Random thoughts that are making me giggle

Ok - I know - no blog for days and now 4 in one? But my mom and I talk a lot on Instant Messenger, keeping the umbilical attached as much as I can, thank ya very much, and we had some real doozies that I'm still giggling about and feel the need to share ...so my blog is the target on this Saturday evening at home, alone.

Me: I would never eat a quilt.
Mom: Unless it were made of beef.

Mom: You have a clock in your tummy like your grandpa Jerry.
Me: I like that genetically I have a clock in my tummy like my grandpa... or that crocodile. Maybe my great-great grandpa was a crocodile.
Mom: And your great-great grandma was Tinkerbell?
Me: uh...A fairy would NEVER mate with a crocodile.

My mom may possibly be one of the funniest people I know. I'm honored by her greatness and her lateness. That she would even show up for this fake S@!t.

Debt part dos

Wow... a little more research and this chart is what I find



So the debt was lowest (although probably not low) during Carter's 'reign'. But people hate Carter and say that he was a terrible President. I don't know if he was I'm not smart enough for this discussion I started!

I just realized I really need lotion!

National debt and thoughts.....

I'm bad at math... but I was reading an article today about campaign fundraising - the three remaining candidates, not counting anyone who doesn't have a shot in hell, Obama, Clinton and McCain have raised a total of $508 million dollars. That to me is a number so far beyond what I understand it's not even funny. (Once on Penn and Teller's show Bullshit, they were discussing numbers and how they're *AHEM* bullshit. Penn said that at a certain point numbers so big just start being classified as shitload, assload, etc, etc... Hilarity ensued.) Anyway (focus, Cassie, focus), I thought to myself it's pathetic that without even knowing (or understanding) the actual numbers, if Americans were to donate that to the National Debt, rather than candidates (and make the candidates figure out a cheaper way to convince us... I'm thinking candy bribes. Rolos are pretty cheap.) it would not even be a drop in the bucket. I was really curious about what it actually would do. So I did a tiny bit of research - Google is a miracle machine - and found the Debt Calculator. This one is even more of a nightmare, when you can watch the debt adding on. So anyway - about $9 trillion. I think the next bigger step is quadtrillion? (A shitty assload.) Something like that. Anyway - if Americans had contributed $508 million dollars to pay toward that deficit, it would only decrease .005%. I don't really know how to feel about it, because the numbers feel so theoretical and bullshit-y. And I don't think there's one person or government decision to blame. I could be wrong here... and there are people who are much smarter reading this blog than the one writing. So feel free, point out the one person, or the one decision, or just check my math. I look forward to reading your input.


I don't have a conclusion here for you. Come up with your own, I've got to go balance my checkbook.

interesting blog

I wouldn't normally do this ... but this blog is really interesting - way more interesting than mine!

Inside Iraq

My dog is a nudist

Well, I guess technically not a nudist, but she definitely likes it shorter. It's not really quite warm enough for her to have gotten her first haircut of the summer, but it was so long it was really getting tangle-y. So she got her haircut. Or HAIRCUTE! She acts like a puppy when her hair is first cut and she looks like a stuffed animal. Very very cute, for an old lady and her homemade up-do.

Before:

After:

In other news, I learned that I make a mean Taco Salad. YEAH!