Thursday, August 24, 2006
I apologize..and a cupla udder things
Hey all. Tried to post yesterday, the danged page wouldn't load, looked funky, couldn't read anything on my blog because the background was so dark, so I gave up.
Anyhoo, to Jackie Sue, Denise and Lauren: I "ain't" mailed out that sock thingy yet.. I need to make 12 copies of the original letter and I just haven't been anywhere where I can do that; if I am at Staples or Office Depot, I don't have the letter with me.. (you know how it goes).. If I don't get that done within the next two weeks, then I'm just not gonna. Thanks for volunteering to be part of this, and I'm sorry it's taken me so long...
Secondly, I wonder if part of aging is becoming obsessed with your bowel habits? Shano/Apos, you have an opinion on this, or is it uniquely an "American" quirk? Working in the medical industry, it just becomes apparent that so many old folks are fixated on a daily BM and take "laxatives" or "physics" to help the process along... gotta luv 'em anyway, doncha?
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Saturday, August 19, 2006
Dancing fuzz under the lamp shade
OK, I've been watching this same delicate, gossamer-like piece of fuzz dancing under the lampshade for perhaps the last 45 minutes. Oh, I don't mean I'm mesmerized by it and staring it down for the past 3/4 hour, but it stays within my peripheral vision as I sit in front of the computer monitor doing whatever it is I do (can somebody help me out in that regard? I'm just not sure what that is!)... anyhoo, the ceiling fan seems to be providing the breeze which catches this particular piece of fuzz and provides the variety of movements. I think it is caught in a very, very fine cobweb which has apparently been spun sometime between yesterday afternoon and this morning. I don't spy culprit web spinner anywhere, tho. Guess that pretty much sums up my morning so far... and this could be considered "confessions" of a housekeeping-challenged soul. Eh, off to grind the coffee beans, just got caught up in the delights of minutiae all around me this morning.
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Friday, August 18, 2006
Am I loony?
Sometimes my hubby surprises me with his "wisdom" ~ or perhaps insight is a better choice of word. I told him I wasn't sure I was "happy" per se, but I couldn't put my finger on why. I don't mean that I'm unhappy.. just a little unsettled, or disjointed. There is a pattern and a sameness to my days which I find tiresome; however, I'm also locked into that pattern because it's easy and doesn't take any effort to maintain; I can live this way on auto-pilot, if you know what I mean. I seem to be drifting along, allowing circumstances to push me here and there, rather like a rowboat which has become untied from its moorings and goes wherever the waves and wind take it. Pete (hubby) told me that I need to set some a goal or goals for myself, then do what it takes to achieve the goal. I thought he was babbling at first, but I pondered on this sliver of advice and decided he might be right. I have a couple of goals, which no longer seem as unobtainable as they once did... I want to be appointed to serve on a very specific board (which is a governor-appointed position), and I want to write and publish either short stories (for children) in a book or for a magazine. Naturally, I don't know the governor, but I am getting to know some of the local politicians and am awaiting an appointment to a very low profile, not so interesting county advisory board.. which I think may give me the experience and "resume" to achieve my real goal... down the road.
I woke up optimistic this morning.
Am I a complete loon?
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Saturday, August 12, 2006
Breaking news! New Act in Congress!!
Subject: AMERICANS WITH NO ABILITIES ACT
This just in:
NEW LAW COMING FROM CONGRESS -- AMERICANS WITH NO ABILITIES ACT
WASHINGTON, DC: Congress is considering sweeping legislation, which
provides new benefits for many Americans. The Americans With No Abilities Act
(AWNAA) This act is being hailed as a major legislation by advocates of the millions of Americans who lack any real skills or ambition.
"Roughly 50 percent of Americans do not possess the competence and
drive necessary to carve out a meaningful role for themselves in society,"
said Barbara Boxer (D, California). "We can no longer stand by and allow people of inability to be ridiculed and passed over. With this legislation, employers will no longer be able to grant special favors to a small group of workers, simply because they do a better job, or have some idea of what they are doing."
The President pointed to the success of the US Postal Service, which
has a long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to
performance. Approximately 74 percent of postal employees lack job skills, making this agency the single largest US employer of Persons of Inability.
Private sector industries with good records of nondiscrimination against
the inept include retail sales (72%), the airline industry (68%),and home
improvement "warehouse" stores (65%) The DMV also has a great record of
hiring Persons of Inability (63%).
Under the Americans With No Abilities Act, more than 25 million "middle
man" positions will be created, with important-sounding titles but little
real responsibility, thus providing an illusory sense of purpose and performance. Mandatory non-performance-based raises and promotions will be given, to guarantee upward mobility for even the most unremarkable employees.
The legislation provides substantial tax breaks to corporations which maintain a significant level of Persons of Inability in middle positions, and gives a tax credit to small and medium businesses that agree to hire one clueless worker for every two talented hires.
Finally, the AWNA ACT contains tough new measures to make it more difficult
to discriminate against the nonabled, banning discriminatory interview
questions such as "Do you have any goals for the future?" or "Do you have
any skills or experience which relate to this job?"
"As a Nonabled person, I can't be expected to keep up with people who have
something going for them," said Mary Lou Gertz, who lost her position as a
lug-nut twister at the GM plant in Flint, MI due to her lack of notable job
skills. "This new law should really help people like me." With the passage of
this bill, Gertz and millions of other untalented citizens can finally see a
light at the end of the tunnel.
Said Senator Ted Kennedy, (D, Massachusetts) "It is our duty as lawmakers to provide each and every American citizen, regardless of his or her adequacy, with some sort of space to take up in this great nation."
!!! :) Apos, I guess this could work Down Under as well, eh?
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Friday, August 11, 2006
Quotable quotes for your reading pleasure
Got these in a recent e-mail; thought they were funny and thoughtful, decided to share 'em until I can actually get back to here and bring yall up to date... like it or not! :)
"I think that's how Chicago got started. Bunch of people in New York said, I'm enjoying the crime and the poverty, but it just isn't cold enough. Let's go west.'"
--Richard Jeni
"If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators
would be dead."
--Johnny Carson
"Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geography."
Paul Rodriguez (so true!!)
"My parents didn't want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty
and that's the law."
--Jerry Seinfeld
"Remember in elementary school, you were told that in case of fire
you have to line up quietly in a single file line from smallest to
tallest. What is the logic in that? What, do tall people burn slower?"
--Warren Hutcherson
"Bigamy is having one wife/husband too many. Monogamy is the same."
--Oscar Wilde
"Suppose you were an idiot .. And suppose you were a member of
Congress... But I repeat myself."
--Mark Twain
"Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At
least they can find Afghanistan."
--A. Whitney Brown
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Thursday, August 10, 2006
I love this pic
Sharing a neat pic I got in the e-mail, entitled "friends.."
Pretty much sez it all for this cat lover. I'll write more later... loved Boston, LOVED THAT CITY... :)
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