From New Rules by Bill Maher
http://www.hbo.com/billmaher/new_rules/
"New Rule: Stop calling what's happening to the financial markets "an adjustment." An adjustment is something you do in your sweatpants when your penis falls out of your underwear. This is a cluster-f*ck."
I love Bill Maher...
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09/28/2008 12:08 #45825
Financial Markets ala Bill Maher09/27/2008 23:32 #45813
Some days just suck & crazy parent rantThis has been a really bad week. I feel like Eeyore when I’m generally much more like Winnie-the-Pooh (in a happy-go-lucky way - though not quite so, shall we say, dumb). Work has been terrible and, on top of that, I had to put in 8 hrs. of overtime today working on some stupid state report that shouldn’t actually even be my responsibility. Also, we’ve been understaffed since April and I’m already working really hard at fighting the burnout. (whining - sorry)
In addition, took my darling teenage daughter to a friend’s for a 2-night sleepover b-day party last night and realized (when I got home from my glorious day of OT and the phone was almost dead) that MY phone charger was gone and was most likely with her (we have the same type of phone). She, of course, left HER plug at a friend’s house in S. Buffalo last weekend. So, I call her from the house phone - because mine is now completely dead - and yell at her for a while as she tries giving me some crap like “well, I don’t know if I have it; maybe it’s in my bag, I have to check but we’re out and the bag’s back at the house†- blah, blah, blah. Teenagers are so incredibly full of crap sometimes. Of course, she was supposed to call me back and hasn’t, and, she now has her phone set so that it goes right to voice mail. Like that’s somehow going to make things better - duh - can you say ostrich? Well, I have now left her several messages, each a little escalated in its nastiness. When I pick her up tomorrow I’m going to try really hard not to be a screaming maniac and will simply take a deep breath, take back my plug, and take her phone, which, if she manages not to act like a butt, she might get back in a couple of weeks - or not. Arrrrrgggghhhh! (yelling - sorry)
Anyway - some days just suck - that's all.
"No Give and Take. No Exchange of Thought. It gets you nowhere, particularly if the other person's tail is only just in sight for the second half of the conversation."
Eeyore - The House at Pooh Corner
In addition, took my darling teenage daughter to a friend’s for a 2-night sleepover b-day party last night and realized (when I got home from my glorious day of OT and the phone was almost dead) that MY phone charger was gone and was most likely with her (we have the same type of phone). She, of course, left HER plug at a friend’s house in S. Buffalo last weekend. So, I call her from the house phone - because mine is now completely dead - and yell at her for a while as she tries giving me some crap like “well, I don’t know if I have it; maybe it’s in my bag, I have to check but we’re out and the bag’s back at the house†- blah, blah, blah. Teenagers are so incredibly full of crap sometimes. Of course, she was supposed to call me back and hasn’t, and, she now has her phone set so that it goes right to voice mail. Like that’s somehow going to make things better - duh - can you say ostrich? Well, I have now left her several messages, each a little escalated in its nastiness. When I pick her up tomorrow I’m going to try really hard not to be a screaming maniac and will simply take a deep breath, take back my plug, and take her phone, which, if she manages not to act like a butt, she might get back in a couple of weeks - or not. Arrrrrgggghhhh! (yelling - sorry)
Anyway - some days just suck - that's all.
"No Give and Take. No Exchange of Thought. It gets you nowhere, particularly if the other person's tail is only just in sight for the second half of the conversation."
Eeyore - The House at Pooh Corner
tinypliny - 10/01/08 20:16
I hope this week turns out really really nice for you -- as a double compensation for all the frustration!!
I hope this week turns out really really nice for you -- as a double compensation for all the frustration!!
09/24/2008 23:32 #45787
Somethin tells me it's all happenin......at the Zoo. I do believe it; I do believe it's true...
OK - so I went to the Buffalo Zoo Sunday with some friends and family. Of course, it was raining (drizzle) - because it always rains when I try to plan an outdoor activity - but it didn’t even matter. Despite the rain, we all had a great time! The new Rain Forest Exhibit was so cool (well, warm really), I will definitely go back to see it again. The only real drawback for the day was, we didn’t arrive until 2:00 and they were starting to close down around 5:00. We didn’t have time to see the giraffes (which I love), so I guess that gives me the perfect excuse to go back soon.
Following is just a little peek at some stuff we saw, but the pix don’t really do it justice. (note: the really blue pic is a bat cave with a bat)
OK - so I went to the Buffalo Zoo Sunday with some friends and family. Of course, it was raining (drizzle) - because it always rains when I try to plan an outdoor activity - but it didn’t even matter. Despite the rain, we all had a great time! The new Rain Forest Exhibit was so cool (well, warm really), I will definitely go back to see it again. The only real drawback for the day was, we didn’t arrive until 2:00 and they were starting to close down around 5:00. We didn’t have time to see the giraffes (which I love), so I guess that gives me the perfect excuse to go back soon.
Following is just a little peek at some stuff we saw, but the pix don’t really do it justice. (note: the really blue pic is a bat cave with a bat)
gardenmama - 09/25/08 21:26
Oh, I'll take S & G over much of the crap that's out there now - but it's hard when you have one song stuck in your head that seems to keep playing itself there over and over and over.
Yeah, those ducks were pretty funny, each with their heads turned around backward and standing on one foot. It almost looks staged. I thought their feathering was very interesting - I've never seen any like them. They were actually very pretty.
Oh, I'll take S & G over much of the crap that's out there now - but it's hard when you have one song stuck in your head that seems to keep playing itself there over and over and over.
Yeah, those ducks were pretty funny, each with their heads turned around backward and standing on one foot. It almost looks staged. I thought their feathering was very interesting - I've never seen any like them. They were actually very pretty.
tinypliny - 09/25/08 20:10
I love the three cute ducks standing in a row. :^D
I love the three cute ducks standing in a row. :^D
tinypliny - 09/25/08 20:09
Really, with all the trash going about pretending to be songs, I would take Simon and Garfunkel hands down. :)
Really, with all the trash going about pretending to be songs, I would take Simon and Garfunkel hands down. :)
gardenmama - 09/25/08 16:08
Glad you liked the pix tiny. It's one of my favorite songs of theirs too. I haven't been able to get it out of my head for several days now so I thought maybe if I shared it here I could let it escape me. So far it's not working.
Glad you liked the pix tiny. It's one of my favorite songs of theirs too. I haven't been able to get it out of my head for several days now so I thought maybe if I shared it here I could let it escape me. So far it's not working.
tinypliny - 09/25/08 15:53
Awesome pictures!! Thanks for sharing! That's one of my favourite songs from Simon & Garfunkel!
Awesome pictures!! Thanks for sharing! That's one of my favourite songs from Simon & Garfunkel!
09/21/2008 21:20 #45752
The GardenMy escape, my haven, my garden...
tinypliny - 09/21/08 21:45
Very pretty! Love the tall tree of daisies (?) - its like Jack's and the daisy-stalk. :)
Very pretty! Love the tall tree of daisies (?) - its like Jack's and the daisy-stalk. :)
gardenmama - 09/21/08 21:23
Thanx for your help, Paul. I had to go the "mobile" route - couldn't even get this old dog of a computer to download the flash player right.
Thanx for your help, Paul. I had to go the "mobile" route - couldn't even get this old dog of a computer to download the flash player right.
paul - 09/21/08 21:20
Beautiful pictures. I am so glad it worked for you.
Beautiful pictures. I am so glad it worked for you.
09/20/2008 19:14 #45740
Deniro & PacinoCategory: movies
I was thinking about going sometime to see the new Deniro/Pacino movie, Righteous Kill? Has anyone seen it, and, if yes, how was it/would you recommend it? Thanks.
Though he does tend to treat “religion†as one thing, I think he actually more groups things like fanatics, religious hypocrisies, and blind faith together â€" something many/most organized religions have in common.
I do find him very witty and his commentary on politics, and other issues as well, though sometimes rude and/or crude, hysterical nonetheless.
Bill is great. I just have one problem with him. It isn't that he is anti Reliegon it is that he seems to group all of them together as if they are all the same, but other then that I like a lot of what he says also.