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<description>I&#x27;m Stephanie Marie, just a gurl that&#x27;s missing a couple of spots on her dice.  I&#x27;m looking to meet friends (both old and new) that share similar interest to mine. &#x3C;br&#x3E;&#x3C;br&#x3E;I don&#x27;t take a lot of things seriously, I&#x27;m just here to be the comic relief. There are too many others worrying about their lives and I just want to put a smile on your face.

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Just so you know where I&#x27;m coming from here&#x27;s a couple of rules if you want to be friends with me.

&#x3C;p&#x3E;Rule# 1 - We&#x27;ll be nothing but friends. I am married and not looking. I am not &#x22;in the market&#x22; for any new relationships other than a platonic one. I signed up for Multiply so that I could access other&#x27;s profiles.

&#x3C;/p&#x3E;&#x3C;p&#x3E;Rule# 2 - If you would like to get to know me better, that friendship should be based on common interest.

&#x3C;/p&#x3E;&#x3C;p&#x3E;Rule# 3 - I&#x27;m not into cybersex, don&#x27;t ask me what I&#x27;m wearing (or not wearing), what turns me on.

&#x3C;/p&#x3E;&#x3C;p&#x3E;Rule# 4 - The photos that you see on this profile are all that I&#x27;m going to share for now.

&#x3C;/p&#x3E;&#x3C;p&#x3E;Rule# 5 - I really don&#x27;t care you see pictures of your privates. Not too fond of the &#x22;headless torso&#x22; shots either. 

&#x3C;/p&#x3E;&#x3C;p&#x3E;Rule# 6 - Treat me like a lady, I will return the favor in kind.

&#x3C;/p&#x3E;&#x3C;p&#x3E;I&#x27;m sorry that I sound like a bitch, but I just don&#x27;t want to be another tally mark on someone&#x27;s friend list. I never did understand why someone would be in competition to have the most &#x22;friends.&#x22;
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<title>Fabulous Friday Funnie for August 15, 2008</title>
<description>&#x3C;img src=&#x22;http://images.stepshellman.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SKXfqwoKCkUAAGtcPM81/1.jpeg?et=jz8y%2CETbNmJ7VcLHiBprDQ&#x26;#x26;nmid=0&#x22; height=&#x22;333&#x22; width=&#x22;213&#x22;&#x3E;To quote Horace Greeley, &#x22;Go West.&#x22; That&#x27;s what I&#x27;ll be doing this Sunday, heading west to my new teaching job.&#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; I&#x27;ve been busy these past couple of weeks.  A combination of finishing up an online course session complete with turning in final grades, getting together with my SO&#x22;s family in Milwaukee for a weekend, moving into the apartment in Iowa, getting last minute jobs done around the house and getting the details as to when they want me to show up on their doorstep at the new job.&#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; At one point during a game, the coach called one of his 7-year-old baseball players aside and asked,&#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x22;Do you understand what co-operation is?  What a team is?&#x22;&#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; The little boy nodded in the affirmative.&#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x22;Do you understand that what matters is whether we win or lose together as a team?&#x22;&#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; The little boy nodded yes.&#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x22;So,&#x22; the coach continued, &#x22;I&#x27;m sure you know, when an out is called, you shouldn&#x27;t argue,  curse, attack the umpire, or call him a pecker-head. Do you understand all that?&#x22;&#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; Again the littl...</description>
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<title>Fabulous Friday Funnie for 8/8/08!!</title>
<description>  This is going to be a quick one. I&#x27;m off the the &#x22;Land of sky blue waters&#x22; (or is it the land of cheeseheads and cow pies? Maybe the land Farve forgot) this weekend and got a few things to do before hitting the road.&#x3C;br&#x3E;  &#x3C;br&#x3E;  In honor of the Olympics: &#x3C;br&#x3E;  &#x3C;br&#x3E;  Did you hear about Ole&#x27;s nephew Torvald who won the gold medal at the Olympics? Yeah, he had it bronzed. &#x3C;br&#x3E;  &#x3C;br&#x3E; Sven and Ole went out duck hunting, and they worked at it for a couple hours and finally Sven says: &#x22;I wonder why aren&#x27;t we getting any ducks, Ole?&#x22; &#x22;I don&#x27;t know. I wonder if we&#x27;re throwing the dog high enough.&#x22; &#x3C;br&#x3E;  &#x3C;br&#x3E;  Norwegian jokes are like peanuts, can&#x27;t have just one.&#x3C;br&#x3E;  &#x3C;br&#x3E; Three guys enter a disabled swimming contest. The first has no arms. The second no legs, and the third has no body, just a head.&#x3C;br&#x3E;  &#x3C;br&#x3E;  They all line up, the whistle blows and &#x22;splash&#x22; they&#x27;re all in the pool.&#x3C;br&#x3E;  &#x3C;br&#x3E; The guy with no arms takes the lead instantly but the guy with no legs is closing fast. The head of course sank straight to the bottom.&#x3C;br&#x3E;  &#x3C;br&#x3E; Ten lengths later an...</description>
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<title>Top 40 Favorite Pictures</title>
<description>Since it will be a while before I can take some photos. I come up with my top 40 favorites. If you don&#x27;t agree with my choices, there are a couple of guy from South Chicago that I&#x27;d like you to</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:53:32 -0000</pubDate>
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<title>Fabulous Friday funnie for August 01, 2008</title>
<description>&#x3C;img src=&#x22;http://images.stepshellman.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SJNOqgoKCkUAABjcJ7w1/1.jpeg?et=BfQ7QJ82AinrbBmo5ecBgQ&#x26;#x26;nmid=0&#x22; height=&#x22;238&#x22; width=&#x22;333&#x22;&#x3E;Another month is in the books. Just that much closer to retirement.&#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  Got some good new and some bad news fro the apartment hunting trip last weekend. I do have a place to move to when I start the job in Iowa. It&#x27;s a one bedroom apartment, ground floor and really nice (considering what I&#x27;ll be paying for rent).  From what I understand it used to be senior housing (watch it!). The complex became  available and the new owner desperately wants to start renting them out. The only draw back is that the apartment is 8 miles away from the university campus. Not a concern until those cold winter snows of Iowa start blowing.&#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  From the politically incorrect file....&#x3C;br /&#x3E;&#x3C;br /&#x3E;We all love to travel, and vampires too need their rest and relaxation.&#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x22;What better place than Rome,&#x22; thought Count Dracula, and he immediately packed his bags and set off for a week&#x27;s visit. He caught the first plane out of Transylvania and headed for the&#x3C;br /&#x3E;  Eternal City.&#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  Tired and hungry after his long journey, he called roo...</description>
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<title>Fabulous Friday Funnie for July 25, 2008</title>
<description>     &#x3C;a href=&#x22;http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog/slideshow.html?p=470&#x26;#x26;id=QfA0fHIib6Pu5xuyt1B7QKc3xaA-&#x22; id=&#x22;m470&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;img src=&#x22;http://f3.yahoofs.com/blog/4586d10fz36b61036/91/__sr_/7b81.jpg?mgwmgiIBv4UFWzRf&#x22; alt=&#x22;Fabulous Friday Funnie for July 25, 2008&#x22; width=&#x22;333&#x22; border=&#x22;0&#x22; height=&#x22;333&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;   &#x3C;a href=&#x22;http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog/slideshow.html?p=470&#x26;#x26;id=QfA0fHIib6Pu5xuyt1B7QKc3xaA-&#x22; id=&#x22;m470&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;img src=&#x22;http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/nt/ic/ut/bsc/srch12_1.gif&#x22; alt=&#x22;magnify&#x22; width=&#x22;12&#x22; border=&#x22;0&#x22; height=&#x22;12&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;    Taking a look at the calendar, looks like it&#x27;s Friday again. Working at home with both girls home, I lose track of what day of the week it is. Company last weekend, rushing around here and there. &#x3C;br&#x3E;  &#x3C;br&#x3E; Little Adam rushes home from school. He invades the fridge and is scooping out some cherry vanilla ice cream when his mother enters the kitchen. She says,&#x3C;br&#x3E;  &#x3C;br&#x3E;  &#x22;Put that away Adam! You can&#x27;t have ice cream now. It&#x27;s too close to supper time. Go outside and play.&#x22;&#x3C;br&#x3E;  &#x3C;br&#x3E;  Adam whimpers and says, &#x22;There&#x27;s no one to play with.&#x22;&#x3C;br&#x3E;  &#x3C;br&#x3E;  Trying to placate him, she says, &#x22;OK, I&#x27;ll play with you. What do you want to play?&#x22;&#x3C;br&#x3E;  &#x3C;br&#x3E;  He says, &#x22;I wanna play Mommie and Daddy.&#x22;&#x3C;br&#x3E;  &#x3C;br&#x3E;  Trying not to register surprise, and to further appease him, she says, &#x22;Fine, I&#x27;ll play. What do I do?&#x22;&#x3C;br&#x3E;  &#x3C;br&#x3E;  Adam says, &#x22;You go up to the bedroom and lie down.&#x22;&#x3C;br&#x3E;  &#x3C;br&#x3E;  Figuring that she can easily control the situation, she goes upstairs.&#x3C;br&#x3E;  &#x3C;br&#x3E; Adam, feeling a bit cocky, swaggers down the hall and opens the utility closet. He dons his father...</description>
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<title>Fabulous Friday Funnie for July 11, 2008</title>
<description>&#x3C;img src=&#x22;http://images.stepshellman.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SHepAwoKCkUAAAhyZyE1/1.jpeg?et=iGA%2CXM0bQBbvtgFaUzCy%2Bg&#x26;#x26;nmid=0&#x22; height=&#x22;333&#x22; width=&#x22;129&#x22;&#x3E;Well, did everyone rush out an get their new iPhone? There were people waiting in line overnight at the different Apples stores. There are just some things where I&#x27;m still low-tech. You think that being a computer nerd for over 30 years, I&#x27;d be on the leading edge of all the new electronic goodies. I&#x27;ve just started getting used to carrying my cell phone with me. It was usually stuffed in my briefcase, in case I needed it for road emergencies. &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  Mrs Murphy was chatting over the back yard fence to Mrs O&#x27;Brien&#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x22;Did you hear Mrs Flynn&#x27;s husband passed away last night?&#x22;&#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x22;No!,&#x22; said Mrs O&#x27;Brien, &#x22;was it the cancer?&#x22;&#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x22;Oh no,&#x22; said Mrs Murphy, &#x22;it wasn&#x27;t anything that serious.&#x22;&#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  This just in from the news desk at the &#x3C;strong&#x3E;S&#x3C;/strong&#x3E;hellman &#x3C;strong&#x3E;H&#x3C;/strong&#x3E;eadquarters for&#x3C;strong&#x3E; I&#x3C;/strong&#x3E;ntellectual &#x3C;strong&#x3E;T&#x3C;/strong&#x3E;hinking...Wisconsin bans sex with a corpse, the state supreme court ruled this week.  Charges had been brought against 3 men accused of digging up the corpse of a woman so that one of them  could have sex with it. The court sai...</description>
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<title>Fabulous Fourth of July Friday Funnie</title>
<description>&#x3C;img src=&#x22;http://images.stepshellman.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SG4NwAoKCkUAAAcVCOs1/1.jpeg?et=wy25lAFQdUxFm%2BrOP8eYFw&#x26;#x26;nmid=0&#x22; height=&#x22;333&#x22; width=&#x22;231&#x22;&#x3E;Happy Independence Day to all of those across the good ol&#x27; U.S. of A. And to our neighbors to the north, a belated Happy Canada Day, which was July 1st. &#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E; &#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E; Not a good week in the U. K.,  I can imagine. Both of their former major colonies here in the New World celebrating independence from British rule. Or maybe the Brits are celebrating as well in that they are rid of all the headaches and problems that are going on here in the North American continent. The question on everyone&#x27;s mind is: Do they have a 4th of July in Great Britain? Well, of course silly. They just don&#x27;t celebrate Independence Day.&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E; &#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E; Quick one this week as I&#x27;m off the the Great White North again. Taking Kid#1 the wedding of a college friend up near the Twin Cities of Minnesota.&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E; &#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E; &#x26;gt;A man and a woman were having drinks, getting to know one another and started bantering back and forth about male / female issues. They talked about who was better in certain sports, who were the better entertainers, etc. The flirting continu...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 4 Jul 2008 10:41:00 -0000</pubDate>
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<title>Fabulous Friday Funnie</title>
<description>&#x3C;img src=&#x22;http://images.stepshellman.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SFvQoAoKCkUAABiHdVM1/1.jpeg?et=GQbVm6D2oLS2oeXDAqJV8A&#x26;#x26;nmid=0&#x22; height=&#x22;333&#x22; width=&#x22;212&#x22;&#x3E;Well shoot (or a word similar), is it Friday already? This week went fast. Next week will go a lot faster as there is a whole lotta shaking going on (sorry, thought I was Jerry Lee Lewis for a second). Got company coming at multiple times next week. Have to got to the airport to pick someone up (just hope I can get through the construction. The local summer festival starts on Thursday. I&#x27;m going to go to see a Beatles tribute band called &#x22;American English.&#x22;  the online university for which I work is having an outing at the local theme park. And finally, my last work-related trip to NIU. End of the fiscal year and  my contract. &#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E; &#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E; A veterinary surgeon had been busy all day tending to one emergency after the next. Luckily for him, when he finally got home from tending to all these sick animals, his wife was waiting with the martini pitcher and a cozy candle-lit dinner.&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E; &#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E; After dinner, the couple had a few more drinks and went happily to bed.&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E; &#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E; At about 2:00 AM, the phone rang.&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E; &#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E; &#x22;Is this the...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:28:00 -0000</pubDate>
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<title>Fabulous Friday (the 13th) Funnie</title>
<description> &#x3C;img src=&#x22;http://images.stepshellman.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SFKZfAoKCkUAAHLP11E1/1.jpeg?et=mJeH%2BOl8FYJ5MtQdu8C73A&#x26;#x26;nmid=0&#x22; height=&#x22;200&#x22; width=&#x22;200&#x22;&#x3E;For those of you that suffer from  &#x3C;h3&#x3E;triskaidekaphobia&#x3C;/h3&#x3E; you probably shouldn&#x27;t read the rest of this blog. &#x3C;br&#x3E;  &#x3C;br&#x3E;  Yes bois and gurls,  this is today&#x27;s vocabulary word.  For the uninitiated, the word means the fear of the number 13. I&#x27;ve done several blog about this topic, so I&#x27;ll leave it at that today. For those that want &#x22;extra credit&#x22; points in this class,  you can go back to those previous blogs and read them. then submit a 1 page, double spaced report, in APA standards on the topic. I&#x27;ve been teaching toooooo long.&#x3C;br&#x3E;  &#x3C;br&#x3E;  Very uneventful week around here. Not much going on other that the storms that have been hitting the Chicago area for the past couple of weeks. I&#x27;ve bee reading about the heavy storms and flooding in Iowa. The cities that have been mentioned, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, and Iowa City are southwest of where I&#x27;ll be teaching this fall. I hope that the university is still there in August. Another worry is will I be able to find housing with many people in the area being flooded ...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:50:00 -0000</pubDate>
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<description>&#x3C;img src=&#x22;http://images.stepshellman.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SElvvAoKCkUAADU9tMQ1/1.jpeg?et=xQiI6w3tiYZXRa3iCpUlHA&#x26;#x26;nmid=0&#x22; height=&#x22;192&#x22; width=&#x22;333&#x22;&#x3E;WE&#x27;RE NUMBER 3! WE&#x27;RE NUMBER 3! WE&#x27;RE NUMBER 3! WE&#x27;RE NUMBER 3!&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;  For those  that don&#x27;t pay much attention to the Wide World of Sports (I miss that program), Chicago is one of the 4 finalist cities to host the 2016 Olympics. In the rating of the finalist for the honor, The &#x22;Second City&#x22; was rated after Tokyo, Madrid but before Rio de Janeiro. The local organizers are having some kind of a rally in downtown Chicago today to celebrate. I&#x27;ll celebrate when the city is actually selected as the host. In the planning of the different venues, there were plans to have the equestrian events waaaaay up here in the sticks, where I live. Only about 40 miles from the Chicago Loop.&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;  I wish I had a good Olympic  joke ... did you hear about the not-so-bright competitor? He took first place in the javelin catching event.&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;  If the world comes to The Windy City, they will have to get used to some cultural differences.  Our cracked team of researchers here at &#x3C;strong&#x3E;S&#x3C;/strong&#x3E;hellman &#x3C;strong&#x3E;H&#x3C;/strong&#x3E;eadquarters for &#x3C;strong&#x3E;I&#x3C;/strong&#x3E;ntellectual &#x3C;strong&#x3E;T&#x3C;/strong&#x3E;hi...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 6 Jun 2008 15:40:00 -0000</pubDate>
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<title>Superb Saturday Sillie</title>
<description>&#x3C;img src=&#x22;http://images.stepshellman.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SEF4mQoKCkUAADsbfNs1/1.jpeg?et=i%2BEPgolbRwuHgxwq%2BqsLPA&#x26;#x26;nmid=0&#x22; height=&#x22;333&#x22; width=&#x22;333&#x22;&#x3E;And once again, life got in the way. I was working on this week&#x27;s Fabulous Friday Funnie, but I got distracted and never got around to finishing the blog. After the power came back on (more later), I had some tutoring to do for my online classes. Next I was working on a spread sheet for another one of my online classes and got kicked out by Kid#2. She wanted to watch Rachael Ray or something like that.&#x3C;p style=&#x22;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; &#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;/p&#x3E;   I headed up stairs and Kid #1 was watching the Cubs game. I had given up on the &#x22;North Siders&#x22; when the score was something like 6-0 for the visitor. Well, let&#x27;s put it this way. This just may be the Cubs year. After being behind 9-1, the Cubs came roaring back (kind of like Bears?) and won 10-9! For those that are watching the standings, &#x3C;strong style=&#x22;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; &#x22;&#x3E;both&#x3C;/strong&#x3E; the Chicago White Sox and Cubs are in first place in their respective divisions. I know it&#x27;s a long season, but I&#x27;m going to enjoy it while I can.&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E; &#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;   Ten Things men know for sure about women.&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;  1.&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;  2.&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;  3.&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;  4.&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;  5.&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;  6.&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;  7.&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;  8.&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;  9.&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;  10.  Women have...</description>
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<description>&#x3C;img src=&#x22;http://images.stepshellman.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SDcefgoKCkUAAFRTl5w1/1.jpeg?et=i7TrlBqft5Dln7IozojNKg&#x26;#x26;nmid=0&#x22; height=&#x22;284&#x22; width=&#x22;333&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;/img&#x3E;I&#x27;m ready for a long weekend, how about you? For us here in the States, the Memorial Day Holiday weekend is just getting under way.  This weekend signifies the &#x22;unofficial&#x22; start of summer around here (yeah, if it would get above 60 degrees, I&#x27;d be happy!) &#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;  This guy is driving his pickup down a country lane when suddenly a chicken darts out into the road in front of him. He&#x27;s just about to slam on his brakes to avoid the chicken when he realizes that the chicken has sped on ahead, doing about 30 miles per hour.   &#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;  Amazed, he speeds up to follow, but the chicken takes off faster and faster. Finally the chicken screeches into a turn and goes into a small farm.  As he turns to follow, the guy notices that the chicken has three legs.&#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;  He pulls to a stop in front of the farmhouse, and looking around, notices that ALL the chickens have three legs.   He says to the farmer; &#x22;Three-legged chickens? That&#x27;s astounding! &#x22;   &#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;  The farmer replies; &#x22;Yep, I bred &#x27;em that way. I love drumstic...</description>
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<description>&#x3C;img src=&#x27;http://images.stepshellman.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SC3q1QoKCkUAACaTWCo1/1.jpeg?et=Ro9geTEY3JUjcTVEJngVSQ&#x26;nmid=&#x27; height=&#x27;233&#x27; width=&#x27;333&#x27;&#x3E;Ya, sure, you bet cha, don&#x27;t ya know there, then. That&#x27;s my best Norwegian accent. Loses something in translation.&#x3C;br /&#x3E;   &#x3C;br /&#x3E;   Heading off to the Fargo area this weekend to retrieve Kid#1 this weekend. She had finished her classes up there at the university a week ago, so now we need to bring her home. We stored her at grandma and grandpa&#x27;s place for the past week. &#x3C;br /&#x3E;   &#x3C;br /&#x3E;   The situation is not as bad as it sounds. Both daughter&#x27;s finished there classes at their respective universities. Kid#2 was flying in last Saturday and expected us to be there to pick her up.  We couldn&#x27;t make the round trip to Fargo for the other kid on the same weekend. It all works out. Kid#1 doesn&#x27;t mind staying with her grandparents as they have kept an eye on here while shes has been away at school. Kid#2 want to see grandma and grandpa, so she&#x27;s coming with us.&#x3C;br /&#x3E;   &#x3C;br /&#x3E;   Today&#x27;s Fabulous Friday Fact: Founded in 1910, Olsen Fish Co. in Minneapolis is the world&#x27;s largest lutefisk (had it &#x3C;strong&#x3E;once&#x3C;/strong&#x3E;, a bit slimy for my taste) proce...</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 04:41:00 -0000</pubDate>
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<title>Fabulous Friday Funnie ( A bit late)</title>
<description>&#x3C;img src=&#x27;http://images.stepshellman.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SCcuHAoKCkUAAC15RW81/1.jpeg?et=w5efVLfg6E0dXce2NgWsBQ&#x26;nmid=&#x27; height=&#x27;230&#x27; width=&#x27;333&#x27;&#x3E;I apologize for being late with this week&#x27;s  FFF. I know the 5 or 6 of you that read this blog regularly went through some minor withdrawal symptoms. I&#x27;ve been &#x3C;strong&#x3E;&#x3C;em&#x3E;very &#x3C;/em&#x3E;&#x3C;/strong&#x3E;busy this past week. It a good news - bad news type situation.&#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  Let&#x27;s start from the beginning, 10 times out of 9 a good place to start. Ya can&#x27;t tell I have a minor in mathematics, can ya? A little over a week ago, I had a job interview with a local community college. It was for an administrative position. I think I applied just for grins, thinking that I would never hear from them again. Your typical interview, first meeting the higher ups who have no clue who you are. Next, a seven member search committee sitting around a table firing questions at you. No signs of torture that can bee seen. Then the fun began. I was handed a 1 page problem scenario, put into the dungeon with a laptop and told to write a report on how to solve the given problem in 2 hours. I can up with something. My solution was that I couldn&#x27;t approve...</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 15:46:00 -0000</pubDate>
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<description>&#x3C;img src=&#x27;http://images.stepshellman.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SBtmgAoKCkUAAH-nP2I1/1.jpeg?et=%2Cdmrw5BBNcN276NAPiM1Ow&#x26;nmid=&#x27; height=&#x27;333&#x27; width=&#x27;266&#x27;&#x3E;Some sad new to report this week. Famed Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann passed away this week at the age of 102. Who is this gentleman you ask? He is famous for studying the chemistry of ergot, the name of a fungus that grows on rye, barley, and other similar plants. So what did he do with this compound? (Gee, you ask a lot of questions!) In  1938 he synthesized lysergic acid diethylamide. Say what? A  compound more  well know by its initials - LSD. Ah yes, living through better chemistry. &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  The defendant and his lawyer are in the courtroom, the man being charged with theft. The lawyer tells the crusty old judge,&#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x22;Your honor, my client has produced receipts for, firstly, the high speed modem&#x22;&#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x22;High-speed modem?&#x22; questions the judge.&#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x22;Yes&#x22; replies the lawyer, &#x22;It allows computers to communicate over vast distances at high rates of speed. It allows email and something called cybersex in AOL chat rooms, your honor.&#x22;&#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x22;Cybersex?&#x22; says the judge, &#x22;You mean sex through a modem? You...</description>
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<description>&#x3C;img src=&#x27;http://images.stepshellman.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SBIkeAoKCkUAAGvGHQU1/1.jpeg?et=%2BIn7MgaxAsBxXP70j6eBdw&#x26;nmid=&#x27; height=&#x27;333&#x27; width=&#x27;271&#x27;&#x3E;All quiet on the Western front ... (That would be a great title for a novel!)&#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  Been a uneventful week. I&#x27;m getting settled in to my new routine. Get up and go work out.  Come home and eat breakfast. Go to the library and work on my dissertation. Have lunch with my SO.  Grade assignments, answer e- mails and tutor for my online courses. Eat supper. Go back and do some more stuff for the online courses. Fall asleep while watching the 10PM news. Go to bed and start it all over again.&#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  I&#x27;m thinking that Mother&#x27;s Day is coming up in a couple of weeks. I guess I need to get a couple of cards and maybe a present.&#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  After spending so much time working, Lee thought it would be nice to bring his wife a little gift.&#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x22;How about some perfume?&#x22; he asked the cosmetics clerk. She showed him a $50.00 bottle.&#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x22;That&#x27;s a bit much,&#x22; said Lee, so she returned with a smaller bottle for $30.00.&#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x22;That&#x27;s still quite a bit,&#x22; Lee complained.&#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  Growing annoyed, the clerk brought out a tiny $15.00 bo...</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:48:00 -0000</pubDate>
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<description>&#x3C;img src=&#x27;http://images.stepshellman.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SAjmSwoKCkUAADSrcaY1/1.jpeg?et=g3tXAJsr2pjwmXKRr4LbCw&#x26;nmid=&#x27; height=&#x27;333&#x27; width=&#x27;129&#x27;&#x3E;Well, things are really shaking around here. At 4:40 this morning there was a 5.2 earthquake along the New Madrid fault.  That fault line follows the Mississippi river at the southern end of  Illinois (about 250 miles away from me) and extends into Missouri. I didn&#x27;t know about it until I saw the reports on the news this morning. Shows what a sound sleeper that I am.  How come the all of the good stuff happens when I&#x27;m asleep?&#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; Police Officer O&#x27;Leary is cruising around in his patrol car one night. He is on the lookout for trouble. He sees two little old ladies in the front seat of a Chevrolet convertible, parked in &#x22;Honest John&#x27;s&#x22; used car lot.&#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; The car lot is closed, so O&#x27;Leary drives up alongside the Chevy and asks, &#x22;Are you two ladies trying to steal this car?&#x22;&#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x22;Certainly not,&#x22; says one of the ladies, &#x22;we purchased the car this afternoon.&#x22;&#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x22;Well,&#x22; says the cop, &#x22;why don&#x27;t you start it up and drive out of here?&#x22;&#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x22;We don&#x27;t drive,&#x22; replies the other little old lady. &#x22;And besides we ...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:14:00 -0000</pubDate>
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<description>&#x3C;img src=&#x27;http://images.stepshellman.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/R-@6sQoKCkUAADaXXrI1/1.jpeg?et=dTdQlnNKbiBCSo92ilnBhg&#x26;nmid=&#x27; height=&#x27;233&#x27; width=&#x27;333&#x27;&#x3E;Looking at the calendar, it&#x27;s Friday again, but more importantly, it is also &#x22;Information Day.&#x22; Today&#x27;s date is 4-1-1.  Last month kid#2 and her friends went to a restaurant for some pie as it was &#x22;Pi Day&#x22;. You know 3-14. Yup, it&#x27;s a math thing.&#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; I&#x27;ve been trying to get out of my rut recently by spending my mornings at the local library.  I have all sorts of academic work to be done and I need to get away from the distractions of home. I have multiple piles of papers/journal articles around the house. They are on the dining table, next to the table and in a corner of that room, a pile by a desk next to the computer and a card table that I have set up. Yup, my motto is: Everything in it&#x27;s place and everything all over the place.&#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; I grab a pile and my word processor and head off to the library where there is a &#x22;quiet room&#x22; set up. I spread my stuff all over the table and go through the pile, be it reading, note taking or organizing. My word processor is low-tech. Some of you may have hea...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:10:00 -0000</pubDate>
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<description>&#x3C;img src=&#x27;http://images.stepshellman.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/R-Z1HgoKCkUAAFJjyfA1/1.jpeg?et=Fk6osKzzT4w2uRDbMEF55g&#x26;nmid=&#x27; height=&#x27;333&#x27; width=&#x27;222&#x27;&#x3E;Another week in  the books.&#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  I want to apologize to those that did get caught up in my little April Fool &#x27;s joke. I know that I have a sophisticated readership and most of you weren&#x27;t taken in by my &#x22;announcement.&#x22; But, if you do want to know who I got, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to this address and the list will be promptly sent to you.  You just need to realize that when it comes to me,  &#x22;serious&#x22; and &#x22;Stephanie&#x22; are an oxymoron.&#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  To prove that you can&#x27;t believe everything that you read on the internet. Our cracked team of researchers as the &#x3C;strong&#x3E;S&#x3C;/strong&#x3E;hellman &#x3C;strong&#x3E;H&#x3C;/strong&#x3E;eadquarters for &#x3C;strong&#x3E;I&#x3C;/strong&#x3E;ntellectual &#x3C;strong&#x3E;T&#x3C;/strong&#x3E;hinking has found the following list of proposed warnings on alcoholic beverages.&#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  It&#x27;s been proposed that the following warning signs be placed on bottles to tip off drinkers about the possible perils of drinking a pint or two of any alcoholic beverage.&#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  1. WARNING: Consumption of alcohol may cause you to wake up with breath that could knock a buzzard off a dead skunk.&#x3C;br /&#x3E;  &#x3C;br /&#x3E;  2. WARNING: Co...</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 5 Apr 2008 04:11:00 -0000</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Fri, 4 Apr 2008 00:35:50 -0000</pubDate>
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<title>Addendum to the Cessation of the Fabulous Friday Funnie</title>
<description>&#x3C;img src=&#x27;http://images.stepshellman.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/R-L2QQoKCkUAADSd4ys1/1.jpeg?et=vId19DmCajSvPJUMn%2BfOOw&#x26;nmid=&#x27; height=&#x27;250&#x27; width=&#x27;333&#x27;&#x3E;In the rush to publish the &#x22;Cessation of the Fabulous Friday Funnie&#x22; blog, the task of proofreading was overlooked and three words were missing from the document. The person responsible for the oversight has been dismissed from their duties.&#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; The three words that were missing:&#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x22;Gotcha - April Fool!&#x22;&#x3C;br /&#x3E; &#x3C;br /&#x3E; From here on up it&#x27;s all down hill until the weekend.&#x3C;br /&#x3E;</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 2 Apr 2008 01:52:00 -0000</pubDate>
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<description>This is to notify you that the weekly blog formerly known as the &#x201C;Fabulous Friday Funnie&#x201D; will cease operation. A new title deemed appropriate for the content has yet to be determined. I feel that the events in my insignificant life are trivial in comparison to the world around us and will not bore you with the details of my daily actions.&#x3C;br&#x3E;&#x3C;br&#x3E;The future incarnation of this blog will be more in line with world matters. I will be commenting on academic and cultural pursuits as well as world events that affect all of us. Future topics covered will include museum exhibits in the Chicago and Milwaukee metropolitan areas. Review of the exhibits and background on the exhibitors will be provided. &#x3C;br&#x3E;&#x3C;br&#x3E;As for academic events, a listing of lectures and symposiums will be listed and commented upon, mostly from my area of expertise, adult and higher education. Current literature in the field will be made available with a critique of the content and how it relates to further research. References will be in ...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 1 Apr 2008 03:09:41 -0000</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:27:16 -0000</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:41:05 -0000</pubDate>
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