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.

Pot, Guns, And Mail

 

We live out in the sticks so we have a rural mail carrier.  Rural mail carriers are about the same as the city ones I suppose except they usually don’t dress in official postal uniforms and they don’t drive official postal vehicles.  My carrier drove a old white Chevy Caprice station wagon with a small magnetic flashing white light on top.  She was always a little late and often gave us the wrong mail (and our mail to other people), but was also always very cheerful and friendly.

Now I think I know why and it was because she may have been high.   This past week the locals and the US Postal Inspection Service busted her for allegedly possessing mariunana in her car while working. That’s right, wacky weed, ganja, Mary Jane.  She was also reported to have had a gun in the car, which they say she was legally carrying so no big deal in my opinion, but evidently she can’t have it while working so that got her in trouble, too. 

Yep, no wonder she was so pleasant all the time.  She was high and well-armed.  Allegedly, I repeat.

Anyway, the paper says she’s suspended now and facing federal charges.  I doubt much will happen to her though.  Assuming she is convicted of anything at all, with the sentencing guidelines out the door for the most part, she will probably just get probation.  And considering the power of the postal worker unions, she will probably keep her job as well. 

So, if I had to bet I would bet she will be back delivering our mail in a month or two if not sooner.

I just won’t send my youngest out to get the mail from her anymore.