Stages of Grief
This is one of the funniest videos I have seen in a while…
Lighter Side
Summer’s Out Of Reach
Nobody on the road,
Nobody on the beach.
I feel it in the air,
The summer’s out of reach.
Empty lake, empty streets,
The sun goes down alone.
While summer doesn’t officially end until September 22 this year for all intents and purposes summer is pretty much over for us. We have recently been blessed with some needed rain, cooler temperatures, and a great deal of sun. I can go outside before 7:00 PM without breaking out in a sweat and our windows are open to the fresh air since the humidity level is now bearable. I think I can count on one hand the number of times left to cut the grass. That may be wishful thinking, but there cannot be too many more than that.
Kitchen Kommunism
A lot of attention is being paid to socialism, Marxism, progressivism, and communism. Quite a few Americans believe that the unholy trinity (Pelosi, Reid, and Obama) and their minions are dragging the United States closer to the European model of socialism or communism as evidenced by Obamacare, Obamacars, Obamabanks, and a vastly expanding federal government payroll.
Communism sounds like a great idea. Everyone pitches in to get the work done and everyone shares in the wealth. What could be better than that?
Fat, Drunk, and Stupid
The actual quote from Animal House’s Dean Vernon Wormer is; “Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.” The inspiration for this post was the unusual “couple” that staked an area of lawn near my wife and I when we recently attended a John Mayer/Train concert. I put couple in quotes as they were actually a trio that as near as we could surmise was a mother, daughter and the daughter’s beau.
Highway Etiquette
Fresh from my experiences with Waiting Room Etiquette at my wife’s auto dealership I had the pleasure of logging around a thousand miles traveling to visit family over the last ten days. Unfortunately I had to share this time with many other drivers. I know that polls show that we all think we are superior drivers and we can do anything we want; the rules should only apply to the other guy. In my case that is true, but the rest of you need to show some etiquette so that superior drivers like me can get to our destinations unimpeded.
Spam De Ja Vu
Spammers spew spam surreptitiously squelching sane speech sans serious sentances…..
As long as spammers post silly spam I will have a place where I can make fun of them. This collection is the best(or worst) of the best from Akismet’s 5,000 caught spam since my last 5,000 caught spam (that is 10,000 spam in case you did not want to do the math). I don’t embellish or fix their spelling:
December 7, 2009: “This is my first word” [and they shared it on Framing The Dialogue. We are truly blessed]
Waiting Room Etiquette
The title of this post is probably an oxymoron based on my recent experience. I was off work so my wonderful wife asked me to take her car for new tires, an oil change, a new cup holder and to get her brakes checked. Her car is new and under warranty so she still takes it to the dealer which is around 40 minutes from our house. Too far to go home so I waited for the work to be done.
Morning Drive
In radio lingo the “morning drive” is the period when you may be listening to their radio station as you commute to work. These are often the times when put on some of their most desirable shows and if they can attract enough of you listeners they can charge more for advertising.
I recently took a job (it actually turned out to only be a job…too bad) where my morning drive lasted just under one hour. I always had the radio on, but I generally took much of time planning my day or as the stress level increased at work I used the time to figure out how to accomplish seemingly impossible tasks. This explains why it turned into just a job.
Big Time
I may be on the cusp of hitting it big or hit the “tipping point.” I came across an explosive White House document as I searched the Internet earlier in the week. I wasn’t sure whether to publish it as I don’t have a lot of money to defend myself from Big Brother. This document has the potential to bring down politicians at a very high level.
This single page document seems to outline the strategy as the White House and the Democrats pursue their transformation of America. The ingenuity of the document is its flexibility as it can be modified and adjusted to fit multiple goals. I had seen similar documents, but they were in chemistry books and dealt with waste treatment. You can be the judge whether this constitutes “waste treatment.”
Far Left Pitch
Sometimes the news writes itself. President Barack Hussein Obama threw out the first pitch at the Washington Nationals’ home opener today. He seemed to have learned and left his “Mom jeans” at home this time. I searched for an hour for a shot showing the catcher scrambling to grab the errant pitch. No luck.
Not surprisingly Obama threw the pitch to the far left of the Nationals’ player. I was also wondering why Obama is wearing a glove? And why the jacket? It was like 85 degrees today. Maybe he is a little thin-skinned. You should be able to watch the video on YouTube. Love the wingtips. Not really a shoe for the “hip” president.
