A look at the headlines today:
Kids will no longer be able to participate in "dangerous games" such as Freeze, Tag, etc. From NY:
l/Freeze-Tag-Red-Rover-Deemed-Dangerous-in-New-Summer-Camp-Regs-120195644.html
Shakes head and mumbles about a new trend toward the "art of manliness".......fantasizes about getting rid of adults who have such idea's with a deadly game of Red Rover. Tells self to get a grip. Takes deep breath.
Here's something different: The Feds are trying to get Blago to shut up. BWAHAHAHHAHAHAHA.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Prosecutors-Attempt-To-Shut-Blago-Up.html .......Wonders at the incompetence of Obama to even be a thug. The Clinton's would have had this guy knocked off and all his computers stolen a LONG time ago.....well, whatever comes for this guy, I 'm sure he has bought and paid for it.
Looking further, a Texan reporter apparently not only asked Obama a serious question (the nerve!), but expected him to answer it! This is actually worth seeing
http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0411/nobody_interrupts_potus_480c750d-358b-487e-8416-24b1e907c727.html
. And I believe it. Kind of embarrassed (for our country) at how much of a whiny crybaby it makes O look like, though. Asks God to continue to bless Texas, expecially with the undeclared war in the streets down there on the border........which nobody ever seems to want to report or talk about.
and finally: for the cherry on top of this crazy sundae:
Instead of getting a grip and stopping these insane searches by the TSA, Congressman Jason Chaffetz is drafting legislation that will require parental supervision during the pat-down of a child. In other words, he thinks that making even more rules for patdown's will help.
http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_12628220-caf9-568a-9f6b-c84b3745d119.html
Airlines clearly do not get it. Stop flying while we still have some rights left or we will be standing in lines for the rest of our natural born days.
I wish there was still land left undiscovered and the idiot population hadn't grown quite so fast. But here I sit, right in the middle of all of this. Is it any wonder I don't want to leave my house anymore???? It makes me wish for the old days, when men were men, war was war, and nobody would have ever patted down a child for anything, let alone cried over a game of Freeze or Tag.
When I say real life is beginning to resemble The Invasion of the Bodysnatchers, I am telling the truth.
For a light ending, let's look at this. It's no less depressing or stupid, but it is kind of funny.
Some people in FL spent $14,000 on 6,000 capes(like Superman wore) for the unemployed. If you are wondering why they would do that, or what good a cape would do an unemployed person, you are not alone. I, too, wondered the same thing.
"Workforce Central Florida Director Gary J. Earl defends the program, saying it is part of a greater effort to connect with the community."
Does that clear it up for you? Would wearing a cape like Superman make you feel more connected with the community? NO?????
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110419/ap_on_re_us/us_capes_for_the_unemployed
Me either.
Meet you at the funny pages the next couple of days, huh?
Apr 19, 2011
Apr 16, 2011
Sweet Nothings
Me, putting my makeup on while the Cyclist stands beside me looking through his phone for a picture: "MY GOD! Have you seen these dark circles under my eyes?!!"
Without looking up or missing a beat, the Cyclist replies "They are beautiful. I look forward to seeing them every morning."
Good answer, aye? This is just one of the joys of dating when you are older. I guess I can say we are dating. Whatever it is, we've been doing it for five very happy and hardly ever dramatic years.
Once, after we had both been diligently working on trying to get a piece of Saran wrap unstuck for 15 or 20 minutes, I said "I miss seeing more than just about anything, don't you?" and he looked me straight in the eye and replied "Huh?" because another one of those joys is that the men usually can't hear about half of what you say. This can be a wonderful thing, considering that half of the things I say either don't really matter in the first place or are statements that could lead to deep conversations which men don't really enjoy to begin with. Also, you can get them to agree to things that if they had heard you right to begin with, they would probably never have agreed to in the first place. This only works as long as they are still pretending they can hear, though.
Sadly, the Cyclist and I have now passed that point. We now negotiate like professionals.
For example: The Cyclist asks what we are going to eat. I give him two options (no more than two or it will take forever) like spaghetti or tenderloins. If one of the choices involve getting out of the house and going to the store, the other choice is the obvious winner, since neither one of us likes getting out of the house, let alone going to the store.
Should he pick the choice that involves going to the store, I will resist that choice. He will offer to drive me to the store, picking me up and waiting at the curb, but will refuse to get out of the car to go into the store. I will finally agree to go into the store. This has become our habit. Why he would agree to get out of the house long enough to get into the car and back out again, but refuse to go into the store is beyond my understanding. I would never agree to that because it makes no sense to me. To me, it would be easier to just do it myself. This has become our routine and I just accept it. I enjoy the curb service, and I have the strangest feeling that I may have agreed to something I "thought" he said.......
Without looking up or missing a beat, the Cyclist replies "They are beautiful. I look forward to seeing them every morning."
Good answer, aye? This is just one of the joys of dating when you are older. I guess I can say we are dating. Whatever it is, we've been doing it for five very happy and hardly ever dramatic years.
Once, after we had both been diligently working on trying to get a piece of Saran wrap unstuck for 15 or 20 minutes, I said "I miss seeing more than just about anything, don't you?" and he looked me straight in the eye and replied "Huh?" because another one of those joys is that the men usually can't hear about half of what you say. This can be a wonderful thing, considering that half of the things I say either don't really matter in the first place or are statements that could lead to deep conversations which men don't really enjoy to begin with. Also, you can get them to agree to things that if they had heard you right to begin with, they would probably never have agreed to in the first place. This only works as long as they are still pretending they can hear, though.
Sadly, the Cyclist and I have now passed that point. We now negotiate like professionals.
For example: The Cyclist asks what we are going to eat. I give him two options (no more than two or it will take forever) like spaghetti or tenderloins. If one of the choices involve getting out of the house and going to the store, the other choice is the obvious winner, since neither one of us likes getting out of the house, let alone going to the store.
Should he pick the choice that involves going to the store, I will resist that choice. He will offer to drive me to the store, picking me up and waiting at the curb, but will refuse to get out of the car to go into the store. I will finally agree to go into the store. This has become our habit. Why he would agree to get out of the house long enough to get into the car and back out again, but refuse to go into the store is beyond my understanding. I would never agree to that because it makes no sense to me. To me, it would be easier to just do it myself. This has become our routine and I just accept it. I enjoy the curb service, and I have the strangest feeling that I may have agreed to something I "thought" he said.......
Apr 14, 2011
Girl Talk
Conversation between two adult women, both disgusted, one peri-menopausal (me):
Me: Do you think any adult woman looks at any man as anything other than a child?
Other woman, after significant pause: "Mormon's"
Hysterical laughter from both of us.
Make of that whatever you will, just don't take it too seriously. It was just "girl talk" and I would be bereft without it.
Me: Do you think any adult woman looks at any man as anything other than a child?
Other woman, after significant pause: "Mormon's"
Hysterical laughter from both of us.
Make of that whatever you will, just don't take it too seriously. It was just "girl talk" and I would be bereft without it.
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