LIN'S NEW HOUSE

'member to click the header.

One of my friends has moved from the "whoop whoop" to the "never heard of that place" location.

Now, she's a nice lady and we wish her well, but a friend drove past the new homestead and couldn't resist taking this picture so her out of town friends could see her new abode.

You can see her blog at: Creek Journal

Tell her I sent you.

No, I don't know if that's her in the photo.

THE GENEROUS CARPETBAGGER

Would you let daughter date someone who looked like this?

Be sure to click the header. I can't help but feel most of these people are from New Mexico. (Paranoid, I guess.)

Anyway, our governator (one Bill Richardson) , apparently counting on two factors, thought he might get away with something where tax payer money was concerned. (The factors? 1. Nobody would notice. 2. The majority of New Mexicans fit the category of the header link.)

Ooooops Bill. You got caught. The Albuquerque Journal saw it and it seems more NMers are smarter than both you and I thought.

The part about this that is really amazing is that our President elect wasn't aware that the man he chose to be in charge of our economy seems to be a wastrel where tax payers are concerned. He feeds at the public trough as though there was no end and our new leader is not aware of it. Or maybe his "loyalty" to his fund raisers knows no bounds. There's an article in the Albuquerque Journal that will clarify this for you: http://www.abqjournal.com/upfront/2493260979upfront12-24-08.htm

You may have to "register" but it's free.

SCHOTZY SANTA

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas (I don't do "Seasons Greetings) and have plenty of meat and a horde of mice to catch and devour. P.S.: Back scratchings, ear cleanings and belly rubs are good too. Get plenty of them from your two legged slaves. They enjoy it. I've also seen to it that you have flowers for your tables. Just click the header and pick what you like.

SCHOTZY ONLY THINKS SHE IS FUNNY

Header's pretty good this time. Click it and smile.

OK, so one of our cats is a comedienne.

She just needs to remember who has the opposable thumbs here.

And who gets those cans of food she loves.

HO, HO, HO

Don't forget to click the header. Hehehehe. It's Rodney Dangerfield introducing a then new comic.

New Definitions To Learn

• TRAFFIC LIGHT -- apparatus that automatically turns redwhen your car approaches.
• PEOPLE -- some make things happen, some watch things happen,and the majority have no idea what's happened.
• SELF-CONTROL -- the ability to eat only one peanut.
• SALESMAN -- man with ability to convince wife she'd lookfat in mink.
• EGOCENTRIC -- a person who believes he is everything youknow you are.
• FOREIGN FILM -- any movie shown in a Texas theater that isn't a western.
• OPERA: When a guy gets stabbed in the back and instead of bleeding he sings.
• BUFFET: A French word that means "Get up and get it yourself."
• TATTOO: Permanent proof of temporary insanity.

Here's a shocker: http://hubpages.com/hub/Funny-Pictures-Animals-at-Large

Linda and Mary were up in the far north woods, out looking for a Christmas tree. They were all bundled up from head to toe, carrying their hatchets and a coil of rope to tie on and drag it back.

They had thought of everything. They were all set, but they couldn't find the right tree.

They searched for hours, slogging through knee-deep snow. The wind was blowing and the wolves were howling, but they persevered. Had to get that Christmas tree.

Finally, as the sun was beginning to head downward, one turned to theother and said, "That's it! I've had enough! The next tree we come to, we're going to cut it down, whether it's got lights on it or not!"

A recent bride called her mother one evening in tears.

"Oh, Mom, I tried to make Grandmother's meat loaf for dinner tonight, and it's just awful! I followed the recipe exactly, and I know I have the recipe right because it's the one you gave me. But it just didn't come out right, and I'm so upset. I wanted this to be so special for George because he loves meat loaf. What could have gone wrong?"

Her mother replied soothingly, "Well, dear, let's go through the recipe. You read it out loud and tell me exactly what you did at each step, and together we'll figure it out."

"OK," the bride sniffled. Well, it starts out, " Take fifty cents worth of ground beef . . . "

Bizarre December Holidays

• December 21 is
• Look At The Bright Side Day,
• National Flashlight Day,
• National French Fried Shrimp Day,
• Hamburger Day
• December 22 is National Date-Nut Bread Day
• December 23 is Roots Day
• December 24 is National Egg Nog Day
• December 25 is National Pumpkin Pie Day
• December 26 is National Whiners Day
• December 27 is National Fruitcake Day
• December 28 is Card Playing Day and National Chocolate Day
• December 29 is Pepper Pot Day
• December 30 is Festival Of Enormous Changes At The Last Minute and National Bicarbonate Of Soda Day
• December 31 is Unlucky Day

I'm a fan of December 24....

PEARL HARBOR FOR THE YOUNG

Remember to click the header.

A lot of the sailors were still in their bunks, sleeping off their Saturday night in downtown Honolulu.

Others were getting ready for church services. Still more were finishing the Sunday breakfast that was always good food on the battleships.

Navy life was worthwhile. You got to sail all over the world while landlubbers in foreign, exotic ports admired your great battleships, your sparkling clean uniform and your athletic fitness. And you were convinced you were part of the greatest naval fleet ever to sail the oceans of the world. No other navy could compete with yours. Life was good.

The first wave of Japanese bombers and fighters struck shortly after 8 a.m. They, and the following flights, would do massive damage to the U.S. Pacific Fleet. They would kill more than 2,400 servicemen and civilians.

The President of the United States would ask Congress for a declaration of war the next day. Patriotic civilians lined up at recruiting offices for all military branches, each man hoping he would pass the physical exam. As I understand it, there has never been, before nor after, a surge of volunteering as huge as this. Americans were showing their patriotism. And that, kiddies, is why Americans won the Second World War.

I held this post back until now, because I wanted to see how our once great nation would recognize today. A few sentences on a news net work (apologizing for Japan's sneak attack) then no more. Channels such as TCM, History, CSPAN2, A&E, AMC all seemed to ignore today. And it happened to fall on a Sunday. The only movies or factoid shows on any of these stations concerned Nazi Germany and did not even mention Japan's vicious part in that war.

It took a while for me to understand why. For some reason (and I despise why I am thinking this) Our President Elect chose today, Sunday, December 7, to reveal his appointment of a Japanese American (born in Hawaii) as Veterans Affairs Secretary.

So? Well, retired general Eric K. Shinseki is the Japanese American.

So? This is nothing but a calculated slap in the face to all the veterans, living and dead, who defended this country from the Japanese in WW II.

I am quite sure that Mr. Shinseki is a total American and proud of it. This is not about him. It is, rather, a tirade against Mr. Obama whose lack of thinking betrays his shallowness and ability to fly in the face of respect and tradition.

He does not even recognize the men and women we can for our being able to speak and read and write English as our native tongue. (No thanks to the Mexican government, though. They refused to join the Allied Forces and sat back and got rich from war goods trading.)

Mr. Barack Obama, what were you thinking? Shame on you.

Lordy, what a start to a new order.