It has been a busy two days. I've been editing video for the past three days at work.
Last night we all stayed late for a video shoot until about 10-10:30. The commercials that they were shooting appear to have done well.
We found out today that Walter will be have surgery on his leg again this Thursday to help expedite his healing, which is going much slower than expected. Hopefully he won't be down with this surgery for a very long time.
I heard about the oddest thing today - kids getting high from NUTMEG!! I said that right nutmeg, right out of the kitchen cabinet. Who would have thought that such a thing was possible, on top of that who was so desperate to get high that they started trying out things in the spice rack to do so. I told Walter about it and he said that there had been some sort of blurb on SPIKE TV about it. Who knew!?
Email & Newsletter Gleanings:
Thoughts For the Day:
Last night we all stayed late for a video shoot until about 10-10:30. The commercials that they were shooting appear to have done well.
We found out today that Walter will be have surgery on his leg again this Thursday to help expedite his healing, which is going much slower than expected. Hopefully he won't be down with this surgery for a very long time.
I heard about the oddest thing today - kids getting high from NUTMEG!! I said that right nutmeg, right out of the kitchen cabinet. Who would have thought that such a thing was possible, on top of that who was so desperate to get high that they started trying out things in the spice rack to do so. I told Walter about it and he said that there had been some sort of blurb on SPIKE TV about it. Who knew!?
Email & Newsletter Gleanings:
Thoughts For the Day:
- A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you have. - Thomas Jefferson
- You're getting old when getting lucky means you find your car in the parking lot.
Everyone has thoughts of a day like this....especially when technology runs amuck! It is amazing what the office machinery in this clip goes through and the frustration that it dealt out before finally becoming a target of all that rage!
I can't respond to any emails today, Something has crashed on my computer . .
When a customer left his cell phone in my store, I scrolled through his saved numbers, stopped at "Mom" and pushed send. His mother answered, and I told her what happened.
"Don't worry," she said, "I'll take care of it."
A few minutes later, the cell phone rang. It was "Mom."
"Martin," she said, "you left your cell phone at the convenience store."
Baby name ideas, based on your occupation.....
PROFESSION: NAME
Undertaker's son: Barry
Beautician's son: Curly
Gardener's daughter: Daisy
Florist's daughter: Rose
Baker's daughter: Cookie
Minister's daughter: Faith
Day-trader's daughter: Hope
Televangelist's daughter: Charity
Geneticist's son: Gene
Espresso vendor's son: Joe
Jeweler's daughter: Opal
Gastrointerologist's daughter: Fanny
Butcher's daughter: Patty
Bartender's daughter: Brandy
Counterfeiter's son: Bill
Hot-dog vendor's son: Frank
Gambler's daughter: Betty
Exercise guru's son: Jim
Cattle thief's son: Russell
Painter's son: Art
Tennis player's son: Ace
Clothing manufacturer's daughter: Polly Esther
Teacher's son: Mark
Singer's twin daughters: Harmony & Melody
Patrolman's son: Chase
Museum curator's son: Art
Book printer's daughter: Paige
Trout fisher's daughter: Brook
Publisher's daughter: Mag
Woodworker's daughter: Peg
Manicurist's son: Hans
Athlete's son: Victor
Plumber's son: John
Accountant's son: Ira
Musician's daughter: Melody
Iron worker's son: Rusty
TV show star's daughter: Emmy
Movie star's son: Oscar
Barber's son: Harry
Housewife's son: Dusty
Steam shovel operator's son: Doug
Hair stylist's son: Bob
Homeopathic doctor's son: Herb
Justice of the peace's daughter: Mary
Sound stage technician's son: Mike
Lawyer's daughter: Sue
Thief's son: Rob
Lawyer's son: Will
Doctor's son: Bill
Meteorologist's daughter: Haley
Frequent hand washing in my job as a medical technologist and the harsh weather combined give me very dry skin.
One night as I prepared for bed, I rubbed my hands with petroleum jelly and covered them with an old pair of white gloves. As I sat in bed reading a book with my gloves on, my husband finished showering and came into the room wearing a towel.
Drying himself off, he went to the closet, selected a tie and put it on. "What are you doing?" I asked.
"Well" he replied, "if you are going to be formal. So am I."
The phone rang. It was a salesman from a mortgage refinance company. "Do you have a second mortgage on your home?"
"No," I replied.
"Would you like to consolidate all your debts?"
"I really don't have any," I said.
"How about freeing up cash for home improvements?" he tried.
"I don't need any. I just recently had some done and paid cash," I parried.
There was a brief silence, and then he asked, "Are you looking for a husband?"
There was a Chemistry professor in a large college that had some exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab the Professor noticed one young man (exchange student) who kept rubbing his back and stretching as if his back hurt. The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while fighting communists in his native country who, were trying to overthrow his country's government and install a new communist government.
In the midst of his story, the student looked at the professor and asked a strange question. He asked "Do you know how to catch wild pigs?" The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The young man said this was no joke. "You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come every day to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming. When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence. They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up, with a gate in the last side. The pigs, who are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat. You slam the gate shut and catch the whole herd. Suddenly, the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the fence, but they are caught! Soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity!"
The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees happening to America. The government keeps pushing us toward Communism/Socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out - in the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (i.e. CRP), welfare, medicines, drugs, free medical, and on and on and on, while we continually lose our freedoms, just a little at a time.
One should always remember that 'THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH' and that a politician will never provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it yourself. Also, if you see that all of this wonderful government 'help' is a problem confronting the future of democracy in America, you might want to send this on to your friends. If you think the free ride is essential to your way of life, then you will probably delete this email - BUT may God help you when the gate slams shut!
Whether Democrat or Republican, I think you'll get a kick out of this!
A little boy asks his father, 'What are Politics?'
Dad says, 'Well son, let me try to explain it this way:
I am the head of the family, so call me The President.
Your mother is the administrator of the money, so we call her, the Government.
We are here to take care of your needs, so we will call you, the People.
The nanny, we will consider her, the Working Class.
And your baby brother, we will call him, the Future.
Now think about that and see if it makes sense.'
So, the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what Dad has said. Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him. He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper.
So, the little boy goes to his parent's room and finds his mother asleep. Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room. Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed.
The next morning, the little boy say's to his father, 'Dad, I think I understand the concept of politics now.'
The father says, 'Good, son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about.'
The little boy replies, 'The President is screwing the Working Class while the Government is sound asleep. The People are being ignored and the Future is in deep shit.
In the midst of his story, the student looked at the professor and asked a strange question. He asked "Do you know how to catch wild pigs?" The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The young man said this was no joke. "You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come every day to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming. When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence. They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up, with a gate in the last side. The pigs, who are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat. You slam the gate shut and catch the whole herd. Suddenly, the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the fence, but they are caught! Soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity!"
The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees happening to America. The government keeps pushing us toward Communism/Socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out - in the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (i.e. CRP), welfare, medicines, drugs, free medical, and on and on and on, while we continually lose our freedoms, just a little at a time.
One should always remember that 'THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH' and that a politician will never provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it yourself. Also, if you see that all of this wonderful government 'help' is a problem confronting the future of democracy in America, you might want to send this on to your friends. If you think the free ride is essential to your way of life, then you will probably delete this email - BUT may God help you when the gate slams shut!
A little boy asks his father, 'What are Politics?'
Dad says, 'Well son, let me try to explain it this way:
I am the head of the family, so call me The President.
Your mother is the administrator of the money, so we call her, the Government.
We are here to take care of your needs, so we will call you, the People.
The nanny, we will consider her, the Working Class.
And your baby brother, we will call him, the Future.
Now think about that and see if it makes sense.'
So, the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what Dad has said. Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him. He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper.
So, the little boy goes to his parent's room and finds his mother asleep. Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room. Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed.
The next morning, the little boy say's to his father, 'Dad, I think I understand the concept of politics now.'
The father says, 'Good, son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about.'
The little boy replies, 'The President is screwing the Working Class while the Government is sound asleep. The People are being ignored and the Future is in deep shit.
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