Babble

I forgot to categorize it. Might mean something. Probably doesn’t.

That's Supposed to Impress Me?

Just saw a commercial for an SUV–one of the smaller ones–and it made a huge deal of the fact that the vehicle gets thirty miles to the gallon. Umm–did I miss something?  My 1988 Corolla gets 32.  Yeah, they were talking about an SUV, but still!  In eighteen years, they haven’t managed to improve any […]

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Blah Wednesday

had to pick up Hope, got nothing done, blah, blah… Try as I might, I can’t think of much else to say.  I’m tired, but I said that yesterday.  (I think.  Can’t remember…) Blaaahhhhh…

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Speak for Yourself

You know.  If you can. Quoting from this site: “I’ll be glad to talk about ranching, but I haven’t seen the movie. I’ve heard about it. I hope you go–you know– I hope you go back to the ranch and the farm is what I’m about to say.” —George W. Bush, after being asked whether

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Tools of the Trade

I got a new computer, I got a new computer, I got a new computer!!  I got my tax refund and I put most of it in the bank for the summer of no income, but I took some of it and I went to Best Buy and I got a new computer!! Ahem.   Okay,

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Have Confidence?

Quoting from this site: President Bush said Wednesday he understands why the nation he has led for five years has become more anxious, and he urged people to have confidence in him. Hmm, maybe we’re anxious because he’s still leading?

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He’s Done It Now!

Quoting from this site (it was CNN Money, but the page is gone) : President Bush said General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. should develop more appealing products rather than look to Washington for help with their heavy pension burdens, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. In an interview Wednesday, Bush said he had

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Sounds Reasonable…NOT!!!

Quoting from this site: Exxon Mobil’s 2005 net income for the year comes to $1,146 a second. That per-second profit is enough to pay for gas for the average American vehicle to be driven 10,294 miles, at current gasoline prices. I don’t have time to look back now.  Wasn’t it Exxon that said they weren’t

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