A bit out of date but still relevant.
John Madden is retiring
Finally!
His blather has ruined many a football game for me. The second worst part of this year’s Super Bowl was Madden’s endless talking. He goes on and on in that horrible whiney voice. (The worst part was the singing of the National Anthem. See here.)
The only way I could listen to him was to imagine he was dong color for a pron flick. Then it was funny.
“And he’s run around the back side and is pounding it up the middle!”
OOOH, baby!
LOL
I have been afraid that they would partner him with one the ex-quarterbacks. Then no one would know what was going on. Phil and Troy were good quarterbacks in their day but they mostly are the worst part of their respective talking-head teams.
I tell Phil Simms to shut up several times a game. He also has a tendency to go on and on pointlessly. Maybe he’s been styling himself after Madden and will now stop and thus improve. I hope so, anyway.
They've replaced him with Chris Collingsworth, who apparently hates the Colts. He never has a good word to say about anything they do and is definitely a charter member of the "Tom Terrific Team of Saint Brady". I'm sure I'll get sick of that this season.
We will just have to see how it goes!!
Friday, May 01, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Why We're Screwed
I know why this country is broke and going down the tubes.
Because people like my exhusband, who has never paid his taxes that he has owed from back in the 1980s, is getting a tax refund this year. Thanks to the 3-year statute of limitations on back taxes and the Earned Income Tax Credit, this man, who has never paid into the system the entire 18 years I've know him, is getting a check from the government!
Unfortunately for him (he tends to spend the check monies before he actually had the check inhand!), The State of Ohio has seized his refund for some back child support they think he owes me. We setteled that debt, for over $8,000 less that he really owed me (part of something is better than all of nothing), so Ohio still thinks I am due money from him and seized not only this year's refund but his stimulous check last year as well.
He called me all upset. He was sure I had done this to him ON PURPOSE!!!! And he was going to GET ME FOR IT!!!
AFter I calmed him down, I suggested that since he was the attorney (yes, really), maybe he should be the one to notify Cuyahoga County of their error. In the meantime, I got a money order for his money and sent it to him. He tried to give me a time frame in which to accomplish this but I did it at my own convenience. Quite frankly, I don't care when his rent is due. Not My Problem Anymore!!
This time, I'm taking out the cost of the money order and my gas to go get it. I'm through doing this man favors!!
He owed me $40,000 in unpaid child support and got our younger daughter emacipated behind my back. She was due child support, according to Indiana law, until she graduated from college. He snuck into Ohio court and got her emancipated under Ohio law behind our backs. He has not, to my knowledge, contributed anything to her college expenses. Not one thin dime. I gave her a big chunk of the back child support to help but she's still in school. And on the Dean's list, too!! She's doing quite well without him.
If a non-productive asshole like my exhusband can get a government check, we're really in trouble!!
Because people like my exhusband, who has never paid his taxes that he has owed from back in the 1980s, is getting a tax refund this year. Thanks to the 3-year statute of limitations on back taxes and the Earned Income Tax Credit, this man, who has never paid into the system the entire 18 years I've know him, is getting a check from the government!
Unfortunately for him (he tends to spend the check monies before he actually had the check inhand!), The State of Ohio has seized his refund for some back child support they think he owes me. We setteled that debt, for over $8,000 less that he really owed me (part of something is better than all of nothing), so Ohio still thinks I am due money from him and seized not only this year's refund but his stimulous check last year as well.
He called me all upset. He was sure I had done this to him ON PURPOSE!!!! And he was going to GET ME FOR IT!!!
AFter I calmed him down, I suggested that since he was the attorney (yes, really), maybe he should be the one to notify Cuyahoga County of their error. In the meantime, I got a money order for his money and sent it to him. He tried to give me a time frame in which to accomplish this but I did it at my own convenience. Quite frankly, I don't care when his rent is due. Not My Problem Anymore!!
This time, I'm taking out the cost of the money order and my gas to go get it. I'm through doing this man favors!!
He owed me $40,000 in unpaid child support and got our younger daughter emacipated behind my back. She was due child support, according to Indiana law, until she graduated from college. He snuck into Ohio court and got her emancipated under Ohio law behind our backs. He has not, to my knowledge, contributed anything to her college expenses. Not one thin dime. I gave her a big chunk of the back child support to help but she's still in school. And on the Dean's list, too!! She's doing quite well without him.
If a non-productive asshole like my exhusband can get a government check, we're really in trouble!!
Friday, April 10, 2009
Gee, getting that ole Deja Vu feeling, yet?
You morons! You let the media bamboozel you into electing an empty suit that reads Teleprompters well as President.
Low and behold: Americans Held Hostage, Part Deaux!!
The last time Americans were held Hostage, a Democrat was President!! Jimmeh and the Iranians.
We've been down this road before.
I hope that poor ship's captain isn't held until we can elect a Republican to deal with the pirates!
Hey, Obama: Send the Marines!!
"From the Halls of Montezuma
to the shores of Tripoli,
We will fight this country's battles
in the air, on land and sea!"
That second line refers to the first time we fought these bastards. We won that time, because we fought them. Now that we have our "Compromiser in Chief" at the helm, those pirates feel safe to attack us. They know Obama would never risk world opinion by fighting back.
Send the Marines! Defend our country and its' citizens!!
IT'S YOUR JOB!!
Dumbass.
Low and behold: Americans Held Hostage, Part Deaux!!
The last time Americans were held Hostage, a Democrat was President!! Jimmeh and the Iranians.
We've been down this road before.
I hope that poor ship's captain isn't held until we can elect a Republican to deal with the pirates!
Hey, Obama: Send the Marines!!
"From the Halls of Montezuma
to the shores of Tripoli,
We will fight this country's battles
in the air, on land and sea!"
That second line refers to the first time we fought these bastards. We won that time, because we fought them. Now that we have our "Compromiser in Chief" at the helm, those pirates feel safe to attack us. They know Obama would never risk world opinion by fighting back.
Send the Marines! Defend our country and its' citizens!!
IT'S YOUR JOB!!
Dumbass.
Ha!
Just saw a commercial for Botox: Freedom of Expression.
And I thought the whole point of Botox was no expression!!
And I thought the whole point of Botox was no expression!!
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Dinner!
First dinner with the new toy!!
Chicken
Red bell peppers
Onion
Garlic
Lemon juice
White wine
Chicken broth
Tarragon
Salt and fresh ground pepper
All over rice cooked in chicken broth.
Yum! Yum!!
(Recipe available, drop me an email if desired.)
Chicken
Red bell peppers
Onion
Garlic
Lemon juice
White wine
Chicken broth
Tarragon
Salt and fresh ground pepper
All over rice cooked in chicken broth.
Yum! Yum!!
(Recipe available, drop me an email if desired.)
I have a new toy!
My SO bought me a mandoline! We even found it at KitchenAid in red!
Yeah, we like bright red kitchen gadgets! The whole kitchen is ivory colored and kinda bland but we might be going a little too far. Thus far he’s bought me:
KitchenAid Mixer with attachments
4-slice toaster
Slap-chopper (not the one from the Informercial, a KitchenAid!)
An immersion blender with whisk and chopper attachments. I use these the most.
A Cuisinart coffee maker in the same color
A Keurig coffee make in almost the same color (it’s a little darker red)
A pump soap dispenser for the sink
A tea kettle
Various cooking spatulas and spoons
Silicone bakeware
A food processor
Quite a collection! When we decide we want a new kitchen gadget, we first go to KitchenAid online to see if they offer it in the red. If not, we mostly shop for price.
I’ll be slicing and dicing tonight!!
Yeah, we like bright red kitchen gadgets! The whole kitchen is ivory colored and kinda bland but we might be going a little too far. Thus far he’s bought me:
KitchenAid Mixer with attachments
4-slice toaster
Slap-chopper (not the one from the Informercial, a KitchenAid!)
An immersion blender with whisk and chopper attachments. I use these the most.
A Cuisinart coffee maker in the same color
A Keurig coffee make in almost the same color (it’s a little darker red)
A pump soap dispenser for the sink
A tea kettle
Various cooking spatulas and spoons
Silicone bakeware
A food processor
Quite a collection! When we decide we want a new kitchen gadget, we first go to KitchenAid online to see if they offer it in the red. If not, we mostly shop for price.
I’ll be slicing and dicing tonight!!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Kitties
Well, I can’t seem to lose any weight but I seem to be able to help my kitties to do so. Klein, who used to look like a fat, little dog, has slimmed down so much he looks like a cat again! Cookie is looking better, too.
Before:
My curiosity got the better of me so I decided to weigh everybody this morning. I weighed myself (ugh!) and then picked them up, one by one, and reweighed the two of us.
Klein, who was 15.9 lbs, is now 12.6 lbs!! He’s lost 3.2 lbs or 20% of his body weight!! Cookie, who was 12 lbs, is now 10.2 lbs. Almost 2 lbs down for her. Garfield, however, is going in the wrong direction. He’s gained a pound and is up to 15 lbs from a previous 14 lbs.
After:
They’re all still too fat but looking batter these days. Since Klein’s lost so much weight, I should probably take him to the vet just make sure that nothing else is wrong.
Update: Klein has a vet appointment for Friday. He's been coughing. Not a good thing in cats!!
They’re on a very expensive kibble. Cookie is allergic to corn. According to the label, they should get 1 cup of it per day per cat. Since I supplement with canned cat food in the evenings, they would probably be supposed to get half that much kibble. Because they are all so fat, I give them only a heaping 2/3 cup of kibble in the morning. And their evening ‘stinky stuff’.
The trade-off of all this is that they are hungry and as a consequence, get in trouble overnight. We have to make sure the butter dish is not on the table as Klein will get up there and push it off onto the floor. We’ve gone through 3 glass butter dishes before we bought stainless steel ones. They’re ugly but unbreakable.
Garfield is the only one who knows he can get up on the counter. He doesn’t do so very often. The other two will probably figure it out soon as they get used to weighing less. I may have to get some kitty hissers, www.ssscat.com, in that event. We may get some for the table in any event.
Now, all I need is someone to come in and do the equivalent to me!
Before:
My curiosity got the better of me so I decided to weigh everybody this morning. I weighed myself (ugh!) and then picked them up, one by one, and reweighed the two of us.
Klein, who was 15.9 lbs, is now 12.6 lbs!! He’s lost 3.2 lbs or 20% of his body weight!! Cookie, who was 12 lbs, is now 10.2 lbs. Almost 2 lbs down for her. Garfield, however, is going in the wrong direction. He’s gained a pound and is up to 15 lbs from a previous 14 lbs.
After:
They’re all still too fat but looking batter these days. Since Klein’s lost so much weight, I should probably take him to the vet just make sure that nothing else is wrong.
Update: Klein has a vet appointment for Friday. He's been coughing. Not a good thing in cats!!
They’re on a very expensive kibble. Cookie is allergic to corn. According to the label, they should get 1 cup of it per day per cat. Since I supplement with canned cat food in the evenings, they would probably be supposed to get half that much kibble. Because they are all so fat, I give them only a heaping 2/3 cup of kibble in the morning. And their evening ‘stinky stuff’.
The trade-off of all this is that they are hungry and as a consequence, get in trouble overnight. We have to make sure the butter dish is not on the table as Klein will get up there and push it off onto the floor. We’ve gone through 3 glass butter dishes before we bought stainless steel ones. They’re ugly but unbreakable.
Garfield is the only one who knows he can get up on the counter. He doesn’t do so very often. The other two will probably figure it out soon as they get used to weighing less. I may have to get some kitty hissers, www.ssscat.com, in that event. We may get some for the table in any event.
Now, all I need is someone to come in and do the equivalent to me!
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Honesty and a Hoax
Well, I guess there is one honest person in Cleveland besides me and my family.
My SO accidentally left his wallet in our local Marc's store. It's a deep-discount store frequently mostly by the elderly and the poor. My SO likes their pop prices.
He realized he didn't have his wallet and, after a frantic search of the house and car, called Marc's. Someone had turned it in and they had it! Yay!
He went over there and retrieved it. Not only were all his credit cards still there but so was all his cash!!
So, thanks to the anonymous Good Person who turned it in!!
Also, this evening is Earth Hour. Yet another stunt being foisted on us by the Global Warming crowd.
Global Warming is a HOAX!!! Scientists cannot accurately tell us what the weather is going to be next Wednesday and yet they can be believed when they try to tell us what it will be in 100 years?? No way!!
I posted extensively
here. I stand by that post.
Right now, I've got every light in the house on. It's very bright! Maybe I'll be able to pick out my house in the satellite pix the Hoaxers will be showing tomorrow!!
I'll go back to regular illumination levels at 9:30PM. Seems kinda dark out there right now.
My SO accidentally left his wallet in our local Marc's store. It's a deep-discount store frequently mostly by the elderly and the poor. My SO likes their pop prices.
He realized he didn't have his wallet and, after a frantic search of the house and car, called Marc's. Someone had turned it in and they had it! Yay!
He went over there and retrieved it. Not only were all his credit cards still there but so was all his cash!!
So, thanks to the anonymous Good Person who turned it in!!
Also, this evening is Earth Hour. Yet another stunt being foisted on us by the Global Warming crowd.
Global Warming is a HOAX!!! Scientists cannot accurately tell us what the weather is going to be next Wednesday and yet they can be believed when they try to tell us what it will be in 100 years?? No way!!
I posted extensively
here. I stand by that post.
Right now, I've got every light in the house on. It's very bright! Maybe I'll be able to pick out my house in the satellite pix the Hoaxers will be showing tomorrow!!
I'll go back to regular illumination levels at 9:30PM. Seems kinda dark out there right now.
Thursday, March 05, 2009
The Limbaugh Challenge
Rush has challenged Obama to a debate! No Teleprompters, no note cards, just debating the issues.
He has even offered to pay all Obama’s expenses to get him to Florida and back and while he is there. The Taxpayers wouldn’t be out one dime.
He is completely serious. The Left has said he is the ‘Head of the Republican Party’ so he says “I’ll debate the head of the Democrats on the issues!”
This would be a blood bath!! Rush makes his living talking extemporaneously on the issues and Obama can’t recite the alphabet without a Teleprompter! Rush will have him for dinner!!
Sorta like Mohammed Ali taking on Barney Fife:
(Apologies to Don Knotts.) Great visual, though!! LOL!!
C’mon, Obama, put your mouth where your money is!!
He has even offered to pay all Obama’s expenses to get him to Florida and back and while he is there. The Taxpayers wouldn’t be out one dime.
He is completely serious. The Left has said he is the ‘Head of the Republican Party’ so he says “I’ll debate the head of the Democrats on the issues!”
This would be a blood bath!! Rush makes his living talking extemporaneously on the issues and Obama can’t recite the alphabet without a Teleprompter! Rush will have him for dinner!!
Sorta like Mohammed Ali taking on Barney Fife:
(Apologies to Don Knotts.) Great visual, though!! LOL!!
C’mon, Obama, put your mouth where your money is!!
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Joke
My newest favorite joke:
What is the difference between Jesus and Obama??
Jesus could assemble a cabinet.
LOL!!!
What is the difference between Jesus and Obama??
Jesus could assemble a cabinet.
LOL!!!
Sunday, March 01, 2009
LOL
Women have finally achieved parity with men in an important arena:
There are now 5-blade razors for women!!
ROFLASTC
(Rolling on the Floor Laughing and Scaring the Cat)
Can vibrating ones be far behind???
There are now 5-blade razors for women!!
ROFLASTC
(Rolling on the Floor Laughing and Scaring the Cat)
Can vibrating ones be far behind???
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
TV Drugs
I have the same response to all miracle weight loss drugs and pills that claim to “enhance” men:
If such a thing actually worked, it would be owned by a major pharmaceutical company and you’d need a doctor’s prescription to get it.
This also applies to anything except Rogain that claims to grow hair.
If any of these miracle drugs actually worked, Merck or Pfizer would be making millions on it. There’s no way some nobody supplement company is selling anything that actually works. It’s got to be a waste of money. If it is real, it would have been long ago bought by Big Pharma.
And would have been subject to FDA approval. None of these preparations have had to prove to the FDA that they are safe or effective. Thus they are a huge risk. There’s no guarantee that these drugs won’t cause more problems than they claim to solve.
Save your money. None of this stuff works and may actually be detrimental to your health. Why risk it???
If such a thing actually worked, it would be owned by a major pharmaceutical company and you’d need a doctor’s prescription to get it.
This also applies to anything except Rogain that claims to grow hair.
If any of these miracle drugs actually worked, Merck or Pfizer would be making millions on it. There’s no way some nobody supplement company is selling anything that actually works. It’s got to be a waste of money. If it is real, it would have been long ago bought by Big Pharma.
And would have been subject to FDA approval. None of these preparations have had to prove to the FDA that they are safe or effective. Thus they are a huge risk. There’s no guarantee that these drugs won’t cause more problems than they claim to solve.
Save your money. None of this stuff works and may actually be detrimental to your health. Why risk it???
Monday, February 02, 2009
Superbowl Song Stylings
Well, that’s over for another year. No Manning boys in the Superbowl this year to give the game some interest and the damned Steelers won.
One highlight was the Cash4Gold commercial with MC Hammer and Ed McMahon. That was a stitch! Poor Ed misses his golden toilet!!
The lowest of the low was the singing of the National Anthem. This is our national song, people! Have some respect!
This has to be the most recognized song in America. We all know the tune and the words, unless it’s sung by some cretin who decides “to make the song their own.” What crap! Just sing the thing!! We want to sing along, too. However, if you mess around with the timing and tune so much as to make it unrecognizable, forget it. No one can even tell what song you’re attempting to sing.
The girl who sang it tonight, Jennifer Husdon, is overcoming some personal tragedies, I get that. Good for her. However, that does not give her license to butcher our national song! And she butchered it, right good! Completely changed the rhythm, pacing and notes of the song. I think she got the words correct, if I remember correctly. That would be the only way to tell what song she was singing. Without an announcer telling us what the song was, we would have never known! It was probably the worst performance of the National Anthem I have ever heard.
Who told her that was a good idea? You know she practiced it that way beforehand. No one goes out and sings a song on national TV in front of 100 million people cold. Who ever told her she should sing it that way is also an idiot. Most of us don’t like our national song treated like the latest hip-hop noise. She’s getting very bad advise from somebody who is doing her a grave disservice and deserves to be slapped.
SING THE SONG THE WAY IT’S WRITTEN! Save your ‘interpretations’ for a more frivolous occasion and more frivolous music!!!
Sunday, December 07, 2008
Pet Peeves
Driving edition.
I’m an Official Cripple; I have a State of Ohio issued Handicapped Parking tag. Am I the only one in America who has actually read the thing? Right at the top is says “Remove before driving.”
How many people have I seen driving down the road with this huge, blue blind spot in the middle of their vision? Hundreds if not thousands. Idiots! Take the damned thing down when you’re driving! You can’t see through it!!
I am also apparently the only one who reads No Turn on Red signs.
If the sign reads:
No Turn on Red
9:00AM – 3:00PM
School days
Would you be able to turn on red on Sunday afternoon?
I would think so.
This afternoon I got stuck behind some idiot who can’t read. Turning right, there’s the above sign. He just sat there. I blew my horn at him and he finally moved. Fortunately, he didn’t make my next left with me!
READ THE SIGNS!!! That’s what they are there for!
I’m an Official Cripple; I have a State of Ohio issued Handicapped Parking tag. Am I the only one in America who has actually read the thing? Right at the top is says “Remove before driving.”
How many people have I seen driving down the road with this huge, blue blind spot in the middle of their vision? Hundreds if not thousands. Idiots! Take the damned thing down when you’re driving! You can’t see through it!!
I am also apparently the only one who reads No Turn on Red signs.
If the sign reads:
No Turn on Red
9:00AM – 3:00PM
School days
Would you be able to turn on red on Sunday afternoon?
I would think so.
This afternoon I got stuck behind some idiot who can’t read. Turning right, there’s the above sign. He just sat there. I blew my horn at him and he finally moved. Fortunately, he didn’t make my next left with me!
READ THE SIGNS!!! That’s what they are there for!
Liberals and Nixon
Liberals, would you leave Nixon’s corpse alone?!?
There’s yet another ‘Nixon was such a monster’ movie coming out. Directed by Ron Howard.
Opie, I’m very disappointed in you!!
From the trailer: “Richard Nixon lied to the American people!”
So did Bill Clinton and I don’t see any ‘what a bad guy he is!’ type movies being made about him.
Clinton lied under oath; Nixon lied to reporters. As much as they would like us to believe to the contrary, that’s not quite the same thing!!!
Clinton didn’t have the grace or the dignity to resign when he was literally caught with his pants down. Nixon only sanctioned some political dirty tricks that Clinton far surpassed in his own quest to stay in power.
How many FBI files of the opposition were found in the private residence of the White House during Nixon’s time? None. You can’t say that about Clinton!!!
There’s yet another ‘Nixon was such a monster’ movie coming out. Directed by Ron Howard.
Opie, I’m very disappointed in you!!
From the trailer: “Richard Nixon lied to the American people!”
So did Bill Clinton and I don’t see any ‘what a bad guy he is!’ type movies being made about him.
Clinton lied under oath; Nixon lied to reporters. As much as they would like us to believe to the contrary, that’s not quite the same thing!!!
Clinton didn’t have the grace or the dignity to resign when he was literally caught with his pants down. Nixon only sanctioned some political dirty tricks that Clinton far surpassed in his own quest to stay in power.
How many FBI files of the opposition were found in the private residence of the White House during Nixon’s time? None. You can’t say that about Clinton!!!
Thursday, December 04, 2008
The Circle Constricts Again.
A gentleman named Dean Barnett wrote:
"As I grew sicker, I had what for me was an extremely comforting insight. I came to view serious and progressive illness as an ever-constricting circle with oneself at the center. The interior of the circle represents the contents of one’s life. As the circle gets smaller, things that were inside get forced out. Some of these things are dearly missed; others that were once thought precious get forced to the exterior and turn out to go surprisingly unlamented."
Dean had Cystic Fibrosis. It claimed his life on October 27, 2008
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2008/10/29/dean_barnett_41_conservative_blogger_writer_for_the_weekly_standard/
I wish I had discovered his blog earlier! Now there’s someone who has walked the walk!!
My circle just got smaller. I lost my job on November 19th. I’m really too sick to find another one much less to really work during the day. My job was mostly sitting around waiting for something to break so I could fix it. While waiting, I surfed the ‘Net. Got a lot of reading done but didn’t work very hard.
This was a good thing. Most days, I was too tired to really work anyway. My EF is around 20% but I’m still exhausted most of the time. And getting up at 6:30AM didn’t help at all!
So, I’ve applied for Disability. It could take 2 years or more for a final adjudication. In the meantime, my SO is going to have to kick in to support our household way beyond what he has been. Way more.
I’ve always been very independent. Asking for help, especially financial help is very hard for me to do. Now, that independence is gone.
I knew this would happen eventually. You can’t be this close to dying and still keep working full time like there’s nothing wrong.
At my last cardiologist appointment, he told me that my next hope for any improvement was a breakthrough in new technology. And with the Dimmocrates getting ready to ruin the health care industry, there’s not much hope of that any time soon. Take the profit motive away and innovation will dry up. Why spend all that money to invent something new when you will never see a return on your investment?
So, I guess I just keep going as long as I can.
That’s how I’ve gotten this far: just keep putting one foot in front of the other.
"As I grew sicker, I had what for me was an extremely comforting insight. I came to view serious and progressive illness as an ever-constricting circle with oneself at the center. The interior of the circle represents the contents of one’s life. As the circle gets smaller, things that were inside get forced out. Some of these things are dearly missed; others that were once thought precious get forced to the exterior and turn out to go surprisingly unlamented."
Dean had Cystic Fibrosis. It claimed his life on October 27, 2008
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2008/10/29/dean_barnett_41_conservative_blogger_writer_for_the_weekly_standard/
I wish I had discovered his blog earlier! Now there’s someone who has walked the walk!!
My circle just got smaller. I lost my job on November 19th. I’m really too sick to find another one much less to really work during the day. My job was mostly sitting around waiting for something to break so I could fix it. While waiting, I surfed the ‘Net. Got a lot of reading done but didn’t work very hard.
This was a good thing. Most days, I was too tired to really work anyway. My EF is around 20% but I’m still exhausted most of the time. And getting up at 6:30AM didn’t help at all!
So, I’ve applied for Disability. It could take 2 years or more for a final adjudication. In the meantime, my SO is going to have to kick in to support our household way beyond what he has been. Way more.
I’ve always been very independent. Asking for help, especially financial help is very hard for me to do. Now, that independence is gone.
I knew this would happen eventually. You can’t be this close to dying and still keep working full time like there’s nothing wrong.
At my last cardiologist appointment, he told me that my next hope for any improvement was a breakthrough in new technology. And with the Dimmocrates getting ready to ruin the health care industry, there’s not much hope of that any time soon. Take the profit motive away and innovation will dry up. Why spend all that money to invent something new when you will never see a return on your investment?
So, I guess I just keep going as long as I can.
That’s how I’ve gotten this far: just keep putting one foot in front of the other.
Sunday, November 09, 2008
Yes, You are a Socialist!!
Obama said in his infomercial: "Just because I want to spread the wealth around, they call me a socialist. The next thing you know, they will call me a communist because I shared my peanut butter sandwich in kindergarten!"
It's fine if you want to share YOUR sandwich, Senator Government, but when you insist that I share mine, that's Socialism!!!
And taking anything from someone and giving it to someone to whom it doesn't belong is STEALING!!! I really don't give a shit about your motivations. I earned it; it's mine. You have no right to it!!
So, not only are you a Socialist, but you are a THIEF as well!!!
According to my SO, the CPA, when ther Dhimmocrats let the Bush tax cuts expire, as they have said they will, the income for the 25% tax bracked returns to $42,000. Right now, the tax rate is 15%. Now, that's a 10% tax INCREASE anyway you cut it!! My taxes are going to go up by thousands of dollars!!
Just remember, "Evil Rich" starts at $42,000 per year income.
$42K. Yeah. That's real wealth!!
It's fine if you want to share YOUR sandwich, Senator Government, but when you insist that I share mine, that's Socialism!!!
And taking anything from someone and giving it to someone to whom it doesn't belong is STEALING!!! I really don't give a shit about your motivations. I earned it; it's mine. You have no right to it!!
So, not only are you a Socialist, but you are a THIEF as well!!!
According to my SO, the CPA, when ther Dhimmocrats let the Bush tax cuts expire, as they have said they will, the income for the 25% tax bracked returns to $42,000. Right now, the tax rate is 15%. Now, that's a 10% tax INCREASE anyway you cut it!! My taxes are going to go up by thousands of dollars!!
Just remember, "Evil Rich" starts at $42,000 per year income.
$42K. Yeah. That's real wealth!!
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Doctors!
I have a new physical problem.
It’s actually been building up for years. My right shoulder has gotten more and more painful over the past year or so. It’s ached with use or extension for years but in the past year, I’ve been almost unable to use my right arm. It hurts just typing this!
So, I went to an orthopedist. Since I cannot have an MRI due to my cardiac implant, having a torn rotator cuff is difficult to get a definitive diagnosis on. He wants to stick needles in there and see what happens.
Now, I ask you, is this any way to run a popsicle stand?!? You’re suggesting that I let you jam a steel spike into an already painful portion of my body just to see what you find?? And you can’t understand why I have a problem with that??
What are you, nuts?
I’m of the opinion that most doctors have forgotten what it’s like to be at the mercy of people who have none. Most people don’t like needles. Me, I’m terrified of them.
Now, imagine this. You’ve got a health problem. You go to the doctor for it. He suggests a therapy. That therapy happens to be the thing you are most afraid of in this life. Say you’re afraid of heights. So afraid you can’t ride in an elevator because you know you’re standing over a 10-storey hole while doing so. So, said doctor says the first recommended therapy for your problem is to go sky-diving. Or jump off a very tall building, complete with parachute. And won’t consider or discuss any other therapies. What do you do?
Find another doctor!! There has to be another way to treat this condition that does not involve needle torture!!
And, yes, I went to Physical Therapy. That made it hurt worse. Much worse. Totally incapacitated me with pain. So, I don’t think that’s the answer either.
I’ve got a referral to another doctor. Guess I’ll see what he has to say…
UPDATE:
I went to a different orthopod. He diagnosed my should as "frozen". No tears, nothing broken. I'm not sure how using my right arm more made my shoulder freeze up but he seems to be correct. I've gone to a different physical therapist, someone who is interested in actually doing their jobs and helping people, and they've pointed out that if I had really torn my rotator cuff, I wouldn't be able to hold my arm up at all, which I still can do. So, now I got and "get bent" twice a week and it's really helping. Those prissy girls at the other PT place were all wrong!
It’s actually been building up for years. My right shoulder has gotten more and more painful over the past year or so. It’s ached with use or extension for years but in the past year, I’ve been almost unable to use my right arm. It hurts just typing this!
So, I went to an orthopedist. Since I cannot have an MRI due to my cardiac implant, having a torn rotator cuff is difficult to get a definitive diagnosis on. He wants to stick needles in there and see what happens.
Now, I ask you, is this any way to run a popsicle stand?!? You’re suggesting that I let you jam a steel spike into an already painful portion of my body just to see what you find?? And you can’t understand why I have a problem with that??
What are you, nuts?
I’m of the opinion that most doctors have forgotten what it’s like to be at the mercy of people who have none. Most people don’t like needles. Me, I’m terrified of them.
Now, imagine this. You’ve got a health problem. You go to the doctor for it. He suggests a therapy. That therapy happens to be the thing you are most afraid of in this life. Say you’re afraid of heights. So afraid you can’t ride in an elevator because you know you’re standing over a 10-storey hole while doing so. So, said doctor says the first recommended therapy for your problem is to go sky-diving. Or jump off a very tall building, complete with parachute. And won’t consider or discuss any other therapies. What do you do?
Find another doctor!! There has to be another way to treat this condition that does not involve needle torture!!
And, yes, I went to Physical Therapy. That made it hurt worse. Much worse. Totally incapacitated me with pain. So, I don’t think that’s the answer either.
I’ve got a referral to another doctor. Guess I’ll see what he has to say…
UPDATE:
I went to a different orthopod. He diagnosed my should as "frozen". No tears, nothing broken. I'm not sure how using my right arm more made my shoulder freeze up but he seems to be correct. I've gone to a different physical therapist, someone who is interested in actually doing their jobs and helping people, and they've pointed out that if I had really torn my rotator cuff, I wouldn't be able to hold my arm up at all, which I still can do. So, now I got and "get bent" twice a week and it's really helping. Those prissy girls at the other PT place were all wrong!
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Obama's Logo
James Madison reported Benjamin Franklin saying, "I have often looked at that behind the president without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting. But now I... know that it is a rising...sun."
I’ve been thinking about Obama’s logo, the one you see everywhere:
That looks more like a setting sun to me.
The fools elect this clown, I fear for my country.
The sun is going to set on America.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
MSM takedown
Orson Scott Card is one of my favorite authors. Today, he has out-shown his previous writings.
http://www.ornery.org/essays/warwatch/2008-10-05-1.html
FYI, he's a Democrat, too.
Check it out!!
I wish i could write like that!!
http://www.ornery.org/essays/warwatch/2008-10-05-1.html
FYI, he's a Democrat, too.
Check it out!!
I wish i could write like that!!
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