woohoo! I won a (free) bar-poker tournament last night. My spoils of war?....
500pts toward the quarterly cash-prize tournament...
and a $.50 knock-off swiss army knife key chain.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
This sums up how I feel...
about this porkulus spending bill and mortgage 'rescue'...
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1039849853
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1039849853
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Hunt with it, or learn to graze....
I don't know of any boy who hasn't pretended to be an indian at one point and made a bow from a tree branch and attempted to shoot an arrow from it. For a looooooooong time, I had wanted to get into archery, but specifically bow hunting and recently I had the opportunity to do just that.
Now, my wife will interject here and predict that this (as with MOST of my hobbies) they come and go; a year or two in and I'll lose interest. I disagree. I LOVE hunting. I love to eat what I kill (so does my family and friends) and it's a great way to connect with the outdoor world, not to mention my boys. My oldest son shot his first deer this fall (gun hunting) and is hooked.
But shooting a bow and a gun are two very different things, indeed. PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE makes perfect.
I can't wait for April 20! Turkey season starts and I'm looking forward to taking down a big ol' gobbler with my Ross Cardiac!
CONGRATS!!!
To my BEAUTIFUL wife who just passed her licensing inspection with the State of Missouri for her preschool!!!!!!!!!! :) :)
WAY TO GO honey!!!!!! I'm SOOOO proud of you for your dedication in doing things on the UP and UP. :)
WAY TO GO honey!!!!!! I'm SOOOO proud of you for your dedication in doing things on the UP and UP. :)
Murphy stopped by to pay a visit...
So I'm getting my first GOOD bonus from work, ever, this coming Friday.
Yesterday, the tennants of our rental property called to say the furnace wouldn't shut off.
I called the repair company, they come out and tell me that to fix the problem it is going to be HALF of what a new furnace would be. We opted for a new furnace.
Ughhhhh.....
Thank you Lord for the blessing.
Hey Murphy...i've paid my dues for a while, now go away!
Yesterday, the tennants of our rental property called to say the furnace wouldn't shut off.
I called the repair company, they come out and tell me that to fix the problem it is going to be HALF of what a new furnace would be. We opted for a new furnace.
Ughhhhh.....
Thank you Lord for the blessing.
Hey Murphy...i've paid my dues for a while, now go away!
Monday, February 16, 2009
HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!
Ok, so this is 3 years old now, but damn funny!
2006:
Ted Nugent, a heavy metal guitar legend and devoted (bow) hunter, was being interviewed by a French journalist. Eventually, the conversation turned to his love of outdoor pursuits. The journalist asked, "What do you think the last thought is in the head of a deer before you shoot it? Is it, "Are you my friend?" or maybe "Are you the one who killed my brother?"
Nugent replied, "They aren't capable of that kind of thinking. All they care about is, What am I going to eat next? Who am I going to screw next? and, Can I run fast enough to get away? They are very much like the French in that."
VIVA LA NUGE!
2006:
Ted Nugent, a heavy metal guitar legend and devoted (bow) hunter, was being interviewed by a French journalist. Eventually, the conversation turned to his love of outdoor pursuits. The journalist asked, "What do you think the last thought is in the head of a deer before you shoot it? Is it, "Are you my friend?" or maybe "Are you the one who killed my brother?"
Nugent replied, "They aren't capable of that kind of thinking. All they care about is, What am I going to eat next? Who am I going to screw next? and, Can I run fast enough to get away? They are very much like the French in that."
VIVA LA NUGE!
Reading is so passe...
Hmmmmmm.......
So over the past few years, a bunch of people got mortgages that now they can't pay because they didn't READ the fine print about adjustable ARM's.
Now...the same Dem's who fought for the fair housing act (see above) just passed an almost 1 TRILLION dollar spending bill that Obummer is expected to sign tomorrow. Admittedly, Reid has said that he doubts if ANYONE had time to READ THE BILL.
Remember how "URGENT" it was to pass this thing? So URGENT that no one had time to read it? URGENT...just like it was URGENT that we go after WMD's in Iraq? I hope you obamaphiles realize that the more things CHANGE the more they stayed the same...or got worse.
So over the past few years, a bunch of people got mortgages that now they can't pay because they didn't READ the fine print about adjustable ARM's.
Now...the same Dem's who fought for the fair housing act (see above) just passed an almost 1 TRILLION dollar spending bill that Obummer is expected to sign tomorrow. Admittedly, Reid has said that he doubts if ANYONE had time to READ THE BILL.
Remember how "URGENT" it was to pass this thing? So URGENT that no one had time to read it? URGENT...just like it was URGENT that we go after WMD's in Iraq? I hope you obamaphiles realize that the more things CHANGE the more they stayed the same...or got worse.
Give this guy a medal!
http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/1036050.html
I think for every scumbag a law abiding citizen takes out and saves the taxpayers money should be given a medal AND a $1000 gift card to Denny's Guns in KCMO for an automatic firearm. :)
I think for every scumbag a law abiding citizen takes out and saves the taxpayers money should be given a medal AND a $1000 gift card to Denny's Guns in KCMO for an automatic firearm. :)
Friday, February 13, 2009
Flu shots
I got one back in October. No one else in my family did.
Steven was the first victim a week ago.
Isaac caught it two days later.
Melissa just got it this morning.
I've had to clean up the messes from the first two and have been in the same house....I haven't got it yet. It's either due to the mostly preserved state my body is in from all the coca-cola and junk food I've had over the years OR..............
*gasp*.....
That darned ol' nasty flu shot I got back in Oct. :)
Steven was the first victim a week ago.
Isaac caught it two days later.
Melissa just got it this morning.
I've had to clean up the messes from the first two and have been in the same house....I haven't got it yet. It's either due to the mostly preserved state my body is in from all the coca-cola and junk food I've had over the years OR..............
*gasp*.....
That darned ol' nasty flu shot I got back in Oct. :)
Thursday, February 12, 2009
$13/week + an $800 credit
Obummer, Reid, Pelosi....you are all idiots. Bona-fide, can't find your ass with both hands, don't know poop from apple butter, dumber than a screen door on a submarine, idiots.
This spending bill (NOT stimulus) is a joke. If you do the math, that means I will see IN TOTAL about $1400 more descresionary income PER YEAR. WHOOPTEE FREEKIN DOO-DAH. Where was the bi-partisan love fest Mr. President? Where was your reaching across the aisle to draft a bill that suited everyone? The republicans were SHUT OUT from the negotiations. God forbid anyone cast suspicion or a jaundiced eye on this mega SPENDING BILL and hold the socialist dem's accountable.
Furthermore, there is a provision in this bill to create a FEDERAL medical oversight committee that will begin "suggesting" treatments that are the best/lowest cost (that's an oxymoron) to hospitals and doctors REGARDLESS of if your insurance is private or government funded. Wait a minute...what in THE HELL gives politico's the right to choose what my doctor prescribes as a means of treatment for ME? This provision goes on to say that there will be PENALTIES for doctors and hospitals who are not "ACTIVE USERS" of this system. So basically, there is nothing to prevent them from ratcheting up the penalties (FINES) on doctors and hospitals who choose NOT to use this system until they've the choice to give into the collective socialist/marxist dictated treatments or to go out of business. Folks, the USA is becoming more and more the Peoples Republik of the Western Hemispher everyday. HELLLLLOOOOOOOO!!! SOCIALIZED MEDICINE DOES NOT WORK!!!!!!!!!!!! On average, you have to wait TWO MONTHS to see a specialist in the UK for ANYTHING. With my PPO I could go tomorrow or even TODAY if they could work me in. And just who is the leader in pushing the agenda for the electronic health record? You guessed it...Daschle. The disgraced "oh golly gee, I didn't know I owed $150 GRAND in back taxes" Tom Daschle...socialist healthcare nazi. And who is the technology leader who has been lobbying for this crap forever? CERNER. That's right, here in good ol' KC. If this bill gets signed, expect to see a BOOM in cerner's stock AND growth. That will be a tale tell sign of what's to come. That's just what our screwed up medical system needs. Those jerks Patterson, Illig, and Gorrup's crap-code vapor ware (which is a disgrace AND is about to get kicked out of the UK by the way) telling my doctor to prescribe xanax when I need ibuprofen.
An interesting thought to ponder....those on THE HILL get a taxpayer funded medical insurance as part of their compensation...HOWEVER, I can assure you it's not medicaid. It would be really, really interesting to know if THEIR plans are affected by this bill. I would be willing to wager a whole lot of money that I don't have that it won't. Folks, George Orwell's Animal Farm is unfolding before your eyes!!! The pigs have risen to power and have already started walking on two legs, wearing monicles and drinking martini's in the farmers house!!!
You want to suckle from the nanny government's teet, then fine. You can have the 'always save' version of healthcare and gob'mint cheese. Good luck with that. But by God, I will NOT for ONE MINUTE let uncle same tell me my wife or kids (or me) cannot have an experimental treatment or procedure that may be the ONLY way to save our lives. I will NEVER go on assistance or public health care. I will work TWENTY jobs if I have to. Why? Because THAT IS THE WAY I WAS RAISED and it's the RIGHT WAY. If we'd fix the freaking CRIMINAL ALIEN problem in this country, there would be no choice for the unemployed....go pick fruit, become a roofer, et al. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
I see we've also had some traitors in the GOP. Two senators from Maine and one from PA. The weakest of the heard singled themselves out and I hope NO ONE from the GOP gives them a single minute of time or an ounce of support THE NEXT TIME a "STIMULUS" bill (or any bill they sponsor for that matter) gets floated by. Oh, and there will be more...and more....and more. But I DO thank these traitors for outing themselves as the RNC has already said they will support WHOEVER runs against them in the next primary. You jokes for the people's representatives are TOAST. Live it up while you can.
You CANNOT spend your way out of debt!!!! It DOES NOT WORK! Think about it. We have the most consumer debt per captia in the world. If the spending your way out of debt theory actually worked....wouldn't we all be filthy rich by now and have NO debt?
I swear, I'm going to move to India before Chinese becomes our national language.
This spending bill (NOT stimulus) is a joke. If you do the math, that means I will see IN TOTAL about $1400 more descresionary income PER YEAR. WHOOPTEE FREEKIN DOO-DAH. Where was the bi-partisan love fest Mr. President? Where was your reaching across the aisle to draft a bill that suited everyone? The republicans were SHUT OUT from the negotiations. God forbid anyone cast suspicion or a jaundiced eye on this mega SPENDING BILL and hold the socialist dem's accountable.
Furthermore, there is a provision in this bill to create a FEDERAL medical oversight committee that will begin "suggesting" treatments that are the best/lowest cost (that's an oxymoron) to hospitals and doctors REGARDLESS of if your insurance is private or government funded. Wait a minute...what in THE HELL gives politico's the right to choose what my doctor prescribes as a means of treatment for ME? This provision goes on to say that there will be PENALTIES for doctors and hospitals who are not "ACTIVE USERS" of this system. So basically, there is nothing to prevent them from ratcheting up the penalties (FINES) on doctors and hospitals who choose NOT to use this system until they've the choice to give into the collective socialist/marxist dictated treatments or to go out of business. Folks, the USA is becoming more and more the Peoples Republik of the Western Hemispher everyday. HELLLLLOOOOOOOO!!! SOCIALIZED MEDICINE DOES NOT WORK!!!!!!!!!!!! On average, you have to wait TWO MONTHS to see a specialist in the UK for ANYTHING. With my PPO I could go tomorrow or even TODAY if they could work me in. And just who is the leader in pushing the agenda for the electronic health record? You guessed it...Daschle. The disgraced "oh golly gee, I didn't know I owed $150 GRAND in back taxes" Tom Daschle...socialist healthcare nazi. And who is the technology leader who has been lobbying for this crap forever? CERNER. That's right, here in good ol' KC. If this bill gets signed, expect to see a BOOM in cerner's stock AND growth. That will be a tale tell sign of what's to come. That's just what our screwed up medical system needs. Those jerks Patterson, Illig, and Gorrup's crap-code vapor ware (which is a disgrace AND is about to get kicked out of the UK by the way) telling my doctor to prescribe xanax when I need ibuprofen.
An interesting thought to ponder....those on THE HILL get a taxpayer funded medical insurance as part of their compensation...HOWEVER, I can assure you it's not medicaid. It would be really, really interesting to know if THEIR plans are affected by this bill. I would be willing to wager a whole lot of money that I don't have that it won't. Folks, George Orwell's Animal Farm is unfolding before your eyes!!! The pigs have risen to power and have already started walking on two legs, wearing monicles and drinking martini's in the farmers house!!!
You want to suckle from the nanny government's teet, then fine. You can have the 'always save' version of healthcare and gob'mint cheese. Good luck with that. But by God, I will NOT for ONE MINUTE let uncle same tell me my wife or kids (or me) cannot have an experimental treatment or procedure that may be the ONLY way to save our lives. I will NEVER go on assistance or public health care. I will work TWENTY jobs if I have to. Why? Because THAT IS THE WAY I WAS RAISED and it's the RIGHT WAY. If we'd fix the freaking CRIMINAL ALIEN problem in this country, there would be no choice for the unemployed....go pick fruit, become a roofer, et al. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
I see we've also had some traitors in the GOP. Two senators from Maine and one from PA. The weakest of the heard singled themselves out and I hope NO ONE from the GOP gives them a single minute of time or an ounce of support THE NEXT TIME a "STIMULUS" bill (or any bill they sponsor for that matter) gets floated by. Oh, and there will be more...and more....and more. But I DO thank these traitors for outing themselves as the RNC has already said they will support WHOEVER runs against them in the next primary. You jokes for the people's representatives are TOAST. Live it up while you can.
You CANNOT spend your way out of debt!!!! It DOES NOT WORK! Think about it. We have the most consumer debt per captia in the world. If the spending your way out of debt theory actually worked....wouldn't we all be filthy rich by now and have NO debt?
I swear, I'm going to move to India before Chinese becomes our national language.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
An udpate...from the country...
Life is sure different when you live in the boonies!
I have a 2 hr round trip commute every day...ugh.
A trip to Walmart is about 25 minutes ONE WAY.
We have ONE grocery store.
Your dining out options (close by) include Subway and Godfather's Pizza (both in a gas station) and a Gambino's pizzeria (not my favorite).
I have a 2 hr round trip commute every day...ugh.
A trip to Walmart is about 25 minutes ONE WAY.
We have ONE grocery store.
Your dining out options (close by) include Subway and Godfather's Pizza (both in a gas station) and a Gambino's pizzeria (not my favorite).
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