Man, I wore a red shirt and everything.

I tried to do a show this morning. I should have known better. It’s was last December (and a different computer) since I did a show. I should have checked with a test show whether or not WinBLows Vista likes the software that BTR uses.

It doesn’t. Vista doesn’t like Skype either. Guess what I use to call in to the show?

SO – I ended up setting up in the office, in front of the old desktop monitor. I had Skype on the old machine (which doesn’t want to connect to the internet, but WILL allow Skype to work – go figure) and BTR on the laptop. Vista doesn’t like the chatroom, either. I even went so far as to use the CAT5 connection to the router, instead of the wireless connection, so I wouldn’t be running the risk of no connection. Then, to top it all off, since I was using the old computer for Skype, and it had been a while since I had to connect the headset to the sound port, I plugged the microphone into the wrong jack. Eight minutes forty four seconds of talking to myself, no one in the chat room to give me feedback, until Harvest Pastor joined the chat room, and I found out I was broadcasting dead air.

Perfect. Ship it.

I was sooooo close to not posting this evening. I was going to do a post on Tuesday. Then, I was going to do a post on Wednesday. Today, I finally told myself to buckle down a do a post, for crying out loud – my five readers would be wondering where I went!

It’s been one of those weeks – the best intentions are waylaid, and things get out of hand, and next thing you know it’s so late at night and you STILL haven’t watched the last three Sprint Cup races… or the season finale of Warehouse 13… or the season finale of Eureka… or anything else you’ve DVR’d, either. So – do you stay up late and watch one or two items? Or do you be the responsible type person who has a job to go to in the morning and go to bed so you can function? Or, as I did, do you choose to try to do both by falling asleep in front of the tv?

I gotta quit doing that.

No staying up late for me tonight though – I have to get up earlier than for work since I’m re-lighting “The O Word” on BlogTalkRadio tomorrow morning at 0700 Mountain Standard Time. Sure hope to see you in the chat room or on the switchboard – I’ll be the host wearing a red shirt!

Chat ya later…

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It’s amazing how much more rested you feel when you don’t drive a cab for thirty six hours, trying to do the last twelve on five hours of sleep and four hours of waiting in line, then getting two hours of sleep before going to a day full of church activities.

For those of you wanting to know – TMBWitW came through the procedure with no major issues, other than a continuing feeling of dizziness and pain that seem to want to stick around for the holidays. She is resting at home, in her own bed, and doing a lot of much-needed sleeping.

I’m off today – the owners of the Paper Plate Deli are driving back from Telluride today, after a much-deserved extended weekend away from work. I’m back on the clock first thing in the morning.

Remember, “The O Word“ is back on the air on BlogTalkRadio starting this Friday at 0700 Mountain Standard Time.

How was your weekend?

Chat ya later…

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First, and foremost – go on over to Political Pistachio and wish good old Doug a very happy birthday.

Alaska Steve is always a good place to start, as his Sense of Place is always relaxing to view.

Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings has a cartoon at the top (Ol’ Broad is at the Dr this morning, prayers for her) that says that sometimes, interrogation procedures have to be aggressive… The Ozark Guru wants to know why Blue State Digital was in Iraq – details, like who the heck Blue State Digital is, on ARRA News Service. Assoluta Tranquilita wonders if conservatives of all stripes will build on the momentum from the TEA Parties.

Richard (At The Water) spotted his lifer bird #90 – go see what it is!

Basti has a nifty video up about the “volunteer service” bill that TEH ONE signed into existence. Bloviating Zeppelin points out hypocrisy in the Dem-run DC area (yeah, like it’s hard to hit a target that big). GuyK wanders about casting his eye on smoke screens, back fires, and fish frys – and only two of those are political themes.

mdconservative talks about the budget and Obama’s upcoming comedy tour on Conservative Intelligence Report. cookiecrumbexpress passes on information that looks like the recent attempt by the DHS to brand people concerned about politics as extremists and terrorists has become a trend with the release of a report from the Maryland National Guard. CyberPastor has an inspirational video posted about a certain Lady Wildcat form Indiana. (and prayers to AnnieB for complete healing)

Is there still a deck of cards that is getting thinner and thinner? Gateway Pundit reports on the capture (unconfirmed by the US) of al-qaeda leader al-Baghdadi by Iraqi forces. Gawfer wants to know what part of US Code Title 8 Chapter 12 subchapter II part VIII § 1325 Napolitano does not understand – he’s guessing it’s that part that says “illegal.”

Wanna watch the liberals pop blood vessels? Wait ’til they try to figure out how to deal with Condi Rice’s OK of waterboarding. Join the discussion on Jenn’s Jungle. Findalis has the latest on the Flight 93 memorial on Maggie’s Notebook. Kathi has the Wednesday Hero spotlighted on Mail Call! Supporting the Troops.

Mary points us to a chance to win some cool stuff on Mary’s World – and here’s my entry attempt:

Bible Study Magazine and Eternal Perspective Ministries are giving away 40 signed copies of Randy Alcorn’s book, Heaven. Not only that, but they’re also giving away five subscriptions to Bible Study Magazine and a copy of their Bible Study Library software! Enter to win on the Bible Study Magazine Randy Alcorn page, then take a look at all the cool tools they have to take your Bible study to the next level!

Findalis is a busy little Monkey – besides posting on Maggie’s, there is also an excellent article on Monkey in the Middle about just how much of a state Palestine really wants. There is a review of the Rally on the Green by Oath Keepers.

Old Soldier has no words for his top story.

Scott Welch has a good post up about God’s Incomprehensible and Unchangeable Love on Our Sovereign Joy. Good stuff over on Pitchpull – don’t stop at the top, keep reading down…

Samantha has the latest batch of promotions in the world of USMC officers. Ablur has a graphic demonstration of just what 100 million dollars looks like – in relation to the rest of the budget – on Some Things Just Need To Be Said. Texas Fred is always interesting to read, and now you have a chance to hear him speak (in case you didn’t attend the TEA Party in his hometown):

The Make-A-Statement Radio Show, hosted by David Hill with your co-host author and commentator Melissa Pehle-Hill. We will talk about politics and issues facing Henderson County, Texas, and the United States. Tonight we will be talking to *Texas* Fred Witzell, the author of the blog, TexasFred’s at http://TexasFred.net/

Fred says, “I’m a highly opinionated blogger, if you ask for my opinion I’ll let you know exactly what’s on my mind. I don’t play the PC game, so, be very careful what you ask for.” Our topic for the evening will be the upcoming Texas Governors Race and the Tea Parties.
Make A Statement Radio

The show starts at 10:30PM CDT tonight, 04-23-09, I hope you will tune in, this should be interesting.

During the show tonight I will have this email and my Yahoo Messenger open. If you have a thought you’d like addressed, let me know… Yahoo IM: texasfred_53
If you do, please keep it topic specific, Texas Governors race, Texas Sovereignty, The Tea Parties…

TexasFred

The Black Sphere just wants you to know that, hey, Obama just wants to be loved. the BLOG points out my reason for not going with context-sensitive ad placement services.

(Has anyone heard from The Bull lately?)

Chief Roland shares the news that Obama wants to charge Bush officials for the aggressive interrogations that a bipartisan committee OK’d on The Roland Blog. Hammer has some questions to tickle your brain housing group on this fine Thursday.

Last but not least, Yid With Lid has a few words about the investigation into the enhanced interrogation techniques…

Chat ya later…

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Yup, raining here in the Valley of the Sun. I understand Flagstaff is expecting up to a foot of Global Warming (see #4) today, on top of the seven inches of Global Warming (see #4) they got on Sunday. Speaking of Sundays…

Did I tell you the one about NFC Sunday and the guy who should have lost his mancard privileges?

I had a cab on a 24 hour lease for the Sunday that the Cardinals played the Eagles for the NFC title. The “conventional wisdom” at the cage was that sitting at a cabstand at Westgate (where the University of Phoenix Stadium is located) (i know, naming a “professional” stadium for a college…) would be the big money. Knowing that the “conventionally wise” drivers would be doing just that, I stayed away from Westgate, on the theory (proven time and again, by the way) that while all the cabs are jockeying for places at Westgate, no one was available to pick up all the rides wanting to get anywhere else. So, I was busy from the time I got out of church until I turned the cab in on Monday morning. At any rate –

I had taken a short break about 1500, since I was near the home 20, and grabbed a bite to eat. I then got back on the stick, and cruised over towards Westgate, about three miles from my house to begin with. I was at the corner of Glendale Avenue and 91st Avenue when a 20something guy flagged me down. Geekboy jumped in, and said that he needed to pick up his girlfriend. He was on the phone with girlfriend, and kept chatting and cajoling her to hurry. Where was she? On Maryland Avenue, supposedly meeting him at 91st Ave. Maryland is one of the streets that got extended into the former cotton fields to provide more access and egress for Westgate and the resultant development around it. I couldn’t go south on 91st, since it was the fourth quarter and traffic control had already started setting it up for mass exit. I turned around, went to 83rd, and dropped south to Maryland there. An officer was working traffic control there, also, keeping non-residents from cutting through the neighborhood. I told him my fare wanted to pick up his girlfriend at 91st and Maryland. The nice officer let us through. (i’m pretty sure he thought i meant that geekboy’s girlfriend lived in the neighborhood in the vicinity of 91 and maryland, but that was not my concern) Once I got over to the other side, we saw that traffic control was not allowing traffic straight through – you had to turn north, so I pulled over to the curb. All this time, geekboy (and i’m being kind – he musta been born in the ugly tree, and hit several branches when he fell out) is on the phone, telling “Susie” to hurry and meet us – he had a cab, and we were sitting at 91 and Maryland…I know it’s a long way, but run, babe, because we hafta move soon…

The officer working traffic control on the west side of the neighborhood sauntered over. I told him we were waiting for geekboy’s girlfriend, and she should be right there soon. He told me he would work with me – I couldn’t sit on the curb like I was, but if I pulled up to the light I didn’t have to go through the light unless someone came up behind me. I thanked him, and pulled up to the stop line. Soon after, a vehicle pulled in behind me (of course!). I had to move, so I went north a little bit to the next break in the traffic cones, glanced around, and u-turned back to Maryland – we were going to get in!

I made the turn in at Maryland, and was cruising along in the single lane of cone-marked access allowed, when geekboy said “There she is! Hey, Susie!” She was walking along the other side of the street, oblivious to the BRIGHT GREEN CAB that geekboy was hanging out of while talking to geekboy on the phone. I found a spot where the cones were a little spread apart, and pulled another u-turn. I am so glad the police were paying attention to the cones, and not me…

I pulled up next to oblivious girl – I mean, Susie – and geekboy jumps out, gets her attention, and they start talking about how she wants to stay and party at Westgate and he wants to go to their place. I have to interject here, though – she was not in his class. Actually, he was nowhere near HER class, based on looks – she was a drop-dead, stonecoldfox, good looking kid. You know – makes the cheer squad on looks alone type. I figure either he was a really good kisser (wink wink nudge nudge) or his credit line made Bill Gates look poor. I digress.

She wanted to stay and party, he wanted to go to their place. Why? It turns out that the Eagles were enjoying theire one and only lead in the game, and he was upset that the Cardinals had blown their massive lead. He kept telling me to go to 43rd Avenue and Union Hills (a pretty nice fare from Westgate, on top of the running in circles we had already done) and she kept telling him that she wanted to stay and party. All this time I was still sitting at the curb, and their argument was running about 45 cents per minute. Finally, he got huffy, told her to get in, and as she was getting in the back he got in the front seat. I took off, turning north on 91st and hitting a red light at Glendale, where the argument peaked. She said “Fine. Just let me out here, and you can go where ever.” “Oh, come on, Susie – don’t be like that!” The light turned green, and I started across the intersection.

She decided to assert her independence at that particular point in time, and opened her door – as we were accelerating across Glendale. I hollered at her to close the door and wait until I pulled over – I aimed for the bus pull out on the other side. No sooner had I pulled in there that she was out and gone. He was sitting there, looking all hurt, and kind of crying a little bit. I thought to myself “wow. what a weird chain of events.” Then, out loud – “Uh, where to, then?”

Being all butthurt, he choked out “83rd and Cactus. I wanna go to my parents house.”

When I got to the house he directed me to, the meter read $32 and change. He gave me two twenties, jumped out, and ran to the front door. I left, thinking I should have told him that the meter was $32 and his man card.

Still, not bad for a half hour’s work and I still had the rest of the night to make lots of runs – which I did.

Chat ya later…

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