Yesterday, The cats awakened me at 1:58 in the morning. This morning, they let me sleep until 2:52.
I should say that little Miss Dolly Dalrymple awakened me. Mister Marshmallow is fast asleep on the kitchen floor. Miss Pumpkin is sitting on the computer tower, watching my every move in case I might head to the cupboard in the kitchen and get her a treat. Dolly is powdering her nose I can hear her scratching around in the litter box.
My beautiful daughter-in-law Jennifer is having a birthday. I hope she has a wonderful day.
On this day, I remember my father, Robert Hayden Maxwell, 1907 - 1960.
Today would be my father's 106th birthday. He was 53 when he died 53 years ago. Dad was an OB/GYN. He delivered me. I'm not sure if I could see on that day in October of 1942, but it's possible that he - or perhaps his operating room nurse, Lucel Cannon- was the first person I saw. They each had front row seats, so to speak, to my first few moments outside the womb.
My brother-in-law also has a birthday today.
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March Madness won’t end after the basketball games are played. That’s because Congress will still be in session.
On this date, in 1972, the proposed Equal Rights Amendment was approved and sent to the states for ratification. The move to have such an amendment began in 1918. The proposed amendment ultimately failed to get the necessary 3/4th votes. It was a natty thing to begin with, making women equal to men, among other things.
In Kansas, Wichita State University basketball coach, Gregg Marshall's base pay is $ 900,000. The women’s coach, Jody Adams, get $ 175,000. Bruce Weber of Kansas State gets 1,500,000. Bill Self of Kansas University gets $ 3,500,000.
All of these hard working - non-playing - coaches gets various bonuses. Bill Self’s contract is potentially worth 52 million over the next ten years. He's the 4th or 5th highest paid coach in the good old U. S. of A.
We hear of some remarkable women owners of corporations, and CEO’s of corporations who make some really big salaries. My friend at the dollar store two block away doesn’t make as much in salary. Her perks are that she has been robbed at gunpoint twice. She gets excitement, so why does she need much else, such as equal pay for equal work?
I’ve seen my friend lift boxes, fill shelves, ring up cash register sales, sweep the aisles. I have yet to see Bill Self, Gregg Marshall, Bruce Weber or even Jody Adams play basketball. I think they are all over paid, even if Jody Adams - being a woman with a fantastic team and a great record - gets shit in compensation in comparison to the men.
Oh, well! Sports are still the most important of the things that don't really matter. And America may never respect women to the point of saying they are equal to men - even when, in many ways - they have always been superior.
3 in the morning. The weatherman says we're having weather today. He isn't sure what kind of weather - some chance of rain, some chance of clouds, some chance of seeing the sunshine, some chance of being different than last year, but by tomorrow morning, he'll be able to tell us more about today's weather.
In the news, the Republican Party wants to change their image.
Don't be fooled. They don't want to change. They just want to wahitewash their image so fool people into thinking they have changed.
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If someone abuses an animal, send them to me. I'll maim them.
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A Maize, Kansas couple got their water bill - $ 1,531,630.98. Only $ 499.000 was for water usage. The rest was for fees ad taxes.
Maize is changing over their water bills to a new computer program. There was a clitch in the new sysem.
Gee, you think?
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Happy St. Patrick's Day. May you follow a leprechaun to the end of the rainbow. I need tofind a pot of gold. I'll dump the gold and take the pot. I want a pot in my front yard so I can plant some geraniums.
Mister Brisket is back in the house, under the bed.I'll have to dismantle the bed, open a window and coax him out. I can do that later in the day. Right now, I need some coffee. Hey! It's St Paddy's day. I could have Irish coffee!
Drinker's will have to party hardy on Saturday. Sunday means they may have a hangover on Monday. Bummer, that!
Mack is ready to party. He's got his Erin Go Bragh hat on. His brother, Murphy, is trying to find an Erin Go Bragh-less hat.
The news reports Francis I had a busy day, yesterday. Personally, I don't care if he wet his bed, or had a pedicure.
I will go to a birthday party tomorrow night. It's going to be at Whiskey Dicks. (No apostrophe, you notice) Many of the attendees will re-define drinking and hangover. I'll probably have half a beer or a double Kahlua on the rocks, stay long enough to be sociable, then get home before the police start to stop people to check their blood alcohol level.
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