Every once in a while I get a question from a reader about who is represented by the initials or code phrases I use on this blog. I just wrote a post that had THREE specialized terms, and realized you actually might be well served with a glossary. So here 't'is. I'm sure I've missed something and I'll update this list as I remember to do so.
My Darling Wife: (kidding, I'm pretty sure you can figure this out on your own)
VFD: Me
#1: Our first child, a girl
#2, #3, #4: our second through fourth children, all boys
The Zoo: Our children
VFDKitty: #1's cat
VFDDawg #1 & #2 a bitch and a dog, littermates, both pure chihuahuas
LB: Listing Buddy.
CB: Carpool Buddy, more often referred to as LB - since promoted, but the original cubicle-sharer with me at work
WM: Warehouse Manager, since promoted also but the name also stuck
NLB: New Listing Buddy; this can refer to any of several new employees where I work
CO#1 and #2: the people that own my company
775: that's the first part of his phone number, and the second part is his name.
BBM: Big Black Man, the only such who works where I work, unmistakable in a company photo
GJ: Grumpy Joe
CB: Cleaning Buddy
PI: Private Insano, the resident crazy person where I work
FOG: Front Office Girl, can refer to any of several of them
RB: Ron's Brother
NP: Newbie Pat
PB: Pit Boss, currently my floor manager
Bad Robot: My Darling Wife's Buick Terraza with a nagging attitude built right in to the computer. Initially named "Stupid Bitch" but revised to be more child-friendly.
The Hot Rod: My Hyundai Elantra
Big Brother: A Glock model 22 acquired from government surplus
Little Brother: A Kel-Tek P-3AT, made of the same stuff as Big Brother, but smaller
Mr. Gauge: A 12-gauge shotgun, can refer to any of them
Good Communist (/Socialist/Marxist/etc): a Dead Communist
JF, TS, GB, SCetc: initials of peoples' names
Davesville: the City (my the City) where I live and/or work. Not the actual name of my the City.
RCG: Regulation Girl, takes care of satisfying OSHA, the Fire Marshall, the EEOC, Hazmat requirements, etc. She wishes you would consult her before doing . . . well, anything, really.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Halloween Is Dumb
Today was Sunday. We went to church. Then we came home, had supper, and went to bed just like every other Sunday.
You're not a pagan. You don't even believe in wicked spirits. You otherwise don't teach your children to beg (I hope) from the neighbors . . . so what good is there in Halloween, aside from the benefit to the candy and costume makers? Halloween is dumb in America in 2010.
Besides which some people get dumb on Halloween. I'd be interested in going on a ride-out with an Austin policeman on Halloween, but I prefer to be home to provide physical security on the off chance somebody decides to be dumb towards my house. If I were in a different part of town, Mr. Gauge would be loaded and handy right now. As it is I feel safe enough with God looking out for us and Big Brother and Little Brother within easy reach.
You're not a pagan. You don't even believe in wicked spirits. You otherwise don't teach your children to beg (I hope) from the neighbors . . . so what good is there in Halloween, aside from the benefit to the candy and costume makers? Halloween is dumb in America in 2010.
Besides which some people get dumb on Halloween. I'd be interested in going on a ride-out with an Austin policeman on Halloween, but I prefer to be home to provide physical security on the off chance somebody decides to be dumb towards my house. If I were in a different part of town, Mr. Gauge would be loaded and handy right now. As it is I feel safe enough with God looking out for us and Big Brother and Little Brother within easy reach.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
WTF Is Wrong With You People?
Junk bonds are on a rally lately. Okay, maybe you can give people a pass on that. Junk bonds crashing wasn't the last bubble burst. But mortgage bonds? Really? You're blowing another bubble in mortgage bonds?
people, people people.
In a way it's good I suppose. The economy would completely tank, and hard, if people would invest based on the value of things vs. their emotions and optimism. Then I might lose my job in the ensuing crash. While we have a slow slide into the economic abyss, people can keep up hope that the next year holds promise. Then they continue to buy junk on eBay, thereby supporting my employment.
. . . and when we, as Japan, have two lost decades under our belt, I still have a job. Great success.
people, people people.
In a way it's good I suppose. The economy would completely tank, and hard, if people would invest based on the value of things vs. their emotions and optimism. Then I might lose my job in the ensuing crash. While we have a slow slide into the economic abyss, people can keep up hope that the next year holds promise. Then they continue to buy junk on eBay, thereby supporting my employment.
. . . and when we, as Japan, have two lost decades under our belt, I still have a job. Great success.
President Obama Endorses Republican Party!
Most of the country hates what President Obama has managed to do. He thinks he's not gone far enough. Obama says that some of his "progress" might be undone if the Republicans can win this Tuesday. This is tantamount to begging most of the country to vote anti-Democrat this Tuesday.
For once, I agree with President Obama.
For once, I agree with President Obama.
Friday, October 29, 2010
China Resumes Rare Earth Metal Shipments?
A full month and more after China stopped shipping rare earth metals to their trading 'partners' and mere hours before Secretary Clinton was to wave her finger at them and threaten to write them a nasty letter, China started letting rare earths out of their ports again.
This can be seen as a won or failed attempt, depending on what they were trying to accomplish. I am inclined to think it was a failure, as their main customers started recycling and their secondary customers started making moves to open up their own rare earth mines again. We'll see how this is spun in the news in the coming days.
This can be seen as a won or failed attempt, depending on what they were trying to accomplish. I am inclined to think it was a failure, as their main customers started recycling and their secondary customers started making moves to open up their own rare earth mines again. We'll see how this is spun in the news in the coming days.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Did You Ever Wonder?
What happened to the bad kids in Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory? Did the blueberry turn violet? Did gloop squeeze through? Did Mike ever resume his normal programming? I like to think the furnace was lit for the Bad Egg chute, but the rest of them . . .
. . . one of the parts of a good movie: they leave you hanging a little.
. . . one of the parts of a good movie: they leave you hanging a little.
How Not To Vote
If it's not enough for you to realize that the horrific oil spill response/cleanup fiasco in the Gulf was on the Democrats' watch, maybe you will scroll down to the bottom of this post. In bankrupted-by-unions California, the unions are crying that taxed-to-the-hilt citizens are not paying enough taxes to support the unions. Mish points out that they have done the people of California a great service in providing a handy guide of who to vote AGAINST next Tuesday.
Oil, Dispersant Still Being Deposited In Gulf of Mexico
Naked Capitalism brings a guest post from Washington's Blog. Click through to find a few DOZEN headlines about:
The well is still pouring out fresh crude oil
Somebody is spraying dispersants from blacked-out planes at night
People are being sprayed and getting sick
Kids play with tar balls on the beach and hemmorage from their ears.
Women working on the ocean hemmorage from BOTH southern exposures
The government is intimidating people into silence
Shrimpers fishing IN oil, seafood not being tested for presence of chemicals
Reasonable observers saw this coming. Even I saw this coming. Click the "Oil" tag at the bottom of this post and look at my predictions as far back as July. Be surprised if you see more than one of the stories in the Naked Capitalism post discussed in the next seven days on the MSM news. In an anti-incumbent election year, remember: this happened on the Democrats' watch.
The well is still pouring out fresh crude oil
Somebody is spraying dispersants from blacked-out planes at night
People are being sprayed and getting sick
Kids play with tar balls on the beach and hemmorage from their ears.
Women working on the ocean hemmorage from BOTH southern exposures
The government is intimidating people into silence
Shrimpers fishing IN oil, seafood not being tested for presence of chemicals
Reasonable observers saw this coming. Even I saw this coming. Click the "Oil" tag at the bottom of this post and look at my predictions as far back as July. Be surprised if you see more than one of the stories in the Naked Capitalism post discussed in the next seven days on the MSM news. In an anti-incumbent election year, remember: this happened on the Democrats' watch.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
President Obama is My Enemy?
. . . according to him, maybe.
He should probably fire whoever wrote this for his TelePrompTer.
No, he did not call you and me his enemy. He said he thinks latino voters should consider non left-wingers the enemy. See? It's not the same as calling you the enemy at all. This, from the guy who ran as a racial and political uniter. He said we were no longer to be red States and blue States. No more black or white or latino Americans . . . well, I suppose that may have meant, we won't be divided after all our enemies have been "punished."
President George H.W. Bush eulogized President Reagan in part by saying: "He led from conviction, but never made an adversary into an enemy. He was never mean-spirited." President Bush, of course, is too classy to walk up to President Obama and say "You, sir, are no Ronald Reagan."
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Well, at least Obama is gracious enough to repeatedly say he isn't the King of America. That he has apparently thought of being King enough to mention it publicly is both disturbing and not surprising.
He should probably fire whoever wrote this for his TelePrompTer.
"We’re gonna punish our enemies and we’re gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us."
No, he did not call you and me his enemy. He said he thinks latino voters should consider non left-wingers the enemy. See? It's not the same as calling you the enemy at all. This, from the guy who ran as a racial and political uniter. He said we were no longer to be red States and blue States. No more black or white or latino Americans . . . well, I suppose that may have meant, we won't be divided after all our enemies have been "punished."
President George H.W. Bush eulogized President Reagan in part by saying: "He led from conviction, but never made an adversary into an enemy. He was never mean-spirited." President Bush, of course, is too classy to walk up to President Obama and say "You, sir, are no Ronald Reagan."
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Well, at least Obama is gracious enough to repeatedly say he isn't the King of America. That he has apparently thought of being King enough to mention it publicly is both disturbing and not surprising.
Madness @ Work
LB pays his car note when the people at Monster Mega Bank call him to tell him he's delinquent. They called him while he was talking to Company Owner #2.
LB: Hey, put your president on the phone, let me talk to him.
MMB: I don't think you're going to be able to talk to the President of Monster Mega.
LB: Well, you could if you worked where I work. You can talk to the president where I work. Here.
LB: (shoves phone in CO2's face) CO2 you talk to em.
CO2: Oh, okay . . .
LB: (back on the phone) See? That was the president of my company!
MMB: (incredulous) Where do you work?
At a small company, Monster Mega Collections girl. A small, small company. It's great.
LB: Hey, put your president on the phone, let me talk to him.
MMB: I don't think you're going to be able to talk to the President of Monster Mega.
LB: Well, you could if you worked where I work. You can talk to the president where I work. Here.
LB: (shoves phone in CO2's face) CO2 you talk to em.
CO2: Oh, okay . . .
LB: (back on the phone) See? That was the president of my company!
MMB: (incredulous) Where do you work?
At a small company, Monster Mega Collections girl. A small, small company. It's great.
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