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Today’s Earworm
Posted by daddybear71 on September 18, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/09/18/todays-earworm-227/
Quote of the Day
“I’m not a pacifist,” Paul said, “but I do think it unacceptable not to hate war. I’m dismissive of those who champion war as sport and show no reluctance to engage in war. Any leader who shows glee or eagerness for war should not be leading any nation. I believe truly great leaders are reluctant to go to war and try mightily to avoid war.” — Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, as quoted in Economic Policy Journal.
If the good Senator keeps this up, I foresee me supporting his presidential campaign in 2016 or 2020.
Posted by daddybear71 on September 18, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/09/18/quote-of-the-day-88/
Thoughts on the Day
- Some days there just isn’t enough coffee.
- Apparently wet weather brings out the stupid in Louisville drivers.
- When I woke up this morning, I had precisely two fillings in my teeth. Tonight, I have four. Yeah, it’s been one of those days.
- It must be a bad fiscal year in Louisville. I saw 7 police officers giving tickets on my way to work, and an additional 5 on the way home.
- I’ve rarely felt as loved as I did tonight while helping Irish Woman clean the meat off of a turkey. I looked up and every quadruped in the house was watching every move I made.
- Apparently Irish Woman had a long day of animals being vocal about how much they loved her and the turkey she was roasting.
- Checked Girlie Bear’s grades tonight. All A’s and B’s. So far so good.
- By this point in his freshman year, with Junior taking the same courses with a lot of the same teachers, I had had the “This world needs ditch diggers too” talk with him and had gotten several calls at home about his performance, so yeah, I’m happy with how Girlie Bear is doing.
- Girlie Bear appears to be enjoying the rifle team. She announced tonight that she had almost gotten a bullseye at practice tonight, but she knew why she didn’t.
- Nothing matches the fear you get when your four-year-old announces that he just made use of the bathroom in your basement, when you do not, in fact, have a bathroom in your basement.
- Luckily, he meant that he had washed his hands in the sink next to the washing machine.
Posted by daddybear71 on September 17, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/09/17/thoughts-on-the-day-51/
News Roundup
- From the “Insult to Injury” Department – The prisoner in Massachusetts who recently prevailed in getting a judge to agree that the state should pay for gender reassignment surgery has convinced a judge that the state should pay for his legal costs. For those of you who live in Massachusetts, I assure you that this does not reflect on you at all. We’re all the suckers that will be paying for this.
- From the “Oopsie!” Department – Authorities in Texas are combing the country side looking for a cylinder of radioactive material. It seems the crew that was using it to investigate possible oil and gas deposits mislaid it, and a detailed search of the route taken by their truck has been fruitless. In related news, residents of the small city of San Angelo are reporting that the trees are walking and speaking in a slow, wheezy voice. The Tom Green county sheriff has stated that it all began after a really bad rain storm with green lightning blew down from Midland/Odessa.
- From the “Schadenfreude” Department – A judge in Chicago is putting off a hearing to decide if the strike by the local teachers’ union should be stopped. It seems that Illinois law doesn’t allow for strikes where anything but pay and benefits is the cause. Mayor Rahm Emmanuel is having a hard time dealing with the union now that he’s on the other side of the table, and that makes him a sad panda. As for me, I’m considering sending a CARE package to the union headquarters, featuring cookies and a hand-written note of thanks. How ironic that the cozy relationship between the Democrats and the unions should come back to bite them in the ass.
- From the “Heavy Drop” Department – An overweight death row inmate in Ohio is asking the courts to spare his life due to the pain that putting his tubby self to death would cause. He has been convicted of murdering a hotel clerk three decades ago, and has been unable to lose weight while in prison. He says that injuries keep him from exercising and depression makes him eat more. My question is why he has access to too much food in the first place. Here’s my suggestion: Limit him to a very lean low carbohydrate and calorie diet for a few months. Twice a day, he can get tossed into a pool. He will either drown or swim. If he swims, he will exercise in a low-impact fashion, thereby burning calories. Eventually, he will be safe to take a needle in the arm, thigh, or scrotum, whichever is easier.
Posted by daddybear71 on September 17, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/09/17/news-roundup-154/
Thought for the Day
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. — The Constitution of the United States o f America.
Today is Constitution Day here in the United States. Everyone needs to give it a read, especially those who are subject to its restrictions.
Posted by daddybear71 on September 17, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/09/17/thought-for-the-day-167/
30 Days of Tolkien – Day 15
There is a seed of courage hidden (often deeply, it is true) in the heart of the fattest and most timid hobbit, waiting for some final and desperate danger to make it grow. — Fellowship of the Ring
My Take – Somewhere in every person’s personality, no matter their gender, age, or situation, is the trigger that will get them to protect themselves and those that are important to them. The problem with waiting until that trigger is tripped in the real world is that they may not have the tools and skills necessary to make that urge more than a vain attempt at survival. Taking the time now to consider the likely things that can happen, be they natural disasters like a tornado or a hurricane, or just a guy in the parking lot with a gun and a hankering for what’s yours, will help you find the lines you will not back over and give you the time to develop your skills, attitudes, and toolsets to deal with them. It could mean putting together your 72 hour kits. It could mean getting weapons and training along with the licenses to carry and use them. Or it could just be looking yourself in the mirror and saying “I am responsible for me and mine, and I will do whatever it takes now to make sure we are OK when the worst happens.”, and then following through.
Posted by daddybear71 on September 17, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/09/17/30-days-of-tolkien-day-15/
Today’s Earworm
Posted by daddybear71 on September 17, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/09/17/todays-earworm-226/
Thoughts on the Weekend
- I really need to buy stock in SuperBigBoxHomeImprovement Incorporated. At least that way I can get back some of what I spend there almost every weekend.
- I only had to go there three times this weekend, which is slightly below normal when we’re doing one of our projects.
- Irish Woman told me about her “5 year vision” for the house today.
- Nothing good comes when my wife starts having visions.
- “Would you like a table saw for Christmas?” is never a good way to start a conversation.
- Phase One of the “We would be better off if a tornado ripped the porch off the house” project is done. Next comes concrete repair.
- Half of yesterday was spent redo-ing things I messed up last weekend.
- Bob Vila I am not.
- Over a decade with Irish Woman, and she is finally starting to figure out that I am not a master craftsman.
- Today was spent putting up trim on the new posts and such.
- We may be the only people on the planet who consider 8 foot 2×8 boards to be ‘trim’.
- Pushing an 8 foot 2×8 two feet over your head and holding it there while Irish Woman tried to straighten it and get the first couple of screws in wasn’t my favorite part of the weekend, but apparently we were ‘bonding as a couple by working together.”
- One of three things is wrong with the van:
- The new battery I put in it last weekend is a lemon
- The alternator is out
- The battery cables are shot.
- Considering how hard it is to do anything in that engine compartment, none of these three things is much better than the other two.
- I foresee multiple trips to the auto parts store in my future.
- On a warm September afternoon, it’s kind of nice to drive your truck down country roads rather than take the freeway.
- Coming home to the smell of steaks grilling over charcoal is also pretty nice.
- Irish Woman rewarded me for all my hard work with an excellent home-cooked meal.
- Tomorrow night will be roast turkey with all the trimmings. Yes, I am a lucky man.
Posted by daddybear71 on September 17, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/09/17/thoughts-on-the-weekend-18/
Today’s Earworm
Posted by daddybear71 on September 16, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/09/16/todays-earworm-225/
30 Days of Tolkien – Day 14
It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him. — The Hobbit
My Take – I used to hear “But this is a nice neighborhood!” or “Nobody around here would hurt a fly!”. Then homes and cars started getting burglarized. The convenience store up the road got its nickname “Stop-n-Stab” after the third or fourth time it got robbed.
What people are awakening to is that, even though we live in a perfectly nice place, jerks and goblins have cars, and sometimes perfectly nice people just go bonkers and start hurting other people. Planning to stop being aware of what goes on around you because you’re in a “safe area” is nothing more than sticking your head in the ground.
Likewise, the notion that two oceans protect us from the dragons of the world has been invalid for as long as I can remember. Policies that boil down to “If we’re nice to everyone, then they’ll be nice to us” are naive, no matter who we deal with. There are people who just want to watch the world burn, and are more than happy to use us as fuel. The only good policy toward such ilk is to target and eliminate them as messily and publicly as possible.
Posted by daddybear71 on September 16, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/09/16/30-days-of-tolkien-day-14/
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