Comments From the Peanut Gallery
Monday, January 19, 2004
Today was a pretty good day!
Haven't had much of chance to say THAT recently. I got a bunch of work done on my book, cooked a yummy dinner (spareribs, buttered noodles, and salad), and watched two football games in relative peace. That's always a good thing.
Even if I really didn't care who won. In a way, it was nice to just sit back, observe and not have any emotional involvement. For those of you who don't know (and don't care, but oh well, sorry!), The New England Patriots and the Carolina Panthers will be facing off in the Super Bowl two weeks from today. Go...oh who cares! :-)
Did anyone see the article about someone putting the STATE of WEST VIRGINIA up for bid on eBay? Would you believe people placed BIDS?!? I barely want to live here, I most certainly don't want to own it. Hum, I guess technically, since I am a taxpayer and a home owner, I *am* a part owner in the state..if we all pooled our resources..
Oh, who am I kidding? We can't agree whether we're a northern or a southern state, and that's been going on for almost 150 years.
On a related note, my neighbors directly to my right are the McCoys, and the neighbors on the street below me are the Hatfields.
No. I didn't make that up. Quit laughing. I'm serious.
Friday, the little Hatfield and McCoy girls got into a turf war. Both are Brownies, and as I'm sure most of you know, it's Girl Scout Cookie time. Both girls showed up on my porch wanting me to buy from them, fighting about which of them had the right to approach my house.
Not wanting to be in the middle of a feud that goes back a full century, I declined to buy from either of them. Call it civil disobedience. Call it rebellion. Call it the "Francis Girl Scout Cookie Revolt of 2004".
For the record, I didn't buy from either of them because I had already bought $30 worth from one of Taylor's friends. I did my part.
Anyway, even with the feud, and the lousy Saturday, I managed to salvage at least part of the weekend. Considering how things have been lately, I consider that a pretty okay thing.
