That manufacturers cannot coordinate their packaging better?
Why does Walgreens Bacatracin have the same exact coloring as the Arm and Hammer toothpaste?
Note to self: put the tubes on separate shelves in the medicine cabinet.
This would have been recorded on an OSHA "Near Miss" report......
No one was harmed in the making of this post. Pitttowweee
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Tradesman in Training
Parker has found the plumbing device in the bathroom very interesting. From time to time he likes to use it...However, not for it's intended purpose.
There's been a few known items that have taken a water tornado ride down into the bowels of our house's pipes. The thermometer for one and possibly some money that's missing from mommy's wallet. Yesterday, he discovered something:
Soccer balls only spin around and float on the water, they do not actually flush.
Thankfully, I noticed this before said ball was squashed under the toilet seat to make a water tight seal not allowing any water down...
Maybe someday we'll be adding a plumber to the family lineage. Do you know the annual salary of a plumber? It'd be nice to turn this toddler knowledge into a lucrative career!
There's been a few known items that have taken a water tornado ride down into the bowels of our house's pipes. The thermometer for one and possibly some money that's missing from mommy's wallet. Yesterday, he discovered something:
Soccer balls only spin around and float on the water, they do not actually flush.
Thankfully, I noticed this before said ball was squashed under the toilet seat to make a water tight seal not allowing any water down...
Maybe someday we'll be adding a plumber to the family lineage. Do you know the annual salary of a plumber? It'd be nice to turn this toddler knowledge into a lucrative career!
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Basset Rides again
How was your morning?
Mine?
Hit it boys
"Northbound and down..."
This time I used the car ;)
Mine?
Hit it boys
"Northbound and down..."
This time I used the car ;)
Friday, September 19, 2008
Smokey and the Basset
What a way to start your Friday morning… now to just make a blog post, would be ever so un-creative. So, let’s set the scene here. Add a little music, and you’ll get the whole experience.
Setting: Front yard
Character: (1) Basset Hound
Other character: Myself (played by myself)
Music score playing: East Bound & Down (sung by the late Jerry Reed from the Smokey and the Bandit Movie of 1977)
The scene begins with me carrying my two drink coolers out to my service truck. (I’m a heavy drinker ;) With that said, one is iced tea, and the other highly filtered RO water… none of the two were spiked, so get your mind out of there ok?
I exit the back door of the house onto the patio and close the door behind me, then go out through the gate of the fence to go to my service truck parked across the street. So there are two lines of defense (no pun intended). This is to keep the dog from following me outside. I go to insert the key into the door, to unlock the beginning of the day. Little did I know, someone is following me… one who hasn’t thought through this two lines of defense.
A white and brown and black flash shoots across the roadway, to my side of the road. This is where Jackie Gleason says:
“Owuf”
Actually I said with a long drawl, “awww crap”
Myself, being played by myself, drop the heavy drinking vessels and start heading down the roadway.
Hit it boys (song starts playing)
“South bound and Down
Load ‘em up and truckin’
We gonna do what they say can’t be done
We’ve gotta a long way to go and a short time to get there
Southbound look at that Basset run.”
(ok, a little artistic license to make it fit our story)
So now, lets go to our color commentator (played also by myself)
The dog is in the lead now, at least a good 50 yard lead
The dog is slowing down…..
Oh, look, he's looking back, seeing the color commentator following him, he resumes speed…
Dog slobber is now unable to keep up with him, he’s now taking a mobile bath in his own doggie spit….. ears are flopping up and down with those little stubby legs carrying him down the road way.
Arriving now, nearly the 4/10’s of a mile mark, Look! The dog is going around the back of the neighbors house… the neighbor I’ve never met before. I hope he’s not home…..
So, now, myself, played by myself, has the upper hand. The dog is scared of myself. In so doing, I have now arrived in the lead.
The dog now realizes that he can no longer run away from home, but should now return toward it.
Are you ready for another nearly 4/10th’s of a mile?
Gasping for air I pick up the cell phone….
Back at the ranch, wise wife and dear mother of children has already assessed the situation and is attempting to do her best to be helpful. Not aware yet that the dog is now in a northerly direction has children getting themselves strapped in their car seats. She is ready to have Jerry Reed start singing for her too Adorned in her PJ’s, dear wise wife and mom is making great sacrifices to rescue said, um, not-so-wise hound.
Her cell phone now rings and is connected to myself, playing myself. Panting out of breath worse than an old tired dog, I let her know “he’s coming your way.”
All the while talking on the cell phone watching traffic slowing to miss this less-than-wise animal being chased by a panting-out-of-shape myself, being played by myself.
Quickly dear wise wife asks a very important question:
“what do you want me to do”
Like a SuperBowl coach I said “intercept him!” or something to that effect… oxygen levels had fallen to my central processing system.
Having no idea how this is all going to play out, children, also adorned in their PJ’s are in the front yard loading themselves up to chase said hound.
What happens next?
The dog runs up to dear wise wife, and lays down in front of her… like nothing ever happened…
I however, nearing cardiac arrest arrive some many moments later… much later. Words could not express my feelings for the situation. His only advantage at the moment was, that I did not possess enough energy to do anything to him anyway.
Now, it’s time to go to work. Ready for 8+hrs?
Setting: Front yard
Character: (1) Basset Hound
Other character: Myself (played by myself)
Music score playing: East Bound & Down (sung by the late Jerry Reed from the Smokey and the Bandit Movie of 1977)
The scene begins with me carrying my two drink coolers out to my service truck. (I’m a heavy drinker ;) With that said, one is iced tea, and the other highly filtered RO water… none of the two were spiked, so get your mind out of there ok?
I exit the back door of the house onto the patio and close the door behind me, then go out through the gate of the fence to go to my service truck parked across the street. So there are two lines of defense (no pun intended). This is to keep the dog from following me outside. I go to insert the key into the door, to unlock the beginning of the day. Little did I know, someone is following me… one who hasn’t thought through this two lines of defense.
A white and brown and black flash shoots across the roadway, to my side of the road. This is where Jackie Gleason says:
“Owuf”
Actually I said with a long drawl, “awww crap”
Myself, being played by myself, drop the heavy drinking vessels and start heading down the roadway.
Hit it boys (song starts playing)
“South bound and Down
Load ‘em up and truckin’
We gonna do what they say can’t be done
We’ve gotta a long way to go and a short time to get there
Southbound look at that Basset run.”
(ok, a little artistic license to make it fit our story)
So now, lets go to our color commentator (played also by myself)
The dog is in the lead now, at least a good 50 yard lead
The dog is slowing down…..
Oh, look, he's looking back, seeing the color commentator following him, he resumes speed…
Dog slobber is now unable to keep up with him, he’s now taking a mobile bath in his own doggie spit….. ears are flopping up and down with those little stubby legs carrying him down the road way.
Arriving now, nearly the 4/10’s of a mile mark, Look! The dog is going around the back of the neighbors house… the neighbor I’ve never met before. I hope he’s not home…..
So, now, myself, played by myself, has the upper hand. The dog is scared of myself. In so doing, I have now arrived in the lead.
The dog now realizes that he can no longer run away from home, but should now return toward it.
Are you ready for another nearly 4/10th’s of a mile?
Gasping for air I pick up the cell phone….
Back at the ranch, wise wife and dear mother of children has already assessed the situation and is attempting to do her best to be helpful. Not aware yet that the dog is now in a northerly direction has children getting themselves strapped in their car seats. She is ready to have Jerry Reed start singing for her too Adorned in her PJ’s, dear wise wife and mom is making great sacrifices to rescue said, um, not-so-wise hound.
Her cell phone now rings and is connected to myself, playing myself. Panting out of breath worse than an old tired dog, I let her know “he’s coming your way.”
All the while talking on the cell phone watching traffic slowing to miss this less-than-wise animal being chased by a panting-out-of-shape myself, being played by myself.
Quickly dear wise wife asks a very important question:
“what do you want me to do”
Like a SuperBowl coach I said “intercept him!” or something to that effect… oxygen levels had fallen to my central processing system.
Having no idea how this is all going to play out, children, also adorned in their PJ’s are in the front yard loading themselves up to chase said hound.
What happens next?
The dog runs up to dear wise wife, and lays down in front of her… like nothing ever happened…
I however, nearing cardiac arrest arrive some many moments later… much later. Words could not express my feelings for the situation. His only advantage at the moment was, that I did not possess enough energy to do anything to him anyway.
Now, it’s time to go to work. Ready for 8+hrs?
Friday, September 12, 2008
Men, Rise up.
As conservative Christians are up in arms, and raising serious points that fellow brothers and sisters should not vote for a woman for vice president, I ask you this:
Where are the men?
Conservative Christians should be upset that a woman is on the ticket for vice president. However, do you realize the alternative? Evil prevails when good people do nothing. You can choose to do nothing, or you can choose to vote for something as close to what you believe in as you can find.
Some have said that they have a candidate that they would support. A candidate that meets all of their criteria. Hardly a household name, but someone they hold up and will vote for. The sad thing is, their candidate may tie with write in votes for the family cat.
This raising up of Sarah Palin should be an awakening for the men of our time. Yes, men should lead. And what do we have? A woman on the ticket. Men, wake up, rise up, be counted and serve where God has placed you.
So is a woman in leadership the absolute right answer Biblicialy speaking? You do realize that God has raised up women before in biblical history... why do we think that WE are above it. We are a fallen people here too in America. Women rising up was in the wake of men failing to come up to the task.
Do we forget how Ross Perot effected the election of Bill Clinton? If it weren't for Perot, we may be looking at a different course of history. In our home state of Delaware alone, Ross Perot received a little over 10% of the vote in 1996. Not enough to make the difference locally in the election, but add it up nationwide, and there is a huge effect.
Myself, I don't have a cat to write in. Just two birds and a basset hound so far.
Where are the men?
Conservative Christians should be upset that a woman is on the ticket for vice president. However, do you realize the alternative? Evil prevails when good people do nothing. You can choose to do nothing, or you can choose to vote for something as close to what you believe in as you can find.
Some have said that they have a candidate that they would support. A candidate that meets all of their criteria. Hardly a household name, but someone they hold up and will vote for. The sad thing is, their candidate may tie with write in votes for the family cat.
This raising up of Sarah Palin should be an awakening for the men of our time. Yes, men should lead. And what do we have? A woman on the ticket. Men, wake up, rise up, be counted and serve where God has placed you.
So is a woman in leadership the absolute right answer Biblicialy speaking? You do realize that God has raised up women before in biblical history... why do we think that WE are above it. We are a fallen people here too in America. Women rising up was in the wake of men failing to come up to the task.
Do we forget how Ross Perot effected the election of Bill Clinton? If it weren't for Perot, we may be looking at a different course of history. In our home state of Delaware alone, Ross Perot received a little over 10% of the vote in 1996. Not enough to make the difference locally in the election, but add it up nationwide, and there is a huge effect.
Myself, I don't have a cat to write in. Just two birds and a basset hound so far.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Living in Utopia
So, here we are... it's 2008. Most progressives think that we are on our way to a self made Utopia. I think the closest thing we've come to making is tapioca.
The past 14 days in the political realm have been very interesting to say the least. Liberals have had their jaws drop at the sight of a conservative woman being named as a vice presidential running mate for the Republican ticket. After all, women running for office does not usually happen there.... that's a claim to fame usually reserved for liberals and progressives, but [insert gasp] A conservative? It has thrown their little world for a loop. At the same time it has also upset some conservatives and caused division within it's ranks. Some conservatives have been quite busy blogging about their disdain and displeasure of a female candidate for vice president. They've also expressed with great fervor the problem with other conservatives jumping on the bandwagon and supporting this candidate.
How conservative is conservative enough? We have an opportunity to have a more conservative choice before us, versus the number one and number three MOST liberal senators in Washington. You would think that looking at the statistics, this would be almost a no-brainer. It would be, IF we were looking at only resumes and statistics and nothing further. Going beyond the resumes and statistics, there becomes some mud in the waters.
Statistically speaking, we have two real choices of whom we want to put into the office come November.... oh, yes, there are a few other choices, but the microwave is nearing "ding" on those snowballs.... but back to our story. We all know that it will either be McCain/Palin, or Obama/Biden. There really is little chance of anything else.
We are seeing some very interesting things that are going on. Things that are energizing for some, and aggreviating for others. In a nutshell:
Some Conservative Christains seem to have their knickers in a knot about Sarah Palin. She is accomplished, has a great record, and an awesome approval rating. Sound good? Yes, but.... you see some have a problem with one little detail. That detail is, she is not a man. Gasp?! Yes, it's true.
Now before you think that I've jumped off the deep end, please realize that I too am not especially excited about this situation. I agree, this is true, women are not supposed to be forefront runners and leaders, and really and truly, men are supposed to be there. I agree that it is God's best for women to be keepers at home and that in both in the church and civil magistrate it is God's plan and intention that those offices be filled with men. I also believe it's His best and greatest intention that those men be Godly men of integrity. We all know that often, that isn't the case. Now, with that blank filled, let me go on.
So what to do about Sarah Palin, you ask? Well, you've got a choice in front you, now don't you?
It boils down to principled decision making. We can throw stones at all the things that we don't like about all of these candidates, and the list can be very, very long. If we looked at that list long enough, we would not vote for anyone and just stay home. Many do just that, but that's a different blog post for a different day.
Principled decision making comes down to the fact that you have two choices. Actually three. You can vote for Obama, McCain, or do nothing/vote for someone that has no chance of winning. Now, do nothing requires nothing more than voting "present." If you are not voting present, then you'll need to gather your thoughts together and say "which is most important." Which principles are the greater ones? It is obvious that none of these Candidates are God's best...
Let's put you in a political frame of mind for a moment. You've been elected to office. Two things that you've told your district are this 1- that you are prolife and 2-you are against pork barrel spending. A bill comes up that will allow almost an entire shut down of the abortion industry. The vote is going to be close. You are going to be the one that makes or breaks this bill. Before we get too excited here, someone adds an amendment. An amendment for spending. Spending on an unnecessary project. A project you call "pork barrel." You are torn. You've got to either vote against the bill to avoid spending, or vote for the bill to get the prolife aspect of the bill. Which is the greater principle?
Are you just going to vote present?
To my dear brothers and sisters... we are electing a very high office. We have been given a responsibility to vote and to select the best person for this role given our less than ideal choices. The office that may appoint more conservative prolife justices to the supreme court. An office that will be fighting evil nations across this world. If we merely just stand back and thumb our noses at the fact that we may have a woman vice president, then we may be ACCEPTING a greater evil.
There is no perfect pick for the office. We are sinners electing sinners. Case closed. You can either complain about what you don't like and allow the greater evil to assume the office, or you may choose to use your vote to do the opposite. Remember, the office is we are electing for is the President, not the Messiah. That office has been taken by the only One who could rightfully assume it.
Let's say you are in a flood. The flood waters are rising. A boat comes up to rescue you from your housetop. Do you then ask the one in the boat about it's manufacturing? Ask the boat operator for their operator's license? Insure that the boat is seaworthy? Ask about the boat operator's forefathers to see if they were seaman and a long standing family tradition of boat operation? You then find the boat operator is a woman. Do you vote present, or wait for the chance for another boat operated by a man? There are no men to be found in the flood at the moment, and this is the one before you. Do you get in the boat, or make it a matter of principle that you will not.
My dear Christian friends, you can argue. You can complain. You can throw you Bibles open and point to verses. But this has not caught God by surprise. I believe He is well aware that neither of our choices are His best. I also believe He is not surprised, but is saddened by the division this has caused in the church.
It has surprised the media. It has surprised many of us. It hasn't surprised our Lord.
So what will you do? Sit by idle and then complain later at what the world will become if you don't take part? Or are you going to take this chance to make a difference? We truly have two choices, not three. What will yours be?
As for me, I will stand on the principle that God's best begins with us valuing human life. For that reason alone, I will cast my vote for the candidates that will begin to upheld God's standard in that regard. Maybe not to my standards. Definately not to the degree I believe is right, but it's a start. It's a far better choice than a candidate who responds to the question "when does life begin" with a disingenuous answer of "that's above my paygrade". This answer was disingenuous only because of the voting record of practicial infanticide.
The past 14 days in the political realm have been very interesting to say the least. Liberals have had their jaws drop at the sight of a conservative woman being named as a vice presidential running mate for the Republican ticket. After all, women running for office does not usually happen there.... that's a claim to fame usually reserved for liberals and progressives, but [insert gasp] A conservative? It has thrown their little world for a loop. At the same time it has also upset some conservatives and caused division within it's ranks. Some conservatives have been quite busy blogging about their disdain and displeasure of a female candidate for vice president. They've also expressed with great fervor the problem with other conservatives jumping on the bandwagon and supporting this candidate.
How conservative is conservative enough? We have an opportunity to have a more conservative choice before us, versus the number one and number three MOST liberal senators in Washington. You would think that looking at the statistics, this would be almost a no-brainer. It would be, IF we were looking at only resumes and statistics and nothing further. Going beyond the resumes and statistics, there becomes some mud in the waters.
Statistically speaking, we have two real choices of whom we want to put into the office come November.... oh, yes, there are a few other choices, but the microwave is nearing "ding" on those snowballs.... but back to our story. We all know that it will either be McCain/Palin, or Obama/Biden. There really is little chance of anything else.
We are seeing some very interesting things that are going on. Things that are energizing for some, and aggreviating for others. In a nutshell:
Some Conservative Christains seem to have their knickers in a knot about Sarah Palin. She is accomplished, has a great record, and an awesome approval rating. Sound good? Yes, but.... you see some have a problem with one little detail. That detail is, she is not a man. Gasp?! Yes, it's true.
Now before you think that I've jumped off the deep end, please realize that I too am not especially excited about this situation. I agree, this is true, women are not supposed to be forefront runners and leaders, and really and truly, men are supposed to be there. I agree that it is God's best for women to be keepers at home and that in both in the church and civil magistrate it is God's plan and intention that those offices be filled with men. I also believe it's His best and greatest intention that those men be Godly men of integrity. We all know that often, that isn't the case. Now, with that blank filled, let me go on.
So what to do about Sarah Palin, you ask? Well, you've got a choice in front you, now don't you?
It boils down to principled decision making. We can throw stones at all the things that we don't like about all of these candidates, and the list can be very, very long. If we looked at that list long enough, we would not vote for anyone and just stay home. Many do just that, but that's a different blog post for a different day.
Principled decision making comes down to the fact that you have two choices. Actually three. You can vote for Obama, McCain, or do nothing/vote for someone that has no chance of winning. Now, do nothing requires nothing more than voting "present." If you are not voting present, then you'll need to gather your thoughts together and say "which is most important." Which principles are the greater ones? It is obvious that none of these Candidates are God's best...
Let's put you in a political frame of mind for a moment. You've been elected to office. Two things that you've told your district are this 1- that you are prolife and 2-you are against pork barrel spending. A bill comes up that will allow almost an entire shut down of the abortion industry. The vote is going to be close. You are going to be the one that makes or breaks this bill. Before we get too excited here, someone adds an amendment. An amendment for spending. Spending on an unnecessary project. A project you call "pork barrel." You are torn. You've got to either vote against the bill to avoid spending, or vote for the bill to get the prolife aspect of the bill. Which is the greater principle?
Are you just going to vote present?
To my dear brothers and sisters... we are electing a very high office. We have been given a responsibility to vote and to select the best person for this role given our less than ideal choices. The office that may appoint more conservative prolife justices to the supreme court. An office that will be fighting evil nations across this world. If we merely just stand back and thumb our noses at the fact that we may have a woman vice president, then we may be ACCEPTING a greater evil.
There is no perfect pick for the office. We are sinners electing sinners. Case closed. You can either complain about what you don't like and allow the greater evil to assume the office, or you may choose to use your vote to do the opposite. Remember, the office is we are electing for is the President, not the Messiah. That office has been taken by the only One who could rightfully assume it.
Let's say you are in a flood. The flood waters are rising. A boat comes up to rescue you from your housetop. Do you then ask the one in the boat about it's manufacturing? Ask the boat operator for their operator's license? Insure that the boat is seaworthy? Ask about the boat operator's forefathers to see if they were seaman and a long standing family tradition of boat operation? You then find the boat operator is a woman. Do you vote present, or wait for the chance for another boat operated by a man? There are no men to be found in the flood at the moment, and this is the one before you. Do you get in the boat, or make it a matter of principle that you will not.
My dear Christian friends, you can argue. You can complain. You can throw you Bibles open and point to verses. But this has not caught God by surprise. I believe He is well aware that neither of our choices are His best. I also believe He is not surprised, but is saddened by the division this has caused in the church.
It has surprised the media. It has surprised many of us. It hasn't surprised our Lord.
So what will you do? Sit by idle and then complain later at what the world will become if you don't take part? Or are you going to take this chance to make a difference? We truly have two choices, not three. What will yours be?
As for me, I will stand on the principle that God's best begins with us valuing human life. For that reason alone, I will cast my vote for the candidates that will begin to upheld God's standard in that regard. Maybe not to my standards. Definately not to the degree I believe is right, but it's a start. It's a far better choice than a candidate who responds to the question "when does life begin" with a disingenuous answer of "that's above my paygrade". This answer was disingenuous only because of the voting record of practicial infanticide.
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