Stuff about me.
Yesterday I resolved to make a resolution. I even followed through. I resolved to get off my butt and go to grad school. Today I made an appointment with an enrollment counselor at Regis University.
Now I just need to figure out a way to pay for it. Anyone know any companies with good tuition assistance?
Its a new year, the time for resolutions. I never make resolutions.
So this year, I resolve to make a resolution.
OK, that’s done.
Britney Spears will gain 150 pounds, take to wearing muu muus on stage, and demand to be respected for her talent. Meanwhile, Christina Aguilera sets a record for most body piercing before dying tragically when all the piercings are simultaneously ripped from her body in a tragic giant electro-magnet accident.
Osama bin Laden will be convert to Kabbalah and record a duet with Madonna that will debut at #1 in France.
PETA will boycott Orkin pest control as cockroach mass murderers and call for a U.N. tribunal to try the “Orkin Man” for crimes against bug-manity. (OK, so not all these predictions are unlikely).
Hillary Clinton will decide to take a hard line against all terrorist supporting countries in her new book “It Takes a Nuke”.
George Bush will win 47 states in the election after Howard Dean admits he has no idea about foreign policy. OK, Dean won’t admit that, but the electorate will realize it and Bush will still win 47 states.
Major League Baseball players will realize their contracts have gotten out of control and are harming the game. The union will threaten to strike if their demand is not met to restructure their contract to limit the money their players can receive – and the Palestinian Authority will condemn suicide bombings.
I will land a job as a columnist for the Wall Street Journal. My witty writings will gain the attention of a high profile producer who will use my articles for a new TV series that will be the most watched premier ever. The contract will make me rich, but after the first 6 episodes the writing will become shoddy and cliche leading to a cancellation after the first season. Reruns will live on and become a cult classic.
I’m back from my vacation.
We had a great time after we got over our sicknesses. After Christmas Honeybun and I went to Phoenix to see my father’s wedding. We met family I hadn’t seen in 20 years.
I also hadn’t been in Phoenix since 1991. I know everything changes, but wow! The neighborhood I grew up in is hardly recognizable. The biggest change I saw with the size of the city. I’m amazed at how much it has grown – while taking for granted the immense growth in the Denver metro area where I live now.
Phoenix is still a great city. I’d live there again if it weren’t so damn hot in July and August.
Well it’s Christmas day and the rituals are nearly complete. We got up early and unwrapped all our gifts and stocking stuffers (all in our pajamas). My in-laws really know how to bring out the excitement of Christmas. Its contagious.
After the gifts was the traditional (for us) breakfast of egg casserole (with green chili and sausage) and cinnamon rolls. Mmmm…cinnamon rolls.
Now there is nothing left but waiting for the weight gain. Ahhh, I love Christmas.
Honeybun is still nauseous with flu like symptoms, my head is still a snot factory. But its CHRISTMAS!
Merry Christmas everyone.
So we’re here in warm – 60 something – Las Cruces. The Luminarios are around the in-laws place waiting to be lit at sundown. Christmas eve dinner is being prepared.
And wouldn’t you know it, Honeybun and I are both sick. She is feeling like she wants to throw up everything she has eaten in the last 6 months. I’m feeling like my head is one big snot factory…wait a sec (snooooorrrrrt). Ah better for a little while.
It’s been a year since I’ve had a vacation, and I’m sick. Great.
Well at least we are with family. Merry Christmas everyone.
Well, probably won’t blog much for the next two weeks or so. I’m going on vacation with Honeybun to Las Cruces, NM for Christmas. After that, we will head over to Phoenix, AZ to see my father’s wedding.
Merry Christmas everyone.
Birmingham, Alabama Clay-Chalkville High sophmore Ysatis Jones has been suspended from school and told she must attend an alternative school for a month for commiting a “major drug offense”. She took Motrin for menstrual cramps.
Attending the alternative school would put Jones, an A-B student, in classes with children who committed offenses such as battery, arson and possessing illegal drugs.
Proving once again that people who cannot use critical thinking skills should not be given the responsibility of educating children.
When are parents going to fire the public schools?
CNN reports:
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (AP) — The wife of a hockey fan who crashed his car after drinking too much at a Minnesota Wild game has sued the team, saying her husband shouldn’t have been served so much alcohol.
Whoever owns the property he crashed into should sue the wife for allowing her husband to drive.
In Cynthia Tucker’s current column she criticizes conservatives, specifically James Dobson of Focus on the Family for condemning gay marriage but not complaining loudly enough about shows like The Bachelor or The Bachelorette.
She tries to make the case that gay marriage should be approved because James Dobson has not forcefully criticized The Bachelorette.
What she ignores is that Focus on the Family does not approve of shows like The Bachelorette. Boundless.org, a site affiliated with Focus on the Family specifically criticized Married by America – another reality show that tried to introduce couples so they would get married. While I did not find a specific reference from Focus on the Family on The Bachelorette, it wasn’t hard to figure what the view of Focus is on these types of shows.
Then she ignores the entire purpose of Focus on the Family – to preserve families. Even a cursory glance at Focus on the Family’s website leads one to believe that they support in depth preparation before entering into marriage. Even without a specific condemnation of that particular show, it seems obvious that James Dobson would not approve of making a life time vow merely for the purpose of trying to generate one night of ratings for a TV network.
Her conclusion is wrong. Conservatives are concerned about shows like The Bachelorette. They degrade marriage into a passing entertainment. It sends the message that you can change the channel when the marriage gets old.
Cynthia’s case for gay marriage is based on the fact that she doesn’t like James Dobson. In the end, that just isn’t convincing. The irony is that James Dobson would disapprove of The Bachelorette just as much as she does.