I'm Behinder Than I Thought

Today I had coffee with a good friend and, in the course of conversation, I mentioned that my habit of reading 3 books at a time wasn't working right now. I told him that there were like 6 books that I have only partly read. When I got home I started looking around and counting these partially finished books because I thought that I might have mis-guessed (you know, give or take one or two)

Oy!! My list of unfinished books is an even dozen!! (This isn't even counting the two comic series that I started reading this summer - Marvel's Civil War and DC's 52 )

The only "book" that I have actually been reading is Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder. And it looks like I'll finish it. After that its back to Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern.

Pardon My Rant

i haven't posted in a couple days because i have been using all my "blogging energies" to "rant". Well, actually i've been involved in engaging political discourse in my second language under a second blogger account.

I LOVE THIS COUNTRY!!!

Get Involved!!

Whether you're for something or against it, you have to get involved in the process. If you do nothing, then you forfeit your right to complain.

Will Fred Phelps PLEASE SHUT UP!

Why in the world does Fred Phelps feel SO compelled to spread his hatred of the whole world? That clown is bending over backwards to give all Christians a black eye.

This lady is much more gracious about the whole Westboro Church thing than I am.

The only funny (?) thing about all this is that Fred Phelp's own actions prove that his [ultra-Calvanist] doctrine is incorrect.

But is the Beta really "betta" ?

i would hardly consider myself a "technophobe" but Blogger recently has been challenging me.

i'm rather hesitant to try the Blogger "Beta". It has always seemed to me that every time that i've been "encouraged" to use a "Beta" version of some software it was because the software was "not ready for primetime" and they needed a few more guinea pigs before going with full release.

i'm not really in a hurry to try this. i must be getting old...

Some people will never understand

Range time: $12
Box of 5.56x45mm ammo: $5.95
Firearm rental: $8

Having the privilege as a citizen of the Greatest Nation on Earth to walk into a gun range, spend some time firing an AR-15 and enjoy some good conversation: Priceless

Caffeine is my friend ... sorta

too much of a good thing.

Good Breakfast

The hotel had a nice "continental breakfast". I had cold cereal with milk, orange juice, "mocha" coffee, a bagel and a bowl of fruit. Its 10:30 in the morning and I'm going back to bed.

Better

So far today is going better than yesterday.
1) Rainbow Sherbet for breakfast.
2) Don't need to be in the office until around 3pm.
3) Hotel is located close to Half Price Books.

cool.

From the Inbox

I have neglected my email. It was just chock full of goodies. Here are a few that I like.

"Did you know that convicted foreign child molesters are eligible to immigrate to America? Well, you will after watching this devastating new television ad from [Vernon Robinson] campaign's ad team."
No joke - watch the ad.

Here is the latest news on important immigration bills from NumbersUSA.

You never can tell what John McCain is gonna do next when it comes to national security but yesterday on Face the Nation he was asked about John Bolton (US Ambassador to the UN) and he said "He's smart, he's tough, he will respond to these guys. And he could talk back to these two-bit dictators who have the airfare to New York." Read it yourself here or here.

An interesting article from Melanie Morgan, chairman of pro-troop Move America Forward.

Dr James Dobson says "We're at War with Muslims" but please Don't take his word for it - Ask the Muslims.

And apparently the old line the Democratic party used to throw at the Republican party has come home to roost. It seems that the Democratic party has been sold to the highest bidder.

The truth will set you free, but it will make you miserable first.

An American Classic

Its been a really L-O-N-G day today for me. Tomorrow should be better... we'll see what happens.

Right now I'm looking to enjoy a bratwurst hot dog with relish and spicy brown mustard, a Sobe Liz Blizz, Snickers and maybe an ice cream sandwich. I'm listening to the show "Blue Monday" on kut.org (you gotta love college radio stations). Our hometown college radio station used to have a show called "The 90 Minute Blues Hour" - naturally, the show was 45 minutes long :-)

Good hot dog. Do I even want to check the news?

Days 'Til Christmas

just for fun, click here for the current Days 'Til Christmas. (don't panic)

The only thing that I have planned for this year's holiday season is that late in November we'll probably see Santa Clause 3. (I'm looking forwared to this one)

So far I haven't bought a single gift but I am closer to selling stuff on ebay.

Parental Bribery

Previously Daughter had been having a problem with talking in class. Actually, I should say the problem was that she had *no problem* with talking in class. The teacher, however, found it a little distracting. :-)
The lovely way that genetics works, apparently Daughter got her "gab gene" from me. Fortunately, as she grows, it obvious that she got her "good looks gene" from Mommy. (and we're all quite relieved :-)

The good news is that Daughter is learning to only gab at the appropriate times and so her behaviour marks in school have improved drastically lately. This is due (in no small part) to a bribe that I came up with. She had been good all week - not a single time called down by her teacher - so last Friday (9-15) the 3 of us piled into the car and set off for a "surprise" destination. When we pulled into the local first run movie theater, she was elated. And I told her "Every week that you are on all green, we'll go see a movie.".

We saw "Everybody's Hero". Its a G-rated animated film that Christopher Reeve and his wife Dana worked on before their deaths. No plot spoiler here. Daughter liked it so much (and she was "all green" again this week) that it looks like we're gonna see it again tomorrow (9-23)

Seriously Ya'll

I am happy to report that, according to this dictionary.com article, [3rd entry from the top under 'Regional Note'] the word "ya'll" is not only "The single most famous feature of Southern United States dialects" but it also "functions with perfect grammatical regularity". Wow, I wouldn't have believed that "grammatical" was a word if I hadn't seen it on dictionary.com. :-)

I can hold my head high knowing that by using "ya'll" I am defending the "distinction between singular and plural" forms of you; a distinction that "began to blur as early as the 13th century" in the English language.

What's more, I'm not even gonna be snooty about it. If you druther use "y'all" over "ya'll", well I won't even hold it against you.

Home on the Range

This evening a good friend and i went here and wasted a little ammo and sent a couple of paper targets to their final reward.

Yeah, buddy.

I've said it before and I'll say it again - the Second Amendment protects ALL our other freedoms. (Peace Through Superior Firepower :-)