Monday, October 31, 2016

2016 November FROM MY PERSPECTIVE



                                  2016 NOVEMBER “From My Perspective”

Brenduhh came over for coffee.  We got to talking about the old days before computers and all that.  I asked her, “Have you ever wondered what your parents did before the internet and television shows which are on 24/7?”  “Yes, I have.  I’ve ask my 18 brothers and sisters and they don’t know either,” she responded.

It’s soup and chili season now at my house.  Each of them is home made and served with home made bread or saltine crackers.  I try to be a lady and break my crackers on the dotted line provided by the manufacturer.  Well, the dotted line is nothing but lies.  Some sadistic, evil person has designed them to NOT break on the line.  This is a nightmare for a person with neat nick tendencies and borders on OCD. 

When Beloved and I went to Omaha, NE during one 4th of July weekend, I did most of the driving.  I like to chew gum during the tense times of driving.  Sometimes it cracks or pops when I least expect it.  I didn’t know Beloved’s annoyance with this until he said, “Stop snapping that gum!”  I kept chewing trying to not do it, but the inevitable happened, it snapped, again.  He growled, “Either spit it out or stop chewing.”  I said, “I’m sorry.  Gum helps me do something with my jaws.”  “Eeeee, gods, Trute, don’t they ever rest?” he groaned.

Do you remember the comic strip CALVIN AND HOBBS?  I do and have some of the books sitting on my coffee table.  There were many words of wisdom between those two.  Here is one of them stated by the strip’s creator, Bill Watterson:  It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning. (Calvin)-Bill Watterson, comic strip artist (b. 5 Jul 1958) [Calvin & Hobbes] Here are some more:  Calvin: "Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?” Calvin: As far as I'm concerned, if something is so complicated that you can't explain it in 10 seconds, then it's probably not worth knowing anyway.  Calvin: Things are never quite as scary when you've got a best friend.  Calvin's dad: Being a parent is wanting to hug and strangle your kid at the same time.

I’ve known that scientists are trying to find the center of the universe.  I, also, know some people who are going to be disappointed to find out it isn’t them.

With this election, the decision is so parallel to an electrical socket……Do I put my silver knife blade in the top one or the bottom one?

I unfortunately had a few words with a person who just makes me wince at all the drama and garbage they try to bring me into.  They got angry and stormed, “I’m just not going to talk to you anymore!!”  As I watched them walk away, I called, “Thank you for taking out the trash.”

Some words of wisdom:   Confidence comes not from always being right, but from not fearing to be wrong.” Peter T. McIntyre  True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing. ” Baltasar Gracian “Light travels faster than sound.  This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.” Somebody

I find it ironic that the colors red, white, and blue stand for freedom, until they're flashing behind you.  Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.   I'm great at multi-tasking -- I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at once. 

Did you know the NFL team, Baltimore Ravens, got its name from Edgar Allen Poe who was from Baltimore?  Did you know that a haberdasher is an owner of or worker in a store for men’s clothing or small items used for making clothes?  Harry S Truman, our 33rd President, was a haberdasher.  Did you know that something can be a genuine imitation, but it’s still an imitation?  Did you know that if you get a job at Hooters the job application is a bra and they say, “Here, fill this out.”?  Why does JC Penny’s have an older women’s clothing line named, “Sag Harbor”?  Did you know that the traditional chef’s hat has 100 pleats, which symbolizes the number of ways you can cook an egg?  Did you know that "Only the mediocre are always at their best."?  Jean Giraudoux

Have you ever talked with someone and sworn it was like folding a fitted sheet with no corners?  You roll your eyes, get an eye ache from that, shake your head and get a crick in your neck, then mutter nasties under your breath and they hear you.  CRIMMINIES!!

Brenduhh came up with a terrific solution for keeping cake moist and fresh…..”Trude, you need to eat it all at one sitting.”  Gods!!  Sometimes she comes up with great ideas.

SOCIOPATH:  “They are often well liked because of their charm and high charisma, but they don’t care about other people.  They think mainly of themselves and often blame other for the things that they do.  They have a complete disregard for rules and lie constantly.  They don’t feel guilt or learn from any punishment.”  Psychology 101
The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny. -Wole Soyinka, playwright, poet, Nobel laureate (b. 13 Jul 1934)  ‘Something to think about this November.

I saw a unique suitcase the other day.  It was in the shape and color of 2 slices of bread.  I bet it was jam packed.

A former student of mine had not been lucky in love.  He’d been engaged a few times and each time she broke it off.  He told me, “Mz. R., the next time I give a ring to someone it will be plastic with a big piece of candy on top.   When it’s gone it will be their fault.”

I have a friend who is so tense, so “tightly wound” that if one put a piece of coal up her butt, in 2 weeks there’d be a diamond!  Peace, blessings, and smiles to you…Trudy

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