Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Frames For The Face
When I was a little kid, I had fake glasses that I would wear all the time because I wanted to pretend I needed glasses. (I also wore aluminum foil on my teeth to pretend I had braces...it used to be cool to need those things.) As the years have gone on, I have actually been very happy that I have not had to have glasses but eventually, at some point, we all are going to have to get them for one reason or another.
Many people opt for contacts but I have to tell you, that’s not going to work for me. I don’t even like putting eye drops in my eyes when they are red from lack of sleep. I do not like putting a thing in my eyes. Even when I do go and get my eyes checked out and the Doc does that puff of air in my eye, I question him on his “credentials”. (Really, I do. I ask him, “I understand you graduated but WHERE in your class did you graduate? Were you near the top?") That is how much I hate things touching my eyes or anywhere near them.
So when the time comes, I’m getting glasses. Besides, glasses can be a fashion statement just like your clothes. You don’t have to get boring glasses, you can get some that send a message about your personality or character.
Of course, no one wants to have to spend a fortune on glasses because they break, are lost, get scratched, etc. And these days, people are looking for deals where ever they can find them. So, I’m here to share that if you are in the market for a good pair of eyeglasses, you can find some cheap eyeglasses at Zenni Optical.
Now, let me tell you, the FIRST thing I noticed about this site is that they have a place where you can upload a photo of yourself and then compare frame shapes and sizes to your face so that you will know what kind of glasses look the best on you. When you shop online, you pretty much take a risk that the clothes or shoes or whatever will fit and look good. At Zenni Optical, they took that risk away. It’s a great feature and reminds me of a “make over” CD I had a long time ago.
Navigating the pages are extraordinarily easy. You start off by narrowing the field down between children, men or women. (You can even pick unisex if you don’t like the typical type for your gender.)
You pick your price range, prescription type, shape, (after you have uploaded your photo and played around a little), and then type. You can also narrow the field down by color.
One of the more interesting choices in type is holiday themed eyeglasses. Yep, holiday themed. Here’s an example:
Pretty neat, eh?
How about these?
I would totally wear these types. I would look awesome AND I would save tons of money. They’re under $20!
I can see you, laughing at me wearing snow man glasses but you have not seen me in them, one, and two, you might want to close the pie hole because with the money I just saved, I could buy you a better gift for Christmas than the one I was planning on getting you. You wanted a cool travel mug or a nice warm Chamois shirt? Alright then. Unless you want me to buy you a holiday themed sweater with a horrid looking, crooked Christmas tree on it, I suggest you start oohing and aahing when you see me sporting my Snowman glasses, mmmkay?!
Course, some of you are like me and think holiday themes are cool as all and would like to get some for yourselves. Ok, then click that link above and get over there. Start searching. They have themes for all kinds of occasions, not just Christmas. How about you go take a look and come back here and tell me which ones you would get.
Then we can all look stylish and smart together.
One More
I can’t believe it. I truly cannot believe it.
One more day. Just have to go tomorrow morning, race home, throw food at the pets and the hoodlums outside, get changed, go to the next one, work until evening, race to the third one, work there for a little bit and then, finally, at LONG last, after 28 days, I will have....
A DAY OFF!
In fact, I worked it so that I am getting four days off.
IN!
A!
ROW!
I have NO idea what I’m even going to do with myself. It will feel like a lifetime. In the extremely limited time I have had, I have done all my major chores like going to the dump, the store, etc. All I will have to do in those four days is clean up the cat box and dishes but other than that? I don’t have to do a DAMN. THING.
The first day? I intend on staying in bed in my pajamas the entire day. In fact, I’m going to bring my laptop up to my room so that I don’t have to get out of bed at all. The second day? I might do more of the same! If it’s not horrible outside, I’m going to give the hoodlums a good bit of time out there since they have been so neglected in the “running around outside like morons for a good hour everyday” bit. They’ve been REALLY good about it and I want to reward them handsomely.
The third day, if it’s not snowing or the roads are not covered in ICE like they were today, I have plans and will discuss them later but that depends on weather.
And then!?
I STILL have another WHOLE day left!
I’m beside myself with joy.
Ok, on to the next paid bit.
Keep It In Your Wallet
Does anyone else do this?
You go to the store to get food or whatever it is that you need and look for the best prices that you can. Even then, you still calculate, at the end, just how many hours you had to work to pay for those groceries or other items.
“Dang, that was 5 hours of work for that!”
Many of us work hard. About the last thing we want to do is part with what we earned from that hard work. But, there are things in life one must get and sometimes, it would be nice to get something fun or “just because”, as well. What’s the point in all that hard work if you never get to treat yourself to even something small?
The best way to treat yourself and not feel guilty about it later, is to save up the money you didn’t spend when you paid the bill. And the best way to save is to find the deals. And a great way to find deals is to visit Savings.com. You can find all kinds of deals at Savings.com.
For example, this year is the first year in ages that it actually feels like Christmas. The weather outside is cold and icy, (hopefully snow soon), smoke wafts from chimneys keeping the occupants warm and spreading a smell of comfort through the air, festive decorations have been put up by the town and some of its residents at their homes so I thought, “This year, because it FEELS like Christmas, I want to get a tree and get presents for the pets.”
One of the best places to shop for pet supplies is at Doctors Foster and Smith. I love that online store and I have shopped there a number of times. If I go to Savings.com first, I can get up to 50% off of some of the cool stuff available simply by activating a coupon. Fifty percent off! I can buy the pets toys and collars and meds if they need them and save the money I have worked hard for this past couple of months.
With the money I saved by activating the coupon at Savings.com, I can buy WARMER clothes at either JCPenney, or KMart or the store that sucks me in every time, Target. (You must pronounce it “Tar Jay”, (soft J).) Yah I got some warm clothes preparing for this winter season but the other day it was 9 degrees. Nine. Degrees. And the wind was blowing. It was a little painful. So if I’m going to be out there being all festive this holiday season, I’m going to need warmer clothes and not freeze to death trying to spread holiday cheer.
The best thing is that I can go through Savings.com and YET again! I can save more money while I shop at Target looking for the warmest coat they have.
Take a look around. They have deals not just on clothing and pets, you can find deals on grocery store items, home and garden, electronics, books, cell phones, etc. You can also use the “local” feature by putting in the search bar what you are looking for and then your zip code.
Sweet, eh?
So this year, the pets get Christmas and I get to stay warm because Savings.com wants me to keep more of my money and anyone who helps me do that is A-OK in my book.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Where Is The Proof?
I would like someone to show me the proof that Iran has or will have, “in the next couple of months”, a nuclear weapon.
I don’t want a news article with quotes that say, “maybe”, I want someone to show me definitive proof.
I am disgusted with what I’m hearing from my fellow Republicans and the lame stream media saying we should just stomp on over and “take care” of Iran.
On what grounds?
WHAT GROUNDS?
They MIGHT have one in the near future? Where is the proof?
Also, let’s play that game, let’s say we all believe, without proof, that they have one.
Ok. And? What about it?
Other countries have them...do we go and attack all the other countries who have them?
We have them. So we can have them but no one else can?
Did Iran make a threat to us? If so, show me where that is. Show me the evidence.
What, Israel might be in trouble? Are you serious? Israel?! Do you know how many weapons Israel has? Please, IF Iran threatened Israel, by the time we got our troops assembled, Israel would level them.
So, again, show me proof that:
a) Iran has or will have, “in the next couple of months” a nuclear weapon and that they aren’t just working on nuclear ENERGY
b) Show me where Iran has threatened us with that nuclear weapon
c) Show me proof that we cannot possibly defend ourselves against that threat AFTER it is made
d) Show me proof that Israel can not take care of itself should it be threatened
Please, explain to me how, exactly, “taking care of” Iran for a “maybe” is going to bring about peace?
And while we’re at it, please show me, exactly, how meddling in to RUSSIA’S affairs is going to be a good thing for us?
AND, please show me proof that if China gets involved, we won’t fuck ourselves royally?
This is all b.s. and fear mongering and people are eating it up.
And also, please show me how us, the U.S. getting involved in “nation building” (what a farce), over the last 60 years has benefited us? Please show me how this has worked?
The argument is, we have to go there and be preemptive. Ok...so for 60 years we have been preemptive.
And yet we STILL GOT ATTACKED ON SEPTEMBER 11TH!
So how the hell did that work out for us?!
Here is what happens when you meddle in other countries for political reasons...learn your history:
Seriously, watch the entire thing. I dare you. Don’t be afraid of the truth.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
The Deadline Approaches
Tis the season for stress! It’s getting near Christmas and many still haven’t completed their shopping and some out there have realized that their lists are getting longer every year. On the positive, that’s great, it means more people in your life who care. On the negative, gads! That’s a lot of money! Tight on money, tight on time....it can become overwhelming.
UNLESS, you heed my words here and start shopping smart and stop stressing. First of all, you have at least another week to get a handle on things so relax, have a cup of hot cocoa, add the marshmallows if it will help, sit back, and clear your head.
Is your head cleared?
No?
Go get another mug of hot chocolate.
Ok, NOW is your head cleared? Ready to listen? Good. You do not have to worry. No need to panic. The answers are here.
The very first thing you need to do is head on over to BestOnlineCoupons.com. You can find coupons for all kinds of places such as DELL, (awesome), Target, Best Buy, Tire Rack, etc. Ok? They have coupons for jewelry, electronics, toys and games, cameras, etc. They have coupons for interesting gifts such as event tickets, gifts for your pets, movies, music, flowers, cell phones, shoes, and even eco-friendly items. You are bound to find something for everyone on your list.
Alright, you’re starting to chill out, you’re thinking you just might have this but I see the anxiety rising again...."But...how will I get it in time!?!?!”
Did I not say to heed my words? Listen. On the same site, they will tell you not only which stores have what deadlines but also still help you out in the coupon department. Interested in gifting something from Apple? No worries! Check out the Shipping Deadlines for Christmas 2011 page and you will see that for some Apple products, you have between December 20 and December 22 to get your order in. That is a week away. You have time! In addition, you can save up to $100 on a New Mac and printer! It’s insane the savings!
“Gasp! I forgot to get something for my brother’s new step daughter! Oh noes!”
Again...relax. Scroll down the page, see there where it says Toys R Us? Yes, you can still find toys to buy and ship off up to December 22. Not only that, if you use the coupons available to you through the site, you can get up to 50% off or you may find some items are “buy one get one free” and you can get FREE standard shipping.
Disney, (up to 40% off of your fave Disney items!), Fashion Bug, Baby Phat, Cabelas, (for the sportsmen...$440 off Humminbird 798 Ci Si Side-Imaging Sonar/50-Channel Internal GPS Receiver Combo Now: $759.99....seriously? Do you have any idea how happy you will make someone with this gift and you saved over $400!!!!! (But hurry, you only have a couple of days left for that deal)), GODIVA, (free shipping on $60+ and up to $75 off on some items), Golf Galaxy, (99 cent shipping, up to $75 off on some items)...the list seems endless. There are gifts for men, women and children all with coupons, all with deadlines a week or so away, all ready for you to calm down, think clearly and start ordering.
It’s going to be ok. We move fast in this country, remember? This isn’t how it used to be when you had to have everything done a month in advance, in some places, you can shop up to THREE days in advance and still have it arrive in time. All you have to do is click your mouse a few times, use Best Buy Coupons, and you will have a handle on this year’s Christmas shopping. This site makes it easy, you don’t need to sweat it. Make everyone believe you have it together and are well organized.
It’s the website that is well organized, you just have to click and have it shipped. What on earth could possibly be any easier?
Now, because I told you about this and because BestBuyCoupons.com put together such a fantastic site, you owe the both of us a nice plate of chocolate chip cookies and a glass of milk. You are welcome.
So Anyway, The Fish
Yes...more filler. I am sure you are all hanging on the edge of your seats, in eager anticipation, waiting for my next update about my boring life. I guess if you put it all in one neat package and tie a pretty bow on top, it’s actually not that boring but aside from the highlights - moving to Miami, driving air boats, seeing and holding gators, having gator babies thinkin’ I’m their mama, feeding gators by hand, (well, my hand holding the stick that speared the meat that goes in to the baby gators’ mouths, that is), the tour buses plowing in to my car, the cruises, moving to Maine, experiencing the hoodlums experiencing their first snow, the past injuries, the interesting posts I used to write about strange women yanking roses off my brother’s rose bushes and leaving without a word while I stood right there, the experiments, the endless work hours and days, the drama of it all....sure, it seems so damn interesting but really? I think I have a pretty boring life.
And to be honest, I think it’s BECAUSE of those highlights that most days, I just do. not. have the energy to go out and do more interesting things. It seems most of the “interesting” things happen to me by complete accident and against my will.
Most days I just want to chill out, do boring things and sometimes, the highlight of my day is sitting back and watching the fish swim around in their little fishy world. It really is calming....once things are back in balance after a move and fish stop dying on your watch.
The dogs are high strung and don’t bring me peace. Sure, they make me laugh. Sure they are fun. Sure, they are cute. But peace? Ha! Forget it.
The cats are relatively peaceful until they get all uppity with each other and start hissing contests and swiping at each other or hacking up hair balls or climbing my fricken black out curtains leaving little claw holes all over them making them NOT black out curtains any more....growl!
I throw food out to the squirrels and birds outside, (holy crap I’m getting old...that’s what old people do), and watch them scamper about but it’s not necessarily peaceful because I have dogs in the house, behind me, whining behind the closed door because they want to eat the squirrels, please, open the door, let us out so we can chase and eat the squirrels.
No...the only ones who are peaceful and calming to watch are the fish. So, I hope this substrate change over works. I’ve been studying how to do it with minimal damage and I think things are going to look much better, stay cleaner longer, (and easier), when I get the corys they will be in heaven and the plants will hopefully thrive beyond belief in the sand. If only I could get a job working from home where I could sit next to the tank and work, and not have to commute, it would be just about perfect. If I made enough, I’d send the hoodlums off to “doggy daycare” to get out of my face for a few hours so I can just relax. Don’t take that wrong, yah I dig ‘em but there was a reason I did not intentionally seek dogs...I’m not sorry I have them, I’m just fricken tired.
Ok, on to the next one.
With A Name Like Versace...
The name Versace is well known even to those of us who don’t keep up on the latest fashions. Gianni Versace was just so good at what he did, everybody knew who he was. Back in 1978, Versace started designing sunglasses. Yah, all those people are wearing them NOW but they have been around for much longer. The company, Luxottica Group S.p.A, a company founded in Italy, just like Versace, is the world’s largest eye wear company and they do make Versace glasses under license. Anyway, Versace Eyeglasses are not cheap. The reason is because they are so well made and are high quality.
I can’t even tell you the number of sunglasses I have gone through when I drove the air boats and even plowed through a few pair here in Maine. By the time you add up all the money I’ve spent on cheap-o shades, I could have easily afforded a pair of Versace sunglasses. For one, the color, meaning the coating, isn’t going to peel off easily, if at all. I have walked around with flecks of coating on my FACE because of my cheap shades. (Not that anyone bothered to INFORM me!) Also, while any glass can scratch, again, these sunglasses are high quality and won’t scratch nearly as easily as others.
What makes Versace different is simple, and succinctly put by someone, somewhere: In Your Face Luxury
The style is very distinctive, creative as well as more artistic than any other glasses, being inspired by the Greek culture, making it highly recognizable. Many of the big name celebrities wear these glasses making them even more sought out by people around the world and in Europe, Versace is the king.
If you want sunglasses that last, that won’t leave you with flecks on your face, (that’s so much fun), that look better than any other sunglasses out there, stop spending your money on garbage. Save it and invest in an exceptional pair of shades that not only protect your eyes from the glare of the sun but make you look good, as well.
Filling Up Space
I have to write something in between ads, per the rules and everything, but I seem to have more ads to write than any thing about my life, self or perspective. So I sat there, looking at something for about 5 minutes wondering what to write about when I realized, I’ve never written about that to which I was staring.
I’ll bet you didn’t know I have an aquarium. Yep. I have cats and dogs and it’s easy to talk about cats and dogs to just about anyone but unless you are really in to aquariums, no one seems to be interested. But, I have to fill some space so today, I am going to talk about my aquarium.
Isn’t this exciting!?
To start, it’s a 40 gallon tank, what some may call a “breeder” tank meaning it’s not tall and it’s not what they call, “long”. Anyway, it is ever changing as I’m always thinking of new ways to design it. Right now I have gravel, black gravel, but have some sand I’ve had and never opened and am thinking I’m going to change it over to sand.
That ought to be loads of fun. And I hope I don’t kill any fish in the process. And I wish I would have started out with sand in the first place. We’ll see what happens. I’m thinking I’m going to do that when the Christmas weekend gets here because I’ll finally have time off to be able to do it and monitor and not have to rush off to yet another job. For four days, I get to sit on my butt, at home, and do whatever I damn well please.
Actually, I have some plans for Christmas but you don’t get to hear about them yet.
So, I have live plants, I know some of the names of those plants. I don’t get hung up on names, never have. Even back when I was really in to music, I knew the name of the bands, of course, but didn’t give a crap about the name of the band members. Everyone around me was all, “Oh that’s Jello Biafra” or, “That’s Morrissey”. Yah, who cares. I don’t give a crap what their names are, I just like the music. Same with clothes. Don’t care about the name. Do I like the way it looks? Ok, then I’m getting it, who gives a shit who designed it.
Same with my plants. I like the way they look, I try them out, I see if they do well, I keep them if they do. I don’t give a crap about names. I have a couple of them that are thriving to the point that I’m thinking I may have to sell off the cuttings. I don’t remember what they are called, (I’d have to look it up), but I love the look and they grow well so I can take cuttings and plant those and basically have a nicely planted tank for the price of a few plants.
I don’t know what the hell I’m doing with live plants. I don’t do the CO2 b.s. I don’t fertilize. I just stick the plants in and hope for the best and thus far, the best is happening. So anyway, I have about 20 plants...some of those are the cuttings of the one I mentioned earlier. Some of those are sword something plants...grassy type stuff that is supposed to spread and cover the bottom...excuse me, official lingo: substrate, (eye roll), of the tank. Not sure how those are doing because they don’t seem to be spreading. Hence, why I think the sand might do some good.
So, black gravel, 20 plants and I also have driftwood, (dark), a medium sized rock looking decoration, a castle, (it’s not complete without a castle), and what I call my Lord Of The Rings Rock. It’s a pretty tall decoration and it always reminds me of LOTR...that scene where...Gandalf...wait, wrong movie...whatever, see? I don’t do names. Anyway, the good wizard, is up on that tall, dark rock mountain fighting with the eyeball guy. Mordor comes to mind. Anyway, it reminds me of that rock mountain.
I also have, not in tank but soon will be in tank, a rock formation that will “elevate” some of the sand so it looks like I have different levels. I anticipate this to look really cool and it’s high time I put it to use. And then I have another rock formation that I have not used yet, either that I think I’ll add after doing the sand.
Ultimately, I wanted to start aquascaping and make it look all artsy and cool so my fish feel like they are not in a tank but out in the wild.
Speaking of fish...I have:
Six panda platys
And those panda platys had babies, (scuse me, official lingo: fry, (eye roll)), and I did catch four of them and put them in the breeder net for a week but have let them go out in the tank and we’ll let nature take its course. It sounds mean but wtf am I going to do with a whole bunch of panda platys in the tank? If some survive, I’ll have to find a way to sell them.
I have four glo-fish Danios. Need to get two more.
I have four flying foxes.
I have one bristlenose pleco. (So he won’t get too big.)
I want to get four panda corys.
And corys like sand so another reason to finally use my sand.
In the past I’ve had a betta, in the huge tank and he was awesome and was going to do well but when I moved here, I couldn’t get rid of my cloudy water and panicked and put too many chemicals in and killed my betta. That sucked.
I finally said, “screw chemicals” and got a UV light and now the tank is crystal clear.
I would show you a photo but I’m going to be changing things up and I want the plants to really take off with the sand substrate and then see what happens. Plus, eventually get my other fish and have everything settle down and have been cool for a few months and THEN I will take a pic. By that time, most of you will have forgotten I ever mentioned having an aquarium so I won’t ever have to actually share the pic. Isn’t that neat how that works?
Ok, on to the money makers.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Science Rules!
If you’ve been here for awhile, years that is, you’ll know I love science. I love finding cool, obscure or interesting things related to science and talking about it on here. Well, kids, I have just discovered a new source for my daily science news.
I love the layout, I love the stories, I love the science of it all. It is going in to my bookmarks and you will, undoubtedly, see reference to it in the future.
From lightning research to rats to worms that have been successfully grown for 12 years in space, this is an amazing site for extraordinarily interesting, cool and awesome science.
The site has been around since 1998, (think of all the science news I’ve missed...gah), and hopefully will continue to be around for a very long time. They do talk science but they are also now offering coupons for travel.
Sounds weird? Not really. Think about it, scientists do a lot of traveling around the world looking for things, digging up bones, snapping photos of rare leopards, or attending conferences to learn and discuss with other scientists. Well, they want to save money, too, just like you and me so SciTechDaily has a nice page set up filled with Orbitz promo codes. They also have an entire page filled with Hotwire coupons.
With these, scientists, or just those who can’t get enough of science, are able to travel around in rental cars, book hotels, flights, cruises, (what better excuse to get some research done), etc without spending more than necessary.
And who knows...maybe on your travels you’ll discover something or photograph something that will baffle the science community and maybe, just maybe, you can end up on SciTechDaily featured in your own story.
Almost There
Filler post…
Only 11 more days...then I finally get to have a full day off. Not only a full day, but if I can wing it, I might actually get 4 days off IN. A. ROW.
It will feel like a vacation. I won’t even know what to do with myself after running around from one job to the next for 28 fricken days, sometimes doing three jobs in the same day.
I’m exhausted. I’m spent. My sense of humor is pretty much NILL at this point.
Just make it through the HELL of this week, a little bit extra next week and then four. glorious. beautiful. long. days. off.
I can not wait.
Friday, December 09, 2011
Still Searching For The Perfect Gift?
So, you’re almost done with your Christmas shopping but you have that one person who is impossible to shop for. What do you get them?! Gar, it’s so frustrating trying to find the right gift for the person who seems to have everything!
Fear not. I am here to save you. Well, I and Geekalerts.com are here to save you.
You really need to check this site out. It has some cool stuff like the Plantini Desktop Botanical Garden or the Garden Zombie Statue. (zOMG! That is PERFECT for Halloween!) Maybe you, or the gift recipient, (if you can buy these things and not keep them for yourself), would like to decorate your tree with The Faces of Jack Skellington Ornament Set. OR! Bacon Candy Canes! Ha! That could be used as a gag gift or for those guys who can’t seem to get enough bacon.
Maybe money is a little tight this year.
As the site suggests in one place, you’re not a 1%er. You don’t have money flowing out of your pockets, or from under your mattress, or buried in the back yard in coffee cans in several spots at different depths, as well as in banks in the US and Switzerland. Is it necessary to be the 1% to be able to celebrate Christmas in style?
No! It is not! You can still have Christmas. Get the Peanuts Charlie Brown Christmas Tree with Music and let others know that you are embracing the REAL meaning of Christmas.
All kidding aside, everyone wants to save some money and that is why you can use ThinkGeek coupons while you shop. Geekalert.com has a page of Musicians Friend coupons that you can use to buy drums, keyboards, mixers, amps, strings, etc. You can save up to 95%.
In case you missed that, you can save up to NINETY! FIVE! PERCENT! on musical instruments or items. Unbelievable!
Ok, so the musical instruments are for you, I get that, and I totally understand. Believe me. But you are still looking for the perfect gift for that hard to please recipient. There’s still a way to get that most perfect and memorable gift and still save money. Just use the ThinkGeek promo codes and you can find yourself wrapping up some of the most awesome gifts EVAH!
Like this one: Annoy-a-tron
or
You can buy two microbes and get a Swine Flu microbe for free!
No, really, look at how cute: Microbes! We laugh in the face of disease!
Seriously, this is the best site for the geek in you. These gifts are fricken cool and hilarious and maybe you really don’t have to be a geek to appreciate them. Nonetheless, if you are a geek, like me, you will love it. Go! Find ways to express your geekiness and you should have absolutely zero problems finding the gift for that last, hard to please, name on your list.
You are WELCOME for the information.
One Last Time
I just realized that I have to deal with that cesspool I just left one more time to get my income tax information for next year’s taxes.
Just the thought of having to contact those assholes is exhausting, I can only imagine the b.s. I’m going to have to put up with when I do call. If I’m lucky, I’ll get the boss or the ONE cool person at the counter right away. If I’m not, I will have to try multiple times because I know, for a fact, that two of them, including the Russian Bitch, will not pass on the message. The thing is, Russian bitch is the boss’ wife and she should know better than to fuck with those forms as they are required by law to give them out but she is an insipid twit and will make up some excuse not to do it. “She never called here, we didn’t know!” I guarantee it. That is how she operates.
I will try, very hard, not to tell Bitch, (not Russian bitch, just THE bitch), to go suck a rotting alligator penis, much as I would like to do, or tell her everything I’ve ever wanted to say to her, because she deserves it because a) it’s not worth the time and b) she’ll just use it to make herself a martyr YET again. Lying, manipulative bitch. The thing is, she is so bad at manipulation that anyone with the IQ of a single cell life form would catch on but, again, that place is filled with utter morons so it actually works for her.
Maybe some day they’ll get a damn clue.
Whatever, just give me my income tax stuff and they can suck it for the rest of their lives.
You know, I’ve left jobs in the past because I was unhappy with the “management” but I’ve never been so ecstatic to leave a place as I have this one that I left in Miami. I do miss the animals on tour but I don’t miss anything else about it at all. Driving an airboat was fun but I don’t miss the tourists, I don’t miss the long days. I don’t miss the heat. I don’t miss the humidity. I don’t miss having to take idiots out in 30 degree weather, at 30mph. (Think that isn’t cold? Ok, for those of you in the states that get that kind of weather, go rent a convertible, drive around in it for 8-9 hours with the top down and then come tell me it’s not cold.) I don’t miss the fools who fall in the water, who feed the gators, (illegal), who harass the animals, (illegal), who ask stupid questions, (oh yes, there ARE stupid questions), who cut down protected plant life in the Glades, (illegal), to widen the channel for their airboats, who spill oil in to the Glades, (illegal), who throw boat parts in to the Glades, (illegal), who have done all sorts of illegal things and acted all kinds of stupid but strut around like they’re the top shit.
Guess what? NOBODY has heard of those people outside of an 8 mile stretch of road. If I were to say a few particular names around here, not a person would have a clue nor care. In fact, most people here would undoubtedly think that those mentioned were total shit bags. (They would be right.)
Hell, even some of the tourists figured that out. I’ve had some of the tourists say things to me about the other drivers, about the bitches behind the counter, about the boss. Every one of them was right. Yep, they are showing off, yep, they are assholes, yep, that is a whiskey voice and is not cool like he thinks it is, yep, that one IS all about himself, wow, you’ve been here an hour and you figured that one out already but these clowns who have been here years still don’t get it? Yep, this place is a dump, yep, the people behind the counter are rude and bitchy, yep, the boss doesn’t care about anything except his money...you are absolutely right!
All I want right now is my income tax information and Gator Park can go fuck itself right raw. I wish it would be shut down, frankly.
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
Those Pills
If you have been paying attention, I think you know how I feel about prescription drugs being pushed on to the consumers. The commercials disgust me.
“Have arthritis? Take this pill and cure your arthritis. In the meantime, you’ll suffer nausea, diarrhea, heart palpitations, high blood pressure, shingles, hair loss, abdominal pain, loss of limb, and possibly death...but hey! You won’t have arthritis pain anymore!”
So how many of you have ever heard of Actos? It’s for those who suffer diabetes. Diabetes is no laughing matter and if not treated, can certainly lead to loss of limb and death. Some diabetes can be controlled by diet, (such as the type my male parental unit has), and some people have to take pills or insulin.
The problem here is, Actos is the most taken pill by diabetes sufferers. The reason? Because they were told to switch from Avandia because it increased the possibility of heart attacks. Switch to Actos! No more heart attacks! MILLIONS of people have taken this drug. MILLIONS! So what is the problem? Have you heard of the actos lawsuit?
The lawsuit is there because people were becoming higher risk for a really potentially fatal disease, bladder cancer. In fact, some users of Actos are at a 40% higher risk of developing bladder cancer.
Cancer.
Remember in the old days when it was whispered, “they have the cancer”? We talk about it now. We talk about it openly and everyone knows, cancer is not something you need to be messing with. So now, these people have diabetes AND can get bladder cancer? Seriously, this is unacceptable. In fact, it is so unacceptable that France and Germany have taken if off the market. The US is “still deciding”.
In the US, 70,000 people a year are diagnosed with the disease and 15,000 a year die from it. It CAN be treated but remember, with cancer comes chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, doctor visit after doctor visit. I’ve seen some one dying of cancer. It is not pretty.
As stated, there is a actos class action lawsuit where those who have indeed developed bladder cancer as a result of taking this drug can potentially be rewarded one hefty sum.
Sums are nice and all, but as one who has suffered injury and received compensation, I will tell you, I’d much rather have my health back. Unfortunately, some companies only operate based on dollar amounts. Fine then, hit ‘em where it hurts, right in their pocket book, especially if it is revealed that the drug maker, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, did indeed know very well that this drug could put those people at risk.
If you or someone you know is taking Actos, I’d get on that phone and call the doc because it may be time to find something else.
Some Day
In the not too distant future, I will have another day off! I will. It has to happen. This can not go on forever. I will either die of exhaustion and get a day off that way or I will DEMAND a fricken day off but I am GOING to get a day off, some day. Soon.
“Hard work gets you ahead!”, they say.
Bullshit.
Hard work just makes it so you can keep living...thus far, I’m not getting ahead but I sure as hell am working harder than most people I know, right now. And I’m tired...tired...tired.
Do they have jobs for mattress testers? I can sleep at work, ensuring the mattress is good quality, suitable for everyone else? That would be a GREAT job!
Vincent Vs The Bank
Just who is Vincent Tchenguiz? Well, he’s a businessman who was born in Tehran and went to school there until 1973. He then moved to the UK and eventually got in to the trading business working for companies such as Shearson Lehman Brothers in London.
At one point, in 2008, the Icelandic bank of Kaupthing collapsed. Vincent Tchenguiz, a property tycoon, reached a settlement of 1.5 Billion pounds after the collapse, citing civil damage claims, and after being arrested and investigated for fraud, to which he was cleared.
Vincent Tchenguiz has asked for a judicial review in reference to his arrest and it is unclear if the settlement will cover his legal expenses with are said to be in the millions.
Mr. Tchenguiz has other homes as well as a yacht bearing the name, “Veni, Vidi, Vici”. One must wonder, did he, indeed?
Friday, December 02, 2011
Father Of The Tea Party
That would be, the original Tea Party. The Tea Party before the incompetent neo-cons took it over. We do not want more of the same. We don’t want your glossy, paid for political hacks. We don’t care if they have an “R” behind their name, they are phony, liars and crooks. The REAL Tea Partiers want RON PAUL!
Look in the mirror. Ask yourself what the hell you are voting for. Is it just party lines? Is it just to “get rid of” St. Hope and Change? Or will you actually stand up and vote on principles. I keep hearing my fellow Republicans saying what they want, over and over and over again and their glam boy might SAY they will do one or two things that my fellow Republicans want but the only one who consistently says more, if not all, of what they want, what they ACTUALLY want, is Ron Paul.
I sit back and I watch them say they want these things and then turn around and mock and laugh at Paul and his supporters. I’m baffled. Here is someone who will give you what you want, and by that I mean, what you actually want, deep down inside, not what you are told you want, and you call him “crazy”? You call his supporters “lunatics” and “terrorists”? Following the Constitution is considered a terrorist act now? Is that really the stance people want to take while they call Paul crazy?!
Ron Paul predicted all of this economic meltdown YEARS ago. He was called crazy and ignored back then. Now, that we have gone through it, NOW people are starting to get the picture? Do we have to go through other things, some much more horrid before we wake the hell up and realize the only crazy ones here are the ones who ignore him?
Look in the mirror, kids. If you vote for the same, don’t expect different.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Thank You Readers
To all of you who have used my Amazon store to purchase items, I want to thank you, very much, for doing so. As I have disclosed in the past, when you order through the store, you get the same excellent customer service and products through Amazon and you help me earn a little bit that they give to me in the form of an Amazon gift card. Because of this, I’m actually able to get Christmas gifts this year for my pets and some friends.
Please consider utilizing my store to access Amazon items for your Christmas and holiday shopping. I truly do appreciate it.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Going Public
The last time I went against the die hard right, I lost a ton of readers. I find that fascinating considering how they expect everyone to be more open minded and listen but they don’t always sip their own tea.
I still vote Republican, I will never BE a Democrat and I still hold some very right leaning beliefs but to be all or nothing, to be one extreme or the other is not healthy.
Without further ado, I am stating, right here, despite the rhetoric I hear, I am going to vote for Dr. Ron Paul.
“OMG! Serenity! He’s CRAZY! He’s an isolationist! He’ll get us all killed!!!!!!!!! BLERGH!!”
And that’s ALL you hear. You never hear WHY anyone thinks that, you just hear THAT. The main one I hear the most besides “he’s crazy” is that “he’ll get us all killed”.
That is the one I hear the most and that is the one I actually believed in 2007-2008. That was the ONLY reason I did not support Ron Paul back then.
Other things I didn’t like but when I put emotions aside, knew that they were right whether I liked that “freedom” or not. It doesn’t matter if I like it, in the end, it’s about personal freedom and that is how it should be. Otherwise, I’m like a liberal who wants laws for everything I don’t like.
One of the most difficult for me to get over is the legalization of drugs. Ron Paul is very against the War on Drugs. I had a hard time with that. But, he puts it well in this clip:
The foreign policy, let me tell you, the people who insist he’s an isolationist and will “get us all killed”, have done a very good job convincing many people and THAT is where the “Paulites”, as I used to mock them, need to focus when they talk to people about Dr. Ron Paul.
I used to believe that we had to go to the other countries to keep our freedoms. We have to go there so it doesn’t come to us, right? We don’t war on OUR soil! We need to go there and let them know, “We’re here, in your country, try any shit and we’ll pound you in to the sand.”
Sounds pretty strong doesn’t it?
But how would you feel if some other country set up camp in OUR country and did the same? Let’s say it was...China. China comes over, sets up bases all over our country basically stating, “We are here, try any shit with us, we’ll annihilate you.”
How would you feel about the Chinese?
Of course, the Chinese government will state it’s to “keep the peace” but really now...really?
Sure, who gives a flying fuck what other countries think of us. Yah, I’m pretty much in agreement with you when it comes to most of that. Like, I don’t give a flip what some Frenchman thinks about Americans and what they eat or that they are too “prudish” or anything of the sort. The guy’s French...HAHA..who cares.
But when it comes to keeping our people safe, I DO care.
I was in the military. We did our “war games”, we became a unit of people who would die for the other. I get that. I also distinctly remember watching, “Hamburger Hill” in the day room one night, with my fellow soldiers, and the scene where they are getting knocked off left and right made me angry. I was livid. I wanted to jump right in to that movie and fucking KILL! DIE! STOP KILLING OUR PEOPLE YOU ASSHOLES!
I understand the emotions behind it. I do. I really do.
But when you put the emotions aside you start to think logically.
Emotionally, it makes sense to go to another country and stand there, giving a menacing look that says, “I’m your friend...until you fuck with me and then I’ll kill you”.
I used to be ALL for waterboarding and torture. Fuck them! Torture them! They don’t deserve an OUNCE of compassion! They are terrorists and they deserve to SUFFER!
But when you put the emotions aside, you start to think logically.
First of all, we DO have a higher moral ground to stand. We can’t go tramping around the globe insisting that people stop being assholes and then act like assholes ourselves.
NO, I do NOT have pity or sympathy for terrorists. I still think, “Fuck them”, but that doesn’t mean we throw our standards out the window just because we’re pissed. If we are to “lead by example” then we must actually lead by example.
We can’t be hypocrites and demand that others stop torturing while we continue to torture. We can’t demand a stop to assassinations while we continue to assassinate. We can’t be against a dictator when we act like fricken dictators to the rest of the world! “Do it our way or face the consequences”. We can’t pick and choose who we are going to help and leave others to their own devices.
Frankly, I’m tired of going over and “helping” other countries who are ungrateful for our help. I’m tired of losing troops on a war that isn’t a “war”. I don’t think like a liberal and think the war is for oil or to avenge “Daddy Bush”, but I also think we could have gone about things in a better way.
Oh I know, so callous, I don’t care about other people in other countries.
Actually, yes I do. Sure, sitting down and “talking” doesn’t do a whole lot of good at all with some of those idiots in charge in other countries. I’m not blind to that. And yes, getting rid of Sadaam and his idiot sons and getting rid of Osama was a good thing. (Although Osama could have been gotten years ago without all this bullshit.)
But look at us now. We’re in what...Syria? Afghanistan? Yemen? We got ourselves involved in Libya, we’re all over the place.
Put your emotions aside. Seriously. Put them aside.
Do you really think this is going to end well?
I actually think we SHOULD bring our troops home, we should concentrate more on NATIONAL defense, secure our damn borders, for crying out loud, SECURE THE FLIPPIN’ BORDERS, and stop going all over the world telling people to act just like us. Listen, if the people in those countries cannot rise up and help themselves, what good are we?
If we are attacked, oh hell yes we defend ourselves. But why are we cozying up with one enemy to spite another enemy just to fricken fight that first enemy some years later? I know people who act like this with the people around them and I can’t stand it! I cannot stand people who play two sides of the coin. It IS hypocritical, it IS self serving and it IS going to come back and bite that person in the ass later on. It always does. And it will for us, as well.
I am not saying NOR implying that “we got what we deserved” because that’s bullshit. I won’t stand for that kind of talk. What I AM saying is that we have HELPED those people kill us and thousands of innocents. We taught them how to do it! Three thousand people died on September 11, 2001. We taught Osama how to do that! We, the people, did NOT deserve that. Our government taught them how to do it. ULTIMATELY it was the fault of the terrorists, that is where the fault lies. They killed 3,000 of our people. But is it really simply because we are free and prosperous?
No.
And no, I’m not of the school of Susan Sarandon and, “What have they done to us” bleating. I simply believe that we need to concentrate on taking care of our own, RIGHT HERE, and the rest of the world needs to figure it out in their own countries.
Yes, I know, there is a bigger picture. Yes, I know, if we don’t “defend” other countries, the extremism will take over in those other countries until they are all extreme except us and then, they’re going to attack us. I still don’t believe that requires we go over and occupy or “war” in their land. We have an excellent NATIONAL defense, we will be able to take care of ourselves.
Nuclear? Please, no one wins when nuclear is involved anyway no matter what we do. Going over and attacking a country with the means to create nuclear weapons is not going to make us safer. We’re screwed no matter what. UNLESS we focus on our NATIONAL defense.
We’ve had our military in other countries for eons, it seems and yet we have still been attacked on our own soil twice in recent history. Doesn’t seem to be working out so well. Pull the troops, bring them home, secure our borders and concentrate on National defense and we have a better shot.
The other one I hear a lot is Paul’s stance on Social Security.
“He wants to wipe out Social Security!!”
Well, when he calls Social Security a ponzi scheme, he’s right. It is. But he is not trying to do away with Social Security. He wants to give younger people an option to OPT OUT of Social Security. He wants to cut military spending, (NOT defense spending), as well as other spending to support Social Security for the older folks who are on it now. Social Security IS NOT WORKING the way it is now. Should we just continue doing it this way?
People call him, “crazy”. CRAZY is when you keep doing something the same way and expect different results.
He’s not crazy, he’s simply not getting heard. CBS gave him 89 seconds of air time in the debate. Eighty nine seconds.
Well why not? If you silence the man, no one gets to hear what he stands for and it’s so much easier to herd the people in to thinking things about him because, and you should know this from past experience with the media, they are scared of him. It’s not because, “he’s crazy”, it’s because they don’t WANT people to know what he stands for. Man, he’s going to “ruin it” for those people who are making BANK by keeping us in the dark and telling us who to vote for and what to think.
Follow the money trail.
Speaking of which, Ron Paul gets the most donations from the military than all other GOP candidates COMBINED and I believe the number was well over 40% what St. Hope and Change gets. Of all of those who are vying for the candidacy, Ron Paul hauls in the most from PEOPLE! CITIZENS! You and me. NOT special interest groups.
Other things Paul stands for, I HEAR people on both the left AND right saying they want, as well. But Paul said it so it’s not good enough? Why? Because he’s “crazy”? Being a constitutionalist is crazy? That’s what this country was founded on! I’m sure England felt we were “crazy” over 200 years ago, too.
Let’s go down the list of candidates:
Romney. Seriously? Romney? May as well just vote for Obama. Ever wonder why Romney is the darling of the media? He’s a fucking Democrat in disguise. RomneyCare? How is that any different than Obamacare? Oh, sure, he’s going to “let the states decide”. Right. I believe that as much as I believe I’ll wake up a millionaire tomorrow.
Perry. Seriously? Perry? Do we really need to go over some of his latest gaffes? We can’t sit there and mock Obama for saying there were 57 states but not mock Perry for not even knowing the three places he would cut. “Energy” is a difficult word to remember? Or maybe it was a talking point, bullshit, and that’s why he couldn’t remember it.
“But he’s on the campaign trail and he’s tired!”
No slack was given to “The One”, why are we giving slack to “our own”? No, it doesn’t work that way. The fact is, he doesn’t really believe what he’s saying and that is why he can’t remember what he was supposed to say.
But what really riles me up about him is that he thinks it’s A-OK for children of ILLEGAL immigrants to pay “in state college tuition”. Really?! If I go to a state and am don’t make it known that I am there by getting a place in my name, paying my taxes there or my parents paying my taxes there if I was their dependent, somehow showing I’ve actually contributed or my parents contributed to that state FOR A YEAR, I don’t get in state college tuition but he wants to give it to the children of illegal immigrants? Fuck that! Oh, but now see, that means, according to Perry that I, “don’t have heart”. The hell I don’t have a heart. I have a heart for all the other wannabe college students who are here legally, whose parents are here legally. No, he’s too light on illegal immigration.
Cain. Sigh. Does ANYONE understand that 999 plan? And some of the things he’s said lately...boy, sure says a lot about who HE is. People are poor because they WANT to be? WOW! Yes, when I was homeless and starving, it wasn’t because bad timing and shit luck, it was because I WANTED TO BE THAT WAY. Nevermind I had just got out of the military and was in college learning, it was because I wanted to be homeless and starving. What a prick. And is it really that hard for these guys to keep their damn hands to themselves? (I know, it’s allegation....at this point.) He is way too much drama.
Gingrich. Does Gingrich really even take this seriously? I have yet to be convinced.
Sanatorium, no. Bachman, no. That other guy, no.
I sure as hell am not voting for Obama, (may as well vote for Romney if I want more of the same but “feel better” because there’s an R behind his name), so who does that leave me with?
The one who predicted what is happening right now, years ago. He predicted it, they called him “crazy”.
The one who wants to actually secure the borders.
The one who wants to cut out bullshit spending.
The one who wants limited government.
The one who will take a $39,000 (or something like that), salary if he becomes President instead of the $400,000 salary.
The one who wants to bring the troops home and focus on National defense.
The one who wants to follow the Constitution.
The one who wants to clean up shop and get us back to being the country we are supposed to be.
The one who has predicted all of this for years.
The one who has remained consistent.
The one the media tries to block out and mocks.
The one who is not more of the same.
That person is Dr. Ron Paul.
I used to be a die hard Republican. The fact is, THAT was crazy. Ron Paul is NOT.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Another Day Added
Yah.
So.
I’ve been one day ahead this weekend. I thought when it snowed it was the 30th and even posted that, (now corrected).
And....
Last night I was lying on my couch watching DVDs wondering why I was getting no trick or treaters.
I just now checked the calendar on the computer to ensure that I’m off and not actually supposed to be at work I’m so confused about what day it is.
Think things need to calm down a little. Yep.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
We Have Touchdown!
At about 11pm I decided to look out the window yet again, (about the 30th time this evening), and what did I see?
Snow!
Beautiful snow!
It had just started but I was excited. I get to show the hoodlums snow! I grabbed my shoes, grabbed my camera and told the hoodlums, “C’mon! Snow!”
They don’t yet know this foreign word but they could tell something big was going down so they were up for it. They practically slid down the stairs in the excitement they caught from me. We bolted to the door, I flung it open, flipped the back yard light switch on and slammed open the screen door.
They bolted and then eeeeeerrrrrrrrcccccccchhhhh!
“WHA????”
They were confused.
They looked at the ground, they looked at the sky. They looked back down to the ground and then gawked up in to the sky. They did not understand! I closed the screen door on them while I got my camera ready and they wanted to come back in, too.
No, little dogs, you are going to enjoy your first snow.
Went back out with them and started snapping photos. They were far too interested in the ground and sky to bother posing for me but I did get a couple of shots with them looking at the camera. These were all done in a big, fat hurry so their eyes are reflecting but I wanted to capture their first moments in the snow. I didn’t get to capture the ground/sky/ground/sky confusion but wanted everything else.
Here are photos for tonight and when day comes, I’m going to take them back out, there should be more snow by then as well, and let them out in to the big backyard to run and explore. We’ll see how they do in the snow. Forecast says we are to get anywhere from 6-12”. See how their feet do in this. I got them boots just in case because they are Miami dogs, they have never seen snow. I think they like the cold because they are far more active the more cold it gets but I’ve heard from locals that some dogs paws need to be protected either with wax or boots. For me, boots are easier so they got them. They aren’t extravagant but they’ll keep warm and dry, which is the point.
Anyway, for now, here’s the hoodlums in their very first snow, October 29, 2011 at about 11:10pm:
I should sleep but I’m too wound up to sleep. Tomorrow should be really cool with decent amount of snow covering and the hoodlums playing in it like idiots. So much better than hot, stifling, humid, mosquito laden, gator infested South Florida.
Update When daylight came, I took the hoodlums out again to play. They got to play outside extra long today because they were loving the snow and I didn’t have any internet or tv for awhile. Our power went out at some point in the night but it didn’t affect me since I was sleeping. But the internet and tv...that was a bother. Finally got that back on around 1pm. Right when I had got all set up to do something else. Naturally.
Anyway, here’s what it looked like, untouched:
And, here’s the hoodlums today:
They had a blast. I threw snowballs at them. I threw snowballs for them and it was hilarious to watch them try to find those in all the snow. They chased each other around for a long time. They are much more active the colder it is so moving out of Miami was definitely a good move, (for many, many other reasons as well), and I didn’t see them shiver at all. I did get them boots and after about 30 minutes or so of them running around, I put the boots on them just to see how they would walk in them. I have tested them in the house but not the snow. They did pretty good but they are more for when we are walking, not when they are tearing around the yard like morons. The boots fell off after awhile of them sprinting and jumping and flinging themselves everywhere. I bought them for when we go on hikes. In the national parks here, (the ones that allow them), they have to be on leash and can’t be running around so the boots should benefit them at those times. But for the backyard, I’ll just bring them in when they get cold. IF they get cold.
