RTotD: 5/16

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It’s time for more of my random thoughts. Most of you will probably run away screaming at that proclamation, but to those of you brave enough to stay, you need mental help. Know how I know that? We can see our own. Anyways, here we go….

• Why is it that even though they’re part of the United States, when shipping to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands it is considered international?

Surf Your Way Into Jail

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[Editor's Note:  Please welcome BrainRants, Stuph Maphia™.  Funny story.  A few weeks ago 1jaded1 asked me if I read BrainRants.  I thought she was confused and meant brainsnorts, and I said yes without further thought.  Then a day or two later I received a comment from BrainRants and then realized that I was the one who was confused.  Sorry, Jaded.  If it's any consolation this just proves you're smarter than me.  Take that for what it's worth, which isn't much.

See? I’m a member!

In the short time I’ve been following BrainRants I’ve found him to be witty, intelligent, articulate, hilarious, and crude.  And that’s my kind of people.  He has since become a member of the Maphia™ and I’m now a card-carrying member (huh huh) of the Rants Army™.

As always, folks, please ensure you visit our guest’s blog and click on the almighty follow button.  You’ll be sorry if you don’t.  Hell, you may even become a card-carrying member, like me.]

“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.” — Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States

I wrote a glib piece about proposed Amendments to our (American) Constitution a while ago as a lark, not really paying attention to the news article I read that sparked the idea. I found several respondent notions about strengthening privacy rights but ignored them. Then I came across another series of articles

Remember your failure at the cave?

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Ok, folks.  Baby C had been on a Star Wars kick lately so we’ve been watching a TON of Star Wars.  I’m not complaining because, you know, Star Wars, but as soon as he comes into the house he points to the TV and says, “Star Wars!”  So in the past couple of weeks we’ve watched all six movies and all three seasons (that we have) of The Clone Wars.

When we were watching The Empire Strikes Back the other day it came toward the part where Yoda berates Luke for his “failure in the cave.”  As many times as I’ve seen this movie (it has to be over 1000 – seriously), I’ve never understood exactly how Luke failed in the cave.

The cave. Remember your failure at the cave? (Photo credit huffingtonpost.com)

My New Language

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Having a child changes a lot of things. One of them is how you speak. For most people, it lessens the frequency of cussing (it did for me, at least when Baby E is around anyways). It also makes you start talking in a way you can’t control. I don’t know how else to explain it, but for some reason, you MUST talk to your child in that annoying baby talk. You try not to do it, but, no matter what, you always find yourself doing this:

Wrecking the Walls

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Photo courtesy of everydaylifes.com

Who Influences a Stormtrooper?

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Today the fine folks at the Daily Prompt would like us to extol fellow bloggers who have influenced us in some significant way.  There are two fellow bloggers who have influenced me and luckily for me I’ve already written about them both before and that will make today’s post very easy because all have to do is link to those posts and perhaps send a pingback to them so they know I’m kissing their asses again.

So!  Now that we know what we’re here for…PROMPT ME!

Tell us about another blogger who has influenced your own online journey.

A Question For The Ladies

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A quick disclaimer: I’m not asking this to try and be mean, or make anyone feel bad, or anything, I’m just curious. I just want to know why this happens, and that’s even if anyone knows the answer.

Random Thoughts: 3/25/2013

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*Disclaimer:  This is our 1000th post!  Yay! Woot!*

Wow.  It’s been over 3 months since I’ve done one of these posts.  Unbelievable.  Sorry, Elyse.  I know you like these.  I’ll try to do them more often.

Anyhow, as a refresher, my random thought posts are where I peruse the news and then add my commentary and/or reaction to the articles.  Soooo…here we go!

• Karl Rove has suggested that Stephen Colbert might need anger management after seeing a bit where Colbert stabbed a likeness of Rove (affectionately referred to as “Ham Rove”) repeatedly during an interview.It seems that Rove’s capacity for idiocy escapes him and that most people react to the moronic things he says that way.  Colbert was merely acting out what most Americans would like to do to him.  So, I guess we all need anger management.

My Wedding Reception

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I promised Twindaddy that I wouldn’t post any stories about him doing embarrassing things. After reading this, you may think I’m breaking that promise, but I have two reasons that I believe I’m not. One, he didn’t do the embarrassing thing, it was done to him. And, two, it happened at my wedding reception, so that gives me permission to use it.

Anybody that knows me knows that I don’t drink. Alcohol does not mix well with my medication. Since this was my wedding, however, I decided to make an exception. Plus, while my medication really didn’t give me any side effects, except to occasionally make me drowsy, I didn’t want to chance it clouding up any part of what is now tied for the best day of my life (the other being the day that Baby E was born).

My Daughter Is Trying To Get Me In Trouble

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They say that when your child is young, you should call yourself what they’re going to call you. Therefore, instead of “I”, I’ve been calling myself “Daddy”. Sometimes when I leave the room, she will start to cry. To try to calm her down, I’ll say things like, “Daddy, will be right back. He’s got to make you a bottle.” or “Sorry, baby girl, but Daddy has to go to the bathroom.”