New Video Bar

Does anybody else watch "Flight of the Conchords" on HBO?

I love these guys! Their songs are silly, but the show is a real hoot! This is shameless promotion for the show. You can view back-to-back episodes on HBO every Friday night at 11pm.

The Power of Positive Thinking

Even though it's still chilly here (frost warning!), I'm certain that spring will return soon. Very soon, actually. It's supposed to be 70 this afternoon.

On a totally different note, does anyone else think that the "Reverend" Wright totally threw Obama under the bus on Monday? His comments at the Press Club couldn't have been more calculated to hurt Obama, in my opinion.

The woman who arranged to have Wright speak at the Press Club is a big supporter of Hillary Clinton's. Anyone think that's just too much of a coincidence to be a coincidence?

Some people think I'm completely paranoid and way off base in my utter distrust of Hillary Clinton, but I think the woman is a horror. She can't possibly beat McCain, but she doesn't care. She would rather have McCain be President for 4 years so she can make another run in 2012. She doesn't give two shits about this country. All she wants is power. I truly despise her, and I can't believe how many people have been taken in by her.

Ok, enough politics for the day. When it warms up a bit, I am going to go to my mother-in-law's house and mow her lawn. Then I'm going to go to the park and take a few pictures and have a nice walk, and then I'm going to come home and read.

I'm reading a fascinating book. It's called "Middlesex", and it's a coming-of-age story of a hermaphrodite. Yes, it sounds strange, but it's wonderful. It won the Pulitzer, I believe, and it's got a great deal of humor in it. I highly recommend it, which is something I rarely do if I haven't read a book all the way through, but I'm taking a chance this time!

Where's Spring?

Ok, so the picture is a bit of an exagerration. But Jesus, it's cold here! Cold for April 29 at least. It's not supposed to be 40 degrees when the azaleas are not only in bloom, but have almost finished blooming! Don't worry, I'm finished whining.

I took James to the eye doctor today for an exam, and since he's been doing so well in school, decided to let him play hookey for the rest of the day. His dad was working in our area, so the 3 of us went out to lunch. It was actually a nice outing.

I could tell James was really happy because he started acting like a total goofball. Poor kid, he's had so much drama and bullshit to put up with the last few years. It's great to see him so happy that he can't help but act like an idiot.

He blurted out to his dad that I was cooking on the grill tonight, and invited him over if he was still in town. Chuck looked at me to see if I was going to gag or have a seizure, then he said he would come over. LOL I don't really mind, because it makes James happy, but I am careful not to let Chuck know that. It keeps him on his toes.

Poor Chuck. Since I've been out on a stress leave, he's been walking on egg shells. I think he's afraid I may just lose it without cause or provocation. Not that I haven't had tons of cause, and provocation, but I really am doing so much better now. Still, he's been the cause of so much pain and stress since last summer, let him stress out a little.

Rain!

No, that's not Atlanta. I believe it's Toronto.

At any rate, we've had some lovely rain yesterday, and expect more today. I think we're still 13 or 14 inches behind on our rainfall, so it'll have to rain a lot more before I start bitching about it.

I had a pretty good day yesterday. Nothing spectacular, mind you. Just normal tasks that I've learned to take pleasure in.

Normal and boring is what I've been aiming for these days. The last 6-8 weeks of intense stress and worry are slowly slipping away, and the effects of all that stress and worry are disappearing too. Thank God!

I'll be returning to work in a week, something I guess I'm looking forward to. I'm glad to be able to return to work, and I'm definitely glad I've got a job to return to, but in my absence, my new schedule took affect and I've got a new supervisor. He is reportedly an asshole, so I'm going to have to charm him. I can do it, but it's so tiring sometimes. But I am focused on getting my numbers back up so that I can transfer to a position that is NOT on the phones full time. That's my goal.

Good evening

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My playlist is inspired by songs from my youth, or at least years when I was younger than I am now. Give NYC Serenade a chance. It starts off slow.

The video bar is Keith Olbermann. I have a silly crush on him, even though he allows them to put waaay too much make-up on him!

Movie Day

James and I are going to see Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay. We leave in about 5 minutes. I heard it is pretty funny, even though most sequels aren't, so we'll see.

The photo on the page today is titled "Rippling Stones"

Playing in the dirt

I just got back from Lowe's, where I purchased what I hope are enough plants and flowers to fill all of my containers.

Since I moved, I don't have my own flower garden any longer, which sort of sucks, but I do have tons of pots and planters, so that is the full scope of my gardening now.

It was a lot of fun. I was so relaxed, wandering around the garden center, mentally viewing the various containers around my duplex, and picking the appropriate color combinations. Is that weird? It is lovely outside, about 66 degrees and breezy, the annoying bird has shut-up for the day, and all I hear are birds that don't make me want to go on a shooting rampage.

So, all in all, today, life is good.

A New Feature of Jules' World

Well, blogger.com won't let me add a picture right now. Are we going to have trouble, blogger.com? I hope not.

Anyways, I've added a video bar. Each set of videos will have a theme. The current theme is "veggie car". I love the idea of running a car on used vegetable oil. I know there are drawbacks. First, your car has to be a diesel. Second, you probably smell like french fries whenever you're driving. Third, most fast food restaurants have contracts with various companies to dispose of their used vegetable oil. I could go on and on.

But it isn't impossible to do, and if my Volvo was already a diesel, I would be very likely to try it!

A New Day Dawns

Good morning. I am feeling so smug and sanctimonious today. It's just before 10am, and I've already paid bills and mowed my mother-in-law's back yard. Aren't I just the best?? Actually, she is. When the ex- left me for the whore, she took my side, as any good woman should.

In all seriousness, there aren't a lot of women out there who are fair enough to be able to see when they're beloved son, and she of course does love him very much, has acted like a complete and total ass and crapped all over his wife of 17 years and his 2 kids to boot! I'll do anything for this woman.

I appreciate the comments from yesterday, especially from Bea. I stumbled on her blog yesterday and made a silly comment. Bea, I share the same experience as you, only it's my cat, Moose Kitty. His goal in life is to see that I fold the laundry immediately when it comes out of the dryer, and his method is to immediately roll in the laundry if I leave it unattended for a moment.

I will be posting a new picture every day. I love art, and no, I don't know the names of the artists most of the time either, unless I'm looking at the Mona Lisa or Whistler's Mother or some other famous painting. I know nothing about art, other than I know what I like to look at.

On a totally unrelated matter, I require the services of an ornithologist. There is some species of bird that has it's nest somewhere in my backyard. I have never seen the bird, well, maybe I have but I didn't know it. That isn't the point. The point is, it has the most annoying chirp imaginable. It's a very shrill, chirp-chirp-chirp two beat pause chirp-chirp-chirp two beat pause chirp-chirp-chirp. Imagine, if you will, a cell phone or pager going off, and no one will pick it up or mash the button or do whatever the hell is necessary to make it stop. Can you hear it? That's what I hear every morning, beginning at about 5am.

Now, I love birds. I really do. I even sort of like blue jays and they're loud, screeching assholes who bully other birds. But this bird is driving me nuts. Is there a bird expert out there who can tell me what type of bird this is, and what I can do to make it move? I don't want to kill it, I just want to encourage it to move a hundred yards away.

Trying to fix the photos

After reading the many, many comments on my new blog (LOL), I understand that some of the pictures are appearing as the dreaded and boring Red X

Is this still the case? You should see a Monet in the first post, a Renoir in the 2nd, and Agoraphobic Nosebleed in the 3rd.

My 2nd entry today!

Hello, I'm back.

I've just posted a link to this blog on a message board, in a desperate plea for attention. We'll see if anybody shows up here and posts a comment.

For God's sake, please post a comment!!

Check out this Renoir. WTF is going on in this picture anyway?

There seems to be a young male lying in the crook of the tree trunk, a totally nude woman who is, for some reason, covering her snatch and appears to be getting ready to get dressed. Odd, that I think she's about to put her clothes back on. Perhaps someone else thinks she just took them off.

At any rate, why is the dog there??

Blaaag

Good afternoon. I have started and abandoned at least 4 blogs/myspace pages, but perhaps this one will make it.

I don't know why I keep doing this. I guess because, as life started sucking a few years ago, and in fact continues to suck, I slowly lost my various means of venting and support. So I blog, or at least start to blog.

I'm mildly disturbed by the news, local, national, and global, so I try to avoid watching it as much as possible, but a bit leaks in now and again.

Today, in Georgia, a licensed pilot fueled his plane with automotive fuel, and can you believe it, the plane went down shortly after take-off.

Looking for something fun to do and a great time-waster, all in one? Check out www.scangwinnett.com

You can see the various folks that have been recently booked into the Gwinnett County Jail in suburban Georgia.

I suppose this is enough of a blog for today. We'll see if I keep blogging. Stay tuned!