My husband loves to give me a good dose of perspective on a regular basis and sometimes it is needed in the most dire of ways. So, I apologize to those who may have been offended by my “It’s too freakin’ hot to breathe� rant the other day. As he said, at least I am not serving over in the mid-east in full battle gear. Those who are there get the utmost respect from me, and to the men and women serving in the US military over in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as those few Rochesterians that have since signed up for the IDF that I have heard about, if you ever visit Rottenchester, let me know so I can hook you up with a cold one. Ya’all deserve it.
So, there is that.
Next bit – for cryin’ in the sake, let’s give the whole Mel Gibson anti-Semite thing a rest all ready. Yeah, he was ignorant for saying what he did. But like the rest of us mere mortals, we are prone to make stupid mistakes and say really moronic things. Granted, there may be a whole aspect of the personality of Mel that we don’t like to know about, but the man has apologized, his career is probably ruined and he will be heavily fined (I hope) as well as spending time in rehab. Let’s let it go for now, shall we? Turn the other cheek and whatnot? Or at least get it off the front page of the news. I’m tired of the “How the mighty have fallen� rubbernecking.
On the family front… I start a whole barrage of shots the Friday after next. The amusing thing is that the doctors have put me on birth control pills. Does anyone realize how freakin’ much it galls me to pay for medication that prevents pregnancy while being treated for infertility? Granted, I can understand why they are doing it –it’s just irritating.
And this is beautiful:
Seven bicycles rolled to the pumps at 5:16, inciting a couple of anti-war honks. Out came the trash bags. To stunned motorists, the activists said things such as "no gas today," "keep driving" and "we're taking over."
With a feathery boa wrapped around her Peaches T-shirt, Finken commandeered the easternmost pumps. She kicked off the chants with "money for health care!"
"Stop the war!" called the rest of the Code Pinkers.
Finken: "Funding for education!"
Code Pinkers: "Stop the war!"
Half the QuikTrip customers: "F-ck you!"
If you read the whole thing, and then read the comments, you will note the delicious irony that these idiots at Code Pink held their little demonstration at a station that gets it’s gas from…
Wait for it
Citgo (which I call shitgo) .
Hmmmm… isn’t that the stuff coming from Hugo Chavez, whom Moonbat mama is in love with? Who happens to support Code Pink? I wonder how mister shithead would feel about them tampering with his ability to make money off us greedy Americans…
Hmmmmm…
Oh, and one last thing. As of this past Tuesday, I have been officially been blogging for five years... if anyone is ever interested in reading my first blog entry, I reposted it last year. If not, that's ok too. Even I am not that interested in it anymore. :)
Happy Friday!
Happy 5 years blogging! More stamina than some of us, that's for sure.
Posted by: Shawn at August 4, 2006 05:23 PMya, I've been meaning to talk to you about that, ya slacker...
Seriously, I miss your blog and I wish your wife would update more often... but I understand, you have more important priorities. :)
Posted by: Ethne at August 4, 2006 05:58 PM