Once in a great while a guy wakes up just plain growly. The overnight fire didn't hold. The coffee tastes bitter. The V8 lacks bite. All three yolks broke when you flipped them. There's just enough biscuit mix left for one tiny, measly bite. The view from the big south window is an insult to the eye, gray sky and snow already becoming dirty. The ancient Mac desktop is cranky.
Even the dog is standoffish.
So, no matter what crud you face in your life this morning, you should turn thankful eyes to whatever Heaven you believe in and express gratitude that you are somewhere other than here.
(The proposed cure involves a few hours in the loading shack. If it works, you'll be the first to know. If it doesn't I'll find other phraseology to continue sharing my fascinating self-pity with y'all.)
Jan 22, 2012
Jan 20, 2012
Friday morning roundup
--The calendar notwithstanding, stalwarts of the northern plains are looking at the first day of winter, ankle-deep snow, cold enough to make you think about the cost of fuel, and a wind very clever at finding those little cracks and gaps you forgot to recaulk last fall.
--The four inches of fresh snow shocked New Dog Libby this morning. She assumed her normal position for answering nature's call, instantly resumed a full upright pose, thought it over, and in due course achieved relief with a much shallower squat.
-- The electric teevee can be almost as entertaining on a gloomy morning as a young lab. Joe Scarborough built a long segment around Colbert whose run for the presidency is a funny concept, though wearing thin. Still, Colbert redeemed himself by endorsing -- fairly seriously as far as I could tell -- Ron Paul.
--The debate last night was insufferably banal, although I had to grin at John King's discomfort when Newt went into his self-righteous junkyard dog mode.
--The four inches of fresh snow shocked New Dog Libby this morning. She assumed her normal position for answering nature's call, instantly resumed a full upright pose, thought it over, and in due course achieved relief with a much shallower squat.
-- The electric teevee can be almost as entertaining on a gloomy morning as a young lab. Joe Scarborough built a long segment around Colbert whose run for the presidency is a funny concept, though wearing thin. Still, Colbert redeemed himself by endorsing -- fairly seriously as far as I could tell -- Ron Paul.
--The debate last night was insufferably banal, although I had to grin at John King's discomfort when Newt went into his self-righteous junkyard dog mode.
Jan 19, 2012
Let's run 'em through the chute again, LeRoy
Re: Iowa Caucuses 2012
We grow hogs pretty good, but it sure shames us we can't count 'em.
We grow hogs pretty good, but it sure shames us we can't count 'em.
Jan 18, 2012
Why we're broke -- publik edukasun edition
Shill we danse in skule like on dansin with the stirs, err, stars? And we kin have peerkie chear leederz two yell spirits for the dancerz 2 cuz we can get the suckers to pay for it.
The (Iowa Lakes Community) college's board of trustees ''Tuesday heard requests to offer competitive cheer and competitive dance. Julie Williams, Dean of Students, told trustees research has shown the programs would assist in the recruitment of full-time students. She added that coaches will target northwest Iowa and southern Minnesota because of the amount of cheer and dance/drill programs being offered in the area. The trustees voted in favor proceeding to the next step.''
This is a nice one to clip and save against the next time you have to deal with some teachers' union representative or academic bureaucrat caterwauling about the crisis in education funding.
The (Iowa Lakes Community) college's board of trustees ''Tuesday heard requests to offer competitive cheer and competitive dance. Julie Williams, Dean of Students, told trustees research has shown the programs would assist in the recruitment of full-time students. She added that coaches will target northwest Iowa and southern Minnesota because of the amount of cheer and dance/drill programs being offered in the area. The trustees voted in favor proceeding to the next step.''
This is a nice one to clip and save against the next time you have to deal with some teachers' union representative or academic bureaucrat caterwauling about the crisis in education funding.
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