Damn cold!
Well, it's been over a week since I entered something into this blog.. Elaine and I have had bad coughs.. I feel better right now.. but Elaine is still hacking away.
Oscar Wilde: "Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same."
Now.. I'm in big trouble if Elaine sees this. So, don't let her know.
Let's catch up on a few items in the news:
01. Carroll County Maryland Commissioners ... on the mark ... get set....
Carroll County elected 5 commissioners (at least 3 too many, in my opinion).. the voting outcome: Commissioner Robin Frazier lost her seat and tried to be a write-in. Lost both time. I'd say, the people have spoken in this regard.... but... not so fast, because one of the elected commissioners was tagged to help out the new Maryland Republican Governor, and a spot was open for a pick by the Carroll County Republican leaders... and guess who they picked? That's right.. a lady that one of the other commissioners says was the choice of outhouse rats: Our favorite loser: Robin Frazier.
In addition, the voters returned violent anti-Socialist and other conspiracies champion, Richard Rothschild. So.. there we have it... the Mutt and Jeff.. or Abbott and Costello, ... or Martin and Lewis.. whatever... I am looking forward to another year of comedic relief from my favorite nut-balls, Frazier and Rothschild. Lots of fun ahead in 2015.
02. Getting rich on mail
Hey, another day of mail with money attached. This month, so far, I have received around $1 in loose change from various organizations trying to give me a guilt trip for receiving coins in the mail. No.. sorry.. if you send it to me.. it's mine. Today, there was a total of .55 cents attached to my mail. That money is going into my piggy bank.
During each month, I receive notepads, pictures, greeting cards, books, stamps, and lots of other stuff. I bundle it up and donate it to AARP where it is distributed to poor folks.
I have a post office box that I devote to weird mail, and for years, I received mail with $1 enclosed.. "for filling out a survey".. hey.. no problem. I got my dollar, they got my advice. Recently, that has slowed down considerably... times must be tough.
03. Sad day for Scandinavians.
Anita Ekberg has passed at age 83. You know.. she still looked good at age 80.
I've mentioned elsewhere on this blog about the Norwegian fishermen friends of my wife before we were married. She said that they were always talking about someone named Annie Take-back.... well, in Norwegian, that is what Anita Ekberg sounds like.
04. Christian Science Monitor Newsletter
I received the first copy of the Monitor today. I'm trying it to see if it is still the good source of news that it was the last time I subscribed... some 50 years ago. It that time, it was mainly a newspaper... with different sections. One section, was a translation of Christian Science information in a European or African language. For instance, this was the first place that I found some Afrikaans to translate.
Anyway... the religion was minimal, the International news was massive... my interest was also massive. I enjoyed the paper.. until the price became too high for me to continue.
I'm trying it again to see if it can get my interest again.
Incidentally, while I went to school in Boston... from time to time, I would visit the church's offices in Scolley Square ( I believe) and get free copies in different languages that I could use to practice my language skills. Boston was an azazing City for language study.
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Well, enough brain stuff for today. See ya.
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