"Fiddling with this
And that technique
Is of no avail.
Simply act decisively
Without reserve!"
from Art of Peace
Read on and fall sound asleep
I am considering changing the name of this establishment from “shattered manor” to “crumbling pile of crap alley”. If I sound hostile and bitter I am. My 37 inch flat screen TV is broke. It will not power up. I had a sneaking suspicion I was addicted to the boob tube. Now I know I am. I carried it over to a repair place, with great on-line reviews, early Saturday morning. I was waiting for them to open at 8am. The guy said it might be finished Monday and then charged me $80 before doing any work. I paid and cried from withdrawal pains all the way home. I bet the best episodes of my favorite shows happen while my TV is in the shop. My viewing taste and behavior is so different from the family that I cannot share one.
Later Saturday morning roomie tells me she needs a new stove because her oven will not heat. The glow bar/thermocouple assembly that acts as the pilot flame doesn’t work. I replaced it once before when I was still flexible and able to tie my back into a half-hitch. The thing is now inaccessible for me plus a new one costs $129. It is just marginally more expensive to replace the whole stove with the simplest unit available. Monday I am going to visit a neighborhood “scratch and dent” store for comparison to Lowes and Sears.
And the young black female cat that came into SM when YD moved back home (TEMPORARILY!!!!) has gone back into heat again. I have seen whore less brazen in their advertising for service. And meows! My God they are blood curdling and never ending. YD is trying to get enough money to have the beast spayed. One more time and I will do the procedure with a Swiss Army knife.
The Shakespeare reading group has started “The Taming of the Shrew”. The internet address for the blogger directing the reading is http://theplaystheblog.wordpress.com/. You are welcome to join and experience the greatest writer the English language has. I am certain you could establish a viable, long-lasting, just society using the “Holy Bible” and “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”.
It is amazing how much reading I have accomplished without the TV.
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A young farm couple, Homer and Darlene, got married and just couldn't seem to get enough lovin'.
In the morning, before Homer left the house for the fields, they made love. When Homer came back from the fields, they made love. And again at bedtime, they made love.
The problem was their nooner; it took Homer a half hour to travel home and another half hour to return to the fields and he just wasn't getting enough work done.
Finally Homer asked the town doctor what to do.
"Homer," said the doctor, "just take your rifle out to the field with you and when you're in the mood, fire off a shot into the air. That will be Darlene's signal to come out to you. Then you won't lose any field time."
They tried Doc's advice and it worked well for a while. Homer came back to the doctor's office.
"What's wrong?" asked the Doc. "Didn't my idea work?"
"Oh, it worked real good," said Homer. "Whenever I was in the mood, I fired off a shot like you said and Darlene'd come runnin'. We'd find a secluded place, make love, and then she'd go back home again."
"Good, Homer. So what's the problem?", asked the Doc.
"I ain't seen her since huntin' season started."
Thank you Fay!
”The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.”
Mark Twain
SGGP
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