A woman on her phone, saying, "I left work early today so I could get the house ready for this weekend . . . Mike's having a few friends over and the last time he did I was cleaning blood off the couch at two-thirty in the morning."
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Overheard at Table 2: Directions
1: you go up highway 52 until you get to Stanlon, off old state road 426, then you make a right.
2: she should probably take I-91 right on up to Fallsdale, that way she could catch the Old Church Road, which'd swing her right around to 289.
3: yeah, but that takes you around the state park, it'd be an extra half hour, and she's trying to get there before sundown.
2: sure, but Stanlon has all that construction now, plus whenever I go through Stanlon, I always get caught behind a train.
1: I forgot about the train! Listen if you go through Stanlon, take Polk Road, not Harlan Road. Harlon will get you turned around, but if you take Polk Road, you'll catch back up to 52 as soon as you come around the City Square with the big old bank in the middle.
3: isn't that now what they're using for the City Hall.
2: it's actually the county seat.
2: No foolin'? So that's why they're widening 52 from Bustledorf to Campbell.
4: Uh, guys? I think I'm just going to use my GPS.
1: Oh, don't use those things - they only just confuse you!
2: she should probably take I-91 right on up to Fallsdale, that way she could catch the Old Church Road, which'd swing her right around to 289.
3: yeah, but that takes you around the state park, it'd be an extra half hour, and she's trying to get there before sundown.
2: sure, but Stanlon has all that construction now, plus whenever I go through Stanlon, I always get caught behind a train.
1: I forgot about the train! Listen if you go through Stanlon, take Polk Road, not Harlan Road. Harlon will get you turned around, but if you take Polk Road, you'll catch back up to 52 as soon as you come around the City Square with the big old bank in the middle.
3: isn't that now what they're using for the City Hall.
2: it's actually the county seat.
2: No foolin'? So that's why they're widening 52 from Bustledorf to Campbell.
4: Uh, guys? I think I'm just going to use my GPS.
1: Oh, don't use those things - they only just confuse you!
Monday, June 27, 2011
At the Counter: 1st Amendment beats ban in video game battle
1st Amendment beats ban in video game battle
Verble says, "The issue I have is that video games are not books or movies, which are themselves artistic formats used to convey messages about culture and society. Video games are about fun and killing, or the fun of killing. Nothing more. I don't see how video games can ask to be viewed on the same level as books and movies before they have actually matured. Maybe someday, when Duke Nukem stands with his head on the guillotine prolcaiming 'tis a far far better place I go than I have ever been!' Then we'll see!"
Verble says, "The issue I have is that video games are not books or movies, which are themselves artistic formats used to convey messages about culture and society. Video games are about fun and killing, or the fun of killing. Nothing more. I don't see how video games can ask to be viewed on the same level as books and movies before they have actually matured. Maybe someday, when Duke Nukem stands with his head on the guillotine prolcaiming 'tis a far far better place I go than I have ever been!' Then we'll see!"
Overheard at Booth 4
As much as libertarians disgust me, this guy is right on the money about this issue:
http://www.nothirdsolution.com/2011/05/02/osamas-death-symbolism-significance/
I think the Liberals, Progressives, and Libertarians should band together to overthrow the plutocracy that owns both the Republican and the Democratic party.
That sounds completely insane, I know, but I think the Libertarians have been snowed under by false profits, that is, those conservatives who have made them believe that the problems are caused by bleeding heart liberals who want the government to hold their hand. Conservatives are very good at getting people to march to their tune by touching all their hot buttons, but if the Libertarians would actually cut to the core of their belief system, which can actually be considered a Christ-founded belief, they are not so far from the Liberals in that they believe that people should help each other. Government shouldn't have to bail people out, because people should stand on their own and help each other out when they fall down.
I think they believe this at the core. They just go about it differently . . . see, Liberals feel the same way, but they're just lucid enough to know that people WON'T help people out, and so we need some semblance of government sufficient enough to keep the people from starving or dying a slow death trapped in their homes slipping into insulin comas at the age of 87.
http://www.nothirdsolution.com/2011/05/02/osamas-death-symbolism-significance/
I think the Liberals, Progressives, and Libertarians should band together to overthrow the plutocracy that owns both the Republican and the Democratic party.
That sounds completely insane, I know, but I think the Libertarians have been snowed under by false profits, that is, those conservatives who have made them believe that the problems are caused by bleeding heart liberals who want the government to hold their hand. Conservatives are very good at getting people to march to their tune by touching all their hot buttons, but if the Libertarians would actually cut to the core of their belief system, which can actually be considered a Christ-founded belief, they are not so far from the Liberals in that they believe that people should help each other. Government shouldn't have to bail people out, because people should stand on their own and help each other out when they fall down.
I think they believe this at the core. They just go about it differently . . . see, Liberals feel the same way, but they're just lucid enough to know that people WON'T help people out, and so we need some semblance of government sufficient enough to keep the people from starving or dying a slow death trapped in their homes slipping into insulin comas at the age of 87.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Overheard at Table 4
My sister in law called me from her new place in downtown Houston, said she was woken up at one in the morning from the Gay Pride Parade.
One in the morning?
Yeah, I guess that's the only time in Texas you're allowed to show Gay Pride.
Yah, keep 'em outta prime time so the kiddies won't know!
One in the morning?
Yeah, I guess that's the only time in Texas you're allowed to show Gay Pride.
Yah, keep 'em outta prime time so the kiddies won't know!
Saturday, June 25, 2011
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