Random Ramblings

We had our fantasy football draft last night here at the station and while I am confident I am going to the ship.  (championship)  I also learned something about some of my co-workers.  I hate them.  You see it turns out I can handle listening to there mindless drivel when I am paid to, but that’s about it.   And if you add lack of sleep into the equation, idle threats of plucking out eyeballs and cutting off ears with rusty spoons, just about become reality.

P.S.  the above blog is purely for entertainment purposes.. the writer has no intention of harming his co-workers.. even though Jay Dean is obnoxious and annoying… just kidding, love ya Jay… but not the way you love me.

So every now and then I have one of my minions pick breakfast up for me..  Today, I chose Rusty the Redheaded Leprechaun for this task.  He diligently and dutifully completed this errand by appearing at my office door with a Taco Johns breakfast burrito and cinna sopilla bites.  Now this is only the second time I have had Taco Johns for breakfast and am still a little leary that the first bite will clog my arteries instantly.  Fighting through the feeling of impending doom.. I went ahead and ate the burrito..not bad.. not bad at all, though I don’t think I could make a steady diet out of them.  The real reason for this entry though is the Cinna Sopilla bites.. incredible.    Very tasty, light, and a little flaky, loved them.  In fact I may marry them.  Much better than the churro.  Though the churro has it’s place too.

The final thing I wanted to touch on is the instructions on the orange juice.  I know what your thinking.. you wouldn’t think you would need instructions, but apparently you do.  It advises.. no, requests..  that you “please use straw hole”.   Maybe I should pick my battles better.. but I was thinking “who are they to tell me how to drink my breakfast beverage!”  So I stabbed the carton with fork and squeezed until the tasty nectar of oranges flowed into my mouth from four tiny holes.   Just my little way of “sticking it to the man”.

Alright… let’s call a spade a spade.  Aren’t these really just pep rally’s?   “We are better than you”..  “We are going to beat you”…etc.   All that’s missing is the marching band and an elephant or donkey in flaming effigy… wait  they have those too.  It seems to me that we are anything but  “the United States of America”… unfortunately .. we are far from United.   This is coming from one of the most patriotic people I know.. me.

Can someone explain to me why anyone would build a new bank.. and put a big obnoxious bright orange buffalo in front?  The beautiful brick building just to the east of Menards has been accentuated by.. a Buffalo?  I don’t get it.  Is there some connection to that particular bank and large shaggy beasts?  Since I am on the subject…  have I ever mentioned how much I hate the gorilla in front of the vacuum shop on 6th avenue?  Blechh!

Have you ever wondered why a business that is open 24 hours a day 7days a week 365 days a year needs a lock on the door? Or why (as I recently heard) sheep don’t shrink in the rain?

I know it has been a few days since this subject was hot… but… man I cannot tell you how disappointed I was that the “body” ended up being a hoax. For those of you that have not heard.. some clown down south claimed to have a bigfoot corpse in his freezer! PROOF! at last.. that he exists! Ahhhh no… rubber suit frozen in ice. Did they really think that scientists etc.. were going to want to examine it and they would be found out? Hillbillys. What do you think? Bigfoot. Real or not?

Well the wheels portion of wheels and wings weekend was pretty impressive..as was the the Air show comprising the wings part.  But man… was downtown full.  There are some 25,000 people in Aberdeen and I swear 20,000 of them were strolling the streets Saturday night.   It made for GREAT people watching…which we have established is one of my favorite past times.  Some really cool cars too of course..  one of my favorites wasn’t a car at all.. but the tractor that had a coffin as an engine compartment..  the gentleman behind the wheel was dressed as an undertaker.. kinda loved it.  The new Challenger.. also pretty bad ass.  Can I say “ass” in a blog?  Oops too late.  Oh yeah… why would anyone put some of those cars in it.. a Neon?  Really?

What started with a mild curiousity, has grown into a torrid affair.  Yep, I am talking about facebook.  At first I felt too old..  but now have found old friends and classmates… plus all of the fun and funny things you can do!!  I am like a kid in a candy store with it..

Call me crazy…  but I am ready for fall.  Maybe it’s the ADD in me, not allowing me to enjoying anything for too long a period of time…haha.  Or maybe it’s just that it is my favorite time of year.  Footballs are flying and so are the Ducks and Geese.  Temps are just about perfect and bugs start to die off, leaves are changing etc..  you know what I am talking about.. you’ve seen it.  duh.  haha.

We are once again approaching the season when we are overwhelmed with political ads and campaigning.  I for one hope that we can keep it clean.  By that, I mean that I hate it when parties or candidates resort to mudslinging and negative ad campaigns.  Tell me what you WILL do, not what your competitor HASN’T or WON’T do!  Now I realize (and many don’t) that many of the negative ads are from national sources.. you can tell because they are the ones that don’t have the candidate saying ..”i approve this ad”.   It’s a long political season, can’t we do with out the mudslinging?  That goes for the people holding signs and yelling back and forth at each other on 6th avenue in Aberdeen too.  I am sure with another abortion ban on the ballot we will see that again.. but I dread it.  Abortion is a very personal issue.. and regardless of how you stand on the issue, I don’t see the benefit of fighting it out in the street.  The last time, they actually approached my pickup… and when I wouldn’t roll my window down to listen to them, they started berating me and even swore a couple of times.  My three year old son was with me.  I was not impressed.  Granted, the two that did that were very immature, probably 15 years old..  but wow.  I was furious.

Debates definitely have their place in the political process, but can’t we try and keep it positive?  At least the campaigning.  Just my two cents.