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Friday, April 16, 2010
Just got back from Chicago...
I haven't traveled in a while but I am happy to report the obliviousness of the American people has not diminished one iota.
It's amazing these obliviots ( a combo of oblivious and idiot) have enough awareness to get up in the morning. Case in point: at the hotel they have a breakfast. The room has 6 tables, 4 4-tops and 2 2-tops. All the tables are full, one 4-top has bags on two of the chairs. I get my food and proceed to eat standing up. One of the 4-tops has a man and a woman sitting at it. The guy stands up and goes to the table with just the bags and pulls something out and sits down again. The woman turns around and pulls something out of the other bag on the other chair at the empty table.
Can you picture the steam coming out of my ears?
They placed their bags at a table at which they weren't sitting while having 2 perfectly fine chairs at their table not being used.
I proceeded to move their bags to the chairs at their table so I could sit down while eating. The look of incredulity was priceless. It was all I could do not to ask them why they voted for Obama.
I am standing in line waiting for the call to board the plane. I am Priority Access now (Barney Fife moment) so I take my place a little closer than most but take care not to get in front of anyone so as to block their way. Well, some moron proceeds to inch his way through the crowd and stops right in front of me. I actually had to back up.
They called the Priority Access people and I had to jimmy around this bozo. I looked at his ticket and he was...
GROUP FREAKIN' TWO!?!
I turned to him and said, "Group 2? Are you kidding me?" as the rest of the priority access people had to make their way around this obliviot.
Chicago looks the same. How did I do that trip every week for 1/2 a year? I do like the seasons though.
It's nice to be home.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Good weekend...
Friday night, worked. Saturday night, worked.
You may be asking yourself, "Seems like you worked a lot. How could that be a good weekend?"
It's called a sense of accomplishment. Also, I made a lot of money. Not that money is everything. But it helps.
In between working, I went to my nephews first communion. It was very nice to be in the Catholic church with the kiddos. I was kind of dreading taking care of all 3 of them during the mass but they were angels. Not a peep among them. Well done guys! You made daddy look like a good parent. Not an easy task.
I received communion with Reagan in my arms. That was a special moment. I wish they all could have come with me.
Had lunch with the fam at Cracker Barrel. Not a place we frequent but always good when we do. Homestyle cookin'. You see, when you type a phrase like "homestyle cooking" typing out the "g" just doesn't go with the phrase. Just doesn't look right. It's like typing ya'll. Right Mike? Y'all. That's more like it. It's a contraction for you and all not ya and all.
Spent some time watching the Masters. I would give my left...eye to play there. But then everything would slice right so what's the point. Beautiful course.
I certainly look at Tiger differently. Didn't pull for him quite as strongly if at all. I still enjoy seeing him play but it's going to be a while before I can cheer like I used to
Imagine how his wife feels.
I like the asain players. Although most of them are from here, Choi, Kim, Yang. I like their demeanor, their swing. Maybe becuase they seem to be the anti-Tiger at this point. They are stoic. They just play. And play well I might add.
Had some good meals this weekend. Friday BBQ, Saturday pizza. Sunday Cracker Barrel. (Next line to be said in your best gay voice) "So much for my nutri-systems this week. Citrus." I threw the citrus in there because that is the best gay word of all. I can't go too long without saying that word in all its fruity gayness. Pun intended.
More work on Sunday after church. Got it all done though. Thank the Good Lord.
Heading to Chicago this week for a few days. It will be nice to be back. Knowing full well I don't have to stay. And knowing Giordanos is only a few days away. MMMMMMMMM...pizza. I am going to go to Yorkville and look around again. Yorkville? That is the town we would have moved to had I taken the job in Chicago.
Politics, politics, politics, politics, politics...Hillary as the next Supreme Court justice? Could happen.
Friday, April 9, 2010
From the "What he should have said" file...
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie isn’t laughing about a teachers union’s memo that hints of his death.
The memo is the latest salvo in a war of words between Christie and the union over wage and benefits concessions.
The Record of Bergen County obtained the Bergen County Education Association memo that includes a closing prayer:
“Dear Lord this year you have taken away my favorite actor, Patrick Swayze, my favorite actress, Farrah Fawcett, my favorite singer, Michael Jackson, and my favorite salesman, Billy Mays. I just wanted to let you know that Chris Christie is my favorite governor.”
Association president Joe Coppola says the “prayer” was a joke and was never meant to be made public. Christie spokesman Michael Drewniak says there’s nothing professional about the group.
What he should have said:
"I'm just glad to see they started praying in the public schools again."
A question to ponder...
From economist Dr. Walter Williams:
Ten years ago I asked the following question in a column titled “It’s Time To Part Company”:
“If one group of people prefers government control and management of people’s lives and another prefers liberty and a desire to be left alone, should they be required to fight, antagonize one another, risk bloodshed and loss of life in order to impose their preferences or should they be able to peaceably part company and go their separate ways?”
The problem that our nation faces is very much like a marriage where one partner has broken, and has no intention of keeping, the marital vows. Of course, the marriage can remain intact and one party tries to impose his will on the other and engage in the deviousness of one-upmanship. Rather than submission by one party or domestic violence, a more peaceable alternative is separation.
If those words don’t sound ominous to you or you don’t see how they tie into a “State Sovereignty Movement” then you are clearly not listening nor are you taking note of what is happening right here in your own nation.
More:
There is no evidence that Americans who are responsible for and support constitutional abrogation have any intention of mending their ways.
…
Americans who wish to live free have several options. We can submit to those who have constitutional contempt and want to run our lives. We can resist, fight and risk bloodshed and death in an attempt to force America’s tyrants to respect our liberties and human rights. We can seek a peaceful resolution of our irreconcilable differences by separating.
I don’t see how this could be any more clear. We may very well be witnessing the laying of foundations upon which many states will finally say “Enough!” to the Socialists who currently control Congress and the White House. The Union might very well be dissolved once again, only this time, those who seek to be free of Washington D.C. will be seeking greater freedom for the people rather than trying to keep people dependent on the government.
Ten years ago I asked the following question in a column titled “It’s Time To Part Company”:
“If one group of people prefers government control and management of people’s lives and another prefers liberty and a desire to be left alone, should they be required to fight, antagonize one another, risk bloodshed and loss of life in order to impose their preferences or should they be able to peaceably part company and go their separate ways?”
The problem that our nation faces is very much like a marriage where one partner has broken, and has no intention of keeping, the marital vows. Of course, the marriage can remain intact and one party tries to impose his will on the other and engage in the deviousness of one-upmanship. Rather than submission by one party or domestic violence, a more peaceable alternative is separation.
If those words don’t sound ominous to you or you don’t see how they tie into a “State Sovereignty Movement” then you are clearly not listening nor are you taking note of what is happening right here in your own nation.
More:
There is no evidence that Americans who are responsible for and support constitutional abrogation have any intention of mending their ways.
…
Americans who wish to live free have several options. We can submit to those who have constitutional contempt and want to run our lives. We can resist, fight and risk bloodshed and death in an attempt to force America’s tyrants to respect our liberties and human rights. We can seek a peaceful resolution of our irreconcilable differences by separating.
I don’t see how this could be any more clear. We may very well be witnessing the laying of foundations upon which many states will finally say “Enough!” to the Socialists who currently control Congress and the White House. The Union might very well be dissolved once again, only this time, those who seek to be free of Washington D.C. will be seeking greater freedom for the people rather than trying to keep people dependent on the government.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
What is it about poeple...
when you tell them you are Catholic they feel it is their obligation to disparage the church?
I was at a clients on Thursday last week and somehow the topic of Good Friday came up. In the course of the conversation, I mentioned I am Catholic and as a boy the starkness of the altar on Good Friday was always a very powerful reminder to me of that day and what it meant. The next words out of her mouth were, "The Catholic church just seems to make up the rules as they go along so I don't know."
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...
"I did mention I am Catholic, right?"
"Well yea, but..."
"But nothing. We probably don't need to talk about this anymore."
And she merrily went on her way.
Now, granted this woman has pink streaks in her hair and from what I surmise of her phone conversations with her son, she could give Mommie Dearest a run for her money. But still. Give it a rest.
Freak.
This is not the first time I have had a conversation like this. I have been told we worship Mary like the Christians worship God. Truly. I have been told we worship the Pope, the saints, 3 legged dogs. Well, worshipping the saints may be a stretch but I've heard some far out stuff.
My nephew Tod put a status on facebook about the Catholic church being the most recognized but most misunderstood sect in the world.
Amen, brutha!
Form the WTH? department...
This is the picture MSNBC used on Facebook for their Easter post.
Of course you know this is the traditional headress worn on Easter Sunday in Northern Spain?
I mean, what else could it possibly be?
Simpletons.
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