Seems the chief over at the normal Feast location has gotten a bug and the health inspectors have shut it down until its cleaned up (in otherwords, a nasty puter virus!)
TexasTanya has stepped up and opened her kitchen for us to feast in, so please stop by her place and thank her!
Appetizer When was the last time you had some bar-b-que?
Wow … let’s see, real BBQ? Well that was when we lived in Texas, but around these parts, Country’s BBQ is my favorite place. I’d say about three weeks ago. Ribs to be exact.
Soup How many pairs of cowboy boots do you own?
None. I haven’t had a pair since I left home. Wow that was ages ago!! I didn’t even buy me a pair when we lived in Texas.
Salad Finish this sentence: Mommas, don’t let your babies …
… grow up to be wimps.
Main Course Name a song that makes you think of Texas.
It would have to be “All My Ex’s Live in Texas”. We lived in Killeen while stationed at Fort Hood. I worked in Temple, Texas - one of the towns mentioned in the song.
The first thing this morning my brain was able to assimilate is the Obamamessiah wondering why every where he goes in Afghanistan and Iraq he sees Fox News on the TVs.
Questions were asked about who decides the choice, the Commanding Officer? (ie: translated to GW Bush), because evidently one of the air-heads from an MSM network asked Obamamessiah what cable channel he was going to chose when he became president.
I turned the air blue and stepped into the living to continue with my tirade to hubby.
He just laughed.
The soldiers control the television viewing. He relayed going in to a small FOB in Afghanistan and while in the mess hall, the TV was on some wrestling show. A small unit of soldiers came in out of the badlands and ask if any one minded if they turn the channel, and when no one did, it was flipped to Fox News. They then proceeded to get their chow.
I listened to Rush lose his cool the other day to the point he bleeped himself over Obama’s arrogance. I have never heard that in the years I’ve listened to him - and I go back to his TV days.
Barack Hussein Obama is an arrogant ass and the people that follow and swoon over him like lemmies are arrogant asses too.
I see the anti-christ in his face, under the fake halos the MSM keeps putting around him.
And to take a phrase from the loons on the left, if BHO is elected, it will be a coronation … and our lives as we know them will forever be changed — and not for the good.
Wonder if Australia needs a retired military sergeant and an insurance agent?
So c.a. marks went and asked a bunch of questions on her blog, and good ones ta boot! So, I’m going to answer them here.
1. What is the first thing you look at, or for, when you land on a brand new blog? Brand new meaning you just discovered it, have never visited it before, and whatnot.
The date of the last post on the front page. If its over a week old, I look to see what it says. Could be an “I’m on vacation” post. If not, I go away. I use Blog-Explosion a lot and even though I have to stay there 30 seconds, if the first post is interesting and timely, I may stay. I then look at the side bar.
2. If you use Google Reader, what RSS link do you share with others the most?
A lot depends on my mood. If I’ve been digging a lot of Doctor Who, any links on the show may get shared. If I’m worried about the economy, you’ll get those type links.
3. If you could have anyone in the world do a guest post on your blog, who would it be?
Well since this is c.a. marks’ survey, wouldn’t it be odd if I said someone else? Actually, I think that would be a hoot. Of course I wish Tre would post more, but with two youngin’s, I can understand. But Sean would be fun too. He’s got great info working for Mashable and all.
4. Do you even still have, or keep, a blogroll?
Somewhere on the sidebar and no, I don’t use it since finding Google Reader and RSS feeds!
5. What is the last website you linked to in one of your blog posts?
Not a clue!
6. If you could rename your blog, what would the new title be?
If I told you that, someone might register it. But its something I have not thought about. I guess I wouldn’t.
7. Do you ever find yourself becoming extremely weepy during the day and for no apparent reason?
Nope.
8. Are you sick and tired of all the Obama/McCain political crap yet?
You ain’t lying there! I just about throw up everytime Obamamessiah’s name is mention and this Rock Concert tour of the Middle East is the topper. Pride Goeth before a Fall - and that man is nothing but full of pride.
9. If you could blog about a topic for 24-hours straight, what would it be?
You have GOT to be kidding me?
10. If we could smell your blog, what would it smell like?
Words – so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become, in the hands of one who knows how to combine them! ~Nathaniel Hawthorne
If someone calls you a bitch - does that make you one?
No.
If someone calls you a bitch - does it hurt you?
Only if you let it.
Words have power only given to them by the user and receiver. The power the user has is only balanced by its effect on the receiver.
If someone calls me a bitch - I laugh. The user’s power is erased by my laughter.
Power -
What words do you give power to by your reactions?
nig·ger /ˈnɪgər/ [nig-er]Pronunciation Key —Usage note The term nigger is now probably the most offensive word in English. Its degree of offensiveness has increased markedly in recent years, although it has been used in a derogatory manner since at least the Revolutionary War. Definitions 1a, 1b, and 2 represent meanings that are deeply disparaging and are used when the speaker deliberately wishes to cause great offense. Definition 1a, however, is sometimes used among African-Americans in a neutral or familiar way. Definition 3 is not normally considered disparaging—as in “The Irish are the niggers of Europe” from Roddy Doyle’s The Commitments—but the other uses are considered contemptuous and hostile. –noun
1. Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.
a. a black person.
b. a member of any dark-skinned people.
2. Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a person of any race or origin regarded as contemptible, inferior, ignorant, etc.
3. a victim of prejudice similar to that suffered by blacks; a person who is economically, politically, or socially disenfranchised.
Fingersticks are the worst part of diabetes management, in my opinion. Others have different dislikes, but mine is this. Sure, I am a Type 2 and do not test as often as Type 1’s, but still — YUCK! The worst is when the nurse does it. Good lord lady, are you trying to bleed me dry? My Freestyle Flash takes very little blood for a reading, but the cheap ass meters the doctor’s office uses take a good pint (snort). Okay, I’m kidding on the pint part, but it sure feels that way when I’m used to using less.
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My grandmother would take lipstick and write SMILE on the bottom of all the mirrors in the house. I was thinking about her this week because it seemed a lot of folks around me were down in the mouth, ie: sad faced. How does the song go, smile though your heart is breaking … sometimes a smile can change your mood - try it.
Had some changes go on at work this week, which is mainly why I had a smile on my face and some people didn’t. I’m a loner, not attached to a team, at work. I do for all, but belong to none. Hate it really, as I’ve grown up in a team work environment. Its been an adjustment, but one I realized later on was the best knowledge wise. We had a young gal leave Friday. She could not adjust to the work we do and had issues with a couple co-workers. I could say it was because she was young, but actually there are people that have gone running and screaming from our office, not lasting a day. She lasted a few good months. Now that left her team one short than they are used to. But because of economics, they are not going to replace her. I am going to step up and be their part-time person. I’m thrilled because it will expand my knowledge base and the team-leader is someone I’d walk over broken glass for. So I’ve been smiling since I found out and people thought I was just up to something!
What makes this women think she can go out there with her no-substance husband and make awful statements about the country she was privileged to be born in and people not be offended?
Let me tell you something missy - you offend me to no end.
People are all up in arms about a cartoon — and its not the radical muslims this time … its the democrats! Rush nails it (member access):
RUSH: The Obama campaign, they continue to be in a tizzy over this New Yorker cartoon. Let me ask you a question. Obama and his team are upset over a cartoon on the cover of The New Yorker, a leftist publication, that makes him look like a Muslim, that makes his wife look like a terrorist Muslim, that has the American flag burning in the fireplace, under the portrait of Osama Bin Laden in the Oval Office. The Obama campaign and The Messiah himself were said to be very, very upset over this. Let me ask you a question. Who is it that gets upset over cartoons? Muslims. (Gasping) Dawn’s in there saying, “He didn’t say that.” Yes, I did, I’ll say it again. (laughing) I just love tweaking these people. Who is it that gets upset over stupid cartoons? Muslims, intolerant Muslims.
I howled with laughter when he said this, because (sigh) again he’s right.
We have a desktop with Vista and a laptop with XP. Saturday morning, the desktop was working fine but the laptop wouldn’t connect to the internet. It found my wireless network, connected, everything looked great - but no internet.
Oh, (*^)%, I thought….Windows installed an update yesterday.
I fussed and fought with the thing all morning. Checked the status of my ZoneAlarm firewall, Internet Explorer, etc. Tried Firefox, no luck. Restarted. Did a repair on the wireless connection. Nothing worked. I was tempted to restart my router, but the desktop was working fine.
Finally, convinced it was that Windows update, I did a System Restore. First one didn’t work…must not have gone back far enough. So I went back a few more days - bingo! Everything is working again.
Then, a box pops up….informing me of a critical ZoneAlarm update needed to counteract a Windows update that “could cause loss of internet access for users running Windows XP”. In other words, everything would have worked if I’d just shut down ZoneAlarm.
The prospect of protesters linking themselves with devices that bolt cutters can’t sever or throwing buckets of feces on police has Denver considering putting a new law on the books before the Democratic National Convention.
Demonstrators would be banned from having items such as chains, quick-setting cement, homemade locking devices that are resistant to bolt cutters and “any noxious substance,” City Council members said Monday.
Fingersticks are the worst part of diabetes management, in my opinion. Others have different dislikes, but mine is this. Sure, I am a Type 2 and do not test as often as Type 1’s, but still — YUCK! The worst is when the nurse does it. Good lord lady, are you trying to bleed me dry? My Freestyle Flash takes very little blood for a reading, but the cheap ass meters the doctor’s office uses take a good pint (snort). Okay, I’m kidding on the pint part, but it sure feels that way when I’m used to using less.
