I will get another song stuck in your head:
Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse
– July 23, 2006Posted in: ramblings
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Homemade Battlemech
– July 22, 2006Posted in: ramblings
The other day I mentioned a homemade battlemech as a testament to freetime. Just to prove my point here is a movie of said battlemech:
Still, this would be an awesome Halloween costume.
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I’ve been thinking…
– July 20, 2006Posted in: ramblings
LeFou: “A dangerous past time.”
I know!
Anyways, this would be great:
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Filler
– June 21, 2006Posted in: ramblings
I thought I would post a quick blurb because looking over the past few entries they all have Ryan as the author. He obviously has more free time than I do. My work actually keeps me busy. Unfortunately I don’t have much of content to add right now, so let me try something a neighbor taught me.
Good job Ryan. Great posts.
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Which Are You?
– April 21, 2006Posted in: ramblings
Are you a Democrat, Republican or Southern Republican?
Here is a little test that will help you decide.
Question: How do you tell the difference between Democrats, Republicans And Southern Republicans?
The answer can be found by posing the following question:
You’re walking down a deserted street with your wife and two small children. Suddenly, an Islamic Terrorist with a huge knife comes around the corner, locks eyes with you, screams obscenities, praises Allah, raises the knife, and charges at you. You are carrying a Glock cal .40, and you are an expert shot. You have mere seconds before he reaches you and your family.
What do you do?
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Democrat’s Answer:
Well, that’s not enough information to answer the question!
Does the man look poor or oppressed?
Have I ever done anything to him that would inspire him to attack?
Could we run away?
What does my wife think?
What about the kids?
Could I possibly swing the gun like a club and knock the knife out of his hand?
What does the law say about this situation?
Does the Glock have appropriate safety built into it?
Why am I carrying a loaded gun anyway, and what kind of message does this send to society and to my children?
Is it possible he’d be happy with just killing me?
Does he definitely want to kill me, or would he be content just to wound me?
If I were to grab his knees and hold on, could my family get away while he was stabbing me?
Should I call 9-1-1?
Why is this street so deserted?
We need to raise taxes, have a paint and weed day and make this happier, healthier street that would discourage such behavior.
This is all so confusing! I need to debate this with some friends for few days and try to come to a consensus.
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Republican’s Answer:
BANG!
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Southern Republican’s Answer:
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
BANG! click…..’sounds of reloading’.
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
BANG! click
Daughter: “Nice grouping, Daddy! Were those the Winchester Silver Tips or Hornady’s?”
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Rainbow’s Terror
– March 22, 2005Posted in: ramblings
Well, we rearranged the tank and did a massive water change about 3 weeks ago, so Rainbow wanted to get his groove on. Unfortunately for him hes in a tank of mostly guys, and the two fish that are girls are not his kind; however, that didnt keep him from trying. He killed Girlie, who was Boss Peacocks honey ‘they had babies and everything’, and just last night he killed Red, who was the one other for sure girl in the tank. Rainbow was then starting to pick on Blue, who is my favorite, and needless to say, Homey dont play that. We fished *har har* Rainbow out and put him in a breeders net, the equivalent of a cold shower. We do have a smaller tank, but its now occupied with Little Bit, Boss Peacock and Girlies kid. Hopefully hell chill out or back to Petsmart he goes. We have yet to keep a fish that we bought at Petsmart. They always get weird as they age. I think its because they arent purebreds.
The moral of the story is, dont buy fish from Petsmart.
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House Bill 3
– March 8, 2005Posted in: ramblings
Ok, it\’s offical, Texans are stupid. ‘ http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/politics/3073413 ‘. Basically, lets cut property taxes because the second strongest housing market in the nation needs help, and add a payroll tax in a state that thrives in its lack of an income tax.
My response:
I am writing today to express my complete disgust with both House Bill 2 and House Bill 3 currently before the legislation supposedly working for me.
Why is it, in this great state, that instead of fixing the problem, more are created? The problem is, of course, education financing, but in reality the problem isnt the actual financing, but administration. Texas spends more per student than almost any state, yet our education system is comparatively pathetic. I graduated from a private high school, that spent about one third, per student, than the state does, and yet the lowest SAT score in the class was still 300 points above state average! Instead of continuing to throw more money at the issue, it is time to hold the superintendents responsible for their spending, and force reforms in the way schools earn and spend money.
Here in Keller, the school district is asking for more money via a bond because they didnt plan to for basic maintenance, but instead built extremely elaborate schools, and spent hundreds of thousands on Astroturf! In a district like Keller, where the teachers have to purchase their own copy paper in order to have hand outs, why is Astroturf even a line item?
These two bills will not fix the problem; in fact they will hurt the Texas economy by hurting small businesses. The housing industry in Texas is very strong right now, a little slower than in recent years, but still extremely strong, leading this constituent to believe there is nothing wrong with property taxes. Leave the taxes alone; do not hurt our economy by imposing a tax that may force layoffs in the small business niche of the state.
Stop applying band-aids to the problem of our educational system, and fix the problem. Hold the superintendents accountable. More money is never the solution to a hemorrhaging of funds, and if the superintendents are not held accountable for this crisis, I personally will hold you, my elected representative, responsible for this situation, and lack of action undertaken to resolve the issue.
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Meet Your New Mommy! *cue scary music*
– January 25, 2005Posted in: ramblings
Things have reached a new low in our house. Last night we watched ‘for a second time’ Trading Spouces: Meet Your New Mommy . The sad part was this one woman, Mia, had Ryan so worked up he had to then go play his war video game to relax. I felt sorry for her kids. I dont think her little girl had ever smiled more than a day all together her whole life, and that might be stretching it. We did get a great idea for a kids party . outside.. trash bags as ponchos jello. WOOHOO! Were defiantly doing that one.
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Update
– January 24, 2005Posted in: ramblings
Happy 2005! We’re almost a month into the New Year and things have been on the busy side. I think as you age things start speeding up, which makes since because you have more time under your belt to compare things to. When youre a kid a week seems like forever because out of the life you’ve lived so far it is, but as you age you find yourself looking at the clock on Friday at 5 thinking, Where did the week go?
What have we been up to? We have a new fish tank, which occupied many weekends, but now that were about stocked to our max that has slowed down. This past weekend we stayed home. Ryan didnt want to ride around and irritate his hip, so I was forced to do some touch up painting around the house. I still have quite a bit to go. My goal is to have it done before company gets into town, but I think I’m the only one that notices there’s even a problem.
The dog and the cat, they’re having to earn the privilege of being called by their names, recently had some fun in the trash. I’d thrown away an old ham, and for the first few days I was concerned about them getting into it, but to my surprise they ignored it, so that of course lead me to let my guard down. Sure enough we came home one night to quite the mess. The fact that there was trash all over the kitchen was the least of our problems. The dog ate so much that he just about popped. He went #1 in two different places ‘thank God it was on the tile’ and #2 on the carpet. He was hiding under the table when we came home. He, unlike the cat who was still gorging herself as we walked into the kitchen, knew he’d been bad. He got to spend quite a bit of time outside ‘being sick’ and in his crate. Unfortunately he didn’t have the sense to not eat what he was unable to keep down. I thought our dog was above doing something that disgusting, but alas, he is a dog. It wasnt until 3 or 4 days later ‘we had to get him to the groomer’ that he was able to venture around the house. I do not think he’ll be doing something like this again, but Im quite sure the cat will. If she licked a pan of bacon grease clean, then a little rotten ham isnt going to stop her. Actually, shes spending her day in the utility room because this morning I thought Id be generous and let her run around while we were getting ready. It dawned on me that she must be up to no good when it had been 5 minutes and she wasnt in the bathroom begging to be fed, something unheard of. Just as I suspected, she was in the sink licking a pan I left to soak overnight. Ah, the joy of animals.
