tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53213802011-04-21T19:42:17.806-05:00Practical PenumbraMy own little corner of cyberspaceSusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comBlogger1091100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-1120921108184205492005-07-09T09:57:00.000-05:002005-07-09T09:58:28.190-05:00IndeedSusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-1056719416458479882003-06-27T08:10:00.000-05:002003-06-27T08:12:01.846-05:00omg. what the heck is going on? I just spent one hour blogging and when I hit preview it all disappeared!!!! and that was at my MT site!!!! auuugh!!!!!!!Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-959167592003-06-22T10:20:00.000-05:002003-06-22T23:44:07.000-05:00And it was a sad day in the ecosphere (a pre-coffee rendering of ecosystem/blogosphere, I guess) when my new provider's network upgrades, which were supposed to be over with by 5:30 am, are STILL locking me out, and here I am back at blogger...
Gawd, the IRONY of that....
I had lots to say, too!
Frank looks very hot in his Nuke the Moon T, armed and dangerous for the first Peace Gallery photoSusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-958943122003-06-21T10:53:00.000-05:002003-06-21T10:53:18.000-05:00This isn't really simulcasting, since this is a separate entry. I'm still trying to figure out how some of the blogs in the New Blog Showcase are racking up double votes, and I think I may have cracked it. Gonna try and vote for John here anyway and see if it shows up.Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-957632092003-06-17T14:05:00.000-05:002003-06-17T14:06:26.000-05:00Simulcasting has officially ceased. This means if you want to read my ramblings you must point your browsers and bookmarks to
http://practicalpenumbra.mu.nu/. Here is a click thru in case typing is too much work for you.
There are still a few things to be packed up and moved, although my "archives" are in temporary storage at the new place, crammed into June 1st sans links, italics, bolds, etc.Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-957177272003-06-16T09:51:00.000-05:002003-06-16T09:51:43.106-05:00Yay! Pete found the new address! Yay! This means it is almost time to update your address books and palm pilots, Loyal Readers, because simulcasting will cease shortly.
Hurray! ...today my Assistant returns from vacation and I can return to a semblance of a normal life! Hurray!
So, first and foremost...Frank has a new In My World that has absolutely nothing to do with crass comercialism and Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-956859982003-06-15T10:09:00.000-05:002003-06-15T10:16:57.000-05:00Yes, Glenn, I am simulcasting...mostly for Pete, since he seems either too busy to check out the new PP, or else is so totally repulsed by the whole teal/salmon thing that he's still reading (and commenting) at my blogspot blog....
(I love you, Pete! You will always be my First Loyal Reader and Commentor!)
Anyway, now that the evil papers have been slain, and my Assistant Manager is due back Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-956792472003-06-15T00:54:00.000-05:002003-06-15T00:54:51.000-05:00Okay, only one more 12 hour day, then one regular day, and then I get the day off!!!!
My paper is done and submitted. Whew. Til the next assignment due June 29th.
Dear Lord, will this never end???????
Frank is very funny as usual. Go there or I will tell him you didn't.Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-956601962003-06-14T08:46:00.000-05:002003-06-14T08:47:28.000-05:00Here it is Saturday morning, I've got a big paper due by midnight tomorrow, and what am I doing? checking out the entrants in the new blog showcase.
Since I'm not entered this week, I don't have to vote for three, and doesn't multiple voting dilute the power of your vote anyway? I mean, whenever I go to the polls, and it says to choose three candidates for City-Council-at-Large, I usually only Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-956528062003-06-14T00:05:00.000-05:002003-06-14T00:25:02.000-05:00Let me preface this by saying, I am not at all superstitious.
Ok, not very superstitious. And Friday the 13th has never bothered me. In fact, today is the first ever Friday the 13th that I ever remember anything unlucky happening to me.
Guess what? No paychecks today. Lost in the mail or something. Then I find out from Victor that the tax cut kicks in today.
Personally, I blame the full moonSusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-956194002003-06-13T00:57:00.000-05:002003-06-13T00:57:50.000-05:00LOL!
In a neverending effort to avoid working on my paper, I strayed from Jaboobie's through a link to Drumwaster's and read this:
And finally, I have just about had it with all the claims from the rabidly ranting rats on the Loony Left whinging (sic) about the lack of WMD in Iraq. After all, Saddam hasn't been found either, and so, by their logic, he must not have existed either, eh?
Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-956030322003-06-12T15:20:00.000-05:002003-06-12T15:21:06.000-05:00Ok, even though I am not done playing with colors and set up and etc., I am going to let my Loyal Readers take a peek at the site that Pixy Misa graciously arranged for me. Please comment at the new site on any issues you may have with my decorating sense (keeping in mind that my budget is limited and those throw-pillows were purchased at Good Will.....)
The new, improved, Practical Penumbra.Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-956028532003-06-12T15:14:00.000-05:002003-06-12T15:14:36.110-05:00One of the reasons that the male/female equality issue is still ongoing is that the women came late to the party. (Ok, we pretty much crashed it, helped out by a few men who weren't total Neanderthals, but that's not the point.) See, God let Adam name everything, and we women have been stuck with guy-names for everything ever since.
Take tools. Is there a tool sensibly named "that pinching Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-955872392003-06-12T07:42:00.000-05:002003-06-12T07:43:05.000-05:00I am in love with a younger man (again)!!!!!! John, at Collinization is both brilliant and funny. Look out, Frank J!Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-955868872003-06-12T07:28:00.000-05:002003-06-12T07:28:25.000-05:00Having enjoyed Romulus's Web showcase entry, I strolled through a few others and really enjoyed several of them. This one made me LOL. Therefore Judicious Asininity will be on my links shortly.Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-955863752003-06-12T07:07:00.000-05:002003-06-12T07:07:27.000-05:00One of the little things that can make life seem too unfair sometimes is having to make coffee before you've had coffee.
Another is waking up early on your day off, just because your body is used to getting up early.
A third is a chilly drizzle too early on your day off before the coffee is brewed.
I could go on, but I think the coffee is done.....
Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-955526992003-06-11T10:45:00.000-05:002003-06-11T10:45:57.000-05:00Here is my vote for this week's new blog contest: Judicious Assininity because it's right on the money....NY is talking about a Fat tax now.Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-955519352003-06-11T10:26:00.000-05:002003-06-11T10:26:46.000-05:00LOL!!!! New Rumsfeld press conference at IMAO!!
NOT the funniest line (so as not to spoil it for you): "Rarr!" Rumsfeld yelled, picking up the reporter and throwing him out the window. "Next question."
Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-955511652003-06-11T10:06:00.000-05:002003-06-11T10:07:11.000-05:00Thanks to Pixy, I am playing with Moveable Type instead of blogging. It's fun! But I still am trying to get it to look right, and thus cannot actually blog because I'm playing. So, Loyal Readers, please excuse the mess....
Anyway, I did the payroll last night and I had 76.25 hours this work week. Happy Happy, Joy Joy.... The good news is: tomorrow I get the day off!!!!! Hurray!!!! The bad Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-955098662003-06-10T10:43:00.000-05:002003-06-10T10:54:54.000-05:00The winner this week at Truth Laid Bear is Mac-a-ro-nies. I went to check it out to see what won, and stumbled into a rant about how the VRWC is trying to unfairly influence the voting in the New Blog Showcase.... Hmmm...what is that June 6th entry, recommending left-leaning entries, Mac? Bloggers are only allowed to recommend blogs by standards that you approve?
I agree that his entry was NOTSusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-955087552003-06-10T10:16:00.000-05:002003-06-10T10:16:55.000-05:00This is a site that a found a little while back (via Tiger? Victor? maybe Jaboobie?) and I bookmarked it. Pixy's post today reminded me today that I forgot to link to it!
I like it, and not just because I like the way it looks......Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-955037562003-06-10T08:10:00.000-05:002003-06-10T08:11:25.000-05:00Frank answered another one of my questions! Cool!
The inventory turned out pretty well: there was only a $8.75 difference between what we took in and what we were supposed to have. Considering the week I've had, I'll take it.
I turned in one of my papers. It's not up to my usual standards, but, then again, very little about this week has been....sometimes you just gotta do the best you can doSusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-954653982003-06-09T09:37:00.000-05:002003-06-09T09:37:22.426-05:00 I should be doing my homework, but.....last night's day from hell wasn't quite as hellish, thank goodness. We were actually busier than Saturday, but despite being down a register, not carrying nachos, and the (unsuccessful) attempt by two of my veteran employees to kill the newest one (and he's not even the one who spilled the pop!) who seems pretty clueless (and taught me not to hire boys justSusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-954638582003-06-09T08:58:00.000-05:002003-06-09T08:59:46.000-05:00So, since I am up so incredibly early AND blogger is working, I wandered around trying to stumble across the stuff I found yesterday that I wanted to post and comment on and muse about...I found some cool things, but nothing strikes a bell.
So here is the new cool stuff: Jaboobie makes an excellent analogy regarding intelligence-gathering.
Jay Solo's comments are gone....I think maybe he Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-954622012003-06-09T08:09:00.000-05:002003-06-09T08:09:48.433-05:00Okay, I'm missing some archives. So I went to blogger help and it's down. So I tried to remember what I did last time this happened and tried it, but either I didn't remember correctly or it's not working.
They need to finish this upgrade soon or they won't have anyone left to worry about.
Meanwhile, reminder to self: you get what you pay for....you get what you pay for....Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-954618952003-06-09T07:58:00.000-05:002003-06-09T08:04:02.000-05:00It's that brain/body thing again. See June 2.Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-954618202003-06-09T07:55:00.000-05:002003-06-09T07:56:24.000-05:00FRANK IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-954543052003-06-09T01:25:00.000-05:002003-06-09T01:27:31.000-05:00Well, now I know why I was up so late blogging last night--because I must have intuitively been aware that blogger was going to be down again this morning before I went to work. So I had to wander the ecosystem, flitting from blog to blog, leaving comments where I could, in a pitiful attempt to satisfy my compulsion to blog. I even tried starting a new blog at a place called blogeasy, but it Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-954273232003-06-08T01:08:00.000-05:002003-06-30T02:21:48.916-05:00I don't know why I am blogging when I should be sleeping---has anyone told the Surgeon General about this blogging phenomenon?
It could be a health hazard or something.....
Anyway, second day of hell down, 8 to go. As they seem to be getting more hellish, I am not sure I'm going to survive. Tonight, for example, a trainee spilled pop on one of our (two) cash registers and killed it. Dead. Well, Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-954058992003-06-07T10:47:00.000-05:002003-06-07T10:48:04.000-05:00Ok, blogger is back up, just in time (since I have to go to work in a few minutes). I had to use the comments to post a little earlier, LOL. So check out the comments to yesterday's post.
One day of hell down, 9 to go. The first of my two papers is written and about half typed. I use Word, and since I have spent my entire life learning from books, I have trouble working things that don't come Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-953712072003-06-06T09:30:00.000-05:002003-06-06T09:31:50.000-05:00Oh--one last post before I head over to my class before I get ready to go to work---
Kevin at Wizbang pointed me to Dean's offer to move blogspotters to a "real" blog site.
Loyal Reader(s), should I do this? Please comment or email me.Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-953701282003-06-06T09:02:00.000-05:002003-06-06T09:03:20.000-05:00Just a little "heads up" to my loyal reader--please forgive me if my blogging becomes (more) erratic over the next ten days while my Assistant Manager is gone; between the twelve hours days, the two papers due during this time, and (as I have just realized but should have figured) the fact that next week is my turn to lead the discussions in one of my classes, I may opt to sleep rather than Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-953276282003-06-05T09:20:00.000-05:002003-06-05T09:21:53.000-05:00Holy Moly!!!!! Frank linked to me!!!! Give me a few minutes for the palpitations to subside......
Whew!
Yes, I am up surprisingly early again . This is because the Health Inspector mandated repairs to our concession stand counter tops and the cabinetmaker needed access to the theater at 7am!!!!! I am not a person who functions well on five hours sleep....I'm just not. But there was reallySusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-952849592003-06-04T09:34:00.000-05:002003-06-04T09:36:53.000-05:00Today happens to be the birthday of our beloved Frank J. The King of Blog Humor is 24 years old today! It is truly a day to give thanks for the creator of the Fox News Reporter, Buck the Marine and the Unnamed Mexican. Consider how much the poorer the Blogosphere would be without Frank's wit, satire, and generally bizarre sense of humor:
Without Frank's unceasing vigilance, ninjas and Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-952837392003-06-04T09:07:00.000-05:002003-06-04T09:07:24.000-05:00Number one priority---go read the exciting conclusion to Black Insano Project!Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-952477982003-06-03T13:33:00.000-05:002003-06-03T13:35:50.000-05:00OMG!! LOL!!! go here ASAP. (Thanks to Kirk over at the Emperor's).Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-952449592003-06-03T12:21:00.000-05:002003-06-03T12:21:59.000-05:00Anyway, as I was writing and then lost because I happened to read Pete's comment and neglected to post what I had already written before I changed my settings to appease my loyal reader [see how much trouble readers are! sheesh! :)], I did not win the New Blog Showcase at Truth Laid Bear. However, the winner, The Smallest Minority is very worthy. Congrats, Kevin!Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-952446152003-06-03T12:12:00.000-05:002003-06-03T12:12:16.716-05:00Just for you, Pete.Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-952415652003-06-03T10:59:00.000-05:002003-06-03T11:00:16.000-05:00I am learning my way around this blogging thing....scroll down and you'll find a new "about me" section on the lower left. And adding links has become less onerous too. So maybe there is hope that I will learn to spell. You see, I read too fast. When I read, I recognize a word in its entirety, rather than by its component parts; so when I write, I type it phoneticly, and when I edit, I Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-952398062003-06-03T10:19:00.000-05:002003-06-03T10:19:35.000-05:00Loyal Citizen Victor provided this link to an article that is a must read. Thanks, Victor!Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-952389782003-06-03T09:59:00.000-05:002003-06-03T10:03:06.000-05:00So I wandered around the blogosphere in search of inspiration this morning, and following a long series of links starting at Tiger's, which took me through Jay Solo's to Dean's World and thence to Bloginality I discovered I am a ISTJ blog personality. Interestingly, like Dean, I normally fall into the INTJ type on the Myers-Briggs test. Unlike Dean, I re-took the Myers-Briggs just before the Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-951887672003-06-02T07:49:00.000-05:002003-06-02T07:49:55.000-05:00"So, Susie, what are you doing up so early in the morning?" I imagine my loyal readers asking......
The choices are:
a) I couldn't sleep anticipating Part II of Black Insano Project
b) I woke up early anticipating Part II of Black Insano Project
c) What makes you think I'm awake? Haven't you ever heard of sleeptyping?
d) What was the question?
Actually, it was one of those cases where you roll Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-951881162003-06-02T07:24:00.000-05:002003-06-02T07:27:05.000-05:00I started to quote my favorite laugh out loud lines, but seemed to be copying and pasting about half the article......so just my #1 favorite laugh out loud line:
"And they sure get the stains out," Laura commented.
Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-951878292003-06-02T07:13:00.000-05:002003-06-02T07:13:45.000-05:00"Black Insano Project Part II" is up at IMAO! Go there at once!!!!!! (but then come back in case I have posted more..)Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-951548502003-06-01T10:32:00.000-05:002003-06-01T10:33:43.000-05:00Goodness, it's June already. Time sure flies when you're working full time and every spare minute goes to the two grad school classes you were insane to sign up for.
Another Sunday, another 12 hour day. Oh joy.
The first of the three new employees started last night and I think he is going to do very well. He even survived working the 7pm Saturday rush. I just hope he is as reliable as he Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-951251262003-05-31T12:15:00.000-05:002003-05-31T12:17:00.000-05:00Mmm kay, I read the comments to yesterday's post and then checked my archives. They actually WORKED for once! LOL! So whatever it was that I did got fixed, I think (hope).
Anyway, Tiger has added me to his blogroll, which is SO COOL! So, along with Pixy Misa and jaboobie I now have THREE blogs that link to me! I am now a "Crunchy Crustacean" in the Blogosphere, which is most excellent, since ISusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-950821302003-05-30T09:43:00.000-05:002003-05-30T09:50:19.000-05:00Well, today begins "the grind": the summer months when the theater runs noon to midnight every day (instead of just on the weekend). Oh, joy.....all those extra works hours, with no extra pay! How I love being salaried!
Sorry, the sarcasm switch seems stuck in the "on" position. I think it's lack of sleep.
I wish Blogger had spell check. I just noticed some typos/spelling errors in yesterday's Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-950404292003-05-29T11:46:00.000-05:002003-05-30T09:40:06.000-05:00Good Morning, Sports Fans! It was another day from hell at the movies yesterday. I used to like Wednesdays. A nice, slow, plenty of routine tasks to keep me from getting bored kind of day. Not yesterday.
First we had the second grade field trip. Actually, that went pretty well since I took care of the Popcorn Crisis on Tuesday. (Don't ask.) But because Monday was a "holiday" I had all my Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-949828692003-05-28T05:40:00.000-05:002003-05-28T05:41:50.000-05:00Kevin says he has collected about $1500 so far. Pretty good, but only around $36 per serviceman affected, according to my calculations. So any of my readers who haven't donated, please take a minute to head on over to Chinpokomon.com and drop some money in the kitty. Thanks!!!!Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-949423922003-05-27T10:02:00.000-05:002003-05-27T10:04:05.000-05:00Ok, Frank has another must read this morning. If any country needs destabilizing, it's Iran.
Peter sent me a link to Tiny Little Lies, which has bit today on what Saddam and Sons are up to. Very funny stuff. Thanks Peter.
I have massive amounts of homework to do since we were incredibly busy at the theater all weekend and I actually had to work. Man, I hate having to work at work...
Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-949275832003-05-27T00:36:00.000-05:002003-05-27T00:40:01.000-05:00Thanks to Frank I leaned that Kevin's Undisclosed Middle Eastern Country(TM) Location had a fire which destroyed three tents. He is asking for donations to help the Marines and soldiers replace their stuff.
I am a great believer in stuff, particularly books, and so I donated.
If you can, please help them out. Thanks!Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-949268692003-05-27T00:10:00.000-05:002003-05-27T00:11:11.000-05:00I found an interesting blog over at Truth Laid Bare. It's Tiger: Raggin' & Rantin' . I particularly enjoyed his May 21st entry.Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-949023932003-05-26T11:57:00.000-05:002003-05-26T12:00:09.000-05:00Pre-coffee blogging is sort of like stream-of-consciousness writing, only without the consciousness. Stream-of-semi-comatose is probably a better description.
Retail bites. It really does. Why is it I keep going to work for places that are open on holidays? Is it some sub-conscious (or even sub-comatose) attempt to avoid family get-togethers? I love my family very much. I love family cook-outs. ISusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-948611632003-05-25T10:01:00.000-05:002003-05-25T10:02:03.000-05:00Oh dear...Admin says that the Soviet Union was a capitalist system. He also said Communism and democracy are about the same, and quite compatible in theory, with the exception that one is an economic system and one is a political system. I don't have time for this, this morning, since it's my noon-to-midnight day. Maybe he was just trying to push my buttons?
He also said If my taxes were to go Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-948316092003-05-24T11:46:00.000-05:002003-05-24T11:52:14.000-05:00My brain is overloaded this a.m. So much to rant about, so little time. Why is it that the Lefties think that Socialism=Compassion and Capitalism=Heartlessness? Are they really that deluded? Or is it just a great sound bite? It's so much work debating them without aid of a "Cluebat," I can see why some folks get frustrated.
"LBJ's Great Society has been an abysmal failure, and has only Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-947963852003-05-23T13:20:00.000-05:002003-05-23T13:20:54.000-05:00Since the comments aren't working, Peter had to email his comment to me!
He said: "So it was Bush on the grassy knoll, not someone hiding behing a bush.
Now it all becomes clear. Someone tell Oliver Stone."
LOL. thanks Pete!
Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-947846102003-05-23T08:37:00.000-05:002003-05-23T08:38:21.000-05:00I guess I need to apologize for my "comments" system---I've been trying to reply to a comment and it just won't take! But, remember the old saying, "you get what you pay for" and since it was free.....
Anyway, LOL MUMIA!!!!!!!! You really crack me up. The comment you left here is not as ROFLMAO as some that you have left at the Emperor's, but even so, I feel honored to be trolled by such an Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-947610602003-05-22T19:11:00.000-05:002003-05-22T19:12:48.000-05:00Okay, Pete, I'll tell you about yesterday in a minute...first I have to tell you all what I have been doing today. I finished my paper!!!!! Hurray!!!!!! Then as a reward, I wandered through the blogosphere. A link at the Emperor's sent me to a blog called Any Which Way; this blog had listed the Emperor as one of the "scary" conservative blogs it was attempting to combat. Well, I started to read Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-947338662003-05-22T07:36:00.000-05:002003-05-22T07:41:37.000-05:00Don't you just hate it when you wake up five hours before you have to get up and can't get back to sleep? Just cuz I had to get up early yesterday, my body thinks it had to do it again today. sheesh.
Speaking of Frank, I love this line from his "press conference" yesterday, where the terrorist says:
We hate Jews, America, and all American officials - except for a few of the Democrats - for Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-946831462003-05-21T08:05:00.000-05:002003-05-21T08:05:24.000-05:00We have a special showing this morning for a school field trip, so I will be heading into the theater soon and probably won't get home til 11 tonight, so this is probably it for today's posts. Oh--my paper is half done! Hurray! Now go read Frank.......Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-946398732003-05-20T11:32:00.000-05:002003-05-20T11:33:01.000-05:00Oh--this is the best statement of what American foreign policy should be that I ever read. I'm voting for Frank for President (as soon as he's old enough).Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-946387732003-05-20T11:08:00.000-05:002003-05-20T11:18:22.000-05:00I should be writing a paper due Monday and participating in discussions at my touchie-feelie class, but a post over at the Emperor's and its comment thread has gotten me all riled up (again) about the taxes on cigarettes. First link to a map of state taxes on cigarettes. No date on it though, so I'm not sure how current it is.
Taxation
Because it has the potential to influence production and Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-946169562003-05-19T23:32:00.000-05:002003-05-19T23:32:53.000-05:00One of the reasons I love my little brother is he makes me laugh. I dragged myself home from a hard day at the theater to discover this email from him:
Hi,
I just returned from my Microeconomics class.
On the first day, I learned many amazing things that I had no idea would be
of economic interest. Three of my new enlightenments include:
1) Walmart is a hugely successful company because Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-945889072003-05-19T12:12:00.000-05:002003-05-19T12:13:03.000-05:00Frank had me laughing out loud again. The only way the new In My World would have been funnier is if Buck the Marine had been in it......Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-945875192003-05-19T11:41:00.000-05:002003-05-19T11:41:52.000-05:00I am on my second pot of coffee. Only because the first batch somehow seemed to miss the beans and I ended up with a pot of pale tan water. And in my stuperous pre-coffee state, I couldn't figure out an efficient way to get the tan water back through the grounds without making a big mess, so I poured out the tan water, pitched the grounds and started over.
As I have frequently lamented, having Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-945864392003-05-19T11:15:00.000-05:002003-05-19T11:15:49.000-05:00Attention, Readers: Please read Bill Whittle's Magic immediately. (There will be a quiz later).Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-945391852003-05-18T10:59:00.000-05:002003-05-18T10:59:09.146-05:00Almost forgot to link to Frank!Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-945388412003-05-18T10:48:00.000-05:002003-05-18T10:50:31.000-05:00The responsibility of having two readers is being to wear on me.....after all, I'm not writing just for myself anymore. There are at least half a dozen topics I could rant or ramble on about, but I forget what they are....cohesive ideas just keep skittering back behind my brain cells mere seconds after popping into my conscious thought. Wow! that was a great idea...what was it again?
OH my Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-945039012003-05-17T12:03:00.000-05:002003-05-17T12:12:44.000-05:00Hurray!!!! I think I have comments now!!!! Now both my readers can instantaneously respond!
Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-945017252003-05-17T10:59:00.000-05:002003-05-17T10:59:58.000-05:00I'm so excited! (sung to the tune of the Pointer Sisters...) Ambient Irony has named me Blog of the Day! This means my readership has doubled!!!! Whoo hoo!!! Thank you Pixy Misa!!!Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-944974812003-05-17T08:47:00.000-05:002003-05-17T09:03:04.000-05:00My Reader graciously took the time to email me again. One of the interesting points he made was:
By the way, watch out for Frank. Monkey headed children would be scary.
Yikes! I never thought of that! Thanks! (And it just gave me an idea for Frank's caption contest)
Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-944583132003-05-16T11:54:00.000-05:002003-05-16T12:03:41.000-05:00I usually make the Emperor my second stop of the day (after Frank). This morning he directed our attention to some islamofascist ravings, and after reading the article I went on to the next news story where I read this:
Meanwhile, the human rights group Amnesty International said it had found 20 Iraqi prisoners of war who alleged they had been tortured by US and British troops in the country.
Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-944528032003-05-16T10:09:00.000-05:002003-05-16T10:11:08.000-05:00I got an email from my brother; he knows I enjoy language and its nuances, and he sent me a definition of the word (phrase?) "hugger-mugger" with this preface:
"This is from my "Dictionary.com Word of the Day" subscription...
I thought it was very interesting because it has a myriad of
meanings but no known source of origin (kind of like when liberals
try to use statistics to support their Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-943989242003-05-15T11:58:00.000-05:002003-05-15T12:01:10.000-05:00Many people have asked me why I called my blog "Practical Penumbra." (Actually, that's a blatant lie; no one has asked. But I'm sure a lot of people are wondering........ok, maybe not a lot. But I digress......).
I have always enjoyed saying the word "penumbra". It is, however, a difficult word to slip into daily conversation. I have therefore always wanted to name something "Penumbra" for that Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-943917112003-05-15T09:40:00.000-05:002003-05-15T09:42:16.000-05:00Poor blogspot takes a lot of grief. I would provide links, but I'm too lazy this morning. Okay, here's one.
People---it's free!!!!!! Whaddaya expect for nothin'? Rubbbber bisssssquit........??? (Okay, my Jake Blues impression is not very good, but you get the idea). How often in this world do you actually get something for nothing? Even when the grocery has a "buy one get one free" promotion Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-943904772003-05-15T09:16:00.000-05:002003-05-15T09:17:19.000-05:00The Emperor once again shows admirable restraint in posting his opinion of the New York Times fiasco. I tremble at the thought of ever seeing His Imperial Highness truly angry.....Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-943314642003-05-14T10:04:00.000-05:002003-05-14T10:05:28.000-05:00Nobody in my management class wants to fire anybody. Except for one other person, they all wanted make HR do it, or transfer the dead weight to another department. Sheesh. What weenies. A couple of them wanted HR to do it so they wouldn't get sued, or have union problems, but most just seemed to think that compassion, understanding, and human dignity were the main concerns, and these could best Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-943305742003-05-14T09:49:00.000-05:002003-05-14T09:49:15.000-05:00Frank didn't answer my question today, so I still don't know how stupid that is.Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-942837702003-05-13T14:53:00.000-05:002003-05-13T15:03:32.000-05:00More proof there are too many lawyers in the world.
MSNBC NEWS SERVICES
SAN FRANCISCO, May 13 — A lawyer who says he has spent much of his life enjoying Oreo cookies has sued Kraft Foods Inc., seeking to ban the much-loved cookies in California because they contain trans fat, an ingredient he says is inedible and dangerous.
How stupid is this?
Hmm....I think I will ask Frank.Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-942761632003-05-13T12:27:00.000-05:002003-05-13T12:28:37.000-05:00This is my day off this week, and instead of doing my homework like a good little Grad Student I am playing in the blogosphere. Reading chapter 2 for Business Reaserch Methods can probably be done between movies tomorrow. But answering another Stupid Discussion Question for the class on Managerial Communications...I tried to work on it last night but I just could not get my mind to bend to this "Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-942744172003-05-13T11:53:00.000-05:002003-05-13T11:54:22.000-05:00I thought I would give a boost to one of the Multicellular Microorganisms in the Blogosphere Ecosystem, but it took me awhile to find one that a)had an interesting name and b) wasn't stupid. So without further ado, please visit Opinionated Jerks. I enjoyed it and I hope you do too.Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-942713672003-05-13T10:57:00.000-05:002003-05-13T11:11:12.000-05:00Pardon me if I babble---the hot water is still gurgling its way through the ground-up beans and until some of it is ingested and re-inflates my brain cells, sentence composition is a challenge.
I am excited to announce: I have a reader! I know this because he sent me an email! This is SO cool!
But all of a sudden, I am now self-conscious.....someone other than myself has read my muddled Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-942067382003-05-12T10:17:00.000-05:002003-05-12T10:17:42.000-05:00Frank posted the transcript of Buck the Marine's interview on Fox and Friends! You can read it here. I wonder if Buck has a girlfriend.....Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-942059432003-05-12T10:03:00.000-05:002003-05-12T10:04:04.000-05:00PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: The movie theater is NOT your babysitter.
When you drop off your 8 and 11 year olds to see a movie, and some pervert sits down behind them in the theater and makes crude remarks to them, it is not the fault of the theater, its owner, manager or employees. It is your own fault for not supervising your children. When you come to pick up your 10 and 12 year olds at Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-941348892003-05-10T23:52:00.000-05:002003-05-10T23:52:49.000-05:00I saw a city vehicle with the sign VOLUNTEER ENFORCEMENT SPECIALIST. This phrase puzzles me. Is this person a volunteer specializing in enforcement? or a specialist who enforces volunteering? and isn't it an oxymoron either way?
Anyway, here is a link to Frank.Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-941082052003-05-10T11:02:00.000-05:002003-05-10T11:03:14.000-05:00I must link to Frank. Must raise Frank's rating in the Blogoshere Ecosystem. Must link to Frank's discussion with GWB. Must link to Frank's essay on violence.
Hope that helps, Frank!Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-940609462003-05-09T11:51:00.000-05:002003-05-09T11:52:30.000-05:00Coffee... I need coffee.....
Ahh....better now.
Once again it is pay day, and once again 25% of my salary has been syphoned off before I even get it. Only 10% of that is federal income tax; the rest is (thank you FDR and LBJ and all the other great liberals of history--you know who you are) Social Security, Medicare, State and county income tax.
And now that I have a check for 75% of what ISusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-940250052003-05-08T20:38:00.000-05:002003-05-08T20:39:14.000-05:00Just wrote a long letter to my best friend from college and told her everything that was interesting going on in my life.......which means I am now bored with the subject and have nothing to post. Better check out what Frank J is up to.Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-938720462003-05-06T11:59:00.000-05:002003-05-06T12:01:08.000-05:00There are a lot of "which character are you?" kind of quizzes out there in the web, but the Dante's Inferno quiz was great. I'm going to Purgatory, nahner, nahner nahner....Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-938487572003-05-06T02:19:00.000-05:002003-05-06T02:19:53.000-05:00Wait...if I'm rich, how come I don't have a laptop?Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-938486662003-05-06T02:17:00.000-05:002003-05-06T02:18:12.000-05:00Hmmm....just read that 57% percent of Americans think the President's proposal to cut taxes favors the rich. Why would they think that? It couldn't be because that's what the news keeps telling us....
Come to think of it, when has a proposed tax cut ever NOT been stigmatized as "favoring the rich"???? Certainly any tax cut ever proposed by Reagan or Bush was denounced from the Democratic Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-937490302003-05-04T11:08:00.000-05:002003-05-04T11:08:51.000-05:00Today is my noon-to-midnight day at work, so I have less time than usual to be witty and entertaining. Not that it matters, since I haven't gotten any mail, fan- or hate-, indicating that anyone reads this other than moi. I just wish I could blog from the theater....I think of lots of cool stuff while waiting around to thread the next show. Things like...
I really gotta do a load of laundry when Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-937089412003-05-03T11:04:00.000-05:002003-05-03T11:05:43.000-05:00I have to thank Frank for his link to Glenn Reynolds, and Glenn for his link to this story. While I have always suspected a "slight" bias in the post-combat media reports from Baghdad, this story by an embedded reporter confirms that it is a little more than slight.Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-937080252003-05-03T10:43:00.000-05:002003-05-03T10:43:31.000-05:00Don't you hate it when you wake up in the morning and all the clocks are flashing at you? That means that not only do you have to re-set the VCR, but that at some point during the night the power went out and you slept right through it! I HATE it when I miss all the excitement! Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-936653012003-05-02T13:36:00.000-05:002003-05-02T13:37:43.000-05:00I spent all my time before work reading other blogs...I love Frank J! He makes me laugh. I am also outraged by the attempt to shut down the boycott-hollywood blog, and overjoyed at the widespread support the blog is receiving as a result.
Gotta run...time to go work for 4 hours (and sit around for 5 --if only I had a laptop!!!!).Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-936150012003-05-01T15:40:00.000-05:002003-05-01T15:40:54.000-05:00Omg...I don't like one of my teachers! The fact he is
a) a University Professor and
b) in Hawaii
almost certainly means he is a (shudder) Liberal, but that's not why I dislike him. He seems to be humorless and dogmatic and incapable of following a logical train of thought.
Yep, he's a (shudder) Liberal.Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-935825592003-05-01T02:15:00.000-05:002003-05-01T02:16:50.000-05:00Ok, I am starting to figure how to do cool blog stuff, like add links, and I decided to add an email address just in case someone other than me reads this and might have a comment (since I haven't gotten to the lesson on adding comments yet). But I warn you, if I get a lot of Spam I will be making sandwiches......with tons of mayo. On toast.Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-935460312003-04-30T13:37:00.000-05:002003-04-30T13:38:11.000-05:00Another beautiful, albeit overcast, Spring day. April showers bring May flowers.....goodness, I'm babbling. If I didn't have to go to work, the day would be near perfect.
It's not that I dislike my job---the pay is low, but the hours are long---it's just that all there is to do there is work! Ok, so I get to see a few minutes of different movies here and there from up in the booth; big whoop--Susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-934939322003-04-29T17:55:00.000-05:002003-04-29T18:00:43.000-05:00Well, through the amazing versatility of the internet, I was able to discover a list of the countries in Cuba's grouping. I think the racial profiling thing is probably true, except that Spain and Portugal are in the Westen Europe grouping. Turkey is in the Western Europe grouping, too. I would have put them in either the Eastern Europe or Asian grouping. But then, I'm pretty good at geography. :PSusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5321380.post-934848522003-04-29T15:03:00.000-05:002003-04-29T15:09:04.000-05:00Cuba was reelected to the U.N.'s Human Rights Commission today. Hurray!! We will now all be safe from.....oh, wait.
Kinda makes you really wonder about the U.N., especially since Cuba ran unopposed in its "regional grouping".
'How can that be?' you ask. 'It's in the region of North America, isn't it?'
Au contrair .....the U.S. and Canada are in the "Western Europe and Others" grouping (alongSusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15718992071486303610noreply@blogger.com