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my little black car and i have reached a milestone, and faster than in previous years. it’s a good little car.

sucks. illinois approved a rate hike that started at the first of the year for home owners insurance, as well as others. i have had a home, and therefore, insurance for 15 years. in that time, i have never had a claim. i have certainly had the opportunity too, with a couple floods and the [...]

hi. been a while huh? there just isn’t enough time in the day. so. i listened to some, but not (as yet) all of the health care summit today. i was quite taken with the passion that the president and the rest of the democrats during what i heard. i was, as usual, not impressed [...]

last week at work, as happens to us all, i had to make a trip to the washroom. on the wall. apparently someone had a sneeze and left a ‘present’ on the wall above the urinal. later. someone spent the time to create and tape up a ‘wtf’ note right next to it. now. that [...]

today i removed the sign up that had been a part of my site for months. the way that health care is being directed, isn’t the change that i voted for. it’s just such a shame. i was so supportive of real change, and instead seem to be getting much the same with a government [...]

bye bye lou. wonder how long it will be before you are on the faux network. QuestionsView Results

and one that i read really ticked me off. not knowing that there was a limitation as to the number of characters that were allowed, i had at it. well. it wouldn’t save. so. for you folks that started and couldn’t finish, or really just want to flame, here it is in it’s entirety… ( [...]

what a week. my wife and i hit our 16th year of marriage. we celebrated by taking in a show and then returning home for a meal that i cooked for the family. it’s a family affair, these anniversaries. there is nothing wrong with that. they all have been a part of the past years, [...]

sure. you can find the definition of indoctrinate in any dictionary. here is a link to m-w.com. ok. here is what it says: 1: to instruct in fundamentals or rudiments : teach 2: to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle this definition can be placed with any number [...]