I Got Nothing...

I did a Yahoo Search for "Autumn" and I ran across this image, I thought it was interesting, other than that, I got nothing.
Peace.

Just when you think life sucks enough... it sucks some more.

I’m 42 years old and I’ve had my family around me my whole life, I have three brothers and a sister. My brother Gary just called me (he’s the one just younger than me) and said that he’s moving to Florida (1,588 miles away) with his wife Jennifer and two sons, Daniel and Charles. They’ll be gone by the end of November. His first son, Joseph lives with his ex-wife and he doesn’t know how to tell him, Joseph is 15, the same age as my daughter. I didn’t think that I had any heart left to break… I was wrong. I can't tell you how bad this sucks.

A Friend of mine (S.W.) sent this to me in an e-mail, I thought like most of the e-mails I receive of this caliber that it's probably not all true, if any. So I looked it up and Damned if it's not true, or at least most of it from what I can tell. If you would like to read more about it go to:
http://www.cnn.com/US/9907/27/tough.sheriff/

(Blogger sucking the way it does sometimes would not let me post a Link or the Image the way I wanted to)

TO THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH JOE ARPAIO HE IS THE MARICOPA ARIZONA COUNTY SHERIFF AND HE KEEPS GETTING ELECTED OVER AND OVER.

THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY:

Sheriff Joe Arpaio (in Arizona) who created the "tent city jail": He has jail meals down to 40 cents a serving and charges the inmates for them. He stopped smoking and porno magazines in the jails. Took away their weights. Cut off all but "G" movies. He started chain gangs so the inmates could do free work on county and city projects. Then he started chain gangs for women so he wouldn't get sued for discrimination. He took away cable TV until he found out there was a federal court order that required cable TV for jails. So he hooked up the cable TV again only let in the Disney channel and the weather channel. When asked why the weather channel he replied, so they will know how hot it's gonna be while they are working on my chain gangs. He cut off coffee since it has zero nutritional value. When the inmates complained, he told them, "This isn't the Ritz/Carlton. If you don't like it, don't come back." He bought Newt Gingrich' lecture series on videotape that he pipes into the jails. When asked by a reporter if he had any lecture series by a Democrat, he replied that a democratic lecture series might explain why a lot of the inmates were in his jails in the first place. More on the Arizona Sheriff: With temperatures being even hotter than usual in Phoenix (116 degrees just set a new record), the Associated Press reports: About 2,000 inmates living in a barbed-wire-surrounded tent encampment at the Maricopa County Jail have been given permission to strip down to their government-issued pink boxer shorts. On Wednesday, hundreds of men wearing boxers were either curled up on their bunk beds or chatted in the tents, which reached 138 degrees inside the week before. Many were also swathed in wet, pink towels as sweat collected on their chests and dripped down to their pink socks. "It feels like we are in a furnace," said James Zanzot, an inmate who has lived in the! tents for 1 year . "It's inhumane." Joe Arpaio, the tough-guy sheriff who created the tent city and long ago started making his prisoners wear pink, and eat bologna sandwiches, is not one bit sympathetic He said Wednesday that he told all of the inmates: "It's 120 degrees in Iraq and our soldiers are living in tents too, and they have to wear full battle gear, but they didn't commit any crimes, so shut your damned mouths!" Way to go, Sheriff! Maybe if all prisons were like this one there would be a lot less crime and/or repeat offenders. Criminals should be punished for their crimes - not live in luxury until it's time for their parole, only to go out and commit another crime so they can get back in to live on taxpayers money and enjoy things taxpayers can't afford to have for themselves.

I got this Meme from Xmichra, seems like I get a lot of things from her, anyway she made it up and I thought what the heck, I got nothing better to do today.

1. You get to live a life of a character in any book. Who’s life would you live?? -- I would be “Hawkeye” The Long Carbine, adopted son of Chingachgook, brother to Uncas in James Fenimore Cooper’s “Last Of The Mohicans”

2. I am taking you out to dinner. My treat, and the sky is the limit. What do you order, and where do we go? -- You’d stop by and pick me up on the way to Georgia, we’d pick up Frank and his wife and we’d go to his favorite BBQ place and have Ribs and Iced Tea, with chocolate pie for dessert.

3. You have to irradiate a color, a number, a letter and a vegetable from this planet. What would they be, and why?? -- First off I had to look up the word “irradiate” and it made no sense to me so I’m going with “eradicate”. -- I’d get rid of the color “grey”, the number “28”, “turnips”, and the letter “K”. Because all colors are beautiful but I guess “grey” would be the only one I could picture doing without. The number "28” because I forgot my 28th birthday and went two years thinking I was “27”, turnips just suck and we could always use the letter, “C” in place of “K”.

4. You get to have a whole day to yourself, and spend as much money as you want. What would you do? -- Since I was going to be by myself I would visit John Wayne’s gravesite.

5. You are another race. What did you choose and why? -- I would be Maori and I would live in New Zealand, because of what very little I know of their culture they believe in respect and treating each other accordingly.

6. You get to decide the religion of the world.. everyone will follow it. What would it be? -- Christianity (that was pretty simple) but I do believe if everyone believed the same it would cause problems some how.

7. I give you a pencil, paper and wave some creative faerie dust on you, what do you make? -- A picture of my mom and dad, and I don’t need the dust, I could do it on my own.

8. If you could go back in your life, what would you change?? (and none of that cop out “I wouldn’t change a thing” crap either.) -- I’d work my ass off to make a better life for my mom and dad, theirs was too short and full of hardships.

9. Your life is falling apart. Seriously falling to pieces… no dramatics. You are losing your job, your house, your spouse, everything is on the verge of crashing. What would you do? Save it, or leave it? -- Been there and I pulled up my pants and saved it, my life that is, the spouse was a wash, but I learned to get by! I may be looking at losing everything again anyway, we’ll see what happens.

10. Just for fun, you get to ask any question to me. And I will try my best to answer. What will you ask? -- Where do you go inside your head to get away?

This meme made me sad. It was all I could do to keep from crying.

I’ve been waiting on Social Security Disability for 10 months now. I know a lot of people wait longer but I’m all out of resources. I’ve spent all of my savings, my 2005 income tax return, my 401K from my previous job, money that my friend gave me, I’ve about Bankrupted my sister, I’ve even borrowed money that I have no way of making payments on unless my disability comes though this month. I was denied the first time that I filed and when I appealed that decision they said I should know something in about 60 days, well 60 days has come and gone. I’m hoping that something will happen by November 1st because that’s when I’ll be 5 months delinquent on my house payments and the mortgage company will start foreclosure. They suggested that maybe I sell my house before I lose it. Pretty sweet idea, I’ve been paying on it for 15 years and I’ve been through some pretty rough times and have just barely squeaked by several times and now I may have to just be wheeled out and toss the key into the water bucket. I don’t want to be on disability but I have no other choice, I can barely stand up long enough to take a piss. If it were up to me I’d have a job, I’ve worked my whole life, that’s just the way I was raised. I worked as long as i could and then some. A man works and that’s just that. But now when I need a hand the Government is taking a crap on me. The thing that really makes me mad is all of the people that get it when they have the ability to actually be working. My older brother gets it (he’s 52) and he really deserves it if anyone does, he has had a couple of heart attacks and he has a defibulater (sp?) installed in his chest and he is on dialysis 3 times a week and he still gets around better than I do and helps me out whenever he can. Another thing is that if I get denied a second time and I have a Lawyer handle it everyone says I’d surly get it then but the Lawyer will take a LARGE chunck of the back pay. Just because I get a lawyer does that finally make me more disabled and more deserving than I already am? I haven’t done anything wrong and I’ve played by the rules so why should I have to give money away for nothing? Social Security is not gonna make me rich and I should get every penny I can to get a good start, I have a soon to be 16 year old daughter and it would be nice to take care of her, she hasn’t done anything wrong either so why should she suffer because her father has health problems and has no other choice. Well I’m just bitching and it’s not gonna get me anywhere, I’ll probably be moving in with my sister in a couple of weeks (and she doesn’t really have room or the means to take care of me) my daughter will have to move back in with her mom, so I lose my house and my kid, and I don’t even think I could take my dog to my sister’s. It’s enough to make a person put a gun to their head, but don't worry, I can’t do that because I have a deal with God, I won’t eat a bullet and he won’t send me to Hell. I hope everyone else is having a better time. Peace.

I'm Really Digging This Song Right Now...

I heard it over at Xmichra's and got hooked on it, my Daughter also likes it and goes around the house singing it all day, and she sounds pretty good.

"Lips Of An Angel"
by Hinder

Honey why are you calling me so late
It's kinda hard to talk right now
Honey why are you crying is everything okay
I gotta whisper cause I can't be too loud
Well, my girl's in the next room
Sometimes I wish she was you
I guess we never really moved on
It's really good to hear your voice saying my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words it makes me weak
And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel

It's funny that you're calling me tonight
And yes I've dreamt of you too
And does he know you're talking to me
Will it start a fight
No I don't think she has a clue
Well my girl's in the next room
Sometimes I wish she was you
I guess we never really moved on
It's really good to hear your voice saying my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words it makes me weak
And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel
It's really good to hear your voice saying my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words it makes me weak
And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel
(And I never wanna say goodbye)
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel
Honey why are you calling me so late

An elderly Indian was asked what his wife’s name was.

He replied, “Wife Name Three Horse.”

“That’s an unusual name for a woman ~ Three Horse ~ What does it mean?”

The Indian replied, “It's an Ancient Navajo Name."

“Mean…

Nag - Nag - Nag.”

Rain…

Its been raining for two days, we were supposed to be in a draught but I guess maybe that’s over now. I had Mexican food for lunch yesterday and then I had meatballs for dinner. I think I have heart burn, I’m not sure because I don’t think that I’ve ever had it before. Every few seconds I feel a pressure in my chest rising up to my throat, followed by a small insignificant burp and then in a few more seconds it repeats. Is this what they mean when people say, “That burrito’s repeating on me"? Well I don’t care much for it, I’ve taken a couple of Maalox tablets but it doesn’t seem to be helping. I’m also suffering from a case of the windies (farts) and loose shit. I’ve been up all night because my stomach is doing hoolla hoops around my cornhole and I’m scared that if I lay down for a moment, I might shit myself before I can get my fat ass up and to the crapper. So I’m sleepy as Hell and I can’t stop yawning which is adding to the misery of it all. So I’m just setting here listening to the raindrops hitting the air conditioner and feeling like crap. I hope everyone else has a good day. Peace.

I’d like to take this moment to apologize for neglecting my Blog lately, I’ve had a lot on my mind with family, finances, health, and just daily living problems all together. I’ve written several things to post but I usually wind up just deleting the whole thing. It gets too whiney or personal or maybe turn out to be something that can incriminate me later on during some type of incarceration. But this last week or so, I’ve been spending a little extra time on a new Blog, “Real Food For Real People” I know I’ve mentioned it before but I’m kind of liking it. Babs and I have gotten a few responses from friends around the globe and it’s been fun seeing the differences in things that people from other Countries like to prepare, along with the similarities. So once again go by and check it out if you get the chance, it’s starting to grow and I’m excited to see where it’s headed. Peace and Good Eating.

Barbara Jean (Babs) has started a new blog, Real Food for Real People. She has allowed me to take part in it but really everyone gets to. It's a food blog for recipes of everyday food for everday people. If you need a quick recipe for a good meal, check it out, if you have a recipe or an idea for a good meal you can e-mail them to Babs and she will see that they get posted or you can e-mail them to me, you could probably even just leave it in a comment and we'll see that it is taken care of. We'll give you credit and add you to the blogroll on the sidebar. It's brand new but sure to grow fast, so stop by when you get the chance. (This especially means you AZCG) Peace and Good Eating.

The Red River Massacre

The 101 meeting of the Sooners and Longhorns has come and gone and once again I have been let down by my beloved Sooners. A team led by an unexperienced Freshman QB that looked liked the kid from, "Malcom in the Middle" thouroghly throttled a team dragging behind a seasoned 5th year Senior QB, it was embarrassing to watch. The only thing worse than backing a sorry team year after year is to back a great team that always seems to lay down just when you start having faith in them again. Always seems to be a letdown, two years in a row now it’s been Texas, the year before that it was California, and the year before that it was Kansas. So while I was setting here, “Basking in the After-Suck” I was also hoping that Texas has a good week, because after the ass kicking they gave us today they’re gonna be picking Sooner butt out of their cleats for several days. Hook 'em Horns !

Texas - 28
Oklahoma - 10

The Red River Rivalry

I'm not very big on sports, in fact they could take all of sports off television and I'd be just fine. But if I only watch one game a year on the tube, it would have to be The Oklahoma University Sooners versus the University of Texas Longhorns. Now because of some deal between the two schools, the game is to be played in Texas for a certain amount of years, now some (Texans) say that this is due to the accommodations in Texas, but here in Oklahoma we know that it is because Oklahomans can venture South of the Red River and make it back in one piece, but win or lose some of them boys dressed in that funny burnt orange, if they was to creep up here North of the Red River… well lets just say that they might not all make it back unsoiled. Now last year the Gods did not shine on us as usual and at the end of the conflict the outcome was not in favor of the Blessed Boys in Crimson. So this year the powers that be have the Sooners as four point underdogs to the Longhorns. This could turn out to be a good thing, a little false security in the heart of Texas just might make them boys show up to play with an added sense of optimism and they may even make a game of it. Either way tomorrow, Saturday October the Seventh at 2:30 PM Central Standard Time on ABC (Channel Eight) we'll find out.

I’ve been having a little trouble lately…

That is with my diet. You see Wal-Mart has these frozen Italian meatballs in a bag, you get like 3500 of them for about $10.00. Ok, maybe it’s more like 168 but it’s still a friggin’ lot of meatballs. You can make spaghetti and meatballs, meatballs with cream of mushroom, meatball soup, meatball sandwiches, or eat them plain like I do. I also have a weakness for tortillas. I’ll put anything on, or in a tortilla. My kid likes turkey and cheese rolled up in a tortilla and micro waved just enough to melt the cheese, sometimes she uses ham or even smoked sausage, she calls it a “Meat Doobie.” I was watching her make one of these the other day and it gave me an idea. I took an eight inch round flour tortilla, a pretty good amount of shredded cheddar cheese, and six small Italian meatballs. Laid it all out, rolled it up, nuked it for about a minute and behold… “The Meatball Doobie” was born. I have many other variations of it in my head but have yet to try them out. Heck, I might even deep-fry one!

My Friend Bosbefok at Blairblogg Also Left An Interesting Comment

In Xhosa (African) tradition, the Sun and the Moon are mortal enemies and the "Greatest Being" put water (the sea) between them to stop them from reaching each other -- and the belief is that when the water looses all of its strength and stops being a barrier, the world will come to an end. The tides are the earth and moon forcing advantages one over the other.

I Thank You Too Bosbefok For Sharing This