In the last two months so much has happened. I closed my thrift shop and am not really ready to talk about it. I've thrown myself into another project - Ebay - so I could make enough money for food and gas (and utilities!). So I won't dwell on the shop, not right now.
However, today I was thinking of days gone by, my youth and the years and memories that went with my youth. I was remembering parts of my favorite poems. Today I will reprint those poems (I found if they were printed before 1923 they are public domain now)... it'll give you an idea of where my head is today.
O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman dedicated to Abraham Lincoln. Have you ever wondered how our world would have been like if John Kennedy was not assassinated?
O Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up - for you the flag is flung - for you the bugle trills;
For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths - for you the shores a-crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head;
It is some dream that on the deck,
You've fallen cold and dead.
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won;
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
And reprinted here is the poem, IF by Rudyard Kipling. His poems seem appropriate for these times and for my life. Kipling's son, John, died in 1915 at the Battle of Loos, after which he wrote "If any question why we died/ Tell them, because our fathers lied."
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same:
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss:
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much:
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!
I guess this is a lesson on having a stiff upper lip. There is no such thing as coincidences and everything happens for a reason.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Gotta Get Selling on Ebay! and Sushi...
Ok, I've procrastinated enough. I've been saving stuff from the donations coming into the shop so I could make more money on Ebay. Now I've got a 10x20 space packed and stacked with stuff to sell. The other day a family brought in almost 36 bags of their kids' clothes (teenagers). Wow, we're talking about Old Navy, Gap, American Eagle, and other top selling name brands. The kids took very good care of their clothes. Most were almost new. A few (very few) had small stains, others had a few buttons missing. So, we decided to pull the name brands and pack them up to sell on Ebay. We now have 8 medium size uhaul boxes filled with clothes. This is in addition to other clothes I've been saving, dolls, silverware, toys, and a TON of books. I've offered to pay various computer literate people to list them for me for a percentage of the final bid but no one will take me up on it. Usually, these are the same people who come into the shop and complain that they can't find a job! Geez!
And about sushi... can it be possible to become addicted to sushi? Here's a website that gives a short history of sushi, also click on "Making Sushi" to view the videos...
http://www.eatsushi.com/whatsushi.asp
Hmmm... I wonder where I can get sushi at 2 in the morning?
And about sushi... can it be possible to become addicted to sushi? Here's a website that gives a short history of sushi, also click on "Making Sushi" to view the videos...
http://www.eatsushi.com/whatsushi.asp
Hmmm... I wonder where I can get sushi at 2 in the morning?
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Hunting for Treasures
I looooove hunting for treasure. I'm one of those people whose head snaps to the right as I pass a yardsale. I like reading yardsale ads to wind down my day. I've had copies of those folded up street maps made so I can highlight my treck through the city. I really can't wait until I can afford a GPS so it can tell me when I should turn right or left. I go through withdrawals in the winter. I salivate when I see the snow melting outside. I'll travel a hundred miles round trip to another state to go to a community yardsale.
Yes, sometimes I get very little for my troubles. But those days where I can pick up a snowblower for $5 or the time I got 30+ beer mirrors for 50 cents each, that's when I get the biggest thrill!
Saturday there's a rummage sale 50 feet from my store. OMG! I can hardly sleep. I hope I can talk them into bringing their leftovers to my thrift shop. The next best thing to yardsales is getting the leftovers!
Yes, sometimes I get very little for my troubles. But those days where I can pick up a snowblower for $5 or the time I got 30+ beer mirrors for 50 cents each, that's when I get the biggest thrill!
Saturday there's a rummage sale 50 feet from my store. OMG! I can hardly sleep. I hope I can talk them into bringing their leftovers to my thrift shop. The next best thing to yardsales is getting the leftovers!
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Device on knee can produce electricity (AP) : Yahoo! Green
Device on knee can produce electricity (AP) : Yahoo! Green
Click on the website on the link above. It has interesting info on generating power for, among other things, YOUR CELL PHONE!
Click on the website on the link above. It has interesting info on generating power for, among other things, YOUR CELL PHONE!
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
I Don't Have to Be Serious All The Time...
I'm not always a serious thinker. Sometimes I am very easily amused, too easily some say. So, let me start with a blonde joke (ok, don't be insulted, I just want to get it over with).
A blonde was bragging about her knowledge of the state capitals of the United States. She proudly announced, "Go ahead, ask me any of the capitals, I know all of them."A redhead said, "O.K., what's the capital of Wyoming?" The blonde replied, "Oh, that's easy, 'W'."
Ok, now a funny brunette story.
A friend of mine (a lover of teeny dogs) was looking at the classifieds and mentioned an ad to me about poodles. Exhuberantly, she added, "And they come in all kinds of colors!" I looked at her quizzically and asked they came from the same litter. She said they did and brought the ad to me. "See, there!" and pointed to a spot in the ad that mentioned that the pups were AKC (ok, I can see where she thought that meant all kinds of colors).
So, do you think it's genetic? Let me tell you a story about her aunt.
My friend's aunt was staying with the family while she was trying to get back on her feet. She had been to several job interviews and left resumes everywhere. One day the phone rings and she answers it, thinking it was a call for a job. She chatted with the person for a bit then said, "No, I want a white collar job," and hung up. Curious, my friend's sister asked her, "What did they want." Auntie answered, "Oh, he asked me if I wanted a blow job but I told him I wanted a white collar job." I laughed so hard because she is probably the only person I know who could get a dirty phone call and think it was for a job interview.
And if that wasn't enough...
Another Aunt was staying with my friend's sister (let's call her Mary). She was an older lady and had her idiosyncracies, like the rest of us. Well, Mary noticed that during the last several days her aunt would get up during dinner to take a drink of water with her medicine. Mary couldn't stand it anymore and asked her aunt why she gets up in the middle of dinner to take her medicine. Her aunt answered, "The directions said to take between meals."
I apologize to any of my friends who have recognized themselves in these stories. I told you I was easily amused!
A blonde was bragging about her knowledge of the state capitals of the United States. She proudly announced, "Go ahead, ask me any of the capitals, I know all of them."A redhead said, "O.K., what's the capital of Wyoming?" The blonde replied, "Oh, that's easy, 'W'."
Ok, now a funny brunette story.
A friend of mine (a lover of teeny dogs) was looking at the classifieds and mentioned an ad to me about poodles. Exhuberantly, she added, "And they come in all kinds of colors!" I looked at her quizzically and asked they came from the same litter. She said they did and brought the ad to me. "See, there!" and pointed to a spot in the ad that mentioned that the pups were AKC (ok, I can see where she thought that meant all kinds of colors).
So, do you think it's genetic? Let me tell you a story about her aunt.
My friend's aunt was staying with the family while she was trying to get back on her feet. She had been to several job interviews and left resumes everywhere. One day the phone rings and she answers it, thinking it was a call for a job. She chatted with the person for a bit then said, "No, I want a white collar job," and hung up. Curious, my friend's sister asked her, "What did they want." Auntie answered, "Oh, he asked me if I wanted a blow job but I told him I wanted a white collar job." I laughed so hard because she is probably the only person I know who could get a dirty phone call and think it was for a job interview.
And if that wasn't enough...
Another Aunt was staying with my friend's sister (let's call her Mary). She was an older lady and had her idiosyncracies, like the rest of us. Well, Mary noticed that during the last several days her aunt would get up during dinner to take a drink of water with her medicine. Mary couldn't stand it anymore and asked her aunt why she gets up in the middle of dinner to take her medicine. Her aunt answered, "The directions said to take between meals."
I apologize to any of my friends who have recognized themselves in these stories. I told you I was easily amused!
We The People...
How many of us know our own Constitution? Well, let's start with the preamble. I consider this an important part of who we are.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Now, let's check out our Bill of Rights.
The Preamble to The Bill of Rights
Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.
THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution.
RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all, or any of which Articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution; viz.
ARTICLES in addition to, and Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, proposed by Congress, and ratified by the Legislatures of the several States, pursuant to the fifth Article of the original Constitution.
...and our First 10 Amendments, our Bill of Rights.
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Amendment II
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Amendment III
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Amendment V
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Amendment VI
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.
Amendment VII
In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
Amendment VIII
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Amendment IX
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
As of today, we have 27 Amendments. You may read details on Amendments 11-27 at the following site:
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution_amendments_11-27.html
This site is a pretty good site as far government sites go.
Know your rights so you don't lose them.
And this is my contribution to your thoughts today.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Now, let's check out our Bill of Rights.
The Preamble to The Bill of Rights
Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.
THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution.
RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all, or any of which Articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution; viz.
ARTICLES in addition to, and Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, proposed by Congress, and ratified by the Legislatures of the several States, pursuant to the fifth Article of the original Constitution.
...and our First 10 Amendments, our Bill of Rights.
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Amendment II
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Amendment III
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Amendment V
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Amendment VI
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.
Amendment VII
In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
Amendment VIII
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Amendment IX
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
As of today, we have 27 Amendments. You may read details on Amendments 11-27 at the following site:
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution_amendments_11-27.html
This site is a pretty good site as far government sites go.
Know your rights so you don't lose them.
And this is my contribution to your thoughts today.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
It's "Tax Time"... Who/What is the IRS?
It's "Tax Time" again and I supposed I'll have to go through my box of receipts. You know, that box that never really gets filed. Throughout the years I have heard so many things about the IRS, so today I thought I'd surf the web and check out all I've heard.
This document answered some of my questions and I thought I should share it with you. I have listed links at the end of the posts. The author cites many documents that you can check yourselves. Then you can make the decision yourself on who or what the IRS really is. I just hope they don't come bursting through my doors.
Here are the questions that are posed. Are they questions that you may want answers to?
1. Is the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) an organization within the U.S. Department of the Treasury?
2. If not an organization within the US Department of the Treasury, then what exactly is the IRS?
3. By what legal authority, if any, has the IRS established offices inside the 50 States of the Union?
4. Can IRS legally show “Department of the Treasury” on their outgoing mail?
5. Does the U.S. Department of Justice have power of attorney to represent the IRS in federal court?
6. Were the so-called 14th and 16th amendments properly ratified?
7. Where are the statutes that create a specific liability for federal income taxes?
8. Can a federal regulation create a specific liability, when no specific liability is created by the corresponding statute?
9. The federal regulations create an income tax liability for what specific classes of people?
10. How many classes of citizens are there, and how did this number come to be?
11. Can one be a State Citizen, without also being a federal citizen?
12. Who was Frank Brushaber, and why was his U.S. Supreme Court case so important?
13. What is a “Withholding agent”?
14. What is a “Withholding Exemption Certificate”?
15. What is “tax evasion” and who might be guilty of this crime?
16. Why does IRS Form 1040 not require a Notary Public to notarize a taxpayer’s signature?
17. Does the term “United States” have multiple legal meanings and, if so, what are they?
18. Is the term “income” defined in the IRC and, if not, where is it defined?
19. What is municipal law, and are the IRC’s income tax provisions municipal law, or not?
20. What does it mean if my State is not mentioned in any of the federal income tax statutes?
21. In what other ways is the IRC deliberately vague, and what are the real implications for the average American?
22. Has Title 26 of the United States Code (“U.S.C.”) ever been enacted into positive law, and what are the legal implications if Title 26 has not been enacted into positive law?
23. What federal courts are authorized to prosecute income tax crimes?
24. Are federal judges required to pay income taxes on their pay, and what are the real implications if they do pay taxes on their pay?
25. Can federal grand juries issue valid indictments against illegal tax protesters?
26. Do IRS agents ever tamper with federal grand juries, and how is this routinely done?
27. What is “The Kickback Racket,” and where can I find evidence of its existence?
28. Can the IRS levy bank accounts without a valid court order?
29. Do federal income tax revenues pay for any government services and, if so, which government services are funded by federal income taxes?
30. How can the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) help me to answer other key tax questions?
31. Where can I find more information, and still protect my privacy?
http://www.supremelaw.org/sls/31answers.htm
http://www.thelawthatneverwas.com/new/home.asp
This post is today's contribution to my search for knowledge.
Oh, and one more morsel of food for thought. When I was a supervisor, I had a clerk who just wasn't "clerk" material. She was a very nice person but you could tell she was not comfortable in the office. When I let her go, I sat with her for awhile talking. I wanted to see if she could be a fit in another department. She said she probably wouldn't because she had never worked in an office for any length of time. I asked her what she had done previously. She said she just quit her job as an IRS agent. She said she quit because of stress. She spent a number of years as a gun toting agent and she was always afraid she might have to use her gun. Did you know agents carried guns? Now, I'm scared.
Does tax collecting go too far? Check out this site for an old "almost impossible to get out of it" tax.
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/bob/greene110499.asp
A couple of hundred years later, they still think of ingenuous ways of sucking taxes out of us.
http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/18/pf/taxes/strangetaxesupdate/index.htm
This document answered some of my questions and I thought I should share it with you. I have listed links at the end of the posts. The author cites many documents that you can check yourselves. Then you can make the decision yourself on who or what the IRS really is. I just hope they don't come bursting through my doors.
Here are the questions that are posed. Are they questions that you may want answers to?
1. Is the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) an organization within the U.S. Department of the Treasury?
2. If not an organization within the US Department of the Treasury, then what exactly is the IRS?
3. By what legal authority, if any, has the IRS established offices inside the 50 States of the Union?
4. Can IRS legally show “Department of the Treasury” on their outgoing mail?
5. Does the U.S. Department of Justice have power of attorney to represent the IRS in federal court?
6. Were the so-called 14th and 16th amendments properly ratified?
7. Where are the statutes that create a specific liability for federal income taxes?
8. Can a federal regulation create a specific liability, when no specific liability is created by the corresponding statute?
9. The federal regulations create an income tax liability for what specific classes of people?
10. How many classes of citizens are there, and how did this number come to be?
11. Can one be a State Citizen, without also being a federal citizen?
12. Who was Frank Brushaber, and why was his U.S. Supreme Court case so important?
13. What is a “Withholding agent”?
14. What is a “Withholding Exemption Certificate”?
15. What is “tax evasion” and who might be guilty of this crime?
16. Why does IRS Form 1040 not require a Notary Public to notarize a taxpayer’s signature?
17. Does the term “United States” have multiple legal meanings and, if so, what are they?
18. Is the term “income” defined in the IRC and, if not, where is it defined?
19. What is municipal law, and are the IRC’s income tax provisions municipal law, or not?
20. What does it mean if my State is not mentioned in any of the federal income tax statutes?
21. In what other ways is the IRC deliberately vague, and what are the real implications for the average American?
22. Has Title 26 of the United States Code (“U.S.C.”) ever been enacted into positive law, and what are the legal implications if Title 26 has not been enacted into positive law?
23. What federal courts are authorized to prosecute income tax crimes?
24. Are federal judges required to pay income taxes on their pay, and what are the real implications if they do pay taxes on their pay?
25. Can federal grand juries issue valid indictments against illegal tax protesters?
26. Do IRS agents ever tamper with federal grand juries, and how is this routinely done?
27. What is “The Kickback Racket,” and where can I find evidence of its existence?
28. Can the IRS levy bank accounts without a valid court order?
29. Do federal income tax revenues pay for any government services and, if so, which government services are funded by federal income taxes?
30. How can the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) help me to answer other key tax questions?
31. Where can I find more information, and still protect my privacy?
http://www.supremelaw.org/sls/31answers.htm
http://www.thelawthatneverwas.com/new/home.asp
This post is today's contribution to my search for knowledge.
Oh, and one more morsel of food for thought. When I was a supervisor, I had a clerk who just wasn't "clerk" material. She was a very nice person but you could tell she was not comfortable in the office. When I let her go, I sat with her for awhile talking. I wanted to see if she could be a fit in another department. She said she probably wouldn't because she had never worked in an office for any length of time. I asked her what she had done previously. She said she just quit her job as an IRS agent. She said she quit because of stress. She spent a number of years as a gun toting agent and she was always afraid she might have to use her gun. Did you know agents carried guns? Now, I'm scared.
Does tax collecting go too far? Check out this site for an old "almost impossible to get out of it" tax.
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/bob/greene110499.asp
A couple of hundred years later, they still think of ingenuous ways of sucking taxes out of us.
http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/18/pf/taxes/strangetaxesupdate/index.htm
I told myself a long time ago that I would never be a blogger!
So, then, what am I doing here?
A little background then. I have to warn you though, that I'm probably going to be a little wary of letting you know who I really am and where I am really located. Why, you ask? Because I will probably need to do some bitching about something or someone and I don't want those "someones" to know I'm talking about them. I can be real mean.
I have my own little junk business (people like to call it an antique/collectible shop, but who am I kidding) in the middle of the desert. The desert description is not only a description of my physical location but of the desert-like mental atmosphere of my town. So, that's why the blog.
I run my little business by myself and a volunteer or two at times. I like keeping to myself except for one thing. I have no one to talk with. At least, there's only a few people in town with whom I can talk. I talk with my daughter, but I understand that her mind is on regular life. You know... the kids, family, work, what's on the news, and every once in awhile, something serious. When you're that young, why worry about the rest of the world. I talk with my husband, but I'm intermittantly pissed at him right now. Why? Because I'm old, and still worrying about money when I shouldn't have to. I'll save that story for the future, when I'm real mad. It could be soon!
I figure that if there's no one to talk with, why not talk to the world?! A little schizophrenic, huh? Well, no matter. There's so much I think about, at least this way I can get it out without someone looking at me crosseyed in wonder or confusion.
Believe it or not, I get happy sometimes. Usually, when I'm looking for junk for my shop and find something that gives you a better thrill than... well... an orgasm! Ok, too much information.
Then, there's life. It's hard having been a history major in college, then seeing the same ole crap happening again and again. So, I'm thinking, maybe I should share what's in my head. Maybe it'll clear it a bit (like formatting my hard drive, huh?) Then I can get over this lifelong insomnia.
What can you expect from this blog? My thoughts. My thoughts on everyone's personal business, what junk is good junk, the IRS, gambling, books I've read, political history (and history, in general), how many national banks the United States have had, stories that may be urban legend, my fascination with genealogy, aliens, bigfoot, and my new pug, Natasha.
Weird subjects? I'm sure there will be more I will think of.
It's 1:33 am now, and I feel better cause I'm finally starting this little diary of me. Feel free to be opinionated, concerned (of my mental stability, probably), or just a listener. I appreciate you being here and nodding your head in the affirmative as I ramble on. It's good for my spirit.
Bye bye for now.
A little background then. I have to warn you though, that I'm probably going to be a little wary of letting you know who I really am and where I am really located. Why, you ask? Because I will probably need to do some bitching about something or someone and I don't want those "someones" to know I'm talking about them. I can be real mean.
I have my own little junk business (people like to call it an antique/collectible shop, but who am I kidding) in the middle of the desert. The desert description is not only a description of my physical location but of the desert-like mental atmosphere of my town. So, that's why the blog.
I run my little business by myself and a volunteer or two at times. I like keeping to myself except for one thing. I have no one to talk with. At least, there's only a few people in town with whom I can talk. I talk with my daughter, but I understand that her mind is on regular life. You know... the kids, family, work, what's on the news, and every once in awhile, something serious. When you're that young, why worry about the rest of the world. I talk with my husband, but I'm intermittantly pissed at him right now. Why? Because I'm old, and still worrying about money when I shouldn't have to. I'll save that story for the future, when I'm real mad. It could be soon!
I figure that if there's no one to talk with, why not talk to the world?! A little schizophrenic, huh? Well, no matter. There's so much I think about, at least this way I can get it out without someone looking at me crosseyed in wonder or confusion.
Believe it or not, I get happy sometimes. Usually, when I'm looking for junk for my shop and find something that gives you a better thrill than... well... an orgasm! Ok, too much information.
Then, there's life. It's hard having been a history major in college, then seeing the same ole crap happening again and again. So, I'm thinking, maybe I should share what's in my head. Maybe it'll clear it a bit (like formatting my hard drive, huh?) Then I can get over this lifelong insomnia.
What can you expect from this blog? My thoughts. My thoughts on everyone's personal business, what junk is good junk, the IRS, gambling, books I've read, political history (and history, in general), how many national banks the United States have had, stories that may be urban legend, my fascination with genealogy, aliens, bigfoot, and my new pug, Natasha.
Weird subjects? I'm sure there will be more I will think of.
It's 1:33 am now, and I feel better cause I'm finally starting this little diary of me. Feel free to be opinionated, concerned (of my mental stability, probably), or just a listener. I appreciate you being here and nodding your head in the affirmative as I ramble on. It's good for my spirit.
Bye bye for now.
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