Pop term of the day: Stealth-call

Stealth-call

When you have to call someone back but don't want to talk to them, so you wait until you know they can't talk and leave a voice mail.

"I don't want to tell Karen I can't make it tonight, so I'll Stealth-call her when she's on her flight and has her phone shut off."


Urban Dictionary

Skills!

Rambling on...

Jamie Koeppe

• Okay men, tell the truth! Is it the rib tattoos that are the turn on or would these bodies alone do it for you?
  

• We have a new non-toxic chemical weapon and it’s called bhut jolokia. Mother nature can be fierce!
  

• Sometimes, simplest tests on everyday observations make me realize how much I don’t pay attention… I did score 15 out of 25!
  

• Talk about karma being a bitch, a wife sues her husband’s mistress and gets a $9 million settlement!
  

• Charles Krauthammer predicts a national sales tax by 2012. Hell, after passing the health care bill, everything else should be a breeze…
  

• About 1 million children in the United States and about 30 million worldwide have gotten Rotarix vaccine, which is contaminated with material from a pig virus.

  I'm so glad our government is protecting our children, aren't you?

  
  
  

Pop term of the day: Myth-information

Myth-information

1. To intentionally misinform using myths and other popular misconceptions.

2. Widely held and promoted but false information that has taken on a mythic quality. Misinformation.

Health Care Reform is being shot down by myth-information.

Creationism is myth-information rather than science.

9-11 conspiracy theories are based on myth-information.

Urban Dictionary

It starts with a thought…

If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admirebetter than another, it is a brave man, -- it is the man who dares to look the devil in the face and tell him he is a devil.

James A. Garfield

Rambling on...

Jennifer O'Dell

• How good are you at your job? Do you tell your boss things he absolutely loves to hear?
  

• Ferrari is now making roller coasters? Didn’t anyone tell them they should stay with what they’re good at?
  

• As times get harder, you might want to consider the thought that your kids might want to move back in with you…
  

• If you’re gonna be a repo man, why not repo high-end merchandise like jets, helicopters, yachts and other rich toys? He tells some pretty good stories…
  

• WASHINGTON (AP) - The first changes under the new health care law will be easy to see and not long in coming: There'll be $250 rebate checks for seniors in the Medicare drug coverage gap, and young adults moving from college to work will be able to stay on their parents' plans until they turn 26.
  
  But the peace of mind the president promised - the antidote for health care insecurity, whether you favored or opposed his overhaul - is still a ways beyond the horizon, starting only in 2014.
  
  

Pop term of the day: stoplight party

stoplight party

A party where guests wear the the colors of the traffic signal to denote their relationship status: green means they're single, red means they're taken, and yellow means their relationship status is "complicated"

I think we should host a Valentine's Day stoplight party!


Urban Dictionary

Political Pregret

• In a move ignored by the media, President Obama has quietly moved behind the scenes to restore full funding to the radical group ACORN, which was his former employer and legal client.
  
  If he wasn't the President, this would be considered a conflict of interest...
  

• Make your house payments on time but times are hard so you sign up for the government’s mortgage assistance program. But now that you've asked for help from your government and you find that by doing so your credit score could be damaged by as much as 100 points.
  
  And some idiots think 0bamacare will be different!
  

• I, as most Americans, want health care reform. The problem I have with this particular bill is it's being forced on the American people by politicians who are KNOWN criminals and liars...
  
  How can you expect a sane person to believe anything they say?
  

• In some parts of the world, governments believe punishment should fit the crime. Some even believe punishment should permanently eliminate certain crimes. In Argentina, they have authorized chemical castration for rapists.
  
  Although the criminals are being disarmed, I think that’s letting them off easy…
  
  

It starts with a thought…

Hard things are put in our way, not to stop us, but to call out our courage and strength.

Rambling on...

Izabella Miko

• In 2003, a 15 year old anonymously started a website message board. Today, 4Chan attracts over 8 million people a month who post over 800,000 new items a day.
  
  Christopher Poole was voted Time Magazine’s most influential person of 2009. A success story like his never ceases to amaze me…
  

• Walmart learned a hard lesson when they found out they can’t control everything Americans buy. I find it hilarious that they blame it on remodeling…
  
  Walmart doesn’t loose money when they remodel, but they do fire corporate executives that cost them money.
  

• Nancy Pelosi and her house of reprobates have passed 0bamacare for the sake of SOCIAL JUSTICE.
  
  I wonder if this is the same SOCIAL JUSTICE that will enslave our children to debt and taxation?
  
  

Pop term of the day: your other left

your other left

Sarcastic phrase; used with the directionally challenged to make them aware of their error.

Doctor: "Raise your left hand."

Directionally Challenged Guy: (raises right hand)

Doctor: "No, your other left."

Urban Dictionary

Static cling

I'm not the only one
who hates static cling...

When I Say I am a Christian

When I say..."I am a Christian"
I'm not shouting "I am saved"
I'm whispering "I was lost"
That is why I chose this way.

When I say..."I am a Christian"
I don't speak of this with pride.
I'm confessing that I stumble
And need someone to be my guide.

When I say..."I am a Christian"
I'm not trying to be strong.
I'm professing that I'm weak
And pray for strength to carry on.

When I say..."I am a Christian"
I'm not bragging of success.
I'm admitting I have failed
And cannot ever pay the debt.

When I say..."I am a Christian"
I'm not claiming to be perfect,
My flaws are all too visible,
But God believes I'm worth it.

When I say..."I am a Christian"
I still feel the sting of pain
I have my share of heartaches
Which is why I speak His name.

When I say..."I am a Christian"
I do not wish to judge.
I have no authority.
I only know I'm loved.


Carol S. Wimmer