Brave Enough to Burn

Dear soccer mom,

We are a scrapbook and rubber stamp store. We are not a school project supply store. We are not here to provide you with the cheapest- but cutest- possible way for little Suzy to complete her project on polar bears or what have you.

So don't get pissy when we don't have what you want, at the price you want. (OMG YOU MEAN THESE 3D LEATHER STICKERS ARE $5! I ONLY WANT TO SPEND $2! It's a SCHOOL PROJECT!) Don't get snotty when I suggets you try the SCHOOL PROJECT SUPPLY STORE which is located ACROSS THE STREET from my store.

Grrrr.

~Disgruntled Clerk

Mel Gibson, his faith, his politics, his drunkeness or lack thereof, has totally no bearing WHAT SO EVER on my day to life, nor, most likely, on the lives of most people in this country.

So why the blue-balled hell am I hearing about "Mel's slip of the lip" every half hour on the hour? Come on, people! I know the whole Israel, Lebanon, Hezbollah stuff is gettig freaking repetitive and you're tired of re-hashing issues that have existed for decades upon decades,
but, (to steal from archmage) Christ on a rice cracker!

The day it happened I could see reporting it, as an "hey, look what the celebrity did" piece. After all most people are gossip-mongers at heart. Oo, look what the big celeb did! Naughty Boy, time to take you to task. But it should not be a major topic of discussion on National Talk/Radio shows!

I like talk radio. I started listening to it when we live in BFE Mississippi, and the music choices were rap or country. I like Dave Ramsey quite a bit. Religous views aside, he's a damn good finacial planner. I even don't mind Neal Boortz. I find his Libretarian rantings both insightful and amusing from time to time. But I don't turn on the talk as much as I used to, because here in Memphis, the shows tend toward the ultra-conservative, *Bush is God*, agenda, at least, whenever I turn them on. I do listen to Dave, on an almost daily basis.

Every freaking news update today has had two topics: Israel/Lebanon and Mel Gibson. And the Gibson stuff was often up first! It really says something about us as a people that we apply equal weight to a drunk, insult-spewing driver as we do a freaking WAR! Which is what it all boils down to.

I'm home. I'm exhausted, physically, mentally, and emotionally. I want to curl up in a ball and just sleep for days. But I won't since I have ten tons of work to catch up on.

I will update about my various adventures in a few days, when I have more than 5 minutes to spare.

And, no, I didn't harm the bastard in anyway. Didn't even see him...probably a good thing.

Will...Not...Rant...Must..Work

Oh, I will likely not be commenting a lot either, since I'm playing catch-up. But hugs go out to all.

Okay our phones have been fragged since the storm, so they are working only occassionaly. My tag renewal STILL has not come in, and because the phones aren't working, I can't call and find out what's going on. I can't drive down to the place, because my tags are expired.....

Thank goodness we have road runner so I at least have some contact w/ the outside world...

someone egged my car last night while I was at meeting....I am not happy.....