General Malaise

Thought to self If the cowboy's win...it will be a perfect weekend! UT won in the most amazing game I've seen in a long time...over OU!!! K. State beat A&M wich I dig! And Texas Tech pulled one out of their butt in OT.

Alas, it's a soggy, muddy mess here in the Panhandle, which is not normal! We've gotten, here at the house (unofficial) 2.10' of rain. That's great...for everyone BUT us! We never turn down moisture...but when you're trying to chop corn? Not so good! If the rain would have held out for 3-4 more days...I'd a been doing the happy dance....naked!

Cowboys sucked. I knew it was going to be a bad day when Romo walked onto the field during first possession, instead of jogging and yelling instructions at his offense.

I have an uncanny knack for picking winning horses when I go to the track, or even watch the derby on TV. At the track....I race between the saddling paddock and the cages like a madwoman. If a horse is "on it's toe's" looking excited to run....nay, determined to run...I'll bet him....no matter the odds...works well for me. Romo walked almost nonchalantly onto the field, didn't looked determined to compete. Not his fault, they all looked lethargic...ergo, my $2.00 bet in the derby wouldn't have been on them.

Just pissy, had a blast watching the UT-OU game...exhausted afterwards! Forgot how much fun and how fast college ball is! I could've napped today watching the NFL~have these guys forgotten how much fun football used to be? Is it just a job now? A job that can get you two 3 carat diamond earrings? One for each ear?

I got SOOOO excited, pissed off, elated, and despairing in the Red River Shootout, my SE shut the ofiice door! I screamed and yelled and wailed and whooped! It was great!

Then a political ad. And I realized. College football, pro football, high school football, italian soccer, hawaiian baseball, junior high volleyball.....is nice. Something to fight for and maintain. But hell and damnation, there's a crisis going on now and it's up to voters (like, me) to do some critical thinking, analyzing....and vote. And then think it's all gonna be okay after that. I love my ostrich/head in the sand impersonation, I do it well, especially since I've been working out, my back doesn't hurt as bad and the rear shot looks a little better!

I'm frightened by the lack of education here in our great country. When you see "There will be NO tax increases on anyone who makes less than $250,000 a year!" and you're a typical working class American...hell, that looks good! Great even!

Is is short sighted? What DO our taxes fund? Social Security? Has anyone looked beyond their own pocketbook and researched where our tax money is actually spent? I for one, pay my taxes. Not a penny more than I owe, but every dime Uncle Sam wants. And I lose my head when I see local people pull up the the grocery store, file out 5 children, cash their paychecks at the window, spend their $300.00 on groceries, using food stamps, after they pocketed joint paychecks of $3850.00 for two weeks wages between them! That's not the clencher. They loaded up their 5 children in their Cadillac Escalade (which I can't afford because I just spent $300 on food stamps!) and drove back to their section 5 housing...which my taxes also pay for. It's a shame to have such a nice ride...costs more than their house (what do they care, they didn't pay for it)...and have no garage for it! Sure, THEY will vote for Obama because they don't want a tax increase? Seems to me they would vote for someone who does want a tax increase, to them it means the equivalent of a salary increase.

I have no answers...lot's of questions though. Lot's. I just find some sort of wierd dichotomy going on between Obama's "mainstreet" approach and McCains "mainstreet" address.

Weird times, scary times no matter which side of the demographic you're on.

But TEXAS WON! Life is good (god this sand smells good)