Archive for November, 2009
Goodbye to my Imaginary Public
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments
Well the results are in and I got eight spam results. I only approved three of them because five of them were either unintelligible or didn’t make any sense.
Fortunately this answers the age old question ” If a blog dies on the Internet does it make an impression” ? The answer is No.
To any people who did read this on a regular basis I apologize but it doesn’t seem to make sense to continue. The readership was declining and I like to leave just before the rats make their exit.
This may not be the last that you hear of me since my wife is continuing her Lt. Gerard- like pursuit to keep me writing. Hopefully this will result in a lot less Spam which should lower my cholesterol.
Thanks and goodbye
Warren
Dithering
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 | Life | 3 Comments
I like to get as much information as I can when I make a decision which sometimes helps and sometimes leads to dithering, unlike Joe Wilson I didn’t have to look up the definition. So though you may feel this post is going to be about politics, it will not.
Over a year ago I started writing this blog and though I initially said that it was just for fun, I lied. No, I am like any other writer, I write for personal reward. The reward can be anywhere from money to the reward of having influenced someone else’s life.
Based on the statistics my readership seems to be about thirty people on a consistant basis. Some of these people might be members of my family which means that more people may be reading this because of a feeling of familial obligation than they like the blog.
I don’t want to turn this blog into a public forum but lately I have been feeling that the only people who have an opinion of my blog work for Hormel ( for those of you not knowledgable about their canned meats, they make Spam). So for the next week I want the blog to be sort of interactive. If you think that I should continue writing this blog send me a message that says yes or if you think I shouldn’t then say, no. If I get a majority of affirmative responses that will help me to continue and if the majority is negative then Hormel might have to find an other outlet for it’s product. On the other hand who the hell are you to tell me what to do? Haven’t you heard of the First Amendment etc…
Silk Purse on a Pig
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 | Life | No Comments
Last week I wrote about Susan Finkelstein the woman who is accused of offering sex for World Series tickets and I had more to say about it then my meager typing skills could accomplish in one week. By waiting I will be able to update the story.
First of all, it turns out that she did get tickets from a local radio station and car dealership. Here we go again.
When did sleaziness become not only acceptable but the norm? I realize that I may be called a curmudgeon but I think that we should at least consider changing our views on what is happening.
It seems that girls and women are using the new found freedoms their predecessors fought for to sell themselves. Susan Finkelstein doesn’t seem to be the only one who is offering sex for goods. Today on Maury Povich was a segment on teen prostitutes. They were from middle and upper class families and they were selling themselves for money to buy Pradas and Jimmy Choo’s.
During Mardi Gras in New Orleans girls used to flash for beads. I assume it started because most of these women were drunk but also because women are competitive. Soon Joe Francis realized that he didn’t even need the beads just the booze and Girls Gone Wild was born. I am constantly amazed that so many women are willing to show their breasts for less then dinner and a movie.
I often hear from women that men think with the head that isn’t on their shoulders and I’m beginning to think that it is outsmarting women. I have often thought that the 1964 Civil Rights act was better for men than women. Women are gradually becoming the breadwinners, we don’t give them our seats or hold the door for them, when we both work the women still do most of the housework; that’s my kind of equality.
Now men have convinced women to take off their clothes and more for trinkets. We also get to take the moral high ground. We can still comment that these girls who sell themselves for Prada bags are sluts or to paraphrase the election phrase with the old adage;’ you can put a silk purse on a pig but it still isn’t Sarah Palin”.