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Monday, July 31, 2017

Black Orchid

Rollicking good fun,  and no monsters or aliens to be seen! It's like Verity Lambert returned to produce the 5th Doctor!

Sam Shepard

RIP. I remember him best from "Country," although I know he was an accomplished playwright. 

En route to Bay Beach

Lisa is on her way to Bay Beach with the girls. Junie was already in a bad mood when they left, OJ gets carsick, and YaYa  is a teenager. I wish her godspeed.

As Smiley and I have the place to ourselves I suggested a house party and strippers, but Mr. Rules Keeper prefers to make popcorn and "enjoy the quiet." Ugh. #RaisedHimWrong

Sunday, July 30, 2017

Just argued with a liberal who hasn't heard of Charlie Gard.  Apparently, neither Occupy Democrats or Maddow talked about him (I'm shocked), which means he should expand his news sources just a wee tad. I've turned off notifications for the post. No use arguing with the brainwashed.

An Evening at South Shore beach

Spent the evening at South Shore with the youngest three.









Roger Delgado will always reign as *the* Master. All others are pale copies.

Saturday, July 29, 2017

Cars

To me, a car is nothing more than a means to get from A to be safely and reliably; I would rather visit a dryer lint museum than a car show.  But I miss that "reliably" part and have to rectify that soon.  There's a list of places I'd like to take the family.

What Happened?

That Explains It

Bay Beach

The secret is out... Taking the kids to bay beach Monday. Never been there, and I'm getting excited! -Lisa
It just dawned on me: it's been 25 years since I graduated high school.  Wow.

Thursday, July 27, 2017

A Dental Visit

In other boring news, the kids have now all seen the dentist for their back to school checkup. Smiley had a small cavity; the rest got a clean bill of health.

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

An ENT update

Junie saw the ENT and the replacement ear tube that was put in just last year is loose and resting on her eardrum. The eardrum itself is too thin to support a third surgery, so that's gonna be a problem. She's 4 foot 9.5 inches tall and 89.75 pounds.

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Godzilla v Kong


What a hoot. I should have seen it in the theater.

A Reminder

Just a reminder: openly personal attacks and obscenities aren't allowed in discussions here.  My page,  my rules.  TY in advance.


Great News!

Smiley's results came back negative - no cancer,  thank God! It had weighed on Lisa and I all month. July's been a waste,  a collection of days to push through until this news came.  Maybe now we can get back to enjoying the summer.

Monday, July 24, 2017

Bible Camp


I signed my Godson up for a week long Bible camp at a local megachurch. It seemed like he had fun today, and Smiley enjoyed going to pick him up with me.








Sunday, July 23, 2017

A Stolen Cart at Walmart

LuLu and I went to Walmart - the nice one in Cudahy. While I was looking at produce someone walked off with my full cart (which I assumed contained Lu's purse; she'd gone off to look at makeup.) It was nowhere to be found. When I told an employee their only response was "someone's just messing with you." Really? 

Helpful hint: nothing enrages me like theft. Nothing. "Do I look like someone people choose to mess with? I find it before you do, I'm kicking their ass." I found the cart abandoned six aisles down. LuLu had her stuff with her, so there was no point to the whole thing. Oh, as I was leaving someone else complained that their cart had been taken. Ugh.

LOL

Saturday, July 22, 2017

The Media

Everything you read, everything you hear, everything you watch is produced and filtered by people seeking to promote their agenda, or the agenda of their masters (or both ) - and yes, it influences you. It cannot fail to do so. Call it out when you notice their hand, and always ALWAYS think for yourself. Quit being their docile puppet. The media is NOT your friend.
If you're going to take before and after pictures to convince others of your weight loss, you should do it from the same angle and distance. I call BS when your new picture requires a magnifying glass to see you.

About Time

People are *finally* being charged with arson and rioting near Sherman Park last year, and even while they report on it the local media calls it "unrest." The crime is literally rioting, and the MSM still doesn't have the balls to use the word. Pathetic.

Friday, July 21, 2017

John Heard



Actor John Heard, the Dad from Home Alone and a guest star on The Sopranos, has passed away. RIP. 

Descendants 2

Junie  is super excited for the premiere of Descendants 2 tonight lol.  She's had it on the calendar and is messaging me about the behind the scenes preview 😀
YaYa's home!

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Smiley's Stiches

Smiley's  stitches look ratchet.  Having them near the sweaty armpit of a preteen was not an act of Providence.

OJ Simpson is granted Parole

I'm very pleased that OJ Simpson was granted parole. Keeping him in prison on the robbery charges would have been simply punishing him for a prior crime for which he was acquitted. The Nevada Parole Board rose above the fray and defended the integrity of the justice system. I applaud them.

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Doctor Who Products


These are some Doctor Who items I owned in the late '80's, having ordered them from my Doctor Who fanclub newspaper. Sadly, they are long since lost to time (pun partially intended). 







The Menard's Bird

Last month when I was shopping at Menard's Smiley and I came across an injured bird sitting atop a pile of lumber. 


We petted it for a moment, and then it went on my hand. 




For the rest of the shopping trip I walked around the store with the bird on my hand, like Mary Poppins! 


Just before it was time to go, the bird's wing seemed to straighten itself out, and it flew away!




Prayers for John McCain

I disagree with him on much - I almost abstained from voting in 2008, although my partisan loyalties would lead you to think otherwise - but I join in wishing John McCain success in his fight against cancer. Prayers Senator.

My Thoughts - PBS

I watch plenty of PBS.  Despite my station in life I financially contribute to PBS.  But I object strongly to $445 million of taxpayer money going to NPR and PBS.  The government should not be in the business of running a media outlet aimed at their own citizens, especially one with a clear ideological slant. If you don't see the problem there,  you are blinded by your own politics.

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Choco



Spent much of the afternoon/evening visiting here with my nieces, and Jeanne Scorsone and LK dropped in for a bit. So did Choco, the dog LuLu walks!

Monday, July 17, 2017

Smiley - the tissue removal and cancer screening

I am very anxious about Smiley this morning, and am posting constantly as a defense mechanism. That doesn't excuse you from liking them.

Update on Smiley: the procedure is done. In ten days we'll return to remove the exterior stitches, and by then we'll know the test results. The doctor seemed very confident they'll come back negative.
The airline is ripping her apart, and the press is too, but Ann Coulter is right. Maybe she shouldn't have gone public so quick, but she paid extra for the seat. Facts don't change because you don't like the person.
The cops have a traffic trap near 8th and Oklahoma the last two mornings. Be wary.

It Doesn't Have to Make Sense

Lisa: I could never live in the country. I like having neighbors around. Also, I never talk to my neighbors. 

Me: I wish we lived in a cave in the middle of nowhere. Also, I'm always talking to the neighbors and up on all the gossip.

Breakfast

An early breakfast at Landmark with my boo

Sunday, July 16, 2017

The biggest flaw with the Left in 2017 is they just can't meme. They fall flat. It's a little sad really.
Channeling my frustration, I cut down a small tree that was pushing on the fence,  put up a Stainless Steel paper towel holder,  and after ten years of requests I cut the fence posts even with the fence. That last bit will actually cost me,  nevermind that it's what Lisa wanted,  because all I'll hear for years is why did it take so long.  I don't mind. If life situations didn't sometimes resemble stereotypes they wouldn't exist in the first place, and I relish the banter.

On the new Doctor

You're damn right I'm upset that a two hearted all but immortal alien who has lived in thirteen different bodies is now being played by a woman.  I would be equally upset if after 54 years a  beloved female character grew a Johnson.  It doesn't have to make sense.  It's my fandom of choice.  I can only cling to the hope the people responsible are held accountable in the afterlife. #NotMyDoctor

A friend tried to persuade me the choice was a good one by sending me nude pics of the new Doctor. I agree she's hot. But I've never watched Doctor Who to masturbate to the Doctor.  And while that isn't how he thinks,  isn't that just admitting the goal of the choice was a lurid push for ratings,  and sexism in disguise? #NotMyDoctor

I look forward to the next Wonder Woman being played by a man. After all, it's an iconic character dating back decades. Isn't it time for inclusion? Plus the costume should be a pip. 

 I'd like to point out that the UK has a population that is 87.1% white - more really, as they classify Travelers like Tyson Fury as non-white, which is weird - and most of that 13% mix lives near London. Doctor Who has done a fine job, a DISPROPORTIONATELY fine job, in the area of the pc game of representation

Prediction: ratings for the new Doctor will soar, then, when all the "never watched it" SJW's fall off, return to normal. After a season where her gender is referenced in each episode, ala Bill's "I'm gay," ratings will dip. The BBC will be concerned but give her one more season. With ratings at a low for New Who after that, partly due to normal viewer fatigue with a fourteen year old show, a new Doctor will be cast. Two years after that, the show will end. Fifteen Doctors, if you include Hurt.

* * * 

After driving to and from YaYa's camp this morning to drop off supplies, Lisa took a nap. I interrupted it to break the news about the new Doctor. Her reaction:

"Don't wake me up again for your stupid shit."

ROTFLMAO

* * * *

Lisa: What happens if she [the new Doctor] turns out to be the best one ever?

(Impossible after Pertwee and Tennant)

Me: Then I'll publicly admit I'm wrong. 

I swear. Sometimes the woman mistakes me for a self-righteous liberal.


****

Update: Two days later and I'm still salty about Doctor Who.  And spare me the cries of sexism and misogyny.  The same people screaming that are invested in the issue only because of the gender of the actress, not because they love(ed) the show - nice example of hypocrisy, that.

Ike and McCarthy by David A. Nichols


A fascinating tale somewhat diminished by a lack of writing style. My adoration of Ike continues.

Anxious

Tomorrow the long awaited day we get our questions answered about Smiley's condition. He gets the skin and tissue excised around the original mole tomorrow morning. Hoping to know much more about what to do going forward. Scared and hopeful.

Saturday, July 15, 2017

The New Front Gate

I replaced the front gate this month, building it from scratch. Lulu even got into the action by helping me cut the boards. 




Bug Bites from Cap

A sample of some of the bug bites from a week away at camp. Yes, they wore bug spray. I'd hate to see what they looked like without it.
Smiley and I went to Mass, and afterwards we lit two candles. One for his health, and one for YaYa's travels. It is what Lisa endearingly calls "Catholic Voodo," but I'll take all the help I can get.

Replacing the Front Gate




Polish AMERICAN

On a Polish heritage site I frequent members are shaming those who call their Grandma "Bucia/Busha" saying it an American bastardization of the true word. Yeah, one problem. I'm not Polish. I'm an American of Polish heritage, and if it's good enough for this country it's good enough for me.

History you don't read about in School

History you don't read about: At 2:32 pm on March 1, 1954, four Puerto Rican separatists launched a terror attack on the floor of the House, shooting five Congressmen,  one critically. They were related to the same group that conspired to assassinate Eisenhower four months previously.

Friday, July 14, 2017

Backwash

Sometimes I backwash just so the kids don't drink my soda #AlwaysThinking

The Meeting Spot

Picked the two youngest girls up from camp then took the family (and niece Stacey) to the George Webb's on Forest Home where I met Lisa in 1995. I'm seated in the exact seat,  as a matter of fact.


Walked Smiley home from drum class to stretch out my hip. Now watching the Brewers prospect we traded yesterday make his big league debut in the NY-Bos game

School Shopping

School supply shopping is done for the youngest three. It hurt our wallet, but at least it's done. #GoodJobMamaSlap

The Blue Angels

The Blue Angels keep buzzing my house. It's like living in Sarajevo in the '90's. 

Brilliant

Sometimes I backwash just so the kids don't drink my soda #AlwaysThinking

Camp Pickup

Pics from camp pickup  (YaYa has one more week )

Thursday, July 13, 2017