For once, my habit of procrastinating has actually paid off. I was told three weeks ago that I needed new tires when I had my car inspected. It passed, but only barely. I had some trouble last winter and again this year with slipping and sliding in the snow, so I knew it was time. However, as usual, I decided to wait until a more convenient time to get the job done, especially since we’ve had almost no snow this winter.
Two days ago, I got an email from the store with news that there was a rebate on tires, including the ones I wanted to get.
This morning we had the kind of fine snow that, at temperatures in the teens, gets really slippery on the roads that don’t get a lot of traffic. As I drove to my appointment, I slipped three times in the last block, finally sliding slightly askew into the parking lot. Yup…needed new tires!
My procrastination ended up saving me $130 on the tires and an oil change because of the rebates that were NOT in effect three weeks ago. AND, even better, I’m not slipping and sliding any more! 🙂
This was no time for play,
This was no time for fun.
This was the worst of all games
Played by Republicans
All that deep, deep, deep snow,
All that snow had to go
When Newtie went down
To the town for the day,
He said, “somebody,
Somebody must clean this away
Some student body
No custodian, you see
So he picked out kid somebodies
While he stalked Tiffany.
So, there, there we were,
We were working like that,
When who should come up
But the Great Demo-cat
Oh, good, Sally said,
Please let him come near,
You know what he did
The last time he was here!
He lowered our taxes
And paid down the debt
Gave bin Laden the axes
And taxed Mitt, you can bet!
“Well, well,” the Cat said
I can see you remember
Just what it was like
In ’08 September
“You bet we do,” I said
As the snow globber globploded
“The Bushcrumber freeloaded
The Republicans imploded”
They Palinized cities
They Mavericked towns
And we looked at him
We looked just like that.
Hoo-donkeys, we love you
You Great Demo-cat!
So Sarah attacked all those politicians who came to Washington…to that “ceasepool” and turned it into a jacuzz…then after realizing that she was dissing her own, she quickly defended the class of 2010 Tea Partiers:
Since her Newt is losing to Santorum, she insists that the primary process of ‘vetting’ must continue. I guess I’ll have to agree with her because the longer they battle the bloodier they will all get until no one will be left unscathed, no one’s record will be unblemished, no skeleton will be left hanging and no sane person will stomach voting for any of them. And if the GOP loses in a landslide decision in Nov., her fans can thank her once again just like they did in upstate New York, in Delaware, in Nevada and in Alaska.
Let’s help Sarah. She wants all the politicians who have been in Washington for a year or two (2010 freshmen) should all be thrown out! We should all do as we’ve been told and thrown the Tea Partiers out with (Sarah’s) jacuzzi/ceasepool water!
Gobig,my apologies. I have been in a good mood all day until I read your post and remembered this article I read earlier today,while checking up on my favorite nutjob Steve King. I sincerely hope Wasilla bad person chokes on his own bile from all the hate rethugs keep stored up inside. My apologies go out to Dr Seuss as well,I want fun and games,not avoidable tragedies.
There was some more brilliance from the GOP yesterday. Rep. Wes Keller (R) of Wasilla is opposed to the ban on texting while driving because it’s just a step toward the government making eating pizza while driving illegal.
The bill does nothing to address eating while driving, just texting. It wouldn’t bother me if it did.
Driving is serious business. You really shouldn’t be eating anything while steering a six thousand pound piece of metal down the road, much less something like a pizza. I suppose good old Wes has a 12 volt wok plugged in, so he can whip up a little stir fry on his way to Anchorage.
A large portion vehicle accidents stem from distracted driving. If people would put down the phones, newspapers, make-up, food, and other distracting items, there would be far fewer accidents. This would translate to savings for all through reduced insurance rates.
There have been numerous studies proving that talking on a phone, or eating, produces the same driving skills and behaviors as driving drunk. I remember the gruesome movies that were shown in high school to hammer home the consequences of irresponsible driving. Maybe it’s time to make our elected officials watch them? “Mechanized Death” is a good one.
Dear Repugnant,rethugnut,numbnuts Congressperson from Wasilla, http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012120210001 One can only pray that this seventeen year old statistic does not belong to you or any of your constituents. Morons like you should not be allowed to have kids. Please contact her family and share your knowledge of why texting while driving is not dangerous and should not be outlawed.
In 2007, five girls from Fairport, NY were killed a week after their high school graduation because their car crashed head-on into a tractor trailer on a two-lane country road. Since everyone in the car was killed, we will never know for sure what happened immediately prior to the crash, but records from the driver’s cell phone showed that someone texted moments before she crossed into the other lane. An entire town was devastated by the unimaginable, and needless, loss.
We now have a law in NY state that prohibits texting while driving, thanks in part to this tragedy. Rep. Keller should ask the families of those girls if they think a ban on texting while driving is taking away someone’s rights.
It must have been cold there in the darkness,
to never have sunlight on your face.
You were content to lie and lie, that’s your way.
You always whined, yes, also too.
So we were the ones with the rebuttals,
while you were the one making all that up.
A face spewing rot and more for so long.
We’re tired of your “it’s socialistic” song!
Did you ever know you’re not our hero,
and everything we would never be?
We will come together and defeat you,
’cause you are a stinker, don’t you see.
It might have appeared to go unnoticed,
but we’ve got it all here in our PC’s.
We want you to know we know the truth, of course we know it.
You will be nothing when we’re through.
Did you ever know you’re not our hero?
You’re everything we would never be.
We will come together and defeat you,
’cause you a stinker, don’t you see?
Did you ever know you’re not our hero?
You’re everything, everything we would never be.
We will come together and defeat you,
’cause you are a stinker, don’t you see?
’cause you are a stinker, don’t you see?
The NY Times actually covered the lawsuit brought by farmers against Monsanto. This is a little shocking, because The Times has, for the most part, shilled for genetically modified food:
I tossed a missile in the air
and glitterbombed Mitt Romneycare
for my protest I’m now in jail
languishing in rw hell
secret service is no fun
they threatened me with shooty-guns
I’ll soon be rendered near and far
except we don’t torture,snicker,har har
you’ve probably seen the last of me
too dangerous to be set free
glitterbombing is all the rage
just not too near a nutjob stage
Leah at God’s Own Party has a new post up regarding the Santorum surge (and, as a long-term reader of Savage Love, Dan Savage’s syndicated column, it’s hard to write Santorum surge without seeing ghastly mind-pictures):
In happier news, our show yesterday was a raging success. Check it out on our blog:
http://thegreenshows.tumblr.com/ where, in the photo at the top left, you can see Zyxomma herself (I’m the little one in the photo). And here’s a lovely slideshow from The GreenShows at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week:
The P-ers gather at CPAC
Extolling virtues of using frac;
Climate change? They like it not-
Evolution? Perish the thought!
Small government they do extoll
Except for increasing Defense role;
No birth control! Their voices thunder
But social programs they plan to plunder-
Lobbyists are our best friends
Super PACs will never end!
I do not like the GOP
Not their financial policy
I do not like their social plan
Women are less than any man;
I do not like them in my town
I do not want them around-
I do not like the GOP
I do not like them, no sirree!
What a lovely way to start my day. Thanks for the giggles all you wonderful mudpups! Buckeye Chuck, the Ohio ground hog predicted an early spring and this morning we wake up to our first real snow of winter. Go figure! 🙂 The snow is doing a wonderful job of reflecting the sun light and everything looks brighter today. May you all have a happy Saturday.
AKM- you were in a dream I had last night. You were singing. Yep, singing loud at a mic to a room full of people. It was… well let’s just say that Randy Jackson might say, “Dawwwg, really?” 🙂
Duct tape..sigh..brings back the ‘seeds of memory’..in the end rolls of marking/coding tapes used at Boeing. Auntie Ruth and Auntie Margaret..saved them for me to make pictures with..when I was ages 5,6,7 and 8. My dangerous scissors, any blank paper avail. and time..gorgeous..peaceful quiet time..off in the guest bedroom, or the barn loft..cutting, snipping ‘unsticking’ tiny tiny shreddy bits from moi fingers..to place and layer (for texture ya know)..as my world…flew toward beauty and color and freedom for many..and the comfort dust of old alphalfa..gently entered my nose..as wriggled deep into the hay bales.. seeking respite from war news. snip..place..consider. duct tape..a window..on your souls..enjoy the ball good people..enjoy..and run with joy.
Ah, yes, I remember when my youngest was in high school. She never went anywhere without her My Little Pony lunch box and a big roll of duct tape. I figured her back pack, with the books thrown in was almost half of her weight. No wonder she has back problems now.
I do remember, however, there were a few times I was glad she brought along her duct tape – it did come in handy once or twice. 😉
Oh, and then there was the time she covered an old pair of jeans with duct tape and wore them to day camp. Turns out that was not very practical when it rained.
CDQs
Phew
I do not want them in my stew
I do not want them in my pew
I do not want them in my chew
CDQs
Phew
Throw them into the loo
CDQs
Phew
Dr. Seuss must of turned over in his grave at the mis-use of copyright.
I don’t think so. Cool dude that Dr. Seuss.
Here’s to Seuss
He was not a puss
He did not fuss
He did not cuss
Here’s to Seuss
RIP and thanks for your great rhymes.
For once, my habit of procrastinating has actually paid off. I was told three weeks ago that I needed new tires when I had my car inspected. It passed, but only barely. I had some trouble last winter and again this year with slipping and sliding in the snow, so I knew it was time. However, as usual, I decided to wait until a more convenient time to get the job done, especially since we’ve had almost no snow this winter.
Two days ago, I got an email from the store with news that there was a rebate on tires, including the ones I wanted to get.
This morning we had the kind of fine snow that, at temperatures in the teens, gets really slippery on the roads that don’t get a lot of traffic. As I drove to my appointment, I slipped three times in the last block, finally sliding slightly askew into the parking lot. Yup…needed new tires!
My procrastination ended up saving me $130 on the tires and an oil change because of the rebates that were NOT in effect three weeks ago. AND, even better, I’m not slipping and sliding any more! 🙂
Tomorrow, or maybe the next day, I will write about procastination.
And I’ll make sure to read it.
After my nap.
And maybe a snack.
Wonder what kind of cheese I have in the refrigerator….
And I’ll have to look out the window at the pretty snowflakes.
Doesn’t the snow make everything look so clean and sparkly?
But I’ll definitely read it.
Cheese? Got enough to share?
Probably, but I’m not sure. I’ll have to check.
Maybe in a little while. Or tomorrow.
Cheese is good. 🙂
Write about how you are on the hook for beer as first poster and procrastinate your way out of that.
This was no time for play,
This was no time for fun.
This was the worst of all games
Played by Republicans
All that deep, deep, deep snow,
All that snow had to go
When Newtie went down
To the town for the day,
He said, “somebody,
Somebody must clean this away
Some student body
No custodian, you see
So he picked out kid somebodies
While he stalked Tiffany.
So, there, there we were,
We were working like that,
When who should come up
But the Great Demo-cat
Oh, good, Sally said,
Please let him come near,
You know what he did
The last time he was here!
He lowered our taxes
And paid down the debt
Gave bin Laden the axes
And taxed Mitt, you can bet!
“Well, well,” the Cat said
I can see you remember
Just what it was like
In ’08 September
“You bet we do,” I said
As the snow globber globploded
“The Bushcrumber freeloaded
The Republicans imploded”
They Palinized cities
They Mavericked towns
And we looked at him
We looked just like that.
Hoo-donkeys, we love you
You Great Demo-cat!
Whitney Houston has passed . . . .
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-57376028/singer-whitney-houston-dies-at-48/
I am shocked.
What a waste of talent. RIP Whitney.
Just laughing…
So Sarah attacked all those politicians who came to Washington…to that “ceasepool” and turned it into a jacuzz…then after realizing that she was dissing her own, she quickly defended the class of 2010 Tea Partiers:
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/palin-dc-polls-treat-cess-pool-like-jacuzzi
Since her Newt is losing to Santorum, she insists that the primary process of ‘vetting’ must continue. I guess I’ll have to agree with her because the longer they battle the bloodier they will all get until no one will be left unscathed, no one’s record will be unblemished, no skeleton will be left hanging and no sane person will stomach voting for any of them. And if the GOP loses in a landslide decision in Nov., her fans can thank her once again just like they did in upstate New York, in Delaware, in Nevada and in Alaska.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/palin-primary-competition-should-keep-going
Let’s help Sarah. She wants all the politicians who have been in Washington for a year or two (2010 freshmen) should all be thrown out! We should all do as we’ve been told and thrown the Tea Partiers out with (Sarah’s) jacuzzi/ceasepool water!
Gobig,my apologies. I have been in a good mood all day until I read your post and remembered this article I read earlier today,while checking up on my favorite nutjob Steve King. I sincerely hope Wasilla bad person chokes on his own bile from all the hate rethugs keep stored up inside. My apologies go out to Dr Seuss as well,I want fun and games,not avoidable tragedies.
There was some more brilliance from the GOP yesterday. Rep. Wes Keller (R) of Wasilla is opposed to the ban on texting while driving because it’s just a step toward the government making eating pizza while driving illegal.
The bill does nothing to address eating while driving, just texting. It wouldn’t bother me if it did.
Driving is serious business. You really shouldn’t be eating anything while steering a six thousand pound piece of metal down the road, much less something like a pizza. I suppose good old Wes has a 12 volt wok plugged in, so he can whip up a little stir fry on his way to Anchorage.
A large portion vehicle accidents stem from distracted driving. If people would put down the phones, newspapers, make-up, food, and other distracting items, there would be far fewer accidents. This would translate to savings for all through reduced insurance rates.
There have been numerous studies proving that talking on a phone, or eating, produces the same driving skills and behaviors as driving drunk. I remember the gruesome movies that were shown in high school to hammer home the consequences of irresponsible driving. Maybe it’s time to make our elected officials watch them? “Mechanized Death” is a good one.
I
Dear Repugnant,rethugnut,numbnuts Congressperson from Wasilla, http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012120210001 One can only pray that this seventeen year old statistic does not belong to you or any of your constituents. Morons like you should not be allowed to have kids. Please contact her family and share your knowledge of why texting while driving is not dangerous and should not be outlawed.
In 2007, five girls from Fairport, NY were killed a week after their high school graduation because their car crashed head-on into a tractor trailer on a two-lane country road. Since everyone in the car was killed, we will never know for sure what happened immediately prior to the crash, but records from the driver’s cell phone showed that someone texted moments before she crossed into the other lane. An entire town was devastated by the unimaginable, and needless, loss.
We now have a law in NY state that prohibits texting while driving, thanks in part to this tragedy. Rep. Keller should ask the families of those girls if they think a ban on texting while driving is taking away someone’s rights.
What a great way to start the day. 😀
What time did you get up? 🙂
LOL- earlier than the time says, but I didn’t get here till noon. 😉
It must have been cold there in the darkness,
to never have sunlight on your face.
You were content to lie and lie, that’s your way.
You always whined, yes, also too.
So we were the ones with the rebuttals,
while you were the one making all that up.
A face spewing rot and more for so long.
We’re tired of your “it’s socialistic” song!
Did you ever know you’re not our hero,
and everything we would never be?
We will come together and defeat you,
’cause you are a stinker, don’t you see.
It might have appeared to go unnoticed,
but we’ve got it all here in our PC’s.
We want you to know we know the truth, of course we know it.
You will be nothing when we’re through.
Did you ever know you’re not our hero?
You’re everything we would never be.
We will come together and defeat you,
’cause you a stinker, don’t you see?
Did you ever know you’re not our hero?
You’re everything, everything we would never be.
We will come together and defeat you,
’cause you are a stinker, don’t you see?
’cause you are a stinker, don’t you see?
I’m singing to your chorus.
The NY Times actually covered the lawsuit brought by farmers against Monsanto. This is a little shocking, because The Times has, for the most part, shilled for genetically modified food:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/dining/a-suit-airs-debate-on-organic-vs-modified-crops.html?ref=dining
I tossed a missile in the air
and glitterbombed Mitt Romneycare
for my protest I’m now in jail
languishing in rw hell
secret service is no fun
they threatened me with shooty-guns
I’ll soon be rendered near and far
except we don’t torture,snicker,har har
you’ve probably seen the last of me
too dangerous to be set free
glitterbombing is all the rage
just not too near a nutjob stage
my apologies,I don’t remember any Dr Seuss rhymes.
That was great, mike!
Shooty-guns!! 🙂
I love shooty-guns too! :
Boodog, starty composing, starty composing now.
Oh, but I would
If only I could
But dang-darn-dash
Today my brain’s up my …
OK, I’ll work on it 🙂
But you captured the spirit – and that’s what counts.
That was wonderful! 🙂 🙂 🙂
They’ll probably give you a water-boardin
Up and down you will be goin
gulp and gulpping you will do
until the stuffin is out of you.
All the secrets you will tell
where you’ve been
and where you’re goin
tell im, tell im, Mike do
tell im their goin goin
down under next fall
tell im , tell im, Mike do
please take Sarah with them too.
I meant to type Mikey
goof if am
Leah at God’s Own Party has a new post up regarding the Santorum surge (and, as a long-term reader of Savage Love, Dan Savage’s syndicated column, it’s hard to write Santorum surge without seeing ghastly mind-pictures):
http://godsownparty.com/blog/2012/02/santorum-surge-is-predictable-the-true-severe-gop-candidate/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GodsOwnParty+%28God%27s+Own+Party%3F%29
In happier news, our show yesterday was a raging success. Check it out on our blog:
http://thegreenshows.tumblr.com/ where, in the photo at the top left, you can see Zyxomma herself (I’m the little one in the photo). And here’s a lovely slideshow from The GreenShows at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week:
http://nickydigital.com/2012/02/the-green-shows-at-the-box-at-mercedes-benz-fashion-week-at-lincoln-center-on-february-10-2012/20120210_4013/
I feel like a very proud parent whose brilliant child just won Scripps or Intel or or something.
And here’s another slideshow of the ethical fashions (which, contrary to the captions, were not on a runway; it was a presentation show):
http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/5Uv-EU4VXCO/Greenshows+Collection+Presentation+Fall+2012/NOMuYvd5Wid
And here’s coverage from CBS news:
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/video/6731282-fashion-week-green-garments/#.TzabwqHcOX4.email
great picture Zyx. congratulations. you done good girl.
I agree. Well done!
Dang. I didn’t put my coffee down fast enough 😉
The P-ers gather at CPAC
Extolling virtues of using frac;
Climate change? They like it not-
Evolution? Perish the thought!
Small government they do extoll
Except for increasing Defense role;
No birth control! Their voices thunder
But social programs they plan to plunder-
Lobbyists are our best friends
Super PACs will never end!
I do not like the GOP
Not their financial policy
I do not like their social plan
Women are less than any man;
I do not like them in my town
I do not want them around-
I do not like the GOP
I do not like them, no sirree!
Crocks on Fox
and Fox on box
Jocks on crocks
on box on Fox
Crocks in jocks
and socks just knocks
Flocks buy stocks
from crocks on Fox
Stocks buy glocks
that blocks the box!
Makes more sense than anything Fake Noise ever put out as actual news.
lol
Damn…thought that was a masterpiece
Of course it was, darlin’. 😀
What a lovely way to start my day. Thanks for the giggles all you wonderful mudpups! Buckeye Chuck, the Ohio ground hog predicted an early spring and this morning we wake up to our first real snow of winter. Go figure! 🙂 The snow is doing a wonderful job of reflecting the sun light and everything looks brighter today. May you all have a happy Saturday.
I meant what I said
And I said what I meant
Repubs are faithless
One hundred per cent!”
Stop telling such outlandish tales.
Stop turning minnows into whales.
🙂
Heh heh… Good one. Us English teachers appreciate a great pun 😉
AKM- you were in a dream I had last night. You were singing. Yep, singing loud at a mic to a room full of people. It was… well let’s just say that Randy Jackson might say, “Dawwwg, really?” 🙂
I believe that’s what they call a “nightmare.” 😉
🙂
I see the Republican War on Dr. Seuss will begin next.
They are on a roll after going after the Muppets and contraceptives.
That’s an old war…they took on The Lorax years ago.
Oh yes, The Lorax – definitely a threat to society, for example –
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”
― Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
Clearly designed to foment a socialist, commie, Marxist revolution. Sheesh!
I see it was recently made into a movie, and Betty White plays one of the characters.
And don’t forget the Teletubbies and Tinky Winky’s gay agenda.
Horton heard a Who and rwnj Steve King(R-Iowa) immediately filed impeachment charges against President Obama and his long form birth certificate.
But Christie Vilsack will do him in, when election time comes back in.
I hope you are correct. He is making fun of curlycue light bulbs.
I do not like Re-pub-li-cans…..I do not like them Sam I am.
I would not like them
here or there.
I would not like them
anywhere.
Ooops! my reply should have gone under yours, Gol3ig and Irishgirl! Too early on a Saturday morning!
This year’s Duct Tape Ball will have a Dr. Seuss theme. It’s February 25. Come to the ball and see if you can figure out which one is slipstream.
http://www.ducttapeball.org/
I do not like them up or down
Re-pub-li-cans they make me frown.
You do not like them.
SO you say.
Try them! Try them!
And you may.
Try them and you may I say. 😉
You may find them
with a bribe,
You may find them,
with your wives,
Try them, try them,
and you find,
that they like to ,
direct your lives…
rats.!! ” and you will find”….where’s the dang edit button ?!
You may find them
at CPAC,
You may find
they are no crack.
Try them! Try them!
And you may find
these poor bastards
are out of their mind.
They are fueled
with an addiction to hate.
Try them! Try them!
See how they rate.
Duct tape..sigh..brings back the ‘seeds of memory’..in the end rolls of marking/coding tapes used at Boeing. Auntie Ruth and Auntie Margaret..saved them for me to make pictures with..when I was ages 5,6,7 and 8. My dangerous scissors, any blank paper avail. and time..gorgeous..peaceful quiet time..off in the guest bedroom, or the barn loft..cutting, snipping ‘unsticking’ tiny tiny shreddy bits from moi fingers..to place and layer (for texture ya know)..as my world…flew toward beauty and color and freedom for many..and the comfort dust of old alphalfa..gently entered my nose..as wriggled deep into the hay bales.. seeking respite from war news. snip..place..consider. duct tape..a window..on your souls..enjoy the ball good people..enjoy..and run with joy.
Ah, yes, I remember when my youngest was in high school. She never went anywhere without her My Little Pony lunch box and a big roll of duct tape. I figured her back pack, with the books thrown in was almost half of her weight. No wonder she has back problems now.
I do remember, however, there were a few times I was glad she brought along her duct tape – it did come in handy once or twice. 😉
Oh, and then there was the time she covered an old pair of jeans with duct tape and wore them to day camp. Turns out that was not very practical when it rained.