Rants

Real bummed out this evening. Sunday is usually my least favorite day of the week mainly because Monday is next. This evening the weight of impending doom was heavy on my shoulders and there are several reasons for that:
1) Yesterday was sunny and 70 – today rainy and 30s and I hate winter.
2) In spite of the theme for this evening’s broadcast of Thistle and Shamrock being Songs of Life and Love Celtic music sounds so melancholy. (There just isn’t any way to make a bagpipe sound upbeat.)
3) Watched “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” this afternoon, God, is that the exact opposite of a feel good movie.
4) It’s time to do our income taxes. Not that I’ll owe a lot of money or anything, but just seeing how much I’ve paid to Uncle Sam hurts.
5) My blog comments are on and off, tonight as I write this, they are on. I don’t like inconsistency.
6) Maybe it is reading all the teen angst over on Court’s blog, Tangled Mind.
7) I’ve been trying to redesign the Barndoor Fan Club site and I’m not sure I like what I’ve got.
8) or it is just the fact that tonight is a full moon…

Can’t for the life of me find it on the web anywhere, but I could have sworn I saw an ad on TV for a motorized recliner. Not the kind that actually help an infirm person stand up, but just a regular middle-America living room recliner that reclined by pushing a button and little motors gently leaned you back and lifted your feet. Are we really that lazy that the arm motion required to use a recliner has become so inconvenient?

I didn’t watch this and I can’t for the life of me figure who would want to after seeing the title and promo, Facelifts From Hell. What kind of sicko Programming Director picked that for a Valentine’s evening of TV?

I could have sworn I heard a snippet on FoxNews about some Congressman introducing a bill to boycott French wine, mineral water, etc. because they aren’t supporting us in NATO on the crush Sadam initiative. I personally will not eat another french fry until they come around either. The Aussies are supporting us right? I’ll substitute Bloomin’ Onions from Outback. Don’t ever let it be said I’m not an activist.

We needed gas for the car, so I headed over to a gas station I haven’t used for a while. When I got there I remembered why, they don’t have Pay-At-The-Pump convenience. Pulled back out onto the road and drove a 1/2 down to pull into another station. Insert card – remove card and the readout says, “Couldn’t Read Card, Swipe Again.” After 3 attempts I walked back to another pump to see if it would work there, nope. Back in the car and drove across the street. Read the card, first time, so I gassed up and went.

We just love to quantify stuff here in America don’t we? Channel hopping between commercials during what we were really watching we found the crawl on FoxNews telling us the terror alert was now High, a 4 as opposed to yesterday’s 3. Why did it go up? What increased precautions should be taken now? As confused as I? Here is the place to get all the answers: Homeland Security Advisory System Web Page. After reading that I know just what to do now, I just have to remember where I keep the caraway seeds.

When we check-in on Friday our first impression was good. The lobby looked nice and was decorated well. The buildings themselves looked new. But unfortunately new was not the case. This place had obviously been renovated in the last couple of years. It didn’t really show until you got in the rooms. The tub had been covered up with one of those plastic surrounds, top and bottom. There was about 2 inches of the old white tiles peeking over the top of the plastic and the tub creaked and gave way slightly while standing in it. Another big giveaway was the room carpet. they either had not replaced it or had with the cheapest stuff they could find as it stained, showing wear and starting to come up in the corners. I guess another clue was the “vintage” TV.

You are now rightly asking yourself, “Why does he stay in Holiday Inns if every time the experience s*cks?” The reason is I am a Priority Club member and I get points towards a free night every time I stay. How lame is that?