Interesting

I was listening to my favorite talk radio dude, Dennis Prager, the other day, and his topic was about the recent study that showed that women talk more than men. Really? What a shock! I'm sure all you men out there are utterly amazed right now.

The study concluded that women speak on average of 20,000 words per day, and men speak a measly 7,000. Considering that a good length for a book is 60,000 words, women basically write a book every three days.

That is a HUGE chasm of difference. Basically 3 times the amount of words spoken each day. The study also said that women get a "high", like that of heroin addicts, when they hear themselves speak. So the more that they talk, the better they feel.

I'm not sure that this is good news for guys. So, in theory, women could talk all day long and feel really, really good.

On a different note, I had a guy bring in his dog for a "swollen penis." Doesn't that just brighten up your day? I mean, that just puts a smile on one's face.

The guy was pretty worried about his dog, because he had just been neutered a little over a week ago. It turned out that everything was normal. It was just his glands down there that were "swollen," which is perfectly normal.

Ah, sweet relief. The guy felt pretty embarrassed over the issue, and I told him that he wasn't the first person to bring their dog in for this "problem."

Poor guy.

I'm about to have to neuter a feral cat, so that should be interesting. Keep me in your prayers, cuz this pussycat be pissed.

I'll see you on the flipside. Keep on keepin' on.

3 Down, 3 To Go

I've been a pretty crazy brotha lately. I'm finished with the 3rd day of work, in my 6 days in a row work schedule. Tough, I know, but I'm actually gonna be working 9 out of 10 days in a row. Not that I'm complaining, because I just made over $800 for about 8.5 hours of work in 2 days (not a bad gig if you can get it). So, needless to say, I'm really gonna miss doing relief work for a full time job.

Rhetorical question: Am I making a huge mistake by taking this full-time job?

We shall see. Here's a breakdown of the pros and cons

Pros:
1) A steady paycheck.
2) I will know exactly how much money I'll make each month
3) Benefits - insurance, fees, dues, taxes, paid vacation, etc.
4) Saving 2 hours every workday in my commute, which is gonna be the biggest pro, methinks.

Cons:
1) I'm gonna take an immediate $1000-$2000/month net paycut every month, until I start making a bonus.
2) flexibility - I can make my own work schedule doing relief work, thereby being able to take a vacation whenever I want to. Or to actually have a weekend off, if I want to.
3) I love doing relief work. There is basically no stress in my job as it is. If a client gets pissed, they really don't take it out on me, which is extremely nice. I also don't have to worry about much about outcomes. All of these are huge in my love of relief work; there's no stress.
4) I like how I get to work all sorts of different clinics, of which most of them are pretty dang laid back.

Keep on keepin' on.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Sorry for the lapse in writing, but I've been kind of without internet lately.

This past weekend, I went home with Annie for her family Thanksgiving feast. I got to meet one of her cousins for the first time. We played games, and talked, and all-in-all, had a jolly old time. I even sang the "Aggie War Hymn", much to Annie's chagrin, to her 15-month old niece. The kid loved it. Really, she did.

Saturday night, we went to Annie's mom's house to play games. It was Annie, her mom, her sister, her cousin, and myself. We just got there, and Annie's sister and I started to get out the drinks. Her mom asked us what we were drinking - Annie and her sister we drinking Tilt-, and I showed her my flask, which had Maker's Mark in it.

To which her mom replied, "I worry about you, Big D."

So she should. I am dating her daughter.

My family Thanksgiving will be at my Uncle and Aunt's house, like it always is. Bubba brought his girlfriend, along with her baby (NOT my brother's). My cousin and her husband came with their 2 year old daughter, and their 8 month old twin boys. All in all, the 4 kids behaved very well, although, the 2 year old girl did manage to drop a large chunk of ice cream right into my boots. To which she exclaimed, "Uh oh!"

Uh oh is right. So I beat the snot outta her..............just kidding. I shook my head in disbelief and cleaned out the mess. That little girl couldn't have done that if she tried, which makes it all the more funny.

And the Cowboys won!!! But then again, was there any doubt?

For the most part, Thanksgiving was pretty standard, not including the ice cream in my boot, of course. It's nice to see the relatives again, but to me it's kind of hard coming up with small talk with people that you only see once to 4-5 times a year. Or is it just me? And, I really like seeing them, I do.

But I've been realizing something over the last few years......I really don't even know my relatives. Sure, I've known my Uncle and Aunt for my entire life (well, not my uncle, but I've known him since I was 6 or 7), but I really couldn't tell you what makes them tick. Or what they like or dislike on anything but the most superficial level.

For instance, my uncle likes hunting, but I don't know what he likes to do during his free time. Odd isn't it? And can you really get to know someone on an average of about 2.45 visits/year for 31 years? I don't think that you can.

Another example is one of my cousins, who is 4 years older than I. I always looked up to him when I was a kid, kind of like an older brother. So growing up, and until about 3 years ago, I saw him about 2 twice a year. I really like him, but 3-5 hours of hanging out twice a year really doesn't cut it for maintaining any "real" type of relationship. Does it???

Sorry about the pondering, but this is something that's been eating at me for the last few years.

I really love Thanksgiving, but I love Christmas even more. Maybe it's because Christmas is always at our house. Maybe it's because we always celebrate it at night. Maybe it's because it's cold outside then. And maybe it's because I like seeing my family opening their presents, and all chatting together.

Keep on keepin' on

Kickin' It.

I've been busy planning Big R's Bachelor Party extravaganza. It's tough trying to get about 8 person's schedules all in sync (Not N 'Sync, which is a horrible excuse for music.) But I digress. We have it planned for January, and there will be plenty of gambling and drinking involved, so all should be fine.

I kinda underestimated the hotel expense though. Cameltoes (a.k.a. Chief Pounds on Toes) and I are trying to find a good deal at a hotel/casino, so we don't have to have a cab or a designated driver for the tomfoolery that will ensue.

And, as one of Big R's friend's said, "I've never been to (the town that we are going to), so I trust that there are casinos, hookers, and blow."

Well said.


Today is pretty dang slow at work today, and I think that it's gonna be slow for the next 6 weeks or so, because of the holidays coming up. People tend to not spend a lot on their pets when they need to buy their kids the new Playstation 3, a horsey, a bike, a 4-wheeler, laptop computer so that they can surf porn, etc. It doesn't leave a lot for old Fido that's been feeling a little down lately.


Right now, I'm listening to the Glenn Beck Show. There is a Muslim on the air arguing for Sharia law, and he doesn't even know what that means. Glenn is making him look like a fool. The caller keeps dodging the questions, and is saying absolutely nothing. He is an American citizen, and he keeps saying to Glenn about "your" government, and "your" media. Interesting.

The caller is very, very scary. He was ranting about the U.S. government being behind 9/11. Which makes NO SENSE at all! Why on earth would our government want to do that? I've heard these wackos talk about this before, and all that they can come up with is that the "Jews" did it. Again, what would that do for the "Jews"? Nothing.

Just watch the Glenn Beck show tonight at 7 PM or 9 PM ET on CNN Headline News. He's gonna have an interesting 1 hour show on our "friends" in the Middle East.

Hold on kids, it's gonna be an ugly ride. Especially with the dems in the Congress.


I've been trying to drink more water lately. The only advantage to that is that I get to urinate every 5 minutes. It's fun. Especially when you are stuck in an hour long surgery. Where you can't exactly just get up and leave to go potty.

This drinking water business is no fun. It's not even "leaded." What a ripoff. At least give me something for my frequent urination. At least give me a little som'thin' som'thin' for my effort.

I'm trying to budget for me Christmas shopping. How exactly do you determine how much money to spend on your "Sweet Young Thing" as one of my bosses called Annie recently. I'm thinkin' I'll spend $25 or so. On a Wal-Mart gift card.

"How romantic," you say.

I know. I'm a freakin' Casanova.

Keep on keepin' on.

Dr. Toes Gets Tattooed

Today, Dr. Toes got his eye's tattooed. Seriously. I mean his eyeballs. Why, you may ask? We he just had Lasix surgery done this morning. He had to get up at 3:00 A.M. this morning to get ready for the shuttle that would pick him up by 4:00 A.M. Dam, that's early.

Well, he was back at the house by 9:30 this morning, and he is one tired mother-trucker. His eyes look like he went 9 rounds with Mike Tyson (before his crazy ear-biting days). He has 2 tattoo dots on each eye, which looks pretty weird.

So, I have to keep waking him up, because he needs to put drops in his eyes every 10 minutes, and his butt keeps falling asleep. Understandably, cuz he be a tired cat.

On another note, my check engine light came on Saturday, so I finally got it in today. I went to Auto Zone for their free diagnostic check, and it said that there is a "Misfire at cylinder 8." This kind of pisses me off, because I just got new spark plugs and wires put in about 4 months ago. I hope that there is nothing too bad wrong with it. After spending about $2700 on it 2 months ago, I'm not really keen on spending too much more. I think that I have spent about $3500 on repairs on it this year alone. Dam, that's a lot of money.

My problem is that I've almost got the sucker paid off, as I owe around $6,000 on it. The real problem is that I have put over 98,000 miles on it in less than 4 years. I figure that by the time I have it paid off (by May of 2007 or so), I'll have around 110,000 miles or so. Great. Then I will have to keep it until the wheels fall off, to make the entire purchase worth while. Looking back, I really shouldn't have bought the truck in the first place, especially not buying it brand new. Oh well, live and learn.

I think within the next year or so, I'm gonna buy a P.O.S. Honda Accord for around $4,000-$5,000, and try to pay cash for it. I really don't want another car payment for a long time, because $525/month is a pretty steep amount to pay every month for 5 years.

Think about it. We have become so accustomed to the idea of having a car payment, that we think nothing about always having one. For instance, I could trade my truck in, and probably come out about even on the deal. I would then have a brand-new vehicle (good), but with another 5 year note. So then I'd continue the cycle of a never-ending car payment. The only good thing about that situation is that you drive a new vehicle all the time, and thereby keep repairs to a minimum. But, as I have learned this year, that isn't really true either, considering the $3500 or so that I've spent on repairs this year so far.

So, why not pay my truck off, and then use the money that I was paying for my truck and put it into an account of some sort. Save said money, and pay cash for the next vehicle, thereby saving a considerable amount of $$$ on interest on the vehicle. Plus, the real bonus is not having a car payment. Brilliant.

By the way, I got this idea from Dave Ramsey and his Financial Peace University class. I highly recommend it.

I really sucks that I got hit this hard with truck repairs during this time of year. My workload is much slower during November-December, so I don't exactly have much extra $ to spend on me truck. Especially with Christmas around the corner.

So, Annie, you'd better hope that the repairs are at a minimum, right? It's gonna determine how much $ I have for your Christmas gift. So keep your fingers crossed Annie.

Well, I've rambled enough, so keep on keepin' on.

See, Everyone Uses This Term

I've been reading, "The Truth About Hillary", by Edward Klein lately. It's a GREAT book. He's a good author who portrays her in her true light. Well I was reading when I found this quote, my emphasis added:

"Some senators professed to detect the emergence of a kinder, gentler Hillary. They noted that she never criticized President George W. Bush. She even gushed over the inspiring leadership of her New York archenemy, former mayor Rudolph Guiliani."

Even a world-renowned author uses the term "gush*".

Just thought that I'd share that with the world.

Keep on keepin' on.

* For those of you that don't understand what I mean when I say "gush", it means female lubrication. As in a woman getting "wet." You are welcome.

The Sky Is Falling!

But, unlike Chicken Little, I think that there are gonna be some pretty nasty changes coming up, now that the dems have the House, and probably the Senate.

Be ready for:

1) Higher taxes (but, hopefully, Bush will veto any bill that does that.) But they also want every single Bush tax cut to be repealed. Hurray!!! Cuz us folks love payin' dem taxes.

2) Higher gas prices - They are going to oppose expanding any drilling on U.S. soil, thereby maintaining the status quo of our dependence on foreign oil

3) Increase our risks of being attacked by crazy Muslim terrorists - They will cut our defense funding, and work hard to stifle our "wire tapping"

4) Continue to allow the floodgates to be open at our border. They dang sure don't want to stop the pouring of illegal immigrants, because that's voters coming in.

5) More "oversight" of intelligence - Methinks that means that they will make it very, very hard for us to gather any intelligence of any kind, related to comment #3

6) Create a true civil war in Iraq, and create a haven for terrorists there - They are going to push hard to get us out of Iraq way too early. Look out for this. It's coming.

7) Keep N. Korea and Iran on their current paths - They want us to open direct talks with these two nations. Can you really negotiate with terrorists and/or crazy people????? I don't think so.
8) Further hinder our Dept. of Homeland Security - They want oversight of intelligence agencies and "privacy-civil liberties issues." Again, related to #3, but this has an important addition. The civil liberties issues are not for us U.S. citizens. No, they are for the terrorists. That's all that they have talked about. They have been harping on our treatment of "enemy combatants" for years now. You'll see. Heck, even the Supreme Court, said that we need to give them rights.

9) Increase the terrorists rights (related to #8) - They are going to conduct hearings on the treatment of terrorists and domestic surveillance programs. Great. That's exactly what we need. Let's further hinder our country. Let's make it even easier for terrorists to strike this country.

10) Slow down the economy by increasing the minimum wage. - By forcing businesses to increase their payroll, it will in turn increase the cost of goods, because the businesses will pass on the extra expense of payroll to.....us.....the consumer.

I got most of this info from this story from the AP.

I think that the following 2 years will actually be good for the conservatives. I think after watching the dems turn this country into a clusterfudge, the voters will do what matters most....Put the Republicans in the White House, and put them back in the majority in both the House and the Senate in 2008.

Keep on keepin' on, and look out for any suspicious behavior by Middle Eastern men ages 18-45, because it's gonna be interesting.

Dancing With Cats

The clinic that I am working at today has a book entitled "Dancing With Cats." This is one of the many purely indescribable pictures from this book. I got this picture from their website.

Here is what this guy says about his tail:

"The tail balances the body and restores psychic equilibrium."

Here is another brilliant quote from the book:

"We dance with and in and through the power of the feline spirit."

And another. This one by the authors:

"It is our hope that this book will encourage others to experience that uplifting energy by dancing with their cats and, in doing so, help facilitate a greater understanding between us humans and our feline companions."

How do you really comment on such things? I'm really kind of in awe that people actually do this, much less paint themselves, and apply a freakin' tail to their thong!

I think that these people have some serious mental issues.

They actually meet at one another's houses to "hone their craft" and exchange ideas on how to improve their bond with their pussy.....um.....I mean pussycat....I mean cat.*

And apparently they have a modified ranking system of dancers. Seriously. Here's a quote about this chick from the book:



She is, "One of the world's most accomplished cat dancers..."

Continuing, the quote goes on, "Arija's high levels of etheric energy enable her to dance with a variety of cats."



WOW!!! She's one of the world's most accomplished cat dancers!?!?!? How do you rank that? Do they have competitions? Do they all get together with their assorted felines and all have an orgy o' dancing, and then let the competition commence? I'm assuming that they all take massive amounts of narcotics before they "dance" with their cats.

How about this: "Cat dancers report a variety of physical sensations that range from 'pleasant tingling and lightheadedness' to 'whole body spasm and uncontrolled muscle quiver.' Such effects make it seem likely that the feline energy system is influencing the human system on a neuro-muscular level."

I'm guessing that the "body spasm and uncontrolled muscle quiver" that one experiences would be an orgasm? Or a "pussy-induced quivering" if you will.**

Anyway, I'm about spent over this subject. Keep on keepin' on.


*Sorry Annie, I had to do it.

**Again, sorry Annie. For those of you counting, that's twice I've used the "P word" in this post in a non-sexual way. You are most welcome.

Real Quick

I'm about to hit the sack, but before I do, I just wanted to inform you that Annie and I are heading to the A&M/OU game!!! And we got FREE tickets!

Stick that on a stick and smoke it.

I may not be posting for the next few days or so. I know........I know. You are devastated.

Keep on keepin' on.