It happens every year, try as I might to avoid it. Annually. At about the same time each year. On the same damn day, even.
Every bloomin’ year! What’s with that?
For the last 15 years, I’ve tried to avoid it. I just put my head down and muddled through the whole month. Looked forward to February.
Yeah, it’s my birthday. Ho hum. Everybody has one. Still, I figure I need to do something to mark it.
So to celebrate, I’m going to insert one of my very favorite birthday songs for those of us who are in their our post- years. The perfect song for the post-teens; post-Yuppies; post-childbearing, child rearing, post-careerists; post-menopausal; for the pre- and post-retirement set.
The perfect song for the pre-dead among us. And I do hope you, my dear bloggin’ buddy, are among us.
Politics, to me, is a spectator sport. And so the idea of Hilary (ho hum) v. Jeb (ho ho ho) sounded like it was going to be about as much fun as cribbage. Watching cribbage.
But this morning, I read that we may have some entertainment value to our next presidential race after all. Whooeeeee!!!
Mitt Wants to Run Again!!!
And you know what idea he plans to run on?
POVERTY!
Yup. According to this article in the Huffington Post, Mitt is going to tackle poverty:
Romney, who made a fortune in the financial sector and was cast by Democrats in 2012 as a heartless businessman, wants to make tackling poverty — a key issue for his 2012 vice presidential running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan — one of the three pillars of his campaign.
Tell us another one! (Google image)
I wonder if Ann Romney knows she might have to eat tuna and pasta again.
Have you heard the exciting news? Representative Louis Gohmert ((R-Where Else But F’ing Texas) is challenging Rep. John Boehner for Speaker of the House of Representatives.
“Why?” you ask, “Elyse, you are a liberal Democrat. Why do you want such a stupid, ignorant Neanderthal Teapartier [OK, so I repeat myself] to be Speaker of the House? What better way to prove to ‘Merica that the GOP’s aims are stupid and harmful than having them served up to us on the TEEVEE by Gomer-Fuckin’-Pyle?
In case you’re unfamiliar with him, Gohmert is widely considered to be one of, if not THE dumbest member of either party in either House. Here is a compendium of his, ummm, opinions:
Every time this man appears in front of the camera, he shows himself to be an idiot. So what better mouthpiece for the GOP?
I give Louie my unqualified support. You can too! Just go to House.Gov and contact your own representative. Ask him/her to vote for Louie!
Apparently I took the worst possible time for my sanity-restoring news break. Because while I wasn’t looking, NASA’s Curiosity rover found life on Mars. Imagine that!
It’s true. At least according to the New York Times. Life exists, or at least existed, on Mars. Scientists know this because they found methane up there. Out there. Wherever.
Yup! Scientists found fart residue on Mars.
Why Did I Cut that Cheese? (Google Image)
That’s what happens when inquiring minds shake the blankets in the morning.
These days, I don’t have much time to just hang out with friends and crack jokes. One liners. Try to be funnier than they are, only to realize that it’s a draw. It’s always a draw, because when you hang with friends and laugh, well, everybody has a good time.
What can be better than that?
I don’t know about you, but I don’t get nearly enough opportunities to do that. I mean there is work, Duncan* duties (and cleaning up the doo-doo), and the fact that all my friends are spread out around the area, around the country and around the world.
And when I top one of John’s line with the funniest thing ever said by person-kind, he just looks at me, straight-faced, and tries not to laugh.
My need to one-up and be one-up’d has led me to a really fun new blog. OK, it isn’t really that new. OK, I’m a rotten person because I should have done this post a while ago. It’s Gibber Jabberin!
Blatantly stolen from http://www.Gibber Jabberin.wordpress.com. Sue me.
Now, we regulars over there give Gibber a hard time. Well, we give each other a hard time, too, but I’m talking about the hard time we give to Gibber now. (You’ll have to visit the site to see how we treat visitors/commenters.)
You see, Gibber is brilliant. She set up a blog where everybody else does all the work! Seriously!
Folks send her questions — predominately stupid questions. She introduces them, and her followers read and comment. Then we abuse each other.
It is Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
much fun
Today, one of my questions is featured! My first musical question:
Head on over to Gibber Jabberin’ and see if you can answer the musical question.
And then see if you can answer a question for me — why didn’t I do this post sooner?
Apparently, stealing stuff from Gibber is habit forming.
I haven’t posted any pictures of Duncan lately. So here’s one.
Duncan in waning sunlight Photo Credit: MEEEEEEEE
(I do not have the Midas touch — Duncan has not turned yellow or gold. He is still Cammo-dog, black and gray. But I like this picture and he never ever sits still!)
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