The other day I was in a conference with several of my colleagues. It was a pretty important conference. In the middle of the conference, one of the women’s cell phone started to ring. Much to my amazement she took the call without even leaving the room! I though pretty much everyone knew that cell phone etiquette mandates that in situations like this if you take the call, you leave the room. But no, she proceeded to have a very loud and heated discussion with whoever it was that was calling in front of everyone right there!
I was amazed that when she finished the call she just returned to the meeting as if nothing happened. Everyone was glaring at her, and it didn’t faze her at all! What nerve!
I’ve always been a “dog person: and take my responsibility as a pet owner very seriously. When my dogs go outside, they are either in the fenced back yard or they are on a leash.
The last couple of weeks we have had other people’s dogs in our yard at all hours of the day and night. I guess some of our neighbors think it is OK to just let their dogs run free after dark. I have a big problem with that, and hope to find out who the dog owners are and maybe have a talk with them. It is for the safety of their dogs as well as my dogs that they stay in their own yards or be on a leash. I have had at least 3 times since we’ve lived here that other people’s dogs have attacked my dogs – every time my dogs were tied!
I hate to think that I’ll have to call animal control about this, but I really am quite annoyed over this situation!
For my birthday last month my mother bought me an “Infinity Razor.” She bought it at her favorite drugstore in the aisle where they sell the “As seen on TV” junk items. She was excited to give it to me because she thought that it would be a great way to save money for me. It claims to stay “new blade sharp” and that it will be “the last razor you’ll ever buy!”
Well, I gave it a try, and the blade was a dull as a ball of dryer lint. If you are thinking about buying one of these things, my advice to you is, don’t waste your money. I recently found a blog on the Internet that was discussing this same product and there were many comments about the product, and it seemed to me that the general consensus was the same. One of the comments wrote that they tried to return the item and was told that it was only returnable if it had not been used! So I’m not even going to try to return mine, I’m just throwing it away and chalking it up to one more way the consumer has been cheated. Maybe I should send a note about this to the local television news lady who does special stories on rip-offs!
We subscribe to the Sunday paper so we can get coupons and the television guide. That is essentially the only reason we subscribe to it. Every Sunday morning I walk down to the newspaper box, dragging the trash can behind me (trash pickup is early Monday morning) and leave the trashcan at the end of the driveway and then bring the newspaper back up to the house. It’s not something I enjoy doing, but it needs to be done and my wife has asked me to make that part of my routine. So I do it to make her happy.
It is very aggravating when I get down to the newspaper box to find that the Sunday paper is missing. I don’t know if someone swiped it or if the delivery person didn’t deliver it; I just know that it isn’t there. No coupons, no television guide. I know that I can call the paper and complain and they will give me credit for the missing paper, but that still leaves us without the coupons and television guide, and the inconvenience of having to run to the store to pick up a copy if we really want it that badly.
Well, the last day of the month is here. One more down the drain. Warmer weather should be right around the corner. We’ve been very luck to have had such a mild winter, but just the same I get tired of the cooler weather. I like not having to wear long sleeve shirts or sweaters or coats. I much prefer T-shirts. I should probably move to Florida where I could just live in T-shirts, shorts and sandals! But this is where I’m living for now, and I’m trying to make the best of it. If the economy doesn’t turn around pretty soon, though, I might just have to buy a tent and really move to Florida and find a place where I can pitch the tent and live in it! Finding a way to pay the bills is really hard right now for many people, and my family is feeling the pinch too! But for now, I’m just glad that the worst of the winter weather is over and that spring is on its way!
I have been observing the rapidly growing number Spanish-only speaking residents there are living in the area, and I have noticed how many English-only speaking residents there are that are reluctant to learn how to speak Spanish. There is a lot of hostility on the part of the non-Spanish citizens, and I often hear remarks like “If they are coming to this country then they need to learn English.” I also hear a lot of anger about how our tax dollars are being wasted on illegal immigrant families. I’m not sure that is really happening, but the general perception is that it is happening.
I am trying to understand both sides of the issue, and I just want to say that I think it is important that we ALL learn to speak BOTH English and Spanish. Eventually we are all going to need to know both languages in order to get along in every day life here in America. And I think it is important that we all get along!
The groundhogs were conflicted.
The Yankee groundhog in Pennsylvania has declared that Winter is here and is staying on.
His Rebel neighbor down in Atlanta has declared that Spring is coming.
Since we are halfway between the two, perhaps we should get our own groundhog to help us out?
I don’t know much about keeping groundhogs, but I’ve kept dogs for years. It can’t be that hard.
No matter where you live in the U.S., January means winter.
In the northern states it means the snow is on the ground and not melting any time soon.
In the southern states it means the ground is brown, the water is gray and the sky is gray. Everything looks like a black and white photograph.
The fortunate ones don’t have to work in the bitter cold and they get to go home to warm homes with loved ones waiting to greet them.
The rest of us just try to get through the day and wait out the winter. Spring will come as soon as the groundhog allows.
Business and work, General life, Rants, Relationships | Dean | 
April 25, 2009 4:15 pm | 
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