There was a recent time, not long ago, where I posted my Unkept Thoughts on a blog all their own. Then I came to the realization that trying to maintain two separate blogs where only one was necessary wasn't very time efficient on my part. Needless to say, I ended up scrapping that location and deciding to move everything in one home. In this economy, you just really can't afford to have vacation spots anymore.
Anyway, Unkept Thoughts was a spot where I would just randomly gather my roaming thoughts, for two-fold purposes. Firstly, I wanted to remember all of the things that ran across my mind on a given day. I'm forever having thoughts that I think are great, and then forgetting them when I can make any use of them. Secondly, I had the opinion that being able to see into my wandering mind had some sort of entertainment value. Sometimes its just good to see how messed up other people are too.
Needless to say, here are some recent items that I've been pondering:
- I was vacuuming the office at work today (slow morning, don’t ask) when a thought occurred to me. If you want to make it more fun for men to vacuum, then you have to turn up the power, go all Tim Allen on it. The solution; a zero-turn radius ride on vacuum cleaner! If that baby had a cup holder on it too you’d have the cleanest floors anywhere.
- I’m convinced that Christmas was invented by a man because it gives him a built in excuse to play with toys and watch cartoons without the worry of being labeled childish.
- I just can’t seem to wrap my head around this whole Scrooge thing. The more thought I put into it, the more I just can’t get it. I mean, here you have an overworked, elderly gentleman who is visited in the middle of the night by five ghosts, two of which are former business partners and one of which represents Death. If that isn’t a good excuse for a stress induced heart attack, I’m not sure what is.
- Madonna is purportedly paying ex-husband Guy Ritchie $92 million to go away, most likely to make room for new fling Alex Rodriguez. As if playing in New York wasn’t enough pressure for the Yankees’ third baseman, now he has the pressure of another outrageous price tag to live up to.
- So I guess the assessment is true; you can find anyone on Facebook, or at least this unsuspecting couple. Australia courts have approved the use of Facebook to serve papers on people they cannot reach through normal channels. I guess all is fair in love, war, debt, and Facebook!
- My wife and I take turns washing dishes at home. When she washed them, all she seems to have is a spoon and an empty glass. When it is my turn, there is a mountain to wade through, like we just held a USO show. Now, I know that part of this is because I don’t always wash dishes on the night they are dirtied, but I can swear that she somehow hides them and pulls them out when it is my turn.
- I’ve come to the realization that I’m not really looking forward to the New Year. To be quite honest, I think it is more that I can no longer consider myself young because I can’t really remember where this year went so fast.
- Here’s a stumper for you; when I delete things from my Windows Recycling Bin, doesn’t that sort of negate the purpose? Or is there somewhere in the great Windows universe that makes these things into useful items again?
At this stage of the day, I think it is time to give my brain a rest. Enjoy.
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6 comments:
Amusing thoughts for sure. A riding vacuum cleaner, you might be on to something - or as Tim Allen would grunt "oh oh oh"!
And for the record, I wish I thought of facebook - sheesh. What a money maker that is for the founder (who I believe is only slightly older than me...makes me feel like a bit of a failure!)
I've always wondered about the Recycling Bin in Windows....I'm glad I'm not the only one who wonders if there is a huge virtual recycle bin in the sky where all our deleted files go to be re-used.
Good stuff frag.
OH my gosh, the recollections of Tim Allen crack me up. Well done.
My wife and I to share the dishes duty. Our general rule is that the cook doesn't wash ... which usually means I get the short end of that stick as she tends to leave more of a clean up than I.
OK Frag ... here's the question ... who washes dishes while the meal is still cooking? For instance the meal has to simmer for 20 minutes, want is done in the kitchen during that time?
Good thoughts!
Wow Frank, it sounds like you're siding with my wife on this one. Doing the dishes while the meal is cooking seems to be too productive for me to keep up with. I'm just waiting for the day when the five-year-old twins are old enough to be put into forced labor.
Back in the day, Mrs and I had a deal: whomever did not prepare dinner, did the dishes. Which was generally me. This worked pretty well until we bought a dishwasher. :) Beautiful thing that....that is when you've got electricity with which to power the dang blasted thing.
First off, glad to see you back on here regularly and bringing back one of your very noteworthy series.
I like the riding vacuum idea as well.
And yes, you can literally find anyone on Facebook.
Good stuff as always Frag.
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