Rylan Hamilton

Rylan Hamilton  //  Technology, Supply Chain, Warehouse Automation, Web, Entrepreneur, Navy SWO, MBA, Husband, and Dad of 2 boys!

 
Mar 20 / 8:08pm

Sharks in Palm Beach, FL- Must have been 50+ right off shore! 3.20.11

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Feb 23 / 7:43pm

Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?

SARAH PALIN: The chicken crossed the road because, gosh-darn it, she's a maverick!
 
BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for change! The chicken wanted change!
 
JOHN MC CAIN: My friends, that chicken crossed the road because she recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.
 
HILLARY CLINTON: When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure right from Day One that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me.
 
GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.
 
DICK CHENEY: Where's my gun?
 
COLIN POWELL: Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see
the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.
 
BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with that chicken.
 
AL GORE: I invented the chicken.
 
JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I
am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.
 
AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.
 
DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won't
realize that she must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help her realize how stupid she's acting by not taking on her current problems before adding new problems.
 
OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why she wants to cross this road so badly. So instead of having the chicken learn from her mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a NEW CAR so that she can just drive across the road and not live her life like the rest of the chickens.
 
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.
 
NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because she's guilty! You can see it in her eyes and the way she walks.
 
PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.
 
MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.
 
DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did she cross it with a
toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed, I've not been told.
 
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain, alone.
 
JERRY FALWELL: Because the chicken was gay! Can't you people see the plain truth? That's why they call it the 'other side.' Yes, my friends, That chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the Liberal media whitewashes with seemingly harmless phrases like 'the other side.' That chicken should not be crossing the road. It's as plain and as simple as that.
 
GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.
 
BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heartwarming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.
 
ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.
 
JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.
 
BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2010, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2010. This new platform is much more stable and will never reboot.
 
ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the
road move beneath the chicken?
 
COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?

 
Feb 20 / 7:43am

Playing For Change | Peace Through Music

via playingforchange.com

Great example of creating awareness through viral videos- and good song too!

 
Feb 3 / 7:45pm

Scottish couple golfing

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Watch until end!

 
Jan 14 / 3:28am

Elizabeth Hughes, 8 years old, National Anthem, Norfolk Admirals Game, Scope Arena

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Shows that people can be nice. This is in Norfolk, VA where I used to live. Big Navy town, so it figures that the crowd knows the National Anthem.

 
Aug 10 / 6:14pm

Funny apartment association email exchange re: leaping rats!

Ahhh.  

The joys of renting in a multi-family house in Cambridge.  Below is an amusing exchange between Angela ( and Matt regarding rats. Angela is complaining about potential rat problems, and Matt, the guy who lives above us and watches over the property, is trying to nicely explain that it is not a big deal...The opening line about leaping rats sets the tone nicely. My next favorite line is "Please relax and enjoy your life!" Names changed to protect identities....

You might want to start from the bottom and read up.

Enjoy!

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Matt 
 Date: Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: Rats
To: Angela 
Cc: Entire Association

Dear Angela,

The image of rats leaping up at us is alarming. However, we don't have the unsanitary conditions necessary for this to happen.

I'm very confident that the safeguards we've put in place have been effective and continue to work.

There may be more information on this in the future.
 Our neighborhood is too upscale for inner city slum-like conditions to exist.

Matt

--- On Tue, 8/10/10, Angela wrote:


From: Angela 
Subject: Re: Rats
To: "Matt 
Cc: Entire Association
Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2010, 2:51 PM

Dear Matt,

So do you think that the holes by the front door are not rat holes? Steve and Ed thought they were rat holes last spring, and after I treated the holes, there was no more activity, until these last days when something reactivated one of the holes. Maybe you're right and they are squirrels. I have a horror of seeing rats leap out at me. They are much more bold than squirrels. Also, if Susan is right, there is a lot of ground cover nearby--Susan, Steve, and Larry, but not me. The dumpster is a brilliant idea. I think we just have to get used to the idea that there are rats on the property, do what we can, and hope they will move to locations where there is more trash.

The salt marsh hay is great stuff and it has allowed me to grow in some areas where I could never grow before, and is helping the pumpkins--looks like it will be quite a harvest!

Thanks for your help,
Angela

On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Matt wrote:
Reply to all,

Susan and I went out this morning to inspect the rat holes Angela claims she found. These holes did not look like typical burrows, however, Angela's immediate rat abatement methods made it difficult to determine what is really there. John was on hand to lend some observations, he did not sound convinced that there was rodent activity there. We have a squirrel population that is prone to creating small holes all over the place. I once pointed this out to Angela. The straw mulch used around her landscaping looks as if things are burrowing but, it's only the squirrels looking for their caches and perhaps birds using it for ideal nesting material.

We inspected the entire periphery of the property and could find no other signs of fresh burrowing. I don't know why rodents would want to burrow next to Abbey's front door given the fact of all the activity and lack of food source and water there.
 There has been no new activity near our trash barrels.

I spoke with the WatchAll service person today. He said there was no new activity around the bait stations that he set down and also didn't notice any new burrows. All of his observations and treatments are recorded in hard copy print and available from Susan.

I called Steve, our neighbor next door, to ask him about any interactions and experiences with rats on his property. So far he has not replied. More from ed to come sometime soon. I have not confirmed the compost heap one way or another there.

I called Casella Waste Disposal Service in Peabody, MA. They have the contract for garbage disposal for 300 Harvard, the large apartment complex on the corner of Harvard & Trowbridge. They confirmed that in their line of business rats can and have invaded the dumpsters. This source is a possible culprit for rodents traversing the property in search of food. If the container is not tightly closed they will go in as a first choice thereby ignoring the bait stations. The same is true for the alleged compost heap of Steve.

Brian from WatchAll says the rodent population in Cambridge has increased recently. The Department of Rodent Control for Cambridge is on the case. Their response is always...."everyone has to deal with rodents in some way."  

The sanitation here is very good and many safeguards have been put in place. In my opinion, the problem is most probably from our neighbors and at this point it's not very serious.
 I personally have to deal with this condominiums trash disposal on a weekly basis.  We have things under control but, I think a few of us can do a bit better.

Please relax and enjoy your life!

Matt

----- Original Message -----
From: Angela
To: Entire Association
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 9:15 PM
Subject: Rats

Dear All,

The rat/s is/are back in the rat hole by my front door. This afternoon, I nuked the hole with the special brew of moth flakes, amonia, and Green rat poison which worked very well in the spring. The fake rock is about two feet away so I think it has no more bait or is simply not a deterrent. I don't think there is any reason to pay the rodent company. Steve has rats all over his yard and has been doing his best to kill them.

Just a head's up to be careful with your garbage and watch what you step on.

Angela
 
Jul 3 / 5:23pm

Men are Happier

MEN ARE JUST HAPPIER PEOPLE   

 
NICKNAMES

  • If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah.
  • If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Dickhead and Shit for Brains.


EATING OUT

  • When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in $20, even though it's only for $32.50. None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want change back.
  • When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators.


MONEY

  • A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
  • A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need but it's on sale.


BATHROOMS

  • A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel .
  • The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 337. A man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items.


ARGUMENTS

  • A woman has the last word in any argument.
  • Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.


FUTURE

  • A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
  • A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.


SUCCESS

  • A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
  • A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

MARRIAGE

  • A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
  • A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, but she does.


DRESSING UP

  • A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the trash, answer the phone, read a book, and get the mail.
  • A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.


NATURAL

  • Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed.
  • Women somehow deteriorate during the night.


OFFSPRING

  • Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favorite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams.
  • A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.