Category: Idle Thoughts

There is a new yappy dog in this neighborhood that doesn’t like being left outside all day long (and well into the evening).

If I could get my hands on the culprit it wouldn’t be a pretty picture.

And PETA wouldn’t like what I did to the dog either.

You think Whoopi Goldberg (aka Oda Mae Brown) is hearing voices yet?

This here blog has become incredibly boring.

I have over 500 photos from my trip. I think I’ll post them all.

From the number of their trucks I saw, if I-40 didn’t exist FedEx would have to build it.

Z will do 100. That didn’t surprise me. What surprised me was how quickly it’ll go from 75 to 100.

How old do you have to be to hang your clothes on a bar across the backseat? I mean, is there some sort of legal age requirement like for buying beer or getting Medicare? I’m not THAT old yet from the looks of things, even if I had a backseat. But will we all hang our clothes like that when we get to the right age? Or will this practice die out when that generation passes?

You still see passengers with their feet on the dash even in new airbag equipped cars. What kind of injuries do you suppose those fools would sustain if the airbag inflates? Talk about hip replacement.

I like dogs. I particularly love Jason and Nora’s dog Barkley, my furry seventh Sweetie. I think dog fighting is vile and reprehensible. But for the life of me I don’t understand why Michael Vick continues to be treated like he’s Jack the Ripper. It’s dogfighting.

Why are crazy people controlling our nation’s discussion? Why are we letting them?

There isn’t much room in a Z4 trunk. Do I really need to take shoes? Do I need both a tooth brush and a hair brush? Shall I leave the laptop at home?

I attended a funeral this morning, and while sitting there before the service began quietly contemplating the things one contemplates at a funeral, it did occur to me that I could count all the deceased I have ever viewed in person on one hand.

And one of those was Vladimir Lenin.

I’m all for both freedom of speech and the right to bear arms.

But people taking loaded firearms to town hall meetings scares the shit out of me.

The idea of socialized medicine — you know where the doctors actually work for the government like in Britain — scares the hell out of most Americans.

So of course, that’s exactly what we give our honored heroes, our veterans.

I don’t think there is any truth to the rumor than Sarah Palin and Paula Abdul are trading places, do you? Palin to American Idol, Abdul to governor of Alaska.

Years, seasons, lunar months, the day are all the result of physics, but no one seems to know where, when or why the 7-day week originated. Many theorize it represents the seven visible (to the human eye) objects in the sky that aren’t stars (the sun, the moon and five classical planets — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn). The seven-day week seems to have originated in more than one culture.

We only have a rear license plate in New Mexico and the new car has a front license plate holder than cannot be removed.

So I need a front plate.

How about NewMexiKen (like the script above) on a titanium silver metallic background (the car color)?

I’ve never even had a vanity plate. Is this too, too whatever?

Would a jury convict me for shooting a neighbor for using his leaf blower at 6:35 AM?

Tomorrow will be the sixth anniversary of this blog. What is wrong with me?

Just about half the people in the United States have below average intelligence.

What does “natural born citizen” mean?

I assume it means you were a citizen at birth.

If — as seems fairly conclusive — talking on the phone while driving is unsafe — no, let me put it this way, is less safe — what should the authorities do about it?

And what should we do about it personally?

I’ve seen a few “celebrities” including politicians, met a couple of former presidents, and seen a few others, talked to Lady Bird Johnson more than once, had a meeting in the West Wing, seen Dylan, and Benny Goodman, and Edward G. Robinson playing cards, attended a reception with Edward Kennedy in the crowd, another with John Glenn mingling, went to a movie premiere with two of the Apollo 13 astronauts.

But I’ve always considered two people I’ve seen in person in a class above all the others.

Earl Warren and Walter Cronkite.