In any case, I apologize for neglecting my blog. I have started working and am getting ready to move into me new house at the end of this month/beginning of next. That alone is exciting enough for the Moose and me (especially the Moose - he is looking forward to it like a fat kid to birthday cake). The job is great, if a little more than I had planned on - I was thinking something four to six hours at a time, five days a week and it's actually a little closer to five to seven (sometimes more) five days a week. However, the work environment is great and I enjoy my paycheck. Or should I say, Dollface and Moose Man enjoy my paycheck? Between the two of them, I spent my entire paycheck and had $10 left over for myself. Although, to be honest, that was already spent by the Sour Cream Coffee Cake Mix I procured earlier in the week for Landlord and Moose Man as an apology for having a meltdown last Monday. Tornado Dollface blew through town and is now literally moving up I-95 to Boston at approximately 75 mph. She has her little dog in tow and her house will be landing sometime today I am thinking. Hopefully nothing will get broken on the way up the stairs. Godspeed, Dollface!
So back to the topic of my blog: More Things That Make Me Go, "Hmm."
I am watching Headline News and the former CEO of Lehman Brothers, Richard Fuld, is testifying before Congress. The man was paid almost $500 million over the last few years even though he ruined the company. He has five houses. Does this make sense? Why are we doing this? What is so wrong with my country that these CEOs get buttloads of cash while destroying the good names of household companies? Merrill Lynch? AIG? And they get off without so much as a slap on the wrist. Well, Fuld didn't. He was punched in the nose by an executive at the corporate gym. I have no idea who this man was, but I tip my hat to you, sir! I think you should get one of his five houses just for doing what the rest of America wishes it could.
I am watching Fuld and he just looks evil. He has these nostrils that are curled back as if he's smelling something putrid (his own stench of a brimstone-sulfur compound, I'm sure). His front two teeth are long and quite rodentish (I know that's not a word), giving him an air of untrustworthiness like I haven't seen in quite some time. His eyes are set waaay back in his head and they have dark circles under them, as if he's been up all night plotting on how best to spend his last $25 million. Little Dennis Kucinich asked him if Lehman had mucked up the company and reminded him he's under oath. Fuld says he feels "horrible about what's happened to the company and its effects on so many." I do not sense any remorse from this man whatsoever. Perhaps he'd be more remorseful if he lost most of his worldly possessions, like some of his employees. Or, better yet, he could allow employees to live in four of his five houses. Rent-free, of course. Or we could tar and feather him. There are lots of possibilities. I encourage you to leave comments for me with your suggestions. We don't want to destroy his homes though, because he'd get to collect the insurance money.
On to something lighter....
It is now October and I am re-learning things about seasons. (Or to sort of quote Yoda, I am learning what I have un-learned.) We were in Denver in late September and I noticed so many little trees were yellow. The trees were planted probably in the last couple of years when the suburban sprawl had expanded to Castle Rock (where we were staying). They were saplings, really. I was very concerned because all of them seemed to be doing poorly. I could practically hear them coughing like Doc Holiday. I kept asking Moose Man, "What's wrong with the trees? Why are they dying? Do they need extra water or fertilizer?"
Moose Man looked at me for about two seconds before answering. "Ms. Pixie, it's fall. This is what happens when fall comes around. It's earlier here than in O'Fallon because we are at a higher altitude."
DUH. I felt like such an idiot, but not so much that I refrained from asking these questions again now that the leaves are starting to turn here in O'Fallon! That's right! I just keep forgetting about fall. In my defense, this is the first fall I've had in five years. I haven't experienced seasons in years. We still can't find O'Fallon on the weather map, for the love of cheese.
I need to start getting ready for work, I think.
Hope all four of you have a great day!
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