some random thoughts

I saw a blurb in the news this past weekend re: a woman in Salt Lake City who auctioned her forehead through ebay. The high bidder was an online casino. There was a photo of her having the casino's web address tattooed on her forehead. Tattooed, as in permanent, forever, for the rest of her life, mortal eternity. She said she wanted the money to put her son into private school. Unless her son has special needs not included in the article, I think what we have here is a serious indictment against the quality of education provided by the public schools in Salt Lake City.

A friend spent the weekend with me. She likes creamer in her coffee; hazelnut flavored creamer. Now I've always been a member of the coffee purists' school. Strong, hot, and black. No sugar, no artificial sweetener, no cream, no non-dairy creamer, no hot chocolate. Nothing, nada, but coffee. No, wait, I have on occasion added a tot of whiskey, but only for medicinal purposes. I've always been opposed to foo-foo coffee. No foamy, frothy, sprinkled, flavored foo-foo coffee for me. No sir. Juan Valdez would fall off his donkey laughing at what some folks put in their coffee. I tried her creamer. It wasn't that bad. She said she thought it might be mildly addicting; after four days you can't live without it. I had some Sunday morning, and some Monday morning. As usual, I made coffee this morning at the office. Where's my hazelnut creamer? I want my foo-foo-coffee.

A big article in today's cbsnews.com about FEMA wanting to collect $27 million from Floridians who received funds they shouldn't have received after last year's hurricanes. FEMA money bought Florida votes for Bush in the 2004 election. Bush got elected. FEMA now wants their money back. Your president at work.

More later.....