Ok, so I missed 8. I was busy, eh?
But there's only 7 more days of Bushit to deal with before the chimp is gone. Maybe things will change, maybe not.... but that despicable cretin will be gone.
Been a busy weekend here at the house. Even though I was mostly snowed in, I managed to get a lot done. I like that.
7 days
Monday, January 12, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
SINGLE DIGITS
Single digits - believe it or not!
It has been sn#wing all nite and all day so far. about 9 inches accumulation. Ironic, eh?
9 days
Friday, January 09, 2009
The Final Countdown
New Years Eve was never all that exciting for me. My idea of an exciting countdown was Apollo 11, I grew up during the "Space Race".
But yes, my Dears - only 10 days more. It is kind of funny to watch both sides of the political spectrum spitting and snarling about things that PEBO has done in terms of suggested legislation and picks for administration personnel. The Wingnut Right is screaming that he's changing things too fast and they're all worked up with their "Socialism" theme - and the Rabid Left is screaming that he's not changing things overnight and had the audacity of inviting someone they don't like to speak at his inauguration. I guess they didn't listen to his acceptance speech on 11/4 when he said that he would probably do things that folks didn't agree with.
And Sarah Palin is complaining of being "exploited" - as if anyone even will remember who she is in a few months. *smirk*
BREAKING NEWS: Illinois Governor Blagojevich Impeached
Yeah, like I didn't see THAT one coming a mile away. This line cracked me up tho...
"It's our duty to clean up the mess and stop the freak show that's become Illinois government," said Rep. Jack D. Franks, a Democrat
Excuse me, Jack? Can I call you Jack? Ok, thanks. Jack, if we stop the freak show that is Illinois Government - how the hell will the State run? I mean... I've only lived here for almost 1/2 a century and the state's government has ALWAYS been a fardleschnockered-up freak show. Just because y'all impeached the Governor-with-Barney-Rubble-Hair we should stop our long-held tradition of dirty politics and political shenanigans?? What is this world coming to????
10 days
Thursday, January 08, 2009
OOOWEEEEEEE
It is COLD outside. And going to get colder, according to the weather guy. At least the one on WBBM-AM said so. He's the one who cracks me up because he has as much trouble saying "Meteorologist" as I have in saying/typing it. At least I can pronounce my own job title even if it doesn't pay as much as guessing whether it will rain or not.
I will have to start back to wearing my "layered look" for this year - my goofy fuzzy hat, a hoodie and my baseball jacket from work, leather gloves and a blue/white length of polar fleece as a scarf.
Ok, yeah, I kinda look like Charlie Brown with all that stuff on - but at least everything except for my derriere stays warm.
Been nutz/crazy at work. Lots to do and no time to do it because evryone and his illegitmate 4th cousin Bruce are calling for payment information because everyone is afraid because the news keeps telling us it's the end of the world and we're all going to die because the billionares are going broke.
*snicker*
Yeah, the economy suxxors, but I do have to say that I find it amusing that these uber-wealthy morons are losing their shirts. It is somehow comforting.
Who - me? A reverse-snob iconoclast??
Yup.
Had to buy a new purse. Well - not 100% of truth, I had already BOUGHT said purse, but I finally had to retire "old blacky" - after around 5 years or more of faithful service. The D-ring holders that keep the strap on it finally died. Orthodox funeral rites were held this morning at the trash barrel. It is rather interesting to see what all I've been hauling around on my shoulder for no fathomable reason for the last 5 years.
11 days
I will have to start back to wearing my "layered look" for this year - my goofy fuzzy hat, a hoodie and my baseball jacket from work, leather gloves and a blue/white length of polar fleece as a scarf.
Ok, yeah, I kinda look like Charlie Brown with all that stuff on - but at least everything except for my derriere stays warm.
Been nutz/crazy at work. Lots to do and no time to do it because evryone and his illegitmate 4th cousin Bruce are calling for payment information because everyone is afraid because the news keeps telling us it's the end of the world and we're all going to die because the billionares are going broke.
*snicker*
Yeah, the economy suxxors, but I do have to say that I find it amusing that these uber-wealthy morons are losing their shirts. It is somehow comforting.
Who - me? A reverse-snob iconoclast??
Yup.
Had to buy a new purse. Well - not 100% of truth, I had already BOUGHT said purse, but I finally had to retire "old blacky" - after around 5 years or more of faithful service. The D-ring holders that keep the strap on it finally died. Orthodox funeral rites were held this morning at the trash barrel. It is rather interesting to see what all I've been hauling around on my shoulder for no fathomable reason for the last 5 years.
11 days
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Success!
Pardon the use of exclamation in title, but my car is not as enamored of me as it had been, so life is better.
Only a little over a week and a half until the end of the Nightmare Administration - assuming the rectal orifices actually DO leave. The Israeli/Gaza war has had me on tenterhooks, because I could just SEE it being a lead-in to some refusal to relinquish the office of the Presidency due to "Emergency"
Ratchet that Terrah Threat Meter back up to BRITE FIRE-ENGINE RED status and all that.
Had a long conversation with my Dad last nite. He's still afraid that "Obama is too much of a socialist". So I asked for particulars. No answer. So I asked him what he thought of "socialized Roadways" - you know, where tax dollars are used to build and maintain roads that everyone can use? He said we already HAVE that. Yeah - does that bother you? That everyone pays for something anyone can use? No.
How about our "socialized police force"? You know, we don't pay the police to come to our house if there is a robber or something - or firemen either. They are paid through our taxes, (and from writing frivolous traffic tickets), they aren't privatized, they are "socially" funded.
Or how about our "socialized" judiciary system? You know, the one where EVERYONE pays to have buildings and courtrooms and gavels and long black dresses for the publicly paid judges? True, there are filing fees and such for civil suits, but for criminal trials - and traffic court - they are paid through taxation, which makes them "socialized".
So where is the problem with having medical care - something that should be a basic human RIGHT, not just a luxury for the wealthy - being "socialized"? Where everyone who needs it can use it - like roads and highways? Where everyone has the right to use or not use at THEIR OWN discretion - like roads, highways, and public schools?
No answer.
I don't think he's going to even think about it. But I am.
And that is always dangerous.
12 days.
Only a little over a week and a half until the end of the Nightmare Administration - assuming the rectal orifices actually DO leave. The Israeli/Gaza war has had me on tenterhooks, because I could just SEE it being a lead-in to some refusal to relinquish the office of the Presidency due to "Emergency"
Ratchet that Terrah Threat Meter back up to BRITE FIRE-ENGINE RED status and all that.
Had a long conversation with my Dad last nite. He's still afraid that "Obama is too much of a socialist". So I asked for particulars. No answer. So I asked him what he thought of "socialized Roadways" - you know, where tax dollars are used to build and maintain roads that everyone can use? He said we already HAVE that. Yeah - does that bother you? That everyone pays for something anyone can use? No.
How about our "socialized police force"? You know, we don't pay the police to come to our house if there is a robber or something - or firemen either. They are paid through our taxes, (and from writing frivolous traffic tickets), they aren't privatized, they are "socially" funded.
Or how about our "socialized" judiciary system? You know, the one where EVERYONE pays to have buildings and courtrooms and gavels and long black dresses for the publicly paid judges? True, there are filing fees and such for civil suits, but for criminal trials - and traffic court - they are paid through taxation, which makes them "socialized".
So where is the problem with having medical care - something that should be a basic human RIGHT, not just a luxury for the wealthy - being "socialized"? Where everyone who needs it can use it - like roads and highways? Where everyone has the right to use or not use at THEIR OWN discretion - like roads, highways, and public schools?
No answer.
I don't think he's going to even think about it. But I am.
And that is always dangerous.
12 days.
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Third Time's a Charm?
Wed last week I took the car in to see about getting it fixed. They couldn't get to it, as I didn't have an appointment (What - mechanics are like DOCTORS now???), so they scheduled me for Yesterday morning.
Yesterday afternoon they called to tell me they know what is wrong, but they need to get a part, and won't have it until today.
Lovely.
So today I am taking the car in again early, J and C at work will laugh at me and tell me I lied about not coming in early today AGAIN...
But with any luck I'll have a fixed car by this afternoon when I get off work.
Which would be nice.
Apparently the entire latch mechanism was falling apart inside my door. No wonder I couldnt get out. Last nite I was able to use the "tab" toggle thingy to get out, but when I pressed it, it made a horrible noise. We will be testing the NEW latch to make sure it does not make a horrible noise before we leave the service area, you betcha!
13 days
Yesterday afternoon they called to tell me they know what is wrong, but they need to get a part, and won't have it until today.
Lovely.
So today I am taking the car in again early, J and C at work will laugh at me and tell me I lied about not coming in early today AGAIN...
But with any luck I'll have a fixed car by this afternoon when I get off work.
Which would be nice.
Apparently the entire latch mechanism was falling apart inside my door. No wonder I couldnt get out. Last nite I was able to use the "tab" toggle thingy to get out, but when I pressed it, it made a horrible noise. We will be testing the NEW latch to make sure it does not make a horrible noise before we leave the service area, you betcha!
13 days
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
My Car Loves Me
I mean, it REALLY loves me.
It loves me so much it doesn't EVER want me to leave it.
So it has fardleschnockered up it's locking mechanism on the driver's side door.
At first, I could jiggle the handle and it would release me. No more.
Then I could use the tab toggle thingy that locks/unlocks ALL the doors in the car to unlock it - No more.
Sometimes the pushbutton on the remote-entry thing would work. Not now.
No - the only way I can guarantee I can get out of the car is to lower the window, take the key out of the ignition, use the key from the OUTSIDE to unlock the door, then put the key back in the ignition and put the window back up.
I tried to take the car to the dealer yesterday morning to get this fixed, but without an appointment they're all swamped to shit and can't get in - so it has to wait for Monday to get settled.
I suppose it is ok. I really should NOT be spending any money just now, (although likely this will cost me to the teeth) so I can just stay home for the long weekend and only have to deal with getting out of the car 3 more times before I take it to the dealer again on Monday to have them perform an automotive divorce (so it won't love me QUITE so much...)
19 days
It loves me so much it doesn't EVER want me to leave it.
So it has fardleschnockered up it's locking mechanism on the driver's side door.
At first, I could jiggle the handle and it would release me. No more.
Then I could use the tab toggle thingy that locks/unlocks ALL the doors in the car to unlock it - No more.
Sometimes the pushbutton on the remote-entry thing would work. Not now.
No - the only way I can guarantee I can get out of the car is to lower the window, take the key out of the ignition, use the key from the OUTSIDE to unlock the door, then put the key back in the ignition and put the window back up.
I tried to take the car to the dealer yesterday morning to get this fixed, but without an appointment they're all swamped to shit and can't get in - so it has to wait for Monday to get settled.
I suppose it is ok. I really should NOT be spending any money just now, (although likely this will cost me to the teeth) so I can just stay home for the long weekend and only have to deal with getting out of the car 3 more times before I take it to the dealer again on Monday to have them perform an automotive divorce (so it won't love me QUITE so much...)
19 days
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Untitled
I tried really hard to think of a title for this post, but words failed me.
What is the very LAST thing you would ever expect to do first thing in the morning at work if you were an accountant. Besides installing an elevator in a single-storey building, of course...
Call the bank? Bah, that's S.O.P.
E-mail the bank and bitch about problems with some banking issues from Dec. 23? BORING DULL NORMAL.
Have the bank person send you a phone number to call for more help? Normal, normal, normal.
Call the number - and find out it's a phone-sex hotline?
Now THAT is one of those last things you'd expect. At least it was the last thing *I* expected when I called to get some additional assistance with our banking issue. I was - to say the least - surprised. So I checked the number and carefully redialed... and got Suzy Hotpants again.
*ahem*
So I had my boss call - just to make sure I hadn't been hallucinating....
Within seconds he had hung up and was calling the bank. He wasn't so much angry as... disappointed? confused? laughing his ass off without making noise? All of the above? Heh
Sometimes I think I've seen it/heard it/experienced it all. And then I have a day like that.
20 days
What is the very LAST thing you would ever expect to do first thing in the morning at work if you were an accountant. Besides installing an elevator in a single-storey building, of course...
Call the bank? Bah, that's S.O.P.
E-mail the bank and bitch about problems with some banking issues from Dec. 23? BORING DULL NORMAL.
Have the bank person send you a phone number to call for more help? Normal, normal, normal.
Call the number - and find out it's a phone-sex hotline?
Now THAT is one of those last things you'd expect. At least it was the last thing *I* expected when I called to get some additional assistance with our banking issue. I was - to say the least - surprised. So I checked the number and carefully redialed... and got Suzy Hotpants again.
*ahem*
So I had my boss call - just to make sure I hadn't been hallucinating....
Within seconds he had hung up and was calling the bank. He wasn't so much angry as... disappointed? confused? laughing his ass off without making noise? All of the above? Heh
Sometimes I think I've seen it/heard it/experienced it all. And then I have a day like that.
20 days
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Ho! Ho! Ho! (Who you callin' a Ho?????)
Merry Christmas
Happy Chanukkah
Blessed Yule
Screw Kwanzaa - it's a pretend holiday
26 days
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Sewmouse talks economics
There's an awful lot of talk about how to fix the economy. Throwing money at it seems to be the government's solution. Charles Osgood on CBS yesterday chastised Americans for not spending, because hording our money just worsens the situation. The Federal Reserve thinks the answer is lowering interest rates so banks can get easy money that they refuse to lend.
I've thought about this a bit, and I think there is merit in all the above, but that each and every one of them misses the boat because they leave out the KEY element. The connection between Consumers and Markets.
Consumerism drives our economy. People make things, people sell things, people buy things, people fix things, people buy things to make things... nice little circular "ecosystem",(Let's leave those asshats called "speculators" out of this for now - that's a whole 'nother ball of wax) and it all works.
Until some idiot comes up with the bright idea of outsourcing jobs to 3rd world countries.
Laying off people who make things.Laying off people who fix things.
Which means there are less people who can buy things.
So nobody buys things.and nobody can sell things so they lay off people who sell things.
Which means even MORE people cannot buy things. so nobody makes things.
So they lay off MORE people who make things...
Not to mention that all these people are now collecting Govt. benefits because they don't have jobs and NOT paying taxes because they don't have jobs... And of course, they only spend their benefits on the BARE ESSENTIALS, because they don't have jobs...
Clearly anyone with 1/2 a brain can see how this turns out. Laying off people clearly is the prime reason why the economy sucks tepid pond slime and will continue to do so as long as Corporate America decides that their dividends and profits can be saved by "cost cutting" measures like downsizing workforce, outsourcing and layoffs.
Put people back to work. Now there would be that many more people who CAN buy things. So you'll need even MORE people to make, fix, sell, etc. things.
Really - I'm fair certain even a 10 year old could grasp this...
Hello, WallStreetMCFly???????
32 days
I've thought about this a bit, and I think there is merit in all the above, but that each and every one of them misses the boat because they leave out the KEY element. The connection between Consumers and Markets.
Consumerism drives our economy. People make things, people sell things, people buy things, people fix things, people buy things to make things... nice little circular "ecosystem",(Let's leave those asshats called "speculators" out of this for now - that's a whole 'nother ball of wax) and it all works.
Until some idiot comes up with the bright idea of outsourcing jobs to 3rd world countries.
Laying off people who make things.Laying off people who fix things.
Which means there are less people who can buy things.
So nobody buys things.and nobody can sell things so they lay off people who sell things.
Which means even MORE people cannot buy things. so nobody makes things.
So they lay off MORE people who make things...
Not to mention that all these people are now collecting Govt. benefits because they don't have jobs and NOT paying taxes because they don't have jobs... And of course, they only spend their benefits on the BARE ESSENTIALS, because they don't have jobs...
Clearly anyone with 1/2 a brain can see how this turns out. Laying off people clearly is the prime reason why the economy sucks tepid pond slime and will continue to do so as long as Corporate America decides that their dividends and profits can be saved by "cost cutting" measures like downsizing workforce, outsourcing and layoffs.
Put people back to work. Now there would be that many more people who CAN buy things. So you'll need even MORE people to make, fix, sell, etc. things.
Really - I'm fair certain even a 10 year old could grasp this...
Hello, WallStreetMCFly???????
32 days
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