Welcome to my squirrel's nest! So many in my extended family are on-line now that I've decided to make this a sort of clearing house for us to keep up with each other. It's also an exercise in vanity, of course. This page (much like my life) is a squirrel's nest of semi-organized chaos, good intentions, conceit, modesty and out-of-control and/or unfinished projects.
I have a (devastatingly) handsome son, Bruce (why yes, I AM too young to have a son that age). I also have two (traffic-stoppingly) beautiful nieces, Jacquie and Casey and an adorable great-nephew, Paris. I am a California Native, and grew up in the Bay Area. I enjoy writing, and rest assured that when I finally DO write that book, some of you will be in it (you know who you are). I write near-daily comments on All My Children which I call Boogie Chillens which are also posted to rec.arts.tv.soaps.abc (RATSA) on USENET. I have also contributed AMC nuggets to DAYTIME DOLLS, a laid-back soap opera talk show on BananaTV.com, an internet TV station in Australia (what can I say, I get around). I have what has been referred to as an "earthy" sense of humor and enjoy putting different spins on almost any given situation (obviously a big MST3K fan). I also enjoy surfing the web, reading and coming up with alternative methods of doing just about everything. I LOVE the blues/R&B and have an extensive CD collection. Favorite blues artists: John Lee Hooker (the KING), Saffire-The Uppity Blues Women (GREAT women's R&B), Gary B.B. Coleman, Etta James, Charles Brown & Lowell Fulson.
FAMILY
Hi everyone! Please send me anything you'd like me to include on (or as a link from) this page, such as information and pictures. If you can get a picture scanned into a computer, you can email it to me; if not, send it to me by regular mail, and I can scan it and fiddle with the electronic version to get it "suitable for framing", so to speak (I've been known to remove zits and hips that way).
I have removed some of the family pages for security reasons, but can send the information to family members upon request.
Some family links:
- Photo Gallery updated 12/24/06
- Family Addresses (by email request only)
- Notable Family Dates (by email request only)
- Eric & Sharlene Rench's Web Page
- Grandpa was in the Newspaper ... AGAIN!
Link Summary
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Computing Consumer/Law Crime E-Zines Fun Government Health/Fitness Imaging Misc Music News Search Engines Seniors Shareware Shopping Sounds Tools Video
COMPUTING
- CD-Recordable FAQ
- DriverGuide
- Newsguy (my Usenet provider & web host)
- Super Gravity Newsreader (excellent FREE newsreader - I've used it for YEARS -- unfortunately it is no longer in development -- still works with WinXP as of 2/5/08)
- Wayne Fulton's Scanning Tips EXCELLENT site!
- ZDNet
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CONSUMER/LAW
- Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email (join the fight against SPAM!)
- Federal Citizen Information Center, Pueblo, CO (formerly known as Consumer Information Center)
- The Consumer Law Page
- Health Insurance Consumer Guide
- Junkbusters
- Nolo Press Self-Help Law Center
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CRIME
- The Darwin Exception
- FBI
- MControl Blog
- Sedonia Sunset Blog
- The Smoking Gun
- Trials & Tribulations Blog
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E-ZINES
- The Onion
- PC World Magazine
- SatireWire New Satire for the New Economy (now defunct, but site is still up)
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FUN
- Dave Barry
- The Dialectizer
- The Dilbert Zone
- HEMA - Dutch Dept Store LOOKS like a an average dept store website, but turn the sound on and wait a few seconds -- wonderfully inventive!
- Flame Warriors! http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/9171
- Flying Alarm Clock
- I Used To Believe
- Institute of Official Cheer (aka Gallery of Regrettable Foods)
- Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics
- JC Penney Catalog Photos from 1977 with hilarious commentary
- News of the Weird
- Manos - The Hands Of Fate Recap
- Nigerian Scam Baiters
- Panexa.com Panexa: Ask your doctor for a reason to take it
- Rec.Humor.Funny Home Page
- The Top Five Lists - daily lists (more like top 16)
- Wordsmith Anagram Server
- How to Good-Bye Depression: If You Constrict Anus 100 Times Everyday. Malarkey? or Effective Way?
This one is in a category in and of itself. I stumbled upon this in a roundabout way and the CUSTOMER REVIEWS are some of the most hysterically funny things I've EVER seen! The book is written by a Japanese author and, from what I gather, it was translated to English via translation software. The book sounds pretty wacky all by itself (so I ordered a used one from Half.com) . MAJOR KEYBOARD ALERT: Do NOT drink or eat while reading these reviews as you are likely to damage your keyboard while spewing from laughter!back to link summary
GOVERNMENT
- CITY
- City of San Jose (local)
- COUNTY
- STATE
- NATIONAL
- FedWorld - U.S. Government Web Info
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HEALTH & FITNESS
- Low-Carb
- Misc.Fitness.Weights FAQ
- Stumptuous.com - Women's Weight Training
- WedMd health information reference
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MISC
- Amazon.com
- Ask.com
- Backyard Astronomer (who is also a very cool guy I know)
- California Lottery
- Cool Ties = Make Your Own
- DianaGabaldon's Home Page - author of the "Outlander" books
- Hubble Space Telescope Info
- Internet Movie Database
- Mr. Fixit
- Onesuite CHEAP long distance (2.5-2.9 cents/minute)
- Second Harvest Food Bank
- Spare The Air Homepage (local - a Smart Valley project)
- Snopes.com - Urban Legends Reference Pages
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MUSIC
- Alligator Records
- AllMusic.com Great source of info on artists, discographies, bios, song/album/artist lookup, etc.
- Saffire: The Uppity Blues Women (I have ALL their CDs! Best One: Broadcasting)
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NEWS/TV
- Newslink links to newspapers worldwide by location
- BBC News
- CNN
- San Francisco Examiner
- KGO San Francisco ABC affiliate
- KNTV (San Jose - NBC Affiliate) (San Jose)
- KPIX (San Francisco - CBS Affiliate)
- KTVU (Oakland - Fox Affiliate)
- (San Jose) Mercury News
- Yahoo - San Francisco Bay Area News & Media
- Yahoo - Top Stories
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SENIORS
- Administration on Aging
- AARP
- Third Age The Web For GrownUps
- Yahoo! Seniors Guide
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SOUNDS
- FrogStar WAV Collection
- Johnny Bravo Pickup Lines
- Johnny Bravo Sounds
- Movie Sounds Page
- Top 50 Movie Wav Sound Sites
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TOOLS
- Time Zone Converter
- FileFront free file server (geared toward gaming, but not restricted to it)
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TV
- Absolutely Fabulous Web Ring
- All My Children
- SoapCentral
- Boogie Chillens & Friday Updates (my take on AMC)
- Children of All My Children (photos of AMC kids since 1970)
- R.A.T.S.A Homepage
- Soap Laws of Pine Valley (AMC)
- BananaTV (Internet TV station)
- Pine Valley Podcast (AMC) hilarious weekly podcast about the previous week's shows
- SopranoLand
- Television Without Pity spare the snark, spoil the networks
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VIDEO
- Cadbury Gorilla In The Air Tonight Commercial HIGH quality!
- Dog loves pool slide
- Grocery Store Wars (organic food Star Wars Parody)
- Hitler Gets Banned From a Discussion Board (lighten up - it's a BRILLIANT parody)
- Internet Movie Archive
- Ready-Set-Bumbo - FABULOUS stop-motion adventures of a baby in a Bumbo seat
- Ready-Set-Bumbo I
- Ready-Set-Bumbo II (BEST, IMO)
- Ready-Set-Bumbo III
- Ready-Set-Bumbo Outtakes
- Ready-Set-Bumbo.com because the above videos became SO popular
- Sleepy Kitten
- Throwing A Tantrum Without An Audience
- Toddler Informs Dad of Baby's Booboo
- Twirl-A-Squirrel
- Women In Film an EXCELLENT morphing of movie actresses from the early 1900s through the 2000s
- YouTube
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This page was last revised on 2/6/08