Funny Friday

Yes, that was a long post earlier....but it was worth it.

Just when you think that it's safe to be at work....... along comes someone who "writes" their own jokes.

Here's a few.....

Q: How do you make a monkey spit?
A: Put a stick thru it.

Q: How do you make a rabbit spit?
A: Put a stick thru it.

Okay, okay, pull yourself together..... there's more!!

Q: How do you make a sushi roll?
A: Push it down the hill.

Good stuff, eh? Can you handle another??? ....I think you can!...

I'm not going to add the one about the German Farmer....That'll have to be saved as an encore.... we're going to skip to the end....

Q: How do you make a sled go smokin' fast?
A: Light it on fire.

Ha. HA HA.

And this is "working in paradise".......

Just to make my own contribution to the humor effort:

Q: What do you call it when a cowboy marries a cowgirl?
A: A Western Union.

Hoppy Friday, Peeps!

Thufferin' Thunday

I have been remiss on my blogging and not writing in it is not something I want to continue. I want to keep this going! I look at my blog and wonder what I will say next. I log on and never know quite what is going to come out of the session. I admire those people with a purpose.

Today, I'm reflecting. I've always been the type of person who likes to believe what I hear as opposed to hearing what isn't there. It's becoming more and more clear to me that this has probably been the biggest cause of the failures that I've had in my life. To some, that seems quite obvious and they won't be able to understand why I am how I am. "You should look at actions more than words!"... yes, agreed. Now I know that.

I am not going to go into any more detail. I'm just going to go put together jigsaw puzzles on club pogo for awhile.

See everyone tomorrow.

New Blogger Languages

Our cats are agitated. One saw that Blogger now offers "Persian" as a language choice and reported it to the other cats.

Kynan, our Siamese, is offended because "Siamese" was not offered. Thunder is a Maine Coon and naturally he feels that his dialect consistently get neglected. Topaz, the little female calico, doesn't care one way or the other. She's just here to be adored and get her ears scratched.

Kynan thinks Siamese Cats should rule the world. Thunder just simply rules. He's the most stubborn cat I have ever had and he lets everyone know it's his way or else.

Anyhow, Kynan is over the on my laptop penning a note to Blogger right this very second.

Time for Wednesday

Ever noticed that period during the day where every minute feels like hours? Usually for me, it's right around 3pm-4pm. Once it hits 4pm, the rest of the day just flies by.

I don't like 11:30am to Noon, either. It's not fair to that half-hour, but it just bothers me. No, nothing radical happened to me at that time one day. It's just annoying.

Why did Mick Jagger feel that Time is on his Side? Did he explain that in the song? Let me go google the lyrics. Hold on.

Ah. Okay.

He's going to sit and wait for some chick to come running back to him. Cuz he's got the real love, the kind that she needs. Yeah, right.

Then we have the song "Time Has Come Today". Here's a sample verse:

The rules have changed today (Hey)
I have no place to stay (Hey)
I'm thinking about the subway (Hey)
My love has flown away (Hey)
My tears have come and gone (Hey)
Oh my Lord, I have to roam (Hey)
I have no home (Hey)
I have no home (Hey)

The chorus says that basically, he's got nowhere to run to and he might get burned up by the sun, but hey, he's been loved. However, his soul's been psychedelicized. If that's true, then why's he thinking about the subway? He said he's got nowhere to run to and no place to stay, so he can't be planning to live there. Is he going to use it to roam? Can you roam on a subway? Did his love fly away on the subway? I'm puzzled.

Speaking of time, let's look at Jim Croce's "Time in a Bottle". I have a question.

If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that Id like to do
Is to save every day
Till eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you

I'm wondering if he saves Day One in the Bottle, what happens when he tries to add Day Two to it? Does Day One escape? We have to assume it doesn't because he plans to spend them at a later point in time. Are Day One and Day Two ad infinitum different densities? Wouldn't they mix up in one bottle? And it's gotta be a pretty big bottle for an eternity of days. How do they stay in order? And.........when is he going to spend them - cuz if he's waiting for eternity to pass, he's gonna be waiting a long, long time.

And, how can we forget these immortal lyrics to the Monkee's song "No Time":

Hobber, reeber, sabosoben, hobber, seeber, sneck,
Seeber, rabber, hobbersoben, what did you expect?
No time, (No time, no time at all)
No time for you. (No time, no time at all)
I got no time, baby,
Got lots of better things to do. (No time, no time at all)

On that note, it's time for me to go to bed.

Let My Peephole Go

I wasn't expecting it.

"American Idol" is still entertaining. There were the bad singers, yeah, but there were some really touching stories, too! Sigh. I really was happy that the woman with the daughter who has Rhett's Syndrome sung well. I have to admit that I did tear up over her getting her Golden Ticket to Hollywood. It would have been awful if she had not have sung well.

But the judges were still getting warmed up, I guess. Paula was so low key tonight and Simon was sweet. Randy was, well, Randy. He only used "dawg" once tonight that I noticed.

I did read early on the names of the people who made it past the Hollywood Week but it's not like I remember them. Actually, the only one I do remember is the chicky from Miami Sound Machine just because I actually went to YouTube and watched her sing. I think she's going to do really well. Not sure it's fair that she's there. She must not have a contract right now, but she is certainly a professional.

There were a couple of surprises for me. First, Taylor's backup singer making it thru to Hollywood. Both Kev and I were like "HUH?". It was not a good sign so early on. Thank Goodness the show redeemed itself. Maybe the judges figured they needed someone who could be voted off soon and they wouldn't have to feel bad about it.

Second. Neither one of us thought we'd see anyone who made William Hung look like Frank Sinatra. "Let my people go", indeed. I'm not sure if a medical malady was involved or not, and if so, I heartily apologize, but to me, it looked like the tip of the guy's tongue was attached to the roof of his mouth.

The "Never watched an R-rated movie" woman was refreshing. She sounds like she's got principles and morals and ethics. When is THAT shoe going to drop? Hmmm? I hope she's what she portays herself as being. Lettuce hope. (heh...)

Today's Spin Result

Wheel of Food Life,
spin, spin, spin.

I spun the "Wheel of Food Life" today and it landed on Lettuce.

For lunch, I had a garden salad which consisted of...lettuce, teeny carrot strips, tomato, cucumbers (thinly sliced), croutons, and grilled chicken topped with a nice dressing Romancing the Bean likes to call "champagne vinagrette". It was free for me because I was nice enough to sit through another meeting chaired by the same person as who did the marathon meeting from yesterday. I got a lot of work done while I was in there. None of which related to the topic of the meeting, but it was a safe, quiet place where I could focus on my work and not be interrupted too often. I get annoyed when others do that in MY meetings so I suppose I should expect some cosmic payback at some near point in time.

I digress.

So yeah, it was like....lettucey.

Guess what I had for dinner?

beef stew?

No!

chicken pot pie?

No!

turtle soup?

Oh! So CLOSE!

But...............................NO!

Salad!!!! I had Salad!!! I know, like who'd have thought? This salad had fruit in it and slices of either chicken or turkey. I'm hoping it wasn't turkey, because I really don't like sliced turkey. This was all covered in a yogurt dressing so that combined with the apples, oranges and pineapple and sliced almonds didn't leave much room for the meat-taste to shine thru. 'Sides, I was watching "American Idol" and wasn't paying attention to what I was eating. And, it had a lot of lettuce in it, too, of several different varieties.

At least it was colorful.

Funday Monday

Okay, so like, that's what we call Mondays at work because we get catered lunches. Every week it's a different cuisine. Today, we had salad with lettuce, tomato wedges, onion strips, mushrooms, croutons, cucumbers, and a choice of either ranch or vinagrette. That's standard every week. The rest of our free lunch included steamed veggies, fried rice, and orange chicken with a fortune cookie for dessert. My fortune was something about everyone around me holding me in high regard. I think it should have been everyone around me is high cuz sometimes I just can't figure out what the hell they are doing. Or thinking. Nah, they are not that bad. Well, not most of them at least.

Today we also had a marathon meeting that went from 1pm to 4pm, then hopped into another meeting from 4:00 to 4:30, then back to the other meeting which was finally over at 7:30pm. See what I mean about everyone being high? On what planet was THAT a good idea? There were some good things that came out of it, but I'm afraid that we've agreed to provide service to french poodles who's owners are named Lionel and Louise. Guess we'll find out when we've had enough rest to read our notes.

Anyhow, dinner calls. It's 9:40pm.

Ta.

My Friend at his Computer

Here's a photo I took of my friend, Kev, at his computer. It turned out really well...

Space: Above and Beyond

So, I bought a DVD set last week. It's the complete series of "Space: Above and Beyond". So far, the only successful person in the cast is James Morrison who went on to play Bill Buchanan on "24".

The series is pretty good. It's the story of a team of 5 people; members of the USMC in the year 2063. The Future Bill Buchanan plays their CO. You have the usual suspects - the tough guy/outsider, the woman leader whose parents were murdered by bad guys, the smart Asian, and the token African-American female. The stories are interesting and make sense. No leaps of faith on this show - if people are bad, they are bad for a reason. Team-man-ship and comraderie is key and that's nice.

There are 6 DVDs in the set, and I've made it throught 2. I'm going back for the rest. I don't know if it's on Netflix or not, but if it is, watch a few episodes. It's pretty good!

Sunday after a long time away

This whole idea of blogging is a bit strange. I can't say anything about it that hasn't been said before....but it always strikes me how putting your thoughts out for the whole world to read is just really rather strange. Who would care about my thoughts? Would anyone subscribe to my blog? What's my "hook"? I haven't got one....my blog is just ...... my blog.

I wish it was easy to say "Hey World! My blog is out here now - go read it!". I'm afraid readership of my blog will be small - my own personal world is small and my thoughts are smaller still.

I will endeavor to update this pretty much every day, if only to say "I'm still here". Unfortunately, I know me and it'll be posted to only if it bubbles to the top of my brain. Good luck on that.

Anyhow, thanks to anyone who's reading this. Drop me a note if you are, if you want.