happythoughts

Drug use. "How long have you smoked cigarettes?" Immediate, "I don't smoke." ...looking at annual chest x-ray and pausing, "Do you smoke anything else?" "No." ...hmmm, so what is it? Is somebody lying because it is illegal. Sex. "Have you engaged in risky sex practices?" ...ala unprotected sex with someone who apparently uses poor judgment also... Stupid stuff - Stuff that you already know is a variety of a bad idea. You expect a judgmental look and a chat about, if you admit. "Yes, I may be an addict. I do eat ice cream once a week. The Twister with Reeses Cups ground up in it."

You should buy a dog and take it for walks in public places. - The dog will provide company when home. - In a public place, women will stop to pet the dog and will talk to you.

People rarely admit it and give you the facts.

"Yeah, I know we have man-boobs, but, with these wigs, we look like women."

How do you make a dead puppy float? A small bit of crushed ice in the bottom of a tall glass. Fill with Coke. Add two scoops of dead puppy. ...yes, yes... definitely unbalanced.

Next time that someone asks you to fill out a questionnaire in a thread here, for "their college paper on...", create a new email account. Name it something obvious, like your name spelled backwards. Or maybe, your initials followed by SSppAAmm. Today I checked my spam account. I only have used it once. Spam is deleted automatically after 30 days. I had over 850 new messages. There isn't really a practical reason to need your email account for a skydiving questionnaire.

Only one difficulty defeats me, the psychic issue. When a woman forgets what she was thinking, and then asks me to recall what it was. Just as they enter the room, they look at the floor and say, "What was I thinking?" and look up at me, as if I have the answer.

The Brits were in India for 400 years. Last year, I worked with in a 20x20 room with 6 Indians and a Pakistani guy. They all seemed to blame Britain for stripping the country of its wealth. I got the "India was perfect until the British..." speech. (Kind of hard to say since they were there for so long.) Maybe this is just backlash for British colonialism. Other reasons- - The growth of industries has displaced a lot of agricultural workers. - The Muslim community has not been fond of the strengthening of relations with the West. They view it as a cultural attack. Great Satan, etc. This may have nothing to do with the US.

My friend Stan has an all red jumpsuit. Santa has an all red suit. Satan has an all red suit. They all use the same letters to spell their names. You never see them together. Too much for coincidence.

John was a salesman's delight when it came to any kind of unusual gimmick. His wife Marsha had long ago given up trying to get him to change. One day John came home with another one of his unusual purchases. It was a robot that John claimed was actually a lie detector. It was about 5:30 that afternoon when Tommy, their 11 year old son, returned home from school. Tommy was over 2 hours late. 'Where have you been? Why are you over 2 hours late getting home?' asked John. 'Several of us went to the library to work on an extra credit project,' said Tommy. The robot then walked around the table and slapped Tommy, knocking him completely out of his chair. 'Son,' said John, 'this robot is a lie detector, now tell us where you really were after school.' 'We went to Bobby's house and watched a movie.' said Tommy. 'What did you watch?' asked Marsha. 'The Ten Commandments.' answered Tommy. The robot went around to Tommy and once again slapped him, knocking him off his chair once more. With his lip quivering, Tommy got up, sat down and said, 'I am sorry I lied. We really watched a tape called Sex Queen.' 'I am ashamed of you son,' said John. 'When I was your age, I never lied to my parents.' The robot then walked around to John and delivered a whack that nearly knocked him out of his chair. Marsha doubled over in laughter, almost in tears and said, 'Boy, did you ever ask for that one! You can't be too mad with Tommy. After all, he is your son!' With that the robot immediately walked around to Marsha and knocked her out of her chair.

Obama already said, "I need to go to the Ford Theater with Hillary like I need a hole in the head."

Buy this hat, wear it a lot.

If I was Obama, and somebody and her husband has just spent 6 months pissing on my leg, I wouldn't be very trusting of them. Basically, she spent the last two months of her campaign speaking every kind of pointless lie. She shouldn't be allowed to be in the silverware drawer at Dennys by herself. Even her supporters acknowledge that she has no veracity. That's a good disqualifier.

So... there was no other qualified person in the Dem party? None? I don't think that anyone is going to say that. Either he considers her qualified, or it was part of a political deal that was detailed long ago. I favor answer (b). The SOS is supposed to explicitly follow the policy and decisions of the Pres. HC has made no secret about her wish to be Pres and to lead the country. I truly doubt that she will be the "good soldier" and follow orders explicitly. She considers herself more qualified. Obama just signed himself up for it.

"Ok, this is the dirt-dive for the tracking dive." "Hope this works. I track like 8ft of logging chain."

I just got back from helping a friend move into their new home. Two women packing, two men carrying. 30ft moving van filled. 10 hours drive time. We spent all day unloading the van. There was no heat and my back was killing me, so I slept on the carpet under a pile of blankets. After an hour or so, I felt Sierra snuggle up next to me. I thought she was just cold. Then, she started licking the back of my neck. She is young, energetic, and affectionate. I knew what she wanted, but I was far too tired to play. The next morning, I was better rested and took her out in the front yard and let her run around. Boxers are such wonderful dogs.

All nice except for two things. - Citibank is a multinational, it doesn't truly care about US citizens or the economy of a given country. - Citibank can replace these employees with cheaper employees elsewhere and their bottom line looks better. All these actions were probably part of a 3-year plan, not a result of the economy. Example - A New York bank does some math on moving to Tampa. - They get a tax break if they move to Tampa and keep the jobs there for 5 years. - They replace $120K employees with $70K employees and the new employees will not be vested in the pension fund for 5 years. Buy out the pensions of the old employees. Less long-term debt = better Wall Street rating. Stock goes up, CEO compensation is tied to stock price = bonus. - November 2008 - announce that 300 Tampa employees are replaced by 300 in Manila. $70K employees replaced by $25K. Verizon once estimated that by doing the 2003 pension buyout for 21,000 employees, it would cost $1.5B. They also estimated that the cost would be recouped in less than 2 years.

Well I would not come right out and say it, but working solidly towards the goal of an open relationship, or multiple threesomes is acceptable! Being specific is important. She says, "Absolutely!" and, five minutes later, comes back to the table with another guy.

It was Bill Clinton that the Clinton candidacy identified as making racially charged remarks during the Carolina and Mississippi elections. And to the point that the campaign handlers asked him to stop? Of course, that was after the race card was played. Kind of like telling the jury, "Please disregard the remarks of the witness". Sure they do.

False dichotomy is the poorest logical flaw. It rarely lasts one response among a good audience. Somehow, if someone questions any Obama decisions, they are a racist now? Interesting. It couldn't just be his policy choices... Millions who disagree are aligned with a one-dimensional organization of 5,000 members? That is a failing statistical leap of epic proportions. When criticisms were leveled against C. Rice or C. Powell, none of their defenders (Rep) said the opposition (Dem) were just racists. The discussion centered on their policies and actions. Disagreements were based on content. I am unsure if the Reps have better understanding of logic or the Dems don't have a mature level of discussion. Perhaps it is not "or". Truly sad.

Her criticisms are merely responses to the things that come out of her mouth. During her campaign, she continued to speak about delusions that never occurred. (Like Chelsea jogging by the towers on 9/11, Bosnia snipers... there are lists) She was acting like a 12 yo kid, making up stories to make her life seem more exciting. It went to the point that ardent HC supporters were at a loss to explain her integrity issues. I asked them if they believed her and I got a lot of embarrassed silence. To generate criticism, no one will need to do anything but HC. Actually, the entertainment value will be priceless.

For some reason, everything is an "Operation". If they were searching for masking products, there was no purpose for seizing the dvds, other than suppressing free speech. When the COPS episodes are about Tampa, it is about hookers. They get on tv and identify the corners where hookers can be found. After all, we aren't all politicians who can afford to have the $5K top-shelf variety delivered.

There are books available at hospital gift shops that deal with this subject. The experts can explain a childs thought process better than most adults. Stop by a book store or the library. There are a lot of observations that I could make, but a good book will include them.

November 24th is coming up and, I'm betting, a book media release on the anniversary. That will be new and interesting. Here? Another episode of "The Secret Witness doing Secret Things that can't be known because of The Coverup". ... blah, blah, blah... blah blah. We should all give it a try. Someone, go ahead, beg me to tell you about The Big Secret Something. I remember the old drive-in movies when they had $3 a carload for the Wednesday night kung-fu flicks. Eventually, you realized that they weren't new movies, they just dubbed in different words.

I remember the original story. He was selling water pipes online. That makes it interstate sale. Because of his movie career, they implied intent. Hope they never see any old WFFC video.