Obama being satirized on SNL...Finally.....cool!

In the past month or so SNL has done a pretty tough spoof on President Obama.

If you have not seen it......sit back and watch




Very Funny....very scary....a tiny bit raunchy

The issue is ....it took the main stream media...including SNL almost a year before they start smacking back the president. It's only fair....every President has been spoofed by SNL. I guess the mother ship (NBC) could not keep the lid on the issue any longer.

Let's remember......SNL is comedy......WTG SNL

Kitchen Faucet.....Kohler is cool!

OK.....I finally got all the parts....and guess what? Yup, I didn't order enough....I called Kohler back and without question they sent me the right ones. These, they had in stock and I received them very quickly. Everyone I dealt with at Kohler was not only nice....but competent.

Now to the normal incompetency that is rampant in my do it myself self life.....

Surprise! I am ready to get my plumber's license.....the faucet was fixed with in 30 minutes.....and.......it still works!

Flashing Lights .....not cool!

I am not sure when this practice started but it drives me CRAZY. Bus drivers who crack open the door to get the flashers going a mile before they stop to pick up kids.....

Every week I pass a school bus and almost every time they are picking kids up in the morning. The flashers are on.....and what do I do? I stop! Then the bus goes zooming by me and stops 1/4 mile down the road. I have stopped a few hundred feet before the bus passes me at times...

Hey Bus drivers....safety first,....but remember the boy who cried wolf. By putting your flashers on 1/2 mile before the stop drivers start to believe they can go through your moving flashing lights..... a dangerous situation.

Levis's $21 bucks....very cool!

There are a lot of crazy deals and sites on the Internet. http://www.woot.com/ is probably one of the most recognizable "deal of the day" site. Yesterday I visited http://www.fatwallet.com/ This site is a deal aggregator. Vendors send them their daily deal and they post links.

Yesterday they had a great deal. Levi jeans 40% off. Sorry I am late on the deal for you, I wanted to just highlight a site that may get you some deals this CommonEraMas season.

Here is a good example....until Nov 16th you can get 25% off your purchase from Lands End and free shupping... Link here to see the special

You need to check these aggregator sites daily and act quickly.

Good Shopping!

Casting a liberal vote....cool!

Over the past few months Shelby and her 8th grade class got heavily involved in a community issue. They have taken up the cause to have smoking banned from all public places including PRIVATE businesses. in Wildwood Missouri.

They spent a ton of time researching the project. They were in fact invited to the Capitol to present the project. The teacher took it one more step further and had them present it to the town council to see if they could get the ban implemented. Shelby spoke twice in front of the council. I was very proud of her......although I totally disagreed with her stance.

The government should really not be telling private businesses that they cannot have a legal act, such as smoking, in their establishments,. The real rub is in bars and restaurants. People say it's not fair to non smokers that they have to smell smoke while eating.

Now....first things first....I hate smoke...I have hated it since my dad made us close the windows due to the cold....then he turned up the heat...then he would smoke like a chimney while driving.... to this day I get "car" sick every time I am in the back seat of a car.

I do however think that if you don't like it.....don't go to the restaurant. If it's such a bad business decision....the market will take care of it and people will not go to that establishment....OK you get the issue....

So Wildwood did nothing...they shelved it....mainly due to the fact that the entire county had a vote later in the year to pass a county wide ban. This would allow them to get out of making the tough decision.

Last month......I voted for the ban....against my own views....I told Shelby she deserved to vote and I would give her my vote. They won with 64% of the voters banning smoke!

I never once publicly went against Shelby's view....although we argued each time we went to the meetings.

So I took a liberal step....not my first and not my last....but surely unusual.

Personal Attacks...not so cool?

Wow coming from me....Mr. Soapbox himself? I barely could type the title without slapping myself.

Over the past 3 weeks I have been busy getting off the soapbox and actually fighting the good fight. As I posted earlier, The B.C.E. versus B.C. petition is up and running. We now have over 650 signatures in just the past 3 1/2 weeks.

For me this has been a bit of a social experiment. Most that know me would be surprised that I am fighting this religious fight so openly. We Northeast Catholics barley speak of our faith....but since moving to the Midwest, I have learned that many not only speak about it....but speak up for it.

Here is the link to the petition to refresh you on the issue:
Petition

In the past two days I have been called a right wing propagandist and Ignorant.

One came through an email.... a pretty nasty email by the way....and the next was a posting on the School District Blog. Yup...we got them on their heels at the district. The dog has awaken....and they thought it necessary to start their political ass covering.

Here is the Post....great reading:
Rockwood Post

As anyone who really knows me...I could really care less what others think. I run my life trying to do well by my family, my friends, my community and not lastly my church.

So let them personally attack us.......The silent majority will overcome!

Chris is cool!

My little saint turned 12 yesterday. Happy Birthday buddy.

I think Chris had one of his best birthday weekends....

We had a birthday soak late last week
He then has a bunch of his buddies over on Halloween for a birthday party
He goes out trick or treating
He helps with Denise's Haunted House
Has a couple of buddies stay over
He selects PF Changs for his Birthday dinner
and last and most importantly....he gets a hampster

He was very happy and thanked me for breaking down on the pet issue.

He is a funny kid....period

Shoe laces.....cool!

When was the last time you bought shoe laces? If the answer is like forever....then you are like me. I thought about why we do not buy shoe laces anymore.....

The shoes wear out before the laces....(you cheap skate, buy some good shoes)
You do not wear the shoes enough to put any wear on them ( think Imelda Marcos )


Anyway, I have a pretty expensive pair of casual shoes. I love these shoes...I hated buying them...they cost a ton, but they are well worth it. However, I just had to buy shoe laces. The laces became frayed and need to be replaced.

The funny thing is.....when I went to Walgreen's they had a very slim section of shoe laces. This got me thinking about how lonely that shoe lace sales guy is these days.


The worst part about the whole scenario....I had to take one lace out at a time to make sure I put them back in the same way. I felt like a 2 year old.....what a dope.

Another last time.....not cool!

There is a poem floating around out there that lists all the "last " times you do things as a parent. The last time you pick up your little person with their out stretched arms, the last time your baby falls asleep on your chest while you both take an afternoon nap or maybe the last time your teenager wants to give you a kiss in public. So many of these slip by without parents noticing they were the last time. We reminisce and talk about these and all wish we could turn back the clock.



I had a "last" time on Saturday and fully acknowledged and fully enjoyed it. Chris turned 12 Sunday. Last week while he was preparing to set up his Halloween strategy, he asked me if I was coming with him again. Of course I jumped on that, knowing that this was probably the last time my boy would want me to tag along.....turned out one of his buddies was not allowed to be without a parent. So Chris told him that I would go. He explained that I was a "warrior" Over the years, Chris and Shelby have been the first to go and the last to come home from Trick or Treating. So he knew that I would stay out as long as he wanted.



It was great watching Chris and his buddies run from house to house.....



A great "Last"

Thanks Chris