Rantings Diversified

I have, in the past few months or so, found some really great blogs
and websites I am feeling the need to advertise here.
So with no further ado.  I present you…  in particular order…

The Blonde Goddess
Here we have a girl who is quickly becoming one of my favorite reads.
She is funny, vulgar, smart and not entirely unlike a female Twenty Major

T.O.T.U.S. – Teleprompter Of The United States
Our P.O.T.U.S., Comrade the Messiah, doesn’t go any where without
his T.O.T.U.S.

Lette’s Blog
I’m not big on Photo Blogs but this girly is about allot more than just her really really good photos

The September 12th Project
Wouldn’t it be great if we would all get back to that way we felt on September 12, 2001?

Now as always I encourage my readers, all three of you, to also check out my favorite web sites.  They also are in no designated order except how they have popped into my head.

Headrambles

Jefferson Davis

The Arse-End of Ireland

K8 the Gr8

The West Virginia Surf Report

Sam, Problem-Child-Bride

Bock the Robber

Twenty Major

That’s The Way it Crumbles .. Cookie Wise

And don’t forget to look over there —>
and go buy the book!!

I don’t know where or how to start this.  I have tried a few times.  Look over at the right hand side of my site and you’ll see a linky thing for the book.  Go buy it.  It’s great.  No, really it is.  I have read quite a few good books recently and this one is my favorite.  It’s over there –>

The auld fella’ known as Grandad is a hoot!  I mean that in a good way.  His book is drawn from his blog and reflects his take on modern society and how looney it has become.  The name itself describes it well.  It’s the ramblings knocking around in Grandad’s head.  It’s a wonderful read in that it takes you away from the daily grind and takes you to the Irish countryside for a short while.  Well it’s Grandad’s countryside and in this countryside tourists beware!  The book will take you on a journey from the sublime to the hilarious and all the way to thoughtful.
Look it’s right over there –>
You can read about his faithful canine Snady (Sandy doesn’t type so well).  You’ll explore his relationship with his frying pan wielding wife, Herself and his daughter with an unpronouncable Irish name aka K8, her fiancée T.A.T. ( The Accidental Terrorist) as well as all the poor folks he comes into contact with on a regular basis.  I’m left with the impression that Bertie Ahern, the former Taoiseach and Grandad may not be best of friends.
The whole thing is well written and funny and thoughtful.  For me it was like going to visit an old friend.
I can’t recommend it highly enough.  So go buy it already.  It’s right there—>

I have seen this meme making the rounds for awhile now.  I stole it from SparkyBing(I love that name) and I’ve seen it recently at Wordnerd as well as other places.
I thought to make this old meme interesting that I would use the answers to the questions in a sentence that directly relates to the subject.
Read on.  You’ll see what I mean.

1.Your rock star name (first pet, current car) – Ringo Dakota
Ladies and Gentlemen!  Just back from their European tour.  Let’s give a warm welcome to The Ringo Dakota Band!!!

2.Your gangsta name (favorite ice cream flavor, favorite type of shoe) – Vanilla Boots
Yo, G!  Fiddy and Kanye got nothin’ on Vanilla Boots

3.Your Native American name (favorite color, favorite animal) – Green Dog ( It should have been my Gangsta’ name!)
The cavalry rode through the pass only to be ambushed by Green Dog and his band of renegade Susquehannok Injuns.

4.Your soap opera name (middle name, city where you were born) – John Harrisburg
Sarah, who is married to Kyle but having an affair with John Harrisburg, was the only one who knew he was dying of a rare disease last recorded in humans in the early 12th century.

5.Your Star Wars name (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 of your first name) Fitbr
The Federation knew they were in trouble when the entire regiment of Tie-fighters desended on the ship,lead by their ace star fighter, Fitbr!

6.Superhero name (2nd favorite color, favorite drink) – Black Vodka
Then just as Comrade The Messiah was starting to sign the Anti-Freedom bill, Black Vodka stepped from the shadows and shot his evil nemisis with his Liberty gun and the world was once again safe from the evil clutches of the Demoncrat empire.

7.NASCAR name (the first names of your grandfathers) – Richard John
There are two laps to go as Richard John in the #69 Miller Lite, Dupont, Home Depot, Go Daddy, Nextel, Stuckeys, Office Max, Chevrolet pulls pass Rickky Bobby’s #00 Dodge to take the lead.

8.Dancer name (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy) Grey Flannel Three Musketeer
The reviews for the newest dance inspired show on Broadway were at best lackluster but the performance of Grey-Flannel-Three-Musketeer was really the worst this reviewer has ever seen.

9.TV weather anchor name (your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter) – Shaffner Syracuse
And now here’s your WWTF first ten at ten, seven day, doppler radar forecast from Shaffner Syracuse.

10.Spy name (your favorite season/holiday, flower) – Summer Daisey (doesn’t really work for me)
The name is Daisey, Summer Daisey.  (See, it just doesn’t work!)

11.Cartoon name:(favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now) – Apple Sweat Pants (WTF?)
The cartoon name, Apple Sweat-Pants sounds like a friendly streewalking hooker from Sesame Street.

12.Hippie name (what you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree) – Cold Pizza Hickory
Even while living at the commune Cold-Pizza Hickory refused to eat tofu.

13.Movie (or porn) star name (first pet, first street where you lived) – Ringo Schoolhouse
Ringo Schoolhouse was compelling in his newest romantic comedy, “The Cusp of the Eve of a Bunch of Women Sitting around Talking”.

Ok, so now it’s K8theGr8, JD, Grandad , Roosta and Sam’s turn and of course I want The Blonde Goddess to do this too.
Just because I have tagged these folks doesn’t mean you can’t steal it and do it also.
So, get amognst it!

I have a copy of Rosetta Stone.  This is a language learning software.  I also got the Irish language pack with it along with 11 other languages.  The Irish language is a beautiful thing.  It rolls off the tongue so easily.
Póg mo thóin.
See what I mean?
One thing I have learned from this is that the Irish accent makes alot of sense in the context of the Irish language.  See, most of the time the accent is on the first syllable and with that knowledge it’s easy to see why the Irish mis-pronounce so many words.
They pronounce Trash Cans… Bins
Where we might say that fellow is a, ‘jerk’, they say he’s, ‘a proper cunt’.
We say it’s freezing outside and they say, ‘It’s fuckin’ chilly today’.
See what I mean?
The Irish language is something I’m working on learning so fuck this noise I’m off to throw some Britneys down my Gregory.  I’m learning.
I’ll finish with some common Irish sayings…
Póg mo thóin
Tiocfaidh ár Lá
Ná bí i do bhod bacach
Armáilte go dtí na cluasa
ís aít an mac an saol
Is é Dia amháin a thabharfaidh breithiúnas orm

And I’ll leave you with my favorite…
Ná cailligí an craic

that whenever you end up behind that asshole, on the highway.  Yes, you all have been behind THAT asshole, on the highway.  It should be legal to….
Get up underneath him…
Get him loose….
and put him into the wall!

Twitter is becoming a kinda’ cool thing.  You see one person I am following on Twitter is Senator John McCain from Arizona.  He has been tweeting some of the details of the so-called Stimulus Package that Comrade the Messiah and the demoncrats pushed through our congress.  You remember!  The one that Comrade the Messiah said contained NO earmarks or as they use to be called, Pork!!!
UPDATE: These pork projects are NOT from the Stimulus Bill but in fact are from the Omnibus Spending Bill (Thanks Julie!)
Below you will find some of the details of this over spending stimulus bill.  They are the actual tweets directly from Senator McCain.

$1.7M “for a honey bee factory” in Weslaco, TX
$475,000 to build a parking garage in Provo City, Utah
$200,000 “tattoo removal violence outreach program to could help gang members or others shed visible signs of their past” REALLY?
$300,000 for the Montana World Trade Center – enough said
$1 million for mormon cricket control in Utah – is that the species of cricket or a game played by the brits?
$650,000 for beaver management in North Carolina and Mississippi
$2.1 million for the Center for Grape Genetics in New York – quick peel me a grape.
$332,000 for the design and construction of a school sidewalk in Franklin, Texas – not enough $ for schools in the stimulus?
$2 million “for the promotion of astronomy” in Hawaii – because nothing says new jobs for average Americans like investing in astronomy
$1.7 million for pig odor research in Iowa
$250,000 to enhance research on Ice Seal populations
$100,000 for the Central Nebraska World Trade Center
$143,000  to teach art energy – Art can produce energy?  If so, then investing in the arts may lead to energy independence.
$167,000 for the Autry National Center for the American West in Los Angeles, CA
$1,427,250 for genetic improvements of switchgrass – I thought switchgrass genes were pretty good already, guess I was wrong.
$100,000 for the regional robotics training center in Union, SC – Does R2D2 or C3P0 know about this?
$238,000 for the Polynesian Voyaging Society in Hawaii – During these tough economic times with Americans out of work.
$143,000 for Nevada Humanities to develop and expand an online encyclopedia – Anyone heard of Wikipedia?
$150,000 for a rodeo museum in South Dakota
$951,500 for Sustainable Las Vegas
$285,000 for the Discovery Center of Idaho in Boise, ID
$209,000 to improve blueberry production and efficiency in GA
$47,500 to remodel and expand a playground in Ottawa, IL
$400,000 for copper wire theft prevention efforts
$190,000 for the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, WY
$819, 000 for catfish genetics research in Alabama
$380,000 for lighthouses in Maine
$380,000 to revitalize downtown Aliceville, AL
$900,000 for fish management – how does one manage a fish…
$951,500 for the Oregon Solar Highway
$190,000 to build a Living Science Museum in New Orleans, LA
$380,000 for a recreation and fairground area in Kotzebue, AK
$118,750 for a building to house an aircraft display in Rantoul, IL
$7,100,000 for the conservation and recovery of endangered Hawaiian sea turtle populations
$950,000 for a Convention Center in Myrtle Beach, SC
$150,000 for lobster research – similar to lobster managment?

All 13 earmarks for PMA group, which has been raided by the FBI for corruption, totaling over $10 million -THE BEST GOVERNMENT $ CAN BUY

$3,806,000 for a Sun Grant Initiative in SD
$190,000 for the Guam Public Library in Hagatna, Guam
$143,000 for the Historic Jazz Foundation in Kansas City, MO
$95,000 for the state of New Mexico to find a dental school location
$632,000 for the Hungry Horse Project
$59,000 for Dismal Swamp and Dismal Swamp Canal in Virginia
$95,000 for Hawaii Public Radio
$143,000 for the Dayton Society of Natural History in Dayton, OH
$1.9 million for the Pleasure Beach Water Taxi Service Project, CT
$190,000 to rebuild a dock in Gold Beach, OR
$237,500 for a new museum in San Jose, CA
$228,000 for “streetscaping” in Bridgeville, PA
$385,000 for the Utah World Trade Center – Utah too?
$2,128,000 for a Ferry Boat, San Juan, PR
$190,000 for the Berkshire Theatre in Stockbridge, MA
$122,821 for the Greater Toledo Arts Commission
$1,284,525 for Rolls Royce – does that include a car?
$75,000 for the “Totally Teen Zone” in Albany, GA

All I can add to this is… OBAMA = One Big Ass Mistake America

It seems to be contagious, this obsession with from where we blog.
So here it is…
My Desk

You can see more at DESKED

Let’s go racin’ boys!

OK, so alot of you poo-poo the NASCAR racing as a bunch of good-ol-boys driving old technology cars around an oval track.  Well that’s exactly why I love NASCAR.  Go Fast, Turn Left!  With the Car of Tomorrow (COT) they have finally gotten back to the orgininal idea of NASCAR.  These guys are driving big-ass-pig-cars that happen to have 850 HP.  It has gotten back to a race of drivers rather than a race of super-areodynamic super cars.  Finally Dog-Shit-Monkey-Boy(aka Jeff Gordon) is no longer winning all the races.
Now please know that for a mess of years I was a die-hard Rusty fan!  Now that he’s gone I have become one of the millions of the Junior Nation.
Yes, I am a big time Junior fan!!!
I like seeing Carl, Kurt, Matt and Jimmy winning because they’re good drivers.
I have become a big fan of the COT because of that.  NASCAR has become, once again, a drivers race and not a technology race.
By The Way, If I can’t root for Junior then I become a big time Juan Pablo Montoya fan.
So F1 may be technologicaly advanced but NASCAR is a drivers race.
Whatever you may think of it, I am a big NASCAR fan!

Go Fast, Turn Left!