Post Office clerks put up signs saying position closed.

Closed doors are hard to walk through.

Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1872) is a work of children's literature by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), generally categorized as fairy tale.

Tales of brave Ulysses was a song by Cream

"Cream with your coffee, sir?"

Sir duke was a song by Stevie Wonder, back in the 70s

Back in the 70s, we were all younger.

Back in the 70s, we were all younger, and some of these boards weren't born yet.

Yet, the Internet as we know it today was not available.

Available tickets are nowhere to be found for the Olympics

The Olympics (Winter) in Vancouver starts next Saturday.

Next Saturday, our time, will be the 2nd day of the Olympics, they begin here friday night.

Friday night would be the opening ceremony.

The opening ceremony will be watched by many.

The opening ceremony will be watched by many all round the world.

The world will see the opening ceremonies of the Vancouver Olympics in less than a week now!! Enthusiasts can hardly wait for them to start!

START (for Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) was a bilateral treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms. The treaty was signed on 31 July 1991 and entered into force on 5 December 1994.

1994 was designated as the "International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations.

The United Nations Organization (UNO) or simply United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace.

"Peace Of Mind" was a hit song released by the band Boston.

Boston has a song called "Amanda" which is the name of my daughters friend.

Friend And Lover was a 60s one-hit wonder group whose only hit was called "Reach Out Of The Darkness."

The Darkness were a Brit Award-winning English hard rock band that formed in Lowestoft, Suffolk in 2000.

In 2000, the summer Olympics were not held in Iraq.

Iraq has never held the Olympics, at least I don't think. In fact, the 2000 Summer Olympics were held in Sydney, Australia.

Australia is a place I have never visited.

I have never visited Australia either, matey. In fact, I have never visited any place outside the United States.

The unites states is a country I have visited many times.

Times Square is a famous location in New York City; perhaps it is most famous for New Year's Eve gatherings, which are usually attended by throngs of people.

People will be happy to know this is my 49,000th post on this website.

My 49,000th post on this website was made sometime in January 2006, but I do not remember the exact date. That's alright, though. Just a short while later I got 50,000...but that milestone was somewhat unusual, because I had to hit it a second time (due to a thread being culled which I had posted in).

In due time, I should make my 50,000th post, perhaps in mid to late February.

In mid to late February of some past years, I was still giving out chocolate Valentine hearts to my lady friends at school; usually if I hadn't seen them on (or before) Valentine's Day. I seem to recall having run out of them by February 18th of 2003 and 2004.

2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Fahrenheit 9/11, I, Robot, Ocean's Twelve and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed sounds like it must've been a sequel to a Scooby-Doo film.

A Scooby-Doo film that I saw is a TV movie called Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School.

School is a place where kids are required to attend, so that they can learn things that will be important in life.

Life is too short.

Too Short was a 90's rapper who used a dollar-sign for an "S" in his rap name. Personally I think it's silly (for lack of a better word) to use symbols that look like letters in place of the actual letters. ::)

Letters in the word "fix" include X and I

X and  I and also be Roman Numerals.

Roman Numerals also include the letters V, L, C, D and M.

M is the thirteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet

Bet everyone knew that.

That's something you learn while still a little kid!

Little Kids, Inc. is a manufacturer of fun and innovative toys.

Fun and innovative toys have also been manufactured by Playskool and Fisher Price (among other companies) in the U.S.

The US Open, formally the United States Open tennis championships, is a tennis tournament which is the modern incarnation of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, with the U.S. National Championship, which for mens' singles was first contested in 1881. Since 1987, the US Open has been chronologically the fourth and final Grand Slam tennis tournament each year.

Each year, we get one year older.

Older people are living longer as time goes on.

On Golden Pond was a very boring film.

A very boring film is good sleep during the duration of it.

it's almost time for me to go to sleep.

Sleep is a long way off from me.

Me And You And a Dog Named Boo.

Me and you and a dog named Boo, travellin' and livin' off the land.

The Land Before Time

Time is part of the measuring system used to sequence events, to compare the durations of events and the intervals between them, and to quantify the motions of objects. Time has been a major subject of religion, philosophy, and science, but defining it in a non-controversial manner applicable to all fields of study has consistently eluded the greatest scholars.

Scholars Academy is a middle school (grades 6 thru 8) for gifted children.

Gifted children are rare to find

Find Me is an organization of talented psychics, law enforcement officers and professional search and rescue volunteers from all over the world working with law enforcement and families to find missing loved ones and solve homicides.

Homicides have actually gone down in the Rochester area.

Area of a rectangular region is usually calculated by multiplying the length times the width.

The width of the swimming pool was what I could manage when swimming as a young boy, I could never do a whole length.

I could never do a whole length of swimming in a pool, either...even now. That's because I didn't really learn how to swim very much, due to my water-phobia when I was little. But I am willing to learn more swimming sometime in the future.

In the future I hope my grandkids learn to swim.

To swim you have to get wet.

Wet is also what you get in the shower.

The shower tap (faucet) has to be switched on first.

First aid kits must be kept in a place that is easy to access, for emergency purposes. It is always important to have those.

Those people who are protesting the Olympics are really annoying.

Really annoying, really loud.

Loud music bothers me especially when it is coming from someone's stereo and they can't seem to keep it confined to the privacy of their own home or car.

"Cars" is a 1979 pop music song by UK artist Gary Numan, and was released as a single from the album The Pleasure Principle. It reached the top of the charts in several countries, and today is considered a New Wave staple. In the UK charts, it reached Number 1 in 1979, and rose to Number 9 on the U.S. Billboard charts, in 1980.

In 1980 I was 20 and getting ready to graduate from a community college.

From a community college, I received a certificate in computer programming; this was in 2007; I did that while simultaneously attending Cal State University Northridge, for my B.A. degree, which was completed one year later, in 2008, after several years of studying there.

There , everywhere and here is a scrambled Beatles song.

A scrambled Beatles song is Dirty Paper, which song?

Which song, you ask? I do not know.

Know how to anagrams?

Anagrams can be fun to figure out! For example, an anagram of the word "clean" is "lance". It's much more fun to make anagrams of multiple-word phrases, such as "George Bush" for "He Bugs Gore"!

"George Bush" for "He Bugs Gore", he-he!! Any good anagrams for Barack Obama?

Barack Obama, the current president of the United States, has some phrases that could be anagrammed from his name...but I can't think of any good ones at the moment.

At the moment, it looks as if it can be hard to do, for there awkward letters in his name.

His name contains two B's and four A's, among other letters.

Among other letters are a 'k' and a 'm'.

'M' is the roman numeral for 1,000.

1,000 is also called a grand.

Grand openings of stores can be special events.

Grand openings of stores can be special events, with a bargain sale to catch the customers.

Customers now a days need to be thrifty.

Thrifty Drug Store in California was bought out by Rite-Aid in the late 1990's.

In the late 1990s, the New York Yankees were a powerhouse baseball team.

Teamwork is the concept of people working together as a team.

A team can accomplish a great deal if they work together...and effectively. I know what it can be like.

Like sand through the hourglass, there are the days of our lives.

"Days Of Our Lives" is a popular, long-running soap opera on NBC.

NBC, the National Broadcasting Company, is an American television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices in Burbank, California. It is sometimes referred to as the Peacock Network due to its stylized peacock logo, created originally for color broadcasts.

Color broadcasts are seen everywhere these days.

"Days" is a song by The Kinks, released as a single in 1968. It also appeared on an early version of the album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (released only in continental Europe and New Zealand), and now appears as a bonus track of the remastered CD.

CDs have a diameter of 120 mm and can hold up to 80 minutes of uncompressed audio (700 MB of data). The Mini CD has various diameters ranging from 60 to 80 mm; they are sometimes used for CD singles or device drivers, storing up to 24 minutes of audio.

Audio Frequency (abbreviation: AF), or audible frequency is characterized as a periodic vibration whose frequency is audible to the average human.

Human League, a band from the UK, had several hits in the 1980's including "Don't You Want Me?", "Keep Feeling Fascination", and of course, "Human."

Humans are bipedal primates belonging to the species Homo sapiens (Latin: "wise man" or "knowing man") in Hominidae, the great ape family.

Family can be defined in more ways than one; it can consist of more than just relatives.

Relatives of mine live in Italy

Italy was the birthplace of some of my ancestor's from my mom's mom's branch of the family.

Family ties was one of my favorite TV shows from the 1980s

The 1980s was the first decade of my life; I mostly remember game shows from that time period, such as "High Rollers", "The $1,000,000 Chance Of A Lifetime", and "The $100,000 Pyramid."

Pyramid schemes are dangerous, must be careful.

Careful thought must be taken when posting certain stuff online.

Online is what we are now.

We are now in the year 2010, almost at the end of February. Next week we start the month of March!! :o :o

March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, and one of the seven months which are 31 days long.

The seven months which are 31 days long include January,March,May, July,August,October and December.

December is the final month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar.

The Gregorian Calendar is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, by a decree signed on 24 February 1582, a papal bull known by its opening words Inter gravissimas. The reformed calendar was adopted later that year by a handful of countries, with other countries adopting it over the following centuries.

Over the following centuries, technology will be even greater than we can even imagine.

"Imagine" was a big hit for John Lennon during his solo career. Despite its overall soft sound, it still gets widely played on "classic rock" radio stations.

Classic rock radio stations are what I mainly listen too, where you can hear anyone from AC/DC to The Zombies.

AC/DC to the Zombies pretty much sums up classic rock, alphabetically speaking.

Speaking Tree is a beautiful film about a man named Deva who looses his mind while grazing camels in the desert of Northwestern India. As a result of his madness, he is chained to a tree for nearly a decade and cared for by his mother and brother. When an earthquake devastates the region, leaving tens of thousands dead and millions homeless, Deva regains his sanity and attempts to adapt to his former way of life.

"Life Is A Highway", by Tom Cochrane, was the singer's biggest hit in the United States (released in 1991 and peaking in 1992), although he had several hits in his native country of Canada.

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by total area. Its common border with the United States to the south and northwest is the longest in the world.

The world has lots of interesting places to visit.

The world has lots of interesting places to visit, and I have been to some of them.

I have been to some of them, too, but only in the USA. I would still love to travel outside the US someday and see other parts of the world.

Other parts of the world might be fun to see.

To see other parts of the USA, such as Washington DC and New York City, might be interesting as well...considering I have never been further east than Chicago.

Chicago is a Kander and Ebb musical set in prohibition era Chicago. The music is by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice, and the concept of the "celebrity criminal." The musical is based on a 1926 play of the same name by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins about actual criminals and crimes she had reported on.

On that note, I probably do not wish to see the musical of that name. I know that there was a pop band called Chicago; the group was named after the city because that's where they were formed. They were active mainly during the 1970's and 1980's, and featured Peter Cetera on lead vocals before he departed for a solo career. Most people probably consider Peter Cetera to be a key member of the group Chicago.

Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by American rock band Chicago and was released in 1975.

1975 was an excellent year for music :)

"Music" was the title track of an album that Madonna released in 2000.

in 2000, the Olympics were in Australia.

Australia is a 2008 epic romance film directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. It is the second-highest grossing Australian film of all time, behind Crocodile Dundee. The screenplay was written by Luhrmann and screenwriter Stuart Beattie, with Ronald Harwood. The film is a character story, set between 1939 and 1942 against a dramatised backdrop of events across northern Australia at the time, such as the bombing of Darwin during World War II.

During World war II, there were no cellphones.

Cellphones didn't come into existence until later in the 20th century. Of course, when they started, they were big and bulky and you couldn't fit one into your pocket.

Pocketful of Miracles is a 1961 American comedy film directed by Frank Capra. The screenplay by Hal Kanter and Harry Tugend is based on the screenplay Lady for a Day by Robert Riskin, which was adapted from the Damon Runyon short story "Madame La Gimp". The film proved to be the final project for both Capra and veteran actor Thomas Mitchell. It also featured the film debut of Ann-Margret.

Ann-Margret is a Swedish-born actress and singer, born on April 28, 1941.

1941 is a 1979 period comedy film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by friends Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. It starred John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd and premiered in December 1979. The film is a comedy about a panic in the Los Angeles area that occurs after the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Although it was not as financially or critically successful as Spielberg's previous (and later) films, it received belated recognition after being aired on ABC in an expanded version, and its subsequent successful home video reissues, raising the film to a cult status.

Status updates occur often on Facebook, but I seldom use that feature. I try to be careful about what I post there for everyone to see.

For everyone to see, when posting online, is the problem of the Internet.

The Internet is not what it used to be. It has definitely come a long way since it was first widely used.

Used cars, are they safe to buy?

To buy a used car, would be safe if you had a detailed report of its history.

History is more or less bunk said Henry Ford

Ford makes such cars as the Focus and the Fusion.

Fusion is defined as an occurrence that involves the production of a union.

Union is a four-issue Star Wars comic miniseries written by Michael A. Stackpole. It takes place about 20 years after the events of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, and chronicles the dangers and trials leading up to Luke Skywalker's wedding to Mara Jade.

Jade is an ornamental stone that usually appears green in color.

Green in color, that is the Incredilae Hulk.

Hulk Hogan is a famous American wrestler and actor.

Actor Alan Thicke has a birthday today.

Today is March the first...can you believe how fast the time is going? :o ???

Going shopping soon, this I shall do.

I shall do the lawnmowing outside in a little while.

While you do lawnmowing, I shall go shopping.

Shopping is something we need to do every week; in fact, my mom did some of that earlier today at the grocery store.

The grocery store is where I will head to, in about an hour.

In about an hour, I should be done mowing the lawn....which means I need to log off the computer and go do it now!

Now Is the Hour" is a popular song, though often described as a traditional Māori song

Māori songs come from New Zealand

New Zealand is located in the southern hemisphere, as well as the eastern hemisphere. Because of this, they are among the first to see a new day when it starts.

A new day when it starts is after midnight

"Midnight At The Oasis" is a song that came out in the 1970's.

In the 1970's I had a younger age.

A younger age is more appropriate for playing with toys...although some people, regardless of age, like to play with toys once in a while. Just to bring back some old memories.

Old memories are nice to talk about.

Old memories are nice to talk about with family and friends.

Friends come and go, but a true friend will be will be with you through thick and thin.

Thin-film memory is a high-speed variation of core memory developed by Sperry Rand in a government-funded research project.

Research projects can be quite informing if you pick something you know little about.

If you pick something you know little about for a research project, it can be challenging in that you'd have little or no background...but you can still learn about the topic or subject that you are researching.

Reseaching your family tree, the best place to start is asking your own parents.

Parents often research their own parts of the family tree as well.

Well, if they don't have much family members, they won't be able to research much at all.

All they can really do in that situation is just mention who their closest relatives are.

Their closest relatives are in the know.

Know that it's sometimes hard to keep the same subject in the discussion on this thread for several posts in a row.

Several posts in a row on the same theme can be done, but concentration will be needed.

Concentration will be needed lots of times when posting in this thread.

In this thread correct words have to be used.

Used cars are convenient for people to buy when they can't afford brand new ones...but in doing so, the buyer must make an educated decision on which one to buy; they must know certain facts about the desired vehicle, and if it's a good choice for them.

Theme songs from old TV shows are very catchy and have a nice melody.

Melody and harmony relate to each other in this way: harmony supports the melody and gives the music texture or mood.

Texture or mood is what makes music sound the way it does.

Does this thread stop if we don't add to it?

It sinks further and further down if we don't, that's for sure.

Sure helps to keep posting then, and not let that happen, sinking further I mean.

Mean Girls was a 2004 film whose story was written by Tina Fey, who played a key character in the movie.

Movies are too violent these days.

These days I do not care to go see movies, for the reason mentioned above.

These days I do not care to go see movies, for the reason mentioned above, and also so much bad language.

Bad language can ruin just about any situation.

"Situation", a song by the British new-wave band Yaz (a.k.a. Yazoo), is about 5 1/2 minutes long.

Long train running is a song by the Doobie Brothers.

The Doobie Brothers are actually not a group of brothers, nor are any of them surnamed Doobie. That's an example of a "double misnomer." Another band that fits this description is the Thompson Twins...but besides none of them being named Thompson and none of them being twins...it's not even a group of two!

Two is a prime number.

A prime number is a positive integer that is divisible by only 1 and itself; I.O.W., it has exactly two distinct factors. Two is the smallest of these numbers, and the only even prime #. The number 1 is NOT considered to be prime because its only factor is itself. So the first prime is 2; the next one is 3, and the next one after that is 5.

5 man electrical band was a popular group in Canada during the 1970s.

During the 1970's, the L.A. Dodgers did quite well for the most part, winning 3 pennants but no World Series rings.

no World Series rings is what the Montreal Expos accomplished.

Accomplished little can describe my days.

My days have now turned into confusion.

Confusion results when no one seems sure about something.

"Something" is a song released by The Beatles in 1969. It was featured on the album Abbey Road, and was also the first song written by George Harrison to appear on the A-side of a Beatles single.

"Single" was a song released by English singer-songwriter Natasha Bedingfield around 2005/06. It was a track from her album Unwritten, and in mid-2006, when it was released as a single in the US, it didn't do too well there.

There for the asking.

Asking questions about something is one way to learn.

Asking questions about something is one way to learn, especially at a young age.

At a young age, I became really good at math, particularly why it was always one of my strongest subjects in school.

In school, I was also quite good at math.

Math, like I said, was always one of my best subjects, even when I took classes in which it started to get difficult. It is also necessary for courses in the field of science.

Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning "knowledge") is, in its broadest sense, any systematic knowledge-base or prescriptive practice that is capable of resulting in a correct prediction, or reliably-predictable type of outcome. In this sense, science may refer to a highly skilled technique, technology, or practice, from which a good deal of randomness in outcome has been removed.

Removed can also mean distant or remote.

Remote controls are used when people don't feel like getting up and walking over to the TV to change the channel.

Change the channel, I want to watch something else.

I want to watch something else when I see something on the TV that I don't like.

I don't like Mondays.

"I Don't Like Mondays" is a song by the Boomtown Rats, a band whose frontman was Bob Geldof.

Bob Geldof was a big part of "Live aid", back in the 80s

Back in the 80's, my age was in the single-digits. I have very few memories of my life from the first half of the decade.

The decade we are in now, has just begun.

The decade we are in now, has just begun, but it'll go by quickly...i.e., it'll be 2019 before ya know it. :o

It came upon a midnight clear is a popular song at Christmas time.

Time for me to log off again.

Against the wind was a Bob Seger song, back when I was in my last year of High School.

High school almost seems like a blur.

High school almost seems like a blur to me as well.

Well, that can happen when it's been a long time since you graduated.

Ted Danson was actor on the TV show Cheers.

Ted Danson was actor on the TV show Cheers.

"Cheers" was a sitcom that ran for 11 seasons on NBC; after it ended, one of its characters, Frasier Crane (played by Kelsey Grammer) started a spinoff sitcom, Frasier, which also ran for 11 seasons. So the entire "Cheers-Frasier" legacy (or series, whatever you wanna call it; I can't think of the right word right now) lasted for 22 years: 1982 to 2004.

2004 was a leap year that started on a Thursday

Thursday was yesterday.

Yesterday was Thursday, March 25th. The same date in 2004 also fell on a Thursday, but that year was a leap year, whereas this one is a common year.

Years ago, The Montreal Expos had a baseball fanchise.

A baseball franchise existed in Montreal; that is true. Now only one exists in Canada.

Canada has a city called Windsor, which is directly south of Detroit.

Canada has a city called Windsor, which is directly south of Detroit.



Detroit Pistons used to be bad ass...

ass kicking is what they get these days, how the mighty have fallen.

fallen like the Chicago Bulls.

The Chicago Bulls are an NBA team that hasn't done too well lately.

Lately, it's rained quite a bit here.

Here we've had some warm weather over the last couple days, but rain is scheduled for Wednesday and/or Thursday of this week.

Thursday of this week I shall be going to the Aquarium..or maybe tomorrow, have not decided yet, it depends on the weather.

The weather can be so unpredictable, but thank goodness we have meteorologists, who study weather patterns and use that info to predict the weather for the days ahead.

For the days ahead, lots of stuff happening at Church since it's Easter.

Easter Sunday is less than a week away now. I have plans for the day.

I have plans for that day too, there's an Easter conference all weekend.

All weekend, my mom will be busy at the church. On Sunday morning, it'll be all over, and we will go out for brunch...which has become an Easter tradition in our family for the past several years (since 2003 or so). Having brunch is great because we don't have to do any of the cooking!