Are you ready for Santa? Have you been good all year or just cleaned up your act these past couple weeks? Santa knows what you deserve and he’s coming to town tomorrow to reward you for your efforts.
I know Santa is bringing me lots of goodies. If you are one of my friends, then I’m sure you’ll get lots of goodies, too.
Merry Christmas, everyone!
What brings you luck? Do you have a lucky item or charm that you carry or keep in a secret place? I have a lucky penny - I found it on the sidewalk a very long time ago and I have never spent it. I think that because the year it was made is the same year that I was born and that I found it makes it lucky. Do you have a story about something lucky?
Our state did not vote for Obama but there were not enough red states to give McCain the win. Even though Obama won the election due to the electoral college votes, I hope he realizes that with this close an election, about half of the people that he has to lead did not vote for him and don’t want him as President. He has a lot to prove and a lot to overcome yet. I hope he can handle it.
The streets were cluttered with kids going around the neighborhood searching for free candy until really late last night. I really wanted to go to bed early but the kids kept coming in waves so I answered the doorbell until almost 10 o’clock and had enough fun by thenso I turned out the porch light and brought the pumpkins inside for safety.
Earlier, there was a freaking caravan of cars lined up along the street, with the parents of the little monsters following along to make sure the kids stayed together and out of trouble. At least that’s what I’m saying is why they were in their cars. In reality, the lazy mofos were sitting their big butts in the car while the kids run up and down the walkways to make sure the kids didn’t snatched up by pervs or mugged by older kids who would steal their candy. Sick world we live in these days.
At least they kept the little monsters close so there wasn’t any vandalism. There are only two houses in my whole neighborhood that have little kids in them, so I wonder where these dozens of little monsters came from anyway.
Every once in a while I catch the Cafferty File on CNN and he always cracks me up. He can be so sarcastic and insulting, with such a sincere hangdog look on his face! He talked about the Presidential Race today, mostly insulting VP Candidate Palin. Although he make a lot of pointed barbs at Palin, his point was well taken. McCain could have picked anyone else from a large field of qualified people but chose Palin. That will probably be his downfall, which is a real shame. McCain would make a great President but that requires solid judgement and he is not demonstrating the ligh levels that we need. His choice of an inferior running mate was made for all the wrong reasons and, like Cafferty, I think that will cost him the election next week.
There is a guy who writes a daily column for the online version of the daily newspaper in San Francisco. His name is Mark Morford. He is a very intelligent man with a cutting wit and I love to read his columns. I don’t always agree with him, but it is entertaining to read what he thinks about current events and issues.
Today’s column is about the remaining undecided voters for the upcoming election. It is less than 2 weeks away and he feels that everyone should have made up their minds by now. His assertion is that anyone who has not made up their mind must have very little minds with which to work. Very funny!
There are a lot of games that I like to play. I’m a very competitive person by nature. I especially like one-on-one games where you don’t depend on anyone but yourself and you can get into the head of your opponent. Like Chess or Mastermind. I don’t like the games where cheating is rewarded, like Cribbage or Dominoes.
When I play, I like to win on my own strengths. Sure, sometimes I win because my opponent has made a mistake, is incompetent, or even had a run of bad luck. But those wins are not as satisfying to me as the ones where I truly play my best game and win on my superior strategy and game skills.
I wish the candidates felt that way about their campaigns. I’m about sick of the attacks on each other. That type of speech does not impress me at all.
Found a great way to have fun on Halloween - go to the Six Flags Halloween Haunt! The entire theme park has been converted into haunted houses, graveyards and other spooky things. They have characters in spooky costumes roaming about the park, too. I wonder if the park guests are supposed to come in costume? I have some friends that could dress up and go crazy at a place like that.
Sounds like a blast - I can’t wait to go!
All the TV crime shows are so interesting and full of crime solving information. I hope that the information they provide in the shows is correct. Like, in CSI, they mentioned that every crime has a “Trinity”
So, I wonder if the police really use that term or is that something the writer’s made up to sound cool? I love the CSI shows because they are always talking about technical details and police lino that sound real.
I’m so worried about all those people who lived in Galveston and Houston now that Hurricane Ike has devastated southern Texas.
I’ve been watching CNN for coverage of the storm the past two days and the damage is just shocking. It looks like almost every home on Galveston has been reduced to a pile of splintered lumber, and some homes are nothing but a concrete foundation. It’s so sad and upsetting to think that thousands of people have lost their homes and possessions to the wind, rain and flooding that happened one day and then stopped. Like a door that slams shut and leaves the room deadly quiet.
