Midwest Chick's Place

(A.K.A. Non-Original Rants)

–Co-opting good stuff from all over the ‘Net and maybe some original thoughts—ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE

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  • LOLCAT of the day…

    Our cat has a clean laundry fetish–but only towels and clean socks.  He won’t get near dirty laundry.  It has to be out of the dryer fresh, thank-you-very-much.  I barely set down the laundry basket when he started digging in like a demented long-tailed mole.  So I took a picture and made this LOLCAT. Continue reading

  • We do more before 10:00 am then most people do all day!

    We had a lovely productive day today. Slept in until 7:00 am and then Mr. B made breakfast (he being the resident chef)–special pancakes with brown sugar and a hint of nutmeg and bacon (lots of bacon). While I cleaned up (it’s a great trade, believe me because I dare say he cooks better than… Continue reading

  • For Scott, Linoge, and Mr. B–Scenes from The Fifth Element

    For Scott and Linoge.  Enjoy! And for Mr. B! Continue reading

  • One of the BEST fight scenes EVAH!

    From The Cannonball Run:  Makes me smile since these guys seemed to be having a GREAT time.  Also one of the very first appearances of Jackie Chan in an American film.  And Captain Chaos.  What else could you want??  Please to enjoy: Continue reading

  • Want to see your retirement disappear??

    You need to read this post from Mr. B and a followup post from SmartGirlPolitcs’ Annmarie Spiciarich.  And you need to make your voice heard.  According to the article linked by Annmarie, as soon as next week the US Treasury and Labor Departments are going to open for public comment the idea of ‘promoting 401(k)s… Continue reading

  • Okay, that's not-so-much reassuring….

    My workplace has an emergency text alert system that they were supposed to be testing yesterday (alerts for threatening weather and other emergencies).  They were unable to test it due to the bad weather.  *sigh*  Continue reading

  • Range time and Rain time

    Went to the range last night with Mr. B and our friend M (or should that be Q because he always has the coolest toys?).  I’m trying to get used to a new target pistol (Beretta .22 with a nice red dot sight), Mr. B was checking out some new magazines that he bought for… Continue reading

  • Idiocy reigns in Chicago

    I still think that Chicago’s Mayor Daley was scared by a gun or gun-like object or maybe even a pointed stick when he was a child in order to have such a paranoid, unreasoning fear of anyone but his bodyguards in the city of Chicago having access to firearms.  To listen to his voice getting… Continue reading

  • Cleanup Time!

    Mr. B took the tractor and chains and got the big pieces of tree (up to 1000 pounds) out of the neighbor’s yard and into our woodpile to be split after it has dried a bit.  He did this all by himself, using the tractor to help pre-position the logs so that he could get… Continue reading

  • Why would/should the Mexican government feel they have a say??

    Got this article via Breitbart.  The Mexican government has asked an Arizona federal court to declare the new Arizona law to be unconstitutional.  They claim standing because they want to keep their citizens from being harassed while ‘visiting’ the United States.  Here’s a thought….  how about Mexico keeps their folks on their side of the… Continue reading