Email Blunder?

When I get to work in the morning, one of the first things I do is open my email and go through the junk and delete it and then I read the ones that are pertinent to me. I opened a couple that were mostly just informative stuff and then I opened one from the second shift supervisor that made me laugh (a lot). Here's what made me laugh, verbatim:

To All: Does anyone know what happen to the pop up safety flag that belongs in the holder on the wall at the north end of the building, by the men and demons restrooms.


My reply, verbatim:

Demons? Really? We’re not really that bad…lmao! And no, I don’t know what happened to it.

By the way, the 2nd shift supervisor is a woman.

Hunter Spanjer

Hunter Spanjer is a deaf three-year-old who attends school in the Grand Island Public School district in Nebraska. When he signs his name with the registered sign through S.E.E. (Signing Exact English), he crosses his forefinger and index finger and moves his hand up and down. His school district claims that it violates a rule that forbids anything in the school that looks like a weapon and the administrators are asking his family to change his sign language name.

Jack Sheard, Grand Island Public Schools spokesperson told KOLN tv, "We are working with the parents to come to the best solution we can for the child."

I know, let's ask the administrators to change their names. Maybe we can even give them a selection of names to choose from. Hmmm, let's see: Ignorant Ass, Idiot, Asshole, Dickhead, Dumbfuck, Son of a Bitch, Moron, Numbnuts, Prick. That's a pretty nice selection.

Winners

E, V and I went to the Hollywood Casino in Toledo, OH today. We all came out winners! Slots for V and me and a straight flush for E in a 3 card poker hand earned him $400! Hot damn!

"Legitimate Rape"

Here's a fantastic non-homage video to Mr. Todd Akin, loser Congressman extraordinaire...

Legitimate Rape by the Renegade Raging Grannies: here

Old Woman Painting Restoration Fail

Taken directly from The Inquisitor:

A painting of Jesus Christ that hung on the walls of the Sanctuary of Mercy Church in Spain was in desperate need of a touch up. So an elderly parishioner decided to do everyone a favor and restore the fresco herself. Well, it didn’t turn out well.

The woman, in her 80s, completely destroyed the painting.

The BBC reports that the Jesus Christ fresco, Ecce Homo (Behold the Man) by Elias Garcia Martinez, had been in the church for over 100 years and had started to deteriorate due to moisture. The woman noticed that the painting needed a touch up so she brought her supplies to the church and started painting. Church officials didn’t realize what was happening until it was too late.
Juan Maria Ojeda, the City Councillor in charge of cultural affairs, said:
“I think she had good intentions. Next week she will meet with a repairer and explain what kind of materials she used…. If we can’t fix it, we will probably cover the wall with a photo of the painting.”
The BBC notes that the fresco wasn’t particularly valuable, but it did have plenty of sentimental value for the church.
Here’s a before and after photo of the Jesus Christ fresco:

Foolish, Ignorant Men

I was first made aware of the comments Congressman Todd Aiken made about rape and pregnancy by my fellow blogger Carrie Cann of Carrie's Bar & Grill (see sidebar) early Monday morning while reading her blog. I was instantly furious and dumbfounded that a grown man could have such ill-conceived notions in this day and age. What a f***ing, ignorant MORON!! And don't even get me started on Paul Ryan! I came across this nice little "ad" on one of my facebook pal's timeline. I thought it to be quite fitting. I don't like discussing politics unless it's with people I trust won't judge me based on my opinions or beliefs and I afford them the same courtesy, but not this time. The Romney/Ryan presidency will be the death of America and I will not stay quiet. We must not allow Romney to become president.

Sadness Part 2

The sadness will never completely go away, but it has mostly turned into relief. M lost her battle with cancer last Friday morning around 7:30. Since I was on vacation that day with my family, I received my notification around 8:30. I was saddened and yet relieved that the suffering and waiting for the inevitable was finally over for her, but mostly for her family. What a difficult last couple of weeks this must have been.

I was asked Friday afternoon if I could get the music together for the slide show her family wanted to put together for the visitation. Of course, I was more than happy to do that and spent several hours Saturday morning getting that stuff together so J could make the 45 min trip into Findlay to pick it up.

I did attend the visitation yesterday evening...it was hard, but I'm glad I got a chance to see a portion of the slide show that was playing on the church wall that had pictures of M looking healthy and smiling in every one of them...she was a beautiful person with a beautiful soul. She will be missed forever.