Obama Chia Project, Day 2

No progress with the sprouting. Still looking the same. The water soaking through is giving Obamalamadingdong a nice cocoa butter shine though.

Obama Chia Project, Day 1

Day one of the Obama Chia Pet project.

Let's see if I can grow a better Obamanation Chia than Marty.

Hail to the Ch-Ch-Ch-Chief!!

Dear Joe Wilson

Your robo-dialer telemarketing has cost you my vote.

I don't care what the law says, your constant harassment is telemarketing. I do not vote for people who harass by telemarketing.

Just an FYI.

For the record

Kershaw County litter control is likely the largest group of lazy incompetent buffoons on the planet.

They refuse to collect dumped trash.

They refuse to prosecute people caught in the act.

They do not return calls.

They do not do anything but suck up tax dollars with no benefit to the public.

Director Spivey and Administrator Young, I'm talking about you.

If you doubt me, prove that they are not. They refuse to do their job.

Just my luck

Looks like we are keeping the cat.

I've named it Speedbump.

What's wrong with people?

I think everyone here knows that I live out in the middle of not much. My road is divided by a county line, so neither Richland nor Kershaw Sheriff Dept. patrols very regularly. This leads to a lot of speeders and litterbugs. I pick up an average of a grocery bag full of trash every day on my two mile round trip walk up and down the Richland county side.

Today, on the way back from the doctor's office I saw a large blue plastic bag in the road, so I slowed down and snagged it to save some time this evening during the walk. I have the doors off the Jeep, so it was easy to pick it up without getting out. I noticed it was heavier than I expected, but not very heavy. I figured something was in it, so I was glad that I didn't hit it at 55 miles per hour and possibly put a hole in a tire. I got home, got the kid out of the car seat, gathered up the mail in the diaper bag, slung the bag over my shoulder and snagged the kid with the other arm. As a second thought, I grabbed the trash bag with a few remaining fingers and marched off to the house. Got on the porch, set the kid down and unlocked the door, sat the diaper bag on the counter and scooted the kid inside.

Then the trash bag went "meow."

What in the name of God is wrong with some people?

Now I think it's also well known that I don't like cats (or kittens in this case) but I also don't just tie them up in a plastic bag and toss them out a car window for them to get run over.

It's called a soul. Maybe that person should look into getting one.

I've been gone a while

For no apparent reason, I've been busily doing nothing really productive. Good news is my garden is growing like it has been watered with methamphetamines and all my cars are running pretty good.

I've made a little progress on the 59 Rustbucket Plymouth in the shop. I also cleaned that dump up and got an alignment machine from a buddy of mine. If I could get rid of some 1980 and older Dodge truck parts that are in my way I'd be set.

Widdle Gurl is doing great. She's crazy about bubbles and painting now. She'll blow bubbles in the yard for hours and hours. Of course, she does not notice that it's 98 degrees and I'm sweating like Obama on a lie detector. She is doing well in her speech therapy sessions too.

I would like any input on how we can pay off our mortgage faster without robbing a bank. We've already cut our expenses to the core (no sattelite, best deal possible on phones and interweb, cut the power usage for a lower bill, best insurance deals available, etc.) but we can't seem to come up with enough to make a few extra payments per year. Right now we can only get one or two extra per year at best.