The good, the bad and the Ridiculous

Okay, I am going to try something different today.  I am going to make a list off of the top of my head.  The list will occur in the order dictated by today's blog title.

The Good:  Cottage cheese mixed with salsa.  This is really, really good.  Possibly only second to Peanut M&M's.

The Bad: High Tech companies like Microsoft and Apple which try to maximize profits by restricting your options.  They should take a look at the Google model.  Bye-bye to Office and Internet explore; to i-phones and i-tunes.  Hello Google voice and android phones.

The Ridiculous: Glenn Beck saying, "Americans, our children are being submerged into the world of communism."  I want to get a job writing for this guy.  I can make up stuff as fast as anyone.  95% of all Americans agree with me on this.

The Good: The Family Guy is the funniest show on television.  This show constantly challenges me to not be offended by what I have been taught (no, not taught by my mom) to be offended by.  Very clever.  I would like to write for this show as well.

The Bad: Never, ever, try to eat a carbohydrate-free tortilla.

The Ridiculous: I think Keith Olbermann of Countdown would be out of a job if he didn't have Glenn Beck to make fun of.

The Good: Staying in touch with old friends.  Imagine you live in a giant house and every friend you ever had had their own room.  You could walk down the hall and open the door labeled Wesley D. and there he would be reading the funny papers.  You could do this over and over with all of your friends.  Or you could choose not to; walking instead, ever forward, making new friends and then leaving them behind as well.  Hmmm sounds like a good story in the making.

The Bad: My back.  After 3 days of golfing, I woke up a week ago last Monday and found I couldn't stand up.  I needed to catch a plane so I packed by crawling around my room, reaching up over my head into drawers trying to find my underwear.  It's been 11 days now but I am getting better.

The Ridiculous: Is it just me or is Sarah Palin becoming a parody of herself - sort of like William Shatner.

The Good: I love the coming of fall.  I like getting up in the morning and feeling a coolness in the air.  I like seeing the leaves fall and the way the sun shines in patches through gathering clouds.

The Bad: Rachael Maddow.  She always seems to be talking down to me.  She has a snide attitude which says, "I know you agree with me because I'm smart."  Fortunately, The Simpsons are on at the same time.

The Ridiculous: California Labor laws.  I once called and talked to the author about a few points.  I then talked to a person in charge of enforcing the code.  Turns out the two disagree on almost everything.  It's like one is saying, "That's not what I meant when I wrote that." and the other says, "Yes it is."  There is actually a document written to help decipher the labor code.  It is more than twice as long as the code itself.  I work all over the country.  Everywhere except...California.  This state is in debt because no manufacturing wants to come here.  The reason - labor laws.  California is not just the most unfriendly state, it's restrictive laws are some of the worse in the world.

The good: Family

The bad: Out of season peaches from Safeway

The Ridiculous: I like it freezing in my bedroom at night while I sleep under a giant pile of blankets.  Since the local housing snobs won't let me have a small air conditioner in my window, I need to cool down my entire house.


That's about it for now.  May you have more than you share of good, a minute serving of bad for contrast and as much ridiculous as you can handle.

I have a world to save.

Up, up and away...
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