Joy...

Comes to me in different ways/waves....

This particular incident happened in of all places, a restaurant, and, it was due to Erin's children - and just the feeling of becoming a 'family' part of something bigger than myself - all over again.

We were sitting in the restaurant Friday night - waiting to order food. J~, Erin's son mentioned that he needed some 'boy time' - time away from girls because for the past two weeks he had been surrounded by 'girls' - he began ticking off the 'culprits' - his mom, his sister K~. I chimed in, adding my self and he said no. I chuckled and said something to the affect of 'not being a girl eh?' To which he responded, 'Yeah, but you're fun!' His sister then agreed 'You ARE fun...'

With nearly tears in my eyes, I told them both that that was probably the nicest thing anyone has ever told me - and it was. What a high compliment. I was thrilled to hear that the kids who are now fully entrenched in my life, and I in theirs...find me to be 'fun' - I am sure my own children didn't think I was all that much fun back in the day (LOL probably still don't) - and perhaps this will change with Erin's children as my role changes, as the kids get older...but for now, knowing I am 'OK' to hang out with brings me a great amount of joy...

And now...

...for something completely different - I can't believe I even found this - this has to be my all-time fav cartoon....check it out...and SMILE!

The Website Is Down

The Website Is Down

Via C2 (*evil as ever*)

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of....

(miserableness?) So what is it - do you feel our forefathers (no foremothers (and BTW, as I type the word foremothers I am being shown that it is mis-spelled, meanwhile forefathers isn't - go figure) - apparently had a say...except perhaps in that way reserved for women back in those days....negligible I am guessing) MEANT for us to be in the mess we are in now? With people barely scraping by, homelessness, unemployment, and foreclosures rising? Now is the summer of our discontent - what ever shall we do about this?

"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world."

Alt Text: Killjoy Cooking With the Dungeons & Dragons Crowd

Alt Text: Killjoy Cooking With the Dungeons & Dragons Crowd

Again posted by my wonderful husband - again hysterical....

A conversation....

(..that actually took place - recorded for posterity apparently...)

I am home sick today with Anthrax Mu (gotta love Mr. Anton Wilson - may he rest in peace)...

Anyhow I was up half the night - I have (in my humble opinion and well since I happen to live in my own body more than 70% of the time I am thinking my opinion about said body's state is dead on...) bronchitis...

My chest is tight (no comments from the peanuts in the gallery), I can't really breathe and when I do I am wheezing - I have a cough that is unproductive and I am stuffed up and miserable - I feel in essence like I am dying...

So I took off work and I called my doctor's office. I did not get through to my doctor's office - instead I got put through to 'Nurse on call'...so I begin the conversation:

'Hi, my name is C...' (I regurgitate my symptoms - since I used to work in health care I know how to describe what's wrong - I then ask to be seen)

The NOC: 'Well the phone systems here are not working and that is why you got me - several doctors are on vacation so I don't know if you can be seen - however they may call something in for you - let ask you several questions....

'Are you having problems breathing?'
(duh - to which I responded yes and I told her that I had just told her I was wheezing)

'Is your tongue swollen?'
(um...if my tongue were swollen COULD I indeed have an understandable conversation?)

'Do you have a rash?'
(did I say I had a fucking rash?)

She begins giving me nursely advice - and tells me that perhaps a doctor will see me, perhaps not, and perhaps they will call something in for me - or not...

WHAT.THE.FUCK.

Look I know I am grumpy and bitchy (OK so moreso when I am sick) - but I also know I am smarter than the average bear...I know how to tick off my symptoms to both a doctor AND a nurse on call....do you think they just have a set of inane questions they ask so they can stall for time.

(Hello nurse, I am bleeding very badly from a wound what should I do? Well...is your tongue swollen?)

Fucktards...

So...needless to say I just ran out in the pouring rain to get that Mucinex-it-tastes-like-shit-so-you-won't-question-it's-effectiveness medicine as directed. And of course as Murhpy's law predicts, as I walk in the door from being out in the flood, I get a phone call saying the substitute doctor has called in antibiotics for me because they are worried this could turn into pneumonia - great - and I feel so much like shite that I don't have the strength to go back out...

That 'Calgon take me away' crap should have been Valium take me away (perhaps it was and they just couldn't advertise it...)...

Geez....

Alt Text: Secrets of the 7 Basic Blog Posts

Alt Text: Secrets of the 7 Basic Blog Posts

This guy's satire is great. Lifted from my brilliant husband's journal who posted it 'for his dearest wife'...nice...

^_^

And yes, thank Goddess Anais was not a blogger!

Police say teens beat homeless Ohio man to death - Yahoo! News

Police say teens beat homeless Ohio man to death

Yep...you guessed it - it happened right here in Cleveland. Mother Fuckers...

I have SO got to move out of this place...I really do.

Just an FYI

(To no one in particular...per se...)

Civil Anti-stalking order: In Ohio, "menacing by stalking" is illegal. It is defined as a sustained pattern of knowingly causing mental distress to another person or threatening them with violence. If an order of this type is violated the result can be a contempt of court action resulting in fines and/or jail time.

ABC News: Amish Teens Struggle With Temptation

ABC News: Amish Teens Struggle With Temptation

There is a very special reason why I am posting this story. According to my love one of the reasons I 'caught his eye' when we met was because of a discussion we participated in about the Amish and their lifestyle...

Today is the anniversary of that day 2 years ago when I was brave enough to give Erin my phone number (and believe me, I never thought he'd call me - imagine my surprise and joy when he did call).

I am so happy today that he made that phone call 2 years ago.

Happy Anniversary My Love.

George Carlin Dead at Age 71 - MSN TV News

George Carlin Dead at Age 71 - MSN TV News

(*sighs*)

What a loss....how sad. You will be missed Mr. Carlin - thanks for all the side-splitting laughs over the years. I can remember being about 12 and 'secretly' hearing your record while the adults listened in the next room. Your comedy was always dead on and your social commentary brilliant - rest in piece sir.