Why did the chicken cross the road?

SARAH PALIN:  The chicken crossed the road because, gosh-darn it,

she's a maverick!

BARACK OBAMA:  The chicken crossed the road because it was time for

change!  The chicken wanted change!

JOHN MC CAIN:  My friends, that chicken crossed the road because she

recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all

the chickens on the other side of the road.

HILLARY CLINTON:  When I was First Lady, I personally helped that

little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely

qualified to ensure right from Day One that every chicken in this country

gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't

about me.

GEORGE W. BUSH:  We don't really care why the chicken crossed the

road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or

not.  The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.

DICK CHENEY:  Where's my gun?

COLIN POWELL:  Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see

the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.

BILL CLINTON:  I did not cross the road with that chicken.

AL GORE:  I invented the chicken.

JOHN KERRY:  Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I

am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about

the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.

AL SHARPTON:  Why are all the chickens white? We need some black

chickens.

DR. PHIL:  The problem we have here is that this chicken won't

realize that she must first deal with the problem on this side of the road

before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need

to do is help her realize how stupid she's acting by not taking on her current

problems before adding new problems.

OPRAH:  Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems,

which is why she wants to cross this road so badly. So instead of having the

chicken learn from her mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm

going to give this chicken a NEW CAR so that she can just drive across the

road and not live her life like the rest of the chickens.

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN:  We have reason to believe there is a chicken,

but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the

road.

NANCY GRACE:  That chicken crossed the road because she's guilty! You

can see it in her eyes and the way she walks.

PAT BUCHANAN:  To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.

MARTHA STEWART:  No one called me to warn me which way that chicken

was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs

when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any

insider information.

DR SEUSS:  Did the chicken cross the road? Did she cross it with a

toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed, I've not

been told.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY:  To die in the rain, alone.

JERRY FALWELL:  Because the chicken was gay! Can't you people see

the plain truth? That's why they call it the 'other side.' Yes, my friends,

That chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay

too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that

the Liberal media whitewashes with seemingly harmless phrases like 'the

other side.' That chicken should not be crossing the road. It's as plain and

as simple as that.

GRANDPA:  In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road.

Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.

BARBARA WALTERS:  Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will

be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heartwarming

story  of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to

accomplish it's lifelong dream of crossing the road.

ARISTOTLE:  It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.

JOHN LENNON:  Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads

together, in peace.

BILL GATES:  I have just released eChicken2010, which will not only

cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance

your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2010.

This new platform is much more stable and will never reboot.

ALBERT EINSTEIN:  Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the

road move beneath the chicken?

COLONEL SANDERS:  Did I miss one?

It's Christmas Eve

And I am sad.

I miss my family.  I miss the excitement of Christmas Eve.  We'd wait til supper was over and the dishes done and would turn off the TV and open presents.  Then we'd play games and eat junk and laugh.  I miss that a lot.

Tonight I worked til 11.   I have to work tomorrow, Christmas day from 10-7.  The fact that the store is open is seriously wrong but I guess the almighty dollar is important.  We were busy all evening.  I mean, there were people who I can only assume had just tonight started their Christmas shopping.  They came to the counter with the last, ugliest, broken toys and paid cash.  I can only assume they got paid today and could only do it tonight.  I am giving them the benefit of the doubt.  And I am amazed by the crap people will buy!!    And the amount of $ they spend on candy and stocking stuffers, etc.  Stuff they could have probably gotten at Walmart for half the price.    I've been really lucky I know because I've seen that times are hard but I have always  tried to think ahead so it did not all hit at once.  And I make some presents.  And I don't think that a kid needs everything that passes in front of their eyes.  A lot of young parents need to learn the age old rule:   They would rather play with a box.

And a homeless man who had not had a shower in a while came in and wanted to buy candy with his Lone Star card and it would not go through for him.  We had a huge line and we kept trying but it would not go through.  I felt sorry for him...the machine told him to give me the card and I tried to make it work but he was seriously afraid I was not going to give it back.  My purse was in my locker or I'd have paid for his candy.  I mean, its Christmas and he wanted candy.  I wanted to cry for him.   Why did no one in line step up for him?  Could they have not put back one of the stupid toys and do something nice for a man who had lost everything.  Granted, I don't know his story but he was not drunk or trying to buy beer.  He wanted candy!!

Boy oh boy this is rambling...I'm tired and sad...but the above brings up another question.  Our illustrious city council is trying to pass a curfew for downtown so the homeless people will not hang out at the library.  Apparently just as they drove the poor out of north Overton with no thought of where they'd go, they think the homeless will disappear if there is a curfew.  Why no plan as to what to do with them?  Idiots.

And lastly, God willing, this is the last time I will ever have to work on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.

The Bloggess and the Christmas Spirit

One of my favorite blogs is www.thebloggess.com.   Her name is Jenny and she is hysterical.

She announced on her blog last week that she, her husband and daughter had bought 20 gift cards for $30 each from Amazon.com and she offered them her readers who were having hard times so they could buy a little Christmas for their kids.  All they had to do was ask.  And her response was overwhelming.  So many requests from people having hard times, requests for their friends, kids, parents, neighbors.  More than 20, for sure.  Then    another amazing thing happened.  Someone offered gift card 21.  Then 22.    As of today, she has 500 requests and 500 gift cards.  Yep, everyone is matched.  Amazing story about how many people are affected by what's going on in our economy and amazing story about what Christmas should be about and the generosity of the human spirit.

Have I said amazing?    Almost makes me take back my bah humbug.

No Christmas Banner. No Christmas towels. Not much Christmas...

I still have the fall banner at the top of the blog cuz I never made a Christmas banner and now its kinda late.  After the 1st I will get right on making one.   Christmas banner in 2011!!

I still have Thanksgiving towels hanging in my kitchen.

Anyone who knows me knows I lost the Christmas spirit years ago.  I'm working til midnight on Christmas Eve and all day Christmas day.  I have gifts for my friend Deborah and Steve & I traded a TV for work and called it Christmas.  For some reason I agreed to secret Santa at work.  I have to get that gift.  I bought for 2 kids on the Salvation Army tree.   Thats it.  The entire Christmas enchilada.  One more week and thank goodness I don't have to face it for another year.   Bah Humbug.   I did not even manage to get cherry cordial M&M's.  They were all gone before I got off work.  Bummer.

Busy Week

Well, hopefully only one more busy week ahead and then some time off...I did not work this hard when I worked 40 hours a week!!    I work Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday this week!!   Not at all what I want...too many hours!!   My boss assures me it will be much less after the 1st of the year.

The foot is hurting again...not fully healed.  I know I probably slowed it with the shoe but the difference in leg height with the tennie and the bootie was sending me into back spasms, worse than the foot hurts.  I know more time off will get it healed.   Ear is good.  

ONE MORE WEEK!!

1953 Kaiser Manhattan

This is a 1953 Kaiser Manhattan that was parked at the store the other day.  Beautiful car.  They guy on the left is the Salvation Army bell ringer, the guy on the right was the owner.   There is a "Picture review of the Kaiser/Frazer"  here:   http://oldcarandtruckpictures.com/Kaiser/