Wednesday Thoughts

• Having bad heartburn after the sickness I had a few days ago.
• It must have been a nasty bug, many people have gotten it.
• Did anyone else notice the re-use of a couple of Asian actors on MASH? There are like 2 guys who show up in SEVERAL episodes as a focal character (each character is different though!)
• The snow yesterday was sooooo much nicer than that tornatic snowstorm we had Christmas Eve.
• Did you know Stan Lee started working for Marvel Comics at age 17? He is like older than dirt now. How about THAT for work ethic!
• I have now taken to feeding Hitler House Cat through one of the air vents. You can kinda push it out of the way enough to get your hand through with some food in it.
• Not sure what to do about that cat yet.
• To save money we will be canceling our Dish Network soon. I am sure they will try to give me 3 months free and all that crap to keep me, but no go, it's gotta go.
• Can I live without Food Network... bet your ass I can!
• That channel makes my head ache and my stomach turn.
• I used to enjoy the cooking shows on PBS better (back in the day).
• Although America's Test Kitchen on PBS is very interesting. A+

Monday Thoughts

• Christmas was great... the 2 days after were baaaadddd. Got some sort of illness and was spewing from both ends...
• Watched the whole Clatterford Season 2 the day after Christmas. It's strange becasue I am not usually into sitcoms that don't have a laugh track.
• I am now watching The Mighty Boosh Season 2. Man it's a strange show but I can't seem to stop watching.
• It seems to me this is what According To Whim would be like if we had a real TV show.
  
  

Thursday Thoughts

• I hope coming into work today doesn't backfire and I get stuck here, weather on the way.
• I just watched a vid shot in summer and there were cicadas in the background, now I can still hear them. I'm freaking out man!
• Do you have a best friend? Well you should if you don't.

Wednesday Thoughts

• I have decided that congressional 'earmarks' should be illegal.
• I think all the negative publicity they are getting will cause for some action to be taken.
• I wonder (if they were to answer truthfully) if ANY congressman has read the health bill...
• The commercial for Jerry's in Weatherford (car dealership) is like watching a commercial made for the movie deliverance. That guy is H.I.C.K. Nice I guess, but a hick none-the-less.
• I can't wait for the time when cell phones are made illegal because of their health hazard and we go back to using land lines.
• If evolution is as real as science makes it out to be, why don't we have half human/half apes walking around? Just a thought...

Mid Day Thought

Just FYI, this little story was written 2 years ago. My how things are still the same...



I occurred to me that society is headed down the drain. Anything we can do about it? Nah, probably not. You see it would take a huge (and I mean huge) change in the structure of our society such as a catastrophic event to really change how we as a people act.

Here’s the reason we are heading down this path. I was eating at Chili’s one night and a group of teenagers were in the booth behind me. I heard them asking the waiter how much they should tip him. This is when I realized we are doomed as a society.

This current generation has had everything spoon fed to them. They have been told what to eat, wear, think and in the not too distant future they will be ripe for someone to just take over and run every aspect of their lives. Thus, there is going to be an even smaller elite ruling class in the years to come.

Now I am not saying that it’s just the current generation’s lack of self exploration, it’s been happening for quite some time now. It seems to be (without actual research) that somewhere in the 60’s or 70’s that our society moved to this sort of ‘spoon fed’ mentality. They did it because they could. They wanted the best for their offspring and they did what they could which meant really molly coddling their kids. This has continued and is now at a point where it is out of control. When kids come into the adult world with no life skills they are going to be easy picking for any group or people who spend the effort to influence those uncertain minds.
What I see is what I have said, a very small elite ruling class, a dictatorship, or some other all-controlling power.



I suppose that this will lead to some sort of revolution and all that jazz. I suppose it would be pretty close to H.G. Wells vision of humanity in The Time Machine. Won’t that be interesting?

Tuesday Thoughts

• How can it be legal to 'pay off' members of congress with perks in bills? This whole Nebraska thing... it seems criminal to give perks to one state and shirk the rest. Now the rest of us will be fitting the bill for their payoff. That can't be legal.
• Enough enough political talk! Sorry.
• Do you remember when BBS (bulletin board systems) were the only ways to communicate electronically?
• Do you remember when movie only had optical effects (no digital ones)?
• Do you remember when you didn't worry that your fart was destroying the earth?
• Ah, the good old days.
• Going to try and clean up files and emails on this slow day.
• Got an echo-cardiogram this morning, for what reason you ask... no reason, just know some people.
• Got interviewed by local newspaper yesterday for the public access show. We will see if it goes anywhere.

Monday Thoughts

• Long ago I switched from being excited about getting at Christmas to being excited about giving.
• Can you believe this health care bill? They are simply passing junk so they can get a foothold so they can morph it to a nightmare later. It looks nothing like it was supposed to be originally.
• I can't wait for it's outcome (the new taxes, etc). Then I can't wait for the elections!
• Payback is a BITCH.
• All this irritates me so much.
• Also I was listening to NPR prattle on about their favorite subject Copenhagen this weekend. Man some 'international important people' are really pissed they aren't getting a ton of free money and fast. It all sounds like a load of crap to me.
• No mention from the BBC during all this about the phony 'research' and how it has skewed all data it was used in... hum... My theory is is that it's a big money making scam.
• What I don't understand is how the president can make any binding contracts without the consent of the American People. That sounds a little illegal to me.
• I think a lot of our problems in this nation would be solved if you removed all everyone in congress and replaced them with randomly chosen college graduates (40+ years old) every other year. Once chosen and once you did your duty, you could never run for any other office ever.
• THINK about that last point. Pretty smart.

Thursday Thoughts

• Want to know what Glee is about? Here it is in easy to comprehend format: Glee club encounters strife from without, from within, and from unfriendly staff. They overcome by the end of the episode and they sing a lot. I'd rather visit the dentist than watch.
• There are EVEN MORE commercial breaks in shows online than on TV, sheesh!
• Fox ran a story about Dallas Water employees suing because of racial abuse. Apparently it happened years ago and was delt with by the city... uh someone wanted some cash in hard economic times so they decided to use the only thing they could.
• Chris came over and we filmed 2 more short scenes for Season 2 of my show. Getting there... slowly.
• Do you know how many calories are in a chocolate shake? OMG
• A lot of 'long tongued' girls showing up on the inter-webs lately. I see a new fetish forming and a whole new sub-genre of porn being created.
• I honestly believe that Apple's goal is to control your ENTIRE LIFE through I-Tunes. I swear it.
• Scratching your ass?... There's an app for it. LOL
• You know LaChoy Chinese food in a can? That stuff should be outlawed. I'll pass.
• Lost the 2009 NetRunner CCG Tourney last night. We only got to play 5 times over the year but at least we played.
• Can't wait until May.
• Will my ship ever come in? Nope I think not. I will just have to build a damn raft of my own.

Wednesday Thoughts

• Obtaining an Evil Dead and Army of Darkness autographed movie poster today!
• Fox News is really critical towards the current White House Administration. Now everyone might say they shouldn't be but if they weren't, who would be? Someone needs to be.
• BTW in Obama's Oprah show the other night he blamed Bush again.
• Just wait until things start turning around, I wonder if he will say it was Bush's doing?
• House Democrats have dropped almost EVERYTHING they originally wanted with the health care bill. It's almost pointless now. But, Rahm Emanuel told them that job #1 was to pass SOMETHING.
• It's all about what they can claim during election time, not what good they actually accomplish.
• I forsee a change in power in the not too distant future.
• Then the republicans can have their chance to screw it up.
• Didn't see that comment coming, did you?!
• The (somewhat feral) cat I keep saving from under the house has a 'Hitler-like' mark under it's nose. We call it Hitler House Cat. The pic in this post IS NOT that cat.

Monday Thoughts

• The level of driving douchebaggery in the month of December continues.
• Went to Sushi Axiom yesterday. I still like O I Shii Sushi better. I don't like traditional sushi (I can't claim to be a poser). I like mine cooked. Raw is too mushy.
• Bowled at Main Event yesterday too. Nice enough place. Very expensive to bowl.
• Remember the old days when you had to figure up your own bowling score and you wrote it with the wax pencil on that overhead projector? Awesome!
• I want to visit the newly renovated Museum of Science and History in FW but I am kind of afraid I will be disappointed. So many good memories there.
• Saved a cat TWICE from under the house this weekend. It kept getting lost in the insulation. That makes 3 times I have saved cats over the years. I should be a cat god by now.
• I am working on a 'french drain' to keep water from under the house. It requires a lot of digging.
• We FINALLY set up the Christmas tree and lights on the house. I don't like doing it any early than this though.

Friday Thoughts

• When the crappy water company switched back on my water a pipe burst. More fun.
• Ni America is a crappy utility company! CRAPPY.
• They don't accept credit/debit payments on line/phone/ or EVEN in person!!!!!
• Nice to see I still have a knack for fixing PVC.
• I had a lot more written here but F'ING Internet Exporer DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO WORK PROPERLY!
• That is all for now.

Thursday Thoughts

• So amused by the president's speech I made a separate post about it.
• Had a half a peanut butter sandwich last night.. oh man that was good.
• Wrote a letter to the president of my water company about the whole water shut off situation. We will see if I illicit a response.
• Posted a message on craigslist about movie theaters for sale, go no real response but a couple of interested people. I'm not the only one interested in running a theater.
• 50 free pics just for creating a SnapFish account? What's the catch???
• I am listening to an audio book in the truck and I am so frustrated with the reader's slowness I am almost ready to quit listening.
• Did you know those bamboo you buy at grocery stores for gifts (the ones in strange shapes) are not bamboo at all? They are a type of house plant!

Oh my

Have you ever faked a book report? I did in 6th grade. I went before the class and made up a book report about a The Old Man and the Sea.

Oh, sorry anyway... the president made his Nobel Peace Prize speech and I watched a bit of it...

Oh man. Just put yourself in his place for a second. You get a letter stating that you won the peace prize and the cash that comes with it as long as you go make a speech when you accept it.
You decide to do it (cause you need the cash real bad).

What do you make a speech about?

Well, (you think) it's the Nobel Peace Prize... so I'll make a speech about peace.

That is EXACTLY what happened today.

I suspect that when someone won the Nobel Peace Prize for helping liberate an oppressed tribe in Africa, THEIR speech was about that... their experience in helping those people, right?

What if you don't know why you won the award? What would YOU talk about... peace of course!

This is what happened this morning.

Too funny.

Wednesday Thoughts

• Do you find that when you over-say a word it looses it's meaning? I was looking into propagating my bamboo plant and I was watching videos for it and the host said bamboo so many times that the word just starts sounding funny. Try it, keep saying bamboo over and over again.
• Water was shut off for non-payment. Only problem... I didn't get that month's bill in the mail NOR the notice of shut off they claim they sent in the mail too. Time to bitch them out. I aint payin' a reconnection fee.
• Money is REALLY tight right now. Wrong time of the year for that.
• I'm not sure I can handle owning 3 cats. Its way harder than 2 cats.
• The wife's hedgehog is no problem... as long as you keep one of your rooms a sauna all the time. Why someone would want a pet who's care is a life and death balancing act is beyond me.
• Remember my 'they will forever blame Bush' speech? Well, Obama did it again yesterday.
• Man I am tired of being right about these goofs all the time.
• I bought these pop on caps for your 12 oz coke cans. They let you seal up your can so it won't go flat in the fridge. Awesome! It basically turns a soda can into a bottle.
• When will virtual AI newscasters take over? I get hives from watching morning news people.

Monday Thoughts

• It was friggin' cold in the house this weekend.
• I hate mobile homes.
• Newfairview lives up to the phrase 'trailer trash'.
• I mistakenly went to Toys R Us Saturday during a big sale because when I walked in it was a madhouse.
• People were driving EXCEPTIONALLY bad (and rudely) this weekend.
• The faster you come up behind me and the closer you get, the slower I go.
• One of the cats was very needy this weekend and kept climbing up on me to sleep while I was watching TV.
• My friend came over Sunday and we played a bunch of board games. I needed that.
• Is it just me or is Fox and Friends a freakshow? CNN isn't much better. The people are all sooo annoying. It's like the rejects from Home Shopping Network.
• It's silent auction time this week at work. Time for me to rack up on some Christmas gifts.
• I have never seen a forsale sign on that General Cinema building in front of Toys R Us. I wonder if it's forsale? Anyone have any investment capital???

Things to help the economy

Ok. I have annoyed everyone enough with my bashing of the current administration and their lack of doing anything useful. I will now give some advice which I am sure will never been seen by them. Oh well, its their loss.

Ways to help the economy:

Of course you are going to say to yourself 'they can't do that, it's impossible' etc, but I don't think it is. The government has done some crazy stuff over the years and I think they could do some of these things.

1.) Declare one business day in the U.S. as a interest free day on debt. No debt in any U.S. based business can accrue any interest for one day. Sure it will piss off some companies but I but we will get to see what some think like that can do and use it to a larger extent (if it works). Do I know if this will work (by saving people and companies huge amounts of money), no but it is something to TRY. Note that word... try. No one in government seems to have the balls to try new things cause they are afraid they will not be re-elected.

2.) Become more economically isolationist. Yes, it would piss off other nations but I bet you anything the U.S. economy would start picking up steam if the money people spent stayed in the country.

3.) Cut taxes. Not small cuts but BIG ASS ONES. Do some serious looking at government funding and cut back everything that isn't absolutely necessary. Cut taxes that will go across the board.

4.) Hire Steve Forbes as an economic consultant. In fact hire a whole pool of financial experts that are not cabinet appointees. Real people who have skills and not people who 'know' other people.

Ok, I know I'm not too smart but here are a few things to think about.

Friday Thoughts

• Some Democrat Senator was being interviewed on CNN about the jobs numbers just released and instead of being helpful or insightful, THE FIRST THING she says is that the job loss data was better than the last month of the Bush administration.
• I TOLD YOU Bush was going to be their excuse FOR EVAR.
• Washington is out of touch.
• You know I was going to steer away from anti-democrat rhetoric but it just didn't happen.
• BTW I did not for either party for president.
• I voted for this man (I did, seriously).
• I watched Creepshow. I forgot how fun that movie was.
• No snow for Newfairview (or anywhere nearby). Oh well, no day home from work).
• Do you ever get the feeling your life should be more than it is? I do... all the time.

Wednesday Thoughts

• Ok, strike that 'snow - YEAH SURE' comment from yesterday.
• Global Warming a fake? Companies spending trillions on 'green technology' for no real reason?! Just a few people 'fixing' the system for their own gain!? Is ANYONE really surprised? Will it stop politicians from finding new ways to tax us... nope.
  
• Watched Evil Dead with no audio commentary last night. That's the 2nd time I have done that and about the 5th time I watched it total. The audio commentary is so great!
• Reading Bill Warren's Evil Dead Companion. A thoroughly entertaining book (gave me the idea about owning my own theater.
• Most enjoyable movie 'group' experience I ever had = watching Gladiator with a packed audience.
• I watched Yahoo!'s 2009 recap video. It occurs to me that our world is merely a series of sound bytes. Our culture is so shallow and self indulgent it makes me want to puke. Watch it yourself and make up your own mind. It's all about making everyone feel included (our society, not the video).
• You know the economy WILL NEVER be Obama's fault. His supporters will forever blame Bush just like Clinton supporters blamed Bush when the economy crapped out at the first of his first term (they seemed to have failed to notice the economy crapped out 6 months before Clinton left office).
• When he is booted from office, he supporters will blame his failure to do ANYTHING successfully on his opposition (not Obama himself).
• Pass the buck... The American Way.
  

Obligitory Snow Picture - Rhome/NewFairview Tx

7:15am

Tuesday Thoughts

• For all the crap people on the Internet talk about McDonald's, it hasn't appeared to hurt their business.
• I think the majority of 'commenters' on the Internet are tweens. Just read comments on any YouTube video and you will see what I mean.
• Snow tomorrow... YEAH RIGHT!
• None of my friends seem to be warming to my idea of owing a movie theater... oh well another great idea down the tubes.
• I have few friends and those friends are very important to me.
• Unfortunately I'm not that important to them.
• I realize how sad that statement is but it's true.
• I wish I had one or two SUPER best friends.
  
• I have been reading a bit about West Fort Worth (my favorite place in all of existence) and how great the 7th Street/Camp Bowie Museum area new construction is. I REALLY miss old West Fort Worth. That stuff was the identity of the city, now it's just some generic stuff.
• Anyone have a movie theater I could buy in the area?
• Utilizing my banks 'skip a car payment' for January. Its a break I really really need.
• My work PC's IE is jacked so I am using Firefox until I have a solution.
• All the add-ons for Firefox make it fun.
• Google's Chrome... no thanks. I'd like to keep SOME THINGS private.
• I do however LOVE Google earth.