Winter Sports for Couch Potatos

Spelling Bees is the only one that comes to mind. But only if you can do it lying down. There are no TV watching olympic catagories as of my last check (Curling comes close).

Aw please get the stupid talking heads off the air

Watching CNN yesterday (Yeah, usually a waste of time).


But those idiots did something so stupid that I am compelled to comment.
They were talking about the semi-failed car bomb attempt.
These morons were telling the bomber all the things he/she did wrong and how to fix them.

"You need to mix fuel oil (not gasoline) and fertilizer directly together".
"Just having cans of gas on the front seat won't work".
"You need to use a blasting cap and detonator. For a bigger bang".
"Your wiring was amateurish. You need to neaten it up."

So I guess the next time with all the mistakes corrected this nutcase will be able to kill a few people and make a bigger headline for the news pronouncers on CNN??
They did however leave out one important point.

"You need to stand real close so your detonator signal is strong enough".

Hetero vs. Homo a viewpoint

Every species that God intended to endure has a means of procreation. They do not. So by opposing them you are forcing them to dance about and wave smoke and mirrors and shout a lot. That's all they can do. They can never accept this logic because it signals the end of days for their kind. They cannot accept that and stay sane so they band together in support of each other and protest. They are hoping that enough normal people will exhibit enough kindness that they will be allowed to strut a few remaining seconds on the stage of life before the inevitable end. Whether they blame God, Nature, or Mankind, matters little. The weak and deadend forms of life perish. It is the one law Congress cannot change.
Consider that "Survival of the Fittest" does not always mean the strongest, the most clever, the loudest, or the most numerous.  It usually means the one that endures. Procreation is the cornerstone of endurance. Even having it is no guarantee.  Dinosaurs are an example.  But without it nothing else matters.

Male Egos

Here's one for all the males out there that have stumbled into facebook and re-connected with all thier friends from way back in highschool.  Yep, a whole lot of people made some excellent lifechoices and are doing way better that you are. Old "so and so" who couldn't even tie his shoelaces without help in 12th grade has made a small fortune in real estate and owns a bunch of strip malls while spending all his time taking cruises around the South Seas and Alaska.  While you are wondering how you are gonna keep up the payments on your wife's Chrevolet.
Just remember this... Outlive the SOB.  I don't care how much money he made while he was alive. Dancing on his grave feels good. There is no better form of revenge to compare to standing there saying," I told him to slow down but... Noooo!".

Still kicking

This is a short one. I am just letting everyone know I am still alive.  And yep, I'm still PO'd at the current state of the union, economy, and the administration.
We are so far in debt that we may never see the light of day. If China forecloses on the paper it is holding then they own the U.S. lock stock and barrel.
Speaking of barrels, what are all the oil skimmers doing with the oil they pick up? It is highly contaminated with salt water so I don't think they can sell it to Exxon or something.  Maybe they are dumping it in Washington D.C.?? Nobody would notice with all the crap flowing out of the capitol these days.

Bummertime

So what the hell happened to Summer and Fall?  One minute I am all about getting caught up on mowing the grass and the next second I am worried about frost on the plants.  On top of that I am getting pressured to get out the Christmas lights and all that stuff.
The dogs don't know what to do either.  They want to go outside, but not in all that cold stuff.  Surely one of those doors opens into a warm spot, don'cha think?
I'm just not ready for this yet.
Somebody save me.
Argghhh!

Thanksgiving From a Senior Point of View

Wow, we just finished another holicay turned into commercialism. There was way more mention of the Black Friday sales than there was of the original reason for the holiday. Besides at my age a change of diet is usually accompanied by a change in digestion results.  Not in a good way either. As far as I can see the only winners were the Turkey Farmers.  Damn bird was probably made in China anyhow!
I am beginning to think that the TV news shows have just given up on reporting any real news.  The talking heads only seem to get animated when discussing upcoming episodes of thier networks reality shows.  It is probably the only thing they are qualified to talk about anyhow.  They routinely mispronounce local place names and have no idea about local issues.
Back to the point. Around here Black Friday is more a discussion of the race to get the dogs outside before it turns into a Brown Friday.  It seems their digestive system is also affected by dietary changes.
I wonder how many cranberries were killed in the making of this.