Blogger’s Blahs

I just don’t have a single funny thing to say.
(Post Provincetown Depression)

I have serious things to say but I’m exhausted from caring so much, so I’m choosing to be quiet.
No, I guess I’ll bitch and moan a bit.

The fact that Bush gets another nominee for the Supreme Court sends shivers up and down my spine. Harriet Miers is a Bush loyalist and another person without a paper trail. One thing for sure, she is just George Bush in an ill-fitting dress.

The fact that Jet Blue out sources its maintenance to El Salvador because, according to a Wall Street Journal story last January, the Salvadoran mechanics make $300 to $1,000 a month -- far less than their U.S.-based counterparts, makes me fear that people are opting for cheap flights while risking their safety.

Pepto Bismal should alert people in big letters, that after taking their product your poop will turn black. Why don’t they do that?

Allergies, specifically sinus problems are increasing at a rapid rate as our air quality continues to worsen while no one cares. People are living “sick” and until the quality of the air becomes really important, we are all just a bunch of canaries waiting to go into the mine. Hope we survive.

Rich people should pay huge amounts of taxes. They should not get tax breaks.

Super-star sportsters shouldn’t be paid millions because they can ride a bike, or hit a ball with a bat, or stick a ball in a net.

Ditto to actors, singers, TV personalities.

Ditto to CEOs who demand huge salaries which is one of the reasons outsourcing is so popular.


An Update

The pickles are done and in jars now and the crock is out of the dining room. The pickles are authentic Jewish Sours, loden green, garlicky with a speck of hot, crisp and succulent. A great job done by husband including his superior presentation: they are in large Ball jars with sprigs of fresh Dill, pieces of hot red pepper and pure white cloves of garlic. Beautiful to look at and wonderful to eat.

The civil union I attended Saturday morning was very moving and beautiful. The Justice of the Peace did a magnificent job. The breakfast, catered by DJ, was delicious. I still wish it could have been a marriage because eventually that is where same-sex unions have to go – we can’t have each state creating their own terminology and laws and not recognizing other state laws or we will become the Divided States of America.

Breathe Right Snore Relief Throat Spray – this stuff really works. Husband used it last night and I didn’t wake up once to snoring. Husband made one tiny snore that sounded more like a ventriloquist throwing his voice as the sound appeared to emanate from the living room. But that was all. This product is worth its weight in gold!

I am seeking a fudge recipe that is not based on marshmallows or evaporated milk, but is an old fashioned butter sugar chocolate recipe. It is one of my life-long desires to be able to whip up a pan of fudge that tastes as good as the kind you can buy in specialty stores, like the fudge I had on the cape.

Also seeking a recipe for homemade Kahlua that tastes like Kahlua. As autumn makes her presence known, I must be turning to sweets and booze…rather than “put up” peaches or stewed tomatoes, I want Black Russians and chocolate fudge.

Not an interesting blog entry today, but the only way to get through writer’s block is to keep writing!

Speaking of writer’s block, is it extremely quiet in blog world lately or is it just my perception?


Pee Ess

Paintergirl just tagged me for this mini meme:

The Rules:
1. Go into your archive.
2. Find your 23rd post
.3. Find the fifth sentence (or closest to).
4. Post the text of the sentence in your blog along with these instructions.
5. Tag five other people to do the same.

My sentence: Whatever it is, I am not one of these people. Now this statement was made in reference to hypochondriacs who enjoy going to the doctors. Wish my sentence was a better one but it does fit my blah blog. Ha!

Okay I tag: John Doe Jr., Irina, Summer, Along, and Weetzie! (I figure if Weetzie would do that long banned book meme she's got to be up for doing this one sentence meme...)