Friday, November 14, 2008
You Had to Be There
You ever get into weird games with your spouse? (No, not those kinds of weird games, you pervert!) Like you just start going back and forth, either verbally or via email or, in our case, via text?
That's what happened with Lovely Wife and me the other day. See, she walks through this maze of underground tunnels to get from her office to my building and then we walk together to the car. And she always sends me a text when she's leaving so I can time my shut-down procedures and meet her in the lobby. Usually it's just "Leaving now," to which I always reply "ok." But on Tuesday it got silly and so I thought I'd document it here. Each line is a text, alternating between us, with her going first.
Leaving now.
Roger
rabbit
bunny
honey
bee
wax
on wax off
daniel son
of a bitch
fight
to the death
do us part
and parcel
service
center
point
taken
lightly
salted
nuts
sack
of potatoes
salad
tossed
cookies
n' cream
in your coffee
Yes, something's wrong with us. This was all in a 15 minute walk to my office. Then we argued about who broke the "rules."
No competitiveness here.
That's what happened with Lovely Wife and me the other day. See, she walks through this maze of underground tunnels to get from her office to my building and then we walk together to the car. And she always sends me a text when she's leaving so I can time my shut-down procedures and meet her in the lobby. Usually it's just "Leaving now," to which I always reply "ok." But on Tuesday it got silly and so I thought I'd document it here. Each line is a text, alternating between us, with her going first.
Leaving now.
Roger
rabbit
bunny
honey
bee
wax
on wax off
daniel son
of a bitch
fight
to the death
do us part
and parcel
service
center
point
taken
lightly
salted
nuts
sack
of potatoes
salad
tossed
cookies
n' cream
in your coffee
Yes, something's wrong with us. This was all in a 15 minute walk to my office. Then we argued about who broke the "rules."
No competitiveness here.
Labels: married life, silly games
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Timing is Everything In Life and In Politics
Whether you like Obama or not (and I don't, especially), we're about to see him get credit for a lot of things he will have had little to do with. Everything is cyclical in this country, especially with regard to economics. Driving home yesterday, on Election Day 2008, regular gasoline was down to $2.09 a gallon near our house. Remember, this was nearing $4.00 just six weeks ago. So that's on it's way down.
The housing market has more or less bottomed out. Oh, sure, there could be some further drops, but it's not like it can possibly get much worse. It's not getting better in a hurry, but it's probably not getting worse, either.
The economy is also in crisis. But it's been recognized and a bailout was passed and things will slowly recover, as confidence increases and people see that investments are not always doomed to fail.
The war in Iraq is at its lowest monthly casualty rates in years and is also winding down. The troop surge worked and it was going to end one way or the other in the coming year or two.
All of these things would have happened regardless of who got elected, yet it is Obama and the Democrats who will happily take the credit and convince clueless Americans that they're the reason things got better.
Barack Obama is a new, hopeful voice for the black community, and that's a very, very, VERY good thing. He gives those who have forever suffered racism and less advantages based upon their race a hope that anything is possible. He's educated, well-spoken and intelligent. And he's going to be the leader of the free world. This is good for the black community for so many reasons, not the least of which is that they can now begin to phase out rabble-rousing racist dunces like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. Obama should not let either of them within ten miles of the White House. They are divisive and that's not what we need, and it's not what Obama has claimed to stand for. I hope he lives up to it.
Which brings me to a point a friend of mine has made before -- regardless of who is President, you should be rooting for the United States and hoping for success and prosperity. I know I am.
The housing market has more or less bottomed out. Oh, sure, there could be some further drops, but it's not like it can possibly get much worse. It's not getting better in a hurry, but it's probably not getting worse, either.
The economy is also in crisis. But it's been recognized and a bailout was passed and things will slowly recover, as confidence increases and people see that investments are not always doomed to fail.
The war in Iraq is at its lowest monthly casualty rates in years and is also winding down. The troop surge worked and it was going to end one way or the other in the coming year or two.
All of these things would have happened regardless of who got elected, yet it is Obama and the Democrats who will happily take the credit and convince clueless Americans that they're the reason things got better.
Barack Obama is a new, hopeful voice for the black community, and that's a very, very, VERY good thing. He gives those who have forever suffered racism and less advantages based upon their race a hope that anything is possible. He's educated, well-spoken and intelligent. And he's going to be the leader of the free world. This is good for the black community for so many reasons, not the least of which is that they can now begin to phase out rabble-rousing racist dunces like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. Obama should not let either of them within ten miles of the White House. They are divisive and that's not what we need, and it's not what Obama has claimed to stand for. I hope he lives up to it.
Which brings me to a point a friend of mine has made before -- regardless of who is President, you should be rooting for the United States and hoping for success and prosperity. I know I am.
Labels: 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, President-elect Obama
