23. Are your days fast-paced? No not at all. Even when I squeeze in a trip to Kroger (why doesn’t this rhyme with Roger?) and wander the aisles looking for stuff.
24. What did you do last night? I packed for my big trip down the Green River. Which you really should click on that link because it has quite a history.
25. Do you use sarcasm? Yeah, right.
26. How old will you be turning on your next birthday? Sixty three
27. Are you picky about spelling and grammar? Newpe.
28. Do you get along better with the same sex or the opposite sex? The bitches in my house seem to like me more (dogs) but I think I get along equally well (or unwell) with both sexes of homo sapiens.
29. Do you watch the news? Yes. Ladies and Gents, Laff-in Looks at the News!
30. How did you get one of your scars? Basil Sells Cars in Sonoma
31. Who was the last person to make you mad? UPS freight bitch
32. What is the last big thing you purchased? A kegerator – gift for St. Todd DeCubbville. How awesome is THAT?
33. Who would you want to be tied to for 24 hours? Robin Meade
34. What is a rumour someone has spread about you? That I am tall, OR that I spelll rumor with two u’s.
35. What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator? Make up song lyrics: Stuck in an elevator, going up while she’s going down, yeah, yeah, yeah.
36. T or F: All’s fair in love and war? Bah, dumb question, next!
37. Do you know how to use some words correctly, but not know the meaning? I am adamant about it, yes.
38. Do you know which US states don’t use Daylight Savings Time? Yes, well actually no.
39. Do you want a bright yellow ‘06 mustang? Sure.
40. What’s something you’ve always wanted? To be invisible on command.
41. Would you rather swim in the ocean or a lake? Lake, most lakes don’t have critters that can make you die a bloody and horrifying death.
42. Do you wear a lot of black? I just bought two black shirts and I have a lot of black pants because black goes with anything.
I don’t wear black shirts with black pants.
I don’t wear black shirts with white pants.
(Which sounds like the beginning of a bad Dr. Suess poem…)
43. Describe your hair: Greyish Gray
44. Where is/are your best friend(s)? In the house.
There’s a study out showing that if you have the right genes, you can live to be 100 years old.
I want to see the study that identifies the genes that makes people want to work until they are 80+ years old.
Criminey.
I know a guy that was going to work until he was 80+. And he was making business decisions. But when you are single and 80 there isn’t much else to do, I get that.
He would show up about 9 to read the morning newspaper, check his mail, and call his broker. By then it was time for lunch. (And I suspect a nap afterwards.) Then it was back to the office to read the afternoon newspaper and take a meeting or two. About 5:00 p.m. he would wander home. For six weeks in the winter he would head to a warmer climate. For a couple weeks in the summer he would head to better fishing.
That’s called semi-retirement, I’m told.
But it’s those years from 65 or 70 to age 80 that I can’t understand why he was working AT ALL.
I got an email from a guy I knew back in the day. He said he announced his retirement two years ago, but the owners still wanted him around. His wife has breast cancer and he’s wealthy too. But he’s still showing up at work.
What is it with these people that just can’t give it up and retire?
She’ll probably be bored out of her mind within six months. She’s still young, fun, attractive and active. Even a part-time job doing something she loves won’t really seem like a job. Note that I didn’t say get a new career. That would be too much work.
I think that is excellent advice. Retire from your career, but take a job. Even better if it’s a volunteer gig.
But for criminey’s sake: retire! Make some room for others to move up so eventually a college graduate has a hole to worm his way in and start a career.
There is no heat index today because there is no humidity.
Local weather reader (the guy below, but different from above) referring to Hurricane Alex heading toward “Old Mexico.” Not to be confused with New Mexico or Used Mexico or Middle Aged Mexico.
Peggy West, a county supervisor from Milwaukee WI, weighing in on the Arizona immigration law … said, “If this were Texas a state that borders Mexico I would have to look twice at this, but it’s Arizona, a state that is a ways removed from the border…”
Arizona doesn’t border Old Mexico which luckily is getting blasted by Hurricane Alex.
Of course it’s because they send me free stuff. But because you are here reading this, you also get some inside information on how you can Win. Big. Prizes.
The first 50 videos submitted to the ShareYourVille contest, AUTOMATICALLY receive coupons for FREE Johnsonville products!
My inside source says:
This information hasn’t been widely released, so there is a good chance that your readers could pick up a prize.
And she also says she has secret code words and these words aren’t available to ANYONE but super selected bloggers! (Moi)
Each code word is equal to 5 extra entries into the “GRILLVILLE” sweepstakes to win $2,500 CASH just for playing the game! Visit www.ShareYourVille.com, and enter the secret code into the GRILLVILLE game under the bonus entries tab!
“This Week’s Johnsonville GRILLVILLE Secret Code Word is BRATS.” (all caps)
Eventually Johnsville will give me more secret words and I will pass them along.
In the meantime, I will dress up in all my Johnsonville finest with my Johnsonville gear and throw some Johnsonville brats in the hot tub and share a pic.
