Leash 'Em Up

OK, I put ONE thing up that’s not my own, but worth sharing, and I start taking heat.  So I’ll try to write everything I can think of for the next hour or so.  Prepare your brain to get information of many types from all kinds of different directions.

1. Welcome back to Bob (http://theforensicdaily.blogspot.com/) and Rob (http://www.ragryphrants.blogspot.com/).  Both actually posted about a week ago after 9 and 4 month layoffs, respectively.  OK, Bob only posted that he’ll be posting something soon, but it’s a start.  Rob’s given a decent update as to what he’s been up to.


2. I actually saw a picture of a kiddie leash on the Chelsea Handler Show this weekend.  Yet another idea I had (and actually advocated) years ago, but didn’t bother to manufacture or sell.


3. Speaking of kids on leashes, people really should be using these.  It blows me away how many parents just let their kids run all over the place while not behaving.  I bet that wouldn’t happen if the parent got flogged every time the kid ended up doing something he/she shouldn’t be doing.


4. I had a productive weekend.  Grocery shopping, 3 blog postings (including this one and the one on my sports blog), cleaned the air filters, cleaned the sinks, did some reports for church, requested maps for my trip to Michigan coming up, and did some prep work related to my job search.  Today at church, I managed to read the opening announcement, run the sound board for the early service, and count the offering.  I got home and ran 2 loads of laundry.  I also remembered to call Mom & wish her a Happy Mother’s Day.  Hope y’all did the same (at least on that last one).


5. Saw Newt Gingrich on Meet the Press today.  While he’s partly to blame for how partisan things are now, I miss a House Speaker who actually had a clue about legislating.


6. It was also nice to see what a real conservative looks like (and Bushies are not conservatives).


7. Even if you accept the premise that the NSA needs to keep track of everyone’s phone logs (and I had to wonder how they would know who to listen in on if they didn’t), do you believe George’s argument that they’re not mining the info?  I don’t either.  This is why your approval ratings suck.  Most of us don’t believe you a) have a good grasp of what’s going on, or b) if you do know what’s happening, you keep lying to us.  Can you say Nixon?


8. Would someone tell ESPN that showing paintball matches is just embarrassing?  This is worse than listening to their cheerleading commentators.

Hope this keeps everyone going for a few days.