tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89470268327800461962024-09-11T23:34:20.808-10:00A little corner of the world for rants, musings, observations, and irreverent humor. WARNING: Not for the faint of heart or those with "self-esteem" issues. If any content offends your gentle sensibilities, feel free not to visit this site! Please ensure your tray tables are in the upright and locked position before take-off. Life is a bumpy ride.T-of-Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17739291909288452984noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947026832780046196.post-12830644711375157232010-12-08T00:28:00.000-10:002010-12-08T00:28:30.299-10:00

I decided to take a break from unbearably long rants and just jot down a few things at a time that jump into my head from time to time.  Hope you enjoy it. >  A swarthy fellow came up to me yesterday and said "I like the cut of your jib."  I took that as high praise, since he was a pirate, and they are quite renowned for their jib-cutting. >  I saw this sign on a

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Before I get showered with sevens of hate mail, allow me to elaborate on my declaration.  I was pondering this the other day, as I was perusing an article about how "all children should be able to get college educations in this country", or some such drivel.  "What about the children???" One might say, shaking their fist defiantly at my posting title! By the way, you can stop shaking

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I was speaking with a friend of mine at work a few days back about current events, and the talk came around to the future commander of forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus.   I believe we were marveling at seeing him in his dress uniform with enough ribbons to make even Patton go, “damn!”       Well, almost everyone that watches TV can see that… that is a

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I might start a theme here called "Freaky Friday" by posting weird news stories on Fridays...nahh, too cliche'... anyway, I invite your attention to this article on Fox News (Link) : Hunh... I have observed here in the last oh, year or so I suppose, that virtually everyone in the known universe has a Facebook account.  When people ask me if I have an account, and I say no, I get a look like

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I recently received an e-mail from a childhood friend of mine who lives on the Gulf coast of Florida. It is a pretty good rant and can give readers outside of the area a little perspective. So with his permission, I am posting his rant: "People here are frustrated, angry as hell, and losing money every hour this continues. Commercial fishermen are stuck at the docks, BP stations are empty,

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I love the news aggregator site Fark (link at the top of the sitte) because it does a tremendous job of collecting of the weirdest, funniest stories around the world.  Peruse this article from yesterday (Link): New Orleans strip club Mimosa Dancing Girls files oil spill compensation claim " AN unlikely company has filed a claim for compensation regarding the disaster - a New Orleans strip

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Read this update today:   VENTRY, R.I. - "The superintendent... (said) Saturday he will work to change the policy to allow such apparel. (He) said in an e-mail to The Associated Press that the no-weapons policy shouldn't limit student expression, especially when students are depicting "tools of a profession or service," such as the military or police.  "The event exposed how a

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     Just a warning before I start this rant that I could very well devote an entire section of this blog to the dumbing-down and "zero tolerance" policies causing the decay of our nation's public education systems.  I have a hearty disdain and disgust for the "zero tolerance" policies and the school administrators being railroaded into enforcing this garbage.  BUT,

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So, the Chairman of British Petroleum (BP), Carl-Henric Svanberg, met with the Obama White House, and outside, post-meeting, made these comments:   "I hear comments sometimes that large oil companies are greedy companies or don't care, but that is not the case with BP. We care about the small people."       Hunh.  Interesting.  I think, however, they prefer

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This is my blog. Many blogs may be like it, but this one is mine.      After many years of not-so-deep thoughts, musings, ramblings, rants, etc. I feel compelled to record some of it for posterity (or however long the internet exists). I have thought about writing a book, but I asked myself, "who would buy it?" So for now, I am testing the waters with this medium.  &

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