Monday, January 05, 2009

evening

And you thought *your* kid’s temper tantrums were bad…

Irate 4-year-old shoots babysitter
Jan 05, 2009
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

JACKSON, Ohio–Police say an angry 4-year-old Ohio boy grabbed a gun from a closet and shot his babysitter.

Eighteen-year-old Nathan Beavers was taken to hospital with minor wounds to his arm and side after the shotgun attack.

Police said another teen was also injured.

Witnesses told police the child was angry because Beavers accidentally stepped on his foot.

Beavers was watching the child at a trailer in Jackson on Sunday with several other teenagers and several other children.

Jackson County Sheriff John Shashteen says authorities are investigating.

The child has not been charged.

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Geez, and the babysitter accidentally stepped on his foot.  Man, pre-schoolers today, they’re like dangerous felons.  Sheesh.

the wee hours

Happy Birthday, Leigh-Ann!

Hey, you can celebrate this special birthday by making lists or whatever people do at 43 Things.  Or, you could do it on your blog, or a piece of paper, or you could write the list on your arm.  Bah, too much trouble, let’s go out to lunch, but drive very very slowly until we can get the broken window on the Aztek fixed.  People’s Mazda of Centennial Hills promised that they would “prop it up” and to “not worry about it”, until I went to pick the car up and it was suddenly, “You bought the car ‘as-is” and we couldn’t prop it up because it might fall down and break and then we’d be responsible.” Yeah, yeah, it just proves that almost every single car that you buy, someone at the dealership makes it a bad experience for you.  If it’s not the salesman, it’s the finance person.  If it’s not the finance person, it’s the service people.  Promises, promises, effin’ promises.  I will never get another car from People’s Mazda in Centennial Hills and the only reason I bought this one is because it was the only dealer in town who had a used Aztek.  Heck, even the friends of people who work there can’t keep their promises.  Some guy who used to work at the dealership was supposed to fix the window.  He was really nice during our initial phone call...and then, nothing.  I couldn’t even get him to call back.  Apparently, he was just swimming in money and didn’t need what would seem to be an easy job for him.  So, let me count how many people promised they’d help - the original salesman, the junior salesdude who can’t manage to send the paperwork, the sales manager, a guy in the service department, and the guy who used to work at the dealer.  Five guys - the window is still stuck DOWN.  So now, the two lesbians are going to have to take it into their own hands and fix it themselves.  Oh...joy.  By the way, have you ever driven or ridden in a car with your hood up?  Try it, just for kicks.

Anyway, Saturday night, trying to spend our Kohl’s cash (the last night possible), was an adventure in, uh, wind chill.  We learn all about wind chill factors by checking the temperature on the dash and matching it up with our ears freezing off the sides of our heads.  But, oh, when we stopped at a light, that heater worked wonderfully.

Gee, not only could they not prop the window up for me, they can’t even seem to remember to get the paperwork to me as proof that I bought the car.  They can’t possibly be so damned busy that putting the paperwork in the mail is so difficult to remember.  Oops, this was supposed to be about Leigh-Ann’s birthday.  Well, it hasn’t really started yet, so I can yammer about the car.  I’ll make it up to her later on today.

Saturday, January 03, 2009

early afternoon

Happy New Year!!!

I have a whole boatload of resolutions to write out, but the main one is...please, let me make 2009 way better than 2008, or 2007.  Well, or even the end of 2005 (the end of September onward, to be herniatingly specific) thru 2006.

While I’m making up my list, Leigh-Ann got an awesomely funny book as a Xmas present (The Joys of Engrish), and since you might not have the book (yet), go to the Engrish website and I promise you will laugh out loud numerous times as you scroll through the poorly translated signs in Japan, China, Korea, et al.  If you live alone, you will want to share the laughs with your pets.  If you live with other people, you will constantly be either reading the signs to them or telling them to come and look at your monitor.  You will be telling them that so often, they will tell you to stop it and they will go to the site on their own.  In the future, you will be buying the book for others.

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

the wee hours

Merry Catsmas Eve & Catsmas

For now, TJ would like to dance with you.  When the holiday is done, I’d like to have a little word with Melissa Etheridge’s wife about “Yamaka(s)” and Rick Warren.  I want to wish you and yours a continued Happy Hanukkah, a Merry Christmas Eve, and a Merry Christmas.  Stay tuned for some serious ranting in a few days.  Right now, let’s party!

Monday, December 22, 2008

early afternoon

Happy 2nd Night of Hanukkah

Hey, my calendar was wrong, what can I say.  Hrumph, Gentile calendars!