“The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced,
the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled,
and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt.
People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.” Cicero – 55 B.C.
Evidently nothing.
1. Sitting – there will only be walking or standing and swaying.
2. Putting the baby down.
3. Eating.
4. Sleeping. Although lying in bed with the baby while the baby sleeps is permissible, if the baby senses you have fallen asleep and are no longer just listening to the baby’s snuffly breathing, crying will ensue. Possibly on both parts.
5. Cooking, laundry or any household chores.
6. Leaving for work. Crying will ensue. Definitely on both parts.
7. Sex with husband/s.o. – do I even need to list this one?
8. Watching TV, reading or any other activity unrelated to the baby.
9. Showering and/or shaving. This also relates to #7.
If you know that in your agreement/contract/rules you will be charged a fee if you screw up/don’t pay/misuse your account/service/whatever, don’t come crying to me when you get charged a fee for doing exactly that. And do not, under any circumstances, use as your arguement “I got charged over a thousand dollars in fees in the last couple of months for” doing the same freakin’ thing you were already told not to do. Here’s a clue: if you don’t want to pay the fees, don’t fuck up. Simple, straight-forward. If you are going to continue to fuck up, find a company that caters to fuck-ups or don’t complain when you have to pay a penalty. Got it? Kthanxbai.
I can’t watch the debates. I’ve tried. It’s not that they’re dull or that they’re pointless, although they are both. It is that at some point during the evening I end up screaming at the tv. Still, every four years I forget this issue and make yet another attempt. This year I thought I’d start out small. I watched some of the vice-presidential debate. It started out pretty much as expected. There was the usual routine of backhanded compliments and respectfully hearing what the other was saying and then pointing out ever so politely how what the other person had said was not only misguided but generally an out and out lie. I can handle that. I mean, it’s irritating, but it’s politics. (Or is that redundant?). But then Sarah Palin opened her mouth. And what came out sent me over the edge. Was it her stand on the war in Iraq? No, although I don’t agree with much of what she says about anything. But then I don’t agree with any of them as a general rule. Was it her outlook on the economy? No, I can’t honestly say what her position is.
Sarah Palin said “nu-cu-lar.” And my head nearly went up like an A-bomb.
Here are two socially (and especially politically) accepted words and pronounciations:
Nucular (instead of nuclear)
Irregardless
THESE ARE NOT WORDS PEOPLE!
The word is nuclear. Nu. Cle. Ar. There are no letters between the c and the l. Therefore it cannot, by any reasonable standards, be pronounced Nucular. If you say it, I’m sorry, there’s no nice way to put this: YOU ARE A MORON.
And if you can’t correctly pronounce the word, you sure as shit don’t get to have a job where you potentially could be in charge of them.
Go home Sarah. We don’t need your kind here.
