I think the pestilance has hold of me. I haven't been feeling well all weekend and today I am worst. I feel hot, am coughing, and my nose is sneezing and I have rhinorrhea. That is a runny nose.
I am off tomorrow and damn glad of it. I have been feeling to ill to even worry about writing a rant or two.
The Ides of March has long been considered an ill-fated day. Julius Caesar was assassinated on March 15, 44 B.C. Historians note that it is likely that a soothsayer named Spurinna had warned Caesar that danger would occur by the ides of March. William Shakespeare included the phrase "Beware the ides of March" in his play Julius Caesar.
The ides were the 15th days of some months (including Martius, or March) in the ancient Roman lunar calendar; they were the 13th in other months. The word ides comes from the Latin word idus, which is possibly derived from an Etruscan word meaning "to divide." The ides were originally meant to mark the full Moon (the "halfway point" of a lunar month), but because the Roman calendar months and actual lunar months are different lengths, they quickly got out of step. The ancient Romans considered the day after the calends (first of the month), nones (ninth day before the ides, inclusive), or ides of any month as unfavorable. These were called dies atri
You have to listen to this. This is unbelievable, I had heard this man sing a few months ago and have to share it. He is a cell phone sales man from Wales:
The talk of the day was Eliot Spitzer. AT his stage of life if he had to pay for sex he was a fool. And to pay what he did he was a damn fool.
I really wonder what percent of the people in positions of authority feel the need to carry on like a jackass. Or do they think this is an entitlement? Power corrupts and the abuse of power is a crime. I do not see this as a victimless crime. The ones who were hurt the most were his wife, and what kind of message is this sending to his teen age daughters.
I would have been filing my divorce papers long before today.
I have decided today that surgeons are like a bunch of baby birds. All the do is squawk, and give us crap. And sit around with their mouths open waiting for someone to fulfill their real, or supposed needs. They are thwarted at a 2 year old stage of development where they think the world revolves around them.
HOT TIP GUYS: It does not........
Back to work tomorrow after being off for 2 days. I was rather busy. Yesterday I went to the Oakmont Geneology Group. We mostly spend time figuring out how to get speakers to come to the group. We buy them lunch but I guess that is not enough. Maybe we should get them a gift gasoline card too.
That was the extent of Tuesday. Today I went shopping, went to Border Books, stopped at the jewelry store.
Littman Jewelers Jewelry This is where the daughter worksI like to look at the clearance items and see if there is anything I want. She told me that 75% of the gold and diamonds sold are recycled I guess they don't get "bad" The price of gold is astronomical. I have been reading that they expect the gold to go to $2,000 per ounce. Guess that will cause havoc to the jewelry business. Everyone comes in and is agast at the price of gold ($900. or some where in that range per ounce._
Then in the afternoon I went to have the oil changed and the tires rotated. WOW what a day. At least I had a coupon for those services......
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