Top Sites Tuesday Meme #46 – Two Thoughts on Tuesday

Well, the snow finally stopped, but there's another storm coming! I can't say I'm sick of the snow yet, we were prepared - Food, Fuel, and booze. I do have one complaint, during this first storm I was bookless. Yep. After not reading for so long I found myself miserable and bored out of my mind because I didn't have anything other than my computer.

I know it sounds silly. We were really lucky - no loss of power or internet. But I was thoroughly disappointed when my favorite radio station went off the air at the beginning of the storm and didn't come back on the air until today. I kept wishing I could hook my computer to my Bose... I suppose I should invest in one of those IPOD thingys so I'm not stranded listening to Lady Gaga and the top 40 again. LOL

Wolfbernz spent a good deal of time clearing the driveway and the lane. I don't think it's ever snowed this much in one shot.. let alone snow this much and have another storm or two coming right behind it!

You really would think it's the end of the world around here - people are driving manickly and not paying attention. You almost have to be aggressive on the road to stay safe! Our normally slow area has been invaded by mindless drivers and morons... IT'S JUST SNOW PEOPLE!!

I do have to tell you though that Walmart has been closed and remains closed because the snow-load on the roof is too much and they are afraid that it's going to cave in. That sucks for people who work there. This weather is bad enough keeping people out of work, but to not have a job to go back to would be really hard... especially in this area, Walmart employs a ton of people.

So I suppose my two thoughts have merged into one giant rambling... SNOW!

Happy Tuesday!
--Trina

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Top Sites Tuesday #42 – Two Thoughts on Tuesday

So many thoughts so little time... well, yea, so there's plenty of time just maybe not enough time for me to write it all down.

My biggest thought of the day...  I spent a good deal of time today observing a courtroom in action.  I saw so many young men and women who made stupid mistakes that have huge consequences.  I wonder if they even realized the consequences of their actions.  I saw these kids - I call them kids, but they're probably in their 20's - do things like drive on a suspended license and get 50 days in prison.  I saw one guy in his late forties who had apparently been in and out of prison his whole life (and seemed destined to spend the rest of his life there) get ten years in prison - granted he had a long record, drug problem, and burglarized a small company.  Watching this my heart sank a little more with every sentence - how could these people just throw everything away?  Does freedom mean nothing?  Was that little trip to the store worth spending that much time in prison?

Is society so collapsed that spending the rest of your life in prison better than being free to come and go and make your own choices?  I actually heard the forty year old man say (as he was about to be sentenced) "I did the crime and I should be punished" While the statement was true, is was hard to hear it from a condemned criminal.

I could not believe how some of these people dressed either!  C'mon!  Sweat pants and t-shirts... saggy jeans and hoodies with skulls... tongue rings and odd piercings (even some of the innocent looked like hardened criminals)  What happened to respect for the law?  When you go to court you should be dressed nicely IE suit and tie, dress shirt and slacks, dresses... I only saw one young man dressed appropriately (well, beside the lawyers anyway) and apparently the judge was thinking the same thing because he thanked the young man (and his Mama) for showing the court respect by dressing nicely.

I suppose I may be thinking "old school" but is it too much to ask someone to remove their tongue ring before they talk to a judge?

On a more pleasant note, I'm writing this post while watching "Big Bang Theory" on CBS - it's a hoot! If you haven't watched it before, you should look it up!  LOL

Ok, so that's my thought(s) for today - what do you think?  Oh, and while you're thinking, please click my button and make me Number One!

--Trina

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Top Sites Tuesday #41 – Two Thoughts on Tuesday

WHEW!! It's really cold here and the wind is relentless! Now that winter has really set in, I am ready for spring!! Bring on the daffodils and crocuses, the chirping birds, the warm sun...

My first thought is about birds... snow geese in particular. We are in the Snow Geese migration pattern... some flocks are so huge it really looks like something you'd see on the calamari... errr.... Kalahari. It's really neat to see the landed flock in the middle of a huge field. I suppose the farmers don't enjoy that much... The only thing I really don't like about their migration is goose poop.

When a really large flock flies over it sounds like approaching machine gun fire. As the birds fly overhead we scream "INCOMING!" Then as the car gets pelted, we whine about having to wash it... Just what ever you do, never turn the windshield wipers on and try to "wash" goose poop off your windshield.

My second thought of the day ever notice that Monday is the hardest day of the week? And if it's a really bad Monday it lasts through Tuesday? I sure am glad my Monday wasn't like that! Sure it was long, but sitting here looking back at all the work I got accomplished today, I feel great... Except that, well, my feet hurt from being on a ladder most of the day!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Tuesday! Oh and don't forget to click my button!!

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--Trina