Yesterday I went to the mall and what did I see but some kind of Easter bunny aberration I can only classify as “Santa Bunny.” There in the place where Santa sits each year, was a large bunny-like creature with a child perched on its lap and a photographer madly snapping pictures.The kid did not seem thrilled with this, but the mother was beaming and the lady with the camera was working fast to get a picture of the kid looking at least semi-happy before it actually dissolved into tears. As the child evinced its displeasure, another woman — the Easter Bunny’s helper? — swooped in and plucked the child off of the rodent’s lap just as the kid started to actually cry. Who wants a picture of a crying kid being clutched by an oversize rodent? (Okay, rabbits are NOT actually rodents, but this was not actually a rabbit,… Read More »
Really, ya think?
Are there things that give you pause? Things that make you say, “Really? Ya Think?” The other evening I was coming home from way out in North Las Vegas which is a place of manufacturing and those big container park-warehouses. There are railroad tracks that run through there — freight trains shuttling products from one place to another. The tracks are at street level, and as I approached a crossing, there was a sign that said, “Trains have the right-of-way.” Really? Ya think? Naw, I’d rather go head-to-head with that switch-engine and see which of us comes out on top. There is something similar at a couple of the upscale golf-courses I occasionally play (when a discount pops up on Groupon) which are in upscale planned communities. The golf course snakes between the houses and crosses a street here and there. As one approaches a street in the golf cart (maximum… Read More »
I will not Shop on Saturday !
Before I retired, I made myself a promise: when I no longer worked full-time, I would not shop on the weekends. One of my pet peeves was to go to the market and stand in line behind someone who was obviously retired and could have shopped any day of the week, but NO!, they chose to shop on my day off, costing me precious minutes as I stood in line behind them, waiting for them to check out and get out! (Now I must admit that I have a lot of pet peeves, probably enough to stock a menagerie. A friend who is more open-minded than I am, suggested these people might have to wait until the weekend for a friend or relative who works to drive them to the market. I admit that is a consideration — for maybe 5%.) So today, Saturday, not only was I shopping, I was shopping… Read More »
Don’t cats deserve to be fed, too?
Today at lunch I was flipping through the pile of ads and saw one for C-A-L Ranch Stores. A C-A-L Ranch Store has recently opened nearby in what used to be supermarket. I went for a visit out of curiosity. It is a store that surely would be best suited for rural Nevada — I can’t imagine who in Las Vegas needs barbed wire fencing or steel poles for cattle pens, but apparently somebody does. They also sell baby chicks. Sweet. So, I’m looking at the ad and there is a full page of food for horses (don’t they eat hay?) including food that empowers them and another one that makes their coat shiny. Huh. Perusing the ad further, I see bags of food for chickens which comes in pellets or crumbles and enhances their muscle development. Uh, is anyone else bothered by the idea of chickens with muscles? Okay — now I… Read More »
