"Parade" Magazine's 'What made 2007 memorable' issue headlines:
California Ablaze
Failing Bridges
Justice Department Shake Up (oh...there's a shocker)
Bonds: Hall of Shame
Iraq War Surges
Black Day in Blacksburg
Toxic Toys
Gore's Trophy Year
and Stem-Cell Breakthrough
What a sad list! I couldn't bring myself to read President Bush's "What made my year Special" article. There's a picture of him in the right-hand corner wearing a huge, picture-worthy smile; Washington Monument in the background. It's hard to look at that when the page opposite shows so much destruction. One photo in particular is hard to look at. A soldier holds his wife and the pain in her face rips at my heart. Look to your right Mr. Bush. That's the face of your war.
The stem-cell breakthrough is more positive, I guess. And, something that didn't make the list but I think should have...Plumpy'Nut. It's the miracle food made with peanut butter to be fed to people whose world is wrought with famine. This stuff is awsome! It saves lives! Oh, wait. It doesn't make politicians richer or create horrifying headlines...No wonder it didn't make the list.
Well, it's on my list! Let's see...what else made 2007 memorable to me? I found this blogspot. Family, friends, home, job, cat, dog, broken-down-again car, reading books with my kids, my hubby brought me dinner last night, family shopping trip to the after-Christmas-sale-packed mall. Wow, I can't begin to remember and list everything. I have it all. We're all healthy and reasonably happy. We don't want for anything.
My heart and prayers go out to all who have suffered. I pray a timely end to the war and the safe return to all the heroes defending us, wherever they may be stationed. My New Year's wish for myself and my family? May we always be as truly blessed as we are today and keep our faith when things are tough.
To everyone....
I wish you love and God's blessings, always...
Have a wonderful 2008!
MisFriz
Monday, December 31, 2007
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Office Holiday Party and Mouth Running Morons...
Yesterday was supposed to be a good day. It was the day of our Christmas party for work. It's a day we all look forward to for several reasons. First, we all participate in fundraising activities throughout the year such as bake and craft sales and penny wars, which is a fun game of sabotaging other teams by donating money in jars. Pennies are positive points and all the rest take points away. You get the idea. Our Employee Relations Committee, who are all volunteers, do all the planning and the work and we always have great food, prizes and entertainment. And last night was no exception. The party was great, I won $25. and got to socialize with everyone.
Two things happened yesterday that really bothered me. The first was an offhand comment I overheard a co-worker make. And this was at work, not at the party. I'll get to the party later. She said, 'World Aids Day'. "They have aids and get a holiday for that?" She sounded angry and disgusted. I was shocked and disgusted to hear something so ignorant and offensive, especially from a person who's supposedly educated. She's a nurse, for Cripe's Sake. I so wanted to set her strait but I didn't. Work is no place to lecture someone about their stupidity.
Later that night, while most of us were laughing at our hypnotized co-workers flopping around like idiots, my husband and a few others were in the bar watching the game. He was standing there talking to one of our doctors and to a longtime family friend. One of our employee's husbands, who incidentally has a reputation for running his mouth and being a complete ass tried to start a fight with the doctor. He yelled racial slurs at him, calling him the N word several times and telling him to get out of our country because he's not American and threatening to kick his ass and God only knows what else. Not that he was going to get anywhere with the hubby and our friend and the bartender/owner who cut off his drinking and told him to leave. And old Doc would have given him some butt-whoopin', too. But it's the idea. What a piece of crap this guy is to attack someone like that.
Let me tell you something about this Doc. He's from the Middle East somewhere. I think. I never asked exactly where. I don't care. He's a great doctor and a great person. No matter a person's age, race, profession, life-style, or what ever, he treats everyone with respect and as equals. People like that are hard to come by. Oh, and by they way, Doc is an American. He's a citizen of this country. He's also served in the US Air Force. He's put his life on the line for his fellow Americans. The loser who went off on him never did anything except drink, do drugs and cause his family a lot of heartache and shame.
Last night, we had a good time at the party. I learned some things about a few people. I was reminded again of one of the things I love about my hubby. I said a prayer for my friend who was victimized by stupidity and I said a prayer for the one who needs desperately to learn humility.
My Christmas wish is this: May we all cherish each other
May we all share our differences in positive ways, and
May we all remember that God made us all equal
Happy Holidays!
Have an Awesome Day,
MisFriz
Two things happened yesterday that really bothered me. The first was an offhand comment I overheard a co-worker make. And this was at work, not at the party. I'll get to the party later. She said, 'World Aids Day'. "They have aids and get a holiday for that?" She sounded angry and disgusted. I was shocked and disgusted to hear something so ignorant and offensive, especially from a person who's supposedly educated. She's a nurse, for Cripe's Sake. I so wanted to set her strait but I didn't. Work is no place to lecture someone about their stupidity.
Later that night, while most of us were laughing at our hypnotized co-workers flopping around like idiots, my husband and a few others were in the bar watching the game. He was standing there talking to one of our doctors and to a longtime family friend. One of our employee's husbands, who incidentally has a reputation for running his mouth and being a complete ass tried to start a fight with the doctor. He yelled racial slurs at him, calling him the N word several times and telling him to get out of our country because he's not American and threatening to kick his ass and God only knows what else. Not that he was going to get anywhere with the hubby and our friend and the bartender/owner who cut off his drinking and told him to leave. And old Doc would have given him some butt-whoopin', too. But it's the idea. What a piece of crap this guy is to attack someone like that.
Let me tell you something about this Doc. He's from the Middle East somewhere. I think. I never asked exactly where. I don't care. He's a great doctor and a great person. No matter a person's age, race, profession, life-style, or what ever, he treats everyone with respect and as equals. People like that are hard to come by. Oh, and by they way, Doc is an American. He's a citizen of this country. He's also served in the US Air Force. He's put his life on the line for his fellow Americans. The loser who went off on him never did anything except drink, do drugs and cause his family a lot of heartache and shame.
Last night, we had a good time at the party. I learned some things about a few people. I was reminded again of one of the things I love about my hubby. I said a prayer for my friend who was victimized by stupidity and I said a prayer for the one who needs desperately to learn humility.
My Christmas wish is this: May we all cherish each other
May we all share our differences in positive ways, and
May we all remember that God made us all equal
Happy Holidays!
Have an Awesome Day,
MisFriz
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Greetings friends of the blog. It's been a while. Oh let's see. What's been happening since last I bitched?
I had a birthday a few days ago. Yeah. I got presents and cake! I don't care what anyone says or how big my butt gets. Give me cake! Mmmm...pure yumminess.
My hubby had a birthday a few days before mine and he got presents and cake too. HaHa.. Cake X 2.
Anyone know what's going on in the world? I haven't had time to catch up on the news for days. I flip on the tube to catch the weather in the mornings...sometimes...when I'm not running late. Which is hardly ever. And we've been too busy at work and with holiday stuff to read my "Strange News" on CBS. Geez...How am I supposed to know what all the nut-balls are doing without my daily fix?
Wait! Who need the strange news? I have my very own nut-ball at home! My hubby. And the craziness of the plight of the University of Nebraska's ongoing football saga! The other day he was talking to his buddy, Twinky, on the phone...walking around the house and jumping up and down like a giddy school girl chanting, "Bo Pelini! Bo Pelini!" At one point there might have been a tear in Super Fan's eye. Ya' gotta' love him!
Tonight, we head to the casino for free food. (yeah! Free Shit!) LOL...We're cashing in our birthday coupons the casino sends when you have one of those cards of theirs. Maybe I'll gamble a buck or two. I'll have to let you know how that goes. Until then.....
Have an awsome day,
MisFriz
I had a birthday a few days ago. Yeah. I got presents and cake! I don't care what anyone says or how big my butt gets. Give me cake! Mmmm...pure yumminess.
My hubby had a birthday a few days before mine and he got presents and cake too. HaHa.. Cake X 2.
Anyone know what's going on in the world? I haven't had time to catch up on the news for days. I flip on the tube to catch the weather in the mornings...sometimes...when I'm not running late. Which is hardly ever. And we've been too busy at work and with holiday stuff to read my "Strange News" on CBS. Geez...How am I supposed to know what all the nut-balls are doing without my daily fix?
Wait! Who need the strange news? I have my very own nut-ball at home! My hubby. And the craziness of the plight of the University of Nebraska's ongoing football saga! The other day he was talking to his buddy, Twinky, on the phone...walking around the house and jumping up and down like a giddy school girl chanting, "Bo Pelini! Bo Pelini!" At one point there might have been a tear in Super Fan's eye. Ya' gotta' love him!
Tonight, we head to the casino for free food. (yeah! Free Shit!) LOL...We're cashing in our birthday coupons the casino sends when you have one of those cards of theirs. Maybe I'll gamble a buck or two. I'll have to let you know how that goes. Until then.....
Have an awsome day,
MisFriz
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Ho Hum...
The Intertropical Convergence Zone, aka the Intertropical Front, Monsoon Trough, Doldums or the Equitorial Convergence Zone is a belt of low pressure girdling the earth at the equator.
The above explanation of the "Doldrums" is stolen directly from Wikipedia. I know. It's Wikipedia. So take it for what it's worth. Anyway, the reason I looked it up in the first place is because I was listening to Dr. James Dobson's "Focus on the Family" on the radio this morning just like I do every day on the way to work. He was talking about marriages that fall into the so called "doldrums" after the honeymoon's over. And he told the story of the origin of our word for...the same old boring crap-ola...or the "doldrums".
Dr. Dobson said crews on ships feared the area known as the doldrums even more than they feared pirates and such, because in that area they could be doomed to drift for long periods of time waiting for a strong enough wind to blow them back on course. In that time, sometimes food and provisions would run out and they would face starvation and death.
What a tragic story. I know. But I have a point, I promise. I've been feeling a little "Ho Hum", bored, have the doldrums syndrome myself lately. So, I guess I need a change to spice up my life, huh? Nothing too drastic you understand. Just something new and exciting. I'll think about it for a while. In the meantime, let me know if you have comments or suggestions. I'd love to hear from others on this.
Have an Awsome Day,
MisFriz
The above explanation of the "Doldrums" is stolen directly from Wikipedia. I know. It's Wikipedia. So take it for what it's worth. Anyway, the reason I looked it up in the first place is because I was listening to Dr. James Dobson's "Focus on the Family" on the radio this morning just like I do every day on the way to work. He was talking about marriages that fall into the so called "doldrums" after the honeymoon's over. And he told the story of the origin of our word for...the same old boring crap-ola...or the "doldrums".
Dr. Dobson said crews on ships feared the area known as the doldrums even more than they feared pirates and such, because in that area they could be doomed to drift for long periods of time waiting for a strong enough wind to blow them back on course. In that time, sometimes food and provisions would run out and they would face starvation and death.
What a tragic story. I know. But I have a point, I promise. I've been feeling a little "Ho Hum", bored, have the doldrums syndrome myself lately. So, I guess I need a change to spice up my life, huh? Nothing too drastic you understand. Just something new and exciting. I'll think about it for a while. In the meantime, let me know if you have comments or suggestions. I'd love to hear from others on this.
Have an Awsome Day,
MisFriz
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Politics at Usual
Headline: "Long-shot republican candidate sets one-day party fundraising record"
Rep. Ron Paul of Texas (R) raised about $4.2 million in approxiamately 24 hours.
Bravo, Buddy! I'm not impressed. Quite the contrary, things like that piss me off.
I wonder how much of that money came from the major pharmacuetical companies? Gramma' can't buy her heart medicine but Paul can go get a $400. hair cut and make campaign buttons and cheesy tv commercials. Oh, goody.
Senator Charles Grassley (R) is asking 6 top televangelist ministries to give up their financial records. Now, I'm all for keeping those blood-sucking leaches honest, but what's the real agenda here? My guess is the greedy bastards, aka repulicans, want in on the action.
Oh, and I was kidding about the aka republicans comment....All politicians are greedy bastards!
Have and Awsome day,
MisFriz
Rep. Ron Paul of Texas (R) raised about $4.2 million in approxiamately 24 hours.
Bravo, Buddy! I'm not impressed. Quite the contrary, things like that piss me off.
I wonder how much of that money came from the major pharmacuetical companies? Gramma' can't buy her heart medicine but Paul can go get a $400. hair cut and make campaign buttons and cheesy tv commercials. Oh, goody.
Senator Charles Grassley (R) is asking 6 top televangelist ministries to give up their financial records. Now, I'm all for keeping those blood-sucking leaches honest, but what's the real agenda here? My guess is the greedy bastards, aka repulicans, want in on the action.
Oh, and I was kidding about the aka republicans comment....All politicians are greedy bastards!
Have and Awsome day,
MisFriz
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Recalls, Recalls and more Recalls!
Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. Let me tell you the reason for this jump in recalls of late...and I'm only talking about the Food. I'll leave the lead-filled pacifiers out of it....for today anyway. Once upon a time, long, long ago, I worked in a meat processing and packaging plant. No glamour there, trust me. But hey, it payed well and put food on the table. For the first year things went alright. We did our jobs, got our paychecks....worked every stinking weekend including Sundays. We never seemed to produce enough and a lot of what was produced had to be re-packed, or whatever. Well, as is par for the course in places like that, the higher ups and engineers and anyone else with a chip on his/her shoulder decides to change everything. In theory we were to do double the work (or more) with half the people. A little tweak here, one there and viola'...production's up, profits are up. However, what the braniacs failed to realize is that their papers and graphs and pretty colored pictures make quantity go up....and quality go down. That's not their problem, though. That's the production peoples fault, right?
They get to sit in their offices and tell others how to do their jobs while never having done those jobs themselves. It all looks good on paper but rarely works. Then, they spend billions trying to fix what their highly-paid people screwed up. They spend more billions on recalling the products of those labors and then they blame the guy on the line who only did as he was told. I think they should spend less money and time on the "big-dawgs" and invest more in the average worker. Give him a reason to care and he'll care. Give him a reason to work harder and he'll work harder. Give him what he needs and he'll give it back. Production may go down a little, but so will re-calls and re-turns from unsatisfied customers. Isn't that worth more than a few extra dollars a day?
Have an awsome day,
MisFriz
They get to sit in their offices and tell others how to do their jobs while never having done those jobs themselves. It all looks good on paper but rarely works. Then, they spend billions trying to fix what their highly-paid people screwed up. They spend more billions on recalling the products of those labors and then they blame the guy on the line who only did as he was told. I think they should spend less money and time on the "big-dawgs" and invest more in the average worker. Give him a reason to care and he'll care. Give him a reason to work harder and he'll work harder. Give him what he needs and he'll give it back. Production may go down a little, but so will re-calls and re-turns from unsatisfied customers. Isn't that worth more than a few extra dollars a day?
Have an awsome day,
MisFriz
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Happy Halloween!
Hello all...I'm the devil today. And what a cute devil am I? And a fitting costume, too because I feel like Hell! That won't stop me from taking my rugrats to beg for candy, though. Before I pick them up from school today I have to go get something from Wal -Mart...dressed as the devil. How fun. Bet I see a few people I know! LOL. Hope everyone is have a great time today.
Have an Awesome Day,
MisFriz
Have an Awesome Day,
MisFriz
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
...cough...
There wasn't much on the "strange news" today that was funny except some idot got arrested for trowing pickles at a guy...Crazy world we live in, huh? Ya' gotta' love it. I'm sick. My cold medicine is wearing off....and speaking of cold medicine...a word of warning: Do not drink wine within a couple of hours of taking cold pills. I did that last night and while I was enjoying my book and my wine, I found my mind drifting just a bit...I was thinking, "I feel really nice...a little fuzzy around the edges...yeah...oh. Wait. How long ago did I take those pills...?" Apparently not quite long ago enough..Ah well, lesson learned. I slept like the dead.
Have an Awesome Day,
MisFriz
PS...Hey, does anyone actually read this?
Have an Awesome Day,
MisFriz
PS...Hey, does anyone actually read this?
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Shreds of Wisdom and Cheese
Something to ponder: Let's tax our brains for a moment and do some math, shall we? On the label of my 24 oz bottle of Cherry Coke the nutrition facts section lists the serving size as 8 oz. This package is 24 oz. Therefore, there are 3 servings per container. With me so far? 8X3=24...Gotcha. The label states that there are 100 calories per serving and 310 calories per container. Huh? What? Ok...I'm no genius, but last time I checked, 100X3=300. Conspiracy? Maybe.......
Have an Awsome Day...
MisFriz
Have an Awsome Day...
MisFriz
Monday, October 22, 2007
Look out Below....
If you happen to be in the Chicago area, take your umbrella to work with you, folks....it may just start raining....LUGGAGE! Seriously! A cargo door opened on a plane flying over Chicago and dropped a couple of bags. They still haven't been found. Crazy world we live in, huh? Got 2 words for you, people....Carry On. Think about it. I had some other words of wisdom to share today but alas...I have had a mind cramp and they're gone. I'll dig something out of the muck tomorrow. Have an awsome day!
Monday, October 8, 2007
Snore...
Sorry. Don't really have a lot to say today. I'm usually full of it. Must be because I'm rather tired today. Oh...I did look at the cbs news website today. That's how I catch up....no time for TV. TV kinda' sucks anyway. On the site they were talking about training Iraqis before coming home. Is it just me or does seem like a bad idea to others? Hmmm...these are people that will live in our country and train and go to college and work and whatever....all the while they could be terrorists biding their time just acting like normal, friendly citizens.....first we train them here, now we're training them there. And I'm sure we're arming them as well. I hate politics. I'll bitch a lot about politics. Maybe tomorrow, though. I have to get some work done.
Have an Awsome Day!
MisFriz
Have an Awsome Day!
MisFriz
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