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The American Civil Liberties Union yesterday filed court papers in support of US Senator Larry Craig’s fight to have his conviction for soliciting sex in an airport toilet overturned. The ACLU brief cited a Minnesota Supreme Court ruling that people having sex in a closed toilet cubicle in a public toilet have an “expectation of privacy” and if the Senator was attempting to engage an undercover police officer for sex he was not acting illegally…
The Smurfs are 50 this year. I had no idea that they actually pre-dated their American cartoon. I loved The Smurfs when I was a kid, yes granted a big old kid. Handy was my favorite followed by Greedy Smurf and Vanity Smurf. Being a Smurf would be great. All those guy Smurfs and only one girl Smurf. Yes we know Smurfette was sluty but not even she would be able to take care of a whole village of horny male Smurfs…and that’s where I would come in.
And why Family Circus, why Family Circus do you exist? Why?!!
Permalink 80,000 dead in Asia from the tsunamis, and of course, it’s expected to pass 100,00 dead soon and probably even more to follow. That many more don’t have homes. All the jobs are gone, all the businesses are gone. It’s hard to imagine. People are looking for loved ones, it’s possible that that twice the number of people that have already died may die from disease associated with no sanitary water and sewage. This week, I’ve gotten up and gone to work, come home, gone out to eat, gone shopping, paid bills, and have basically gone on with life in general. Tomorrow and the next day, I’ll do the same. Our life goes on and hundreds of thousands of people have died or will die.
I’m changing my e-mail address so if I forgot to send you my new one, let me know.
So long cool Jerry Orbach.
Permalink Seems like we’re supposed to get our first real taste of winter in the next day but it should be short lived. January, I know you’re just around the corner, and I demand the so called “January thaw” that I keep hearing about. My ass has still not thawed from yesterday. Our 24 year old garage door opener died last week so we spent yesterday replacing it. It actually works too but my ass has yet to thaw after sitting on a 35 degree floor all day. We celebrated by eating not at one, but two buffets yesterday.
For the first time in years, my Christmas shopping is 95% done and it’s only December 4th. I tried to get it done early because almost all of it has to be sent through the mail. It’s wrapped and sitting on the floor and ready to be boxed up and dropped at the post office. I think I did well this year considering I’m really into the holiday spirit yet.
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I’ve always hated jelly beans. Somebody gave me some the other day, I think I love jelly beans, except the black ones. I want jelly beans now.
I was working hard today in the kitchen. The plastic was covering everything. I was wearing a mask and completely covered in dust. The CD player is blaring and the doorbell rings. I see through the plastic covering the door there are two Mormon boys standing at the front door. They keep ringing and keep ringing. I finally walk out the back door and go around to the front.
JeepTick: Can I help you?
Mormon Boy: Hi, I see your pretty busy but I wondered if we could talk to you about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints?
JeepTick: I really don’t have time right now.
Mormon Boy: I see sir, but it’ll only take a minute.
JeepTick: I really am pretty busy!
Mormon Boy: Is there a good time we can come back?
JeepTick: (turns back and walks away and yells so all the neighbors can hear) No, there will never be a good time for you to come back!!!
I was very busy and knowing the Mormon’s stand homosexuality and after this week’s elections, I was in no mood to listen to their shit without getting into an argument.
Permalink Speaking with a southern accent and living in upstate New York, and only a month into a new job, I get quite a few inquiries asking, “What brings you up here?” I am seriously so tired of answering this question time after time, and not because I don’t want to answer it but because I hate to hear myself or anyone else tell the same story over and over again. I guess that’s why I could never be a salesman. I tell the story and usually I refer to Duncan as my partner. I don’t use the word husband because he is not my husband in any legal form and of course he is much more than a boyfriend. I think it’s the best word for the way I feel. Once again, today I was telling the story and after I finished he asked, “Do you mean roommate?” “No partner.” (Who moves 750 miles with their roommate?) “Do you mean partner or partner?” While holding up quote fingers on the second partner. At the top of my voice, “I mean partner! I am gay! Do you understand now?” “Oh, I new what you were saying man.”…
The vice-presidential debate last night was a hundred times better than the presidential debate last week. It seems to have put some excitement into the whole process for me. I wish they’d start the debates earlier sometimes. Remember, this area of the country doesn’t get a whole lot of presidential television advertising or visits from the candidates so a lot of the back and forth between the candidates just doesn’t happen here. And has John Edwards had Botox?
Permalink How hard is it to take care of a CD or DVD? Answer, not hard. Seems like every DVD I check out of the library, unless it’s some sort of documentary or artsy fartsy movie, has been screwed up. I’m trying to watch X2 tonight and once again it’s scratched up. In my whole CD collection, do you know how many scratches I have? Not a freaking one. You open it, you play it, and you put it back in the case. You don’t touch it. It will last a long time. Thank you loser brat kids who can’t take care of anything.
I finished my first week at my new job and so far so good. The people are nice and the company seems to value it’s employees. Well, maybe except for the GM who they escorted out of the building today…Back to X-Men 2.
Permalink We were at a convenience store today in Amsterdam and I remarked to Duncan there were two cars in the parking lot with space saver tires on them. About five minutes later going about 65 MPH down HWY 5, the truck starts rumbling and I smell something burning. Within ten seconds we were pulled over looking at the flattest tire I’ve ever seen. I was now sporting the classy space saver tire going down HWY 5 but not at 65 MPH this time. We got to a service station and filled the old tire and it was torn up (in only 10-15 seconds). It was also less than a year old. The cause of the flat? Bad valve stem. I believe this is the first flat tire I’ve had when it wasn’t raining. Lesson learned? No lesson learned.
I love Mark McGrath. I hate Extra.
Permalink A local police officer was suspended from the force last year for using a racial slur. He was later fired. A couple of days after he was suspended, he met a guy at a bar and became friends. He went to his house and snorted some coke with him and gave him a gun. In the mean time, he sued, and the police department was forced to give him back his job a couple of months ago. During all of this, his friend was being investigated by the DEA. The officer is again suspended and free on bail. His dad died last weekend. He must have been so proud as are the rest of the citizens of Schenectady.
My neighbor is putting in a deck and taking up his brick patio. He wanted to get rid of the bricks so he’s asking everyone if they want any. Sure we’ll take some. We brought many loads over in the wheel barrow and seriously overestimated the number it would take to line the flower gardens. Does anyone need any bricks?
And an e-saver came up to Charlotte so I’m heading off tomorrow morning for the weekend. It’s Father’s Day and I get to see my dad. Don’t forget to call your dad Sunday.
Tonight is Festa, the real Festa. Not the corporate sponsored, let’s make some money Festa, but the Festa where all the old nuns and Italian women cook up a storm. We’re gonna go get some real Italian food. I want a Strombolli.
Permalink I don’t know why I did it, but I did. I was strolling a news site and came upon the Nick Berg story and it contained the video. I don’t why I thought I needed to see it. I thought it would’ve been shorter. It was five and a half minutes. All but the last minute were the terrorists reading off a bunch of crap. The last minute was the beheading. It was long and he was screaming. I wish I hadn’t watched it but maybe it was good I did. I won’t supply a link. If you come upon it, heed my advice. Keep going and just know it’s there.
Permalink Yesterday I heard a story about a guy going to the Taco Bell at the mall and trying to pay for his seven layer burrito with a two dollar bill because it was all he had besides a fifty. The cashier wouldn’t take the two dollar bill because she thought it was counterfeit. “There’s no such thing as a two dollar bill.” She asked if he had anything else. He offered the fifty but she didn’t have change for the fifty so she called the manager to the front. She wouldn’t open the safe to get change because it was too late. He wanted to know why they wouldn’t take the two dollar bill. She also insisted there is not such a thing. He said it was real and demanded them take it. They called security. The guard came and he also didn’t understand why they wouldn’t take the two dollar bill. They finally took it.
I was at Home Depot tonight and the guy in front of me was buying about a thousand dollars worth of stuff and paying with cash. He handed the cashier about 10 one hundred dollar bills and she checked them all thoroughly. She singled one out, the one that was not new. She said it didn’t have a watermark on it and was very confused by that fact. She noticed the bill was a 1977 series. She called the manager to see if the old bills had watermarks. For several minutes, they handed it back and forth to each other and debated if it should have a watermark or not. Me and the guy just kept looking at each other and grinned back and forth while the thing went on. Finally, they decided not to take the old bill and the guy traded it for five twenties he had. I commend Home Depot for checking the money but why don’t they employ a counterfeit bill detector like fast food restaurants use instead of handing the bill back and forth for five minutes and teach employees that in 1977, watermarks were not used on money.
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