Last weekend I had my first pedicure in three years. I love pedicures, especially the ones that come with a massage chair and actual foot and calves massages. And I absolutely love the way my freshly painted toes look for days and weeks after.
While I was there I began to think what a nasty job this must be. The pedicurist is constantly messing with another person's dirty, nasty feet for eight or more hours a day. Corns, calluses, bunions and various fungi. So many disgusting types of nails. Cracked heels and hairy feet (not to mention some very unshaven legs). To do this with a smile and a good attitude takes a special person.
Even more important is the care with which these people treat your feet. You'd be surprised at how many people do not know that foot care affects your whole body. Think for just a minute about the last time your feet were bothering you. I'll bet you'll think of another part of your body that was just as sore or tired. There is a reason for this. Your foot has never endings that correspond to every part of your body. It is as if someone laid a mini line of cable from your feet all the way to your head. To have someone come along and massage and care for those sore, aching feet is to have someone take care of your whole body.
So to all you pedicurists out there I send you my grateful thanks.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
News-free and Loving It
Normally I consider myself a well-informed citizen. I watch the news. I read newspapers and magazines. I follow politics and world events (and am one of a very few in my circle who knows more about foriegn leaders than just their names). I even make the effort to check congressional records to see how my leaders are voting (as opposed to how they are campaigning).
But a few weeks ago I reached my limit. The media (both right and left) has been increasingly pandering to emotion and ignoring actual news. The offending story dealt with a local teen at a nightclub who murdered two people in front of several witnesses. The murder was also caught on a security camera. What offended me was the use of terms such as "the suspect" and "the accused" along with the litany of "character witnesses" who attested to the fact that this murderer would never do something like this.
I understand that we, as a society, do not want to find an innocent man guilty and that we must do all we can to preserve that freedom. However, if the MF who killed someone carried out his crime in front of several people AND on a security camera shouldn't we just drop the charade and call it what it is. This man is a murderer. He is not a suspect. He is not the alleged murderer. He is the murder.
On to other news rants...
Global warming: If somebody wasn't making money off of peoples fears of global warming there would be no such theory. Let's face it, those who have bought the load of crap being fed to the public by leftist haven't done their research. Actually those "presenting" said research haven't checked the math in their own work...it's wrong. We are now being told that an overall cooling of the planet is the result of global warming. Can we say double talk? And paying someone to offset your carbon footprint? Can't happen people. But if you must pay someone please send a $20 donation to me and I will gladly plant an acorn so that your global conscience will feel better. I think you'll find my fees more reasonable than the machine feeding you the global disaster panic.
US Presidential Election: Let's face it, our candidates suck this year. Obama is an extreme leftist and McCain is so much a centrist he is just a little on the left (check his voting record). Obama, in spite of internet rumors, is NOT a muslim (how many Muslim-dominated countries are liberal?). McCain has the war experience but will be dealing with a Democrate Senate and House. Obama wants to take over the oil companies. McCain wants to give us a gas tax break and charge the oil companies the difference (like this profits tax won't find its way to our pocket books). And, Obama, in all his wisdom looks like he will choose the Banshee for a running mate (if he does, expect some unexpect "accident" to befall him if he is elected).
The economy: There is no recession. There is only an election year with one party determined to regain power. If that means they must convince the masses that the economy has tanked and we are going to be worse off than we were during the depression then so be it. Unfortunately, our goverment has FU education so much that no one really knows what constitutes a receission any more. If you are one of those who don't I recommend finding a dictionary and looking it up.
So now that I've ranted about the craptacular news let me say that I have been in a much better mood since taking my sabbatical.
But a few weeks ago I reached my limit. The media (both right and left) has been increasingly pandering to emotion and ignoring actual news. The offending story dealt with a local teen at a nightclub who murdered two people in front of several witnesses. The murder was also caught on a security camera. What offended me was the use of terms such as "the suspect" and "the accused" along with the litany of "character witnesses" who attested to the fact that this murderer would never do something like this.
I understand that we, as a society, do not want to find an innocent man guilty and that we must do all we can to preserve that freedom. However, if the MF who killed someone carried out his crime in front of several people AND on a security camera shouldn't we just drop the charade and call it what it is. This man is a murderer. He is not a suspect. He is not the alleged murderer. He is the murder.
On to other news rants...
Global warming: If somebody wasn't making money off of peoples fears of global warming there would be no such theory. Let's face it, those who have bought the load of crap being fed to the public by leftist haven't done their research. Actually those "presenting" said research haven't checked the math in their own work...it's wrong. We are now being told that an overall cooling of the planet is the result of global warming. Can we say double talk? And paying someone to offset your carbon footprint? Can't happen people. But if you must pay someone please send a $20 donation to me and I will gladly plant an acorn so that your global conscience will feel better. I think you'll find my fees more reasonable than the machine feeding you the global disaster panic.
US Presidential Election: Let's face it, our candidates suck this year. Obama is an extreme leftist and McCain is so much a centrist he is just a little on the left (check his voting record). Obama, in spite of internet rumors, is NOT a muslim (how many Muslim-dominated countries are liberal?). McCain has the war experience but will be dealing with a Democrate Senate and House. Obama wants to take over the oil companies. McCain wants to give us a gas tax break and charge the oil companies the difference (like this profits tax won't find its way to our pocket books). And, Obama, in all his wisdom looks like he will choose the Banshee for a running mate (if he does, expect some unexpect "accident" to befall him if he is elected).
The economy: There is no recession. There is only an election year with one party determined to regain power. If that means they must convince the masses that the economy has tanked and we are going to be worse off than we were during the depression then so be it. Unfortunately, our goverment has FU education so much that no one really knows what constitutes a receission any more. If you are one of those who don't I recommend finding a dictionary and looking it up.
So now that I've ranted about the craptacular news let me say that I have been in a much better mood since taking my sabbatical.
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