Misc Chatter

1.  It’s true, the world does look better off than it did a year ago - “safer, friendlier, more hopeful” - but that doesn’t mean a thing if we forget what it took to get here and elect some wishy-washy Democrat who will undo all the progress we have made. Remember that come election day.

2.  An armed security guard shot and killed the shooter at this Colorado church. If only security and, better yet, shoppers had been armed at that Omaha mall or Virgina Tech. I know I am carrying my weapon more often while off-duty these days.  And in case you are wondering, Disney was probably less safe after this.

3.  The Golden Compass isn’t doing well at the box office. Not surprising and, as a Catholic, very satisfying. And we didn’t have to cut off any heads to make em suffer.

4.  Dammit, there goes my next vacation destination.  And I had so looked forward to a rousing game of “Naked Twister.”

5.  Don’t you hate it when Republicans Democrats mix politics and religion?

6.  No link yet, but I just heard Al Gore, in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, compare the “threat” of global warming to Hitler.  I hadn’t realized my driving an SUV was the equivalent of running death camps. Talk about jumping the fricken shark.

7.  I’ve started playing World of Warcraft again. Just a month’s subscription. Like sticking a toe into a lake to see how cold it is. I’m not going to take a plunge just yet, but it’s winter and with these cold short days I have less to do outside.

8. Neil is having The 2007 Blogger Christmahanukwanzaakah Online Holiday Concert. If I had any talent other than being crotchety and, of course, incredibly good in bed, I would participate. Check it out.

9.  We’re slowly getting over the great puppy rip-off, and we are still looking for a Beagle. Unfortunately there aren’t many breeders near here - none really - so we will have to travel an hour or two to see some pups and, more importantly, their parents and the conditions they are bred and raised in. But it’s going to happen soon and we are all very excited.