A.A.A.D.D.

AAADD

I got this earlier today in an e-mail. It made me laugh. I could relate.

Hat Tip: Karen Scott and Mrs. Owl

KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....PLEASE READ!

Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder.
Somehow I feel better, even though I have it!!

Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. -
Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.

This is how it manifests:

I decide to water my garden.
As I turn on the hose in the driveway,
I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.

As I start toward the garage,
I notice mail on the porch table that
I brought up from the mail box earlier.

I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.

I lay my car keys on the table,
Put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table,
And notice that the can is full.

So, I decide to put the bills back
On the table and take out the garbage first.

But then I think,
Since I'm going to be near the mailbox
When I take out the garbage anyway,
I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my check book off the table,
And see that there is only one check left.

My extra checks are in my desk in the study,
So I go inside the house to my desk where
I find the can of Pepsi I'd been drinking

I'm going to look for my checks,
But first I need to push the Pepsi aside
So that I don't accidentally knock it over.

The Pepsi is getting warm,
And I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the Pepsi,
A vase of flowers on the counter
Catches my eye--they need water.

I put the Pepsi on the counter and
Discover my reading glasses that
I've been searching for all morning.

I decide I better put them back on my desk,
But first I'm going to water the flowers.

I set the glasses back down on the counter,
Fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote.
Someone left it on the kitchen table.

I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV,
I'll be looking for the remote,
But I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table,
So I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs,
But first I'll water the flowers.

I pour some water in the flowers,
But quite a bit of it spills on the floor.

So, I set the remote back on the table,
Get some towels and wipe up the spill.

Then, I head down the hall trying to
Remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day:
The car isn't washed
The bills aren't paid
There is a warm can of Pepsi sitting on the counter
The flowers don't have enough water,
There is still only 1 check in my check book,
I can't find the remote,
I can't find my glasses,
And I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today,
I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all damn day,
And I'm really tired.

I realize this is a serious problem,
And I'll try to get some help for it,
But first I'll check my e-mail...

Do me a favor.
Forward this message to everyone you know,
Because I don't remember who the hell I've sent it to.

Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!

20090505 SDOSM A.A.A.D.D.
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Clinton gift gaffe in Russia

‘Overcharge’: Clinton Gift Gaffe Sends Wrong ‘Reset Button’ Message to Russia

March 6, 2009

http://www.clipsyndicate.com/publish/video/861250

An assistant shows the block with a red button marked "reset" in English an...

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gave Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov with a 'reset button,' however the Russian-language label had the wrong word, and read 'overcharged' instead of 'reset.' (March 6)

For much more information, click here.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.9ca28ad2530b0d0029e1304762eca18f.8c1&show_article=1

http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=292513

http://clipsyndicate.com/publish/video/861250?wpid=1904

http://www.clipsyndicate.com/

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20090306 Clinton gift gaffe in Russia
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Bear Warning

Hat Tip: Cj

20081009 Bear Warning

20080603 Democolypse Now on Answers com

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20080507 This week in The Tentacle

This week in The Tentacle

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Pandering of Tulipomaniac Proportions

Kevin E. Dayhoff

In last week’s episode of “Democolypse Now,” the continuing saga of the deconstruction of America by the 2008 presidential campaign, we find Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton proposing [...]

20080507 This week in The Tentacle

This week in The Tentacle

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Pandering of Tulipomaniac Proportions

Kevin E. Dayhoff

In last week’s episode of “Democolypse Now,” the continuing saga of the deconstruction of America by the 2008 presidential campaign, we find Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton proposing a summer suspension of the federal taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel.

To be fair, the idea was first floated by the presumptive Republican candidate, Sen. John McCain, who has otherwise never been mistaken for an economist.

In a breath of fresh air, Sen. Barack Obama does not support the “Clinton-McCain Gas Tax Holiday” initiative. He rightfully has cited that the idea to suspend the 18.4-cent federal gas tax and 24.4-cent diesel tax from Memorial Day to Labor Day would save the average American only about $30, and the federal government would lose about $10 billion in revenue.

(Of course, it is not fully known as to how his now-former pastor, the Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, feels about the gas tax holiday idea. As an aside, please, never hold me responsible for some of the insufferable sermons I have endured from liberal pastors in my past.)

Read the rest of the column here: Pandering of Tulipomaniac Proportions

20070926 Daily Photoblog

"N. Main St."

Kevin Dayhoff

20070705 OMG Best headline Ever

OMG - Best headline Ever

Posted July 5th, 2007

Hat Tip: Best. Headline. Ever, July 4th, 2007 by donsurber

“That’s what an L-Dotter called it. … Read it for yourself to see if you agree. … Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit: ‘Maybe the decade.’”

Read Mr. Surber’s post here: Best. Headline. Ever

Winner of the Dr. Pepper Award. Before you click on: “Read it for yourself” safely secure all liquids…

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20070601 Words of Wisdom from Don Surber

Words of Wisdom from Don Surber

Words of Wisdom from Don Surber that are indeed, as one of the commenters on his post suggested - suitable for framing.

I don’t mean to disillusion you, but …

June 1st, 2007 by donsurber

Your car is not silver; it’s gray.

Your spouse’s car is not champagne; it’s beige.

Global warming isn’t science; it’s paganism.

Drug companies aren’t the enemy; bacteria are.

Food stamps are a subsidy, not a ration.

No one questions your patriotism; it’s your sanity we wonder about.

We can deport 12 million people; it’s the will that’s lacking.

Polar bears aren’t endangered; they’re thriving.

Self-esteem isn’t the problem in schools; ignorance is.

Barbie dolls don’t give girls poor body images; other girls do.

I ain’t your Daddy; taking what I blog personal is your problem, not mine.

Minimum wage was never meant to pay for a new car, a computer, a cellphone, an iPod, and food and shelter for a family of four.

God doesn’t need the government’s help; it’s the other way around.

Man isn’t encroaching on deer habitat; it’s the other way around in West Virginia.

Buckwheat didn’t say “oh-tay”; Porkie did.

Bush didn’t kill Kyoto; Clinton did.

Actually, I do mean to disillusion you; it’s my job.

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20070326 Good Monday Morning

Good morning. Please drive safely on your way to work.

March 26, 2007

(Oh how I wish the photo was mine. I got it in an e-mail eons ago...)

20070104 Lake Superior St U Seeks to Banish Certain Words

Lake Superior St U Seeks to Banish Certain Words

January 4, 2007

Every year - - for quite a number of years, I have looked forward to this annual pronouncement of the latest in mangled words in the English language.

Oh, to be sure, I am a firm believer that English is very organic, but some its new permutations are simply malignant mutations.

This year I found the annual linguistic analysis in an Associated Press article on the Fox News web site.

In the following article, my “Dr. Pepper” moment was "the chewable vitamin morphine of marketing."

You’ll find it below in describing: “Take ‘ask your doctor,’ the mantra of pharmaceutical commercials. The university called it ‘the chewable vitamin morphine of marketing.’ ”

Portions of the article follows.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,240484,00.html

Bye-Bye 'Brangelina:' Lake Superior State University Seeks to Banish Certain Words

Monday, January 01, 2007 Associated Press

DETROIT — […]

Lake Superior State University on Sunday released its annual "List of Words and Phrases Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness."

The Sault Ste. Marie school in the Upper Peninsula has been compiling the list since 1976 to attract publicity. A total of 16 words or phrases were selected by a university committee from more than 4,500 nominations.

The list reads like a lexicon of popular culture.

Take "ask your doctor," the mantra of pharmaceutical commercials. The university called it "the chewable vitamin morphine of marketing."

Critics piled on the media's practice of combined celebrity names such as "TomKat" or "Brangelina." One said, "It's so annoying, idiotic and so lame and pathetic that it's 'lamethetic.'"

Real estate listings were targeted for overuse of "boast." As in "master bedroom boasts his-and-her fireplaces — never 'bathroom apologizes for cracked linoleum,'" quipped Morris Conklin of Portugal.

[…]

The university's word watchers had no use for "truthiness," the word popularized by Comedy Central satirist Stephen Colbert. It was selected as the word that best summed up 2006 in an online survey by dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster.

[…]

Read the entire article, as it appeared on the Fox News web site, here.

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20050612 Seattle Coffee Shop Turns Off Weekend Wi-Fi

Digital Culture: Seattle Coffee Shop Turns Off Weekend Wi-Fi by Jennifer Ludden

All Things Considered, June 12, 2005 · A Seattle coffee shop pulls the plug on its wi-fi network. How have the caffeinated Internet-junkie customers reacted? David Latourel, the manager of Victrola Coffee, fills Jennifer Ludden in on the details.

Web Resources: Victrola Coffee Web Site

From the Victrola Web site:

Apparently it's one of those sign of the times stories and is inspiring ridiculous amounts of attention from the press. We're not the first cafe to do it (our friends at Joe Bar started limiting wi-fi hours some time ago). Victrola has always been a tough place to find a table, especially on weekends, so limiting the wifi is pretty much a no-brainer.

Nonetheless, the news stories we're seeing are full of controversy and hand-wringing about the demise of cafe culture and the menace of wi-fi zombies. It's all pretty overblown. All this attention for something other than our awesome coffees is rapidly losing its charm. Reporters keep calling, emails are flooding in, and people are getting into some mean spirited debates in online forums.

Isn't there a war going on or something more important we should be worrying about…? Like coffee…?

Victrola Coffee is located on Seattle's Capitol Hill. Victrola Coffee

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4700256

Wi-Fi, Washington State – Seattle, Information Technology, Media Commentary