Crabby Blogging Lady

The kids were bored with all our movies (a collection that cost me many pretty pennies over the years) and I was resigned to scouring through the online movie dregs for some entertainment. Good Lord, the filth that is out there, marketed as “family” entertainment. I don’t have television and don’t go to the movie theater, so I have a different (read: objective) perspective on it all. Eek.

Anyway, I came across an old show from Father Knows Best. Do any of you remember that old show? It aired in 1954 (it was a radio program before then). It evolved into the TV show with Robert Young and Jane Wyatt. So we saw some episode where the boy wants a baseball team to visit Springfield, and he is convinced that his insuperable dad can arrange it. Which he does.

But the problem is that the dude Dad partners with to make it happen wants some (political) favors. Dad is unwilling to do it and there ends the heroic hopes and dreams of the Springfield boys.

As we watched the show, I was appalled. Simply APPALLED. What the heck ever happened to fathers???

Oh I KNOW, Father Knows Best was fiction, fantasy. But heck, even at its most fantastical, most Dads were still WITH their families in the 50s. Life has changed so much in 50, 60 years. Not for the better, no. Better to have a lame dad than no dad.

Whatever happened to the family unit, to the sanctity of marriage and the honor of raising children? Hey, a huge and fancy barbados wedding is terrific, a real accomplishment. Keeping those vows is even more important. So what happened between point A and B that makes us so radically different.

Of course, there is a lot to be thankful for– women don’t have to have 18-inch waists and wear poofy dresses all the time. And we have iPhones and laptops now. But all those things seem like a poor exchange for a wholesome family. So much has changed.

I saw this video showcasing the “latest” iPhone app. Watch it and tell me what you think…

If you are like me (and why else would you be reading this blog, hmmm??), then you probably thought, “Hey! That is so cool!!” After a moment when your brain cooled down to normal mode and the marketing scent evaporated, you no doubt thought, “What the heck?” Finally, you thought, “This is actually dumb. Why use your iPhone as a remote? Why don’t ya just put your TV remote in its proper place every time?!” See, I KNOW what you were thinkin’!

I think the iPhone is indeed a nifty device. Hey, vanilla dutches can be nifty, too. But humans always seem to take things a little too far to the extreme, you know? The iPhone is indeed neat, but do we really NEED an app for EVERYTHING?! Must it replace EVERYTHING we do? Just because there’s an app for that does not necessarily make the app good.

Meh. Stay away, far away, little children. I’m a GROUCH today.

The company I work for– the one I LOVE to work for– is going down the toilet. I don’t know what I am am going to do. I rely on that income and I’m not able to work too many other jobs.

Maybe I can get a job selling steel bracelets or something. Or selling encyclopedias…. *sigh*

I’m pretty angry at Google, actually. They rule the Internet and so they can make websites irrelevant with one wave of their evil magic wand. And they have waved it at all the companies I work for. It’s bad enough that they wrecked the professional blogging business, now they want to rule the entire online roost, as well.

Yeah, look out. I’m pretty peeved today. Lord, I need some joy! And a new job!

Did you happen to catch the latest news on China that made the viral rounds last week? Somebody surfing on Google Maps spotted these funky patterns in the Chinese desert. The news caught on like wildfire, so everyone seemed to have their theory on the reason for the patterns. Some of the best included aliens (aliens are always touted these days for doing funky, unexplainable things), air strips, farming methods, mining, as jogging paths to replace hcg weight loss programs, and — my personal favorite– as “real life size” grids of the streets of Washington, DC, and New York City. China is gonna take over the U.S. yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!

I found that particular theory funny because, well, China IS already taking over the U.S.!!! HELLO!! Don’t they own most of our debt and practically own us already?? Why they heck would they waste their ammunition when we’re practically giving our country to them in a handbasket?

Hoh boy, it’s going bonkers out there in the cruel, cruel world these days. It’s enough to make a girl want to hide her head in one of those cushy down jackets and escape the world. My blood pressure has been through the roof lately. Well, it sure feels that way.

So I turn to the psalms for a good dose of reality. We are all just dust, right? Some more than others…. haha! That’s a JOKE.

Anyway…. here’s the psalm. Isn’t it perfect?!

Psalm 37
A Psalm of David.
1 Do not fret because of evildoers,
Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity.
2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass,
And wither as the green herb.

3 Trust in the LORD, and do good;
Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.
4 Delight yourself also in the LORD,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart.

5 Commit your way to the LORD,
Trust also in Him,
And He shall bring it to pass.
6 He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light,
And your justice as the noonday.

7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.
8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath;
Do not fret—it only causes harm.

Exactly. It causes harm. No fret, no sweat. Lord, help me.

Who’s your daddy?

I don’t know a whole lot about the George R.R. Martin medieval fiction series (and why do medieval fiction writers always have TWO middle names??), but I know enough about the Targaryen characters to make me do a double-take when I look at Anderson Cooper. Does this guy keep dragons???

He’s a dead ringer for the dynasty, wouldn’t you say? I mean, he could give Viserys a run for his money with father’s gift basket ideas and all, ya think?

Photo is from Wikipedia. That’s so that no major news media outlet could sue me for “copyright infringement” for using a photo. So there. :-p