Important Stuff -- Or Not: Don't Pay the Ransom, I Escaped

Saturday, December 30, 2006

Don't Pay the Ransom, I Escaped

I've been a bit lax in posting for the past three days -- or four. But, I've been busy with post Christmas stuff. On my way home from work Tuesday, I swung by Ft. Meyer to check out their sales. I got a $159 tree for just $39. It's seven feet tall and has 800 colored LED lights already on it. So, when I took down my old tree, it went down the trash chute. Now, I have something to look forward to next year. I also made a tasty pot of northern bean soup using a ham bone I snagged from the buffet table here at work. My coworkers all say they would be delighted if I made my buffalo wings for New Year's eve, so I guess I'm stuck with that. They were even willing to buy the chicken. I refuse to cook anything for MLK day. I got a $25 gift card for Cracker Barrel for Christmas, so I used it Thursday. I've been saving change in a glass vase since the metal detectors went up after 9/11, so I poured it all into one of those coin machines. It came to $286. I guess I'm eating steak for the next few days. I found out that about 10 apartments in my building are being upgraded. They'll be having an open house in a few weeks. So, if I like them, I might be moving. I've been in my apartment for over 10 years. That's the longest I've stayed in one place my entire life. It's 6 am. Breakfast time. Bean soup.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...: I wish I liked bean soup. Michael makes it too-- and I simply love the way it smells when he is preparing it and I've no doubt it is wonderful--- everyone says so... I just don't like bean soup...

a deficit of mine, I suppose.

By the way, when are you going to switch to the new blogger format? I believe they have most of the bugs worked out now.; 7:02 AM
Lone Ranger said...: Maybe he makes it differently. It's just a pound of great northern beans, a meaty hambone, a medium onion and eight cups of water. I put it in the slow cooker and just let it cook itself. I sometimes make a roux and sometimes not. But I always put a tablespoon of white vinegar in my bowl before I eat it. I guess that's a family thing. That's how I remember it from my childhood.

It won't let me switch over to the new version. I guess I'm one of those blogs that's too big or something.; 9:14 AM
Tonto said...: I was going to ask you too about switching.

Wow now that you have a new tv you need an upgraded apartment to go with it. I wonder what they mean by the word "upgrade."

I am sorry I have not been on the blog either lately. I turned 34 yesterday and the thought of it all week made me speechless.; 11:11 AM
Anonymous said...: Happy Birthday Tonto!

As I recall, 34 was a great year. Besides... don't get hung up on the number... My meltdown occurred when I turned 30... that was 11 years ago and I've gotten better with age... if I do say so... enjoy the attention and well wishes. :-); 12:41 PM
Lone Ranger said...: How could you have a birthday without notifying me in advance? I would have sent you a silver bullet.

Ahh, to be 34 again. I was on top of the world. I was a news director, living in Japan. I guess it's a different perception depending on whether you're looking ahead or looking behind. It's the prime of your life.; 10:48 PM
Tonto said...: Thanks for the well wishes Cathy and LR. I can always count on you LR for putting things in perspective. I feel better about my "condition" already...maybe 34 might be "my" year.; 2:24 PM

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Talking Points

I don't use talking points, I create them.

1. Hate makes people stoopid.

2. There is nothing so impenetrable as a closed mind.

3. A stupid person is not someone who can't learn, but someone who refuses to learn.

4. It is a small mind that has no room for God.

5. You can take Stalin out of the gene pool, but you can't take Stalinism out of liberals.

6. The best way to sabotage a bad plan is to follow it to the letter.

7. The race card is the first refuge of people who have nothing to say.

8. Ignorance is the cornerstone of arrogance.

9. Which is more racist, to hate someone who is not white or to assume someone is racist because he is white?

10. Children are not stupid. If a child is taught, the child will learn. If a child is not learning, the child is not being taught.

11. To express righteous indignation, one must first be righteous. And that's a label that doesn't stick to liberals.

12. Profanity is ignorance made audible.

13. An open mind is a liberal's worst enemy.

14. Paternalism is the purest form of racism.

15. People who bend the truth, usually bend it in their favor.

16. If you always stand in opposition to liberalism, you will never be wrong.

18. Life is simple. People who make it complicated usually have an agenda.

19. Getting your news from the corrupt, liberal media is like sticking your head in the sand, except you don't get grit in your teeth.

20. Liberals' emotional development stops at the age of 16.

21. To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell the truth.

22. Idealism seldom matches up with reality.

23. Those who don't hate communism have never lived it.

24. This was a much more civil country when men walked about heavily armed.

25. This economy will never heal as long as Obama keeps picking at the scab.

26. Liberals don't think outside the box; they ARE the box.

27. You cannot change the hearts and minds of liberals, because they possess neither.

28. There is no such thing as a kind liberal.

29. Reading Democratic Party platforms is like reading the history of human rights abuses and crimes against humanity in this country.

25 Immutable Truths About Liberals

Over the years I've been writing this blog, I've been throwing out little self-evident truths that seem to have no exceptions that prove the rule. I've made a list of some of them and will add to it as I remember them or make up more. Most of this list I've come up with myself. A few I've borrowed from others.

1. Always expect the worst from a liberal and you will never be surprised.

2. Never try to reason with a liberal. They disregard any evidence that conflicts with their beliefs.

3. You can always tell what liberals are up to by what they accuse conservatives of doing.

4. Liberals don't debate, they argue.

5. The only standards liberals have are double standards.

6. Liberals feel, conservatives think.

7. Whenever you don't understand a liberal's motives, just look for the money.

8. Liberals cannot be embarrassed. They lack the gene to blush.

9. The Liberal Golden Rule is, "Do unto others but scream bloody murder if they do unto you."

10. Liberals don't have leaders, they have demi-gods.

11. There are no honest liberals. If they were honest -- especially to themselves -- they would be conservatives.

12. A liberal's business is nobody's business, but everyone's business is a liberal's business.

13. Liberals have an inflated sense of self-worth. They are like house flies that criticize the air-worthiness of a Stealth fighter. (Sarah Palin, George W. Bush, ad infinitum are morons.)

14. Liberals lack a sixth sense that conservatives have in abundance -- common sense.

15. Liberals never stop hating.

16. There are only two types of liberals -- the deceivers and the deceived. The difficulty is telling them apart.

17. Every time liberals get on their high horse, they get bucked off.

18. Liberal programs are so wonderful that they have to be forced on people.

19. Liberals always choke on their own medicine.

20. When given a moral choice, liberals always come down on the wrong side of the fence.

21. The only way liberals can build themselves up is by tearing others down.

22. Liberals not only refuse to learn from their mistakes, they refuse to admit them.

23. Liberals have only two political positions -- blind devotion and blind hatred.

24. Liberals are incapable of attacking the message, so they always attack the messenger.

25. Liberal diversity is only skin deep.