Thursday's Thoughts

God, bless all those responsible for bringing high angle Hell on our enemies.








• American convoys attacked for profit in Pakistan



• The Lee Greenwood song that was used during the Gulf War and later during countless Hurray For Us! days? The average American warfighter hates that song with a passion. I cannot tell you how many times I've been in a formation and on seeing one of the CO's gofers head for a CD player I've heard the guy next to me mutter under his breath,"God, please don't let it be Lee Greenwood- pleeeeease." There might be a redneck type here and there who doesn't get how cheesy it is, but by and large it is tolerated by necessity- not loved by the troops as I believe folks assume.



• I saw a video recently of a woman giving her 8 year old daughter Botox injections to treat wrinkles prior to one of those imbecilic pageants. Tell me- please, it's not legal for her to do that to that poor child.



• Chevrolet has come out with a Camaro they call the ZL1. It makes 580 horsepower.



• Santa, I've been a good boy this year...



• Til Tuesday Voices carry

Wednesday's Digressions

• I used to work with a woman who was afraid of the paper circles left behind by a hole puncher. Literally afraid- as in screaming, "Get it off me!" while flailing around like a crazy person if one got on her clothing afraid.




• You could do things that are a lot worse for your health if you started and ended every day with a large glass of water.




• When I was in basic training there was a guy with us from Alaska that masturbated in his bunk every night.




• I am hungry.




• The other day I didn't have enough shave cream to do my head, face and upper lip so I left the 'stache zone unshaven. A friends teen daughter on seeing me 12 hours later said,"Eeew, what were you thinking? That. Looks. pervy!"




• Avril Fall To Pieces

Just Tuesday

My self portrait. So, what's up? I'm just hanging out- looking totally normal. You?





• Seether Country Song




• Seether and Chevelle- doubt I'll ever tire of them and yes, you'll know the worm has definitely turned for me when they play my birthday party.




• Last night I crashed early since I'll leave day job and go to night job tonight. Now I'm awake an hour before I normally get up and have already been awake an hour and a half.




• I'm a genius that way.




• I predict a long day.




• It would be cool to live in or near downtown Fort Worth. If I was rich I'd restore one of the old shops or industrial buildings to live in.




• Texas Chicken And Seafood on Rosedale is good and cheap, but not fast. They cook everything while you wait. They have a monstrous catfish combo for 7 bucks that will easily feed two people.




• Yesterday though, the one I bought fed only one. I was miserable for hours and I'm still not hungry.




• Bosnians pronounce Rosedale, Rosa-day-lah.




• Bosnians, Liberians, Ugandans and Mexicans are among my favorite un-Americans.




• The last ghost shrimp was eaten. Maybe the fish need to be fed more.




• Yeah, I guess so- they are totally staring at me.

You May Believe

that a disproportionate number of blacks were killed
in the Vietnam War.


Fact: 86% of the men who died in Vietnam were Caucasians, 12.5% were black,
1.2% were other races. Sociologists Charles C. Moskos and John Sibley
Butler, in their recently published book "All That We Can Be," said they
analyzed the claim that blacks were used like cannon fodder during Vietnam
"and can report definitely that this charge is untrue. Black fatalities
amounted to 12 percent of all Americans killed in Southeast Asia a
figure proportional to the number of blacks in the U.S. population at the
time and slightly lower than the proportion of blacks in the Army at the
close of the war."

Monday's Missives

• For the life of me I cannot understand why some people have to prattle on about past relationships while in a relationship. I get it, for certain things- especially life changing things that may shape the way a person presently acts, but come on.








• How to know you've told one too many dumb, old boyfriend stories while you're with me: I'll say something like, Can you tell another old boyfriend story? I really like those. Make it seem so endless- even you forget where you were heading with it and my eyes glaze over and I pray God kills me with a stroke. I mean, I really like those- they're my favorite.








• Zac requested Olive Garden for dinner the other night.






• Ice cream truck drivers always have a reputation for being way creepier than they probably are. I think we've all seen too many movies.






• But clowns- creepy.








• A minor quandary: I've got a bad feeling about a friends teenage daughter. I think she's up to no good, but have no hard evidence except for seeing her out of place somewhere and my womens intuition. If I was even nearly sure- it wouldn't be a quandary, but how do you tell somebody, I've got a bad feeling... even if your instincts are correct about 95% of the time?








• Worst song and worst music video in the history of music and music videos

Sunday's Summary

• Libertines Don't Look Back Into The Sun




• Watched a couple episodes of Campus, a British comedy last night. The stories revolve around a bunch of dysfunctional people on a college campus. It's like Community with British accents and pop references an American won't always get.




• Why do the Brits always have to steal our comedy show ideas?




• It was kind of raunchy, but funny.




• Rode my bike around the block yesterday. This morning I could barely get out of bed.




• Repair bill for my car 511.00, paycheck from my very part time job 500.00. Yes, I'm thankful for the fact working those hours one weekend took care of nearly the whole bill, but it's tempting to say, "I gave up part of my weekend and didn't see Zac- for nothing."




• I like a lot of Pete Doherty's music and his stuff with The Libertines and Babyshambles, but I'm always surprised when I find out he's still alive.

Saturday's Situation

• If you were wondering why the earth got so quiet and everyone seemed on the edge of their seat a few minutes ago, it was probably because of this headline: Toby Keith weighs in on gay marriage and the military.




• Things clicked on the new job yesterday- I'll be fine. The only thing worse though than having to learn a new electronic medical record program? Try being in an organization that is still between the switch to full EMR and paper records.




• Weatherford, for a city that has always been largely insulated from economic woes because of being a medical hub, proximity to Lockheed, Fort Worth in general and a few other factors has way too much vacant commercial property. I mean way too much- with many buildings never occupied. The signs will read, For Lease! then, For Sale! then, Price Reduced!!...




• When you take a kid to feed the ducks make sure there's enough for the ducks and the kid. None of my children have ever been able to resist. Although, last time I could not blame Zac- I brought rolls and cornbread from Paris Cafe.




• In a meeting the other day a woman divided her time about equally between scooping wax out of her ears and cleaning said wax from under her fingernails.




• It was mesmerizing. I'm still not sure what that meeting was about.




• My last hospice patient made it 15 days without a drop to drink or a bite to eat.




• I'm not sure of the answer, but would be very curious to know how the average hospice nurse faces their impending death.