Turn Off the Facebook Ticker! I hate Facebook's New Layout...

Facebook has really screwed up this time. The first thing I noticed, since I have ADD, is how ridiculous it is to have a ticker running your friends every move on Facebook right there in Facebook. That's like building a Wal*Mart inside a Wal*Mart. Now while I am IN Facebook, I see everything that is happening every second scrolling down the right hand side of my screen. My ADD and that ticker are mortal enemies. I can't freaking focus with it running all the updates. Before I could continue to analyze the Facebook layout, I HAD to figure out how to get rid of that feed!

Get Rid of the Facebook Ticker Sidebar! (one way)

1. Download Google Chrome.
2. Open chrome and click on the + for a new tab (at the top)
3. On the new tab will be an icon for "web store", Click it.
4. On the top right corner is a search box. Type in "Get rid of facebook ticker" and hit enter.
5. It will show several extensions that will kill that dang blasted Facebook sidebar that I hate so much!
6. Once you find the one you like, click on "Add to Chrome"... wait for it to load and then go back to facebook.
7. Refresh facebook and enjoy!

I am working on another blogger post about how to get your regular feed back. That'll be later today. I am testing the instructions to make sure they are understandable.

In the meantime, Google Plus went live. Check it out! I am on there too and I like it pretty well.

P.S. No I am not giving up on Facebook... I am just waiting out the whole ARGH-ness of the new layout. I heard they are adding music... it better be optional or I am out of there.

May 21, 2011 The World is going to end tomorrow! Are you ready?

I am all excited and giddy right now! Tomorrow May 21, 2011 the world is going to end! Or that is what some extremists think. If it does, my life will be a lot easier. I won't have anymore debt, I won't have to go to work, I won't have to worry about my allergies and I won't have to worry any more about not having any money saved up for emergencies. But, if it doesn't end on May 21, 2011 (like I am thinking) I am going to have a party May 22, 2011. BYOB! If you make it through the apocalypse, leave a comment! I'd love to hear that I am not the only one that survived. After all, I KNOW I am not going to be one of "God's chosen".

There are plenty of Facebook pages and events popping up. I joined a few of them in honor of May 21, 2011. So far I have joined I am going to laugh when the ruptured doesn't occur on May 21, 2011, Post Rapture looting (Hell YEA!) and After Rapture Party. (BYOB)

If you are still here on May 22, 2011... Don't worry! There will be many more end of the world dates. Mark your calendar for the "It's the End of the World Again Post Rapture Party!" on December 22, 2011. I am pretty damned sure I'll see you there. (Something about sinning)

It's getting closer!

Today my friend and I are going to Spokane to pick up my husband while the kiddos stay and play with friends and have an impromptu hang out session. He'll be here for 10 days for the holiday season.

It got me to thinking about the holidays and I have noticed that a lot of people are wishing "Merry Christmas" before it even hits now. I was just curious as to why. That would be like wishing everyone a Happy Birthday weeks before their actual birthday. Now, someone told me it's because it's "the season" for wishing "Merry Christmas". I don't think so! Christmas happens on an actual day. It's not a month long celebration like Ramadan or something like that. It's a DAY. 


So, I wish Happy Holidays instead... but I get called the Grinch for not saying "Merry Christmas". You know what, people, not everyone celebrates Christmas. On Christmas day I wish people a "Merry Christmas". 

Just because people have their pagan tree up (and what does that have to do with Jesus' birth?) the day after Thanksgiving doesn't make the month of December Christmas. It's December 25th. Yet, I get called all sorts of names because I say Happy Holidays. They say I am taking the "Christ" out of Christmas. So let me clear a few things up:

1. I'm not a Christian. The only reason we celebrate Christmas is because my husband is a Christian.
2. I am not taking "Christ" out of Christmas. The media did that for you. So stop blaming me.
3. What the hell does a tree, stockings, elves and a fat man have to do with your prophet being born?
4. Christmas is on December 25th, not the entire month of December. So when I say Happy Holidays, I am including all my friends that have holidays this month, Christian included. How is that being Grinchy?
5. Saying Merry Christmas excludes all my Jewish, Muslim, Pagan and Wiccan friends. Wouldn't it be nice to wish everyone joy instead of one small group?

I am so sick and tired of being called names just because I say Happy Holidays. I am about to tell everyone to go stuff it up their chimney, pour a stiff glass of eggnog and lock myself away until New Year.

Bah Humbug!
Dotchi Latham

Making my blog pretty!

With spring around the corner, I decided to make my blog look a little better. How do you like it? I think it needs some excitement and I and I was wondering what all of you would like to see... besides pictures. I am working on that! I should have pictures up in the next few days. I was thinking of posting articles that I write. Anyone interested?

We have been riding the bus to the school and for shopping. Overall it is pretty cool. We have met some interesting people. One guy today asked if we could get off the bus with him so we could be his witness when his exgirlfriend beat the crap out of him. That's okay. We were busy. As much fun as that sounds like... Anyway, we are finding the fastest routes. I found it is a lot cheaper than buying gas for my gas guzzling van! I love my van, but not $350 in gas a month worth of love. I have to plan ahead, but overall, I feel like I have more freedom now since I can go where I want. I plan on getting fit this way too! I am using the weight commander website to help me keep track of everything. I don't weigh myself daily though. I thought I'd share the site since a few people asked.

A few people asked about the links that are popping up in my posts. Yes, I know they are here... I put them in when I feel like it. I don't do it all the time but I do like to toss in some links once in awhile. Enjoy!

Now, I must go and be productive now.

Transformers- sneak preview!

Got your attention? It had mine too. We showed up over an hour early, had to park 2 blocks away and walk to the theater and then stood in line for 30 minutes to find out that all the seats were full. I was so pissed. But I decided to take the California attitude of "no worries" and took the boys to the Pizza Parlor. Pizza in California sucks, but not as bad as standing in the sun for 30 minutes to find out that you couldn't get into a sneak preview.

We played air hockey and pool and pinball. Air hockey is oodles of fun, until your finger gets between the puck and the hitting thingy. What do they call that anyway? That HURTS! I can still feel it. I mean, poor Mendel... yea. Miles and I played pool our way. He got the 8 ball in so technically he lost. But since that was such a short game, we agreed to play until someone had all their balls in the pockets and had hit the cue ball in too. It was fun. Miles kept hitting the ball off the table Bahaha! Then we walked back to the car and went to Starbucks for coffee.

So I noticed that on the side of my Starbucks cup is the following quote:

The Way I See It #258

Because true conservatives are pessimists, they are happier than liberals, for three reasons. First, pessimists are rarely surprised. Second, when they are wrong they are delighted to be so. Third, pessimists do not put their faith in princes - in government. They understand that happiness is a function of fending for oneself. Happiness is an activity; it is inseparable from the pursuit of happiness.
George F. Will - Pulitzer Prize-winning author and columnist.

And apparently this man has not run into the conservatives I know. Although they are great people to borrow money from because they expect you will never pay them back... they are NOT the happiest people I know. In fact, they delight in telling you that you will burn in hell for being "wrong"... come to think of it, I can't think of many conservatives who would even admit they are wrong. They tend to be happy because they are making everyone miserable. But hell, we are all human, right? Well, except for my mom, I think she fell off of Mars or something.

Conservatives, hell and crazy people aside, why is this on the side of my cup of coffee? I just wanted to drink my venti terrazzo filled to the syrup square, watered down to the shots square, whitened to the decaf square, sweetened with sugar and iced. I'm not too picky about it all. I mean, I just wanted to drink the damned cup of coffee without having to disagree or agree with the quote on the side of cup and then have to hunt down the HTML code so I could post it on this blog. So I read that it is a conversation starter. It's meant to get people talking to each other. Are we so anti-social now that we have to have quotes plastered everywhere so we can start a conversation? Probably so.

Take the bus ride the other day. I was asking the bus driver how to get to the 923 route and he pointed to a sign. I thought it was going to be something like "get off at 3rd and Broadway" but it only had a hamburger and a drink in a circle with a slash through it and under it was "Food and Drink Prohibited" in English and Spanish. Couldn't he just say "You can't have your drink out, Ma'am, please put it up."? No, he had to have a quote from the California department of transportation to help him.

I am not trying to be all social and start conversations. If I wanted to do that, I'd go on an internet chat room and start chatting with a bunch of abbreviations and misspelling words to make it faster and easier.

On Monday I am sailing from the ASW base to the south bay area where we will dock at The Cove for the next 13 days or so. If I don't blog after that, then I probably sunk the boat Bahaha! I'll send pictures.

Tomorrow we will be going to the theater to watch Shrek the 3rd. I've heard mixed reviews. I'll let you know what I think when we get back. Probably in the evening though.

Tomorrow is also the FIRST DAY of JulNoWriMo! I am so darned excited!