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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  • For my sister…

    Apparently abnormally small noggins run in our family but this scene always makes me laugh…  And it WAS from “So I Married an Axe Murderer”. Continue reading

  • What not to say during an interview

    Chances are this is what NOT to say during a telephone interview: Interviewer:  “Why X institution?  And why now?” Me: “Well, I applied for the job in November and you repackaged it, pulled it without notice, and then put it back out there, so now is when you were taking action.  Why X institution–you are… Continue reading

  • Meant to be comedy

    A clip from the movie “PCU”.  It’s funny but I think it’s more realistic than the writers of the screenplay anticipated. Continue reading

  • Sorry….

    Sorry blogging has been light-to-non existent.  Dealing with immediate matters–birds, dogs, cats, basic dogpaddling to stay afloat.  Continue reading

  • So THAT'S why they needed those shotguns…

    A little over a year ago, the US Department of Education posted an order for 27 Remington shotguns (details of their order here).  And now we know why…  They are apparently using SWAT tactics to try to collect unpaid student loans.  And, as happens when you send a SWAT team onto a non-violent offender’s property,… Continue reading

  • Westboro Baptist Syndrome

    So a guy puts up a picture of Breda and labels it with something inappropriate–using an anagram of pron, if you get my meaning.  She objects to the label as well as to her copywritten picture being used without her permission.  Dude takes down the picture and replaces it with a link to HER blogpost… Continue reading

  • D-Day

    A story from a veteran of D-Day here. Continue reading

  • I'm having to do too many of these posts

    Too many in such a short time:  RIP James Arness and Joel Rosenberg.  Arness (the brother of Peter Graves–something I did not know before reading his obituary) died in his sleep at age 88.  He was talked into taking the part of Marshal Matt Dillon by his good friend John Wayne.  From all accounts, a… Continue reading

  • Define Lewd… Possibly NSFW

    ETA:  Possibly NSFW (depending on where you work).  Well, I wasn’t going to post about Weinergate, but just have a rather small nit to pick.  Everyone is calling the picture that has not been confirmed to be that of Congressman Weiner’s briefs containing the turgid supposed junk of the Congressman ‘lewd’.  I know that there… Continue reading

  • Go pout someplace else….

    When I was in college, we used the phrase “go pout someplace else” when someone was just being over-the-top whiney.  And now the citizens of the state of Wisconsin can say that to Joanne Kloppenburg, who, despite the best efforts of unions from all over the country, has finally conceded the Supreme Court Justice race… Continue reading