dangit....Indigo got me again....making me tear up on a Sunday morning....go now, and read THIS....it will remind you again, that ALL people in this world are not assholes....thank you, Indigo....
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My Mother and I went to visit my Brother yesterday in Nashville. She drove...I like it when she drives..it gives me a chance to sit back and enjoy the scenery along I-40...the weather was great, and we zipped right along at a pretty good pace...once we got into Nahsville, the traffic started getting a little rougher...and, as we slowed to get off on our exit ramp, I was surprised to hear my Mother say, "Yeah, whatever, little man..hehehe...c'mon, little man..come on around..Have a nice day..heheeheh"....I turned to look at her, and she was smiling and waving out the window at this incredibly irate man in a beat up Impala..
..you could see him moving his mouth, and waving the "bird" at us as he zoomed past....we exited onto the ramp at around 80 miles per hour....seemingly, he had run up quickly behind us, and thought we weren't going fast enough to suit him....
I looked at my Mom, and said..."what was his problem?"..
She just smiled and said..."I don't know, Honey...some people are just assholes.."...ahhh..that's my Mom...
....We laughed for a little while, and then she said..."You know, a few years ago, if someone had done that, I'd have pulled over and given him a piece of my mind...but, now, I know that it really doesn't matter what that guy says...or what he thinks....he is just an asshole..."
I said..."I know what you mean, Mom...I think you should start a blog..."
She didn't really hear what I'd said, and she continued to drive us along...and then, almost as an afterthought, she said to herself..."besides, my days of being intimidated and angry are over...life is too dang short to worry about assholes"...
...she moved her left hand down to the side of the door, and adjusted her .38 that was resting in the little pocket there..."Eric, I sure do miss your Daddy..he always made me feel safe"....
....."old defenseless widow", my ass..
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Pam is SUCKING UP to the JUDGES! NO FAIR!! ehehheheh...ya big cheater!!.....anyway..uh...incidentally...anyone bloggin' nekkid tonight?....maybe we should all get dressed, and head on down to Madfish Willie's Champagne Room....I hear he's hired some new "talent"...
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It seems that just MAYBE there is an upside to this whole "Paris Hilton" fizzle....Porn is suddenly...quietly....becoming an acceptable subject for educated conversation...hmmm...
"Intelligent writing about porn will always find an audience - but I think we've been helped along by certain factors," says d'Addario - including "the increasing acceptance of porn as a topic of mainstream conversation".
Even the conventional press is in agreement. "Fleshbot might best be described as an erudite pornography site," wrote the New York Times, "with the same kind of catty writing and timely links that have made Gawker a must-read for New York's gossip crowd."
"Catty writing"?....I'm not quite sure...but I think I like that phrase...
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Okey Dokey....for those of you who don't know, Beth is running a poll on a new logo for all of us Nekkid Bloggers out there....so, run over there and vote for your fav...there are quite a few to choose from....choose wisely....
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I was just sitting here...and some words started popping into my mind......words that, when reading them, are quite normal....until you use them in a certain context...I mean...they aren't ALWAYS bad....but, they are SOMETIMES bad....know what I mean? ...here are a selection....comments, as usual, are ALWAYS appreciated.....hmmm..what is the dirtiest "clean" word you can think of....
wet..
hot...
sweet..
sticky..
warm...
inside..
nuzzle.
drink..
finger..
eat..
kiss..
honey...
knees..
pillow...
air...
button..
taste..
moan..
vibrate...
head...
...whew....sorry about that......go and talk amongst yourselves....I have to go and have a moment...
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Well, the bloggin' has been slow this afternoon because Steve came over....We did our normal Sunday afternoon showdown today...here are the results..
8-Ball - Steve, 7 to 4
9-Ball - Eric 7 to 4..
HA!..so...it all evens out in the grand scheme of things...at one point, though, in 9-Ball, I had him down 6 to 2...so, he made a bit of a comeback...but, color me happy.....cuz, I'm happy..
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I was just over at the Acidman's blog, and he's talking about Rednecks and Yankees...I like names...I heard a great definition of Yankee once....I can't remember where I heard it, or if I read it somewhere...but, reading his post just made me think of it...anyway, it went something like this..
What is a Yankee?...To everyone on the planet, a Yankee is an American...to an American, a Yankee is someone from the "North"...to a Northerner, a Yankee is someone from New England...to a New Englander, a Yankee is someone from Vermont...to someone from Vermont, a Yankee is someone from Vermont who doesn't have indoor plumbing...
From that definition, it looks like everyone keeps pointing the finger at someone else...I guess the same can sometimes be said about Redneck..or probably any name you want to call people....language is incredible..
While I lived overseas, I got called a Yankee a lot...I didn't mind it one bit...even though I'm from Tennessee...here in Tennessee, no one calls me a Yankee...It really doesn't matter to me...it's just a name...I've been called a Redneck in a jovial way...and, I've been called a Redneck in an aggressive, derisory way..the same as I have been called a Yankee in both ways....the name doesn't mean much on it's own...it is the way that it is delivered....the tone...the intent of the speaker, I suppose...
I think of myself as a Redneck because of my family roots...but, I guess I am not really one....I don't farm, thus no red neck....so, it is kinda like that "What is a Yankee" analogy....it just depends on your individual definition....so, in the eyes of the World, I'm a Yankee...in the eyes of an American, I'm probably a Redneck....in the eyes of most Rednecks I know, I'm decidedly not a Redneck...
..damn, this is starting to get confusing now...I'd better stop...
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Area horse owners, especially those around Echo Lake, may want to keep a close eye on their equine companions after two recent instances of abuse and theft.
A naked man was found having intercourse with a horse in a stable on McCaffery Road around 6:30 a.m. on Nov. 17. Flathead County Sheriff Jim Dupont said the man, still nude, fled on foot when the owner of the horse entered the stable.
"He left his boots and a bottle of hand lotion behind," Dupont said.
People are weird....
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The fountain is flowing...Bill's cup is overflowing...get on over there.....Bill's not dead after all!
Welcome back, Mr. Whittle, and Happy Thanksgiving!
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Everyone go over and wish Parkway Reststop a happy blog-birthday...he is 1 year old TODAY!...keep up the good work, buddy, and you are dead right about not putting your chocolates near the bathroom....
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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone....I started craving Turkey, gravy, and dressing two weeks ago....and today is the day...YEE HAAAA!....This year, the shindig is being hosted by my Aunt Kathy...I asked her yesterday what is on the menu, and she FLOORED me with this short list...
Turkey, honey baked ham, mashed potatoes, gravy, creamed corn, cornbread, dressing, macaroni and cheese, cole slaw, pumpkin pie, tossed salad, fried okra, corn on the cob, baked beans, home made rolls, coconut cake, sausage balls, cheesecake, cranberry sauce, sauerkraut, deviled eggs, potato salad, pasta salad, and spring rolls....DAMN!....
..let the grubfest begin....
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"Dead Poet's Society" is on...sorry, folks...carpe diem..and all that....
but, before I go...everyone go and look up their Byron..
"She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o'er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling place.
And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!"
Lord Gordon Byron..
thanks, Gordon..you da man...all that's missin' is her pony-tail and glasses..heh.....well...maybe just the glasses..you can forget about the pony-tail this time....ahhhh....librarians.....
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I posted, way back in my blogspot days, that storing your chocolate next to your bananas is a bad idea...after a while, the banana flavor will infest your choccies, and every time you eat a piece, you'll taste bananas....chocolate is not supposed to taste like fruit....anyway....I JUST finished eating a chocolate chip cookie that had been in a box with 3 other chocolate chip cookies and 1 lemon cooke....for two days....now, that cookie tastes like a LEMON cookie...lemon cookies are nice...when they are lemon cookies...but happily munching down on a CHOCOLATE CHIP cookie and tasting lemons is just fucking wrong...so, someone please tell me what the hell is up with this?...what do fruit have against chocolates?...why do bananas and lemons attack chocolate?....really..I want to know....personally, I blame the Bartender...he always tries to give me Chivas and claim it is Bowmore...the bastard...
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...poor girl almost drown..which is sad....I don't want ANYONE to drown...well..except terrorists....anyway....she get's seen on TV....and then the cops come and bust her....man...that is just BAAAAAAAD Karma...if your driver's license is revoked, follow the rule of law, and don't drive...if you do drive, you should be punished...not drowned...but punished....
WINFIELD, West Virginia (AP) -- A woman whose rescue from her flooded car was broadcast on CNN and The Weather Channel was later arrested when a deputy who saw the TV footage realized her driver's license had been revoked.
Putnam County Sheriff's Deputy David Bailey, saw Christy Walker, 37, on a newscast November 19. A TV crew filmed her driving past screaming firefighters, fire trucks and cones set up to block part of a roadway covered in water. Her car submerged and she was rescued by volunteer firefighters.
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I'm in a bit of a sentimental mood today, for some reason....I've been thinking about the ghosts of Thanksgiving past...for almost 1/2 my life, I have been the "host" of many a Thanksgiving Dinner....usually because I was overseas and not around any other Americans...so, not being one to miss an opportunity for a party, I would try to introduce some of the locals to the Thanksgiving Tradition....as a result, I've cooked some pretty interesting holiday meals....everything from turkey and dressing, to steak and lobster....as a matter of fact, the last time I cooked Thanksgiving Dinner, it was two years ago...it sticks in my mind....
I would always organize to cook a big dinner on the weekend following Thanksgiving....we'd invite around 10 to 15 people, and throw a big party...I'd cook a feast, and we'd drink wine around the table and tell stories, and laugh, and just enjoy each other's company....I was always the only American present at these shindigs, and I absolutely loved it....to me, it really brought out the REAL meaning of our nation's Day of Thanks....getting together with Friends and Family, and just enjoying life and their company....
The last time I cooked, I let the Mother-in-law help out...she finally convinced me that since Thanksgiving is so near St. Andrew's Day, we should have Haggis as an appetizer.....I was dead set against it...but since I had prepared the feast for the past 7 years, I gave in to her wishes....as a result, I threw my usual menu ideas out the window and decided on Steak and Lobster as the main course.....getting the Steak was no problem...we were only 35 miles south of Aberdeen, so the finest beef in the world was available at every butcher's shop....getting the Lobsters was a bit more tricky...I called up a local fisherman in Arbroath, and asked him if he had any Lobsters...he replied that he had quite a few, but they were only between 2 to 3 pounds....and getting bigger ones might be a problem.....I asked if I could come by and pick them up on Saturday morning....he said, "well, it depends on if I can get them"....he had plenty of them, but they were still in the pots...if the weather was good on Saturday, he'd row his boat out and get them...if the sea was bad, he wouldn't risk rowing out to get my lobsters....so....we all prayed for calm weather...
As it turned out, the weather was fine, and I drove to Arbroath and picked up the critters....there were 8 of them....all blue and white spotted....crawling around in a big box....I put them in my trunk and drove to the In-laws to begin the meal......during the drive over, they escaped the box and dispersed themselves all over my trunk....I spent half an hour trying to catch those varmints and get them into the house...
The meal went great...the pumpkin pie that I made didn't exactly go too well with the Haggis....but the red wine was flowing, and we CELEBRATED another Thanksgiving....where friends and family are, everyday should be Thanksgiving...
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DAYUM...Right Mamma is rippin' into the Democrats..heh...and she's RIGHT...the hypocrisy of idiots like Mr. Clark is exactly why I don't watch the whining left-wing media...
I do not see how Bush is exploiting September 11th. It happened, nothing can change that. And it happened on Bush's watch. It was GWB's responsibility to respond appropriatley and effectively. He did so. No, the Dems didnt neccesarily agree with all his moves, but hey - thats part of what makes the Dems!
As i see it, GWB has every right to use his Presidential History as a reason to vote for him in 2004! Its not exploiting September 11th, its showing his consistency in dealing with terrorism.
Lets face if, it Algore had won in 2000 we all know he would use 9/11 to his benefit in a re-election (but i doubt he would have the balls to run again...as a matter of fact a little birdie told me he asked Gore personally if he was glad he lost the 2000 election, after 9/11, and Gore admitted to being glad he was not in Office when it happened. This was a casual conversation BTW, not an interview with a reporter.)
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Since I got my new digs here on MT, I have been WOEFULLY lacking in Robert Service stuff...so, here is one of my favs...as usual, read it out loud, kiddies...trust me, it is better that way....and before you start to whine about hating poetry...shut the hell up....there are no flowers, butterflies, or any of that stuff in this one...hell, some of you out there might actually IDENTIFY with this one...
The Men who Don't Fit It...
There's a race of men that don't fit in,
A race that can't stay still;
So they break the hearts of kith and kin,
And they roam the world at will.
They range the field and they rove the flood,
And they climb the mountain's crest;
Theirs is the curse of the gypsy blood,
And they don't know how to rest.
If they just went straight they might go far;
They are strong and brave and true;
But they're always tired of the things that are,
And they want the strange and new.
They say: "Could I find my proper groove,
What a deep mark I would make!"
So they chop and change, and each fresh move
Is only a fresh mistake.
And each forgets, as he strips and runs
With a brilliant, fitful pace,
It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones
Who win in the lifelong race.
And each forgets that his youth has fled,
Forgets that his prime is past,
Till he stands one day, with a hope that's dead,
In the glare of the truth at last.
He has failed, he has failed; he has missed his chance;
He has just done things by half.
Life's been a jolly good joke on him,
And now is the time to laugh.
Ha, ha! He is one of the Legion Lost;
He was never meant to win;
He's a rolling stone, and it's bred in the bone;
He's a man who won't fit in.
Robert W. Service
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Take the "Are you going to Hell test"....it was sent to me by a bloggerette who shall remain nameless to protect her delicate sensibilities...hehhe...looks like I'm started down that slippery slope....heh..some of the questions are quite..uh.....interesting...
Click HERE for the test....
Thanks "I"...HA!
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I know, I know...but, gimme a break..I only did this in 5 minutes over my lunch break....sheesh....anyway, I'll try harder tonight to come up with something...
comments?
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My latest gift to myself.....what do you think?....Mossberg 12ga....9 shots in the tube...folding stock...heh..
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