Hey blogger friends.
I am here to tell you that I am back.
I have started blogging again...with a different profile..
Visit me at Whine is Cheaper if you'd like.
I am not totally giving up on Phillipia...
I have decided to keep this blogspace for ranting, and I promise to post here more often (I do have a lot of ranting to do).
Whine is Cheaper provides an outlet for my milder whining...
I have been away from blogging for so long that I am having a tough time getting my new blogspace decorated and cozy the way I would like it to be. I have to re-learn a lot. Slowly, but surely, I will get there.
I miss you all and hope you will find the time to come whine with me soon.
So some of you know I like to Internet Cafe "Crawl" - as I like to call it....
And I just feel the need to say my piece to everyone who is trying to close down the Internet Cafe business in Ohio....
Your reasons amaze me...
To those of you who want them shut down because they are taking business from your business ....this is America...we thrive on competition...
Even if your business is charitable - find a new way to fund-raise if the cafes are really hurting your funds that bad...
Being charitable should not give you a monopoly on an activity...
And seriously, most folks that visit the cafes will not visit the casinos more often if the cafes close....has anyone done the research?
Admittedly, they may BINGO at your church/school more....but see my opinion above...
If the activity is illegal, why were they (not 1, but over 800 establishments) given a license to operate in the first place?
For those complaining that it hurts family when people spend all their money at cafes...well I hope you plan to spend as much energy closing every bar, casino, racino, smoke shop, lottery system, sweepstakes games, etc, that promotes any any activity that is conducive to addiction...
All things in moderation, folks...
It is not the manufacturer of a product that should be blamed when individuals abuse said product...
Same for gun control...
And legalization of marijuana...
Just because you "can" does not mean you "have to"...or that you should not moderate yourself...
The whole of the population should not have to give up something because some of the population has unbridled tendencies...
Or because some of the population thinks they are above having to compete fairly....
About my faith.....
I used to be Roman Catholic..
But I am done practicing that...
Quite honestly, I really have issues with many of the Roman Catholic Church's teachings...
Who the hell do they think they are?
Righteous bastards...
And I really do not believe there is only one God...
Buddha seems like an OK higher being to believe in if you so prefer...
So what is my religious preference???
I ask myself this a lot lately...
I use to consider myself Christian....
Until recently...
I started thinking that if I were truly Christian, I would believe in the deity of Jesus....
And I am not sure I do....
I mean I think he was probably a really good guy and all...
And I think I try to live like he taught that we should...
Not because I believe he is God's son...
But because, for the most part, it just seems the right way to live...
Love one another...
Do unto others...
I really have a hard time believing that immaculate conception miracle tho...
On Father's Day, Joseph gets the card...
And not one of those "like a father to me" cards...
And his dying to save us.....not so sure...
So where does that leave me????
Not a fun person to be in a conversation with about religion, that is for sure...
Believe me, I do not initiate such conversations...
But when someone draws out of me that I no longer practice Catholicism and that I am not quite sure what I believe but I know that I am not interested in any organized religion right now...
And then they gasp at my lack of faith and tell me to read the bible...it's all right there...and they know I will find my way back to the truth...
I tend to get a lil snippy and have to change the subject really quick before I haul off and ruin the friendship...
So, again, where does that leave me?
I have decided that I am a Cultural Christian...
Just like some of the Founding fathers...
To be honest, until very recently, I did not realize there was such a thing...
Thank Google for cluing me in...
And helping me understand who I am ...
Gotta love Google...
In my last post I mentioned LDBoy's latest purchase for his office.
He was not the only one doing some power shopping last weekend...
CareBear and Marge and I went wedding dress shopping...
No, I am not getting married, once is more than enough for me....
And tho we did try to talk Marge into trying on maternity wedding dresses and sending photos to LDBoy, she did not think he would appreciate the humor in that....
My CareBear is getting married to the love of her life this December...
Hopefully I told you that already, but I have been remiss in my blogger duties over the past few months and maybe I did not....
Now you know....
She is going to be a beautiful bride....
I was going to post the pic I took of her in the dress that made the final cut, but that idea got shouted down....
Apparently, it is suppose to be a surprise....
Just let me tell you that the dress is sooooo her....
Why?
Because it has pockets....
Every wedding dress should have pockets, but as we realized, most do not....
Just where are you suppose to put those little bottles of confidence???
LDBoy and his business partner(s) have decided that always working from home is not all it is cracked up to be....
Tho they do not (yet) have kids wanting constant attention, they do have dogs....
Puppies and older dogs who need constant attention...
And girlfriends....
Tho, I believe that the girlfriends were the primary reason for setting up the home office in the first place and most likely it is the girlfriends that are most happy they will be working from another office....
Yeah, it is nice to have an unpaid assistant who makes lunch and runs errands and....
Anyway, I got sidetracked....
The partners decided that they needed a fridge for their office..
Mostly to hold their energy drinks - since they are probably thinking that their girlfriends will still make and then bring them lunch everyday....
But where should they look to find such a fridge?
Craig's List of course...
You can find anything on Craig's List....
Some things you may not want...like a job as a live-in ranch hand in the middle of Ohio...
But some things you may want...
Like this ...
Yep, meet the new office fridge...
A sign...
Of what I am not sure...
Maybe that I am getting older and losing it....
Not that I ever had much of it to begin with....
Or maybe that I did not need half of the things on that list....
The list...
That I made right before I headed out to run errands at lunchtime....
That I got to the store and could not find....
...anywhere....
Checked my pockets....
Checked my purse....
Checked again....
The list....
That I pulled out of my pocket as soon as I got back to my desk...
Damn...
A short time ago, I was given a choice...
Droid or iPhone....
I chose Droid....
Now I am sorry....
Because Droid is not compatible with this awesome app....
Check it out...
Before you go to sleep tonight...
Especially if you love sleeping to the sights and sounds of thunder storms...
Yes, I said sights and sounds...
Hear the thunder and see the lightning flash...
This awesome app was developed by none other than LDBoy...
With some help from a friend....
I am so proud!
I wish I could say I taught him everything he knows...
But that would be a big, fat lie....
And Moms and nuns do not lie...
But check out
StormAsleep and let me know what you think...
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