Important Stuff -- Or Not: My Aching Back!

Saturday, February 03, 2007

My Aching Back!

I am back on line in the most basic way. I lost two e-bay auctions while I was down. I was outbid on an aquarium cleaning system, but figured that once the other guy paid the shipping, it would cost more than buying it new at PetSmart. So, that's what I did. But the one that hurt was for an Atari ST computer. I was SUPPOSED to receive a text message telling me I'd been outbid, but didn't. I expressed my disappointment to e-bay. I still haven't completed my move. I hope to finish Sunday. There were a few things wrong with my new apartment, but I guess that's to be expected in a place that's totally new. For instance, there was no shower rod. I didn't notice until I actually reached up to hang my shower curtain. Then I did a Lou Costello double-take. My sliding balcony door doesn't. I'm not sure I want a balcony, now that I have one. For one thing, I don't like the way my cats look like they want to jump. I can see their muscles tensing as they contemplate leaping to the ledge one story down and 20 feet over. For another, there's no grilling, no satellite dish, no spitting, no hammock, etc. allowed. They said I can have plants out there, so I'm considering growing corn. I'm thinking I could fit 20 pots, one stalk per pot, four ears per stalk, that's 80 ears of corn! Just call me Mr. Green Jeans. Failing that, I've always wanted to keep bonsai. They're outdoor plants. As for my move, I've gotten all the heavy pieces of furniture down here. I've moved around the world 17 times and none of them were as hard as moving down one floor. I discovered it's impossible to go from the sixth floor to the seventh without going down to the lobby first. I've spent more time in those defective elevators than John Glenn spent in space. Tomorrow, I empty the closets and take everything off the walls. I also have to move the book cases. Sounds like a full day's work. Then I can take my time putting everything in its place. I'm curious to find out how this 8-speaker home theatre will affect my neighbors.I'm walking around like a bent-over old man. But the worst is over. I hope. It's dinner time (supper to those who grew up where I did), so I think I'll treat myself to a steak at the Lone Star. My new stove is digital and I haven't figured out how to use it yet, so that's excuse enough to eat out. OK, I'm off.

4 comments:

Trader Rick said...: I hate it when they prohibit spitting.; 7:42 AM
Mark said...: Mr. Green Jeans? Closer to Oliver Wendell Douglas, I'd say.; 12:29 PM
J.M. Rob said...: No grilling? Can they really do that? I'm sure they can say that but it's not like you would be out there for hours preparing an 8 course meal. Get a little Weber Smokey Joe (http://www.weberstuff.com/websmokjoego.html) and grill on. . ya know, stealthy like.; 3:44 PM
Anonymous said...: With all that corn out there you could hide a grill and/or hammock. The cats would love the jungle, too. :); 3:34 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.