Finally completely back to normal (whatever that is). The roast was great last night & I have my full strength back again. My sleep schedule is back on track, & all is good. I finished a panel on the knitting machine yesterday but haven't attached it to the others yet. After a week of being down I finally got some housework done again. I cleaned the toilet, watered the plant in the bedroom, dusted the dining room blinds, cleaned the door shelf in the refrigerator that holds the milk & checked the dates on the milk (yeah, I'm going to be paranoid about fresh food for a while), dusted all the A/V components in the living room, dusted my office lamp, & swept the utility room. Kyle did no chores Thursday & is trouble with me for having too much going on outside the home & not having time to be a participating member IN his own home. Friday was nothing but fighting, he refused to do any of the chores I asked him to do & I had to wait for Pete to talk to him before he would do anything at all (the boy has ZERO respect for me). Even when he did the chores for Pete though, they were done so poorly that they didn't count at all. Now, as punishment ... in addition to his regular chores that have to be done every day (things like make sure the pets have food & water, take out the trash, do the dishes), he has makeup chores. Mop my bedroom & utility room, wash my truck, & clean out the interior of my truck. It'll be spring before the fight ends & he ends his standoff & actually DOES any of those things. We do have a 3rd party that is going to get a FULL report from me on all this & that's going to change things, too. It's time for outside help. I'm not going to live with a teen who has NO respect for me, won't listen to me AT ALL, & yells at me as if he has the right. He doesn't. He's going to find out he doesn't. In addition to this he has failing grades & was supposed to help out around town & has so far blown that off too. He can't stay here much longer at this rate. He thinks he's an adult & he's not. He keeps hacking out Internet, refuses to be grounded, & as I said earlier, will get in my face & yell at me & refuse to do anything I tell him. I would have NEVER treated my mother this way! Why? Respect. That's one reason. The 2nd reason is the laws are different now. When I was 15, if I mouthed off to my mother she would have knocked me across the room (literally!). She had every right & the law knew it. There's a huge difference between child abuse & correcting your child. My mother knew where that line was & she was not abusive ... but I KNEW not to mouth off (or else). Anyway, the FD had an unknown fire call this afternoon, but I walked out in the middle this exact same "discussion" with Kyle yesterday & look where it got me, nowhere. Here I am today having the same "discussion". If I walked out AGAIN in the middle of it, we'll be here again TOMORROW (probably will be anyway, but I can't complain that my son has NO respect for me if I can't even put him first during an argument involving HIM). DST tonight (Sunday morning) @ 2:a.
Bardolater:
A person who idolizes Shakespeare.
You don't have to be a bardolater to enjoy the city's delightful Shakespeare in the Park series.
George Bernard Shaw once said he'd like to dig Shakespeare from the grave & throw stones at him. Shaw could be equally scathing toward Shakespeare's adoring fans; he called them "foolish Bardolatrous" ingnoramuses. Oddly enough, Shaw didn't despise Shakespeare or his work, but he disdained those who placed the man beyond reproach. The word "bardolater," which Shaw coined by blending Shakespeare's epithet - "the Bard" - with an affix that calls to mind "idolater," has stuck with us to this day, though it has lost some of its original critical sting.
After years apart, a group of idealistic former college buddies (William
Hurt, Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, JoBeth Williams, Mary Kay Place, Tom
Berenger and Jeff Goldblum) who've followed divergent paths as adults
reunite at the funeral of one of their own, reconnecting and reminiscing
while a soundtrack of 1960s hits plays in the background. The ensemble
performance in this Oscar-nominated dramatic comedy reflected the
period's baby boomer angst.
Breathe slowly through your nose (with your mouth closed). Visualize your breath going to the center of your head, then going out. Do this 10 times.
Find Me Gluten Free:
Find Me Gluten Free helps you find gluten-free friendly restaurants and
other businesses. View ratings and reviews, gluten-free menus, get
directions, and call restaurants right from the app. Also, easily view
gluten-free menus and allergen lists of chains and fast food
restaurants. Find gluten-free pizza, bakeries, fast food, local
businesses, and more!
In 2009, U.S. television stations completed the transition to what?
A. HD broadcasting
B. Blu-ray broadcasting
C. Internet boradcasting
D. Digital broadcasting
Answer: Digital broadcasting
Instead of going out with friends for dinner, have a "night out" at home. Invite a few friends to a potluck.
In the world of animal hybrids, what is a pizzly?
A cross between a polar bear and a grizzly bear. The hybrid is sometimes referred to as a grolar bear.
Sometimes a small gift, usually given during the holidays, can be substituted for cash. In the case of a hairdresser, for example, this gift can "top off" the cash tips you've gotten throughout the year.
On November 3, 1998, former professional wrestler Jesse "The Body" Ventura is elected governor of Minnesota
with 37 percent of the vote. His opponents, seasoned politicians Hubert
Humphrey III (son of Lyndon Johnson’s vice-president and the attorney
general of Minnesota) and St. Paul mayor Norm Coleman, spent a total of
$4.3 million on their campaigns. Ventura, the Reform-Party candidate,
spent $250,000—money he raised by selling $22 t-shirts and accepting $50
donations from his supporters. His only political experience had been
his years as mayor of Brooklyn Park, a suburb of Minneapolis, but his
laid-back, straight-talking, libertarian approach to politics resonated
with many Minnesotans—especially young men who had never voted before.
"I voted for Jesse because he was the most honest," one young
constituent told a reporter for Newsweek. "If he doesn’t know something,
he says he doesn’t know."
During his pro wrestling career, Ventura had always been the bad guy:
He wore tie-dyed outfits, feather boas and garish sunglasses, and he
loudly and profanely heckled his opponents. "The Body" was shamelessly
dishonest—his motto was "Win if you can, lose if you must, but always
cheat." Ventura used some of his character’s familiar flamboyance in his
gubernatorial campaign. In one ad, he wore only a pair of gym shorts
and sat contemplatively, emulating Rodin’s The Thinker, while opera
played in the background. In another, a Jesse Ventura action figure
(cobbled together from existing dolls that a staffer found in a store,
it had the body of Batman and the head of World War II
General Omar Bradley) trounced Evil Special Interest Man. But when he
got elected, he promised to take the job seriously. "I don’t want to
cheapen the office," he said. "I’m not about to turn it into some
dog-and-pony show."
Some of his accomplishments as governor were popular: He managed to
pass a light-rail plan for the Twin Cities, drafted a novel property-tax
reform package and sent tax rebates, called "Jesse Checks," to voters
every year for three years. Then the state ran into economic problems.
His legislative support evaporated and he seemed to spend more time
whining and lashing out at his critics (most notably—and unwisely—the
droll and good-natured Garrison Keillor, who, thanks to his public-radio
show The Prairie Home Companion, was a beloved Minnesota folk hero). In
2002, Ventura decided that he would not run for office again.
After leaving the governor’s mansion, Ventura hosted a short-lived TV
talk show, taught a class at Harvard, and stumped for John Kerry in
2004. Two years later, he moved to Mexico. Nonetheless, some people still hope that he will change his mind and return to politics.
Use the time change to get organized. Certain tasks should be done twice a year. Use the time change as a reminder to rotate your mattress to extend the life of the mattress. Change the batteries in your smoke detector. Rotate your dishes & silverware so they get even use. Clean behind major appliances (refrigerator, washer, dryer, etc.).
What Scottish lake contains more fresh water than all the lakes in England and Wales combined?
When you buy a house, you need title insurance - even if it's a new construction. Title insurance protects you in case someone tries to make a claim on your house. If you're unloading the moving van & a distant relative of a previous owner shows up with proof that they own 2.3% of your house, the title insurance company will start writing checks to make them go away.
Which Johnny Cash song was a hit 1st?
A. "Man in Black"
B. "Ring of Fire"
C. "Walk the Line"
CBA. Cash wrote "Man in Black" in 1971 to bear witness to the poor, the homeless, & the lonely. Cash said he would never be seen wearing a suit of white until there was a "move to make a few things right."
Which long-running teen drama was produced in Canada?
A. Gossip Girl
B. Degrassi High
C. Dawson's Creek
D. One Tree Hill
Why can't you figure out how to __________ & __________? Even a single-celled amoebae can __________.
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