tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19485255324494760962024-02-18T20:32:31.040-05:00The Dolomite MonologuesMrDolomitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890408459992257322noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948525532449476096.post-36952956117441242342009-06-05T11:25:00.001-04:002009-06-05T11:26:44.105-04:00Ow, ow, ow, owI *hate* needles. So, what would be the most fun thing I could do? Survey says....Allergy Testing!<br /><br />Yes, that's right, here's twenty small "scratches" we will do on your back. Ok, a "scratch" is something that grazes the skin, kind of mildly. What I had done was a friggin nail gun going machine gun into my back.<br /><br />Ok, now we will wait 20 minutes to see what happens. If any of those start to itch, or burn, then we will know what you are allergic to. The more you react to now, the fewer intradermal tests we will have to do next.<br /><br />Now, for those of you that aren't half-nurse, like I am, interadermal is a fancy word for shot. Thanks for letting me know about the possiblity if more fun shots, and, better yet, letting me stew about those for the next twenty minutes. Did the Marquis de Sade give you the day off today to work here?<br /><br />Twenty minutes, no itching, no burning, no nothing. Jane, come in here, will you look at this? Gee, I've never seen that before, he didn't react to any of those.<br /><br />Just my luck, I shoulda bought a lottery ticket.<br /><br />Well, sorry about that, but now let's do twenty shots of more fun, this time with real needles. Let's pick somewhere fleshy, how bout the triceps of each arm? Great, 10 on the left, 10 on the right. And, when I do these, I have to inject a bit of allergen (translated = something nasty) under the skin. So these aren't nail guns like the ones on the back, these are full fledgers.<br /><br />Ok, so that's 40 needles and the results..... One. Only one damn thing caused a reaction. Gee, good thing you didn't do these one at a time and then stop when you found it. That would have taken all the fun out of it.<br /><br />So, I'm allergic to mold. In the air, on stuff, maybe even in foods. Here's some pills, there's some nasal spray. When do you want to come in for the next round of tests?<br /><br />Gee, the 3rd of Never is good for me, but in lieu of that, how about after Thanksgiving. That way I can be thankful for not being another human pincushion for the next month or so.<br /><br />(Originally posted on myspace, October 2005)MrDolomitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890408459992257322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948525532449476096.post-57353231598776318452009-01-01T19:49:00.004-05:002009-01-01T19:52:32.039-05:00Happy New Year from Maddie<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3258/3157385451_7533bedfba.jpg?v=0"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 484px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3258/3157385451_7533bedfba.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Madilyn is wishing everyone a Happy 2009 from Tennessee. So it's another state for her to cross off her list as she celebrates her very first New Year's Day. And she's wearing a snazzy new outfit from Aunt Shelley.MrDolomitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890408459992257322noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948525532449476096.post-30520558474800984652008-11-26T09:19:00.004-05:002012-04-27T13:47:19.139-04:00Insert Tab A into Slot B...hey, wait a minuteZoo solves mystery of celibate polar bears (<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/26/japan.bears/index.html">cnn.com</a>)<br /><br />Ok, I'm thinking that even <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooby-Doo">those meddling kids</a> from Scooby Doo wouldn't have taken three years to figure out this "mystery".<br /><br />I'm thinking the Japanese zoo must have called in those experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society, Dave and George. You may remember them from such blog postings as "<a href="http://mrdolomite.blogspot.com/2008/08/where-do-you-hide-12500-gorillas.html">Where do you hide 125,000 gorillas?</a>" Let's tune in for another exciting episode, shall we?<br /><br /><blockquote><span style="font-style:italic;">Dave: Wow, Japan. This is really exciting. Do you think we'll get to see <a href="http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/Godzilla">Godzilla</a>?<br /><br />George: Um, sure. No, wait... I heard on the plane that he was going to be at Disney World for Thanksgiving this year.<br /><br />Dave: Darn it, I come all this way... hey, quit pulling my chain, George. I'm smart enough to know that there is no Thanksgiving in Japan.<br /><br />George: *rolling his eyes* Geez, you caught me.<br /><br />Dave: So I wonder why these two polar bears haven't started getting it on. Maybe they need some atmosphere.<br /><br />George: Atmosphere? Please, enlighten me.<br /><br />Dave: You know... soft music, candles, a romantic dinner.<br /><br />George: Um, why don't we start with something a little more basic. How about the old Noah's Ark test?<br /><br />Dave: C'mon, do you really think they would have flown us all the way from New York if they hadn't already checked to make sure they have one boy bear and one girl bear?<br /><br />George: Dude, I'm not going in there. Those are full grown polar bears. They could rip me apart and have me for dinner.<br /><br />Dave: *under his breath* Well, I'm sure that'd be romantic for them.<br /><br />George: And even if they are two girl bears, that's fine by me.<br /><br />Dave: I'm going to go in there... Wait a second, what?!?<br /><br />George: Hey, I'm hip with what's going on today. I've watched the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330251/">L Word</a>. <br /><br />Dave: *stunned, with jaw open*<br /><br />George: I mean really, if that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Etheridge#Personal_life">aging rocker chick</a> and her partner had a kid, these two hot young bears should be no problem. I'll go find an older, drunk, fading stud, you find the turkey baster.<br /><br />Dave: I knew I should have waited until Sam came back from vacation.<br /><br />George: Hurry up, I'm going to be hungry in a hour.<br /><br />George: C'mon, I want to get this done so I can see <a href="http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/Mothra">Mothra</a> as she comes out of her cocoon. <br /><br />Dave: If you kill someone with a turkey baster in another country, and they are dumber than a rock, can you hear it?</blockquote></span>MrDolomitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890408459992257322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948525532449476096.post-91244534126641112322008-11-22T22:43:00.002-05:002008-11-22T22:48:12.647-05:00Good Luck, Marauders!The <a href="http://www.mhsaa.net/football/schedule.aspx?id=3383">Ovid-Elsie Marauders</a>, which is my cousins' alma mater, destroyed the Standish-Sterling Panthers in prep football this weekend, <a href="http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20081122/SPORTS02/81121004">55-20</a>. This means O-E will play, for the first time, in the state championships after Thanksgiving. They will play Muskegon Oakridge, the number one ranked team in Division 5, at Ford Field on Nov. 29th at 4:30 p.m. <a href="http://highschoolsports.mlive.com/tournament/801/">Link</a> to the playoff tree.MrDolomitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890408459992257322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948525532449476096.post-60031213487864790992008-11-18T12:02:00.001-05:002008-11-18T12:04:05.578-05:00Speeding TicketsThe Detroit News has an <a href="http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081118/METRO/811180402/1409/METRO">interesting article</a> about speeding ticket quotas, as well as an interactive map of each city/village/township in the tri-county area which shows yearly ticket numbers as well as lists speed traps.MrDolomitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890408459992257322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948525532449476096.post-46448660923509654092008-11-18T10:28:00.003-05:002008-11-18T10:35:02.047-05:00Personality Type?The famous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator">Myers-Briggs Type Indicator</a> is shown as a four character shorthand notation for each of the personality types. I've taken several of these tests and the my results are almost always the same: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISTJ">ISTJ</a> (Introversion, Sensing, Thinking, Judging).<br /><br />The website <a href="http://www.typealyzer.com/">http://www.typealyzer.com</a> lets you enter a website, say this blog, and then determines which type you are. <br /><br />Based on the postings I have made to my blog, typealyzer decided to mark me as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESTP">ESTP</a> (Extraversion, Sensing, Thinking, Perceiving).<br /><br />Well, 2 out of 4 ain't bad. If you are the Detroit Lions, 50% would be a massive and unexpected upgrade. Even if you are a Detroit Tigers batter that isn't too shabby. But, as with all things on the web, your mileage may vary. :)MrDolomitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890408459992257322noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948525532449476096.post-7342935638239482632008-11-11T11:11:00.003-05:002011-11-10T16:38:22.864-05:00At the 11th minute of the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month...<div style="text-align: center;">In Flanders fields the poppies blow<br />Between the crosses row on row,<br />That mark our place; and in the sky<br />The larks, still bravely singing, fly<br />Scarce heard amid the guns below.<br /><br />We are the Dead. Short days ago<br />We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,<br />Loved and were loved, and now we lie<br />In Flanders fields.<br /><br />Take up our quarrel with the foe:<br />To you from failing hands we throw<br />The torch; be yours to hold it high.<br />If ye break faith with us who die<br />We shall not sleep, though poppies grow<br />In Flanders fields.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Flanders_Fields">In Flanders Fields</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCrae">John McCrae</a><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;">For all veterans, including our cousin Viktor Scherbinksi (<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55949702">Find a Grave</a>), a Russian by birth, Polish by ancestry, American by choice. With thanks for your service and sacrifice for your new country.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></div></div>MrDolomitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890408459992257322noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948525532449476096.post-55030547467566216872008-10-30T10:56:00.000-04:002008-10-30T10:57:49.306-04:00Madilyn at 9 months old<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3202/2986118119_c2a489e03e.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 336px; height: 448px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3202/2986118119_c2a489e03e.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Check me out - not only can I sit in my rocking chair, but I can read too!<br /><br />Enjoy!<br /><br />Lots of Love,<br />Madilyn @ 9 months old</div></blockquote>MrDolomitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890408459992257322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948525532449476096.post-28315680964261469342008-10-29T11:25:00.002-04:002008-10-29T11:26:08.281-04:00Mary is cheering for the Tigers!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3252/2984498540_2dca2747e4.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 395px; height: 336px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3252/2984498540_2dca2747e4.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a>MrDolomitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890408459992257322noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948525532449476096.post-11107391510126743882008-10-29T11:24:00.001-04:002008-10-29T11:25:18.745-04:00Maddie is rockin' the pink beret!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/2984498506_9f9c7361e8.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 336px; height: 376px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/2984498506_9f9c7361e8.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a>MrDolomitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890408459992257322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948525532449476096.post-70593190102252491092008-10-21T17:24:00.002-04:002008-10-21T17:34:13.535-04:00RIP Dolemite<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-news/dims/NEWS/5/191/269/70/http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/5/8/581974/1224538335326.JPEG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-news/dims/NEWS/5/191/269/70/http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/5/8/581974/1224538335326.JPEG" alt="" border="0" /></a>Comedic actor Rudy Ray Moore (1927-2008), best known to blaxploitation fans as kung fu pimp "Dolemite", died Sunday at an Akron nursing home from complications of diabetes, according to media reports. He was 81. (<a href="http://www.popeater.com/movies/article/dolemite-comic-rudy-ray-moore-dies/218542?icid=100214839x1211568328x1200693135">link</a>)<br /><br />Wikipedia links:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Ray_Moore">Rudy Ray Moore</a></li><li style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolemite">Dolemite</a></li><li><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Human_Tornado">The Human Tornado</a><br /></li></ul>MrDolomitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890408459992257322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948525532449476096.post-38752150576654504192008-10-15T16:50:00.005-04:002008-10-22T18:57:09.857-04:00Mopar at the 2008 SEMA show<ul style="font-family: arial;"><li>Dodge Challenger R/T Blacktop (<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2008/10/sema-preview-dodge-challenger-rt.html">link</a>) 5.7L HEMI with Mopar cat-back dual exhaust and cold air intake kit, along with a six-speed manual transmission.<br /></li><li>Dodge Challenger Targa (<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2008/10/dodge-challenger-targa-with-540hp-heads.html">link</a>) 540HP, 490 lb. ft. of torque, 392 HEMI V8 Mopar crate motor mated to a Tremec six-speed manual gearbox</li><li>Dodge Challenger SRT10 (<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2008/10/sema-dodge-challenger-srt10-concept.html">link</a>) <span xmlns="">the Viper's 8.4-liter all-aluminum V10 engine that pumps out 600 horsepower and 560 lb. ft. of torque. The 'halo' concept car features a new coat of vibrant Tornado Red paint with a carbon-fiber deck lid and a functional shaker hood inspired from the 1970s HEMI Cuda.</span></li><li><span xmlns="">Super Challenger and Super Cuda (<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2008/10/sema-preview-super-challenger-and-super.html">link</a>) with up to 900HP<br /></span></li><li><span xmlns="">2009 Dodge Ram TRXtreme (<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2008/10/sema-preview-2009-dodge-ram-trxtreme.html">link</a>)</span></li><li><span xmlns="">2009 Dodge Ram R/T (<a href="http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/blogs/marty_blog/2008/sema-craziness-begins-with-dodge-ram-rt/">link</a>)</span></li><li><span xmlns="">2009 Dodge Ram Sportsman (<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2008/10/sema-preview-2009-dodge-ram-sportsman.html">link</a>)</span></li><li><span xmlns="">Aftermarket convertible available for Dodge Challenger (<a href="http://blog.cardomain.com/blog/2008/10/dodge-challenge.html">link</a>)<br /></span></li></ul>MrDolomitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890408459992257322noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948525532449476096.post-51473001703912034392008-10-15T14:33:00.004-04:002008-10-15T14:38:05.615-04:00Cousins' First Halloween, October 2008<div style="text-align: center;"><blockquote>Mary the Bear</blockquote></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3205/2945184762_94fb85685b.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3205/2945184762_94fb85685b.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3016/2944320327_b0a7b711f9.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3016/2944320327_b0a7b711f9.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><blockquote>Madilyn the Ladybug</blockquote></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3278/2945184818_7ce65a47f6.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3278/2945184818_7ce65a47f6.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3074/2944320359_af8a8fef80.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3074/2944320359_af8a8fef80.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">Mary the Banana and Madilyn the Ladybug.</div></blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3057/2945184910_1e8a75b4f3.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3057/2945184910_1e8a75b4f3.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3293/2945184872_638fa4a747.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3293/2945184872_638fa4a747.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a>MrDolomitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890408459992257322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948525532449476096.post-52587929404787589642008-10-10T02:36:00.003-04:002008-10-10T02:48:22.583-04:00Mary and her Little Lamb<blockquote>Legally, her name wouldn't be Mary if she didn't have her Little Lamb.</blockquote><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3168/2927998567_266634c016.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3168/2927998567_266634c016.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Top Ten rejected captions:<br /><ol><li>Mom, is it still there?</li><li>Creepy Sheep.</li><li>Two Words: Lamb Chops.</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somebody%27s_Watching_Me">Somebody's Watching Me</a>.</li><li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUGo6c3dfoI">Dooby Dooby Do</a>.</li><li>As soon as I can crawl, I'll wipe that smile off yer face.</li><li>Him? He's a cardigan in training.</li><li>I could have had a pony, but noooo.</li><li>Mmmm... veal.</li><li>I'm three months old, you are lucky I could count to nine!<br /></li></ol>MrDolomitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890408459992257322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948525532449476096.post-75205313148433584572008-10-10T02:23:00.003-04:002008-10-10T02:36:11.045-04:00Mary's 3 month photos<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3225/2928007775_3df4c8b5cd.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3225/2928007775_3df4c8b5cd.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><blockquote>And the only thing that can make a baby's picture even cuter is to have it in black & white or sepia tones.</blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3029/2928007767_b0b4dfc8d7.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3029/2928007767_b0b4dfc8d7.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3274/2927998535_cff9c3faec.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3274/2927998535_cff9c3faec.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3171/2928858378_a894fcbd4e.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3171/2928858378_a894fcbd4e.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><blockquote>Hee, if you or I stick out our tongue in a picture, we get yelled at. When a baby does it, everyone says "awwwwhhhh". :)</blockquote>MrDolomitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890408459992257322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948525532449476096.post-62761641924686134422008-10-06T14:52:00.002-04:002008-10-06T14:57:08.045-04:00States I have visited = 22 + D.C<img src='http://maps.travelblog.net/VC/vs-us-coflgahiilinkymamdmimnmtncndnjnvnyohpatnvawi.png' width=400 height=200 alt='Visited States'><br /><br><a href='http://www.travelblog.org/VC/visited-us-states.html'>Visited US States Map</a> from <a href='http://www.travelblog.org/'>TravelBlog</a>MrDolomitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890408459992257322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948525532449476096.post-6328206923950911322008-10-06T11:04:00.001-04:002008-10-06T11:06:01.790-04:00Windows Annoyances: Pivot Table formattingPivotTables provide a great way to analyze large amounts of data and pull out the summarizations that you need. Once you have the PivotTable displaying the values you need, you can then format the table to make the data presentable--for a while. You see, when you update the data on which the PivotTable is based, and then refresh the PivotTable, all your formatting work may go away.<br /><br />The way around this is to follow these steps:<br /><br /> 1. Make sure that your PivotTable displays the values you want.<br /> 2. Format the PivotTable in whatever way desired.<br /> 3. On the PivotTable toolbar, choose Table Options from the PivotTable menu. Excel displays the PivotTable Options dialog box. (Click here to see a related figure.)<br /> 4. Make sure the Preserve Formatting check box is selected.<br /> 5. Click OK.<br /><br />Now, when you refresh the PivotTable, your previously applied formatting should remain on rows and columns previously in the PivotTable. If the refresh results in new rows being added to the PivotTable, then you will still need to format those. <br /><br />From <a href="http://exceltips.vitalnews.com/Pages/T003099_Maintaining_Formatting_when_Refreshing_PivotTables.html">Allen Wyatt's Excel Tips</a>MrDolomitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890408459992257322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948525532449476096.post-84342319638120141542008-09-19T10:04:00.007-04:002008-09-19T10:16:28.963-04:00If you've ever had a crazy dogThen you will recognize this right away. <br /><br />I'm not a big spider fan, so if I posted this, you know it's not about a Scary Spider.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.vectorpark.com/etc/spider.html">http://www.vectorpark.com/etc/spider.html</a><br /><br />It is not a game, it is just a WasteOfTime, which sometimes we all need. <br /><br />I love the reaction of the animated dog. Be sure to move the spider around under the feet and hold the mouse button to make it jump. Not to mention the way it tracks the little guy's every move.<br /><br />And it will definitely bring a smile to your face. <br /><br />Just like Mur & Syd, and Comet, and Spence, and my childhood pet and friend, Taffy.MrDolomitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890408459992257322noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948525532449476096.post-73167372347929493102008-09-19T10:04:00.002-04:002008-09-19T10:06:44.093-04:00startwearingpurple.yahoo.com<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://startwearingpurple.yahoo.com/">http://startwearingpurple.yahoo.com</a><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3263/2870433106_18bd02f7bc.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3263/2870433106_18bd02f7bc.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I've always worn purple, and even had to pick up a few new ties. <br /><br />Thanks, Kohl's Klearance!<br /></div>MrDolomitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890408459992257322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948525532449476096.post-18139190815192399842008-09-18T12:15:00.007-04:002008-09-18T12:30:54.643-04:00Why the Economy Sucks...or more properly titled, two stories of how it got into the shape it is today.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/3/32/Ticklemeelmo.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/3/32/Ticklemeelmo.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>That is, if you agree that a collapsing, sucking void is a shape. I haven't been in elementary school in a long time, so I am not current on all of the "new geometry". Circle, square, triangle...void. Hmm, now I'm not sure, I'll have to check out my nieces' toys.<br /><br />"<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/17/beck.wallstreet/index.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Commentary: How we got into this money mess</span></a>" by Glenn Beck.<br /><br />Glenn tells it like it is, and regardless of your political leanings, I think everyone can understand a story that includes a Tickle Me Elmo.<br /><br />Personal favorite - the Elmo disclaimer.<br /><br />"<a href="http://docs.google.com/TeamPresent?docid=ddp4zq7n_0cdjsr4fn&skipauth=true&pli=1"><span style="font-style: italic;">A layman's guide to sub prime mortgages</span></a>" a stick figure google docs slideshow.<br /><br />So easy, even a Junior Accounting Monkey can follow along!<br /><br />Note - not that I have little kids reading my blog aloud, but there is some profanity involved in the text of the slideshow. But then, anyone who has ever worked in Accounting just takes that for granted. :)<br /><br />Personal favorites - slide 29 and the conversation in slides 35 to 44.<br /><br />All of which support MrDolomite's First Rule of Accounting, which he proclaimed back in the mid 1990's:<br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><blockquote><span style="font-size:200%;">"Don't Dick with the Money"</span></blockquote></div>MrDolomitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890408459992257322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948525532449476096.post-56259112856860204922008-09-16T16:10:00.004-04:002008-09-16T16:13:26.242-04:00Maddie Rocks!No, really, she's rocking in the chair. It's new to her, but old enough to have a story.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3110/2863703152_bee6038f8c.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3110/2863703152_bee6038f8c.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">You'll have to check with Grammie for the official story, but if I listened to her correctly it was her chair when she was a little girl like me and it's was from her Grammie.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">So here I am rocking in a chair from my Great-Great-Grammie D.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Lots of Love!</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Madilyn </span><br /></blockquote></div>MrDolomitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890408459992257322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948525532449476096.post-50055406851137648522008-09-11T07:23:00.002-04:002008-09-11T07:33:18.606-04:00Mary turns 2 months old<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3258/2848306994_41246a60b6.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3258/2848306994_41246a60b6.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a>little smiles sitting on the couch<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3289/2847476351_f947b9d9f9.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3289/2847476351_f947b9d9f9.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a>Mom's Caption - still sitting on the couch<br />My Caption - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diff%27rent_Strokes">Wha'choo talkin' 'bout, Willis?</a><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3085/2847476361_af165a5251.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3085/2847476361_af165a5251.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a> sticking her tongue out.<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/2848307038_1f2b10dd9a.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/2848307038_1f2b10dd9a.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a>Big smiles since she's 2 months old now.<br /></div>MrDolomitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890408459992257322noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948525532449476096.post-24587780533259965562008-09-07T22:48:00.003-04:002008-09-07T22:51:54.060-04:00Maddie's 1st Coney<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3046/2837884925_10a0b6d0cd.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3046/2837884925_10a0b6d0cd.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a>Don't worry Grammie - it wasn't crawling, you didn't miss it...she is close, not quite there yet and I'm a little hesitant of the hard wood floors. She'll have to come practice at your house again real soon - let's us know when you want company)<br /><br />But she did have her first experience in a high chair restaurant during our impromptu trip to Coney Island earlier today. So impromptu, I didn't have my handy high chair cover with us (it's now going in the car so we don't have this problem again) - not to worry, I used lots of wipes to clean everything first.<br /><br />She did really good - she sat like a big girl. She was wanting to eat in her high chair, but we didn't think she was quite ready for a Coney Dog yet.MrDolomitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890408459992257322noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948525532449476096.post-83070017169449179782008-08-29T11:25:00.003-04:002008-08-29T11:36:29.652-04:00You murdered five people? Sure, you can leave prison<blockquote><span style="font-size:130%;">Michigan driver who killed 5 Taylor University students in crash to leave prison</span><br /><br />A suburban Detroit truck driver convicted in a 2006 crash that killed four Taylor University students and a staff member could be free soon, a newspaper says. <p>Robert F. Spencer of Wayne County's Canton Township is being <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">released about a year after his sentencing on charges of reckless homicide and criminal recklessness</span>, the News-Times of Hartford City reported. </p><p>A coroner misidentified one of the students killed -- Laura VanRyn, 22, of Caledonia, Mich. -- as one of the injured survivors, then-19-year-old Whitney Cerak, of Gaylord, Mich. </p><p>An official at Westville Correctional Facility could not confirm Thursday night whether Spencer was being released and said more information would be available Friday morning. </p><p>Investigators said <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Spencer had fallen asleep at the wheel after he had driven at least nine hours more than allowed under federal rules. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Spencer pleaded guilty</span> last year and was given an <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">eight-year prison sentence with four years suspended.</span> (Detroit News <a href="http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080829/METRO/808290420/1361">link</a>)</p></blockquote>So the Cliff's Notes version of the story goes like this... <br /><ul><li>Violate a federal safety standard - check</li><li>Murder five people, injure several others, cause thousands of dollars worth of damage - check</li><li>Plead guilty to the crimes - check</li><li>Receive an eight year prison sentence - check</li><li>Take a one year, all expenses paid vacation, including meals, cable TV and probably a paying job too - check</li><li>Walk out of prison after about a year, returning to your life while five people are still dead and families throughout the MidWest have been shattered by your gross criminal negligence - sad, but true.</li></ul>And people say there is nothing wrong with the American judicial system. Doh!MrDolomitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890408459992257322noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948525532449476096.post-32381674815368858982008-08-26T12:35:00.003-04:002008-08-26T12:45:51.931-04:00Maybe the Bible had it right after allWhile many items in the Bible, like any text, can be taken out of context or slanted to meet a particular point of view, here is an example where "an eye for an eye" could be appropriate.<br /><blockquote>A teen who pleaded guilty to two felony charges in connection with a mob attack in Mount Clemens in May that left one victim hospitalized with severe head injuries was sentenced this morning to 19 months in a youth prison.<br /><br />...under the Holmes Youthful Trainee Act, a state law that allows [the currently convicted felon] to have no public criminal record if he succeeds at the youth prison for offenders ages 17 to 21.<br /><br />[the judge] also ordered [the convicted felon] to earn his GED while in the youth home.<br /><br />[The convicted felon] admitted last month to throwing a brick through a side passenger window of a passing vehicle on North River Road near the Gibraltar Trade Center on May 31. <p>A review date is set for March 2010 to determine whether [the convicted felon] will be released from the youth home. </p>Kauffman's wife, Angela Kauffman, cried openly as she addressed the courtroom. <p>"May 31 plays in my head over and over again. This was just a random act of violence," she said. "I would never have thought that driving down North River Road that it would've changed my life forever. I miss the Andy I used to know." </p><p>Angela Kauffman told the court that Andy has suffered brain injuries as a result to the beating he received when he got out of the car the night of the incident. She said their three boys, ages 9, 7, and 3, are upset that their dad can't do the things he once did with them. </p><p>"[The convicted felon] sentenced Andy to his confinement ... his brain injury," she said. "No one knows when that sentence will end."<br /></p>From the Detroit News (<a href="http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080826/METRO/808260423/1361">link</a>)</blockquote>While I'm not suggesting that the American justice system should sentence [the convicted felon] to having a brick thrown at his skull, it certainly seems more fair than getting one's GED and an expunged criminal record by 2010. <br /><br />Because in 2010, when Andy Kaufman's children are 11, 9, and 5 years old, they still will have lost years with the father they knew on May 30, 2008. And future years as well.MrDolomitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11890408459992257322noreply@blogger.com0