Tuesday, January 1, 2013

"Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers." - T.S. Eliot

This guy is just asking to get keyed.

Pam went to work this morning. She does not sound good but says she feels a lot better. I won't be surprised if she comes home early.

Q: What's the difference between a clarinet and an onion?
A: People cry when you cut an onion to pieces.

This morning on Mike and Mike one of the analysts compared Andy Reid, just-fired head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, to Brigitte Nielsen - "they used to be hot but now they have a clock hanging around their neck."
I am really, really bad at knowing who celebs are and Pam was in the bathroom getting ready for work, so I Googled Ms. Nielsen. Two things occurred to me. First, if anybody looked at my search history (yeah, I know it's not "if") they'd figure a pretty kinky pastor lived in Sun City.

For those of you who, like me, don't pay any attention to the world of people who are famous for no real reason, Brigitte Nielsen is a 50-year old, 6'1" blonde from Denmark who hasn't made her way in the world with her brains. There. Now you don't have to worry about your search history.

Second, when you do a people search Google puts up a panel on the right side that gives basic biographical information - DOB, birthplace, a brief description of what they've done....
It's not a good sign when under, "Spouse" they list three and then have a button to click for "More."

Q: What do you call someone who hangs around with a bunch of musicians?
A: A drummer.

I really don't want to do what I gotta do tomorrow. But the preacher who talked last Sunday about "putting on your big boy pants" has to take a dose of his own medicine.

I've been mispronouncing Lynyrd Skynyrd all these years. The d at the end of the last name is silent. Yeah, I know, I'm late to the party.

For parents with kids already driving them up the wall...
This site, Paper Toys, has a whole bunch of things you can print, color, cut, and assemble from a single sheet of paper. Some are relatively simple, others very complex. I've got my eye on the classic Beetle, then I may move up to the Formula 1 car. Animals, famous structures, musical instruments, even a paper water balloon. Yeah, I think there's some fun for the whole family here.

Q: What does it mean when the guitar player has drool coming out both sides of his mouth?
A: The stage is level.

It got down to 32 here last night. Because Pam was at work all day I decided to leave the heat off and see how much the sun shining in the windows would warm the place up. The answer is up to 63 degrees.
Yeah. From 62.
We're in a program that charges us one rate per kwh between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. and then a rate about half that from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m. By noon when I realized it was going to stay cold in the house I couldn't bring myself to pay the higher rate to get it to a more reasonable temp. We have electric heat which is very inefficient and stupid expensive.
Pam gets home about 7:45 p.m. Houston, we have a problem.
Never mind that it's really hard to focus on sermon prep when your fingers don't want to move.

"Dad, when I grow up I want to be a musician."
"Well, son, you can't do both."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Nice shot across the bow of your brother :)
Mike H