It all makes perfect sense now.......

For years, I've felt like something was off with me. And now I know the cause of my being out of sorts........

Who could imagine a world where ONLY Big Bird could see the Suffalupagus,......

Who could imagine a world where ANYBODY living in a trash can on a city street could be justifiably Grouchy,...

Who could imagine a world where two grown (closeted?) men could live in a downstairs apartment on an city street in NY and occasionally get on each other's nerves,...

I am a 39 Year-old Victim of Sesame Street,....

I am emotionally scarred by the experience,....

Jesus,.... we all really need to get over ourselves,.... It's friggin' Sesame Street for crying out loud.

I love old Marx Brothers movies, and cringe at some of the old 'Happy Negro' song & dance scenes in them,... but would rail against their being removed from those movies.

Revisionist history will bite us all in the ass at some point.

*gets off soap-box*

sage advice

yesterday, someone told me "all you gotta do is lower your standards, find some woman to move in with ya and 1/2 your bills are taken care of!"
sad part is, they were serious.

just another rant

I've worked at the same company for 11 years now, and never once (along with others that have worked there for longer) received a raise based on merit.
The raises I have received started out as "department" or "positional bumps", but not soon after, the lessor employees will receive a wage increase to "keep up with the times", thus in effect negating my "wage bonus".

Well, it has happened again.
The company president, in the name of "remaining competitive for employees", has bumped the starting wage up another 30 cents. Of course in the onset, this is dispersed amongst the entire shop (which incidentally consists of only 30 workers).

Now for the downside. Insurance is going up as well.
He didn't really explain it very well, and most of us are able to read between the lines though he doesn't give us that credit, but with the rising costs of medical care, we are being increased by almost 110% payments.
So, in a nutshell, while my weekly take home has increased by a mere $8, my weekly health payment is increasing by nearly $32.

Being a single parent with only one income (having not acquired a mate) is becoming increasingly hard.
While I want to be able to provide a decent lifestyle not only for myself but my children when they stay with me, I'm beginning to wonder how much longer I will be able to.
To add insult to injury (on a personal level), my younger son informed me that while his mother and stepfather recently had to get rid of their German Shepard (for allegedly biting a neighbor lady), they just yesterday "bought" (simply because I don't think she has the moral tenacity to "adopt") a pure bred Schnauzer and a cat.

Must be nice to have four incomes while the day struggles to stay ahead of the game.

I'm close to going off on a rant here but I will restrain myself.