Hot Mess

“She's a hot mess.”, they say these days.

I'm confused.  Help me out here.  Which is worse anyway, a hot mess or a cold mess?   Who decided to heat the mess?   We were good with just the standard mess-age for hundreds of years, then someone decides to heat up the mess.   Is this an improvement or a step back?  No one sends me these memos !

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Bibliquor Question: Is this a hiccup in Bible translation?

Proverbs 20:1

In the NIV (New International Version) it is, "Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise."  But in the KJV (King James) it is, "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise."

I'm wondering how ( Read more... )

 Invention Idea - for car

I was driving home, the gas tank on fumes only, in a lake area where there are few shopping centers around, and I passed a gas station.   But it was on the wrong side of the road, at a busy intersection, but the kind of intersection that they don't think has enough traffic to warrant traffic lights to help you.   So if I ( Read more... )

God's Violence - OT

I've been mulling about in my admittedly feeble brain, the Old Testament historical accounts of the numerous wars the Israelites engaged in before reaching the Promised Land.   Like many other people, I've never been very comfortable with what seemed like excessive violence, and complete genocide, and more horrified to read about ( Read more... )

 I guess I got schooled

My son, Petey, called me today.  I'm finding out that the worst part of talking on the phone with him is the laughter - the nearly constant laughter!  Uh...what?   How could that be a problem, you ask?   Well, it takes up TIME, you see.   If I managed to not laugh, there'd be time for more lessons and time for even more ( Read more... )

 What I'd Like to Know Today - 1/17/11

How much are jumper cables for a car?   I hear there are good ones and rotten ones.   How do I know which to buy?   What's the CORRECT way to hook them up safely.

What I Want to Know Today Today - 1/15/11
(Continuation of topic "What I Learned Today"  --  See entry    http://qwinkly.livejournal.com/8769.html )

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What I Learned Today
(This will be a collection of likely short entries over time. Many mundane, or only interesting in that, for someone of my age and “supposed” intelligence, I don't already know “that”. Why I'm keeping track of these I'm nor sure yet, at this beginning. I think perhaps mostly to laugh at myself - that and, I've been learning ( Read more... )