Monday's Missives

• A bias I have: all things being equal if a person is a smoker I automatically assume them to be weaker and less intelligent than I would have otherwise given them credit for- I've even tried to educate myself away from the idea but, it just seems to get more reinforced.




• Maybe that's why it's a bias?




• I love butter and sour cream on appropriate food but, find anything more than a speck of either by themselves nauseating.




• The baby has started tattling on his older sibling and bossing them around.




• He calls brother brother and sister sissy unless he's scolding them, then he uses their first and middle names.




• My oldest named his show pig Pinky Tuscadaro.




• I love the smell of the coconut oil in Hawaiian Tropic lotion.




• Love it.




• Almost through with Undaunted Courage by Ambrose about the Lewis and Clark expedition and that bums me.




• Haven't been to a yard sale in years but, want to go soon to try and stock up on books- a very hit and miss prospect with my tastes but, I have hit big in the past.




• All my books I collected over the years were lost in a house fire a few years ago and I'm just now willing to start over.




• When clearing an Army installation the joke when asked for documentation or some piece of equipment you haven't seen in months is,"Oh, it was lost in the fire or it went down with that supply bird."




• I was joking with a civilian I hit it off well with when clearing FT Hood and pulled one of them and she said,"Oh, I've heard about that- don't worry about it then."




• I'm still signed for an M240B machine gun that for which I know I never got the hand receipt back and I don't know who may have (or may not!) turned it back in to supply. The last I heard it was loaned out to another platoon. Still waiting for a refund to be denied by the IRS with a letter stating- "Our records indicate there is the matter of a 14,000 dollar machinegun that must be resolved. Until then your paychecks will be garnished..."

Wednesday's Digressions

More on this pic another time. It's great for many reasons but, the one I'm keying on is- not everything is at seems.

• “It is so public. It’s one of the things we did not envision when we started our show,” Gosselin said.


• That's Kate of Jon And Kate Plus 8 fame after tabloid reports circulated of her husband having sex with another woman while she was on a book signing tour.


• She also said she was ,"Hesitant to believe he'd been unfaithful."


• I laughed out loud when I read those lines and I don't know why.


• I was speaking on the phone with someone recently and she mentioned the death of her daughters childhood friend. I was sitting at the computer so I googled her name and town- nothing. Nothing about her life or way too early death.


• Seemed sad.


• Watched an interview with the face transplant lady. I usually don't get too worked up over these human interest stories- I don't know- the kind of inspiration I need doesn't normally come from sources such as this? And anyway, what are they going to do? They will either die or survive in these kinds of horrific situations. If they die they are dead. And if they live and make an effort to thrive they are suddenly an inspiration because they wash their own back with a sponge tied to a stick or whatever?


• I felt like an ass after watching her interview.


• I said to someone the other day,"I don't trust." and was kind of surprised at the thought myself. I hadn't said it or even thought about it I don't guess before that conversation. When I thought about it though, I realised it's true- when someone says they have or will do something or feel or think a certain way I don't necesarrily believe it and act on it as if any of it may or may not be true.


• Tell me you love me, will be faithful, have been faithful, I'm your best friend, the checks in the mail whatever- that's OK but, I will never even worry whether you're being truthful or not but, I will also not invest anything in your word I can't afford to lose.


• People lie.


• Oddly, to me often they lie when the truth would fit better- very hard for a person who nearly can't lie.


• I gave my daughter money for the book fair at her school. She brought me back a book: Star Wars Clone Wars: Operation Huttlett. Maybe I need to quit being so cynical.


• "Warning: Do not use in horses intended for food'


• Warning label from wormer for sons show pig.


• I don't understand peoples fascination with eating horses and I understand even less peoples histrionic reaction to other folks wanting to eat them.

On A Horse Named Pig