Damm! I keep drooling on the keyboard!
Yeah, yeah, I hear ya, “What’s a doughy, middle-aged guy with a comb-over gonna do with a car like that?
Can you say, “compensate?”
*argrrrglllgggll*
Category: Life
Putting Out the Fire
As part of my plea-bargain, I am required to put out some of the fires I started yesterday.
I was gently rebuked by FOB Jack who commented on Rob the Arsonist by saying:
When I have a broken window on the front of my house, I don’t need everybody walking past to tell me I have a broken window. I need someone to walk up and hand me the business card for a good window guy.
Fair point.
I really meant that post as an exhortation, but as Jack rightly points out, I shouldn’t assume that just because somebody can acknowledge a problem, it doesn’t follow that they have the first idea of how to fix it.
So, here’s my stab at helping them out.
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Rob the Arsonist
Well, since I’m pitching Molotov Cocktails all over the place, one more can’t hurt can it?
So I’ve got Relevant Radio on in the background (Yeah, I listen to a lot of radio! If it weren’t for radio and my imaginary friends, I’d be a real loser!)
Anyhoo, this guy is on the air, talking to the host about a conversation he had with a visitor/acquaintance/protestant friend. Apparently he got drawn into an argument about the canon of scripture—I didn’t catch all the details—then he says he had always thought that “the Qur’an was essentially the same as the Old Testament of the Bible.”
???
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Michael Sam
WARNING: This post may contain strong and/or unpopular opinions.
I wasn’t going to weigh in on this as I kinda already have elsewhere, but after listening to all the furor yesterday on sports radio, I just have to get this off my chest.
For those of you who don’t know, Michael Sam is an All-American football player at the University of Missouri. He is projected to go pretty high in the upcoming NFL draft.
Okay, so what’s the big deal?
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Happy New Year!
Well, Chinese New Year. Oh, and it’s tomorrow not today, but, you know…
The Chinese lunar calendar is very complex. Animals recur every 60 years. Within that system, there is this “stem-branch” arrangement that spans 12 years and…
Like I said, it’s complex.
2014 is the Year of the Horse. In case you missed it, 2013 was the year of the Snake (Was it ever! Boy, howdy), and next year we get Sheep. The year after, Monkey.
So we got that goin’ for us.
I guess if you’re a horse, you should take advantage of it now.
Hear that Cedric?
Brother Can You Spare A Dime?
Actually, can you make it a quarter? Inflation and all.
Apart from being cold—I’ve beat that horse to a bloody pulp already—this is also the time of the year when everybody has their hands out.
Taxes, insurance renewals, taxes, homeowners’ association, taxes, and so on.
My wallet’s gotten so light that I’m down to one package of ramen noodles a day, and only run the van’s motor for 20 minutes each night to stay warm!
To quote my old college roommate, “I’m po! So poor I can’t afford the o and the r.”
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I Think It’s Time to Move
For those of you who were unaware, it’s been, well, cold of late. And snowy. Now I’ve been through cold weather before but never like this and its got me thinkin’…
A few days ago, after shoveling the driveway for the second time in four hours, I sat in my chair staring at a cheery fire and sweating profusely. My complexion was a light shade of Barney the Dinosaur purple instead of my usual healthy green.
Apparently, I was muttering quietly.
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Merry Christmas!
I’d like to write something profound, or witty, or profound and witty to wish you a Merry Christmas, but I can’t touch this.
Here is Fr. Lawrence Farley, pastor of St. Herman Orthodox Church in Langley, B.C. with a commentary entitled, In Fairness to Herod.
Take a moment and listen…