Ok, if MARK can do a Photo Dump on his blog, I am allowed to do a Brain Dump on my blog.
Yes, I said Brain Dump....deal with it!
You know....just putting all the random crap that bounces around in your head out on cyber-paper so you can stop thinking about it.
*I woke up this morning and my teeth all seem loose. I don't know WHAT I was doing in my sleep(grinding, clenching?)but they seriously hurt! I take pretty good care of my teeth and have regular check-ups. Heck, last time the dentist couldn't find a speck of tartar on my chopper and I have no gum disease. But today they hurt like a bitch and I am waiting for the Tooth Fairy to be making an appearance.
*You know what irritates me?.....Ok, that's a very long list....but something recently.
Mormon mommy bloggers.
Let me say first off, I have nothing against Mormons....unless they are on my front doorstep trying to give me literature. (But then again, I don't want ANY devoteé on my front doorstep selling me religion.)
I believe everyone can/should believe what they want. But please, keep it sacred and to yourself, much like your genitals. Don't be whipping those or your religion out in public to beat anyone over the head with it to prove that yours is better than mine. Ok, bad metaphor but you know what I mean.
Mormon mommy bloggers are fascinating. So domestic and so uplifting and perkyall the time most of the time on their blogs. You can't tell me that even the most patient Mormon mommy blogger doesn't have moments when their brood drives them stark raving mad and they don't want to throttle their kids....C'mon!
And this NieNie person? I want to know what her husband does for a living to afford all the money they seem to be dropping on airplane tickets, trips, stuff, etc. And he must have one heck of a flexible schedule to be jetting off everywhere at a moment's notice. And she needs to lay off the proselytizing and Mitt Romney links because she is driving folks away with that. My advice?....Stick to photos of your kids and telling your survivor story cuz those rock!
*And since we are on the subject of Mormons, it's but a short step to my next BD topic.....those Sister Wives folks on the TLC channel.
I confess, I have watched that show from the beginning. I really like some of them though I do think that Cody guy is full of himself and tad bit narcissistic.
I woke up earlier this week as I was coming out of a vivid dream. The dream was about the Sister Wives. In the dream I was worrying about the IRS implications of the Sister Wives family. I know.....I have too much time on my hands even when I am asleep.
But you have to admit, that come tax time, being part of a polygamist family has to be a nightmare!
Wife #1 is legally married by government standards and they have 1 kid & 2 incomes. So they take a tax hit.
Wife #2 also works and has 6 kids. Not legally married, does she file as Head of Household or Single?
And she makes out with 6 tax deductions.
Wife #3 is the problem for me. She also has 6 kids but doesn't work so has no income to claim. What must the IRS drone who gets her return think? 7 deductions and no visible means of support.....
Wife #4 has 3 kids from a previous marriage....who takes the deduction for the kids? She must get some form of child support.
*I have had my eBay Store reopened for almost 2 weeks now and I am already having problems with stupid people.
I had someone send me a Question to Seller asking the specific size of a miniature doll, as well as asking me to take the doll out of the sealed package and to email them more close-up pictures of the doll. First off, if they had actually READ the listing it says that the doll is 1" tall. There are 3 close-up pictures of the item where you can see that the said doll is visible. And if I opened the sealed package it would no longer be New in Package as the listing states. They also did NOT give me their email addy so I could email them the photos that they can already see in the listing.
I have had someone forget to pay me for 1 week though this was not a deadbeat but an eBay regular who just lost track of their dealings. I quick nudge rectified the situation.
The worst has to be the people who don't know how to negotiate. On occasion I put the "Make Me An Offer" feature on listings. If you are unfamiliar with that, it allows potential Buyers to offer you less than what you have listed the item for. You can then accept, decline or counteroffer them. I believe they have 3 bids or chances to make an offer on any item before the system automatically rejects their dealings with the Seller. When you make an offer to a Seller it is a good thing not to piss them off by offering them some outlandishly low sum. And if you are in a counteroffering/bidding situation with a Seller, you need to man up and meet them halfway...or at least that is my take on things. I had someone this week offer me $15 on an item I listed for $30. While not outlandishly low, it was pretty insulting. And seeing as I had just listing the item 1 day before, I was not about to sell it for that little.
So I made them a counteroffer by knocking $5 off the item, making it $25.
And guess what price they came back with? $15.50.
I come down $5 and they come up .50¢.
As Suze Orman would say.....Denied!
So I send back a new counteroffer......$30. LOLOL
*And now I know I will piss off many of you with this one......
What is this fascination with the Pioneer Woman?
I just don't get it.
Ok, she cooks. She takes photos of cattle and cowboys' rear ends. She's written a book.
Can somebody please explain to me why I should care?lol I've seen her recipes. Not impressed.
And no, this does not come from some kind of jealousy or blog envy. What she has works for her but it's not what I want.
I just don't get whatever it is everyone else sees. If you put shots like the one above on her blog I might be easier to convince that I need to read her. ;-)
I see it as something similar to all this Oprah worship women do. We get fixated on people and then can't get enough of them. I think I am missing some female gene thing.
Whatever......
Ok, I guess my brain is empty enough now for some new thoughts.
So tell us.....What is on your mind?
Sluggy
Yes, I said Brain Dump....deal with it!
You know....just putting all the random crap that bounces around in your head out on cyber-paper so you can stop thinking about it.
*I woke up this morning and my teeth all seem loose. I don't know WHAT I was doing in my sleep(grinding, clenching?)but they seriously hurt! I take pretty good care of my teeth and have regular check-ups. Heck, last time the dentist couldn't find a speck of tartar on my chopper and I have no gum disease. But today they hurt like a bitch and I am waiting for the Tooth Fairy to be making an appearance.
*You know what irritates me?.....Ok, that's a very long list....but something recently.
Mormon mommy bloggers.
Let me say first off, I have nothing against Mormons....unless they are on my front doorstep trying to give me literature. (But then again, I don't want ANY devoteé on my front doorstep selling me religion.)
I believe everyone can/should believe what they want. But please, keep it sacred and to yourself, much like your genitals. Don't be whipping those or your religion out in public to beat anyone over the head with it to prove that yours is better than mine. Ok, bad metaphor but you know what I mean.
Mormon mommy bloggers are fascinating. So domestic and so uplifting and perky
And this NieNie person? I want to know what her husband does for a living to afford all the money they seem to be dropping on airplane tickets, trips, stuff, etc. And he must have one heck of a flexible schedule to be jetting off everywhere at a moment's notice. And she needs to lay off the proselytizing and Mitt Romney links because she is driving folks away with that. My advice?....Stick to photos of your kids and telling your survivor story cuz those rock!
*And since we are on the subject of Mormons, it's but a short step to my next BD topic.....those Sister Wives folks on the TLC channel.
I confess, I have watched that show from the beginning. I really like some of them though I do think that Cody guy is full of himself and tad bit narcissistic.
I woke up earlier this week as I was coming out of a vivid dream. The dream was about the Sister Wives. In the dream I was worrying about the IRS implications of the Sister Wives family. I know.....I have too much time on my hands even when I am asleep.
But you have to admit, that come tax time, being part of a polygamist family has to be a nightmare!
Wife #1 is legally married by government standards and they have 1 kid & 2 incomes. So they take a tax hit.
Wife #2 also works and has 6 kids. Not legally married, does she file as Head of Household or Single?
And she makes out with 6 tax deductions.
Wife #3 is the problem for me. She also has 6 kids but doesn't work so has no income to claim. What must the IRS drone who gets her return think? 7 deductions and no visible means of support.....
Wife #4 has 3 kids from a previous marriage....who takes the deduction for the kids? She must get some form of child support.
*I have had my eBay Store reopened for almost 2 weeks now and I am already having problems with stupid people.
I had someone send me a Question to Seller asking the specific size of a miniature doll, as well as asking me to take the doll out of the sealed package and to email them more close-up pictures of the doll. First off, if they had actually READ the listing it says that the doll is 1" tall. There are 3 close-up pictures of the item where you can see that the said doll is visible. And if I opened the sealed package it would no longer be New in Package as the listing states. They also did NOT give me their email addy so I could email them the photos that they can already see in the listing.
I have had someone forget to pay me for 1 week though this was not a deadbeat but an eBay regular who just lost track of their dealings. I quick nudge rectified the situation.
The worst has to be the people who don't know how to negotiate. On occasion I put the "Make Me An Offer" feature on listings. If you are unfamiliar with that, it allows potential Buyers to offer you less than what you have listed the item for. You can then accept, decline or counteroffer them. I believe they have 3 bids or chances to make an offer on any item before the system automatically rejects their dealings with the Seller. When you make an offer to a Seller it is a good thing not to piss them off by offering them some outlandishly low sum. And if you are in a counteroffering/bidding situation with a Seller, you need to man up and meet them halfway...or at least that is my take on things. I had someone this week offer me $15 on an item I listed for $30. While not outlandishly low, it was pretty insulting. And seeing as I had just listing the item 1 day before, I was not about to sell it for that little.
So I made them a counteroffer by knocking $5 off the item, making it $25.
And guess what price they came back with? $15.50.
I come down $5 and they come up .50¢.
As Suze Orman would say.....Denied!
So I send back a new counteroffer......$30. LOLOL
*And now I know I will piss off many of you with this one......
What is this fascination with the Pioneer Woman?
I just don't get it.
Ok, she cooks. She takes photos of cattle and cowboys' rear ends. She's written a book.
Can somebody please explain to me why I should care?lol I've seen her recipes. Not impressed.
And no, this does not come from some kind of jealousy or blog envy. What she has works for her but it's not what I want.
I just don't get whatever it is everyone else sees. If you put shots like the one above on her blog I might be easier to convince that I need to read her. ;-)
I see it as something similar to all this Oprah worship women do. We get fixated on people and then can't get enough of them. I think I am missing some female gene thing.
Whatever......
Ok, I guess my brain is empty enough now for some new thoughts.
So tell us.....What is on your mind?
Sluggy
