And now, the strange, bizarre and just plain stupid news....
The Nebraska legislature's new "safe haven" law for unwanted babies, like other states' laws, allows them to be dropped off anonymously at hospitals to discourage abortions (and neglect by unfit parents). However, unlike other states' laws, Nebraska's applies not just to infants, but "minors," because, said Sen. Tom White, "All children deserve our protection." In September, the first two non-infants were abandoned, as exasperated parents gave up on rebellious sons aged 11 and 15, and critics say the law could apply to those up to age 19. [Lincoln Journal Star, 9-15-08]
In August, the U.S. Department of Transportation unveiled new rules for train and bus drivers returning to work from drug-use suspensions. They must now be tested first by a strip search to detect devices for cheating (such as artificial penises), and if none is found, they may re-dress themselves, but a monitor must still "directly watch the urine as it goes from the employee's body into the collection container." Not surprisingly, several unions have challenged the rule in court. [Railway Age, 8-13-08]
Joey Bergamine, 19, who is preparing for a re-trial in Fayetteville, N.C., on a DUI charge stemming from a July 2007 incident, will argue that he should have been advised of his right to have a lawyer present when his father kicked open his bedroom door hours after the incident to help police officers who had come to question him. Joey's father is the police chief of Fayetteville, and Joey's lawyer said entering a locked room, as well as the subsequent interrogation, constituted "police" action and not "parental" action, and since his dad failed to "Mirandize" him, the charge should be dismissed. [Fayetteville Observer, 8-16-08]
Christopher Sullivan, 43, was arrested in Oshkosh, Wis., in August as the person who allegedly sent his upstairs neighbors threatening packages, including a Polaroid photo of three naked Barbie dolls with their heads cut off. He told police he was angry that the couple were too loud when they had sex. [The Northwestern (Oshkosh), 8-26-08]
and finally
Michael Mahoney, 25, is the most recent rapist (according to police in Somerville, Mass.) to believe he is such hot stuff that he gave his phone number to the victim, certain that he had charmed her into wanting to keep seeing him. Police quickly arrested him in July at home, where he lives with his parents. [Boston Herald, 7-9-08]
Sarah Sucks or Puck Palin
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I didn't know which title to use; so I added both.
So last nites debate just reinforced my thought that she is too stupid to run America, when McCain drops dead in office due to his age. That may be a stretch, but it is how I feel.
She dodged 10 questions to Biden's 6, kept going back to her energy initiatives, trying to play McCain as a maverick, and had that stupid ass grin on her face the whole time. Gimme a break, she wasn't doing the beauty pagent Q&A, where you have to be all nice and pretty....blech! Palin was involved in the ONLY VP debate of the election, and you are going for a serious title bitch, look serious, not like some air-headed barbie doll.
I thought I was going to puke on how many times she called McCain a "Maverick"; come on, that term was coined back in the wild, wild west. If you want to portray yourselves as being modern or "in touch", come up with a new tag line.
Lastly, I would LOVE to see hwat this DIVERSE family and friends group that she has. I am sure it is nowhere as DIVERSE as she thinks it is. Go ahead and try to "pray away the gay" Palin. You need to do something else, cause I don't think you have a snowballs chance in hell becoming the next VP.
I HATE POLITICS!
So last nites debate just reinforced my thought that she is too stupid to run America, when McCain drops dead in office due to his age. That may be a stretch, but it is how I feel.
She dodged 10 questions to Biden's 6, kept going back to her energy initiatives, trying to play McCain as a maverick, and had that stupid ass grin on her face the whole time. Gimme a break, she wasn't doing the beauty pagent Q&A, where you have to be all nice and pretty....blech! Palin was involved in the ONLY VP debate of the election, and you are going for a serious title bitch, look serious, not like some air-headed barbie doll.
I thought I was going to puke on how many times she called McCain a "Maverick"; come on, that term was coined back in the wild, wild west. If you want to portray yourselves as being modern or "in touch", come up with a new tag line.
Lastly, I would LOVE to see hwat this DIVERSE family and friends group that she has. I am sure it is nowhere as DIVERSE as she thinks it is. Go ahead and try to "pray away the gay" Palin. You need to do something else, cause I don't think you have a snowballs chance in hell becoming the next VP.
I HATE POLITICS!
Heya everyone....
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I know it's been a while since I have posted....Nothing exciting or exceptionally great happening, just thought I may want to hop on my soap-box here and there.
Basically I am re-opening the blog to eveyone, and will start posting again soon.
Y
Basically I am re-opening the blog to eveyone, and will start posting again soon.
Y
Spring has Sprung!
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This is the magnolia tree out front of our house. I do believe it is the precursor of what great weather we will have this Spring, I HOPE!
As for the eearthquake this morning, the girls and I slept right thru all the excitement. I guess they are saying at 4:38 am we had a 5.2 earthquake, hmmm, ok I guess.
But I was at work this morning around 10:15 this morning, we had an aftershock that I did experience. They say that one was around 4 or something. My computer monitors started shaking and then I heard all the chatter on the floor about it. Kinda cool, but I don't want to experience this little joy that Mother Nature likes to throw at us from time to time.
Hope ya'll have a great weekend!!!
~Y~
The results
Ok so I told you all that 1-800-find-a-friend policy was in affect. I could not stand the thought of going to the Deal or No Deal audition alone, so I too Name Dropper's daughter with me.
I picked her up promptly at 10 am, and headed over to Decatur.
When we drove into the mall parking lot, we could see the line stretching around the corner. I figured we should park towards the end of the line, so I dropped he off at the end, and went to park the car.
I didn't thik about the weather, and I seriously thought we would be inside the mall waiting in line. I was SERIOUSLY WRONG! I thought it wouldn't be so bad, stuck inside a mall most of the day, take breaks and shop, grab something to eat, read a book.....HAHAHAHA, the fickle-finger-of-fate had other plans for us. It was freezing outside. Thankfully I had a pair of gloves and a headband thingy in my car from when I went skiing last year. We were in line at 11 am, and the line moved pretty good, but we were still outside in the wind till 1 pm. It was horrible.
At least we got to know the ladies in front of us and the lady behind us pretty well. The group in front of us were total Orange County Housewives, all gussied up and make-up laden. One of them even had this fierce pair of gloves.
No sooner that we would sit in our bag chairs that I brought, the line would creep up just a tad, so the chairs became a pain in the ass.
People get getting in line amazed at how long it was, and the whole group of us would laugh. "Just keep on truckin'" was the theme of the day. People came out in all kinda of costumes as well. Some serious freaks. I'm just a sayin'.
This was the only cute guy in my vacinity that I could see, and he wasn't all that, but had that "bad boy" vibe a happenin', with his tatts and all.
Check out the freaky Belly Dancer....woooohoooo!
I guess she was all kinds of pissed off and upset she didn't make it thru the first rounds of interviews....
Finally we reached inside, but it was like herding cattle all thru the mall. It took us from 1 - 330 to get to the place where the actual auditions were held. It was a mad house and boring as hell.
Normally, malls have food courts right? Well this one had one, but it only had a Subway and a Panda Express. No kidding that's all folks. So let me see, some old lunchmeat sammie or a sodium filled fat feast. I opted for a diet coke, lol.
Fast forward the 2 hours, and they had you go in lines of 10 people to see the casting crew at tables. People were whooping and hollering and I was getting quite over the whole mess, people were on my last nerve and I had to pee.
I was in the front of our line and I actually knew one of the wranglers at the front of the area. We chatted ti up and she kept telling me to act stupid and be excited and smile.
So our time came up and we ran off to the table. The casting guy, said he would go around the table and we all had 20 seconds to impress and sell ourselves. I was at the end of the table that he pointed to as the start point. YEA FOR ME!
I said what the hell, and spat out my little story, punctuating the useless trivia in my head and love of disco, and being the re-incarnated original Dancin' Queen. All the while looking him straight in the eye, smiling and winking at the end. I guess it must have worked, cause he asked me to stay at the table with two others, and the rest could exit stage right.
Another casting guy came up, and said 5 seconds, go...This guy was cuter and definitely a family member, so I really turned on the flirt and charm. This time the wink was back in my direction from him, and he said that I need to go to the last interview. One of the girls that was in the group in front of me also got to go thru. We both ran off to the last staging area, jumping up and down, thinking we were the shit!
We turn the corner, and this is what we see.
UGH!
Altho, I didn't notice the yummy cutie-patootie in the maroonish-brown shirt and jeans, front and center, thank you very much!
So we wait in this area for another hour, and by then my energy level was sinking again, and I still had to pee! So anyway the last interview, was like the first, 20 seconds - GO! I was like you have got to be freaking kidding me. So I did my same spill and this time it was a lady, and I don't think my charm worked on her like the guys before. Damn breeders! She took our applications and said hopefully we will hear something from them soon. Exit stage left please.
So I finally left and had to listen to Name-Dropper Jr all the way home, I wanted to jab something in my ears to escape the pain of her voice. She didn't make it past the first stage and I felt kinda sorry for her, since she had to wait out in the middle of the mall alone. She of course had 20 questions and was calling her Mom, filling her in as well.
So I think this weekend I am going to work on a 5 minute tape and another application and send it off to Hollywood, just so they can put a cafe with the name, and who know, maybe there will be another family member there that will see the tape and think I am perfect for the show.....you never know.....
~Y~
I picked her up promptly at 10 am, and headed over to Decatur.
When we drove into the mall parking lot, we could see the line stretching around the corner. I figured we should park towards the end of the line, so I dropped he off at the end, and went to park the car.
I didn't thik about the weather, and I seriously thought we would be inside the mall waiting in line. I was SERIOUSLY WRONG! I thought it wouldn't be so bad, stuck inside a mall most of the day, take breaks and shop, grab something to eat, read a book.....HAHAHAHA, the fickle-finger-of-fate had other plans for us. It was freezing outside. Thankfully I had a pair of gloves and a headband thingy in my car from when I went skiing last year. We were in line at 11 am, and the line moved pretty good, but we were still outside in the wind till 1 pm. It was horrible.
At least we got to know the ladies in front of us and the lady behind us pretty well. The group in front of us were total Orange County Housewives, all gussied up and make-up laden. One of them even had this fierce pair of gloves.
No sooner that we would sit in our bag chairs that I brought, the line would creep up just a tad, so the chairs became a pain in the ass.
People get getting in line amazed at how long it was, and the whole group of us would laugh. "Just keep on truckin'" was the theme of the day. People came out in all kinda of costumes as well. Some serious freaks. I'm just a sayin'.
This was the only cute guy in my vacinity that I could see, and he wasn't all that, but had that "bad boy" vibe a happenin', with his tatts and all.
Check out the freaky Belly Dancer....woooohoooo!
I guess she was all kinds of pissed off and upset she didn't make it thru the first rounds of interviews....Finally we reached inside, but it was like herding cattle all thru the mall. It took us from 1 - 330 to get to the place where the actual auditions were held. It was a mad house and boring as hell.
Normally, malls have food courts right? Well this one had one, but it only had a Subway and a Panda Express. No kidding that's all folks. So let me see, some old lunchmeat sammie or a sodium filled fat feast. I opted for a diet coke, lol.
Fast forward the 2 hours, and they had you go in lines of 10 people to see the casting crew at tables. People were whooping and hollering and I was getting quite over the whole mess, people were on my last nerve and I had to pee.
I was in the front of our line and I actually knew one of the wranglers at the front of the area. We chatted ti up and she kept telling me to act stupid and be excited and smile.
So our time came up and we ran off to the table. The casting guy, said he would go around the table and we all had 20 seconds to impress and sell ourselves. I was at the end of the table that he pointed to as the start point. YEA FOR ME!
I said what the hell, and spat out my little story, punctuating the useless trivia in my head and love of disco, and being the re-incarnated original Dancin' Queen. All the while looking him straight in the eye, smiling and winking at the end. I guess it must have worked, cause he asked me to stay at the table with two others, and the rest could exit stage right.
Another casting guy came up, and said 5 seconds, go...This guy was cuter and definitely a family member, so I really turned on the flirt and charm. This time the wink was back in my direction from him, and he said that I need to go to the last interview. One of the girls that was in the group in front of me also got to go thru. We both ran off to the last staging area, jumping up and down, thinking we were the shit!
We turn the corner, and this is what we see.
UGH!
Altho, I didn't notice the yummy cutie-patootie in the maroonish-brown shirt and jeans, front and center, thank you very much!
So we wait in this area for another hour, and by then my energy level was sinking again, and I still had to pee! So anyway the last interview, was like the first, 20 seconds - GO! I was like you have got to be freaking kidding me. So I did my same spill and this time it was a lady, and I don't think my charm worked on her like the guys before. Damn breeders! She took our applications and said hopefully we will hear something from them soon. Exit stage left please.
So I finally left and had to listen to Name-Dropper Jr all the way home, I wanted to jab something in my ears to escape the pain of her voice. She didn't make it past the first stage and I felt kinda sorry for her, since she had to wait out in the middle of the mall alone. She of course had 20 questions and was calling her Mom, filling her in as well.
So I think this weekend I am going to work on a 5 minute tape and another application and send it off to Hollywood, just so they can put a cafe with the name, and who know, maybe there will be another family member there that will see the tape and think I am perfect for the show.....you never know.....
~Y~
**QUICK UPDATE**
Heya, everything is wonderful in the land of ~Y~, I have just been busy as hell lately.
I made it thru 3 rounds of interviews for DOND, and they said hopefully I will hear something soon. In plain english I think that translates to "pull this leg and it will play Jingle Bells", but it was fun and a LOOONG, exhausting day. I will post pics and stories that will keep you all riveted to your seats I assume.
It looks as tho Spring has finally sprung here in the Land of Lincoln, but the forecast is for rain thru the end of the week, along with possible snow showers this weekend. Damn it, I knew I shouldn't have planted crap in the backyard yet....oh well.
Hope everyone is happy and healthy, talk to ya'll soon.
~Y~
I made it thru 3 rounds of interviews for DOND, and they said hopefully I will hear something soon. In plain english I think that translates to "pull this leg and it will play Jingle Bells", but it was fun and a LOOONG, exhausting day. I will post pics and stories that will keep you all riveted to your seats I assume.
It looks as tho Spring has finally sprung here in the Land of Lincoln, but the forecast is for rain thru the end of the week, along with possible snow showers this weekend. Damn it, I knew I shouldn't have planted crap in the backyard yet....oh well.
Hope everyone is happy and healthy, talk to ya'll soon.
~Y~
So here's the Deal....
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I have taken the advice and I took this afternoon off and I am going over and try to get thru the "Deal or No Deal" auditions.
I tried 1-800-find-a-friend yesterday, but no luck. They all said that they wante to go, but couldn't get away from work. Damn the luck. I hate going places most of the time by myself, and especially today I wanted someone to go with me to point out freaks and laugh and such. Plus, I saw on the news last nite that people were already camping out in front of the mall for the auditions today at 1 pm. Crazy fools, don't they know I am the one who will be picked.
So anyway, I made the decision to bite the bullet and go alone, when Name-Dropper said her daughter wanted to go. I am not being picky here, and I have met her daughter a couple times and she seems nice enough, so I jumped on the chance.
I am picking up my co-workers daughter at 10 am this morning and we are off to see the Wizard.
Oh and did I mention that they are having the auditions at a MALL!!!!! I gotta wear my shoppin' shoes, heeheehee
Wish me luck, I will need it!
~Y~
I tried 1-800-find-a-friend yesterday, but no luck. They all said that they wante to go, but couldn't get away from work. Damn the luck. I hate going places most of the time by myself, and especially today I wanted someone to go with me to point out freaks and laugh and such. Plus, I saw on the news last nite that people were already camping out in front of the mall for the auditions today at 1 pm. Crazy fools, don't they know I am the one who will be picked.
So anyway, I made the decision to bite the bullet and go alone, when Name-Dropper said her daughter wanted to go. I am not being picky here, and I have met her daughter a couple times and she seems nice enough, so I jumped on the chance.
I am picking up my co-workers daughter at 10 am this morning and we are off to see the Wizard.
Oh and did I mention that they are having the auditions at a MALL!!!!! I gotta wear my shoppin' shoes, heeheehee
Wish me luck, I will need it!
~Y~
Have a great weekend....
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Willow and I plan on having a wonderful, relaxing weekend......
and we hope you are able to do the same!
peace/out
~Y~
MMMMM, MMMMMM Good
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OK gang, it's once again for another favorite recipe. As with all the recipes that I will put on this blog, I personally substitute ground turkey or ground chicken for any beef recipe. It's better for you and I swear you can not tell a difference. I haven't ate hamburger at home for going on 3 or 4 years now, and the last time I had a burger at a restaurant, I thought it was disgusting. But me still loves a nice beef filet or NY strip, mmmmmm I am drooling here, lol.
So without further ado....I present to you....(this recipe makes a HUGE batch, but is totally freezer friendly)
Green Pepper Soup
2 lbs hamburger (I use turkey burger)
1 lg can tomato juice
2 cups green peppers
2 cans diced tomatoes
1 medium onion
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 cups dry rice (I use whole wheat rice, cook it according to directions and add to soup)
red pepper flakes as desired for hotness (small palm-full is just right - soup result is not hot at all)
2 cans beef broth (I use Swanson fat-free reduced sodium chicken stock)
salt/pepper to taste
2-3 cups small chopped cabbage (totally optional)
Brown the meat of choice in skillet and add to a crock-pot along with all ingredients EXCEPT the rice. Depending on the type of rice used, I personally love whole wheat rice, cook according to instructions and add to crock-pot.
Let this soup simmer a couple hours till the ingredients have a chance to come together and fully cook. Serve in a bowl and...Do a little dollop, a little dollop of Daisey....sour cream that is. (Don't know if that is a national brand and commercial???)
Once again I use the lite version. NOT THE FAT FREE VERSION, that crappage is horrible.
There are certain things that you just can not use that are FAT FREE....sour cream, mayo, butter, ice cream.......those things just are not right. I think they were actually a lab experiment that went HORRIBLY wrong.
Some of you may have seen this recipe before on my other blog, but it is so delicious and good for you, I felt I needed to share it again.
peace/out
~Y~
So without further ado....I present to you....(this recipe makes a HUGE batch, but is totally freezer friendly)
Green Pepper Soup
2 lbs hamburger (I use turkey burger)
1 lg can tomato juice
2 cups green peppers
2 cans diced tomatoes
1 medium onion
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 cups dry rice (I use whole wheat rice, cook it according to directions and add to soup)
red pepper flakes as desired for hotness (small palm-full is just right - soup result is not hot at all)
2 cans beef broth (I use Swanson fat-free reduced sodium chicken stock)
salt/pepper to taste
2-3 cups small chopped cabbage (totally optional)
Brown the meat of choice in skillet and add to a crock-pot along with all ingredients EXCEPT the rice. Depending on the type of rice used, I personally love whole wheat rice, cook according to instructions and add to crock-pot.
Let this soup simmer a couple hours till the ingredients have a chance to come together and fully cook. Serve in a bowl and...Do a little dollop, a little dollop of Daisey....sour cream that is. (Don't know if that is a national brand and commercial???)
Once again I use the lite version. NOT THE FAT FREE VERSION, that crappage is horrible.
There are certain things that you just can not use that are FAT FREE....sour cream, mayo, butter, ice cream.......those things just are not right. I think they were actually a lab experiment that went HORRIBLY wrong.
Some of you may have seen this recipe before on my other blog, but it is so delicious and good for you, I felt I needed to share it again.
peace/out
~Y~
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