Opening Stuff:
Welcome to Fat Tuesday everybody! Unfortunately, Michelle Obama is lobbying to replace it with Thin Thursday.
I hear we are entering alligator mating season. I'll try not to make eye contact when looking for my golf balls.
Apparently there is any number of special bills that Florida legislators would rather be discussing than the tough one -- the budget! One in particular, called HB 15, addresses assault and battery on utility workers. Hearings are scheduled to begin some time between 9:00AM and Noon or 1:00PM and 4:00PM. (Brent Batten told me that.)
Is assault and battery on utility workers any different than A&B on little old ladies or Tids writers?
The Question:
It's time for a Tids DB day (That's "Double Bonus"). How exciting is that? 1. What is the largest restaurant chain? 2. Who are the biggest retailers of sporting goods?
The Headlines:
--Scott Walker In Discussion With Some AWOL Dems; Senate Leader Miller Is Main Stumbling Block.--Daffy Air Strength Taking Control.
--Prez Breaks Promise To Liberal Base And Resumes Military Trials At Gitmo; Prospects for Closing Cozy Prison Now Nil.
--Northern New York State And New England Buried By Winter Storms 27 Inches of snow. Southern New England Flooded as Intense rains Swell Rivers and Streams.
--Rising Anger Against Public Employee Demand Brewing Across America.
--OPEC Mulling Higher Output.
--Friction Appearing between Miami Heat Superstars James and Wade.
Back to More Stuff:
Avoid anybody who orders his their eggs gloomy side down.
There has never been a better analogy than the Pied Piper story and today's media.
I listen to people who want to rewrite the Constitution to include rights to material things forgetting that it is a perfect document enumerating every possible rational freedom and especially the unrestricted opportunity to achieve.
I look at all of the media praise for the rise of the rebels overthrowing the middle East tyrants and how well 0-Man handled it. And, I'm thinking Batista and the elitist euphoria over the efforts and dynamic leadership of chief rebel, the highly romanticized Fidel Castro. How did that work out for ya? It isn't over til it's really over. Check this out; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9sMo-LTdSc
I have found a new taste treat. I always carry those little packs of cheese or peanut butter crackers in my golf bag to continually replenish my finely honed body. And yesterday I discovered the new Frito-Lay brand -- powered by Cheetos!
A couple of people told me that to cash a check at Bank of America they had to submit to being fingerprinted. How intrusive is that! In fact, it is the BoA Executives who should be finger printed.
Almost Near: Chapter 11 continues. --Samantha drove as if guided by an invisible. She came intersections and turned confidently without knowing why. Through the confusing maze south of Portsmouth. And finally down Route 1a which would bring her to New Castle. The roads drawing her near to this remote town , but deep seated, subconscious fears urging her to stop. She was exhilerated by the widing roadway crossing little islets on it's way to a destiny. She was depressed by thought she couldn't understand that crept into her head.
She wanted to again to return to her perfect life in Lobster Cove. She fought to remember all the good things about Aunt Ginny and Mrs. Fletcher and Zack Whithers. But it wasn't so clear now. her head was whirling between natural New England beauty and deep black.
The car moved forward. She couldn't control it any more. Her hands gripped the wheel. Her foot accelerated and slowed robotically.
She lost control of the thoughts that gave her safe haven. Lobster Cove disappeared and new Castles white antique homes turned a forbidding grey. The car stopped before a large home that should have been beautiful but seemed angry. Was she drawn here to fight or to submit. A little light appeared in her head as she sat motionless, rigid. Scared. It was Tucker. Tucker had given her strength and she had run from him. And she needed him now.
0-man has spent more time criticizing Scott Walker, who is doing for his state what he should be doing for the country, than Daffy who is murdering his own people who only look for peace and fairness.
Is anybody hurt more by the gas price increases than the invisible morning newspaper delivery person. That unsung hero who works silently on your behalf; To help your start a better day.
Cranston West High School in Cranston has since 1963 a Prayer on the wall of the Auditorium: "Our heavenly father, guide the students...". Unsurprisingly recently, someone called the ACLU to sue to have it removed forever. Guess what! the Cranston school committee voted 4-3 to tell the ACLU to shove it. The prayer stays!
You know it's a sad day in sports when the biggest news out of the NFL is Tom Brady's new hair-do. What 's next, Brady on Jersey Shore? God what a disturbing mess this world has become.
Weddings at McDonalds in Hong Kong are hot! Apparently poeple are lining up to say "I do" amidst the aromas of mustard and pickles and excitement of fries sizzling in the fry-o-lator. Does Ronald McD perform the service?
The Answer:
1. The little sub shop that began in a below street level store in the Yale area of New Haven has passed Micky D's as the worlds largest "restaurant" chain -- 33,749 to 32,737 locations. Personally, I think Subway is a rip-off. 2. Dicks passed Sports Authority a couple of years ago. Interestingly, these two giants in sports are but numbers 193 and 247 on the overall list of largest retailers. Other large sports retailers are Gart, Academy, Big 5, Galyans, Mosells, Olympic. I spent half my youth hungrily walking the aisles of local sports stores, all locally owned at the time. I could write a novella about those wide eyed days.
The Obese Ending:
As a Red Sox fan I had to love the WikiLeaks revelation about a US diplomat calling Ahmadinejad "The Steinbrenner of Iran"!
You know you have come to a bad place by the number of used gum spots on the floor. Get me outta here.
Sometimes doing nothing is the only solution, especially when doing something that doesn't really need to be done costs money.
Eat anything you want and love it. Today is your day.
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