Monthly Archive for May, 2009

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The Meme I Never Should Have Done.

Sunday Stealing: The 29′er Meme

1. What bill do you hate paying the most? I don’t pay the bills at our house, but paying for any insurances. Pay something and hope you never have to use it. What a racket.

2. Where was the last place you had a romantic dinner? Taos.

3. How many colleges did you attend? One, and it was called a college when  I went there and now it’s called a university.

4. Why did you choose the shirt that you have on right now? First tee shirt I saw.

5. First thought when the alarm went off this morning? I never use an alarm unless I need to get up without fail. Then I usually don’t sleep well the night before because I’m afraid the alarm won’t go off. I normally wake up to Nancy tapping on my heinie anyplace from 5:30 to 6:15 – which is our signal. (Our signal that I need to turn on the television news.)

6. Last thought before going to sleep last night? Craig Ferguson is nuts!

7. What do you miss being a child? Nope. Not one little bit.

8. What errand/chore do you despise? Yard work. It’s like paying insurance, pay a bunch of money on fertilizer and then mow, mow, mow all summer.

9. Have you found real love yet? Yes.

10. What do you get every time you go into Wal-Mart? The only reason we go to Wal-mart is to get “dog-water.”  We only give our dogs distilled water and they always have it 20 cents less than other stores. Since we buy 10 gallons at a time, we save a whole $2. Woo-hoo. That never makes sense to me, but I don’t argue.

11. Do you think marriage is an outdated ritual? Yeah, the words and ceremony have been proven to be pretty useless to keep marriages together. But the legal part is important. For most people the party is the biggest and most expensive they will ever attend.

12. What famous person would you like to have dinner with? To difficult to pin down to one. I have no answer.

13. Ever had to use a fire extinguisher for its intended purpose? No.

14. Somewhere in California you’ve never been and would like to go? Napa Valley.

15. At this point in your life would you rather start a new career or a new relationship? Career? sure,  why not? If I could start at the same or higher salary. Relationship? Nope.

16. Do you have a “go to” person? To vague to answer.

17. Are you where you want to be in life? I just read today that Boomers will live to 95 years old. That means I’m only 2/3 of the way. I don’t feel like being philosophical, so that’s a non answer.

18. Over the years, what about you do you think has changed the most? Weight. I now weigh almost twice as much as when we were married.

19. Looking back at high school were they the best years of your life? NO. And anybody that says yes is nuts. How can they be? Unless you were convicted of a felony at ag 18 and sent to prison for life, then high school was probably pretty cool.

20. Are there times you still feel like a kid? Never.

21. Where was the hang out spot when you were a teenager? The Alamo. (the ‘Mo)

22. Who do you think impacted your life the most? Nancy (my wife)

23. Was there a teacher or authority figure that stood out for you? No.

24. Do you tell stories that start with “when I was your age”? More and more.

25. What is the scariest thing that has happened to you as an adult? Kid having multiple brain surgeries.

26. What advice would you give to someone about to get married? Never listen to marriage advice.

27. What advice would you give someone starting their first job? Push yourself, your coworkers (cow orkers) and your boss.

28. If you could go back and change one thing you did, what would it be? Oh for gawd’s sake. I hate this meme.

29. If you could go back and change one thing someone else did, what would it be? I wouldn’t have started this.

This wasn’t fun.

Rhymes with Ree-tard


Barry Levenson.

Mustard ree-tard.

It really doesn’t rhyme. I pronounce it Muss-turd. Not Muss-tard.

At any rate, Barry Levenson is a mustard nut.

mustardfront

This is Barry Levensen’s gift to the world: the Mustard Museum. It was located in Mount Horeb Wisconsin, and was going to move to a new historic building in Middleton, Wisconsin, but the building caved in.

The Mayor of Middleton announced that Mustard lovers should not fear, a new location will be announced soon.

It’s a mustard museum.

Mustard.

This is a true WTF museum.

Mustard.

There are two kinds of mustard: yellow and not yellow.

Levenson’s beloved Boston Red Sox had just lost the World Series to the New York Mets and a depressed Levenson went to an all-night grocery to wander the aisles, the museum’s Web site said.

“He turned down the condiment aisle and heard a deep resonant voice as he passed the mustards: “If you collect us, they will come.”

Levenson at that moment vowed to amass the world’s largest collection of mustards and the rest, as they say, is history.

“Mustard!” he blustered.

Flustered, he ate clustered custard.

UPDATE: Reclast Is Not a Pill


Guess who didn’t read the press release I published for May is Osteoporosis & Prevention Month?

Moi.

And the PR dude called me on it.
And sent me a link that works.
To set the record straight:
http://www.reclast.com/info/tools/isi.jsp

One final thing. Sorry to get technical on ya, but we are trying really hard to fight the misconception that Reclast is a pill. Feel free to leave your post as is, but if you could change it or add a clarifying comment about it being a “once-yearly infusion” that would be great.

So I left the post as it is. And did another post on Osteoporosis.

I now have OsteoPOSTosis.

And he said he was going to send me some awesome swag for Nancy’s golf league. (But I may have not read that quite right either.)

Oh, hell! I just checked the link to make sure it worked. Reclast is made by Novartis.  I own Novartis.

As your doctor if Reclast is right for you. And then ask again. And then doctor shop until you find one that will… never mind… I don’t want to freak the flack.

Well maybe just a little.

GM Dealer Closing List: SEE FULL LIST

GM Dealer Closing List is Here.


GM Dealer Closing List: SEE FULL LIST
But you won’t see the GM Dealer Closing List: SEE FULL LIST here because it’s not out yet. But Huffingtonpost.com is getting all the Google Juice by saying GM Dealer Closing List: SEE FULL LIST (check back later.)

So I commented: Pigs. If you don’t have GM Dealer Closing List: SEE FULL LIST just say so. Other wise why not put on your blog, Supreme Court Nominee Released (check back later)

GM Dealer Closing List: SEE FULL LIST isn’t here. And the Chrysler Closing List isn’t here either. But here is a list from Janna.

UPDATE: Note: there is no public GM Dealer Closing List: SEE FULL LIST. GM is keeping it a secret, because they don’t think there is any public interest in a GM Dealer Closing List: SEE FULL LIST.

I’m still scouring the innerwebst for GM Dealer Closing List: SEE FULL LIST to give you a link when I find the GM Dealer Closing List: SEE FULL LIST

Things that annoy me today.
Which was actually yesterday. But you were looking for the GM Dealer Closing List: SEE FULL LIST so timing isn’t really critical to you is it?

1. Gas prices are rising again. It picked this weekend to reach the highest it’s been in a long time because THAT’S when I’ll need to refill my tank.

2. My feet stink. What happened? I thought women’s feet were supposed to smell like flowers or potpourri or something.

3. Cheap pizza tends to taste like cheap pizza.

4. My cats stubbornly refuse to grow opposable thumbs so they can scoop their own poop.

5. Still having ridiculous ISP trouble. Lousy service. Ignorant employees. Where’s the mafia when I need them? This has been going on for a whole week already!

May is Don’t Break a Hip Month

This PR guy insists that I tell you women about this.
Osteoporosis Awareness & Prevention Month

Did you know that May is Osteoporosis Awareness & Prevention Month? You may be interested in sharing some osteoporosis-related statistics with your audience this month so they take proactive measures if they have postmenopausal osteoporosis:
According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation:

* Approximately 8 million American women have osteoporosis, a disease that causes bones such as the hip, spine and wrist to break more easily, resulting in more than 2 million fractures annually
* One in two women over the age of 50 will have an osteoporosis-related fracture in her remaining lifetime
* An average of 24 percent of women who experience a hip fracture will die from complications within one year
* Six months after a hip fracture, only 15 percent of women can walk across a room unaided, and one in five who were able to walk on their own prior to the hip fracture will require long-term care afterwards.

He’s pushing a pill to ease your worries.

The good news is that there are treatments that can help women manage osteoporosis effectively. One such treatment is a once-yearly therapy called Reclast, which is indicated to treat postmenopausal osteoporosis. Women can go to their doctor and receive one 15-minute intravenous dose of medication a year, rather than needing to remember to take daily, weekly or monthly pills.

In the email, he sent me a link for all the precautions if you decide to take Reclast, but the link didn’t work, so you can contact him directly: nathan.reagan@fleishman.com