Important Stuff -- Or Not: Rambling

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Rambling

So, at 3:30 am, I was at the grocery store, stocking up for my weekend. I don't know how these stores stay in business being open 24/7, but I enjoy being the only shopper in the place. As I was checking out, the girl said, "What's with the big tazer?" "That isn't a tazer." "You mean it's a real gun?" "Yup." I could see a little electric shock go through her and suddenly she wasn't smiling anymore. It seems that because I wore a gun, I was dangerous. And I am, but only to the bad guys. "Why do you wear a gun?" "For the same reason I have a fire extinguisher in my kitchen. I'm not going to wait around for the fire department to save my home and I'm not going to wait around for the police to save me." A light went on in her head and she was smiling again. This was probably the first time in her life, she had ever thought about guns, and she got it. A gratifying shopping trip. An update on the chair I bought. The delivery men were waiting when I got home from work Tuesday. Apparently, anywhere from 8 am to noon meant 7:40 am. But that's fine with me. They delivered this humongous vibrating recliner. But it doesn't vibrate. Seems they didn't have the motor in stock, so I have to wait a week for that. Ginger loves it. It's taller than my last chair, and she likes to sit on the back and watch the fish. But it rocks a lot more than the last one, so she's like a surfer when she first jumps up on it. I wonder what her reaction will be when it starts vibrating. I GOTTA figure out how to set up a home network. It's supposed to be as simple as running the network wizard, but it just isn't working for me. I'm burned out on politics. Maybe it's an extension of being burned out on work. It seems that it's just gotten so petty. The two Democrats snipe at each other for every misspoken word. Who cares if Obama got the name of the concentration camp wrong? You see one Nazi death camp, you've seen them all. Who cares if Hillary said something that could easily be misinterpreted as meaning someone wants Obama dead. Don't we all? And McCain is going to gentleman himself to death. He refuses to respond to any attack.I need a vacation. AND, I'M TAKING ONE! I've worked out my itenner, my itenerer, my schedule. I will get off work June 24th and check the cats into their luxurious hotel. Then, I hit the road the next day for Kulm, ND, where I will attend my 40th high school reunion on the 28th. My fellow classmates were in pretty bad shape at my 30th reunion, so I expect to be sitting at a table with 19 mummies this time around. The next day, I'll drive to Kewaunee, WI to visit my mom's grave and visit my sisters. Anyhoo, I should be back in town on July 9th to reclaim my cats. I'm thinking blogging will be spotty, since I don't know whether any of the places I'll be staying has Internet access. But for the last few months, blogging has been spotty anyway. I feel like a nice, cool salad. Talk later.

5 comments:

Ms.Green said...: Have a safe trip.

Nice story about the weapon. People are sometimes totally shocked to find out I carry. Women don't carry do they? Reeally?

First sign of trouble, they all get behind me.

Heh.; 10:41 PM
Trader Rick said...: OK, Spotty. Don't forget us entirely.; 6:34 AM
Anonymous said...: That's a very good respons line for why you carry.

That would probably be great video to watch Ginger surf the chair, as well as her reaction to when it vibrates the first time. Just make sure the lid is on the fish tank when you turn it on. If she's half as jumpy as Twix, she may land in the tank. :)

I'm with you on being tired of politics. I'm tired of my mind being boggled by the pettiness and hypocrisy. I need a vacation, too. Too bad I have jury duty instead! ;); 9:34 AM
Mark said...: You don't LOOK like a salad.; 10:32 PM
Anonymous said...: Ha, Mark! That's the first thing that went through my mind when I read that line. (GMTA)

He is definitely nice, as well as cool, though! ;); 2:13 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.