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Hello Jim & Kim fanatics...and welcome to JimmyPowell.com!
A fun & entertaining site where you can get a glimpse into our little world!

Here's an odd experience I had yesterday. I host and maintain several realtor websites in my home town and was adding some new listings when I got this weird feeling...but I didn't realize why at first. I do so many real estate listings that I barely pay attention to the homes but something about this one just struck me as odd or at the least...not right.

Then it hit me...this was my grand parent's house! Talk about having one of those "Oh wow!" moments.

I started having all these flash backs of childhood summers and Christmases and football games with my cousins and uncles...and who would have ever thought I'd be doing the website listing for my grand parent's house one day? Even weirder thought...will I be doing the website listing for my own parent's house in 20? 30 years? I plan to be rich by that time so hopefully I'll be able to buy it and well...I don't know...just not sell it.

Not something I want to think about right now though. This was weird enough.

After two years of protesting the war in Iraq, the French finally decided to pitch in and help. First to arrive was the French Navy and luckily, someone managed to get it on film. Check out this hilarious clip of the French storming the beaches.
    
(Maybe it's a good thing they didn't help after all!)

• http://www.big-boys.com/articles/frenchtroops.html

Finally...I've been waiting for nearly 5 years for this domain to become available and it finally did last nite. Some guy in Germany had been using it all this time but now it's mine...all mine! Ahhh-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! (Evil laugh)

So I guess you're all wondering what in the world I'd put at JimmyPowell.net that I don't already have here? Well...more than likely, I'm going to make it my photo site where I showcase all my photography and let people buy prints, download wallpapers, etc., etc. I've been thinking about doing something like that for a long time but I really wanted to have the .net domain to do it with and now I do. It's now on my project list but don't expect it to spring up over night. I have about 100 things on my list in front of that...but we'll see. 

No one's sent me any good jokes in the past few days so I don't have a Joke of the Week just yet. I'm sure by the time I get up tomorrow I'll have a few but don't everyone send me every lame joke that's been going around the net for 10 years now. Worthwhile content only!

So for the time being, here's some interesting links to keep you from doing what you're supposed to be doing right now...working!

• Rubber Band-It - Fun, flash game involving shooting rubber bands at your co-workers and a great way not to get your work done.

• Flat Earth Society - There's actually an organization of people that believe the world is flat, Australia doesn't exist and the moon landings never happened. Sad and amusing at the same time.

• Copycat Recipes - A great page for anyone that wants to make their favorite restaurant foods at home...even KFC chicken!

• Only In... - Amusing photos about cultural differences in the world. Glad I don't live in Africa.

• Growl Karaoke - A hilarious little parody of what karaoke would be like if you chose one of the worst metal songs ever! I think I could be a huge star if this kind of music were actually popular.

• The Earth At Night - Amazing photo showing the city lights all over the world. Look how bright our neck of the woods is at night.

If you ever run across any good links, email them to me and in most cases I'll put them on here. No $$ involved but I'll give your credit! Enjoy!

This was certainly a busy and eventful weekend for us. It was nice and sunny and we decided to get out of the house for change...working from home can really give you cabin fever sometimes! We got up around noon on Saturday and started getting ready when our friend Abbey dropped by. She moved to DC last summer for her job but was in town this weekend interviewing for a new job here. Turns out she couldn't stand being out of the South Bay. Once you get used to the weather here, it's pretty hard to deal with the cold and even worse...snow! Abbey visited with us for about an hour before she had to run off and look for a new apartment...I think she's gonna move back regardless of whether or not she gets the job she was interviewing for. We can't wait for her to get back!

After Abbey left, we headed to Riviera Village and got some energy shakes from Jamba Juice and then Kim got an hour long massage while I went and picked up some new camera accessories...a.k.a., new toys! We cruised around after that and did some window shopping before having a very late dinner at one of our favorite restaurants, Misto Cafe. It's a swanky little place nestled in at the bottom of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. 

Sunday was really sunny but a little windy but we still went out and had lunch and basically spent the rest of the day shopping here and there....picking up little things...odds and ends...no plasma TV's or anything noteworthy! It was just good to be outdoors all day now that all the rain seems to be behind us and summer is right around the corner.

Even though Star Wars fever is in full swing I resisted the urge to turn to the dark side and be "evil" today. I paid my taxes (why give the government their money early?) and even game some free tech support to a company in Florida that called about some domain issues they were having. I could have convinced them that they needed to contract me to do it but instead I explained how they could solve the problem on their own server and didn't need my services! I felt like taking my own temperature after that but maybe that good deed will grant me some good karma this week.

See Shayne...I'm really not the devil after all! (Or am I?) Ha-ha!

*This is mostly an inside joke among some of my friends and shouldn't be taken too seriously by anyone not in the loop!*

This is one of the most shocking vids I've seen in a while. I think I literally gasped at one point. It's a surveillance camera video of a guy trying to rob a clothing store but winds up in a real life shoot out with the owner of the store. It literally resembles a scene from every wild west move you've ever seen only set inside a clothing store. Crime certainly didn't pay for this guy. WARNING: This video is very graphic and pretty disturbing.

• http://www.big-boys.com/articles/itstoobad.html

I wasn't really sure what to expect from the new U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales but his first major show of force was pretty awesome. He initiated Operation FALCON: a law enforcement dragnet that has nabbed over 10,000 fugitives over the space of about 7 days. Included were criminals wanted on murder charges, sexual assault and rape, drug distribution and the worst of the worst, gang members. America can sleep a little safer tonite knowing that 10,340 fugitives are off the street...at least until the lawyers and liberal judges set them free again. They should run an operation like this every single week! Go Gonzales!

• http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/14/fugitive.arrests/index.html    

You can keep this version of Pac-Man, I like the old 2D version much better...but it's still fun to play until you start getting a headache. I was playing this last nite and before you know it you start feeling a little vertigo and getting a headache. I can only imagine what this would have been like had they designed it so you seeing things at eye-level. Speaking of which, how does Pac-Man really know where he's going or when there's a ghost around the corner? Guess we shouldn't over-think that! Just enjoy!

• http://www.jellygames.com/pacman3D.htm   

Here's another great time waster! Every wondered what your name would look like if it were spelled out by naked people? I haven't either but that didn't stop me from having fun at this site. Just enter your name or any phrase and it reproduces it in naked people configuration.  Again, no real purpose behind this other than to waste time when you should be working!

• http://www.petardas.com/pornonombre/index.php  

I don't even know how to describe what's going on at this website but some people must have too much free time on their hands to come up with stuff like this. Next time you're tripping on acid (not that I would anything about that) this website should really enhance your trip and provide you with hours of mind numbing fun. In fact, this would be a great website for young kids too...though I don't recommend letting them trip on acid. :^P

• http://www.boohbah.com/zone.html 

Turns out this website is for kids. Apparently these things are called BooBahs and are some kind of kids toys similar to the Teletubbies...only weirder if you can believe that.

There's a bunch of these vids all over the net but this one is my fav so far. It's a great flash video about Saddam Hussein, 9/11, and the War In Iraq set to Eminem's Without Me. The funniest part for me is when Saddam raps about being in prison and if you listen closely, you can hear Eric Cartman saying "You just got F'd in the A!" Very Funny!

• http://www.frontsteps.com/films/1001/89/index.php?t=1113459095

Remember as a kid, getting a magnifying glass and focusing a beam of sunlight on ants and literally burning them up with sunlight? Ever wonder what would happen if the ants could get their revenge for the genocide inflicted on them young boys everywhere? This little game shows what that revenge would be like! Very fun! Be sure and get the truck!

• http://fun.drno.de/flash/antcity.swf

Mike D. showed me this a long time ago but it seems to be catching on as some underground hit on the net. So much so in fact that Dr. Pepper is using it in one of their commercials and I've heard it on some radio shows as well. I really don't understand what the allure is but it is a pretty catchy tune and as with any Muppet's skit, the best part is the two old geezers at the end. Enjoy and good luck getting this song out of your head!

• http://www.collegeslackers.com/?pg=vid-manamana