Rants

That is how many I managed to slog through of the cult fave show, “The Osbournes”. I tried, I really did, but I couldn’t do it. The novelty of actually hearing the “F” word instead of bleep wore off rather quickly. Partly because it was used so frequently by every member of the household, including, I think, the dogs and partly because I guess I’m old fashioned. And poor addled Ozzy, I think he had too many nights of living the high-life. He shook when he was sitting on the couch, sad. I kind of like his music, I have a couple solo CDs and a Black Sabbath one as well, but when they showed him making a Tonight Show appearance and he sang, it sounded the same as every thing he has done before. Mostly though I am not a big fan of “reality” shows, I have enough angst living my little life without peering into the sordid little lives of others.

Is it quality control at the factory and they are shipped out that way? Is it that when shipped they are damaged in transit? Are they so cheap that after a short time in use something bends? We have been in 2 local restaurants in the last 2 days that have only been open for 2 months or less and both times we got a table that wobbled. Yesterday’s was cured by 6-8 napkins folded in half. This after moving from the first spot we tried because the table there wobbled too. Tonight’s table required the handle of Donna’s knife (approx. 3/8″ thick) to steady it.

Donna and I decided to walk up to the Chinese Restaurant to eat supper. It is about a mile one way, so it makes a nice evening walk. Walk, eat and walk back helping to burn off the meal. When we got back to the house, I went to unlock the front door and when I pulled my keys out of my pocket I realized I didn’t have the house key anymore. When I got the custom caricature key chain I didn’t put the key back on, hadn’t used it in so long that I figured what the heck, leave it off. Donna reached into her purse to get her keys and it turns out all she had was a car key, a key to her desk and a house key that we have no earthly idea whose house it goes to, but we do know it doesn’t go to ours. Normally Donna’s mom would be home and she could let us in or maybe the door wouldn’t even been locked, but tonight we had to use the emergency key. I took the screen off a window that we knew was unlocked, Donna boosted me up and I climbed in.

Borrowed Hudson Hawk on DVD from a friend at work, I think I deserve either a medal or some commitment papers for lasting 1 hour and 1 minute into this movie before hitting the eject button. I like Bruce Willis usually, but this must have been something he shot during a hiatus of Moonlighting, back when he was grasping with being a “star.” As a bonus bit of ugliness it had my least favorite movie actress of all time in it, Sandra Bernhard.

When came back from the weekend trip we noticed that they had replaced the puny new stop signs on Two Notch Road with King Kong sized stop signs. I guess people were still cruising through them so to help out our no-account, not paying attention drivers to notice the signs. For reference standard stop signs are 30 inches across, these puppies are 48″ and require two posts to support them. They have even put two orange flags on the “Warning Stop Ahead” signs.