So I have been taking Spanish lessons via Italki using Skye for a while now. The other evening I was working with a young man from Guatemala. The subject of the dysfunctional man now pretending to be POTUS came up. He was telling me there is a very popular t-shirt in his country (and as it turns out through out the Latino world) that reads “Donald eres un pendejo“.
Just in case you are not up on your Mexican obscenities, pendejo is asshole.
Plus I would assume it is disrespectful to use the personal you when addressing a man of the supposed stature of Gospodin Trump.
Apparently the whole world, except redneck America, hates Donald Trump…go figure.
One of my coworkers is a gentleman of 50 something years. He has a glass eye.
Wednesday of course, was Halloween, and they had a Trunk-or-Treat event in our office. The building had a costume event so there were more than a few souls not in business casual.
Where you get such things is beyond me, but my coworker had replaced his “dress” glass eye with a gag one. For all the world, it look like his eyeball was enucleating in a projectile fashion so that there was about 2 inches of “goo” projecting from his eye socket. To complete the ensemble he had fake blood on his white shirt. He was such a happy camper as folks would look at him, become aghast, then start twittering nervously.
My favorite definition of sanity is, “knowing how to go insane safely.” Bingo.
a person skilled in the practice or theory of horology (the study and measurement of time; the art of making clocks and watches)
a maker of clocks or watches
Synonyms:
watchmaker
clockmaker
horologer
timekeeper
Usage:
Witness on the stand to Prosecuting Attorney, “Yes I am a horologist, but the correct pronunciation of my profession is ho·rol·o·gist, not whore·rol·o·gist.”
Every year one of neighbor has an outdoor Halloween party for the adults, a pot luck affair. The neighbors sit up a fire pit, cook a big dish of this or that, and provide the area. Of course, we all bring candy and mug the Trick-or-Treaters as they come by trying to get rid of our candy. No one wants to have to take the sweets home. Resistance is futile when it comes to chocolate.
Normally, Robin is the one in the gang of adults passing out candy to the kids as they come by. She off doing something else and gave the bowl of goodies to me to dispense to the young revelers.
I was doing so when one of them asked me, “What are you supposed to be?”
Now I had come from work and pretty much went straight to the festivities. I had on cowboy boots, cords and a regular shirt. I had added a newsboy hat and fleece jacket before we went as it was just wee bit cool and we were to be outside. My hair is a little on the long side.
Not knowing what to answer, I told the truth, “tall and ugly, ugly and tall…”
The mute button becomes the most important button on your remote
For this 5 or 6 week period every 2 years, it is the only time either party even acts like they care about social issues that most Americans worry about every day.
I’ve been fascinated by Benjamin Rush ever since as a grade schooler, I realized that there was a signature on the Declaration of Independence with the same last name as mine, Rush. Rush is not the commonest of last names. Of course, I fantasized that he might be a direct ancestor or other relation. At that time there had not been a lot of genealogy done on my family. Since then I have discovered that we are related, not closely, but related. We are 3rd cousins 6 generations removed. We share a common ancestor, Capt. John “Old Trooper” Rush. What is interesting about John Rush is that he was a captain in Oliver Cromwell’s army. If you remember your English history, Cromwell briefly established a republic in Great Britain in the 1650s. Capt. Rush later immigrated to the Pennsylvania colony.
Paul Henry Carr was my mother’s brother who fought and lost his life in WW II. While losing his life he performed heroically. He received several honors posthumously, included having a missile frigate name after him. After 30 years of service the ship has be decommissioned, but the memory lives on in our family.
This November 3rd, 2018, Paul Henry Carr is to be inducted into the Oklahoma Military Hall of Fame. The family is looking on this as a huge honor, as it is.
The family commissioned an exhibit that is at Checotah, Oklahoma. Checoath is more or less the ancestral pueblo. There is an ongoing effort to complete the funding.
You can help support The Carr exhibit by doing what you do anyway…buying on Amazon.com . “How?”, you ask, By following some extraordinary simple steps.
Last week it was reported that in 2017 the average CEO of the 350 largest firms in the U.S. received $18.9 million in compensation. That’s a 17.6 percent increase over 2016.
At the same time, the typical worker’s compensation remained flat, rising merely 0.3 percent.
The first Gilded Age fueled a progressive era that tamed and regulated its excesses, beginning in 1901.
I wrote my Missouri Senators requesting them to vote NO on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. IMHO, Kavanaugh is awful man who would have the power to set this country back 50 years. He absolutely, should not be a Supreme Court Justice.
This is the response from Roy Blunt. It just added to the many reasons I have not voted for this man, and will never vote for this man…for any office.
Dear David:
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts on President Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to serve as an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Judge Kavanaugh is a highly-qualified nominee with an outstanding legal background. In his decade on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Kavanaugh has become known for his intellect, effective writing style, and ability to build consensus.
The Supreme Court is one of the most important legacies a president can leave. I look forward to learning more about Judge Kavanaugh’s judicial record and talking with him about his judicial philosophy as the confirmation process moves forward.
Again, thank you for contacting me. I look forward to continuing our conversation on Facebook (www.facebook.com/SenatorBlunt) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/RoyBlunt) about the important issues facing Missouri and the country. I also encourage you to visit my website (blunt.senate.gov) to learn more about where I stand on the issues and sign-up for my e-newsletter.
So I have been taking Spanish lessons via Italki using Skye for a while now. The other evening I was working with a young man from Guatemala. The subject of the dysfunctional man now pretending to be POTUS came up. He was telling me there is a very popular t-shirt in his country (and as it turns out through out the Latino world) that reads “Donald eres un pendejo“.
