Month: October 2003
Doors closing, doors opening…
Well, it’s good to hear that a friend has it going good right now. after being down for a long while.
Now if I could only say the same… And the same goes for others as well… Karma that you spread is karma that you get, so I can’t say things will improve for anyone anytime soon…
A day
Bill Erickson’s sister is having labor induced… Her second daughter is due to arrive sometime today and I am feeling odd because I am surrounded (not really) by women having kids right now.
My cousin is due to have a baby in the next few days as well. Both of these women were due on the exact same day — October 14th…
And speaking of birthdays… you’re only a day away…. *sigh* :sad
What am I supposed to make of this?
Chicago Cubs vs. Florida Marlins — National League Championship Series.
Sarah, if you read this, your mom must be doing cartwheels (if not the whole fam)… congrats to her…. Congrats to Cubbie fans everywhere….
Still looking for input
Still looking for input on submissions to a poetry contest. I got my favorites but I’d prefer to hear yours.
The Pros and Cons of Rush Limbaugh
I need to sound off here a week after some stuff came up in the national media regarding fellow Cochlear Implant user Rush Limbaugh and his big, fat, mouth…
You see, Rush did something that was stupid – really stupid. If he had watched what he said and had found another way around the issue, he could have gotten away with it and gotten props from many around the country. Instead? He played the race card and he can now eat shit and die for all the country cares – because he committed the crime of trying to suggest a great quarterback was over-rated because the media wanted to paint a black QB as great.
Two sides to it this:
In defense of Rush — Donovan McNabb being over-rated is something that me and my friends have mused about over the years. He’s also a killer QB when he is on and I have nothing but respect for him. We talk about how the media kisses up to certain quarterbacks — Michael Vick is the current wonder boy, Chad Pennington also last year — and that Donovan has gotten put on a pedestal – which imay or may not be above his abilities. Would I willingly trade Brad Johnson for Donovan McNabb? I’d be at war with myself trying to make that decision but McNabb end’s up winning that battle… Yet I still believe the guy gets over-rated at times. If Rush Limbaugh had focused on the idea that certain quarterbacks get propped up and named names – he could have avoided everything.
In revile of Rush — What the fuck were you thinking bringing in the race card?! Don’t spew your “liberal media” bullshit, because that ain’t it. That’s the remarks of a racist — not of a commentator which you tried to be with ESPN. Listen, you have an interesting mind but you have a shitty way of drawing conclusions and therefore you got just what you deserved — getting chased out of this job because you can’t keep your political leanings and staunchly, overly in fact, conservative views from upsetting the viewing public.
In closing: Keep the race card out of the NFL and pro sports in general. If a guy can play – let him do it. If a guy has no talent, keep the bum off the field… and if Rush Limbaugh applies for a job with you — only hire him if it’s a non speaking role.
I say – you think….
Taken from Unconcious Mutterings:
Well… If you got a journal… play along… See Mutterings for the rules
- Coat::
- Allowance::
- Mist::
- Disorder::
- Scheme::
- Dick::
- Homework::
- Milton::
- Shampoo::
- Z::
And my answers?
- Coat:: rack
- Allowance:: cash
- Mist:: dew
- Disorder::chronic
- Scheme:: plan
- Dick:: Cheney (followed by HEAD and several other obscenities) :tongue
- Homework:: sucks
- Milton:: Bradley
- Shampoo:: hair spray
- Z::SLEEP! The TRUE Breakfast of CHAMPIONS!
To your credit….
“I’ve fucked up, John, I’ve fucked up big time” — where have I heard these words before and how chilling was it to hear them again?
It would seem my friend Melinda has indeed fucked up and fucked up big time with her life and I got to hear all about it yesterday. Mel decided to forge credit card information and get a card in order to get a few things for herself – feminine stuff and “pampering” stuff.
And she got caught..
The sick thing was that when that came up – those around her (family, friends) encouraged her to leave and straighten out her life — which would have led to MORE problems because it’s a flight from prosecution (yes, she’s being prosecuted)
At least she’s facing up to it and staying here, but at the same time – getting herself in this mess to begin with… jeez… I’ve got a habit of meeting people like this…
Applies for Frustrations too
“How come hurt is a one way street with you? You get it but you don’t act like you cause it through your own choices or actions. Your words haven’t even been acknowledged.”
Another Glimmer Train contest
Poetry.
Anyone who knows me knows I did a good deal of poetry in my time and that I have a collection of some of my favorites on the site . I’ve been encouraged by others to go and have my poetry published and have tried in the past – only to be discouraged.
Well, I’m willing to give it another shot with Glimmer Trains LAST Poetry Contest.. I figure I have two outstanding (no pun intended) submissions with them as is, why not add a third or a fourth.
That’s where YOU come in though.
You see, I could easily submit one of my favorite poems on my poetry page to them, but I don’t know if that would be wise because it’s not the favorite that my friends have. Actually, I’m not sure what people’s favorites are on my poetry page. Give me your thoughts on this, I could use some guidance from people…
Doing something shocking for another
Have you ever come across someone you can reach but can’t and yet want to do something to show them that you have interest, or are committed to them… Or maybe you’ve heard of someone who took an extra step on there own terms to reach the one they care about? Something that surprised or awed their spouse.
I was thinking back to a friend I had on ICQ a few years ago — a girl named Jayne — telling me about her boyfriend. Now, Jayne was deaf and had been that way for a long time… It would seem that not only did her boyfriend have interest in her but he went out of his way in order to make contact with her: He learned sign language specifically so he could just talk to her. I don’t mean he was already in with the girl – I mean he did it just to start talking.
And from what I recall, the two of them ended up married.
That’s just an example of doing something major for someone else. Of course, everyone is going to react differently to different things and that means there is no RIGHT answer to doing something like this… But is there anything that someone has done for you that has shown them going out of there way to do it? Or what would you do to go out of your way for someone else, just to show them you are keenly interested in them?
OK, this is one of those entries where I would like to hear the readers thoughts and comments on this… that’s what the little “COMMENT” link is for :tongue
"I'M NOT QUAID!!!!!"
Image created by Micah Ian Wright
Time I finally address the recall, huh? Well, I’ll just post this and smile :smile and appreciate the beauty of raw democracy at work….
:shake
Joseph 2004!
Though many of you satirists (sic) out there might have already come across this page, and I may have already mentioned it on here:
www.joseph2004.org
Nice mock-up of the oen Democratic candidate who is a Republican in Dem clothing… A conservative man in a liberal land, etc….
more to come later, hopefully.
Big event today…
Big things are happening today, I mean really really big things… Great things that will make the entire world happy…
Willy Wonka is opening his factory up to the kids who found the Golden Tickets and he will let them tour the factory before….
Oh wait, that was just a movie? Never mind
"You stirred up a hornet's nest now!
Right, Left… yeah, you know me with politics: Interested. Well, I also tend to shoot my mouth off.
I wrote a little article over on Kill The Web that was pushed off the main page months ago. It’s on the subject of Anne Clouter and just cracking a joke about the woman….
You know, Stonegauge gets a couple of visitors a day – I’m lucky if anyone comments (the more you comment, the more discussion you encourage)… Well, I can now say that the longest discussion I have created was talking about how Ann inspires men to use Viagra — because she leaves them with no sexual impulses with the attitude she generates.
15 replies and counting. Still going 3 months after I wrote it — fun stuff.