending on type
Grow it with: Anise hyssop for a combo that will give you pretty bouquets and tons of butterflies for weeks in summer.
Joe Pye Weed
Create towers of flowers with big Joe Pye weed, which can grow more than 6 feet tall. If you don't have that much room, don't worry -- types such as 'Little Joe' stay smaller. Either way, both you and the butterflies will love the big clusters of dusty-pink flowers that appear from midsummer to fall.
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 7 feet tall and 3 feet wide, depending on type
Grow it with: South American verbena for an easy-care combination no butterfly can resist.
Salvia
There's a salvia for every garden: some are tall, others are short. Some have blue or purple blooms, and others have red, orange, or pink flowers. While you might have trouble picking a salvia, the butterflies won't -- they'll reliably flock to it every summer. 'May Night' is shown here.
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: To 3 feet tall and 1 foot wide
Grow it with: Coreopsis for a long-blooming, no-fail blue-and-yellow combination.
Passionflower
Hardy passionflower is one of the most exotic vines you can grow. It's also one of the best for butterflies as a variety of them drink its nectar. It's a host plant for several types of butterflies, as well.
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: Climbs to 10 feet
Grow it with: Black-eyed Susan vine for a charming blue-and-yellow combo of quick-growing vines.
Mexican Sunflower
This plant is big and bold -- and perfect for butterflies. Enjoy this easy-care annual's nonstop display of big orange flowers all summer long.
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: To 6 feet tall and 1 foot wide
Grow it with: South American verbena; the plants look amazing together and like the same growing conditions
South American Verbena
This plant is a perfect cut flower -- but don't worry about using it in bouquets. The more you cut, the more it blooms, so there will always be a supply of the lavender-purple blooms for butterflies to enjoy, too.
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: To 6 feet tall and 2 feet wide
Grow it with: Yarrow, which has flat clusters of blooms in a rainbow of shades. Like South American verbena, it's heat and drought resistant, so it's a cinch to grow.
Zinnia
Just about everyone loves zinnia, which is why it's a favorite of butterfly gardeners, cottage gardeners, and beginning gardeners. It blooms in an almost endless range of colors and looks great all summer long.
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: To 3 feet tall and 1 foot wide.
Grow it with: Fennel, which has a ferny texture that looks perfect against the bold zinnia blooms.
Black-Eyed Susan
Black-eyed Susan is just as perfect for bouquets as it is for butterflies. This tough perennial blooms in late summer with big, yellow, daisy-shaped flowers.
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: To 6 feet tall and 3 feet wide, depending on type
Grow it with: Purple coneflower for a classic prairie-style combination
Butterfly Weed
Grow a butterfly weed or two and you're sure to have Monarchs. The adults drink nectar from the plant's summertime orange flowers, and the caterpillars eat the plant's leaves.
Here's a hint: Add variety to your garden with other milkweeds, such as annual bloodflower or tall swamp milkweed.
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Grow it with: Liatris, another long-blooming perennial that Monarch butterflies love to visit.
Butterfly Bush
This shrub is called butterfly bush for a reason -- you're sure to see it covered in butterflies all summer long. An easy-care shrub, it features fragrant flowers in shades of blue, purple, and white.
Here's a hint: If your butterfly bush starts to get big, prune it back in winter or early spring. You can cut it almost all the way down to the ground.
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 10 feet tall and 15 feet wide, depending on type
Grow it with: Mexican sunflower; this annual's bold orange flowers look great against just about any butterfly bush
Aster
A top plant for the fall garden, aster is a heavy bloomer with colorful flowers in shades of blue, purple, pink, red, and white. Aster does double duty: The blossoms supply nectar for fall butterflies, and Pearl Crescent caterpillars feed on the plant's leaves.
Here's a hint: Look for newer named varieties of asters; they're often more disease resistant and compact
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 5 feet tall and 2 feet wide, depending on type
Grow it with: Bloody geranium -- this spring- and summer-blooming perennial develops bright red fall foliage that looks great with colorful aster flowers.
Purple Coneflower
There are lots of reasons to grow purple coneflower if you have a sunny spot. A wide range of butterflies love sipping its nectar; the plant is very heat and drought tolerant, it's a perfect cut flower, and it blooms almost all summer long.
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: To 5 feet tall and 2 feet wide, depending on type
Grow it with: Anise hyssop for a combo that will give you pretty bouquets and tons of butterflies for weeks in summer.
Joe Pye Weed
Create towers of flowers with big Joe Pye weed, which can grow more than 6 feet tall. If you don't have that much room, don't worry -- types such as 'Little Joe' stay smaller. Either way, both you and the butterflies will love the big clusters of dusty-pink flowers that appear from midsummer to fall.
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 7 feet tall and 3 feet wide, depending on type
Grow it with: South American verbena for an easy-care combination no butterfly can resist.
Salvia
There's a salvia for every garden: some are tall, others are short. Some have blue or purple blooms, and others have red, orange, or pink flowers. While you might have trouble picking a salvia, the butterflies won't -- they'll reliably flock to it every summer. 'May Night' is shown here.
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: To 3 feet tall and 1 foot wide
Grow it with: Coreopsis for a long-blooming, no-fail blue-and-yellow combination.
Passionflower
Hardy passionflower is one of the most exotic vines you can grow. It's also one of the best for butterflies as a variety of them drink its nectar. It's a host plant for several types of butterflies, as well.
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: Climbs to 10 feet
Grow it with: Black-eyed Susan vine for a charming blue-and-yellow combo of quick-growing vines.
Mexican Sunflower
This plant is big and bold -- and perfect for butterflies. Enjoy this easy-care annual's nonstop display of big orange flowers all summer long.
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: To 6 feet tall and 1 foot wide
Grow it with: South American verbena; the plants look amazing together and like the same growing conditions
South American Verbena
This plant is a perfect cut flower -- but don't worry about using it in bouquets. The more you cut, the more it blooms, so there will always be a supply of the lavender-purple blooms for butterflies to enjoy, too.
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: To 6 feet tall and 2 feet wide
Grow it with: Yarrow, which has flat clusters of blooms in a rainbow of shades. Like South American verbena, it's heat and drought resistant, so it's a cinch to grow.
Zinnia
Just about everyone loves zinnia, which is why it's a favorite of butterfly gardeners, cottage gardeners, and beginning gardeners. It blooms in an almost endless range of colors and looks great all summer long.
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: To 3 feet tall and 1 foot wide.
Grow it with: Fennel, which has a ferny texture that looks perfect against the bold zinnia blooms.
Black-Eyed Susan
Black-eyed Susan is just as perfect for bouquets as it is for butterflies. This tough perennial blooms in late summer with big, yellow, daisy-shaped flowers.
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: To 6 feet tall and 3 feet wide, depending on type
Grow it with: Purple coneflower for a classic prairie-style combination
A Daddy And His Innocent Daughter...
((((RING)))) (((RING)))
"Hello?"
"Hi honey, this is Daddy, Is Mommy near the phone?"
"No Daddy, She's upstairs in the bedroom with Uncle Frank."
After a brief pause, Daddy says, "But honey, you haven't got an Uncle Frank."
"Oh yes I do, and he's upstairs in the room with Mommy, right now"
Brief Pause...
"Uh, okay then, this is what I want you to do. Put the phone down on the table, run upstairs and knock on the bedroom door, and shout to Mommy that Daddy's car just pulled into the driveway."
"Okay Daddy, just a minute."
A few minutes later, the little girl comes back to the phone.
"I did it Daddy."
"And what happened honey?" he asked.
"Well, Mommy got all scared, jumped out of bed with no clothes on and ran around screaming. Then she tripped over the rug, hit her head on the dresser and now she isn't moving at all!"
"Oh my Goodness!!! What about your Uncle Frank?"
"He jumped out of the bed with no clothes on too. He was all scared and he jumped out of the back window and into the swimming pool. But I guess he didn't know that you took out the water last week to clean it. His head hit the bottom of the pool and he is not moving at all."
***Long Pause***
***Longer Pause***
Then Daddy says, "Swimming pool??? .....Is this 555-7039??"
"Hello?"
"Hi honey, this is Daddy, Is Mommy near the phone?"
"No Daddy, She's upstairs in the bedroom with Uncle Frank."
After a brief pause, Daddy says, "But honey, you haven't got an Uncle Frank."
"Oh yes I do, and he's upstairs in the room with Mommy, right now"
Brief Pause...
"Uh, okay then, this is what I want you to do. Put the phone down on the table, run upstairs and knock on the bedroom door, and shout to Mommy that Daddy's car just pulled into the driveway."
"Okay Daddy, just a minute."
A few minutes later, the little girl comes back to the phone.
"I did it Daddy."
"And what happened honey?" he asked.
"Well, Mommy got all scared, jumped out of bed with no clothes on and ran around screaming. Then she tripped over the rug, hit her head on the dresser and now she isn't moving at all!"
"Oh my Goodness!!! What about your Uncle Frank?"
"He jumped out of the bed with no clothes on too. He was all scared and he jumped out of the back window and into the swimming pool. But I guess he didn't know that you took out the water last week to clean it. His head hit the bottom of the pool and he is not moving at all."
***Long Pause***
***Longer Pause***
Then Daddy says, "Swimming pool??? .....Is this 555-7039??"
Recycled Denim Scatter Rug
Here's a denim rug recycled from a variety of thinner denim fabrics, such as those used for shirts or skirts.
Joyce, the designer, drew inspiration from her Grandma B's hand-made scatter rugs, usually made with non-fraying double-knits.
Although the denim version does fray, especially after washing, the homespun look that results has an appeal all its own.
Denim rug is shown, above left, after completion, and at right, after washing and drying. Two jumpers, one dress, a pair of denim slacks, a work shirt and old denim skirt were all used in the construction.
If you'd like to make your own, you'll need lots of denim to cut up into small rectangles, plus a larger section of thicker denim (pieced together to get the size you need, if necessary), as the backing.
Denim Rug Instructions:
1. Cut a piece of heavy-duty denim fabric for the backing, to the desired size, and finish the edges with bias tape. (Grandma's method was to reuse the legs of jeans, sewing pieces of fabric together, then cutting to whatever size or shape was required.)
2. Mark the backing fabric with dressmaker's pencil or something similar. Start at the outside edge and draw lines one inch apart. In the sample shown, the lines were drawn in decreasing rectangles, but straight lines would work too.
3. Cut lots and lots 2 by 3 inch rectangles of thin denim.
4. Starting in the center of the denim fabric, and working outwards, begin sewing the fabric rectangles to the backing fabric. Sew straight through the middle of the rectangle width, so both sides stick up evenly, gathering the fabric either before you stick the fabric under the presser foot, or bunching it up as you sew.5. When you have completed one line, or gone around one marked rectangle, sew it down again to secure it.
6. For the last rounds, cut the rectangles in half along the length, to make rectangles that are 1½ inches by 2 inches, and sew along the edge of the backing fabric, so that the last row lies flat.
Suggestions:
Grandma B's original double-knit scatter rugs were non-fraying and virtually indestructible, so if you have unwearables made from double-knit, velour, or other non-fraying fabrics, consider recycling them into a bright rug of your own. The colorful rug shown here, at right, was made from scraps of velour.
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