Son,

... fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life.

That being said, Georgia has the dubious distinction of being the 46th dumbest, and 12 fattest, state in the country. YA-HOOOOO! Oh, and we're getting poorer and sicker, too.



"Ya want some gofer, Everett?"

According to the Trust for America's Health, here's how we southerners rank amongst the rest of the country...

INSIDE TODAY: Fat sure knows how to say y'all
Holy Grits, Fatman. The nationwide problem of being overweight has a distinct Southern accent. A national health report released Tuesday finds eight of the 10 fattest states are in the South. A7 (teaser)

1. Mississippi ..........29.5 percent
2. Alabama ..............28.7 percent
3. West Virginia ........28.6 percent
4. Louisiana ............27.4 percent
5. Kentucky..............26.7 percent
6. Tennessee ............26.6 percent
7. Arkansas..............26.4 percent
8. (tie) Indiana ........26.2 percent
8. (tie) South Carolina..26.2 percent
10. Texas................25.8 percent
11. Michigan ............25.6 percent
12. Georgia..............25.5 percent
Source: Trust for America's Health

Must be all those chitlins, hamhocks, and collards swimming in backfat. Yum. Actually, I have no idea what a 'chitlin' is and something tells me I don't want to know. I've probably dissected one in biology class, but I don't want to know what it looks like covered in gravy on a dinner plate.



"Stupid is as Stupid Does"

Top 5 States and their average SAT scores (the highest you can get is 2400)?


1. North Dakota: 1815

2. Iowa: 1806

3. Illinois: 1786

4. South Dakota: 1772

5. (tie) Minnesota and Wisconsin: 1765

Now, I can understand why North and South Dakota are so high. First, they only have about 25 people under the age of 78 in the State. Second, those 25 folks have about a 1:1 student:teacher ratio. Minnesota and Wisconsin are high because it's so fucking cold, kids don't have anything else to do while they sit inside watching the blizzard snowfall. In Iowa, studying is better than farming and there's $$$$ in Illinois.

Now for the lemming nitwits:

46. Georgia: 1477

47. Pennsylvania: 1476

48. Florida: 1473

49. South Carolina: 1465

50. Hawaii: 1463


Hell, I could have scored a 1477 with a bottle of Jack and half a dozen qualudes. Don't ask me about Pennsylvania. Too many braincells killed in coalmines, maybe.

Of course, the new SAT has an added essay, which Gov. Perdue used to try to explain the low scores. However, since Georgia is now number forty-SIXTH and not forty-NINTH, he's touting it as a major victory and a great reason to re-elect him.

However, Sonny is also responsible for sending Georgia to the eighth highest group of folks that are uninsured. This along with our spiked poverty rate means the right-wing nutcases are doing what they promised. Elimate the poor and middle class through illness and stupidity, increase the wealthy base by eliminating taxes for the rich. Ahhhhhh, utopia!

Why We Pay $3.00 for a Gallon of Gas

Yeah, this really chaps my ass (thanks to Z-man for sending this)

Dubai, United Arab Emerates

Construction Phase:










Construction Complete (notice the scale by checking the palm trees)




Remember, this is in the middle of the desert.... The very HOT desert where temperatures get up to 120 degrees....






Now for a look inside...
























Why do we pay three bucks a gallon for gas? So these nimrod bastards can fucking ski in the desert. I shit you not. It's not like they don't have the cash to go to Aspen or Stowe or even the Alps. Of course, I guess we're the lemming dipshits since we're the ones paying them to play.

Un-fucking-believable.

Pictures and Whatnot

This is one of the first monochromatic photographs published in the National Geographic. I love this style of photography. Yeah, I also love the fact that this is a picture of one of my most favourite places, Southern France.


Now for something completely different...



This is another reason why Communists should be shot in the face. There was a big rabies scare in China earlier this month. By "big", I mean about 50 people came down with the disease. The Communist answer: Kill every dog you can find. No, I don't mean a lethal-injection-kill, I mean, bash-the-fucking-skull-in-with-a-stick-kill. According to the AP, the Chinese have killed over 50,000 animals. Officers have been seen snatching dogs out of owners yards, tricking the dogs out of homes and then beating them to death.

This level of blatant stupidity simply chaps my ass raw.



And onto happier thoughts:

I want to take one of these



and sail around these



Right now I'm going it alone, but I may have hooked a friend from the north to go with me. My lure included reminding her that she wouldn't have to spend Thanksgiving with one of her sisters - who she's about to kill, we haven't hung out in over a year, and since she's a jewelry designer, she could get inspiration on the trip (OK, that one could be a stretch, but I'm desperate). Another friend said I should put in an ad in MySpace, but I don't think that's such a great idea on a number of levels - I can just see myself tooling around the Caribbean with a psycho-killer.



On another note:
There is an awesome morpholution in this month's Vanity Fair. Check it out at vanityfair.com and scroll to the bottom of the page.


Also, there is a photo essay containing pictures not previously published from 9-11. Still really raw stuff like


The juxtaposition of this particular photo is truly creepy.


Of course, since 9-11 was started by Al Qaida and everyone knows Al Qaida and Saddam are in bed together we were completely justified in invading a soveriegn country, right Georgie?

From yesterday's press conference:

BUSH: Imagine what the world would be like with him in power. The idea is to try to help change the Middle East.

Now look, part of the reason we went into Iraq was -- the main reason we went into Iraq, at the time, was we thought he had weapons of mass destruction. It turns out he didn't, but he had the capacity to make weapons of mass destruction.

But I also talked about the human suffering in Iraq. And I also saw the need to advance a freedom agenda. And so my answer to your question is that -- imagine a world in which Saddam Hussein was there, stirring up even more trouble in a part of the world that had so much resentment and so much hatred that people came and killed 3,000 of our citizens.

(and Georgie isn't stirring up trouble? Sorry, my own interjection, there)

You know, I've heard this theory about, you know, everything was just fine until we arrived and -- you know, the stir-up-the-hornet's- nest theory. It just doesn't hold water, as far as I'm concerned.

The terrorists attacked us and killed 3,000 of our citizens before we started the freedom agenda in the Middle East. They were ...

QUESTION: What did Iraqi have to do with that?

BUSH: What did Iraq have to do with what?

QUESTION: The attacks upon the World Trade Center.

BUSH: Nothing. Except for it's part of -- and nobody's ever suggested in this administration that Saddam Hussein ordered the attack. Iraq was a -- Iraq -- the lesson of September the 11th is: Take threats before they fully materialize, Ken.


Hmmmm, me thinks I remember a conversation Dick had with Tim Russert on Sept 8, 2002

VICE PRES. CHENEY: Well, I want to be very careful about how I say this. I’m not here today to make a specific allegation that Iraq was somehow responsible for 9/11. I can’t say that. On the other hand, since we did that interview, new information has come to light. And we spent time looking at that relationship between Iraq, on the one hand, and the al-Qaeda organization on the other. And there has been reporting that suggests that there have been a number of contacts over the years. We’ve seen in connection with the hijackers, of course, Mohamed Atta, who was the lead hijacker, did apparently travel to Prague on a number of occasions. And on at least one occasion, we have reporting that places him in Prague with a senior Iraqi intelligence official a few months before the attack on the World Trade Center. The debates about, you know, was he there or wasn’t he there, again, it’s the intelligence business.

We in the Deep South refer to this as a "doggie on a hardwood".

As usual, I couldn't watch the idiot's press gig yesterday and I could barely choke through the transcript this morning. What a load of shit. He should just keep his flap shut. The dipshit even said the feds have given $100 BILLION to Katrina victims. Looks like Ray Nagin will be on Meet the Press Sunday to say something to the contrary.

Speaking of TV - the final episode of Meerkat Manor comes on Friday, followed by a brand new Bill Maher. Works for my loser-ass self.


And back to happier items...

Ahhhh



Time to get off my ass and go for a 5 miler. I've done enough blogging this morning to earn my paycheck. Gotta love those taxpayer dollars hard at work.

Enough to Make a Vegetarian Puke

From the BBC: A protester campaigns for animal rights by appearing as a pack of human meat outside stores in Covent Garden, London.

This is Me After Too Many Margaritas

Buenos Noches.

Why? 'Cause the Shit is Cute, Godammit

Procrastination at it's Best

This - my blog - is my last attempt to prolong the inevitable - I have to finish the restoration of my living room and hallway. If it weren't for the megadeath fumes from the paint stripper (oh, and the work), I wouldn't mind so much. Actually it's not the work, it's just the anxiety to see the finished product. Then again, its been three months since I replaced the front door and I'm just now getting to the moulding (and thanks to my crap plaster work, there will be plenty of moulding). So there's the perfect contridiction. Needless to say, everything is a slide puzzle around here. I have to finish the front door so I can move shit from the den into the living room, then I have to finish the hallway so I have places to store the shit that's in the dining room (previously displaced into said dining room to finish said hallway). Then I really have to break out the paint stripper. T-H-R-E-E door frames and T-H-R-E-E big windows. I'm actually pricing replacing the windows first. Better to replace the windows before you do an assload of plaster work. Unlike the rest of my house - front door for example. Lesson learned. I also have to get started on the rewire. Looks like there's a cool audio stereo system that will work well in the house. So I have to price that and throw it into my estimate. Well worth it!

Anyway, I have tried everything possible to procrastinate finishing these little projects, likely because it will mean I actually met a milestone in my little project called Spanky. This is not to say there aren't future things in the works - especially building out the west side, tearing out the kitchen wall, building a bathroom downstairs... ah, long story and blogging about restoring your house is as pathetic as catblogging.

One of my diversions was the Sunday AJC. I get a lot of good stuff from the Atlanta Urinal-Constipation.

Some crumbles from today:

----A former El Al security expert says the only way you can keep undesirables off planes is with profiling, not technology. Leo Gleser, a former sky marshal and El Al secruity officer said, "Your behavior is different when you know this is your last day". Interesting, it ain't about profiling for race, nationality, or any of that shit. It really does come down to body language and behaviour! Sadly, though, if this is true ATL is still screwed. Do you honestly think we have CITY workers capable of attaining this level of education and talent?

----BP just went on my EatShitList. Aside from the fact that they can't - or don't - perfom preventive maintenance on their equipment and infrastructure is obscene. I work at Georgia Tech and we've had a more efficient PM program than this for a decade. The difference being we serve 25 thousand people and we have an operating budget of around 8 million. BP/AMOCO serves ---how many million ---- and their folks bring home ---- how many billion? Then I get a letter in the mail that says I can no longer pay my bill electronically through my bank. They will send me a paper bill . Well, that won't work because I prefer the ease of paying online and if BP and Bank of America had some falling-out, why should I have to write out a check, buy stamps, and find a mailbox because of it. When I called to pay over the phone, I was going to get charged EIGHT dollars. Now, it's not about the money, it's about, well... the money. Why the hell should BP get any extra money from me just because they don't have online payment anymore? Blah, blah... more catblogging.

Berlin has agreed to a 51 million dollar proposal to protect what's left of the Berlin Wall. This is a good thing. I can understand why folks, who lived through the Cold War, would want it down, but this really does represent mistakes that were made and without those reminders we're destined to repeat that history. I remember that day in October when I was sitting in front of the TV and saw those images of the Wall coming down. I went to Berlin about 6 months after that and got a piece of it. I bet there are a bunch of folks out there with little chunks of the Wall.

Speaking of historic mistakes, what the hell are we doing in the the Middle East? What are we not doing in Africa...? Ah, fuck it - it's Sunday morning and not a good time for a rant.


Global warming hoax: Georgia's estuaries are dying and creating a 70 percent increase in the jellyfish population. I hate fucking jellyfish, little bastards hurt like hell, and sadly this is NOT a hoax.

The travel section has a headline for a different type of vacation: Renting a houseboat. Considering this is what I want to be living on in a year of so, why not test drive it first? The only problem is this particular package is in Minnesota. Not real interested in Minnesota, perse, I would rather just learn how to live on one.

Cynthia McKenney LOST. That was unbelievable. We shall see what happens with that district. The rumour is the victory went to a guy who she says is backed by local Republicans. OK, whatever, at least he hasn't punched out a security guard - yet. Lieberman got served, too. As Jon Stewart said, "So you're for example, a respected, three-term sitting senator who was once his party's vice presidential nominee. The list of things that you would need to do to lose your party's primary starts with strangling a kitten in front of childern in wheelchairs and gets worse from there." (My tea went up the schnaza reading that one.)

99X and Park Tavern are hosting a free concert tonight (Unplugged in the Park). It's an acoustic gig under at tent at the Tavern. The feature artist tonight is Blue October, my current favourite band. I heard over 3,500 people showed up to see Pete Yorn last week, but I still have tenative plans to go to this. It should be interesting. These free shows generally attract folks about 15 years my junior and 3,500 20-somethings is a lot of for a tent. Also, considering the first two opening acts don't start until 7 and 8, my band won't come on until 10ish at best - and that's just about my Sunday nighty-night time. Also, there is NO parking at Piedmont and no real public transit from here, so I have to park at Tech and walk about 15 blocks - hey, MOM, remember Paris 2000?

Also in the news: Happy Belated Birthday to #1 Baby Bro and #2 Baby Anna-Banana who both got a year wiser on August 10. Sounds like Missy was able to pull off the surprise! Congratulations!

And lastly, in the AJC: This from the Vent, "My wife is a real slut. She got pregnant two months after I had the vasectomy I didn't tell her about". OUCH.

Well, the dryer just buzzed, I'm out of wittiness, and I have the hopeful exuberance of someone about to lose her last remaining brain cells thanks to paint stripper and 100-year old heart-of-pine. WEEEEEE! Actually, it shouldn't be so bad today. Mother Nature decided to give us a break and it will only get to 84 and overcast. Nice to have the windows open and get breezes.

It's the Heat, Dumbass

Mikey...




Now, if you don't believe in global warming, you simply are a dumbass.




My arch-nemisis, Southern Company, is filled with them.

From this week's Creative Loafing...

"Oil, mainly in the form of gasoline, is the largest source of the United States' carbon dioxide emissions. But coal is a close second -- and releases more carbon dioxide per unit of energy than does any fossil fuel. Millions of Southerners burn gasoline. But, in the region, one corporation burns much of the coal: Southern Co."





Here's a neat little comparison



vs.

and


No wonder, Georgie doesn't believe in global warming.

Read the whole thing at www.atlanta.creativeloafing.com It just really burns my ass - pardon the pun.

If You're Into Math Problems...

Question:

A Backhoe weighing 8 tons is on top of a flatbed trailer and heading east on Interstate 70 near Hays, Kansas.

The extended shovel arm is made of hardened refined steel and the approaching overpass is made of commercial-grade concrete, reinforced with 1 ½ inch steel rebar spaced at 6 inch intervals in a criss-cross pattern layered at 1 foot vertical spacing.


Solve: When the shovel arm hits the overpass, how fast do you have to be going to slice the bridge in half? (Assume no effect for headwind and no braking by the driver...)


Extra Credit: Solve for the time and distance required for the entire rig to come to a complete stop after hitting the overpass at the speed calculated above. Yes, you can neglect friction...


Think hard.


Get out the calculator and think outside the box.

Do you have the answer, yet?


Well, I fucking hate math problem but MAN, I love the visual aides!











Looks like somebody mighta lost his CDL...

"The Etiquette King"

Bush Blair Gaffe G8



Never mind you can't understand what the commentator is saying, just watch this baffoon eat. Good God, I'm surprised his elbows aren't on the table and he doesn't crank out a big belch before you actually hears what he says.

Dear Former Employer,

With all due respect, E-A-T M-E!

Tech finally found the perfect pooch to screw... freshmen. AND, they made the FRONT PAGE of the AJC.

What girlfriend said 13 years ago still stands true, "what goes around comes around".

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/0802mettech.html

I'm Not One for the Death Penalty

... but Ohio should have fried this bitch



According to CNN:

"CINCINNATI, Ohio (AP) -- A woman who molested at least one of her five children and prompted four of them to have sex with each other has been sentenced to 40 years in prison.

Robin Kraft, 26, had pleaded guilty in June to two charges of rape and four counts of child endangering. Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge David Davis on Friday imposed the maximum sentence, saying Kraft should not be released from prison while she can bear children.

Prosecutors said Kraft and her husband, Paul Kraft, 32, sexually abused their four sons and one daughter, ages 1 to 6, in 2004."

OH YEAH, and if there was a way to fry someone's ass more than once, her husband should be first on the short list...

"In March, Paul Kraft received five life sentences on five rape charges and 96 additional years on 12 charges of pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor. He is ineligible for parole.

In an online exchange, Kraft offered to rape his 3-year-old daughter live on the Internet if another person would do the same so Kraft could watch, prosecutors say. The agent contacted Hamilton County sheriff's deputies, who arrested Kraft at home."

They say he got busted in an online chat room for "baby and pre-teen sex". Now, I've blogged before about what would possess an adult to want to have sex with 14-year old, but fucking babies???? If you want to do something like that, living here would be your best option...

Oh, and whilst looking for that little picture, I found this interesting little test.

http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-test.mv

I won't say where I'll be landing.

I've always just loved Mr. Alighigieri.

Ah Ha! The Experts Have Spoken

Today in the Scotsman (the online Scottish paper I read), was headlined this little blurb...

"CHILDREN from the age of five should be encouraged to drink wine at home to prevent the toll of alcohol abuse in later life, one of the country's leading experts on the problem has told Scotland on Sunday.

Jack Law, chief executive of Alcohol Focus Scotland and a member of the Scottish Ministerial Advisory Committee on Alcohol Problems, believes the practice would cut binge drinking among youngsters by taking the mystery out of alcohol."

Well, I don't know if boozing up your toddler will prevent alcoholism, but it sure makes nappy time a little easier.

Bad Day in Perspective

This lady...



Mrs. Jennifer Ewing

was killed sometime on Wednesday morning. She was a wife and the mother of three - seemingly - intellegent, good kids. According to the AJC's "guest book" (that's where you sign in online as though you were at the funeral), she was a good lady, who loved to bike on this trail in northwest Georgia. Apparently, she went out four or five times a week and rode 60 miles or so. Her daughter said she always went out around 2 and was always home before dark.

Apparently, something happened to her on Tuesday's ride and she never came home.

Now police say this guy...



Michael William Ledford

raped and murdered her on the trail.

How did they catch this little fuckstick, you ask? As the story goes today, this guy went to the hospital with his dick covered in bloody teeth marks. He said he had an altercation with a hooker, but then changed his story a few times. When the police went to check him out, they found out he was a convicted rapist and was just out of jail after serving 10 years. They arrested him because being with a hooker is a parole violation. So, I guess he gets 10 points for being
a fucking idiot.

Oh, and he gets another 20 points for attacking an trained athlete, who rides.... 60 miles x 5 times a week (you do the math) in 94 degree heat. "It does appear that Mrs. Ewing put up a valiant struggle with her attacker," said John Bankhead, a GBI spokesman.

The GBI says dickless was covered in her DNA. This cat will quick fry when he's convicted. Georgia no likey guys who rape and murder good, white, Christian women.

When I first heard this story Wednesday and the family was still looking for her, I really felt for them. I mean, she's been riding this trail for years. Also, they say it's a well traveled path that lots of folks use. For this scum to have just gotten out of jail and for him to be on this path at that time of day... well, I just thought I had bad days. I would imagine a bunch of folks are asking the eternal question, "Why, God".

Rest in peace, Lady.

Bad Day in the Kitchen

This guy...




fucked up my day...

details later

When in Doubt, Consult Mr. Webster

hypocrite (hip' ә krit), n. a person who practices hypocrisy, esp. a person whose actions belie stated beliefs. [1175-11225 ME ipocrite]

Hmmm.... so what does "hypocrisy" mean?

↓

hypocrisy (hi pok' ә sē), n., the false profession of desirable or publicly approved qualities, beliefs or feelings, esp. a pretense of having virtues, moral principles, or religious beliefs that one does not really possess [1175-1225; ME ipocrisie] < style="">hypókrisis playacting

Nope, not getting it. I guess I'm one of those single-celled amoebas that needs a visual aide...

OHHHH, you mean....

Alright, so I'll regret asking the common question, but what did he do now?

From CNN:

President Bush used his veto power Wednesday for the first time since taking office 5 1/2 years ago, saying that an embryonic stem-cell research bill "crossed a moral boundary."

Forgive me, but who the fuck is he to preach about moral boundaries?

Bush went on to say, "This bill would support the taking of innocent human life in the hope of finding medical benefits for others."

Well, at least the taking of innocent "human life" would have some fucking purpose besides putting dirty money in your pocket, AssMunch! ... Oops, I mean, "President AssMunch" (I wouldn't want to get caught slandering, or in this case libeling, this monkey --- no offense to monkeys intended).

Who started the war in Iraq that has killed, shit, 20-30 THOUSAND innocent Iraqis? Who started the war in Iraq that has killed over 2,000 Americans and countless numbers of other worldwide followers, who mistakenly followed this baffoon into a battle that was never meant to be fought, much less "won"???

This asshole has -almost- single-handedly destroyed any hope the US might have had as a real time player in world politics (not to take credit away from Rowe, Rumsfeld, or Cheney). I guess we should be glad to be a nuclear power. Shit, otherwise half the world would have blown us straight off the map by now.

NOBODY with half a brain cell gives the US any credence and I'm utterly ashamed to have to show a blue passport when I travel. For Bush to try and lecture about "moral boundaries" makes me want to puke. It's akin to Cheney dissing lesbians. I have never heard such horseshit in my life. And for that PigShit to #1 Veto his very first legislation (shows he's finally paying attention to Congress) and #2 Show up to the press conference with a bunch of fucking embryonic babies is simply ----- fuck----- ikky! That's way too Gattaca-esque for me.

I bet you TEN MILLION dollars that if Baby Jeb were born with Parkinson's Disease, Big Bro would be pushing the stem cell vote right through to L-A-W. Hell, even Nancy Reagan was pushing the bill. Hell, CONGRESS (the Republican Congress) passed the bill - INCLUDING that Nazi, Bill Frist! What the hell is wrong with this picture?

Oh, God. Why won't you please, please whisper to that idiot who is ruining what's left of our country to please just shut up and quit trying to be a valiant noble. Dreams for some should die quietly.

Tony Auth draws it better:





I could continue this diatribe for hours, but there is warm bourbon bread pudding and homemade vanilla ice cream calling me in for vespers. I'll pay the penance tomorrow when I try four miles in 98 degrees. Ah, literally hell on Earth. I wonder how those weenie Brits are handling it?

Finally! Folks are Starting to See the Light

Good cartoon, better article... http://www.rollingstone.com/news/profile/story/9961300/the_worst_president_in_h

OK, so maybe this article was written by liberal historians, but the key word here is "historian". I could have told you on January 2, 2000 that Bush was the worst president ever (actually, I think I did). Sad that it took six years, a massive terrorist attack on US soil, a pre-meditated war in Iraq, the sad, astonishingly fast demise of a blooming economy, a failed rescue of thousands of poor people from one of the worst US disasters ever...... blah, blah, blah

for others to get it.

Actually, I know several people who would agree with me. It's just those handful of folks that I hang out with that still think "he's doing a good job" that jerk my chain. Oh, and the 58 million dipshits that re-elected him in 2004. Hell, even my DAD said he'd vote Democrat in 2008.

Yes, Chicken Little; that would be the sky - duck.

Georgia Voters Finally Got it Right

This little nuggett...




Will NOT be our Lieutenant governor.

Wonder who he'll blame for the loss? Jesus?

RAISE UP AND SAY, "PRAISE BE"!!! Then bring out the snakes.


Now, let's see what happens with the "Queen-Loon", Cynthia, and whether or not Georgia voted to have an overweight redneck or a Southern BEE-atchie duke it out with Sonny P.

I'd say I voted "pound-for-pound", but then again, I think a real bee-atch can beat a man of any size - and that would be my experience speaking.

My Sentiments, Exactly

From today's NY Times...




Thanks TONY AUTH

No Longer Gonna be a City Rat

I'm sick of City living. Yeah, I know it ain't New York or L.A., but with the influx of all these 'burbanites, I'm feeling choked. I got choked out of Virginia-Highlands - my bohemian hideaway - almost five years ago. When my accountant/tax guy says, "Buy a house, get some equity, quit throwing away your money", I should have shot him on the spot.

But, NOOOOOOO - I go out and buy a house that needs more work that Liza Minelli did when she hit 70. And this little gem sits right in the middle of the City because nothing makes me more testy than sitting in traffic, especially with weather like today (mid 90's, 80% humidity).

Oh, and did I mention that the City stinks?

So, I'm going to rent out the house (or maybe commit real estate suicide and sell) and then I'm going to buy this...





Oh, you poo-poo'ers are gonna say, "What the hell do you know about boats". And I naturally would answer, "Well, I've seen 'Captain Ron' about 100 fucking times."

I haven't decided where to moor her yet. One of the main reasons to leave this area is the crap weather that I cannot tolerate anymore in my old age, and when I mentioned the "stink" of the City, one would assume she wouldn't sit in the 'Hooch' or on Lanier or Alatoona (besides they don't have any water in them.)

Actually, I don't know shit about boats, but if I cash in my TRS and continue the catering thing, this could be moi in a year or so. Besides, I can learn and at least I wouldn't have to worry about the cats running away.

There is always, always, hope.