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1) I think the bulls in Italy should gore 150 people every year. Or more. Poor things.
So - Fae has been missing for - uhm - almost 2 months now? And we had given up on her, figuring she had either died, or found a new family. So who shows up out back an hour ago? Fae. But a very unhealthy Fae, all bones and sagging skin, not walking correctly, wobbling head and constantly meowing. So I called the vet, who said to bring her right over. they have her now. It was so weird picking her up to put her in the carrier - she weighs - I don't know - 4 pounds? Maybe? Quite a difference from her 15 when she left. I told the vet no heroic measures. I think she has either been hit by a car or has Feline Leukemia - she's a mess. And I feel awful. N is taking it VERY hard that she might not come home. And I am on the verge of tears constantly. Bah. Anyway - if you are so inclined, say a few words for her for a speedy end to her pains, whichever way is best. Thanks. :( 8 comments | post a comment
a set of solid wood bunk beds and two computer desks with high backs with shelves. I will pick up and pay for them with cash. If you know anyone who is looking to sell said items - let me know! Thanks! :) post a comment
Yet another fat positive magazine is down the drain - Figure is no longer being published - but instead I can get Ladies Home Journal! No THANKS. So they can tell me how to lose weight 27 different ways, how to make my body conform to society's opinion of perfect, which,m by the way, is the LEAST common of all attributes, in case you were wondering. Also - they will tell me why my house isn't good enough, my marriage isn't strong enough and my sex life is boring. *sigh* I hate those magazines. 1 comment | post a comment
that on the days when I have nothing to do, I feel fine as frog's hair, but in the days when I have a list THIS long AND book club at the end - I was up with a sore throat, and ear ache and a head ache? I'm ignoring it all, pretending I feel fine, but I'm getting moving s-l-o-w-l-y today. Urgh.
8 years. That's a VERY long time, and a VERY short time all at once. Today is always a soul searching day for me, a day when I am reminded forcibly to tell everyone out there that I love them. Hey - everyone? I love you! You are all important to me in your very own unique way - and i had a great list of who is important for what, but knew I would end up forgetting someone or not putting the importance someone thought I should on something and piss someone off, so I'll just say - you all matter - from my brother, who truly is my blood, to my multiple sisters, (in law and otherwise), who might as well be. From my oldest friends to my newest, my youngest to my oldest, my closest to those with whom I only share a passing moment - thank you one and all for being a facet of my brilliant life. And please remember - you NEVER know when it will all go away, so cherish each moment.
Aldi is a "discount grocery store" chain that recently opened a new shop in Quakertown. I decided to check it out, being a thrifty shopper and all that. So I went. First thing you must know - you need a quarter to get a shopping cart. You get it back when you return the cart, but you need one to get one in the first place. Second thing you need to know - they don't supply bags. Oh - you can buy them, sure. But they don't supply them. Paper bags are 3 cents each and deceptively big looking (turns out the are QUITE narrow) plastic bags are 10 cents each.
I am not mormally a bitchy person. Nor a rude one. I HAVE my moments, mind you, and I am quite aware of them, but usually - if I am in a bad mood, I will let you know right off the bat - and if we are in a debate - expect some bitchy - as you will probably be bitchy right back.
the best way to get some to walk away from you is to try and make them choose you over other people they love and care about.
We had a lovely meeting! Everyone got in on the discussion, voiced deep and thoughtful opinions, and had fun. We have shifted our next book to Persuasion by Jane Austin. Next meeting is June 30th! 1 comment | post a comment
By: Charles Martel I think socialism may meet its Waterloo in the United States, and that Obama may be its Napoleon. (Let me define socialism as an economic system where the government, through its power of coercion, expropriates wealth and redistributes it according to both stated (and unstated goals), such as equality and stability (and the maintenance of political power and wealth for the government elite via the power of the purse). In Russia and China, socialism was imposed on desperately poor countries that were already used to privation, government theft and lack of freedom. With no traditions of wealth or liberty to guide them, the subjects of those sorry countries shrugged and assumed their masters’ yoke. Once the administrative powers of socialism insured a true equality of misery for the overwhelming number of subjects at the bottom of the heap, there was a sense of resignation followed by a distorted sense of progress–”At least there is no more civil war.” “Now we’re all in the same boat. Chin Lee can no longer lord it over us just because he once owned 80 pigs.” In Europe, which had a high standard of living but then destroyed it in two wars, socialism was a combination of idealism, pragmatism and opportunism. Idealism in the sense that perhaps the sharing of resources would prevent future wars; pragmatism because people whose cultures have always stressed the state over the individual could be more easily swayed to accept a regulated economy than the Americans’ wild and crazy free market economy; and opportunism because the same Americans were providing military protection that freed up billions and billions of dollars for investment and allowed Europe to remake itself as a giant theme park. So far, socialism has had a good run—at least in the sense of acquiring power over all wealth, which is its goal. But when you get to America, the soil for socialism is less fertile. Yes, there are hot-house experiments with it that seem to be working, such as San Francisco, or Berkeley, or Washington, DC. But like all hot-house flowers, they are very fragile. These ones depend on fools and outsiders for their sustenance: tourists in San Francisco; the American taxpayer in Washington, DC; and in Berkeley a self-hating, self-deluding professoriate on one hand and thousands of dependent, subsidized students on the other. On a grander scale, large U.S. socialist experiments like New Jersey, Michigan and California are coming to an end. You cannot run an economy on a fantasy, namely that you can keep fisting the Golden Goose’s cloaca without at some point rupturing and destroying the poor thing. That so many people who should know better hold on to the fantasy that socialism can work is a result of the Europeanization of large parts of the U.S. population. Europeans have never had a firm grasp on how wealth is created. To them it’s either a matter of whoever is the strongest stealing somebody else’s wealth (eastern Europe) or a benign state redistributing wealth that comes from some mysterious source (France). In America, though, where people have been free for several centuries to create their own wealth, there is a direct knowledge that a government printing press or power of taxation has nothing to do with generating it. There are tens of millions of people who understand that and who nod instinctively in agreement with Tea Party signs that say, “Honk if I’m paying your mortgage!” Now add to that a tradition of healthy skepticism toward politicians and government. Although Obama would like to intimidate people, there are way too many of us who have not been beaten down or conditioned by Chicago-style politics to take his bait. Watching that cosseted nancy boy strut and act all hoody elicits laughter among us, not shivers. Then add the tradition of a free press, now remanifesting itself in Internet blogs, and couple that with the technological savvy of millions of young men and women who have not sipped the Obama-Aid. They are marvelous tools for organizing political resistance, tax strikes and, if someday necessary, the disruption of an overreaching government. Further, add the scores of millions of guns owned by Americans who are not statists, “progressives” or leftists. The wusses in Britain and Canada may lay down their arms just because the local or provincial dhimmi government says to, but that’s not going to wash with most Americans. For every gun that the nanny state confiscates, there will be 10 that go undetected and uncollected. Top it off with the rising trend toward homeschooling, which creates truly educated—as opposed to schooled—citizens, and millions of magnificently disciplined and trained (and mostly conservative) veterans who will have something to say if The Narcissist suddenly decides he’s macho and wants to toy with martial law or a suspension of constitutional rights. Finally, a law of limits. Just as you cannot exceed the speed of light, you cannot exceed the total amount of wealth the world has in your never-ceasing quest to pillage it under socialism. If the U.S. economy is dragged down by Obamaism, what is left to plunder? Once that realization hits all the droolers who think there’s such a thing as a free lunch, they will turn on Obama. Napoleon’s own soldiers will finally see through him. (I’m not too worried that they’ll turn on us. We’ll be armed—both with weapons and with the most devastating four words in the English language: “We told you so.”) 7 comments | post a comment
Valley Grind Book CLub meeting TONIGHT!!!!!
Friends - I would love for you to take this! But you sure don't have to. :)
So - I am cleaning my toilet bowl, and using Clorox Toilet Bowl Cleaner (registered trademark, copywritten, probably have to pay them 4.00 just for writing their name down) - and it's one of thise bent necked squeezy bottle made specifically for toilet bowls. Only. ANd on the front, it says Kills FLU germs*. Flu germs. Really? Who the HELL is going to getting the FLU from INSIDE their toilet bowl?
Peter Murphy!!!! July 8th!!!! At the CHameleon CLub!!!!! Woohoooo! 1 comment | post a comment
6) One Size Fits All - doesn't.
1) We don't keep a skinny person in our closet.
is the first meeting of the Valley Grind Cafe Evening Book Club (that's the VGCEBC for short!!). It's from 7-8pm and we would LOVE a huge group! Come on down! 3 comments | post a comment
Not any special sort of Sunday, just Sunday. One child is watching Pokemon (and I HATE Chimchar, who is the main character today!!), one is on his PC playing INsane Aquarium, hubby is in the shower, and the griddle is heating to cook the pancakes I just whipped up. I am quite content. ALl is good in the world of Ann. School's almost over and we rushing headlong into the last 2 weeks. We are going to Knoebel's in a week, and I can't wait, plus we have a birthday party practically every weekend this month! |
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