Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving was different. Lisa's friends from Washington came to visit. They, like Lisa, are vegetarians. I am not. Lisa doesn't really cook so I had the honor of making a vegetarian dinner. I made Ratatouille. It's an actual dish and not just an animated film. It turned out pretty good (it was no turkey though).

Lisa's friends are also screaming liberals. It was tough, the husband kept trying to bait me. They knew I am a Libertarian so I think it was testing me a little. Believe it or not I'm a pretty tolerant guy of other people's opinions, face to face anyway, and I also find it bad form to argue politics with a guest. I was sorely tempted though cause this guy was the kind of lib that Sean Hannity delights in sterotyping. I had to drink a lot of whiskey to make it through that night. The husband is Scottish so being European it's understandable. No less annoying, but understandable. I think the only thing we agreed on was that Daniel Craig is the best James Bond since Sean Connery.

It really wasn't that bad they are both nice people so I only lost sleep one night thinking of all the things I wished I had said.

Just Like Oprah

Here are a few of my favorite things:

• Man vs Food - I think I mentioned somewhere before that this is the most subversive, politically incorrect and down right dangerous show on TV right now. Fat people eating anything and everything in sight. Sometimes it disturbs even me, and I'll eat anything that doesn't move faster than I do.
• Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives - yes! another show about gorging yourself. Not as decadent as MvF but delicious all the same. I'm trying to get these shows out of my system before the new health plans kick in and they outlaw obesity. I like Guy Fieri even though it aggravates me to try to pronounce his last name.
• Property Virgins - That Sandra Rinomato knows her real estate, she sales with flare, verve and a Canadian accent.
• Google Maps - I really love the feature that let's you go down to street level (not sure what that feature is called). It's handy for planning my motorcycle rides, even figuring out the scenic spots to stop and take photos. Now if it would just help me figure out a way to pay for those trips.

A few of my not so favorite things:

• Carrie Prejean - I'm one gullible son of a bitch but even I can see a huckster of her magnitude coming. She makes the terms plastic and fake inadequate, and I'm not talking about the breast implants. Her indignant act in the Larry King interview isn't very convincing.
• Larry King - his obnoxious, boorish behavior is way too authentic.

The Last Few Days

Only the first paragraph is about Obama, if you're sick of that go ahead and skip to the next one, that's about someone only mildly more annoying than Obama, me.


I've really been hitting a slow streak lately. It seems like my all consuming hatred for Obama has spoiled my huge, insatiable lust for life. I haven't been posting too much because I don't want to have another entry turn into an anti-Obama rant. It's nice to have him in another country though. And did you see that goofy hand-shake slash bow thing he did. What a giant nerd. I could almost feel sorry for him at times like that but then I remember my all consuming hatred.

Well aside from Obama's trip to China things have been pretty quiet this week. To get reinspired for the blog I went back and read some of my older entries. I really used to like writing here. I see a certain online persona I've developed and didn't realize how much I tend to repeat myself (see first paragraph). Still I have a few things I've written that I'm kind of proud of. Since 2010 is the fifth year anniversary of Life's Been Good, maybe I'll repost (or rehash) some of my favorites. Or maybe that'll be too much work.


So I've got the dog chewing a rawhide right behind me, man she's loud. This will not be a post I revisit.

Friday The 13th

Garden of the Gods
Originally uploaded by brian glass

Got out of bed, the new Sleep Number bed that we've had for about a month hasn't really impressed me so far. The number, it seems, is affected by things such as the temperature and barometric pressure. For some reason I set my side to 60 and wake up to 75. It's still better then our old bed however, just by the fact that it's a king size.

I had lunch with Lisa at her office. That was nice for me, she was having an acid attack and her stomach was killing her.

Now I'm sitting here wishing I had something more to write about in the hope of saving this from going down as the worst blog entry ever. I guess it's too late for that.

Here is a picture I took from a short bike ride yesterday. I went to the Garden of the Gods for the sole purpose of taking pictures of the motorcycle in front of pretty scenery. It worked I reckon. Oh, the malaise.

More Celebrity Stupidity

Queen Amadala's views on meat vs. rape.

"He posits that consideration…which has more to do with being polite to your
tablemates than sticking to your own ideals, would be absurd if applied to any
other belief (e.g., I don't believe in rape, but if that's what it takes to
please my dinner hosts, then so be it)."

Good thing she's pretty.

I could probably do a daily one of these.

So My Peeing There Saves Flushing The Toilet

From the lips of Jennifer Anniston

"I take a three-minute shower," she told Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas
Kostigen, authors of The Green Book. She even brushes her teeth while she's in
there. "Every two minutes in the shower uses as much water as a person in Africa
uses for everything in their life for a whole day!"

So Kramer was on to something by preparing dinner in the shower. For more stupid celebrities check here...

Vets

I was going to post a link about the press corps standing up to the White House but while searching for that link I saw something more important.

WWII ARMY RANGERS REUNION

The Saddest Thing I Saw Yesterday

Lisa and I went to the movies yesterday afternoon. As we were walking to the theater I noticed a family in front of us. There was a tall gawky early teenage boy, memorable because he was doing some goofy dance to the music coming through a restaurant's outdoor sound system. There was an adorable little blond girl in a red dress with a teddy bear, skipping along in step with her brother's dance. They were both happy and smiling, and it made me happy. Maybe that's why what happened next affected me so much (don't worry the kid wasn't hit by a car or anything).

As Lisa got our tickets for Amelia (which was just okay) I was listening to the Dad ask if tickets for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs in 3D was more than a regular movie. When informed it was $2.50 more, the father got out of line and after a brief discussion with the family turned around and left. As they walked off I over heard the little girl, head hung down, say ,"But I want to see a movie." Now granted there are worse things that can happen to a child, and two extra dollars for a 3d movie always makes me chaffe when I have to pay it but seriously, loosen those purse springs a little dick. If the difference in price of a 3D movie is going to break you, what were you doing bringing the family to a movie in the first place? Quick enough that I would have done it but not quick enough to catch them, I told Lisa I would have offered to pay for the kids' tickets (although that's kind of rude I suppose).

I hope the cute little girl and her cute nerd of a brother (I have a soft spot, he reminded me of me) get to see that stupid movie. And dad if you see this, quit being a cheap dick.