Category: WTF?


Mark Twain is turning over in his grave

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February 24, 2011

In a world where a reality star is calling herself a novelist, when I believe she didn’t even write most of it herself, someone has the unmitigated gall to think they can change Mark Twain’s work.

Have you heard this? Someone decided the Huckleberry Finn would be better off without the N-word in it.

Now I am not saying it is socially acceptable to use that word, I don’t go around saying it, but we are talking about a classic piece of literature. We are also talking about the loss of a great teaching point. How are we to teach our children not to be racist when we can no longer show them what racist is?

Excuse me while I hide under my covers. Whatever comes next is not going to be good.

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Normally I don’t talk about such things

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February 3, 2011

Kansas church to protest at service for slain Florida siblings
By the CNN Wire Staff
February 2, 2011 4:19 p.m. EST

(CNN) — A controversial Kansas church says members will picket before the memorial service Wednesday evening for two Florida teenagers allegedly killed by their mother.

In a press release, Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, said it will demonstrate outside the service in Tampa because the mother is a military wife and “the doomed American military declared war on God & His church.”

The controversial church and its pastor, Fred Phelps, have made their name picketing near funerals of people who died of AIDS, gay people and soldiers. The church plans to picket beginning at 5:15 p.m.and ending at 6 p.m., when the service is scheduled to start, according to CNN affiliate WFTS-TV in Tampa.

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>So I thought the bad week was over . . .

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January 24, 2011

>Then I realized I had 1 tampon left. Yes just one, oh if this grosses you out just leave! Come back tomorrow.

So I drove to Target to buy some more. They didn’t have any. I don’t mean they didn’t have any at all, just none of my favorite brand. I was annoyed. So I bought a box of Cheerios. Didn’t want to waste a trip. Then on the way home I swung by CVS.

They had none also. So I had to buy another brand! It was very upsetting and it better never happen again.

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>How does one do it?

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January 16, 2011

>Today was church and I was there. I always try to be there, I became a little slacker and now am making a concerted effort to go every week. I missed last Wednesday for a combination of reasons. So when I noticed my friend Emilia was having a rough time, other friends crowding around to support her. I wondered what was up. I got a little annoyed since it was obviously something big, like maybe a death in the family, I figured it had been announced Wednesday and no one had bothered to tell me. I racked my brain trying to remember if both her parents were alive, then I figured, oh it couldn’t be one of her family since she’s here, it must be a relative of Wayne, her husband.

After services were over I walked over to see her, everyone was hugging her and as I stood next to another friend who put her arm around me, I still had no clue. But I was the good friend and hugged her and pretended to understand and know, know what?

When Em and I were getting ready to go to the gym, she told me what had happened, “Wayne’s gone.”

Gone. Gone as in just gone. Just packed up his stuff and left Emilia and the church community and everything. They had been married for a while when I met them, over 20 years ago, they must have been married for over 30 years. They were always low key about things like their anniversary and stuff.

How does someone do that? After 30 years just pack up and leave? “Oh its been fun but I really have to go now.” “This has been a nice experiment but I don’t think it’s going to work.” “You’re a really nice person but I just don’t think we’re compatible.” “I really do love you but I don’t think I want to live with you.” After 30 years? I can’t wrap my head around this, I’m pretty sure Emilia can’t either. I mean, I don’t know how she was in private, but she was always super nice to everyone. There never seemed to be any real problems between them. Maybe that was the problem, no conflict, no excitement, maybe he just got to bored to stay.

As I was sitting here thinking about this and thinking about another person who might have lost her home, I realized that I am a horrible person. These people’s lives are falling apart and I’m complaining about my cold toes!

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>This is how I fly

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September 10, 2010

>well, not really fly.

Metro North ftw! No not this morning, this morning was more like, Metro North WTF? or FML. If you don’t know what those mean, check out Urban Dictionary.

Today is the second day I caught the early train, trying to get back in the routine of getting to work on time, instead of ‘only 10 minutes late’. I also decided to bring my laptop, on the off chance I had a minute so I could update my blogs. So I turned on my hot spot and my laptop, was about to get started, when I heard some noise about getting off the train. Yes we had to change trains in Cold Spring. Which consisted of getting off our train (a door malfunction, really MetroNorth?) and waiting until the next train showed up. So now I am on a train with a double train load of people.

Once again I say. FML.

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>What’s the deal people?

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August 10, 2010

>I don’t remember if I mentioned this before, but I can’t stand this current trend of visible bra straps. I’m not talking a strap slipping out, I’m talking always visible, a woman wearing a t-back top and a bra with regular straps. I asked a male friend if thought that was ‘sexy’ . No, was his quick answer. So why do it? Do they already have a man so don’t feel like they need to try anymore? Are they trying to show the world they are independent women and don’t have to conform to what society dictates? What happened to personal pride in your appearance? That’s why I always try to wear the correct bra, because I think it looks bad to have your straps showing and I care about how I look.

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>Has the whole world just flipped out?

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>This was the topic of discussion on the train this morning. One of the guys works for Jet Blue, in a security capacity I believe.

From: NYTimes.com
Date: Aug 10, 2010 8:13 AM
Subject: New York Today: Flight Attendant Flees on Tarmac;

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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
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Fed-Up Flight Attendant Makes Sliding Exit
A JetBlue flight attendant unleashed a tirade, pulled the emergency-exit chute and fled Kennedy International Airport.

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>Could this day get any worse?

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June 11, 2010

>Never say that, never, never, never. Because as soon as you do, …..

Missed my train this morning, I was rather annoyed at the people in front of me that wouldn’t get out of my way. I mean I was trying my hardest to move them with my mind …. I don’t vocalize well at 6:18 a.m. Then I got a seat to myself, so I was happy, turned on my phone and computer (I don’t plan on doing this everyday just trying it out), I can always tell when we get to Westchester County, the connection gets wonky. I wasn’t worried about the phone losing power because I had my cord to charge it and planned on plugging it in to charge when I got to work.

When I got to work however, I didn’t have my cord. No biggie. Just change the battery when the phone dies, yes you probably already know, no battery in my bag. So there I was with a dead phone, so I went to the Verizon store and bought a charger (who knew a Blackberry charger would work with a Palm Pre Plus? Not me.) But I was still feeling kind of stressed, so I went to get some steamed dumplings, Chinese restaurant closed. I went to the deli to get lunch and as I was walking back I thought, “Could this day get any worse?”

Like I said never, never, never, say.that.

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>Hello there

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May 25, 2010

>Another day on the train headed to work, with a visit to the dr first. Then I have to buy a top, on my way across the parking lot I realized my top doesn’t match my pants. I also need some low rise pants like Em got Saturday. I realized that yesterday when I kept having to roll down the waistband of my pants.

That is not the only thing I had go wrong, Stitch has changed his mind about driving me to the train station so I have been driving and parking and I never got a current parking permit. So now I am wondering what to do, I don’t want to cancel my permit it I have to drive and park. On the other hand, I feel like I am wasting money paying for a parking permit when I’m getting dropped off when they are in school. *sigh*

Also, I forgot to charge my iPod, so soon I will not have music. Well on my phone, but I only have the one Red Hot Chili Pepper album on my phone.

Now for the rant, I hate it when people think that they don’t need their headlights on in the morning, yes I know it is light out, but until the sun comes up, you need your headlights on.
Well, I think that’s all.

— Sent from my Palm Pre


— Sent from my Palm Pre

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The scanner works with the new laptop with Vista

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March 18, 2010

>I had to print something so I plugged in my printer and just pressed print, no problems. So I figured my scanner would also be no problem. I needed to scan my postcard for PFF, which is now being posted by Beth. There is a link below. So after plugging in my scanner, it looked like the driver was loading, then I got a message that I needed to put the disc in. So I put the CD in and it looked like I was good to go. I couldn’t see the program on my computer so I just pushed the scan button on the scanner. Nothing, nothing. Kind of like A-Rod with the reporters. So I went into the disc to run set-up, it told me it didn’t install correctly, I needed to re-install, so I did. It still said it was not installed correctly and that help was not compatible with Vista. What the F***?

Started closing everything down and I saw a box telling me, go to programs, click this and that to use the scanner, I am abbreviating what it said because I’m sure you are tired of this by now, since you already know it works, you can see the postcard I scanned below. So after all those messages telling my scanner wasn’t installed correctly, it works. Go figure.

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