Explicitly Ambiguous

I read these this morning and thought they were damned good.

An article about the liberal Methodists inability to understand what we were fighting during WWII.

America the Murderous

and

The Devil in Darfur

In a funk over the cat using our sofa as a catpan we found a website that offered for $9.99 a recipe
for a pet odor remover. At first I was skeptical and then looked through the nine pages of testimonials. The authors were jumping up and down for joy over how this “recipe” worked. After having tried everything to get the stink out (god only knows how much we’ve shelled out to buy sprays, mixes, and everything else) we decided to spend the money for the recipe.

It works. It actually works. Yeah, youre paying for a recipe (along with 6 pages explaining how to use it for specific problems). But the product only costs about $1.50 to maybe $3.00 to make. IF it works for you then you’ve got a product you can use forever.

I am thrilled that my sofa no longer smells like it’s been dipped in a vat of cat urine. Next we’re going to do a test patch on the carpet and try it on the places they’ve hit because of other animals having been there before.

The recipe is so simple and cheap you’ll roll your eyes when you see it and you’ll probably think it won’t work.

All I can say is that it worked for us. Go to the site and read about it at least. Having had an apartment that smelled like a 200 pound cat as far as we’re concerned it was worth the money.

The website is Stinkypets.com

From the linked website:

“The Americans have broken their promise. They have left us.”
(Long Nguyen, South Vietnamese resistance fighter)

Inspired by the true stories of Vietnamese refugees who fled their land after the fall of Saigon—and those who were forced to stay behind, Journey From The Fall follows one family’s struggle for freedom.

April 30, 1975 marked the end of Vietnam’s two-decade-old civil war and the start of the exodus of hundreds of thousands of refugees. Despite his allegiance to the toppled South Vietnamese government, Long Nguyen (as Long Nguyen) decides to remain in Vietnam. Imprisoned in a Communist re-education camp, he urges his family to make the escape by boat without him. His wife Mai (Diem Lien), son Lai (Nguyen Thai Nguyen) and mother Ba Noi (Kieu Chinh) then embark on the arduous ocean voyage in the hope of reaching the U.S. and freedom.

Back in Vietnam, Long suffers years of solitary confinement and hard labor, and finally despairs that his family has perished. But news of their successful resettlement in America inspires him to make one last desperate attempt to join them.

You can view the trailer at the Journey From The Fall website

Today we live in a world where politicians are more concerned with winning an election than they are with the health and welfare of our soldiers. Of course they say they’re concerned with the soldiers and that’s why they take the stance they’ve taken. But I think we all know it’s politics that motivate them.

“Mom” by Bob Parks is definitely a must read.

I have a son who someday may choose to join the brotherhood of the military. I will worry, cry, and pray. But if he makes that choice I will honor his wishes and support him. My heart goes out to the military Mothers of today and I am in awe of them. I don’t know how they do what they do.

When you pray for those who serve offer a prayer for all of their Moms too.

“Nothing says you are ready for lunch like “Tonight We Dine in Hell”

Haven’t seen it yet but this “chick” plans on seeing what has been called a “guy” movie. I hate chick movies. All the navel gazing done in those movies makes me want to gag!

Some would say the Spartans were a warrior cult. At that moment, at that pass, that’s exactly what they needed to be to do what they did. I’m a history freak and I’ve read the history and I caught a show about it on the History Channel yesterday. They should re-run it again. Definitely worth watching to see just what they were up against.

Very sad. Especially the school. That’s something the weather geeks have always been afraid of.

A school being hit while the kids were in class.

When I was in school I never really felt good about standing/kneeling in the hall during drills with my hands clasped over my neck.

It didn’t feel safe.

Damned glad I never got to experience it for real.

I really need to clean out my closet….

I confess.. I was spoiled.

I knew what was going to happen.

I really need to stop doing that.

It’s a habit I picked up with while watching the X-Files.

I’ve tried not to look. It never works.

Maybe I need to have someone apply more strict torture discipline.

Anyone got Bauer’s cell phone number?

Maybe he can come visit and shove bamboo shoots under my fingernails to punish me for spoiling myself

Maybe while he’s here he could do something about that pinched nerve in my back.

As long as he doesn’t use his teeth… ouch!

BTW, Sean Callery rocks! Love the soundtrack!

Watched 24 last night and dammit they ruined the Wonder Pets/24 crossover I was writing! Guess I’ll have to rewrite it now.

A few comments on the show last night:

Did anyone really think that he was going to be killed by Fayed? Yeah, right!

Mmmmm… throatios… (makes note: never EVER eat and watch 24 at the same time.. ugh)

I know what’s wrong with Jack…. he doesn’t have his man-purse. If he had his man-purse he wouldn’t have any problem torturing people. I guess along with the urinal it also contained his testicles. For the love of God someone give him back his man-purse! We’re running out of time!!!!! Dammit!!!!

I have a feeling the nice little family is going to pay even more for being so gullible. Sick twisted writers!!!!!

New weasel: Tom Lennox

I don’t think this season is going to be dark… I think it’s going to be damned near black.

Btw, if you didn’t know it’s Talk like Jack Bauer Day dammit!!!!

This will be the last post until after Christmas.

Richard finished our digital Christmas card a few days ago and he rendered it into a banner sized image so I could use it for my blog. It’s our Christmas card to all of you… my multitude of readers. *cough* lol

(You can see the card thru the Xmas Cabin theme. Theme switcher is on the right.)

I think we were all hoping they’d find James Kim alive. Unfortunately there wasn’t a happy ending.

Bless his heart he did the best he could with what he had in a horrendous situation. My heart goes out to his family. The man did what any parent would do in that situation. He tried to save his family. The rest of us can only hope that we’d behave as he did. He may have made some mistakes but dammit he tried and in my book that makes him a hero.

Hopefully people will learn something from this.

If you’re going to be out travelling at this time of the year put a box in the back of the car with blankets, space blankets, extra warm clothing, food, current maps, water and ANYTHING you might need in an emergency.

You may never need it but at least you’ll have it IF you do.