When will the ridiculous "occupations" for increased dependence and the shedding of even MORE personal responsibility end? I grow wear of the "Me generation" who thinks they are entitled to everything - including having their education paid for and to have a 6-figure salary waiting for them when they get out of college. If you want a good job out ( Read more... )

Go me! I walked into the woods with 9 arrows. Shot at 30 targets at varying distances, didn't miss a single target, and walked out of the woods with the very same nine arrows I started with. Sadly, I didn't score much better than I did last week. While I had no zeroes, I did have fewer 10's and 11's and more 5's. So, my estimation of distance ( Read more... )

Is it wrong of me to laugh out loud every time I read about some idiot copper thief electrocuting himself while trying to steal live wires?

You know you are getting old when you throw your back out cleaning up after the dog.

The Wee-Fay and I went to Plum Island on Saturday. We walked up and down the beach at Sandy Point reservation. The water was not too cold and there was a nice cool breeze. Given that it is green-head season in that neck of the woods, we were not besieged by them as badly as we could have. The walk was pleasant ( Read more... )

Another 30 target 3-D shoot down, and another 5 arrows gone the way of the Dodo ( Read more... )

It is a traditional practice in politics. It seems like it is a contest now to see who can make the most OUTLANDISH rhetorical statements. I don't even think they try reign it in anymore ( Read more... )

20 bad habits that lead to the fat (I am guilty of quite a number of these)

SHOCK POLL: 46% Think Most in Congress Corrupt... Developing...

I think the most shocking part of it is that it is ONLY 46%. I would have expected the number to be higher.

I just had the BEST cupcake ever. It was a chocolate cupcake with raspberry filling, chocolate frosting with a raspberry on top. The frosting was SO GOOD. This was the tastiest cupcake I have ever had. EVER. If I were to suddenly drop dead right now, I would die with a smile on my face.

YUM!