Thoughts from an idle mind

Less than an hour after I posted here yesterday my DSL service went down. I mean big time down. Since Mr. Pop’s lab uses the same service and his was also down, I knew it was a local problem. I called to report it and after listening to what seemed like a zillion recorded messages and hearing a zillion more recorded menu options, the final recording told me they couldn’t connect me to repair and I should call back later.
F-R-U-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N!

Since I was locked out of cyber-world. I had lots of time to think as I did my household chores and prepared for our holiday trip. Here are a few of my thoughts.

Norah O’Donnell should moderate her laugh. Or better yet, just keep her mouth shut.

Chris Matthews should stop having guests on his show and simply interview himself. His is the only voice you hear when he interviews someone. He talks over his guests. He will ask his guest a question and before they can say anything, he will answer the question. He should stop this aggravating habit. Or better yet, just keep his mouth shut.

I am really sick of hearing about the “battle” between Nancy Pelosi and Deny Hoyer. The press and the Republicans are great at making mountains out of something less than even a molehill.

The white house should keep george bush away from TV cameras for the rest of his term. We have already heard everything he has to say and we’ve heard it over and over. He is looking and sounding even more irrelevant and foolish. It’s not even comedic entertainment anymore. His is probably another mouth that should remain shut.

And finally….

Seems after all this time and all the deaths and all the money, we are now smothered with groups studying the problems in Iraq. We have the original Iraq Study Group led by James Baker. We have the president’s own, just whipped up, study group. And now we have the Pentagon’s own inside study group. After over three and a half years we have three study groups trying to figure out what we should do tomorrow. I guess better late than never is the theory, but what if it’s too late?

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If you have emailed me during the past couple of weeks, I didn’t get your message. Seems Bellsouth has been doing maintenance on their email and as a result all the email sent to me during this time has gone down some dark well, never to be found again. So if you have sent something, please resend it. Hopefully the problem has been fixed.

My computer is going in today for some “tube work”. I should have it back tonight. But if I don’t , I’ll take this time to wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving. That wish comes from the whole Pop family, Fred the Cat and Murphy too.