New Year's Resolutions ; The New Decade

And so a new year has come, and many of you will be making resolutions (if you haven't already) to improve your lives in the coming year(s). I used to do that, way back when. And I can't remember a single, solitary one. It may have been to stop smoking (which I did when I bought my first new car), or something else. And no doubt, whatever they were didn't last very long.

So, some years ago I decided to make only one resolution each new year, and that was -- to only make one resolution each new year. And it's the one resolution I have never broken.

This isn't to say there is nothing in my life I could improve on. I need to drop 20 - 30 pounds. Work as been VERY slow (construction) and I've only been working 15 - 20 hours per week. So I come home early and sit in front of the TV (with cable TV, daytime TV isn't so bad; I've picked out my fave shows) and my daily routine is set.

I don't smoke or drink (well, a few beers here and there, mostly when I eat things like hot wings, pizza, BBQ). I don't run the bars, and I don't do drugs. But I don't exercise like I should to help keep the pounds off, so I guess that is one thing I should resolve to do.

But like smoking or doing drugs, I will make the effort when I'm ready to, and not because I tell myself it's now time.

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One of the things I do on New Year's Day is to go through my check book (yes, I STILL write checks) and write the new year up in the right hand corner where the date goes so I won't write the old one without thinking. And as I was writing "2010" it felt very odd. I can't remember it feeling like that ten years ago when I was writing "2000." Maybe it's because I am ten years older, and I know I don't have as many years ahead of me as I do behind me. (And yes, I have passed the half century mark [and yes, I intend to live to be 100!] )

In other words, as someone somewhere once said (more or less), "I am becoming aware of my mortality." The future is approaching faster and faster, and I realize I won't be seeing as much of it as I did when I was younger.

Happy New Year. And let's all hope it will be a better one that 2009.

The Decade of 2000 - 2009 - Was It THAT Bad?

And so, another year, and another decade comes to an end. It seems just like yesterday that we were worried about the Y2K bug bringing the computer world to its knees.

Was it such a bad decade?

Like all decades, the answer is yes and no. The 60s were turbulent and hectic - President Kennedy was assassinated, as were his brother, Bobby, and Martin Luther King. But twelve American astronauts walked on the moon. There were protesters against the war in Viet Nam, but there were great strides in civil rights and women's rights. Drugs seemed to take over the youth of America, but some great music was created.

So, what about 2000 - 2009? Most people consider the events of 9/11 as the worst tragedy of the decade. But we went to war, twice, and we are still embroiled in a Viet Nam-like scenario -- we got in it but now can't seem to get out of it!

And there were other not-such-good things as well -- Hurricane Katrina, four dollars a gallon gasoline, the space shuttle Columbia disaster, Islamic extremists who don't mind killing innocent women and children, and the worldwide recession we're in right now.

But there were some good things (and this is open to interpretation) -- MP3 players, high definition and flat screen televisions, digital cameras, Google, Yahoo, Wikipedia, MySpace, FaceBook, Twitter, YouTube, GPS, online shopping, and fuel efficient hybrid cars.

And those things that may, or may not, be good or bad -- President Obama, global warming, MP3 players, MySpace, FaceBook, Twitter, YouTube, and online shopping.

Let's just hope that 2010 is a better year than 2009.
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If there was EVER a need for the Death Penalty!

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I read in the newspaper a few days ago about a man who had been raping his seven-year-old stepdaughter for the past four years. Which meant he started when she was three!

I am a stong believer in the death penalty. And if ANYONE should be put to death, this sickening pervert should.

And I don't mean strapping him down and injecting him with chemicals until he falls asleep and then his heart stops. He needs to be strapped into an electric chair and the voltage should be applied in stronger and stronger amounts, insuring that he suffers as much as possible before dying.

But since there are those of you think this is too much suffering for the pervert, then I present an alternative: Give him the option of death, or have his penis amputated and have his testicles removed and then serve the rest of his life in prison with no (and I repeat NO) chance of parole, EVER.

And for those of you who don't believe in the death penalty because it smacks of revenge, well -- SO WHAT?

The reason we put criminals in prison is because we believe they need to be punished for their crimes. If that isn't revenge, then what is it?
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And So --- It Begins

And once again Thanksgiving is being skipped over in favor of the Christmas season. So, too, TOO early we are being innundated by Christmas shopping ads on TV, the radio, magazine and newspapers.

Most of them I can ignore, mute the sound, or change the channel. But the one set of commercials I cannot move fast enough to switch channels are the cloying, nauseating TV ads for the Publix grocery stores. And it's not just Christmas. Every holiday that comes by (Mother's Day for example), they roll out these sweetly sickening commercials.

Which is the main reason I will NEVER shop at Publix.

Enough is enough, but too much is TOO MUCH ! !! !!!

Progressive Insurance Ads

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I don't have much use for most TV ads (who does), but some I just cannot stand and will change the channel. But there is one that I can't hit the remote button fast enough! And it is the Progressive insurance ad with the horrible, disgusting, nauseating, vomit-inducing so-called woman wearing white with bright red lips.

If there ever was a candidate to have to wear a burka, she is it. And if anyone should have had their vocal cords cut at birth it is this female (along with Billy Mayes).

There is only one way I would EVER buy Progressive insurance (even if I could have my car, house and life insured for $1 per year), and that is if someone, on live TV, would smash her face in with a sledge hammer!

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Thanks a LOT Yahoo!

After working on my web site for more than five and a half years, Yahoo has cancelled Geocities. They promised that everything would be moved to their other web hosting sites. But they are business sites. And they said how easy it would be, but since Geocities is no longer availabe, there was NO WAY for me to access my original site to even transfer the info myself.

THANKS A LOT Yahoo ! !! !!!

Kristen Bell

One of my favorite television series was Veronica Mars. Of course, the main reason was its star, Kristen Bell. She is one of the most gorgeous of the young women on TV and in the movies today.

Except when she grins. To me, her mouth is way WAY too wide when she smiles, as the photo below demonstrates--


To me, she is at her most beautiful when she either doesn't smile, or doesn't smile too broadly, as in this photo --













Despite this one little flaw (which definitely IS NOT her figure, which I find particularly sexy and alluring!) Kristen is one of my favorites.