Month: July 2015

And Then There Was @KittOMalley @Robrt_M_Goldste & @_thenewsexy

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And Then There Was @KittOMalley @Robrt_M_Goldste & @_thenewsexy

When I close my eyes and pray

I see their names and faces

Not labels, stigma or diagnoses

But their stories of life’s races

If I were to pass them in the street

They wouldn’t even know me

Feels like I know them just the same

They’re incredible souls

Who were brave enough

To shed insight to their pain

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They have taught me things I did not know

Things others would pretend to be aware of

Things like how the weather can affect Kitt

whose been diagnosed as Bipolar

I knew that rain could cause stiffness in joints

But now know seasons changing can make despair hover

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Then there’s Robert

an artist and my new cyberbuddy who taught me about Dissociative Identity Disorder

He too shares and gives and pours

Out to others though life tries to intermittently dehydrate his…

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Three Quotes in Three Days

This is the second day of my Three Quotes in Three Days Challenge by Brian at Vancouver Visions.  Please check out his excellent blog.  Instead of nominating specific bloggers, I encourage anyone who feels inspired to join in.

I had a cousin who was married to an eccentric fellow.  From time to time, he would go way off the mark and Cousin Sue would set about straightening him out.  When it looked as though she might be about to commit mayhem, he’d head for the hills, calling over his shoulder, “Don’t go crazy, Sue!”

Ever since then, when it looks like a family hothead is about to lose it, someone is sure to remind them, “Don’t go crazy, Sue!”

Ask Auntie Linda July 26,2015

Auntie Linda

Dear Auntie Linda, My mother is fifty-four.  My father died two years ago.  Mother is still very lonesome.  My husband and I are very supportive of her and understand Sunday afternoons are hard for her, but this is our only day off together.  She has dropped by several times uninvited and interrupted our private time together, even though I’ve asked her to call before stopping by.  This is very annoying.  How do I get through to her.  Don’t Like Drop Ins

Dear Don’t, Either your mom is incredibly dense or just doesn’t care.  Stand your ground.  Make her wait a while.  Maybe she will leave.  If she doesn’t, got to the door in a loose robe, tell her, “”This is not a good time for company.  Bye.”

Dear Auntie Linda, I am no longer active in the religion I was raised in.  My elderly grandmother is pressuring me to “return to the faith” so I can be with her in the afterlife.  I can’t do this.  I do feel bad for my grandmother because I know her concerns for my soul are genuine, but it her faith is no longer mine.  How do I make her feel better?   Searching

Dear Searching, You may not be able to make her feel better, but you can’t borrow her faith. I suspect she’s working you, but that’s just me.  Like the rest of us, your grandmother will find out what happens when it happens.  Auntie Linda

Dear Auntie Linda, My husband, Dave, and I have been married twenty-nine years.    When Dave and I had only been married a year, his brother Hal and I had sex one time.  It was just days before Hal married.  I realized immediately it was a terrible mistake and vowed to put it behind me.  Dave died five years ago.  I have a heart condition and don’t expect to live much longer.  I would like to die with a clear conscience.   Should I confess to Dave and clear my conscience?  Guilty

Dear Guilty, If I were in Dave I would be very upset if you unloaded your guilt on me at this point.  What are he supposed to do with his feelings after this many years?  If you’ve held it this long, find some other way to deal.  Talk to your priest or pastor.  Spare Dave till you think this through.  Auntie Linda

Three Quotes in Three Days

My friend Brian at his excellent blog Vancouver Visions has kindly nominated me to do the Three Quotes in Three Days Challenge.  Thank you very much, Brian.  Be sure to check his site out.  His photography is awe-inspiring.  I love the rambles and views of Vancouver he shares.  Brian has inspired me to do some good posts in the past, so I hope I don’t let him down.

My family, like most families uses certain quotes, based on our experiences that would be meaningless to outsiders without a lengthy explanation.  I think my favorite is, “Now, you have to buy the coffee.”

Many years ago my dad worked with a garrulous fellow named Slim.  Slim lied purely for the love of lying, not maliciously, for personal gain, nor to help himself.  He’d climb up on the house to tell a lie when he could stand on the ground and tell the truth.  After a while, the guys at work had a deal.  If one of them repeated a story Slim told, they bought the next round of coffee.  One day Slim came rushing by in a big hurry and one of them called out, “Hey, Slim, stop and tell us a lie.”

Without stopping, Slim rushed by them, calling over his shoulder, “I can’t.  Joe Marsh fell in stack four and I’m on the way to call an ambulance!”

They all dropped what they were doing to rush over to Stack Four to see if they could help.  When they get there, all was quiet.  Slim had pulled one on the whole group.

From that time forward, when one of us sites a suspicious source or repeats something that sounds suspect, we warn them they might have to “buy the coffee.”

i challenge any who wants to to accept the three quotes in three days challenge.

The Quote Challenge-Day 2

Nominated for quotes ward! Yea!

Terrible Names

 

People With Unfortunate Names:

 

Pssh, and you thought celebrity baby names were bad. Pilot Inspektor and North West have got nothing on the following unfortunate names that some people have.

There’s one sure thing: If you ever want your child to hate you forever and always be laughed at their whole life, naming them something like “Moe Lester” and “Chris P. Bacon” is a sure way to go about it – although, “Chris P. Bacon” is a pretty badass name to be fair.

Here’s a twist though: Maybe some of the following people legally changed their names themselves? Because who wouldn’t want to change their name to “Willie Stroker” or “General Arse Biscuites?” “General Arse Biscuites,” oh god! that’s got to be the best/unfortunate name ever!

10. Moe Lester

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9. General Arse Biscuites

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8. Dr. Whet Faartz

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7. Chris P. Bacon

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6. Steve Sharts

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5. Kash Register

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4. Batman Bin Suparman

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3. Phat Ho

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2. Willie Stroker

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1. Heath Cockburn

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These people’s names maybe unlucky and unfortunate, but come on, there’s some perks we guess to names like this. Why wouldn’t a school want to hire “Moe Lester” and which female wouldn’t want to go out with “Willie Stroker?” Also, which retail chain wouldn’t want to employ “Kash Register”. Jokes a side, we totally need to befriend “Chris P. Bacon”. That guy is just winning at life!

Found these on the internet but I did one know a fellow named Harry Boute’ (Pronounced Bootay)  Now what woman wouldn’t want to be Mrs. Harry Boute?

I can’t even discuss my friend, Anita who married Mr. Ray Dick, who had flaming red hair.  Yep, you guessed it, his nickname was Red.  It got even worse.  When they had a red-headed son, they called them Big Red and Little Red.  Now that’s just cruel.  I hope Little Red was tough.

I knew a lady named Armadillo Christian.  Sometimes, I think people just don’t want their kids to hang around.

Ask Auntie Linda July 25, 2015

Auntie LindaDear Auntie Linda,  A creepy guy lives next door.  I think he has been stealing my undies off the line in my backyard.  What should I do?  Tiny Hiney

Dear Tiny, Either hang your dainties inside or start hanging big, white Granny-panties with skid marks (magic marker)out there for a while.  That ought to teach him not to suck eggs!  Auntie Linda

Dear Auntie Linda, My husband and I have a good life and don’t want to have children.  Our families know this.  I get a lot of remarks and grief from my parents, even though I made it clear I won’t change my mind.  What do I say to get them to let up?  Tired of Pushy Parents.

Dear Tired, Doubt you can shut them up.  Maybe they will eventually get tired of hitting a stone wall when you remind them it’s not up for discussion and leave it at that.  No one should have children if they don’t want to.  Auntie Linda

Dear Auntie Linda.  My husband and I struggled to put ourselves through college.  My husband is an accountant.  I am a teacher.  Our oldest two kids got scholarships and are doing great.  Our youngest son did well in high school, but is determined to go to technical school to be a welder.  He took a welding class in high school and won several awards, but there is no reason he couldn’t go to college and do as well as his brothers.   We don’t want him to be disappointed later.  What do we do? Worried Mother

Dear Worried, Sounds like your son knows what he wants.  If you want to ensure he is disappointed, pressure him to do what brothers did.  He can do very well as a welder.  Should he ever want or need to, he could go to college later.  I got my nursing degree when I was thirty when I realized I didn’t want to be a teacher, but still used those skills. He sounds like a sharp guy.

Joke of the Day

Tom is applying for a job as a signalman for the local railroad and is told to meet the inspector at the signal box.

The inspector decides to give Tom a pop quiz, asking: “What would you do if you realized that two trains were heading towards each other on the same track?”

Tom says: “I would switch one train to another track.”

“What if the lever broke?” asks the inspector.

“Then I’d run down to the tracks and use the manual lever down there”, answers Tom.

“What if that had been struck by lightning?” challenges the inspector.

“Then,” Tom continued, “I’d run back up here and use the phone to call the next signal box.”

“What if the phone was busy?”

“In that case,” Tom argued, “I’d run to the street level and use the public phone near the station”.

“What if that had been vandalized?”

“Oh well,” said Tom, “in that case I would run into town and get my Uncle Leo”.

This puzzled the inspector, so he asked, “Why would you do that?”

“Because he’s never seen a train crash.”

Vagina, Boobs, and Poop (Part 10)

Reblogging #10 of a 12 part series

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surpriseThis post has nothing to do with Vagina, Boobs, and Poop.  I am doing a post on crazy things my mother has said and done and wanted to see if this garnered interest.  Mother is sensitive about her age and height, so I can’t mention the fact that she is past eighty, and “not tall,” but besides that, has said and done some interesting things.   (Links to part 1-9 below)

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