WOW
Steve musta been "Instalaunched".
I can't log in, his bandwith is being exeeded.
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Looks like the light at the end of the tunnel isn't a train~ ~~this time.
It looks like it's finally over, The seller moved out last nite, she was having about the same kind of luck as us. The movers were contracted to pack and move; they got there with no packing materials.
She said they got done packing and loading around midnite last nite. A wonderful older woman, I feel sorry it happend to her. She dropped off the key this afternoon, and we'll start the move tommorrow. We'll load the big pick-up tonite and I drive to work then unload it after. Save a special trip, anyway.
Domestic tranquility is starting to settle in rancho Trainwreck again.
We both recognized that it was the stress- mostly. I'm still not going to say anything to, or about 16 (just for safety, ya know).
And Thanks to ZiPpo, for the last comment, it helps, Thanks.
It looks like it's finally over, The seller moved out last nite, she was having about the same kind of luck as us. The movers were contracted to pack and move; they got there with no packing materials.
She said they got done packing and loading around midnite last nite. A wonderful older woman, I feel sorry it happend to her. She dropped off the key this afternoon, and we'll start the move tommorrow. We'll load the big pick-up tonite and I drive to work then unload it after. Save a special trip, anyway.
Domestic tranquility is starting to settle in rancho Trainwreck again.
We both recognized that it was the stress- mostly. I'm still not going to say anything to, or about 16 (just for safety, ya know).
And Thanks to ZiPpo, for the last comment, it helps, Thanks.
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Like I've said, this house has been a total cluster f*ck
from the git-go.
I deleted yesterdays post due to personal things that didn't need to be aired. The appropriate party will get the e-mailed responses. look at central Texas for the fireball when she reads the responses.
As to the ongoing fubar in Castroville. Medina Electric Co-op told me they wouldn;t do cr*p without a meter number. OK, I took off an hour early, drove to the new place and got the serial number.
OK, everybody who thinks that's the right number raise your hand.
Ok, I see about 85% with their hands up. I thought so, too. I drove to the west side of Hondo, thru 2 school zones, got there and the woman buerocrat told me not the right number, it's shorter.
I'm really sorry, I've been in Natural gas operations for over 7 years, and when someone asks for a meter number, I give them the SERIAL number. Not in Medina E.C. they have a DIFFERENT number.
I drove BACK to talk to Miss Judy and got her acct #, METER #, Address, last read, and all i could print. Drove BACK thru HONDO ( and 2 school zones) to the Co-op, got there at about 4:30 (half an hout before closing), got the thing done, and now I need to get my powwer co. to send a credit letter to Medina- or it'll cost me $250 deposit.
On the way home I stopped at Lowes to get 5 gal of white paint for the addition.
Got home about 6:45/7 and got one wall painted. Noticed the back yard was mowed.
Wife told me to call my mom about the move, I did. I mentioned her angels (the 16yr-old specifically) and it's right back like last night.
Hummm, I hope it's not going to end up like this:
Where In The Hell Did You Go With My Toothbrush?
You didn't leave a bar of soap when you left me.
You didn't even leave a towel so I could dry my face.
You didn't even leave a plate for me to eat on.
But you left all my empty beercans all over the place.
You didn't leave my precious black and white TV set.
You took the Jimi Hendrix poster that was on my door.
You left with my very best friend - our dog Smokey.
But I found all the unpaid bills on the kitchen floor.
And where in the hell did you go with my toothbrush?
And where in the hell did you happen to spend last night?
You didn't leave a bar of soap when you left me.
And you didn't even tell me they was turning out the lights.
-- Guitar solo --
You didn't leave my little five dollar alarm clock.
You didn't even leave a note; I guess it's all been said.
You didn't even leave the cushions for the sofa.
And now that I'm used to the couch, you left the bed.
And where in the hell did you go with my toothbrush?
And where in the hell have you been for the last three days?
You didn't leave a bar of soap when you left me.
And you didn't stick around to see the teardrops on my face.
_The Rev. Horton Heat
from the git-go.
I deleted yesterdays post due to personal things that didn't need to be aired. The appropriate party will get the e-mailed responses. look at central Texas for the fireball when she reads the responses.
As to the ongoing fubar in Castroville. Medina Electric Co-op told me they wouldn;t do cr*p without a meter number. OK, I took off an hour early, drove to the new place and got the serial number.
OK, everybody who thinks that's the right number raise your hand.
Ok, I see about 85% with their hands up. I thought so, too. I drove to the west side of Hondo, thru 2 school zones, got there and the woman buerocrat told me not the right number, it's shorter.
I'm really sorry, I've been in Natural gas operations for over 7 years, and when someone asks for a meter number, I give them the SERIAL number. Not in Medina E.C. they have a DIFFERENT number.
I drove BACK to talk to Miss Judy and got her acct #, METER #, Address, last read, and all i could print. Drove BACK thru HONDO ( and 2 school zones) to the Co-op, got there at about 4:30 (half an hout before closing), got the thing done, and now I need to get my powwer co. to send a credit letter to Medina- or it'll cost me $250 deposit.
On the way home I stopped at Lowes to get 5 gal of white paint for the addition.
Got home about 6:45/7 and got one wall painted. Noticed the back yard was mowed.
Wife told me to call my mom about the move, I did. I mentioned her angels (the 16yr-old specifically) and it's right back like last night.
Hummm, I hope it's not going to end up like this:
Where In The Hell Did You Go With My Toothbrush?
You didn't leave a bar of soap when you left me.
You didn't even leave a towel so I could dry my face.
You didn't even leave a plate for me to eat on.
But you left all my empty beercans all over the place.
You didn't leave my precious black and white TV set.
You took the Jimi Hendrix poster that was on my door.
You left with my very best friend - our dog Smokey.
But I found all the unpaid bills on the kitchen floor.
And where in the hell did you go with my toothbrush?
And where in the hell did you happen to spend last night?
You didn't leave a bar of soap when you left me.
And you didn't even tell me they was turning out the lights.
-- Guitar solo --
You didn't leave my little five dollar alarm clock.
You didn't even leave a note; I guess it's all been said.
You didn't even leave the cushions for the sofa.
And now that I'm used to the couch, you left the bed.
And where in the hell did you go with my toothbrush?
And where in the hell have you been for the last three days?
You didn't leave a bar of soap when you left me.
And you didn't stick around to see the teardrops on my face.
_The Rev. Horton Heat
Monday, March 28, 2005
Sunday, March 27, 2005
Happy Easter !
And in that spirit:
Here comes Peter Cottontail,
Hoppin' down the bunny trail,
Hippity, hoppity,
Easter's on its way.
Bringin' every girl and boy Baskets full of Easter joy,
Things to make your Easter bright and gay.
He's got jelly beans for Tommy,
Colored eggs for sister Sue,
There's an orchid for your Mommy
And an Easter bonnet, too.
For the traditionalist in my audience:
1
On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb.
2
So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, "They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they put him."
3
So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb.
4
They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first;
5
he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in.
6
When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there,
7
and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place.
8
Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed.
9
For they did not yet understand the scripture that he had to rise from the dead.
John 20: 1-9
And in that spirit:
Here comes Peter Cottontail,
Hoppin' down the bunny trail,
Hippity, hoppity,
Easter's on its way.
Bringin' every girl and boy Baskets full of Easter joy,
Things to make your Easter bright and gay.
He's got jelly beans for Tommy,
Colored eggs for sister Sue,
There's an orchid for your Mommy
And an Easter bonnet, too.
For the traditionalist in my audience:
1
On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb.
2
So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, "They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they put him."
3
So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb.
4
They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first;
5
he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in.
6
When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there,
7
and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place.
8
Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed.
9
For they did not yet understand the scripture that he had to rise from the dead.
John 20: 1-9
Saturday, March 26, 2005
I'm culling my blogroll
I said it before, and now I'm getting rid of the "All T.S.-all the time" blogs.
I'm tired of it, and I'm not naming names. I'm too small, and some are part of the nicedoggie network.
I said it before, and now I'm getting rid of the "All T.S.-all the time" blogs.
I'm tired of it, and I'm not naming names. I'm too small, and some are part of the nicedoggie network.
I just can't imagine what Mexico has on Uve-doble
the American Thinker has a wonderful article on previous incarnations of the Minute Man Project over in Arizona.
Douglas Hanson's article gives a bit more realistic description of these citizens than GW's dismissive "vigilante" comment.
In it he revisits the various time that the military has been on the border in almost the same role as the MMP (reporting illegals to the proper authorities) are doing now.
He ends the article by expanding on what I've felt for a while:
"President Bush has been viewed as a leader who places the national security of our country as the number one priority. His national security team and the DoD have correctly gone on the offense in the Global War on Terror and taken the fight to the enemy. Unfortunately, the lack of will in securing our border, and his criticisms of our citizens acting in good faith to protect their loved ones and property, only reinforce the perception that GW is returning to business as usual in the domestic political arena. Pandering to the oddball coalition of open-border Democrats and cheap-labor Republicans may have some economic benefit that I don’t understand, but this is certainly no way to secure our country."
I kinda knew he was like this, but I marked the arrow more in opposition to Kerry than in enthusiastic support of GWB.
Maybe I need to start getting behind Congressman Tancredo in '08. If I were a single issue voter I'd do that now, but I don't know what else he stands for.
the American Thinker has a wonderful article on previous incarnations of the Minute Man Project over in Arizona.
Douglas Hanson's article gives a bit more realistic description of these citizens than GW's dismissive "vigilante" comment.
In it he revisits the various time that the military has been on the border in almost the same role as the MMP (reporting illegals to the proper authorities) are doing now.
He ends the article by expanding on what I've felt for a while:
"President Bush has been viewed as a leader who places the national security of our country as the number one priority. His national security team and the DoD have correctly gone on the offense in the Global War on Terror and taken the fight to the enemy. Unfortunately, the lack of will in securing our border, and his criticisms of our citizens acting in good faith to protect their loved ones and property, only reinforce the perception that GW is returning to business as usual in the domestic political arena. Pandering to the oddball coalition of open-border Democrats and cheap-labor Republicans may have some economic benefit that I don’t understand, but this is certainly no way to secure our country."
I kinda knew he was like this, but I marked the arrow more in opposition to Kerry than in enthusiastic support of GWB.
Maybe I need to start getting behind Congressman Tancredo in '08. If I were a single issue voter I'd do that now, but I don't know what else he stands for.
Friday, March 25, 2005
I'm sure you know I haven't been following the MSM lately
But Val over at Babalu Blog has a story thay I'd bet that no-one north of Miami has heard.
The longing for freedom isn't just a, , , an American "puppet" kinda thing.
These people prove that.
That's the kind of "illegal" immigration ol' Jorge Uve-duble needs to encourage, not the Mexican thing.
But Val over at Babalu Blog has a story thay I'd bet that no-one north of Miami has heard.
The longing for freedom isn't just a, , , an American "puppet" kinda thing.
These people prove that.
That's the kind of "illegal" immigration ol' Jorge Uve-duble needs to encourage, not the Mexican thing.
More "scientific" commentery on
I've got a couple uninformed questions about this NASA arcticle about 'Arctic Soot'.
Ok, haven't we been cleaning up the air with cleaner burning fuels since J.P. Getty got a cheap source of fuel to industry back in the 1800's? You remember changing to inexpensive, readily available, cleaner (realitvly) fuel oil, from sooty coal fired plants.
Here's what Dorothy Koch of Columbia University, New York, and NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), New York, and James Hansen of NASA GISS ( co-authors of the study that appeared in a recent issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research). have to say:
"This research offers additional evidence black carbon, generated through the process of incomplete combustion, may have a significant warming impact on the Arctic," Koch said. "Further, it means there may be immediate consequences for Arctic ecosystems, and potentially long-term implications on climate patterns for much of the globe," she added.
The Arctic is especially susceptible to the impact of human-generated particles and other pollution. In recent years the Arctic has significantly warmed, and sea-ice cover and glacial snow have diminished. Likely causes for these trends include changing weather patterns and the effects of pollution. Black carbon has been implicated as playing a role in melting ice and snow. When soot falls on ice, it darkens the surface and accelerates melting by increasing absorbed sunlight. Airborne soot also warms the air and affects weather patterns and clouds.
Ok, so it's only starting now? All the sooty coal fired plants polluting from all over the devloped 19th century world is only now making it up there?
Or are our modern day scrubbers not working right?
OH!
Koch and Hansen used GISS' General Circulation Model (GCM) to investigate the origins of Arctic soot by isolating various source regions and types. The GCM employs a lot of different data gathered by NASA and other U.S. satellites to study many environmental factors such as ice cover and temperature.
The research found in the atmosphere over the Arctic, about one-third of the soot comes from South Asia, one-third from burning biomass or vegetation around the world, and the remainder from Russia, Europe and North America.
South Asia is estimated to have the largest industrial soot emissions in the world, and the meteorology in that region readily lofts pollution into the upper atmosphere where it is transported to the North Pole. Meanwhile, the pollution from Europe and Russia travels closer to the surface.
But aren't China, and the other Third World countries EXEMPT from the Kyoto scam?
I've got a couple uninformed questions about this NASA arcticle about 'Arctic Soot'.
Ok, haven't we been cleaning up the air with cleaner burning fuels since J.P. Getty got a cheap source of fuel to industry back in the 1800's? You remember changing to inexpensive, readily available, cleaner (realitvly) fuel oil, from sooty coal fired plants.
Here's what Dorothy Koch of Columbia University, New York, and NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), New York, and James Hansen of NASA GISS ( co-authors of the study that appeared in a recent issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research). have to say:
"This research offers additional evidence black carbon, generated through the process of incomplete combustion, may have a significant warming impact on the Arctic," Koch said. "Further, it means there may be immediate consequences for Arctic ecosystems, and potentially long-term implications on climate patterns for much of the globe," she added.
The Arctic is especially susceptible to the impact of human-generated particles and other pollution. In recent years the Arctic has significantly warmed, and sea-ice cover and glacial snow have diminished. Likely causes for these trends include changing weather patterns and the effects of pollution. Black carbon has been implicated as playing a role in melting ice and snow. When soot falls on ice, it darkens the surface and accelerates melting by increasing absorbed sunlight. Airborne soot also warms the air and affects weather patterns and clouds.
Ok, so it's only starting now? All the sooty coal fired plants polluting from all over the devloped 19th century world is only now making it up there?
Or are our modern day scrubbers not working right?
OH!
Koch and Hansen used GISS' General Circulation Model (GCM) to investigate the origins of Arctic soot by isolating various source regions and types. The GCM employs a lot of different data gathered by NASA and other U.S. satellites to study many environmental factors such as ice cover and temperature.
The research found in the atmosphere over the Arctic, about one-third of the soot comes from South Asia, one-third from burning biomass or vegetation around the world, and the remainder from Russia, Europe and North America.
South Asia is estimated to have the largest industrial soot emissions in the world, and the meteorology in that region readily lofts pollution into the upper atmosphere where it is transported to the North Pole. Meanwhile, the pollution from Europe and Russia travels closer to the surface.
But aren't China, and the other Third World countries EXEMPT from the Kyoto scam?
Well I guess my relief was premature.
I made the mistake of looking at Drudge this morning, and was met with TERRI SCHIAVO, TERRI SCHAIVO, TERRI SCHIAVO, and TERRI SCHAIVO!
Guess I'll have to crawl back into my hole and pull a rock over it again. I'm definetly going to install a CD player in the Dodge- at least I won't have to have the radio off all the time.
Oh, Matt had 16 other stories that didn't merit topflight billing, probably because he couldn't mention in them.
I made the mistake of looking at Drudge this morning, and was met with TERRI SCHIAVO, TERRI SCHAIVO, TERRI SCHIAVO, and TERRI SCHAIVO!
Guess I'll have to crawl back into my hole and pull a rock over it again. I'm definetly going to install a CD player in the Dodge- at least I won't have to have the radio off all the time.
Oh, Matt had 16 other stories that didn't merit topflight billing, probably because he couldn't mention in them.
Thursday, March 24, 2005
And you thought gas prices were high now?
Just wait untill the real effects of this hit the gas pumps.
The enviro weinies won't let us build refineries any more. Add all the special "anti-pollution" blends in, and watch your fuel prices skyrocket.
You heard it hear first.
I can just about garrantee the cost filling your gas tank will at least double.
Just wait untill the real effects of this hit the gas pumps.
The enviro weinies won't let us build refineries any more. Add all the special "anti-pollution" blends in, and watch your fuel prices skyrocket.
You heard it hear first.
I can just about garrantee the cost filling your gas tank will at least double.
Ok, she's dead
I think, , , it seems like she is from what I'm reading. I wouldn't know from NOT listening to the radio, or watching hardly any TV.
The blogs I'm reading (skimming actually) seem to point that way.
I sure hope it's over, and I won't have to start drastically culling my blogrollfor the blogs full of T.S.
I think, , , it seems like she is from what I'm reading. I wouldn't know from NOT listening to the radio, or watching hardly any TV.
The blogs I'm reading (skimming actually) seem to point that way.
I sure hope it's over, and I won't have to start drastically culling my blogrollfor the blogs full of T.S.
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
No posts tonite- been a long and unproductive day.
We went to change out a big padmount transformer, and after blowing 3 High Voltage underground splices found out that the NEW (rebuilt) transformer was shorted out inside.
So we worked thru lunch and reinstalled the old one. On the other hand you could say we replaced two transformers, so the glass could be half full.
We went to change out a big padmount transformer, and after blowing 3 High Voltage underground splices found out that the NEW (rebuilt) transformer was shorted out inside.
So we worked thru lunch and reinstalled the old one. On the other hand you could say we replaced two transformers, so the glass could be half full.
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Lets help The Jawa get LGF into Google news.
Jawa wants you to try to get Little Green Footballs onto Google.
Click this Google link and add LGF.
My message was:
"Can you ad this site to your news, just to give yourself some balance? You are so unevenly loaded, that you keep falling over onto your left side. a little balance would keep you at least off your lefthand door."
I personally don't care, I don't use Google. I'm looking for something less hostile to my views.
Jawa wants you to try to get Little Green Footballs onto Google.
Click this Google link and add LGF.
My message was:
"Can you ad this site to your news, just to give yourself some balance? You are so unevenly loaded, that you keep falling over onto your left side. a little balance would keep you at least off your lefthand door."
I personally don't care, I don't use Google. I'm looking for something less hostile to my views.
Monday, March 21, 2005
On a Lighter note, Who are you?
If you listen to this, you may know WHO you are.
Thanks to Deans World for the background on this haunting tune.
If you listen to this, you may know WHO you are.
Thanks to Deans World for the background on this haunting tune.
I've got TERRI SCHIAVO on my mind today
Not because I'm on one side or the other of the TERRI SCHIAVO debate. I am usually pretty good about seeing media overhype comming, but I have to admit TERRI SCHIAVO kinda snuck up on me. In retrospect I should have known that the TERRI SCHIAVO bruhaha was a media event, weather TERRI SCHIAVO would have wanted it, or TERRI SCHIAVO wouldn't have wanted it I can't say. There are alot of things that touch a nerve after being over exposed, but I don't think TERRI SCHIAVO would notice a nerve being struck.
If I remember right, TERRI SCHIAVO told her husband that if she, TERRI SCHIAVO was struck down into a vegetative state, then TERRI SCHIAVO didn't want to be around.
Now I'm a little curious, not much- just a vague curiosity about why the TERRI SCHIAVO case? I mean there had to be plenty of other cases to rally around and force a name like, , , TERRI SCHIAVO into everyones pores. Who, besides TERRI SCHIAVO is going to benefit from all this free publicity? Not that TERRI SCHIAVO knows anything anyway. In case you hadn't noticed, I'm getting a bit fed-up with hearing about TERRI SCHIAVO. I'm so fed up that I drove home from Castroville with the radio off so I wasn't forced to hear about TERRI SCHIAVO. I wish they'd just fix it one way or another, so I wouldn't have TERRI SCHIAVO forced down my throat every 5 minutes.
I know that if TERRI SCHIAVO could know what's going on, that even TERRI SCHIAVO would just have to say "SHUT the F*CK UP about me".
I thought the 9-11 hype was bad, but that was almost 3,000 people killed, not just one TERRI SCHIAVO saturating the airwaves of America by dint of nothing but having her -->TERRI SCHIAVO's<-- autonimous nerves being able to breath on their own.
Hell, I'd rather listen to Ron Reagan(jr) talk about dogs he has known.
Lets hope they figgure out something in the TERRI SCHIAVO case, so that TERRI SCHIAVO can have her name used by people who have TERRI SCHIAVOs best intrests at heart- instead of using it for free publicity.
Not because I'm on one side or the other of the TERRI SCHIAVO debate. I am usually pretty good about seeing media overhype comming, but I have to admit TERRI SCHIAVO kinda snuck up on me. In retrospect I should have known that the TERRI SCHIAVO bruhaha was a media event, weather TERRI SCHIAVO would have wanted it, or TERRI SCHIAVO wouldn't have wanted it I can't say. There are alot of things that touch a nerve after being over exposed, but I don't think TERRI SCHIAVO would notice a nerve being struck.
If I remember right, TERRI SCHIAVO told her husband that if she, TERRI SCHIAVO was struck down into a vegetative state, then TERRI SCHIAVO didn't want to be around.
Now I'm a little curious, not much- just a vague curiosity about why the TERRI SCHIAVO case? I mean there had to be plenty of other cases to rally around and force a name like, , , TERRI SCHIAVO into everyones pores. Who, besides TERRI SCHIAVO is going to benefit from all this free publicity? Not that TERRI SCHIAVO knows anything anyway. In case you hadn't noticed, I'm getting a bit fed-up with hearing about TERRI SCHIAVO. I'm so fed up that I drove home from Castroville with the radio off so I wasn't forced to hear about TERRI SCHIAVO. I wish they'd just fix it one way or another, so I wouldn't have TERRI SCHIAVO forced down my throat every 5 minutes.
I know that if TERRI SCHIAVO could know what's going on, that even TERRI SCHIAVO would just have to say "SHUT the F*CK UP about me".
I thought the 9-11 hype was bad, but that was almost 3,000 people killed, not just one TERRI SCHIAVO saturating the airwaves of America by dint of nothing but having her -->TERRI SCHIAVO's<-- autonimous nerves being able to breath on their own.
Hell, I'd rather listen to Ron Reagan(jr) talk about dogs he has known.
Lets hope they figgure out something in the TERRI SCHIAVO case, so that TERRI SCHIAVO can have her name used by people who have TERRI SCHIAVOs best intrests at heart- instead of using it for free publicity.
Sunday, March 20, 2005
How can you support the troops here?
Alot of returning troops have extremity injuries (arms and legs) that need rehabs on their homes.
I came accross Homes for our troops
over at Black Five blog.
Basically it's a 'habitat for heroes' kinda thing. I only glanced thru it, seeing if they had anything around San Antonio (didn't see any), but it looks worthwhile.
Alot of libs are decrying the tradeoff in lost limbs for lost lives, as 'too many soldiers are loosing limbs".
Homes for troops looks like it rehabs homes for injured military. Go check it out now, I can wait.
Alot of returning troops have extremity injuries (arms and legs) that need rehabs on their homes.
I came accross Homes for our troops
over at Black Five blog.
Basically it's a 'habitat for heroes' kinda thing. I only glanced thru it, seeing if they had anything around San Antonio (didn't see any), but it looks worthwhile.
Alot of libs are decrying the tradeoff in lost limbs for lost lives, as 'too many soldiers are loosing limbs".
Homes for troops looks like it rehabs homes for injured military. Go check it out now, I can wait.
It was a semi-productive Sunday
We finally got rid of the car- the guy partied to hard yesterday, and hadn't even left (woke-up) untill we called him sitting in Seguin. He had a party Fri. nite. He rolled in around 11:30 this morning and drove off with us holding a handfull of hundreds.
I didn't get much done around the house- by the time we got done wasting a 60 mi. drive, I finished putting up the outer window trim. It was getting dark (storm clouds), and I decided to mow the bad part of the lawn- the lazy teen said she'd do it the week she was off school.
She had 8 days to do it.
She didn't get her lazy ass away from the TV unless her mom took her away.
I said some things when I got in- pissed off her mom (again). She says I'm too hard on her.
I "upset" the teen this morning(again), and P.O.'d her mom(again). Got in and unloaded the grorceries on the porch, opened the door- and there she was in all her glory:Slack-jawed in front of the boob-tube. Said she didn't notice me outside-in front of the window unloading the truck onto the porch.
I'm going to be damn glad when she turns 18, and I don't have to waste food, shelter or A/c on her. "Happy 18- bye"!
We finally got rid of the car- the guy partied to hard yesterday, and hadn't even left (woke-up) untill we called him sitting in Seguin. He had a party Fri. nite. He rolled in around 11:30 this morning and drove off with us holding a handfull of hundreds.
I didn't get much done around the house- by the time we got done wasting a 60 mi. drive, I finished putting up the outer window trim. It was getting dark (storm clouds), and I decided to mow the bad part of the lawn- the lazy teen said she'd do it the week she was off school.
She had 8 days to do it.
She didn't get her lazy ass away from the TV unless her mom took her away.
I said some things when I got in- pissed off her mom (again). She says I'm too hard on her.
I "upset" the teen this morning(again), and P.O.'d her mom(again). Got in and unloaded the grorceries on the porch, opened the door- and there she was in all her glory:Slack-jawed in front of the boob-tube. Said she didn't notice me outside-in front of the window unloading the truck onto the porch.
I'm going to be damn glad when she turns 18, and I don't have to waste food, shelter or A/c on her. "Happy 18- bye"!
Gas is over $3/gal in Cali
I really can't say I feel bad for them- it's more like; Well they got what they deserved. They're the ones that elected the libs to screw-up almost anything that has to do with energy.
They're the ones that didn't build powerplants or distribution lines- they blighted the mountain ranges with those ugly-ass windmills that
They won't let any development take place unless costly and questionable practices are in place curtail land use.
They mandated specially blended gasoline to help air quality, while poisoning the water with the same addetive.
Nope don't feel bad for The Peoples Democratic Socialist Republic of Californistan at all.
I really can't say I feel bad for them- it's more like; Well they got what they deserved. They're the ones that elected the libs to screw-up almost anything that has to do with energy.
They're the ones that didn't build powerplants or distribution lines- they blighted the mountain ranges with those ugly-ass windmills that
and produce less power than a small conventional plant would.
They won't let any development take place unless costly and questionable practices are in place curtail land use.
They mandated specially blended gasoline to help air quality, while poisoning the water with the same addetive.
Nope don't feel bad for The Peoples Democratic Socialist Republic of Californistan at all.
Saturday, March 19, 2005
It's a beautiful Saturday in S. Texas
We may have a renter for the house, we're getting the Cavalier out of here for about what I wanted for it, and it's a mild sunny day.
The Texas Blogfest has started up in Dallas. I hope they're having fun and don't forget to update us about the events- both stange and normal.
Have fun guys, and ZiPpo, be sure you splice that mainbrace with El Capitan while you're up there.
We may have a renter for the house, we're getting the Cavalier out of here for about what I wanted for it, and it's a mild sunny day.
The Texas Blogfest has started up in Dallas. I hope they're having fun and don't forget to update us about the events- both stange and normal.
Have fun guys, and ZiPpo, be sure you splice that mainbrace with El Capitan while you're up there.
Friday, March 18, 2005
Boy am I glad it's Friday
Bad news on the closing front, the seller can't find what she wants, and is getting cold feet. The closing date has moved back to Mar 31 and the realtor is handling her with kid gloves, just to keep the sale going.
It's a 115 mi. one way trip from here to work, I drop wife off on the way and pick her up when I come home. It's saving some gas that way, but the Mitsu uses almost as much gas as my Ram pick-up. It just doesn't have as big a fuel tank, so we have to fill up every day.
Sorry, but I'm tired, and the wife is watching her bad sci-fi on the sci-fi channel at too high a volume. I'm having trouble putting thoughts tohgether now, so another post tommorrow when I can remember what I was going to post.
Bad news on the closing front, the seller can't find what she wants, and is getting cold feet. The closing date has moved back to Mar 31 and the realtor is handling her with kid gloves, just to keep the sale going.
It's a 115 mi. one way trip from here to work, I drop wife off on the way and pick her up when I come home. It's saving some gas that way, but the Mitsu uses almost as much gas as my Ram pick-up. It just doesn't have as big a fuel tank, so we have to fill up every day.
Sorry, but I'm tired, and the wife is watching her bad sci-fi on the sci-fi channel at too high a volume. I'm having trouble putting thoughts tohgether now, so another post tommorrow when I can remember what I was going to post.
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Another day closer to the move
I worked harder today than I have in the last 6 months- which means I actually broke a sweat. We're relocating a 2" PE service at the school. The school where the ONLY people working don't have any connection with the school.
The Administrators and teachers are off with the kids. Along with every other vacation the kids have off school. And they want you to pay them for NOT working when your kids aren't in school. The ones who maybe work 7 months out of the year and make as much as I do all year, and the TEA wants even more money for not working.
OOPs got on a bit of a rant, there. Anyway the girls will probably be starting their new school in about a week, and they cant get registered because the Admin doesn't even bother with an ANSWERING MACHINE, just- you know in case something, , , happens.
Gawd, I wish I was smart enough back when I was young to get a job in education, hell, I'd be getting money for nothing, hell, I might even use an answering machine.
I worked harder today than I have in the last 6 months- which means I actually broke a sweat. We're relocating a 2" PE service at the school. The school where the ONLY people working don't have any connection with the school.
The Administrators and teachers are off with the kids. Along with every other vacation the kids have off school. And they want you to pay them for NOT working when your kids aren't in school. The ones who maybe work 7 months out of the year and make as much as I do all year, and the TEA wants even more money for not working.
OOPs got on a bit of a rant, there. Anyway the girls will probably be starting their new school in about a week, and they cant get registered because the Admin doesn't even bother with an ANSWERING MACHINE, just- you know in case something, , , happens.
Gawd, I wish I was smart enough back when I was young to get a job in education, hell, I'd be getting money for nothing, hell, I might even use an answering machine.
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Well it looks like the Republicans are FINALLY realizing they're in the majority
I just hope that they remember that they're also supposed to be the ones who are conservative- or as conservative as you can be in DC.
They approved drilling in ANWAR.
Now before everyone gets their undies all wadded up, lets look at this~
And lets open the way for nukes, we don'thave enough glowing green possums walking around.
I just hope that they remember that they're also supposed to be the ones who are conservative- or as conservative as you can be in DC.
They approved drilling in ANWAR.
Now before everyone gets their undies all wadded up, lets look at this~
- Anwar is about as big as Texas (not as big, but close).
- The drilling site would be about as big as, as Maxwell, Tx (about 500 pop.)
- This isn't Soviet Russia, the drillers don't gratuitusly wash the landscape with oil.
- 90% of ANWAR is nothing more than a frozen dessert for 9 months out of 12.
- The enviro-wackos were 180 degrees wrong on the pipeline, they say we'll endanger more threatened species. Hell, if we drill, and the tree huggers tell us that, we should save most of the citters up there with the activity, lights, heat and food.
And lets open the way for nukes, we don'thave enough glowing green possums walking around.
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
The world is comming to an end- a lawyer is sueing himself
acidman sends a link to a layer who is 'acting in the best interests of his client'
The shark owns a title company, and it charges an un reasonable tax fee. The shark is also getting a percentage on the results.
"Emert Wyss, wearing his hat of Centerre Title company, collects the fees from Ms. McLaughlin, and now we have six, seven, eight months later, Emert Wyss wearing his hat as Ms. McLaughlin’s attorney suggests she file suit over the very fees his title company collected from her, is that right?” Brown asked.
Wyss replied, “That is right. It oversimplifies it, but that is correct."
Here's the whole transcript.
acidman sends a link to a layer who is 'acting in the best interests of his client'
The shark owns a title company, and it charges an un reasonable tax fee. The shark is also getting a percentage on the results.
"Emert Wyss, wearing his hat of Centerre Title company, collects the fees from Ms. McLaughlin, and now we have six, seven, eight months later, Emert Wyss wearing his hat as Ms. McLaughlin’s attorney suggests she file suit over the very fees his title company collected from her, is that right?” Brown asked.
Wyss replied, “That is right. It oversimplifies it, but that is correct."
Here's the whole transcript.
Well, Texas decided to "revamp" its tax system
But you have to remember the ones that are "revamping" are pols.
So, they raised the Sales Tax by 1%, and one day will "do something " about lowering the property tax to compensate. Yeh, next time I'll see any property taxes being lowered is when I hit 65.
They're also going to do something with the school funding, too. Probably going to see how much MORE money they can throw at it.
That reminds me- as you know, we're moving soon and need to get the girls registered in Medina Valley ISD. Problem is that it's spring break there- and the School OFFICES are closed, too.
Remember to ask next time someone mentiones teachers saleries, that they're off work as much as your kids are out of school. If they're making that much for effectively 6 months work, that ought to average out to twice as much if they WORKED full time.
I was going to say something about the DC schools cost per student VS the abyssimal results- as in money doesn't equal quality, but I've had a long day.
But you have to remember the ones that are "revamping" are pols.
So, they raised the Sales Tax by 1%, and one day will "do something " about lowering the property tax to compensate. Yeh, next time I'll see any property taxes being lowered is when I hit 65.
They're also going to do something with the school funding, too. Probably going to see how much MORE money they can throw at it.
That reminds me- as you know, we're moving soon and need to get the girls registered in Medina Valley ISD. Problem is that it's spring break there- and the School OFFICES are closed, too.
Remember to ask next time someone mentiones teachers saleries, that they're off work as much as your kids are out of school. If they're making that much for effectively 6 months work, that ought to average out to twice as much if they WORKED full time.
I was going to say something about the DC schools cost per student VS the abyssimal results- as in money doesn't equal quality, but I've had a long day.
Monday, March 14, 2005
Tomorrow, March 15 2005 is the Third Annual International Eat an Animal for PETA Day
Remember, it's up to YOU to do your duty, now MOOooove.
And as an added incentive~
Eat steak, eat steak eat a big ol' steer
Eat steak, eat steak do we have one dear?
Eat beef, eat beef it's a mighty good food
It's a grade A meal when I'm in the mood.
Cowpokes'll come from a near and far
When you throw a few rib-eyes on the fire
Roberto Duran ate two before a fight
'Cause it gave a lot of mighty men a lot of mighty might
Eat steak, eat steak eat a big ol' steer
Eat steak, eat steak do we have one dear?
Eat beef, eat beef it's a mighty good food
It's a grade A meal when I'm in the mood.
Eat meat, eat meat, filet mignon
Eat meat, eat meat, eat it all day long
Eat a few T-bones till you get your fill
Eat a new york cut, hot off the grill
Eat steak, eat steak eat a big ol' steer
Eat steak, eat steak do we have one dear?
Eat beef, eat beef it's a mighty good food
It's a grade A meal when I'm in the mood.
Eat a cow, eat a cow 'cause it's good for you
Eat a cow, eat a cow it's the thing that goes "Mooooo"
Look at all the cows in the slaughterhouse yard
Gotta hit'em in the head, gotta hit'em real hard
First you gotta clean'em then the butcher cuts'em up
Throws it on a scale, throws an eyeball in a cup
Saw a big Brahman Steer standing right over there
So I rustled up a fire cooked him medium rare
Bar-B-Q'ed his brisket, a roasted his rump
Fed my dog that ol' Brahman Steer's hump
Eat steak, eat steak eat a big ol' steer
Eat steak, eat steak do we have one dear?
Eat beef, eat beef it's a mighty good food
It's a grade A meal when I'm in the mood.
-The Rev. Horton Heat.
Remember, it's up to YOU to do your duty, now MOOooove.
And as an added incentive~
Eat steak, eat steak eat a big ol' steer
Eat steak, eat steak do we have one dear?
Eat beef, eat beef it's a mighty good food
It's a grade A meal when I'm in the mood.
Cowpokes'll come from a near and far
When you throw a few rib-eyes on the fire
Roberto Duran ate two before a fight
'Cause it gave a lot of mighty men a lot of mighty might
Eat steak, eat steak eat a big ol' steer
Eat steak, eat steak do we have one dear?
Eat beef, eat beef it's a mighty good food
It's a grade A meal when I'm in the mood.
Eat meat, eat meat, filet mignon
Eat meat, eat meat, eat it all day long
Eat a few T-bones till you get your fill
Eat a new york cut, hot off the grill
Eat steak, eat steak eat a big ol' steer
Eat steak, eat steak do we have one dear?
Eat beef, eat beef it's a mighty good food
It's a grade A meal when I'm in the mood.
Eat a cow, eat a cow 'cause it's good for you
Eat a cow, eat a cow it's the thing that goes "Mooooo"
Look at all the cows in the slaughterhouse yard
Gotta hit'em in the head, gotta hit'em real hard
First you gotta clean'em then the butcher cuts'em up
Throws it on a scale, throws an eyeball in a cup
Saw a big Brahman Steer standing right over there
So I rustled up a fire cooked him medium rare
Bar-B-Q'ed his brisket, a roasted his rump
Fed my dog that ol' Brahman Steer's hump
Eat steak, eat steak eat a big ol' steer
Eat steak, eat steak do we have one dear?
Eat beef, eat beef it's a mighty good food
It's a grade A meal when I'm in the mood.
-The Rev. Horton Heat.
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