At the last minute (like after I had posted this) I decided to use it as my Odd Shots on Monday post. You can’t get much more odd than the photo below…
I’ve done all kinds of funny stuff as a parent to entertain my children, not the least of which is to dress up. Normally it’s just for Halloween and although I might claim it’s for my kids I have just as much fun doing it.
When I posted about the Renaissance Festival I mentioned that we had picked up costumes. I already had the shirt but got a vest as well and have picked up the boot tops recently at some pirate costume shop online. The stuff isn’t like high quality leather or anything but the price is right. Basically what you would pay at Wal-Mart for cheapo toys.
I am going to have to use some string or something to hold the damn boot tops up, either that or trade in the shorts for a pair of pants that I can tuck in. That would surely hold them up.
Go ahead and laugh. I am thinking about putting this on at the top of my sidebar for awhile! By the way, if you are interested in participating in Odd Shots, go check out Katney’s Kaboodle!
Our weekly vlog/poscast in illegal immigration and border security. In this weeks edition…
Jobs Americans Won’t Do? Or jobs Americans can’t get hired for?
100% Preventable! Americans continue to pay the bloody price for open borders! When will the madness end?
I have three days left of work until my vacation. I live for my vacation the last few years it seems, whether we are actually going somewhere or just hanging out at the house for a week.
Friday was the girl’s last day of school, all except the wife who has teacher work days until Wednesday. I managed to make it to my youngest girl’s Pre-K graduation ceremony on Wednesday but I ended up getting stuck at work at the end of year ceremony for my ten-year-old. She was pretty upset. I told her several times Thursday and then on Friday morning that I most likely wouldn’t make it but that darn sure didn’t make her feel any better.
Overall today was a pretty uneventful day but I have had a pretty shitty attitude at work. I don’t let it show but my thoughts aren’t about what I am going to do next at work, they are only on that drive to Florida in five days. I managed to get out of work (the first time) around one this afternoon and go get my oil changed in preparation for the trip. Damn, there was the finest babe getting her car washed at the same time…but I digress…
Work pays for my oil changes as well as all of my normal maintenance costs and gasoline which works out pretty well. They don’t pay when I’m on vacation everything up to and after that point is cool.
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Took a bit of a break to hang with the girls. I wrote the stuff above a couple of hours ago but by train of thought seems to have derailed…if it was ever on track to begin with.
So happy Memorial Day weekend everyone, and just remember the reason WHY we celebrate memorial day. It’s to honor all of those brave heroes that have died to keep us free. Although in theory they serve(d) to protect the Constitution of the United States of America and preserve our life, liberty and property in all actuality they did it for US. Their wives and children,mothers and fathers. Our heroes serve to better themselves and to protect us from our enemies both in peace time and at war. Remember that when you fire up the barbecue on Monday and take a minute or two to reflect on our fallen sons and daughters and respect those who are currently serving.
I will, as usual, be working on Monday but will be thinking about everyone nevertheless.
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So as I mentioned earlier my vacation starts Tuesday night. Actually Wednesday morning because it’s entirely feasible that I might end up working Tuesday third shift. That would suck as I have to take the dog to the kennel on Wednesday morning and then go see my doctor about my cholesterol levels from my last blood test. Apparently they have improved but not as much as she wants. Crap. I was hoping they would have gotten better. I am hardly smoking, working out (which helps your cholesterol believe it or not) and trying to eat better than I was. I’m damn sure drinking about 10% of the amount of coffee that I was just back in December. I have always put away three or four pots a day and not I am down to less than three cups. Even if I make it in the evening like I have today, I hardly ever finish it anymore. It’s just not the same not being able to have a smoke and a cup of joe at the same time for some fucking reason.
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Yet another break for awhile. I don’t remember what the original time was on this post but it’s a few minutes after nine and I had to get on the phone with my stores. My boss and his boss are required to work one third shift every four weeks and that would be tonight so they have been in one of my stores for the last hour or so.
Speaking of work, I gave out my URL to someone today. That’s not something I do very often, simply because the content of the site isn’t particularly acceptable some days…I think I’ve only given the address out to one person the last couple of years but I slipped up today. I did ask her not to give it out so we’ll see. I also gave out my myspace url which is what most people really want anyway. They aren’t actually interested in reading or having a conversation, just blithe comments with stupid fucking flashy pictures in them. Whatever.
I mentioned a few days ago this plugin for Movabletype I have been using called Zemanta. It’s the one that inserts that ‘zemified’ pic in some of the posts. Anyway, as I type it checks what I have written every few hours and suggests pertinent links and photos that might be related. Here are a couple it has suggested thus far into this long wind-bagged entry this evening.
1. The Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund over at Hug Hewitt’s site. It has fuck all to do with my post but damn I’m glad to have found it. Here’s the link to the fund itself. Why don’t you take a minute or two on this Memorial Day weekend and go help out a Marine.
2. Celebrity Swimsuits over at Huffington Post. Huffington Post? WTF? That and the fact that they diss Jessica Alba. Oh hell no. She could drap a frigging toga over her shoulder in it at the beach and would still look hot.
I suppose that’s about it for the day. Want to know what I’m listening to today?
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Even back in 1975 Judas Priest was kicking ass.
One more thing before I go. I am going to be out of town for seven or eight days and I am looking for a couple of reprobates who might want to guest post over her. Nothing major but it would be cool to have some other view points. Shoot me an email if you are want the keys to the place.
Sgt. John F. Thomas(Right) & Sgt. Ronnie L. Shelley, Sr.(Left)
33 & 34 years old from Valdosta, Georgia
2nd Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment, 48th Infantry Brigade, Georgia Army National Guard
July 24, 2005 & July 30, 2005
Sgt. Ronnie “Rod” Shelley and Sgt. John F. Thomas became best friends in the Georgia Army National Guard.
They both were ex-Marines, both about the same age, and both enjoyed searching for arrowheads and fishing together. As their friendship grew, Thomas often came over to Shelley’s house for steaks and ribs barbecued by his friend. And when their infantry unit was sent to Iraq in May of 2005, they went to war together.
When their unit was mobilized for combat duty in Iraq, Shelley promised to watch out for Thomas. “Ronnie said, ‘Don’t you worry, I’ll bring him back safely,”‘ said Thomas’ grandfather. But neither Sgt. Thomas or Sgt. Shelley made it back safely. Sgt. Thomas was killed July 24, 2005 by a roadside bomb near Baghdad. And Sgt. Shelley was killed six days later on July 30 by another roadside bomb, also near Baghdad.
Shelley was a family man, married with three children, who was obsessed with having a neat yard, his wife said. “The grass had to be two inches,” she said. “If the neighbor mowed the grass, Rod had to mow. He also wanted the biggest, baddest lawn mower.”
She said she fell in love with his “gorgeous blue … eyes,” and “he had a laid back attitude. I could not make him mad.”
Thomas was married but had no children. His grandparents said he dreamed of becoming a forest ranger. “John wanted to hike the Appalachian Trail. Now the only trail he can walk is the trail in heaven,” the grandfather said.
Mrs. Thomas, wiping back tears, said the soldier felt responsible for the others in his unit. “He cared for people,” she said. “That’s why he had so many friends. People cared for him.”
Killed alongside Sgt. Shelley were Staff Sgt. David R. Jones Sr., Sgt. 1st Class Victor A. Anderson and Sgt. Jonathon C. Haggin and killed alongside Sgt. Thomas were Army Spc. Jacques E. Brunson, Army Staff Sgt. Carl R. Fuller and Army Sgt. James O. Kinlow.
These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. For more information about Wednesday Hero, or if you would like to post it on your site, you can go here.
I used to love going to see the Atlanta Braves. The wife and I both enjoy going but it’s pretty rare to get to a game. I managed to go to one last season with the guys (and gals) from work but that’s it in the last couple of years. My oldest girl also enjoys going and she is finally at the age where she might be able to sit through an entire game.
Even though I live out in West Georgia I grew up in and around the Roswell area and one of my best friends was originally from Boston. He was a huge Boston fan. We never did get to go but either of us would have killed to get Boston Red Sox Tickets when they came to Atlanta to play the Braves. The only question would be which side to sit on…
One pretty place online that looks pretty good to get tickets is Mongo tickets. In addition to the Sox you can get tickets for other sporting events such as Dallas Cowboys Tickets. Not interested in sporting events? How about Broadway or off Broadway shows. You can get Wicked Tickets at a decent price too.
ElissaWall is the former FLDS member that helped convict Warren Jeffs. She has also written a book about her life within the FLDS entitled ‘Stolen Innocence’.
The Associate Press has an interview with Elissa Wall.
If you’re wondering what the links above are, I recently installed a plugin called Zemanta for Flock and Firefox that suggests links and tags while you are writing a blog post. I just figured I would check it out and see how I like it. It also suggests other articles as well as photos.
In this weeks show:
Chris Simcox At Depaul University in Chicago! The leftists! The Commie Kids! The character assassination! All this and more in this weeks edition…
‘m in somewhat of a hurry this morning. The last few days I have been sleeping as late as possible, no matter what time it is that I went to bed. I guess it’s a combination of almost being time for my vacation, drinking a little bit Saturday evening and working out in the hot sun a couple of days this week. I know the day after I painted my parking lots all I wanted to do was sleep. That was a week ago and I am just now peeling. I’ve got that nasty leper look going on with my forehead and my shoulders. Yummy. Come on in and I’ll fix you some breakfast…
Yesterday was a working/non-working day. We had our annual ‘care & share’. What a misnomer. They are actually pretty cool. Last year’s was at the lake where my AVP lives. We cooked out and rode watercraft all day. This year was actually pretty fun. We had a scavenger hunt. You either had to bring stuff back or take pictures of the team doing stuff. There were three teams.
Among some of the items we had to bring back were a hurdle, real police badge, fire hose nozzle and the key to the city. We actually managed all of those items believe it or not. I’ll try to post more on that this afternoon when I have a bit more time.
I stepped out to pick up some ice for the barbecue today and was at the store when I got a Tweet that Teddy Kennedy is in the hospital with the symptoms of a stroke. Aren’t they the same symptoms as an alcoholic? Maybe I’m wrong. Hell, there weren’t any details when I first received the alert so I simply assumed the asshat had driven off of a bridge somewhere.
Anyhow, he was admitted to the Cape Cod emergency room around nine this morning. If I have time this afternoon I’ll post more.
