
I don't make New Year's resolutions because I am incapable of keeping them. Anything I vow to do quickly becomes a burden that I have to do and voila!, I stop doing it. In the area of vowing to improve myself, I am an abject failure.
Surprisingly, on the way to work this morning, following my two week absence, I thought I should try to be more positive about my job. I vowed to not let it get to me. In the time it took to open my two-week accumulation of emails, I was tested. I had a memo from the boss directing me to check up why two other people had not done what they are supposed to. Evidently, the new plan is for everyone to check on everyone.
Rather than flying off the handle, I calmly walked to his office and discussed it with him. It was a pleasant chat and he said he certainly understood my concerns, but the directive was company policy, so what are you going to do? I smiled my best and headed back to my desk, where I called suspect A to find out why I was having to call. So far, so good, with respect to the new Merle.
All was well until 9:46 am when they pushed me over the edge and I had a full-on hissy fit about what passes for technology in our office. I figure it was the pent up frustration of my talk with the boss. I think for a New Year's resolution, 2 hours 46 minutes is above average for me.
I see in the news that religious broadcaster and all-around lunatic Pat Robertson is at it again. Pat says God told him to expect a massive terrorist attack on the US in late 2007. Pat says God wasn't specific about the type of attack or the location. Pat's exact words, as reported by Breitbart.com are, "The Lord didn't say nuclear. But I do believe it will be something like that."
How does that help us Pat? If you and God are going to talk about us, give us some details man...or God. I gather that the reason for the attack is that God and Pat think we are a godless bunch of heathens. I would like to point out if that is the criterion for getting nuked, there are many countries more deserving. Take Sweden for example. Very secular bunch, those Swedes. Hell, what I am thinking, the Chinese are notoriously godless. Heck, most Americans believe in God. Grade on a damn curve here will ya?
As I recall, Pat old boy, the Lord God Almighty, creator of heaven and earth offered Abraham a pretty sweet deal vis-a-vis the situation at Sodom. If I recall the details correctly, Abraham bargained finding two righteous men in exchange for God sparing the city. Here's my thought. Get back with God and see how many righteous people we need to call off the impending nuclear nightmare. For sure it is more than two given our size relative to Sodom, but counting you and Falwell, we have a good start. Get back to me.
What we need less of here in the good old U S of A is religion. We have the Islamist trying to kill us in our beds and Pat and God, at least according to Pat, rooting them on, or at least standing around smugly. Then what happens after we get charcoaled in a 6000 degree Kelvin blast? Again, according to Pat, we get to spend eternity in Hell, which is reported to be darn hot itself. We can't catch a break here.
Hold on, my phone is ringing.
Okay, I'm back. Pat it was Thor, the Norse god of thunder. He says you are a nut-bar.
Things in this blog represented to be fact, may or may not actually be true. The writer is frequently wrong, sometimes just full of it, but always judgemental and cranky
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