Troubled Times

Yesterday Veronica and I went to Walmart to do some shopping. While in there, I noticed that there were about 3 full rows, both sides, of Holloween items...mask, costumes and any other Holloween dress up items that you can think of. I could not believe how much Halloween items were leftover this year. This was the most by far, that I have ever seen before. And that is not to mention all of the leftover Halloween candy that they had on sale. Just goes to show you how bad and how deeply our economy is hurting. With everyone tightening their belts and keeping their budgets down to the minimum, they might be foregoing Halloween stuff and saving what they have for the holiday season. The way things appear to be going, people won't be spending near as much this holiday season. The retail stores will really have to discount their product lines and even if they do that, it will be a really rough sales time for them. For those of you that have the extra cash/plastic for holiday spending, wait long enough and there should be some great bargains to be had. As for me...just give me some coal and I will be happy. That will be a lot cheaper than the 52" 1080p plasma tv that I have been longing for.....but by getting the coal, I will save a lot of stress on worrying about paying those plastic cards off within my lifetime.

A Fresh Start For A Better Tomorrow

What an important day today is for the future of our country. With all of the upheaval and problems within our country and globally, hopefully the next leader of our country will have the abilty to lead our country to a stronger and better future. Hopefully a year from now I will be able to say that I am better off and the country as a whole is in a better place than we are today.
With that being said, I just returned from voting. I decided to wait until after the "before going to work" crowd had the opportunity to vote and prior to the "lunch hour" voters arriving. I arrived at the voting location around 10 AM and I was leaving around 10:20AM. There were only about 7 people in line ahead of me. It went much quicker than I ever imagined, especially after watching tv and seeing the huge lines in other areas of the country. I went their expecting a 4 hour wait. What a nice surprise. Now it is time to watch tv and see who will be our next leader.

Hmmm!!! I Am Not So Sure About This Magazine

Yesterday I received a complimentary copy of a fairly new magazine that I have never heard of. It is called...GARDEN & GUN...SOUL OF THE NEW SOUTH. The title of the magazine just seemed so wrong to me. I would never think of the word garden and gun in the same thought or sentence. Maybe to use one to keep those pesky rabbits from eating all of the flowers. Those words just don't seem to go together at all. I wasn't quite sure what to make of this magazine at first. It has a picture of Melinda Lambert...a country western singer...possibly the next Loretta Lynn on the cover. The picture of her was eye candy enough for a magazine cover. I was still straddling the fence about this magazine, even after taking several peaks at Ms. Lambert. But once I forced my eyes to devert from the eye candy, I noticed a listing of some of the articles that were contained in the magazine...BO DIDDLY SAVED MY LIFE by JIMMY BUFFETT.....or how about this one...THE PERFECT BLOODY MARY...not my selection of drink...I am more of a rum guy....Pina Coladas anyone????...or this one...... PASS THE PAWPAWS.... pawpaws?????...scratching my head about that one...or how about this one...THE LOST CONFEDERADOS - WHY THEY'RE SINGING "DIXIE" IN BRAZIL. This collection of articles was enough for me to stop straddling the fence....get off of it and run for cover. Not exactly my cup of tea but I thank the company for thinking so highly of me as to send me this complimentary mag. With all that said, I think that I will donate this magazine to Veronica. There are some nice photos in it that she might be able to use for one of her altered art projects.