There's the News -- Again

I know, I know, we all listen to the news whether we want to or not. I mean, you’re driving, listening to music and suddenly, its time for chatter and it’s always the news, right? You turn on your TV, even commercial free channels and damnit, somehow the news sips into them too…well, not as much but we tend to “flip” channels during boring parts and we end up hearing or seeing some news item, right?


I’m on my way to Curves and yup, the news is filling the silence like I didn’t need silence. First off, if a teenager is obese and does nothing to stop this, by age 30 they will be extremely obese? Huh? Why isn’t someone asking; “wait, I was skinny as a kid, not fat, skinny and for most of my life, I was relatively thin, so explain to me why I hit 60 I am now obese?” What fat gene did I suppress for so many years???


Then I hear about all these “exercise” and “family fun” games for the X-Box and Wii. Excuse me, how big is your living/family room? Have you seen those commercials where the entire family is playing these games together? Sweet Mama, if my entire family played at the same time, we’d knock each other out or being pushing for space!!! And my tiny brain is saying; “can’t they all just go outside and take a walk, isn’t that good, clean, and healthy family fun?” Ya, I know, walking is great but so are family games, I get it and this does get people off their butts but I keep having this nagging thought that “hey, we need another TV, cuz I wanna watch my programs, not play these stupid ass games!”


With the economy in the dire straits and so many folks out of work, I think stores are down right stupid for not offering the lay-away plan. Come on, this is perfect and payment is doable when broken up and if they don’t pay, they don’t get the stuff, what’s the problem? Oh, you might have to hire a few more people to handle this option – gee, that would be horrible! Damnit, we need to help each other here and if you want us to shop and buy, give us some incentive and possibilities we can handle.


One more news item….seems there’s this alcoholic energy drink for college kids or those who need a burst of energy to get them thru whatever. Now here is the kicker, you all ready drank coffee or a soda and then, you have this booze drink and wham, your ass is in the emergency room. This is one lethal energy drink and folks are being told to avoid it. Avoid what? They don’t even tell us the bloody name of this sucker!


And that is how my day started – it’s gonna get better tho---headed to the Thai Restaurant for lunch and shall share the meal with a friend as we swap stories and laugh like little kids – hey, it’s our day, let us do it our way!!!

HUH?

Do you listen to the news, read a newspaper, over hear others talking and go HUH? Ya, me too.

Okay, let’s tackle a few of the more mind boggling topics. The state has another place to make cuts – closing state parks! It costs too much to maintain them. Then some clown suggest the state sell these lands, put’em back on the tax roles and hey, some enterprising entrepreneur can turn them into wonderful private campgrounds and make a dandy little profit…wow, what a concept. And if nobody buys the lands, well hell, our taxes will still be used to keep them what – closed but available? WTH?

Aren’t you just thrilled to know that Dame Elizabeth Taylor is 78 years old?

Now how about the $6 million S-Curve – and S does not mean “shit,” but the way the current road travels. Now, someone feels spending $6 million would end this end curve. Hello! That curve has lights and as far as I know, nobody has been seriously or even slightly injured since the lights were installed and it’s a mighty fine drive into that area curve and all. I can think of many ways to spend 6 million dollars and one that jumps right out at me is – fill in the damn potholes!!!

Does anyone care that “my” birds finally returned? Well, they have and once again I am enjoying their company. I was getting a tad annoyed that they hadn’t been around, considering I have some high-end bird seed out there and these silly feathers elected to ignore it. So I hauled a branch back to the deck, tied it up and gave the deck and feeders a “woody” look and by damn, birds are back. Who’d of thunk a dead branch was all they needed to return to filled, delish food…not the smartest creatures, are they?

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity!

Let me ask you something, do you think this country has a hard time saying NO? We just keep helping everyone, we give aid, money, personnel and the shirts off our backs and we are so debt ridden its unreal. What would happen, think about this, if we just said NO for a year…let everyone deal with whatever the hell they must deal with in their own countries so we can get our own house in order. Is that possible? I don’t mean ignore or give up our security or defenses or strike out at terrorism, I mean, how about we just start “giving and spending” money, time and personnel on us for a change.

Well, that’s my rant…aren’t you glad you stopped by for this? Ya, bite me, you think along the same lines and you know it. Now, I usually take Sunday off to rest the body but you know what, I think today snowshoeing is in order…see ya outside…keep smiling

BTW - thank you pet owners for picking up after your pets, you really are great people. And for you a-holes who still think throwing your trash into a snowbank will somehow make it dissolve, your brain is looking for you...or better yet, go back to your own planet and leave ours alone!

Trash

I know I have ranted about this before but damnit, as long as idiots think they can toss their trash in public places and expose all of us to the smell and possible illnesses this can cause, I will rant and express how much I detest these slobs!

I know times are tough, money short and now it appears, intelligence and decency are getting the short end of the stick too.

It just irks me beyond words how some people can be so damn stupid and think this is okay. That nobody will mind or that its no big deal. I wonder what these slobs would think or

Look, its quite simple, take care of your own trash and stop using public areas as your personal dumping sight. Oh sure, it will get cleaned up and when your village taxes go up for trash removal, you can look in the mirror and know why? I pay to have my trash removed, it's not that expensive and damnit, so can you!

The header photo is the former water fountain that flowed majestically when the Norwood Grade School was in full swing. That lovely building stands, slowly being taken over by pigeons and poop but it holds many memories for tons of kids who roamed those hall ways. I wonder if water still flows to that fountain?

Remember: Some days you're the bug; some days you're the windshield.

TV SHOWS

Before I get to my rant (views) on TV shows, let me say that Spring cleaning is stupid and useless. I mean, with all this friggin rain, all we can do is clean and that gets bloody damn old fast!!!

Therefore, no more cleaning, screw it, read a book, watch TV or nap, anything but clean -- damn, I feel better just saying that, how about you?

Okay I admit it, I like TV and usually I can find some show to watch, even repeats are sometimes fun to watch again and again. However lately TV has just flat out sucked! I keep seeing all these commercials for new shows and some really look promising and then they are yanked. Hells bells we didn’t even get to say they were bad and someone else has decided we won't like these suckers, end of show! How rude is that?

Now some shows are just plain dumb and I mean dumb. I can’t even laugh at “Everyone Loves Raymond” anymore because he annoys the hell outta me. What a whiny ass and Mama’s boy – ye gads. Only Deborah would tolerate this fool. Yes, I know, this is what makes this show entertaining – ya, rates right up there with watching ole people trip or fall, ya that’s funny too. Hell, King of Queens at least allow Doug to show some intelligence and his wife to be shown as anything but perfect all the freakin time. Not Raymond, it’s the same crap each show – he whines, does next to doing, wants sex constantly and yaks to his Mommy about everything – yuck!

One show that I enjoy is American Idol. I particularly enjoy the “weeding out and selecting” of contestants. Sometimes I am rolling on the floor as I watch some hopeful try to sing and impress the judges and wondering “have they ever listened to their own voice?” Now last night someone had to be voted off and next week, it’s the final show. I was a bit surprised to see Danny go but happy that the battle shall be between Adam and Kris. Make no mistake here, folks, the last three guys were all amazing and each had their own style and vocal range.

Many are sure the “rocker” groupies will cast enough votes to see Adam take the top prize but hey, let’s not rush things. There’s a special sweetness and gentleness to Kris that seems like Mom’s apple pie and at the same time, he’s got some great vocals and plays various instruments too boot, which is kinda cool in my book! Then again, Adam is Adam and that man can sing the friggin phone book and hey, he ain’t bad on the eyes either.

And of course, we seem to get wrapped up in sexuality. Is Adam gay? Is Kris straight? Who in hell cares – they can sing, this is a singing contest, right?

Well, did my morning walk – and now waiting for the rain to hit and it seems to be holding off but it’s gonna come down, mark my words. Soon I shall fire up the Wii Fit program and do that workout too. [did the Wii Fit program, fitness age today was 32 -- holy sheet!]

Now, I shall find other chores or maybe I’ll take a day off and just read a book!

You all have a good day, okay? Ya, keep smiling!!! Ya, if something interesting or humorous happens during the day, I shall be back and will share it with you--for now, we're above ground and happy, that is enuff!!!

AN ATHEIST IN THE WOODS

Wow, we could not have asked for a nicer day and after all the rain. Now I have been away for a few days, getting my "city" fix and gotta tell ya, it was rainy in the city too.

Yes, I had a lovely time and it's always a good visit when I can hang with my sister and swap stories and just roar with giggles over childhood memories, half of which neither us will confirm as truly happening or totally remembered but still we find them entertaining.

Anyway, as it was so nice this morning I was more than happy to extend my walk and make it last as long as possible. I mean, I did have other chores and errands to run but for some reason walking and enjoying the morning air was just perfect. What is not perfect and is really pissing me off is the idea some clowns have that the Norwood Boat Launch is their personal dump area. I mean, they are bringing bags of trash and tossing them into the wooded area.

If I had had my wits about me and even thought this was gonna happen, I would have (1) stood there and watched the water vs hiking the path and/or (2) took a photo of the truck and license plate just in case they did toss those trash bags into the woods. Instead I hiked the path, and while on it, and outta sight, they tossed the bags and left -- sneaky asswipes! I'm gonna say this again and again, all of us have to stop this from happening or we're gonna find more and more areas off limits, unsafe and totally useless to us because the diseases and smell such acts cause. We need to stop this behavior and the best way to do that is to take names and kick ass!(hey, even writing down the plate number is sufficient to get legal action...littering is against the law people --).

Sorry for the rant, but I'll rant about this every time it happens and now, I shall start writing down and/or snapping license plates because I am sick of such ignorant, lazy behavior and I happen to think Norwood is a nice place to live and I don't want to see slobs messing up the town!

~~~~~~

An atheist was walking through the woods. 'What majestic trees! What powerful rivers! What beautiful animals,” he said to himself.As he was walking alongside the river, he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him. He turned to look.
He saw a 7-foot grizzly bear charge towards him.

He ran as fast as he could up the path. He looked over his shoulder
& saw that the bear was closing in on him...He looked over his shoulder again, & the bear was even closer. He tripped & fell on the ground.He rolled over to pick himself up but saw that the bear was right on top of him, reaching for him with his left paw & raising his right paw to strike him.

At that instant the atheist cried out, 'Oh my God!'

Time Stopped. The bear froze.The forest was silent.

As a bright light shone upon the man, a voice came out of the sky. 'You deny my existence for all these years, teach others I don't exist and even credit creation to cosmic accident.' 'Do you expect me to help you out of this predicament? Am I to count you as a believer?'

The atheist looked directly into the light, 'It would be hypocritical of me to suddenly ask you to treat me as a Christian now, but perhaps you could make the BEAR a Christian'?

'Very well,' said the voice.The light went out.

The sounds of the forest resumed...

And the bear dropped his right paw, brought both paws together, bowed his head & spoke: 'Lord bless this food which I am about to receive from thy bounty through Christ our Lord, Amen.'