Another Week, and Still No Paycheck

I'm thinking of having an early weekend today. Like that's a stretch!

Dinner Party
Last night we had a monthly dinner party with some friends. It was a rousing time! There were 8 or 9 of us, eating fajitas and drinking beer on the deck. The conversation was the usual (for hashers) throwing-up, male anatomy, drinking beer, and out of the area hashes.

Random Thoughts

This JonBenet case keeps getting stranger and stranger. I don't think we'll ever know all the details.

I think it's funny how alot of declared 'Conservatives' can't stand Bob Barr any longer. Wasn't he their Hero when he called for Clinton's impeachment. What a difference a few years make.

Girls, if you want to make your friends jealous with your dating 'success', try quality instead of quantity. Hayseed knuckle-draggers with no job or car don't really do it anymore.

Yes, you can die on your birthday.

Thanks, Margaret for not bringing the cookies back.

An Idea on Iraq
My friend from Arkansas made a very interesting point yesterday: If we want to end this disaster in Iraq, we need to create a Middle Class over there. A middle class has a job, a family, a home and ideals, something to lose. And when people have something to lose, they fight for what they've got. Instead of training hit squads, we should be focusing on the economic aspects of Iraq. But the current Administration can't seem to get the Middle Class thing into it's head, it's either the rich or the poor.
(Getting off my soapbox).

No Exercise today (Yet)
Didn't go to the gym today, I'm trying a little experiment. My right knee is a bit troublesome as is my left ankle, so if I give them a rest, they will feel better tomorrow. Right? I noticed yesterday that on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, they have an AquaFit class, a group of middle-aged ladies who displace as much water as I that do exercises in the water. That would be definately low-impact and, when the class was over I could swim laps. I LOVE to swim, but sometime in the course of gaining weight, I got too self-conscious to wear a bathing suit in public (or private, for that matter!)

That gets back to the issue I seem to have about not being noticed. Thanks to all the Wheelhoppers who read my blog awhile back and let me know that they did notice when I dropped out of the trail. I, for some reason, think my friends don't notice, but everyone else does. If I were to go to the gym and swim, no one would notice that I look terrible in my bathing suit. They wouldn't even notice. I came to terms with that and working out a long time ago. If everyone were in shape, they (the gym) wouldn't have any reason to exist.

And Another Thing
This latest 'fad' in teaching aerobics classes with themes of Dancing like a stripper or Pole Dancing. What's that all about? I know it's all in fun, but think we'll ever see a 'StockBoy Weight Training' class or a Bike Courier Spin class?

Getting Even
I read this in the Washington Post this morning. You go Girl! Not that I've ever been in an abusive relationship, but I have known women who have. This guy was just nuts, as most abusers don't leave marks where people can see them.

More to come...
As things happen, I'll be posting. Thanks for taking the time to read. You're opinions are welcome but if you have to start calling me names, don't bother, I won't read them. As my Dad says 'Opinions are like a**holes, everyone has one.'