Scum of the Earth and all nearby planets!
getting cut off from people
I had a call from an online pharmacy yesterday telling me how much I could save in co-pays if I used them instead of going to my local pharmacy. Maybe someday I’ll have to take them up on their offer because finances will be that tight. But for now, I prefer to have some human contact. As it is, I do most of my banking and bill pay either online or through a telephone tree. Going to the pharmacy is one of the few face to face interactions I have left in my day. I like that they know me
Earthquakes, volcanos and bears, oh my!
Redoubt is rumbling again and there are signs and warnings all over about how to survive volcanic ash. Suddenly I’m in the middle of Vesuvius. Last week I was awakened by an earth quake, the week before we had hundred mile an hour wind gusts that blew my recyclable container four blocks uphile and now the volcano is erupting….is god trying to tell Alaska something? Is he po’d that we gave the world Sarah Palin?
A new feathered friend
I’ll be getting a new foster bird soon, a little sun conure. So let me put this plea out to all my faithful readers. If you live in Anchorage and have never considered how much fun it could be to have a feathered friend in your home, go to the Alaska Parrot Education and Adoption Center website – http://www.akpeac.org/ – and check out how you can add this wonderful dimension of fun and joy to your life. All our companion birds are rescued from homes that can no longer keep them. They all need a little love and attention and
Budget Babble
Cutting the state budget through a hiring freeze is like me cutting my budget by eliminating all green food purchases, whether jelly beans or broccoli. It doesn’t make sense. And it doesn’t in any way address whether or not the green food was a major cause of my debt or whether eliminating it would have any appreciable effect on my overall economic health.
The fact that even I can see the deficiencies in this approach to our fiscal problems should be a large flashing red light with siren blaring alarm considering my general inability to have the slightest amount of
For Jody
I received a comment about my article on Native villages last week from a lady named Jody who seemed to think that Alaska Natives, especially on the North Slope, are receiving more money than Bill Gates. So let’s clear up a few things once and for all.
1. The North Slope is unique in that it encompasses Prudhoe Bay which brings in more tax revenues than other Native regions in the state receive.
2. The dividends received by North Slope Inupiaq come from their corporations. They are shareholders in for-profit corporations that make money and so they get dividends. This
Another out of body moment
Am I the only one who thinks it odd that our congress approves bailing out a few multi biilionaire bankers with my tax dollars and doesn’t worry about what it does to the national debt but they then raise objections to the same amount of money being used to provide millions of Americans with health care because of the cost? I tell you what, guys. Take the money back from the bankers who aren’t doing what they promised with it anyway and give it to us common folks. We all have enough illnesses to spend that money back into the
Who has the smaller penis?
Between Bill O’Reilly and Rush Limbaugh, it’s hard to tell who has the smaller wee wee. But they both must have pretty tiny ones considering the continuously escalating screams of hate they are emitting over the ascendency of a decent, honorable man to the White House…or are they so intimidated by that old tale about the African-American male’s penis size that all they can do is emit high pitched squeals? Suddenly I’m reminded of a scene from Deliverance….and in my re-imagining, it’s much more fun than it was in the movie.
A corsage…are you kidding me?
So Sarah wore a corsage to her State of the State address last week. Did she think she was going to a prom? Who the hell does that? She’s a governor, not a debutante. Would a man wear flowers to a formal address to the governing body of his municipality? I think not. Someone please tell this woman she is the governor, not a beauty pageant contestant. Dump the corsage and figure out how to fund children’s health care…please!
Remember when
You know those e-mails you get with the “remember when” lists? How about this for a remember when….remember when you used to go to sleep and slept through the night without waking up because you were lying on your stiff shoulder or had to go pee or just suddenly your eyes are open and you don’t know why but can’t get back to sleep for love nor money? I vaguely do. Honestly, I’d trade a complete night’s sleep for any number of those dreams that used to freak me out when I was younger like the one where you’re trying