Random Thoughts for November 5, 2009

• It is my sincere opinion that certain expressions have outlived their usefulness. One of these is "raw deal". It's always cast as a negative thing, but I think a cooked deal sounds worse. Another one might be "head over heels". Shouldn't it be "heels over head"? Last time I checked, my head is always over my heels, unless I'm lying down, at which point I'm either asleep or watching TV, so I don't give it much thought.
  
  
• You know what's scary? When you re-read a bullet point you just wrote in a blog article and realize you inadvertently sounded like Andy Rooney. The implications of that are frightening.
  
  
• Some kid came dressed as Sarah Palin for Halloween last Saturday and I almost didn't give her any candy. Her mother shouted from the end of the driveway something like "that's what you get for not supporting universal health care." That's a funny mom.
  
  
• Nothing can get quite as cold as the other person's feet in bed.
  
  
• Some Purdue alumni group invited me to go dancing in the ballroom atop one of the big buildings in downtown Indianapolis. The email had a picture of a pair of worn-out cowboy boots. Having lived right smack in downtown Indianapolis, I can honestly tell you that no one within a forty block radius of any big building in that city associates "dancing" with "cowboy boots".
  
  
• While they don't speak, my parakeets managed to clearly state their opinion of the raisins I put in their seeds for a snack: I came home that day and found they had systematically flung them out of their cage. I wish I could have seen their faces while they were doing that.
  
  
• I'm trying to sew up some things for my wife's craft show next week. I'm not sure if I'll get them done or even if they'll be popular, but this is a good way to test the waters, so to speak. I'll take pictures and let you know how it went.
  
  
• After carefully weighing the options, my wife had a tooth removed this week. The decision was made much easier by the insurance company, who flat out said they'd pay for removal, but not for the thousand dollar root canal. Meanwhile she's paid like three thousand dollars in dental insurance premiums over the last eleven years and had maybe four cleanings. Tell me again why we're doing this?
  
  
• Don't forget to tell me what you think. I enjoy your comments!