I have no idea how this took place but I just got done folding the laundry and I have six socks with no mates. Count them... six.
I have told my parents numerous times that I should not be allowed to live on my own. This is just one fine example of why that is the case.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Last summer evening thoughts
Some thoughts here on the last summer evening in 2008…and as usual I am all across the board…
I am a very big sports fan and changed the channel over to the Orioles and Yankees game. It is the last game in Yankee Stadium. I have a desire to see different stadiums but for whatever reason I never had a desire to go to the stadium. I do have a desire to see Fenway Park – home of the Boston Red Sox. I could not explain if my life depended on it why I want to see the one and not the other.
One thing I recommend to most people if they remember in two years is watch the Ryder Cup. Anymore I don’t watch golf on television but the Ryder Cup is something with emotion and nationalism with money not even coming into play. It is one of hardest fought competitions in sports. It is played every two years.
Lion fans have gone through some rough times but this may go down as the worst season in franchise history. I did not watch one moment of today’s game and I know beyond a shadow of a doubt I did not miss anything. When you consider the position I cam efrom this shows how pathetic the organization is for sure.
Folks – we no longer are a pure democracy with in a free market. For sure this has been the case for some time but we received yet another affirmation as we see the government bailing out banks with $700B. Your tax dollars are being used to rescue overly greedy bankers who sold off poor loans just for the quick cash. What those people have done is borderline criminal and nothing will happen to them. They have their money and have probably since walked away from the whole situation. One can find themselves doing nothing but shaking their heads thinking about the situation.
Do you remember when the question “How many people does it take to screw in a light bulb” was a joke? As I continue working in Corporate America I think it is sad to find out this is a legit question that sometimes merit being asked out loud. If I were to explain to you the circumstances that took place in last project I worked on, it would make you pause for a moment to think about how anything gets done. More importantly making you wonder how people keep their jobs and some people don’t make it any further than they do.
So I read the other day that MTV’s TRL will be shutting down sometime soon after ten years. There are some things that struck me about that show. Let me preface my statements by letting you know I only ever saw it on TV for a minute or two time to time when they reran in the morning before I went to work some time ago. First it was a show on MTV that showed music videos. Is that not what MTV should be doing as that is what they did for years? Secondly, it did give everyone a new perspective on life who may have thought they could not be a star. The show produced Carson Daly who to this day I am still trying to figure out how he ever got to host the show. They could have have had anyone on that show I think doing the presenting work. The other thing that got me is they never showed much more than a minute of the videos. Is the draw of the show watching Carson in a sea of fourteen year old girls? Maybe just maybe it is the fact the audience relishes the fact they are able to vote for who they want and don’t have their vote lost in the Electoral College. I will have to give that some further thought.
I am a very big sports fan and changed the channel over to the Orioles and Yankees game. It is the last game in Yankee Stadium. I have a desire to see different stadiums but for whatever reason I never had a desire to go to the stadium. I do have a desire to see Fenway Park – home of the Boston Red Sox. I could not explain if my life depended on it why I want to see the one and not the other.
One thing I recommend to most people if they remember in two years is watch the Ryder Cup. Anymore I don’t watch golf on television but the Ryder Cup is something with emotion and nationalism with money not even coming into play. It is one of hardest fought competitions in sports. It is played every two years.
Lion fans have gone through some rough times but this may go down as the worst season in franchise history. I did not watch one moment of today’s game and I know beyond a shadow of a doubt I did not miss anything. When you consider the position I cam efrom this shows how pathetic the organization is for sure.
Folks – we no longer are a pure democracy with in a free market. For sure this has been the case for some time but we received yet another affirmation as we see the government bailing out banks with $700B. Your tax dollars are being used to rescue overly greedy bankers who sold off poor loans just for the quick cash. What those people have done is borderline criminal and nothing will happen to them. They have their money and have probably since walked away from the whole situation. One can find themselves doing nothing but shaking their heads thinking about the situation.
Do you remember when the question “How many people does it take to screw in a light bulb” was a joke? As I continue working in Corporate America I think it is sad to find out this is a legit question that sometimes merit being asked out loud. If I were to explain to you the circumstances that took place in last project I worked on, it would make you pause for a moment to think about how anything gets done. More importantly making you wonder how people keep their jobs and some people don’t make it any further than they do.
So I read the other day that MTV’s TRL will be shutting down sometime soon after ten years. There are some things that struck me about that show. Let me preface my statements by letting you know I only ever saw it on TV for a minute or two time to time when they reran in the morning before I went to work some time ago. First it was a show on MTV that showed music videos. Is that not what MTV should be doing as that is what they did for years? Secondly, it did give everyone a new perspective on life who may have thought they could not be a star. The show produced Carson Daly who to this day I am still trying to figure out how he ever got to host the show. They could have have had anyone on that show I think doing the presenting work. The other thing that got me is they never showed much more than a minute of the videos. Is the draw of the show watching Carson in a sea of fourteen year old girls? Maybe just maybe it is the fact the audience relishes the fact they are able to vote for who they want and don’t have their vote lost in the Electoral College. I will have to give that some further thought.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
List Flabbergation
Dear Billboard Magazine –
I started out my day like any other rolling out of bed and some how putting on my socks without breaking my neck. While performing this always difficult act, I had the radio and heard your publication came out with a list of the top 100 songs from August 1958 to July 2008. In the fog of the morning, the radio newscaster announced that Chubby Checker had the #1 song on your list. Immediately I knew I was missing something because that is not possible. Somehow I did not understand the list of songs. I went through my mind to figure out what criteria was used to put that particular song on top. I Googled your list and found it. Now I did read your criteria for weighting older songs different but I think there has to be major flaws to it. Did you use an abacus to get the totals? It is plain as day – Chubby Checker has brought us the best song in the last fifty years. #2 was “Smooth” by Santana featuring Rob Thomas. Third was “Mack the knife” by the “legendary” Bobby Darin. Please line up even your readers and see how many people know Bobby Darin.
Who made this list? Is there any chance they will identify themselves or are they all in straight jackets? Did you mistakenly have one of those groups that play Dungeon and Dragon’s on Saturday night make this list of songs? I mean the whole list is whacked. Olivia Newton with “Physical” at #6 (ok – there is no issue with that selection) and Debbie Boone – WHO? Who doesn’t have Diana Ross and Lionel Richie blaring with “Endless Love” every evening of their life? Andy Gibb has two songs on this list? “Ebony and Ivory” – and here I thought that song was just a joke. WOW. All is good though – there is a Captain and Tenille sighting on this list. Maybe I will forget all this… NOT!
What was going on in that room when this list was devised? You should have all left and got some fresh air. Did you end up writing this all up with those strong smelling permanent markers that should not been inhaled? Put the caps back on when you are not using - do not pick your nose with them please.
I may be writing my Congressmen sometime this weekend to have them put together a Congressional panel on this issue. Hell they look into baseball for heaven’s sake.
I have not been flabbergasted like this in some time.
Sincerely -
Midwest Gent
I started out my day like any other rolling out of bed and some how putting on my socks without breaking my neck. While performing this always difficult act, I had the radio and heard your publication came out with a list of the top 100 songs from August 1958 to July 2008. In the fog of the morning, the radio newscaster announced that Chubby Checker had the #1 song on your list. Immediately I knew I was missing something because that is not possible. Somehow I did not understand the list of songs. I went through my mind to figure out what criteria was used to put that particular song on top. I Googled your list and found it. Now I did read your criteria for weighting older songs different but I think there has to be major flaws to it. Did you use an abacus to get the totals? It is plain as day – Chubby Checker has brought us the best song in the last fifty years. #2 was “Smooth” by Santana featuring Rob Thomas. Third was “Mack the knife” by the “legendary” Bobby Darin. Please line up even your readers and see how many people know Bobby Darin.
Who made this list? Is there any chance they will identify themselves or are they all in straight jackets? Did you mistakenly have one of those groups that play Dungeon and Dragon’s on Saturday night make this list of songs? I mean the whole list is whacked. Olivia Newton with “Physical” at #6 (ok – there is no issue with that selection) and Debbie Boone – WHO? Who doesn’t have Diana Ross and Lionel Richie blaring with “Endless Love” every evening of their life? Andy Gibb has two songs on this list? “Ebony and Ivory” – and here I thought that song was just a joke. WOW. All is good though – there is a Captain and Tenille sighting on this list. Maybe I will forget all this… NOT!
What was going on in that room when this list was devised? You should have all left and got some fresh air. Did you end up writing this all up with those strong smelling permanent markers that should not been inhaled? Put the caps back on when you are not using - do not pick your nose with them please.
I may be writing my Congressmen sometime this weekend to have them put together a Congressional panel on this issue. Hell they look into baseball for heaven’s sake.
I have not been flabbergasted like this in some time.
Sincerely -
Midwest Gent
Friday, September 5, 2008
"Zip Code"
This evening I stopped off to fill up the "hot rod". Now I put your basic unleaded fuel in there. I charge it to the credit card and do the whole transaction at the pump. First thing that gets me is they charge another ten cents a gallon for gas. Next I turn around and go to start filling the tank. It is not filling and I turn around to see what is wrong. On the display they are asking for my zip code. Is it really necessary to find out my zip code? What immediately came to mind is being required to do this when I am filling my tank in January and the cold weather is in full effect with a nice wind shield. There are some gas stations not doing the whole extra ten cents addition for using my credit card and not wasting my time with some stupid zip code requirement. DO you think this even crosses the minds of people who put it out there?
RNC thoughts
Thoughts this past Republican Convention week…
Keith Olbermann is a total dweeb and loves the Democratic Party. He was good to correct every factual error in each speech during the applause no less. If anyone watching the conventions could tell me the major networks are impartial I would give them an old shoe to chew on. Fox News Sean Hannity is for sure impartial but that is no problem because he freely admits it. There is nothing impartial with guys like Tom Brokaw,
ABC News seems to not be able to get enough of themselves. They interrupted half the speeches so political stalwarts like Diane Sawyer (you will never be Baba Wawa), Chuck Gibson, and George S (I am not even going to bother spelling his last name) could get their words in edge wise. George S probably gave himself a chemical shower every night before going to bed back at his room making sure he did not catch anything from the Republicans.
Fred Baby!! Where was that vigor when you campaigned eighteen months ago? I remember seeing him debate and on a few interviews and he came across as a narcoleptic. Had he matched the spirit the other night, he would have been on the ticket.
This election year was Joe Lieberman and the previous Republican convention was Zen Miller. This has to be a disturbing trend to Democratic leadership like Howard Dean that their own are speaking at the Republican convention making to note their party’s issues. I would love to see some knowledgeable bi partisan people debate the move of the political party in the last fifty years. More specifically it would be good to know if people think they have become better, worse, or status quo.
Rudy Giuliani speech seemed a bit over the top to the point of almost being embarrassing. The blows he was delivering seemed almost below the belt but for sure nailed the point home.
Overall, I found the conventions contrasted themselves from previous ones. Republican conventions are usually reserved and done with little emotion. The Democratic Convention is full of spirit and tude. This go round showed that not to be the case. The Democrats were a reserved group of people who put words out there but did not give the impression they really believed the words they were uttering – ie. Bill and Hillary. Obama’s speech was about the only speech with sprit but in fairness I missed Michelle Obama’s speech. I guess I could Youtube but I have not gotten around to it. The Republican Convention had their fair share of “fire and brimstone” speeches whether it be Fred or Rudy.
Did I miss this woman’s candidate’s Mr Magoo (aka Ron Paul) speaking at the convention?
Needless to say the speech this past week that came with anticipation was not the Presidential hopeful John McCain but VP candidate Sarah Palin. Her speech required to be nothing short of great and surprisingly all he pundits agreed it in fact was great.
Locally, the area I come from has been pointed at as one of the most important battle grounds. Oakland County was mentioned last week on NBC’s “Meet the Press” by Republican Strategist Mike Murphy and Macomb County was discussed on CNN last evening following McCain’s speech. My fellow Metro Detroiters, like she did here, will see members of both tickets plenty in the coming weeks.
Another remarkable thing that happened is the talk from reporters indicating that going into the convention that Republicans and the like don’t feel they have a chance at winning in November. Last time I checked the polls were split down the middle. Now I realize based on the electoral college the margin is wider based on those states each person has an advantage in but they way you hear these people talk you would think even Republican delegates see no reason to hold the election. Wonder never ceases here.
Keith Olbermann is a total dweeb and loves the Democratic Party. He was good to correct every factual error in each speech during the applause no less. If anyone watching the conventions could tell me the major networks are impartial I would give them an old shoe to chew on. Fox News Sean Hannity is for sure impartial but that is no problem because he freely admits it. There is nothing impartial with guys like Tom Brokaw,
ABC News seems to not be able to get enough of themselves. They interrupted half the speeches so political stalwarts like Diane Sawyer (you will never be Baba Wawa), Chuck Gibson, and George S (I am not even going to bother spelling his last name) could get their words in edge wise. George S probably gave himself a chemical shower every night before going to bed back at his room making sure he did not catch anything from the Republicans.
Fred Baby!! Where was that vigor when you campaigned eighteen months ago? I remember seeing him debate and on a few interviews and he came across as a narcoleptic. Had he matched the spirit the other night, he would have been on the ticket.
This election year was Joe Lieberman and the previous Republican convention was Zen Miller. This has to be a disturbing trend to Democratic leadership like Howard Dean that their own are speaking at the Republican convention making to note their party’s issues. I would love to see some knowledgeable bi partisan people debate the move of the political party in the last fifty years. More specifically it would be good to know if people think they have become better, worse, or status quo.
Rudy Giuliani speech seemed a bit over the top to the point of almost being embarrassing. The blows he was delivering seemed almost below the belt but for sure nailed the point home.
Overall, I found the conventions contrasted themselves from previous ones. Republican conventions are usually reserved and done with little emotion. The Democratic Convention is full of spirit and tude. This go round showed that not to be the case. The Democrats were a reserved group of people who put words out there but did not give the impression they really believed the words they were uttering – ie. Bill and Hillary. Obama’s speech was about the only speech with sprit but in fairness I missed Michelle Obama’s speech. I guess I could Youtube but I have not gotten around to it. The Republican Convention had their fair share of “fire and brimstone” speeches whether it be Fred or Rudy.
Did I miss this woman’s candidate’s Mr Magoo (aka Ron Paul) speaking at the convention?
Needless to say the speech this past week that came with anticipation was not the Presidential hopeful John McCain but VP candidate Sarah Palin. Her speech required to be nothing short of great and surprisingly all he pundits agreed it in fact was great.
Locally, the area I come from has been pointed at as one of the most important battle grounds. Oakland County was mentioned last week on NBC’s “Meet the Press” by Republican Strategist Mike Murphy and Macomb County was discussed on CNN last evening following McCain’s speech. My fellow Metro Detroiters, like she did here, will see members of both tickets plenty in the coming weeks.
Another remarkable thing that happened is the talk from reporters indicating that going into the convention that Republicans and the like don’t feel they have a chance at winning in November. Last time I checked the polls were split down the middle. Now I realize based on the electoral college the margin is wider based on those states each person has an advantage in but they way you hear these people talk you would think even Republican delegates see no reason to hold the election. Wonder never ceases here.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
CostCo trip
I went to Costco in the MH Friday morning as I was off from the Titanic and thought the crowds would be manageable. Ummmm NO!
Some of the events that took place…
The goal was to get non consumables products but for sure look around at the consumables to make sure I am not missing anything.
I really wish I was in the market for a television. The prices they have there are ridiculously low. I could get twenty more inches for the same price I bought my previous one for…cripes… My justification for getting a TV…none.
I made a phone call to see if someone I knew needed anything while I was there. I asked whether or not they wanted a power drill, wrench set, 48 AA batteries, Grill with a refrigerator or anything else I saw as I passed through the back of the store. They said they were set.
There may have been a celebrity sighting but it was tough to tell. She was in her running shorts, tshirt and did not have the makeup encased to her face. Plus I thought when I looked at her on TV she was married and I saw no ring. After passing by fifty times I still was not sure. Either I don’t really know what she looks like or this woman just closely resembled her. (To clarify, I passed by her because we were frequenting the same aisles)
I said no to the box of Gharadelli Fudge Brownie mix that would 96 servings. If I bought I would be yelled at by my mother indicating one could make better scratch brownies.
In the mean time I bought those chocolate chunk cookies from the bakery. Those are always good things to have making the trip worthwhile.
I felt like every aisle was blocked by someone with their carts left right in the middle and then either taking a sample or going elsewhere to fetch something else.
I thought as I strolled through the store – “Why do I have a card as everything here is geared toward family’s that resemble the Brady Bunch?”
Where are the treats for my four legged nieces? Why do they not have what they want? What will I give them when they make their next trip to their uncle’s?
I now have enough sandwich bags to last me almost two years. I take my lunch to work 95% of the time. In other words – that is a lot of bags.
Note to self – Continue stance on not buying pop or beer here as their prices are not that good.
I told myself as I lugged to bottles of it “Apple Juice is better tha anything else I usually have at night”.
I answer the phone – “Yes I realize I have an appointment this afternoon with dark skies and receiving the mental torture that only a dimpled ball could hand out. No I don’t know where it is as I am spending my daily one hour a day with out Internet Access being out in public with the people.”
I did not gain much coming on a Friday morning. I once again assume everyone in the world besides myself does not work.
The gas line looks like what they looked like when Jimmy Carter was President.
Some of the events that took place…
The goal was to get non consumables products but for sure look around at the consumables to make sure I am not missing anything.
I really wish I was in the market for a television. The prices they have there are ridiculously low. I could get twenty more inches for the same price I bought my previous one for…cripes… My justification for getting a TV…none.
I made a phone call to see if someone I knew needed anything while I was there. I asked whether or not they wanted a power drill, wrench set, 48 AA batteries, Grill with a refrigerator or anything else I saw as I passed through the back of the store. They said they were set.
There may have been a celebrity sighting but it was tough to tell. She was in her running shorts, tshirt and did not have the makeup encased to her face. Plus I thought when I looked at her on TV she was married and I saw no ring. After passing by fifty times I still was not sure. Either I don’t really know what she looks like or this woman just closely resembled her. (To clarify, I passed by her because we were frequenting the same aisles)
I said no to the box of Gharadelli Fudge Brownie mix that would 96 servings. If I bought I would be yelled at by my mother indicating one could make better scratch brownies.
In the mean time I bought those chocolate chunk cookies from the bakery. Those are always good things to have making the trip worthwhile.
I felt like every aisle was blocked by someone with their carts left right in the middle and then either taking a sample or going elsewhere to fetch something else.
I thought as I strolled through the store – “Why do I have a card as everything here is geared toward family’s that resemble the Brady Bunch?”
Where are the treats for my four legged nieces? Why do they not have what they want? What will I give them when they make their next trip to their uncle’s?
I now have enough sandwich bags to last me almost two years. I take my lunch to work 95% of the time. In other words – that is a lot of bags.
Note to self – Continue stance on not buying pop or beer here as their prices are not that good.
I told myself as I lugged to bottles of it “Apple Juice is better tha anything else I usually have at night”.
I answer the phone – “Yes I realize I have an appointment this afternoon with dark skies and receiving the mental torture that only a dimpled ball could hand out. No I don’t know where it is as I am spending my daily one hour a day with out Internet Access being out in public with the people.”
I did not gain much coming on a Friday morning. I once again assume everyone in the world besides myself does not work.
The gas line looks like what they looked like when Jimmy Carter was President.
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