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September 28, 2006
Free With A Donation
To support the Make-A-Wish Foundation® during the month of September, Cold Stone Creamery will be selling Make-A-Wish wall stars to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation, an organization that grants wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions.
Visit your local Cold Stone Creamery and try a very special “Make-A-Wish Creation™” inspired by Cole, a 10 year old Wish Child from Colorado. Cole’s Creation combines chocolate ice cream with fluffy yellow cake, chocolate chips and rainbow sprinkles.
***To cap off this special month, please join us for the 5th Annual World’s Largest Ice Cream Social at participating Cold Stone Creamery locations nationwide, a special night to join together and share the simple pleasures of life with a FREE ice cream, family activities and good-natured fun. Search our site for a location near you. On September 28th from 5:00 - 8:00pm, guests will be treated to a serving of Cole’s Creation*. In exchange for the free Creation, customers are encouraged to make donations to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
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September 26, 2006
For Those Of You Who Know
ME! In real Life...
I would just like to go on record... that I am NOT related to that freakazoid family with my last name that was on a realityTV show last night.
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September 25, 2006
Waste Of Space Monday - The Dome
Ok... I know I'm a little bit late playing this evening, but I haven't had time to blog lately.
Tonight, I would like to nominate the IDIOTS who thought it was important to spend $185 million dollars to repair the SuperDome and even more on the celebrity entertainment tonight during the New Orleans Saint's first game in the Dome since Katrina.
Um, ok. What about all the evacuees still in the Dallas/Fort Worth area? What about all the evacuees still in the Houston area? What about their homes? What about the people still fighting to fix their homes and return to some semblance of a life? Isn't there many many more important places each and every single on of those $185 million dollar bills could have gone? As Kinky Friedman would say... it's time for those "crackheads and thugs" to go home.
Wasteful spending for a GAME? I can't like that.
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September 21, 2006
How To Install A Home Security System In The South
1. Go to a secondhand store and buy a pair of men's used size 14-16
work boots.
2. Place them on your front porch, along with a copy of Guns & Ammo
magazine and your NRA magazines.
3. Put a few giant dog dishes next to the boots and magazine.
4. Leave a note on your door that reads:
Hey Bubba, Big Jim, I went for more ammo. Back in an hour. Don't
mess with the pit bulls -- they attacked the mailman this morning and
messed him up real bad.
I don't think Killer took part in it but it was hard to tell from all the blood.
Anyway, I locked all four of 'em in the house.
Better wait outside.
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I See A Spike In The Future
*Again, my cell phone camera sucks.
This morning I saw a Valero with gas at $2.19 a gallon. Then closer to work I saw a Fina at $2.16 a gallon.
Although we are all enjoying seeing the prices drop, I see a sharp spike in our futures. I'm thinking October 11th.
Why October 11th? Because it's the day after ELECTIONS!
Gas is only cheap right now to make people think that the economy and stuff is getting better, but it's only a ploy by the politicians already in office to help keep their jobs.
Come on... please tell me that they don't think we are really THAT stupid.
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September 20, 2006
FUG Thursday - I See London
I know I'm a far stretch from being even in the same realm of the "Queen of Fug", but I do recognize a few no-nos when I see them. Unfortunately, I can't always get it on film.
Tuesday night while walking into my Calculus exam... I followed this little beauty all the way from the parking lot into the building. And from the looks of this picture, I have come to a conclusion... the camera on my cell phone SUCKS!
I came across this issue many many times when I was teaching highschool. There are some basic rules that "baby mamas" are just not teaching their girls anymore. And the most basic of them all...
NO WE DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR PANTYLINES.
Honey, get a thong. Honey, wear hose. Honey, do something... but don't wear those granny panties with those tight cropped sweatpants anymore, mmmkay?
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September 19, 2006
Anyone Else Ready For.....
HALLOWEEN?
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Cross Your Fingers
Tonight is my first Calculus Exam! AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
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September 18, 2006
The Topics Floating Around
I've noticed that there seems to be an influx of political talk lately. Amanda asked for her reader's opinions last week and she had quite a few responses. Kinky Friedman was a guest on many different morning radio shows the other day. And, it's hard to forget about Ann Richards when the U.S. flags are still flying at half-staff.
During an instant messenger chat with a friend of mine, I was told "I cannot believe that someone as educated as you are could still buy all the lies from the democrats." I was caught off guard by this statement because I know this particular person is a die-hard will vote for nothing else, I don't care how dumb they are Republican. How would he know what lies are being told when he was obviously brainwashed as a child?
So, while over on Amanda's site, I left a comment. I posted what I believe. It's not a list of "Why I'm A Democrat"... because I probably line up more with the libertarian or socialist parties than I do democrats.
But, I figured, why the heck not. I don't get many comments around here... lets see if we can pick up some traffic. One of the issues I came across was minimum wage. It reminded me of an essay I wrote during a Restaurant Law and Ethics class last year. That essay is pasted into the *Extended Entry*.
So here it is.
Why I am Anything BUT a Republican.
The reasons I consider myself anything but Republican:
I believe in true human ethics about love one another.
I believe in treating people decently with respect and that they will respond to you likewise.
I believe in not deciding laws based on who are your friends and who has money (aka, taxes, student loan requirements, corporate bids, etc.)
I believe in the quality of life once a child is born... not just fighting for kids to be born and then not take care of the basic necessities of life once they get here. For many, there is a fate worse than death... it's called life after being born to an abusive family not equiped mentally, physically, or emotionally to care for that baby.
I believe in a free & decent education, not based on standardized tests.
I believe that parents should be involved in a child's education and it's not the school system's job to raise the kids and teach them how to act.
I believe that schools do not use strenuous enough penalties for misbehavior in schools, from the minor infractions like gum chewing or cussing, to the major ones like fighting.
I believe schools should be stressing personal responsibility and work ethics Not cheating with no consequences... (see No Child Left Behind).
I believe that colleges and universities are considered "higher education" for a reason.. and there should be no such thing as remedial courses in college.
I believe that colleges and universities should be more affordable for every citizen. Not just those who can pay for it outright without batting an eye... or those willing to mortgage our entire futures with student loans.
I believe that the recruitment offices for our military forces prey on the underachievers, those who struggled thru the current public school system, the poor, the minorities, and those from broken homes... with promises of financial independence, travel, education, and a "way out"... and all they get is a trip home in a wooden box.
I know that the Food Service and Hospitality Industries would collapse without the manhours contributed by those who are not documented citizens.
I believe that all men and women are created equal... and if two people want to ruin their lives and get married... let them... who cares what gender they are.
I believe that all men and women are created equal and are all capable of holding any job or elected office regardless of sex or race or sexual orientation.
I believe that it takes a village to raise kids... not a day care center because parents have to work 2 jobs each to pay the bills because they are held down to "minimum wage jobs" based on current standards.
I believe that minimum wage should also equal a "Living Wage". Living Wage, based on one employee working 40 hours, should allow enough to cover rent, utilities, transportation, health care expenses, food, clothing AND a reasonable amount of finances left over for socializing & fun...for an entire family of FOUR!
I believe the elderly should be able to afford their prescriptions and kids being able to afford to go to the doctor when they are sick.
I believe it is your doctor's decision in determining which course of treatment to give you and not what your HMO says.
I believe that all employers should be required to offer health insurance... regardless of the employee's part-time/full-time status... valid from the date of hire.
I believe that the death penalty is for WUSSES. Why do we sterilize the needle and gently put to death someone who maliciously and violently killed someone else?
I believe in 'Do unto others' and 'Eye For An Eye'. I believe in the re-instatement of public hangings.
I believe in the right to bear arms and defend and protect myself and my family and my personal property.
I believe that if you are diagnosed with a terminal illness that you have the right to ask the doctor to help you end your suffering without any legal ramifications for either party.
I believe that GOD himself gave us the mental capacity and the ability to learn about ourselves and our environment and our bodies. I believe in medical research and medical treatments, including stem-cell research and abortion. People who refuse medical treatment for religious reasons tick me off.
I believe that the biggest problem over the past 6 years with the libertarian, green party, socialist, independents and democrats is... that too many of us have been too "ChickenShit" to stand up for what we believe and speak out against the corruption of the current administration for fear of being labeled "unpatriotic" or "unAmerican." Most of us have forgotten that it is not only our right, but our JOB to question our leaders.
AND... I believe that politics and religion have absolutely nothing to do with each other.
I'm sick and tired of being told that Christians have to be Republicans when nothing the republican party or this current administration has done in the past 6 years have exemplified Christian love and forgiveness and decency.
I am a Christian and I am NOT a Republican and I voice that to anyone and everyone who will listen.
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE?
Minimum Wage Versus Living Wage
According to Wiki, minimum wage is defined as "the minimum rate a worker can legally be paid (usually per hour) as opposed to wages that are determined by the forces of supply and demand in a free market. In most cases, the mimium wage acts as a price floor. Each country sets its own minimum wage laws and regulations, and many countries have no minimum wage." In Texas, along with three of the four contiguous states, all follow the federally mandated minimum wage of $5.15 an hour. This is by no means a living wage as the federal government originally designed this law to mandate. "Living wage refers to the hourly wage that one deems necessary for a person to achieve a basic standard of living. In the context of developed countries such as the United Kingdom or Switzerland, this standard is generally considered to require that a person working forty hours a week, with no additional income, should be able to afford housing, food, utilities, transport, health care and a certain amount of recreation. "
In America, there is no consideration for health care or recreation when calculating the minimum wage. Part of the government's claim is that the minimum wage was designed to help more people survive without the need for governmental assistance. This, as with most federal mandates, falls a day late and a few hundred dollars short. This minimum wage barely covers the cost for housing without utilities, transportation or food. A non-exempt worker in Texas, making $5.15 an hour, working full time (but usually sent home before they get a full 40 hours because their employer is scared of paying even a minute's worth of overtime), without taking a vacation can Gross about $10,650 dollars in one year. We, of course, will give the federal government its share of our money in taxes (relishing in the fact that we do not have to pay state taxes in Texas) which will lower our actual take home pay to approximately $9,052.50. In Dallas, Texas where the cost of living is considered "comfortable" at 17% below the national average, one will still find themselves handing over an average of $450 for a studio apartment. Now, let's do the math: $450 per month at 12 months per year comes to $5,400. Take that away from my so-called yearly living wage and I now have $3,652.50 left to pay for all my other expenses for the rest of the year.
Let's keep in mind that this minimum wage was also designed to support a family of four. Now my family of four people, living in my studio apartment, need to eat at least twice per day. The state of Texas uses approximately $122 dollars per month per person when allotting food stamps. $122 per person for 4 people per month for 12 months in a year totals about $5,856. That already has surpassed my total income from my minimum wage job.
Now, let's be a little optimistic, that since I have a family of four, let's assume that it includes at least one other wage earner who is also making minimum wage. Now our yearly income doubles to a gross income of $21,300 and a take home pay of approximately $18,105. Now we subtract our rent and food costs we are left with $6,849 left for the year. That may seem like a whole lot of money but now we need to figure in how we are going to get to work each day. Under a budget crunch, we will assume that my spouse's job and my job have similar schedules that allow us to share one vehicle to get the kids to school and us to work. In an article about the cost of owning a car, financial correspondent, Dan Carter, states that the average American will spend approximately $7,000 a year on a vehicle, including unexpected repairs, maintenance, insurance and nearly $1,000 a year on just gasoline. What? We are out of money again? That can't be! The government is supposed to set the minimum wage where we can live without governmental assistance. Oh! Wait, it's still the first part of the year and our income tax refund came in the mail today. We had paid $2,185 in taxes and with our two kids (and that wonderful Earned Income Tax Credit) we will get all of that back. What is our balance now? $2,034.
Has anyone noticed that although we have a roof over our heads, food on the table and dependable transportation, we don't have any electricity or water with which to cook said food or to bathe said kids? Guess what! We have to pay for that too. According to the formula the state of Texas uses to determine food stamp eligibility, they average $120 per month for electricity, $50 for water and $30 for gas (for cooking and heating.) Utilities are going to run us about $200 a month, which quickly adds up to $2,400 a year. That comfortable $2,034 we thought we had is now gone and we are about $34 short from being able to pay our utility bill for November, and I guess we just wont have water or electricity in December, besides it doesn't get that cold in Texas, does it?
Health Insurance? Nah, we just pray none of us get sick. Recreation? We let the kids play with the stray cats who live in the parking lot of our studio apartment. School supplies? Well, our kids are still in day care so hopefully one of us will get a raise or the government will raise the minimum wage before they get old enough to go to school. Ooops, did I say day care? Oh, we can't afford day care, the kids have to stay with grandma at her assisted living facility while we are at work. It works out pretty good, they get recreation attempting to push grandma around in her wheelchair and they have learned to play dominoes, which is a dying art.
To be fair, let's look at the other side of this issue, the businesses that would have to pay if the federal minimum wage was raised. In the spectrum of the hospitality, restaurant and food service industry, an increased labor cost could potentially be not only detrimental but deadly. As we pay our workers more our profits go down. Of course, those holding stock in our company will be shaking their silver spoons in the air demanding that we either lower the quality and/or quantity of our food or raise our prices to compensate.
It's Noon on a Friday afternoon and only three patrons in our restaurant? Where is everybody? Oh, you mean they quit coming because I raised my prices, or because I started using frozen green beans instead of fresh? Guess I will have to just send a couple of waitresses home instead of having them just stand around. Oh Lord, now I have to listen to the peanut-gallery, some of my kitchen staff are complaining that I'm sending them home early because they were only scheduled 39 hours to begin with. I will definitely have a talk with management about laying off some more of our least productive employees so that our hardest workers can still get their 40 hours per week. You know, curtail redundancies in the workplace. Phone call, it's the Unemployment Office; we didn't pay enough unemployment insurance taxes last month? How could that be, we paid what we always have. I guess I didn't realize that I had to pay more when I started laying off employees who wanted to collect on their unemployment benefits.
Well, at least I can take advantage of the fact that our industry has a massive lobby when it comes to laws and I only have to pay my tipped employees $2.13 an hour (or half of the previous minimum wage). There is always an exception to the rule when the government is concerned. They can raise the minimum wage as much as they want but the tipped minimum will stay at $2.13, or at least it did in 1996 and 1997 when they gradually moved the minimum wage from $4.25 to $5.15 an hour.
I'm sorry I have to answer the phone again, I'll be right back.
"Hello? What do you mean the hospital; what do you mean a heart attack? Uh, no we don't have insurance? What do you mean he can't work for three weeks? He hasn't taken a vacation in 3 years. What do you mean that's the problem? The government is supposed to make it where we can survive on minimum wage. Well, hold on a second I have another call coming in.""Ok I'm back, my grandma's dead and I have to go pick up the kids before I can come to the hospital. What do you mean I can't bring my kids to the hospital?"
Back. Now where was I? Oh yeah, the government says that the minimum wage is a guideline for a living wage for non-exempt workers. Well, it looks like it's not a living wage to me.
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September 14, 2006
Happy Birthday Daddy!
I wish I was there to eat cake with you tonight! Have a wonderful day. I love you more than you will ever know.
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Ann Richards on How to Be a Good Republican:
*Stolen With Permission from Rosie O'Donnell's Blog
1. You have to believe that the nation's current 8-year prosperity was due to the work of Ronald Reagan and George Bush, but yesterday's gasoline prices are all Clinton's fault.
2. You have to believe that those privileged from birth achieve success all on their own.
3. You have to be against all government programs, but expect Social Security checks on time.
4. You have to believe that AIDS victims deserve their disease, but smokers with lung cancer and overweight individuals with heart disease don't deserve theirs.
5. You have to appreciate the power rush that comes with sporting a gun.
6. You have to believe... everything Rush Limbaugh says.
7. You have to believe that the agricultural, restaurant, housing and hotel industries can survive without immigrant labor.
8. You have to believe God hates homosexuality, but loves the death penalty.
9. You have to believe society is color-blind and growing up black in America doesn't diminish your opportunities, but you still won't vote for Alan Keyes.
10. You have to believe that pollution is OK as long as it makes a profit.
11. You have to believe in prayer in schools, as long as you don't pray to Allah or Buddha.
12. You have to believe Newt Gingrich and Henry Hyde were really faithful husbands.
13. You have to believe speaking a few Spanish phrases makes you instantly popular in the barrio.
14. You have to believe that only your own teenagers are still virgins.
15. You have to be against government interference in business, until your oil company, corporation or Savings and Loan is about to go broke and you beg for a government bail out.
16. You love Jesus and Jesus loves you and, by the way, Jesus shares your hatred for AIDS victims, homosexuals, and President Clinton.
17. You have to believe government has nothing to do with providing police protection, national defense, and building roads.
18. You have to believe a poor, minority student with a disciplinary history and failing grades will be admitted into an elite private school with a $1,000 voucher.
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As Seen On TV
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September 13, 2006
RIP
Wednesday night, September 13th, Texas lost a great citizen. Ann Richards, former Governor, passed away after a battle with esophageal cancer. She was also a fellow Baylor University Alumni.
I will never forget my freshman year at Baylor. I was enrolled in Chapel during the midst of election season 1992. Shrub and Ann Richards both made appearances during Chapel. Shrub turned it into a campaign stop... promising all the crap he wasn't going to do as governor (or President). Ann Richards spent her hour reminiscing about her days at Baylor... as a "Fortunate" girlfriend of the infamous NoZeBrothers.
She was smart and quick witted. She will be forever remembered for saying that "Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, 'only backwards and in high heels.'" And we realize that when she said "Poor George, he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.".. she didn't realize it but she was probably talking about both the Monkey's Father and Shrub.
Before Ann, politics in Texas had been a stuffy smoke filled room of fat old white guys. She brought in women and minorities. She knew Texas needed a woman's touch and she touched our hearts in many ways.
She was a great lady and a great politican... who followed thru with what she promised. What a concept. Rest In Peace Ann.
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September 12, 2006
Do They Sell That At Target?
Photo Sharing - Upload Video - Video Sharing
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September 10, 2006
My Friend Called In Tears Yesterday
My friend LM called yesterday. She was upset. She said I needed to talk to her 2 yr old yorkie, Basil.
I said, um, ok, why?
Because I think he's a Republican.
Um, ok. Why do you think that?
Because everytime the Shrub comes on TV he stops what he is doing and watches it and when I tell him that Shrub is a bad man he just stares at me.
So... she called Basil to the phone. Basil resisted getting on the phone with AuntAimee. She kept telling him... "Basil, this is not the sex talk.. it's much more important."
When Basil got on the phone I told him that TheShrub was the Anti-Christ, that he was taking us all to hell... and that they eat Dogs in Hell.
Hopefully we have averted a disaster in little Basil's life. We just can't have republican dogs. I'm going to order this t-shirt for Basil.
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Bright Blue Dot
After a little websurfing this morning, I found this bumper sticker. I have been looking for years for just the perfect sticker to put on my car. And since election season is upon us, I think I have found it.
If you are a Bright Blue Dot in a Red State... check out this website and join me in asking...
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September 09, 2006
FINALLY!
After 29 days and two trips to my storage shed today... I finally have all the boxes out of my new apartment. My big pictures and prints aren't hung up on the wall yet, the mirror for my dresser needs to be attached and I need a curtain rod for the bedroom, but basically everything else is put up and organized.
Instead of a room full of boxes, it finally feels like home.
The view of the living room from the bedroom.
The flowers from my birthday that I need to dry out and buy some new ones for the kitchen table.
My new olive burner covers... No more Teddybears!
The door to the laundry room.. a room I dread working in.
My stand mixer and my pasta & olive oil set. I can't wait to have an occasion to use all my stuff that has been in storage for months.
Bed & Bath Pictures To Follow.
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September 07, 2006
Sleep Deprivation Function
I think I found a new equation. It's the sleep deprivation function.
(a).The function is concave up meaning that sleep deprivation is increasing. Because the graph is concave up, the second derivative is positive and thus the rate that one is continually deprived of sleep is also increasing. Given this information, what is the limit of a student's body, mind and soul as h approaches a calculus exam? Also, is the equation differentiable everwhere, meaning that no matter what a student does he/she is continually being deprived of sleep at an increasing rate?
(b). If a student were to eat a cold yam that had been removed from an oven held at a constant temperature, what impact would this have on the sleep deprivation function in (a)? Approximately how long until the rate of sleep deprivation levels off and the student decides to assassinate the teacher with the yam.
Be sure to SHOW YOUR WORK! Demonstrating that you have more knowledge of your graphing calculator than the entire math department combined WILL NOT give you one iota of credit on this problem. Using rules that allow easier computation of the above functions (ie. chain rule, power rule) will automatically result in a grade of zero. If you don't like this policy, take Calculus I over again like everyone else in your class.
* I didn't write this. An old friend from Baylor sent it to me back in 1997 while he was taking Calculus. I knew it would come in handy someday.
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I Used To Think
That you had a to be a special kinda stupid to "forget" to eat lunch, or any other meal for that matter. Then someone quit at work and I haven't had time to eat lunch in 8 weeks. Then I started school two nights a week which meant I was driving thru some fast-food establishment or cooking dinner at 930pm.
I've had to start getting a little more adventuresome when it came to the Frozen Dinner aisle at the grocery store.
Monday night, after driving back to Dallas, going to the doctor, going to work all day, then going to class... I was faced with the reality that I was also going to have to go grocery shopping before I could go home. I walked up and down every aisle of Tom Thumb, looking for quick fix meals for lunch & for dinners on the nights I have class.
I had heard that their soups were good, so that is what I am planning for dinner tonight after class. But my best discovery was when I made it down the boxed food aisle.
Hamburger Helper now has Microwave Singles!!!
I can walk to our break room, pour 3/4 cup of water in a bowl with one of these packs, and stick it in the microwave for 6 minutes and go back to work. Then when I go back, I put the contents of one of those cute little pop-top cans of veggies in a bowl and nuke that for about a minute.
HOT Lunch and I didn't even have to leave the office. YUMMO!
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My Resume
1. My first job was working in an Orange Juice factory, but I got canned. I couldn't concentrate.
2. Then I worked in the woods as a Lumberjack, but I just couldn't hack it, so they gave me the axe.
3. After that, I tried to be a Tailor, but I just wasn't suited for it - mainly because it was a sew-sew job.
4. Next, I tried working in a Muffler Factory, but that was too exhausting.
5. Then, I tried to be a Chef - figured it would add a little spice to my life, but I just didn't have the thyme.
6. I attempted to be a Deli Worker, but any way I sliced it I couldn't cut the mustard.
7. My best job was a Musician, but eventually I found I wasn't noteworthy.
8. I studied a long time to become a Doctor, but I didn't have any patience.
9. Next, was a job in a Shoe Factory. I tried but I just didn't fit in.
10. I became a Professional Fisherman, but discovered that I couldn't live on my net income.
11. I managed to get a good job working for a Pool Maintenance Company, but the work was just too draining.
12. So then I got a job in a Workout Center, but they said I wasn't fit for the job.
13. After many years of trying to find steady work, I finally got a job as a Historian - until I realized there was no future in it.
14. My last job was working in Starbucks, but I had to quit because it was always the same old grind.
15. SO, I TRIED RETIREMENT AND FOUND THAT I'M PERFECT FOR THE JOB!
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Beta
For the past 9 months I have had a small little smile creep across my face when I hear my fellow Bloggers Bitching about BLOGGER. Since I moved to my own domain in December of last year, I haven't had any problems with uploading pictures or losing posts or anything like that.
I had been completely unaffected by Blogger's incompetencies until they started this Beta crap. I can't comment using my old Blogger login and password. When I got to Kami's website last night, I realized that I was going to have to upgrade my old non-existant blog to Beta if I wanted to comment. So I did it. I commented. All is well? Um, no.
Then I went to FootballWidow's to tell her HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! and now I couldn't leave her a comment because she hasn't upgraded to Beta yet. Now I'm going to have to sign up for another account just so I can comment on everyone's accounts until everyone gets upgraded.
UGH. Blogger Sucks.
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September 06, 2006
I Know I Said I Don't Care
About fashion that is. Since Kami, the Queen of Fashion, said that I was not allowed to wear leg warmers even while sitting at my desk, I guess I will just stick to my quilt and space heater.
Well, last Saturday night when I finally made it to Houston for the first time in 6 months, my best friend and I hit the town with Kelly and Fran. We had a wonderful dinner at Carrabba's and then we went Bowling.
After three games of bowling, we were not only broke (Hello!?! $73.00 for 4 people to bowl 3 games? and one person didn't even bowl the first two games), we were worn out. My middle finger still hurts from getting stuck after picking up the ball with the smaller holes.
So, we headed over to a PUB, where I taught Kelly, Fran & LadyFonseca the art of FUG watching. Here are our finds:
Nice Underwear Dude! And, I know that flip flops are all the rage, but there is a difference between flip flops and "shower shoes." Those are definitely shower shoes.
The more he drank, the more underwear we got to see.
Then came the "GamingCouple." Here is a couple who came up to a bar on a Saturday night for one purpose. To play a GOLF Video Game! They came prepared, with a lot of quarters... in her Fanny Pack.
When it came time to leave I was going to try to take a picture of the four of us, but unlike Marit, I have not mastered the art of SelfPortraits. Behind us walked two girls and one offered to take our picture.
I'm surprised she actually got all four of us into the picture considering she was so incredibly intoxicated that she was leaning up against my car to keep her balance while she took the picture. And then she walked over to her car and got in the drivers side. Um...That's so wrong.
We are apparently getting old because after one night of bowling and FUG watching, we had to take a Pajama day and not even leave the house on Sunday.
Monday, I drove half way back to big-hair land and then I drove the rest of the way Tuesday morning. I had originally planned on driving the entire way back Monday evening, but I got stuck in some traffic.
While sitting here waiting to clean up the hay that was all over the road, I rolled down the windows and totally enjoyed the cold front that was blowing into Texas. Unfortunately, sitting in this traffic also ruined any chance of my getting back to Dallas before the rain and thunderstorms hit.
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I Don't Have Kids
But if I did... I would be buying this book.
Posted by FutureFoodTVStar at 02:31 PM | Comments (2)
I Don't Care About Fashion
If I had a pair of these, I'd totally be wearing them right now...
Because it is that FREAKING FREEZING in my office.
Posted by FutureFoodTVStar at 01:02 PM | Comments (2)
Circle Flies
A cowboy from Texas gets pulled over by an Arizona DPS Trooper for speeding. The trooper started to lecture the cowboy about his speeding, and in general began to throw his weight around to try to make the cowboy feel uncomfortable.
Finally, the trooper got around to writing out the ticket. As he was doing that, he kept swatting at some flies that were buzzing around his head.
The cowboy sez, "Y'all havin' some problem with them circle flies?"
The trooper stopped writing the ticket and said, "Well yeah, if that's what they're called. But I never heard of no circle flies."
"Well, sir," the cowboy replies, "circle flies hang around ranches. They're called circle flies because they're almost always found circling around the back end of a horse."
The trooper says, "Oh," and goes back to writing the ticket.
But, a moment later he stops and says, "Are you callin' me a horse's ass?"
"No, sir," the cowboy replies, "I have too much respect for law enforcement to call y'all a horse's ass."
"That's a good thing," the trooper says and goes back to writing the ticket.
After a long pause, the cowboy, in his best Texas drawl says, "Hard to fool them flies though".
Posted by FutureFoodTVStar at 10:07 AM | Comments (0)
September 03, 2006
Open Letters
To The Men Who Drive On I75 Between McKinney And "Well, I'll Be A Monkey's Father" Parkway Between 8am And 9am:
Just because one lane of traffic moves up two car lengths, that doesn't mean you have to change lanes, because if you had a brain you would realize that you will be changing back into the other lane in about 2 minutes and you know where you will be? One car behind me instead of one car in front of me.
PICK A DAMN LANE AND STAY THERE. Idiots like you are the reason traffic is so bad.
To The Men Driving On I35 Between Farmers Branch And Waco On Friday Night:
Quit driving like a man. Can you not see that you are gaining on that slower moving vehicle in front of you? Can you not have enough forethought to maybe think about changing lanes and know what is in the other lane behind and beside you? Can you not wait until you are on the aforementioned slow moving vehicle's ASS before you slam on your brakes and think to yourself, "Oh Shit, I need over" and then attempt to change lanes without even looking - right on top of me and the 14 other women drivers who changed lanes (because we noticed that we were gaining on the slow car & you) three miles back.
To The HUMMER Driving On I35 Between Hillsboro And Waco On Friday Night:
It is considered bad form to allow your 9 year old stand up in your car with their head and torso out the sunroof for the entire 30 mile stretch, even if we weren't going any faster than 10mph. If you ended up in a wreck your child would have been killed. I should have called Child Protective Services on your ass, but they wouldn't have been able to get on the freeway to get near you for all the other cars just sitting there.
To *Little Miss Personality* At The Shoe/Ball Counter At The Bowling Alley Saturday Night:
I know that you were intimidated by three beautiful and stong willed 32 year old women who decided to go bowling last night, but handing each of us 8 pound balls before we could even say what size we wanted, is not the best way to go. Did you notice that we brought them back and exchanged them for 10 pounders? Um, of course not. You'd actually have to be observant for that.
To My Newest Four-Legged Nephew:
You have no clue to the strength of your puppy nibbles. Please stop hurting your mama. You can nibble on me all you want, my arms and hands are so numb, I can't feel it anyway.
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More To Come
Posted by FutureFoodTVStar at 09:45 AM | Comments (2)
September 01, 2006
Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey
Goodbye.
I am going HOME for the weekend. I haven't been to the Bayou City in months and it's driving me crazy. I want to go home. I still want to move home. But until then, I'll just have to figure out how to go on the weekends more often.
I'm told there is a Girlz Night Out planned tomorrow night. Pictures to follow.
Posted by FutureFoodTVStar at 03:36 PM | Comments (0)
