so here we are......thanksgiving is upon us, when we will eat too much, without really being thankful that we have so much to eat.....we will fellowship with family....without really being thankful that they are here to fellowship with....at least this is the usual way.....maybe this will remind us all to be thankful.......
which brings us to christmas......happy times, right? then why is there that statistic about more suicides at christmas than any other time of the year? maybe it's the $1000's spent on it? the maxed out credit cards? the pain of NOT being able to get something someone wants? i don't know, but it seems awfully screwed up to me.....my sister is about to go spend $150 (on sale) for a plastic tree....people are spending $2500 on ebay for the new xbox.... does anyone else see something wrong here?
don't get me wrong....i am not AGAINST trees, or gifts, or eating (lord knows), what i am against is that that is all it is about now. look at the name......christmas....literally, christ mass, or mass for christ.....a time to celebrate the birth of christ......even for those to whom, that is not as important (not many of my readers, i know) i wish it could be a time of being with, and loving our friends and family... i am just sick of it all.....
on a slightly different note, while i am still pretty much pro- the war in iraq, i am very anti- my brother-in-law being there. i know that's weird, coming from me....he is doing his duty, and i love him for doing it (and would if he hadn't)....but i am ready for him to be home with my sister and their beautiful children.....that's all i want for christmas this year......
so let it be written, so let it be done
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Thursday, November 17, 2005
random rambling.......
ok.......here we go..........
i am addicted to coffee. i don't care what some lady allegedly found in her folgers. i drink at least 5 cups per day, 2 of which ore 20 ouncers from work....what?!? you don't think that makes me an addict? i have 2 pounds of fresh roasted coffee delivered to my house monthly. still not convinced? i have a freakin' $200 coffee pot with a timer, and built in grinder. ......starbucks, by the way, is mediocre at best.
while we are speaking of addictions.....limes. they are wonderful, and make almost everything better.....here is a simple test to see if something can be improved with lime: ask yourself "would chocolate syrup make this better?" if the answer is no, then lime will work, and help. (some breakfast foods are an exception).
o yea...chocolate. let me explain something to you cooks out there. desert means chocolate. if it claims to be desert, and does not either contain chocolate, or offer it as a topping, it is simply an after dinner snack.
i am NOT addicted to alcohol....i prove this, because i spend far more on coffee each week than i do alcohol.
christmas is upon us. please do not buy me a gift. i am not buying you one. feel free to buy yourself something, and pretend it is from me. i will likely buy myself something, and if you would like, i will pretend it is from you (yes...i stole this from my sister, but i think we agreed mutually on it several years ago). better yet, give something to someone who actually needs it. i know most of the folks who read this, and we need very little. my children needs no toys. do not buy them any. anyone who thinks my children needs toys, especially noisy ones, will be rewarded with drums and/or bb guns for their son. carrie....you will have kids some day.....the exception is my dear son, who i think might need both drums AND a bb gun for mommy's house.
football....well....the mighty have all fallen in the SEC.
that is all.
(the spell check had several strange suggestions for me tonight...... "freakin'" , it felt should be "foreskin" this is very disconcerting. "mommy's" should be changed to "mummy's", it informed me.....very odd)
so let it be written, so let it be done.
i am addicted to coffee. i don't care what some lady allegedly found in her folgers. i drink at least 5 cups per day, 2 of which ore 20 ouncers from work....what?!? you don't think that makes me an addict? i have 2 pounds of fresh roasted coffee delivered to my house monthly. still not convinced? i have a freakin' $200 coffee pot with a timer, and built in grinder. ......starbucks, by the way, is mediocre at best.
while we are speaking of addictions.....limes. they are wonderful, and make almost everything better.....here is a simple test to see if something can be improved with lime: ask yourself "would chocolate syrup make this better?" if the answer is no, then lime will work, and help. (some breakfast foods are an exception).
o yea...chocolate. let me explain something to you cooks out there. desert means chocolate. if it claims to be desert, and does not either contain chocolate, or offer it as a topping, it is simply an after dinner snack.
i am NOT addicted to alcohol....i prove this, because i spend far more on coffee each week than i do alcohol.
christmas is upon us. please do not buy me a gift. i am not buying you one. feel free to buy yourself something, and pretend it is from me. i will likely buy myself something, and if you would like, i will pretend it is from you (yes...i stole this from my sister, but i think we agreed mutually on it several years ago). better yet, give something to someone who actually needs it. i know most of the folks who read this, and we need very little. my children needs no toys. do not buy them any. anyone who thinks my children needs toys, especially noisy ones, will be rewarded with drums and/or bb guns for their son. carrie....you will have kids some day.....the exception is my dear son, who i think might need both drums AND a bb gun for mommy's house.
football....well....the mighty have all fallen in the SEC.
that is all.
(the spell check had several strange suggestions for me tonight...... "freakin'" , it felt should be "foreskin" this is very disconcerting. "mommy's" should be changed to "mummy's", it informed me.....very odd)
so let it be written, so let it be done.
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
my name is earl.....
i suggest you all check out this show. 30 minutes of highly entertaining, redneck humour. ok...so it's a stupid show; but i love it. and it has jaime pressley in it, which is worth 30 minutes of my time any day. so yes....watch this show....what else do you have to do on tuesday night? turn your brain off, and sit back and relax. ......
so this rant i promised....it is going to have to wait. i know you were all waiting anxiously for my thoughts on christianity, the modern evangelical church, televangelists, mega-churches, rock music, pastors, and how they all make people want nothing to do with God. well....you will have to wait. i just don't feel like it tonight.
as to my post about the bulldogs, let me make it clear, i am not, nor have i ever been, since the time i actually gave a crap about football, a georgia bulldog fan. i have been a loyal fan of the university of tennesee volunteers for 10 years. my comments about rooting for bama were related to the fact that while i would love to see UT undefeated, but it doesn't seem to be in the cards, so i need to pick someone to root for in the championship picture (at least the SEC title, since the devil BCS doesn't think being undefeated in the toughest conference in the NCAA is good enough to get you to the nat'l title game). that could have been georgia for me.....but not anymore. there are two things that us tennessee fans hate.....the university of florida, and steve spurrier. georgia lost to florida. that is unacceptable to me. roll tide. (they already beat us, and i am over that.) whatever it takes to put an SEC team at the top is all good by me. some day the sweet strains of "rocky top" will be heard between the hedges, again.
for those of you who might be interested, i drug my trusty telecaster guitar out this weekend, plugged it in, and discovered to my amazement that i still know how to play. i promise i will work on this album i have been talking about for almost 2 years.......there are songs, there will be a record. well, probably a CD, but you get the idea. no robi, you will probably not really dig it. yes, michael, there will be mandolin on it. no, kelly, there will be no beatles covers. yes, if anyone famous is reading, you may submit your demo for consideration to play on my project.
that is all.
so let it be written, so let it be done.
so this rant i promised....it is going to have to wait. i know you were all waiting anxiously for my thoughts on christianity, the modern evangelical church, televangelists, mega-churches, rock music, pastors, and how they all make people want nothing to do with God. well....you will have to wait. i just don't feel like it tonight.
as to my post about the bulldogs, let me make it clear, i am not, nor have i ever been, since the time i actually gave a crap about football, a georgia bulldog fan. i have been a loyal fan of the university of tennesee volunteers for 10 years. my comments about rooting for bama were related to the fact that while i would love to see UT undefeated, but it doesn't seem to be in the cards, so i need to pick someone to root for in the championship picture (at least the SEC title, since the devil BCS doesn't think being undefeated in the toughest conference in the NCAA is good enough to get you to the nat'l title game). that could have been georgia for me.....but not anymore. there are two things that us tennessee fans hate.....the university of florida, and steve spurrier. georgia lost to florida. that is unacceptable to me. roll tide. (they already beat us, and i am over that.) whatever it takes to put an SEC team at the top is all good by me. some day the sweet strains of "rocky top" will be heard between the hedges, again.
for those of you who might be interested, i drug my trusty telecaster guitar out this weekend, plugged it in, and discovered to my amazement that i still know how to play. i promise i will work on this album i have been talking about for almost 2 years.......there are songs, there will be a record. well, probably a CD, but you get the idea. no robi, you will probably not really dig it. yes, michael, there will be mandolin on it. no, kelly, there will be no beatles covers. yes, if anyone famous is reading, you may submit your demo for consideration to play on my project.
that is all.
so let it be written, so let it be done.
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
monday? already?
this weekend was definitely not long enough..... i missed a planned outing with some friends saturday, due to a late afternoon nap, then couldn't sleep, was up half the night...and today was my first day on my new schedule....
"new schedule?" you may be asking...indeed. the changes at work were good. i no longer work 1230-9pm; i now work 8-5pm. much better. except that i now have to readjust my sleeping habits. again. getting up at 545 this morning was no fun at all. the change also involved a slightly different position at work, which they tried very hard to make sound like a promotion, but without a pay raise.....boy, they sure made it sound good though.
so halloween is over. we had no trick-or-treaters here, which was good, since we had no candy. since my lovely daughter is staying with grandma until the end of the semester, it went mostly un-noticed by me....with two exceptions.....this guy at work came in today as that scary burger king guy......had the mask, the outfit, and a burger king sack...and he would stand still and just stare, it was creepy and funny all at once. i couldn't stop laughing....he stood in front of this one girl's desk for close to twenty minutes, without moving......good stuff (yes...we are productive at work)....the second thing was hearing some radio guy call the holiday "beg-o-ween".. great description....i'm just glad it's over.....make sure you all go see my sister's blog (link to your left) and see the great pic's of her kids. they are adorable, and are my favorite kids on earth, outside my two angels. (she calls her kids demon spawn, and comments that that would make her a demon....i shall refrain from commenting)
hopefully i have answered all questions about the earlier-mentioned-date. i was told today by a fine man that i should carefully consider not ever dating again, since i am divorced, and getting married again would be a sin (apparently divorce is ok though)......i can't imagine why more people don't want to be christians.....i think i shall write on this very topic tomorrow, since i am tired now. please ignore my above cynicism until i have time to say more.
oh, and i almost forgot. those bulldogs i mentioned? they lost. this really pisses me off. even though i am not a fan, i liked the SEC having two undefeated teams. of course, my beloved UT vols lost, too. first time we have lost to SC in 14 years....dang steve spurrier......my battle cry for the rest of the season? roll tide. at least we still have someone to help us bitch about the injustices of the BCS system.
(on a VERY funny note.....as i ran the spell check on this entry, it informed me that "blog" is not a word it recognizes. )
so let it be written, so let it be done.
"new schedule?" you may be asking...indeed. the changes at work were good. i no longer work 1230-9pm; i now work 8-5pm. much better. except that i now have to readjust my sleeping habits. again. getting up at 545 this morning was no fun at all. the change also involved a slightly different position at work, which they tried very hard to make sound like a promotion, but without a pay raise.....boy, they sure made it sound good though.
so halloween is over. we had no trick-or-treaters here, which was good, since we had no candy. since my lovely daughter is staying with grandma until the end of the semester, it went mostly un-noticed by me....with two exceptions.....this guy at work came in today as that scary burger king guy......had the mask, the outfit, and a burger king sack...and he would stand still and just stare, it was creepy and funny all at once. i couldn't stop laughing....he stood in front of this one girl's desk for close to twenty minutes, without moving......good stuff (yes...we are productive at work)....the second thing was hearing some radio guy call the holiday "beg-o-ween".. great description....i'm just glad it's over.....make sure you all go see my sister's blog (link to your left) and see the great pic's of her kids. they are adorable, and are my favorite kids on earth, outside my two angels. (she calls her kids demon spawn, and comments that that would make her a demon....i shall refrain from commenting)
hopefully i have answered all questions about the earlier-mentioned-date. i was told today by a fine man that i should carefully consider not ever dating again, since i am divorced, and getting married again would be a sin (apparently divorce is ok though)......i can't imagine why more people don't want to be christians.....i think i shall write on this very topic tomorrow, since i am tired now. please ignore my above cynicism until i have time to say more.
oh, and i almost forgot. those bulldogs i mentioned? they lost. this really pisses me off. even though i am not a fan, i liked the SEC having two undefeated teams. of course, my beloved UT vols lost, too. first time we have lost to SC in 14 years....dang steve spurrier......my battle cry for the rest of the season? roll tide. at least we still have someone to help us bitch about the injustices of the BCS system.
(on a VERY funny note.....as i ran the spell check on this entry, it informed me that "blog" is not a word it recognizes. )
so let it be written, so let it be done.
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