I opened up the lo-cal newspaper site this morning (the word “newspaper” strikes me as something destined to become a quaint old term that will hang on for a while, though only old people will remember where it comes from – like “icebox” or “dialing” a phone), and this is the headline (there’s another one) I was greeted with:
Over a foot of snow, 45 mph gusts and bitter cold in store :omg:
Time to finish my coffee and go back to bed, I think.
Fortunately, it appears they were talking about the folks just to the north of us, though we’re due for cold and wind and snow, too. Just not quite as much (as always around here though, it depends on which way the wind blows).
Have I mentioned that I’m tired of winter?
So, Jan Brewer has done the right thing and vetoed Arizona’s “it’s OK to discriminate against people you don’t like as long as Jesus told you to” law. I would hesitate before praising her as the most wonderful white raisin in the desert, though. She clearly stuck a finger or two up into the air to see which way the wind was blowing before acting.
While perusing the Crap Post this morning, I noticed a headline of “A ‘Bachelor’ Contestant Just Exposed The True Reality Of The Show” so I figured I’d click on it, and I was shocked. Shocked to read that this piece of dreck has been on for 18 years. 18 years! Do you remember when it was a big deal that Gunsmoke ran for 20 years on the teevee? Not that I was much of a fan (of the tv show – the radio show, however, is great), but at least it was a real show and not something dumb fake reality thing.
Anyhow, if you care, the big “secret” revealed was that the bachelor in question is an asshole. Big surprise there.
Wine Woot has a deal on “Truffle Butter and Duck Fat” this morning, for all those interested. Never tried either of those things, but they sound rather disgusting to me. And duck fat sounds like something you’d use to waterproof your boots.
Oh well, time to go make my breakfast. Like my dad, I’ve long been allergic to eggs (not in the “break out in hives” sense, but in the “get all bloated and feel like shit for a few hours” sense). So I’ve decided to eat two eggs every morning until I get over it. I’m on about day five now. :yuck: It’s working quite well.
Duck fat french fries can be worth shortening a life a little.
When I think of bachelors and bachelorettes I think of one man who left us yesterday. I was once on a game show Jim hosted. I won silverware, a trash compacter, and a dishwasher. Just missed a Mediterranean cruise. Damn you, Lassie’s mom!
‘The Dating Game’ Host Jim Lange Dead At 81
🙁 :gate:
I was surprised that he was only 81. Seems like he was around forever.
Ah, you fall into the same trap as me. We think they were older because they were ‘adults’ when we were ‘kids’. I get fooled all of the time, especially by music people. There was a guy in Spirit as old as my Dad and the pedal steel player for Poco is two years younger than me. Jan Shrewer (sorry if that seems a little sexist) is 69. I’d like to think she is much older even with the ‘work’ she has had done. The older we get, the closer things appear in the side mirrors.
:omg:
My kids, when they were young and so was I, used to complain that I called the refrigerator and icebox. Icebox just seemed to fit. I remember when the tiny compartment called the freezer would consume itself in ice until I broke out the hair dryer and the knife to free it…temporarily.
How’s your foot, PJ?
My foot has gotten much better. Then yesterday my right ankle started to hurt. Got so bad it woke me up at about 11:00 last night, and I finally got up and took some ibuprofen, which took the edge off a bit. No idea what I did to it, but there’s a pretty good size lump.
most wonderful white raisin in the desert
Consider that stolen.
:rofl2:
This should really help woo the recruits from down south.
Odd they chose to use a picture with hardly any snow in it. Must be Addams Family fans.
#FreeAJStaff: A global day of action
Al Jazeera America marks a global day of solidarity for journalists detained in Egypt
Nice! I need to dial up AJ more than I do. I have been liking what I have seen.
Ya, they produce some good stories.
Crap, looks like that foot of snow is headed our way after all. Right now, the winds are at 35 mph, and it’s 7° out there. :cold:
Wer’re doing the 20-70-20 degree roller coaster. It’s very confusing to this aging body.