This Could Be News….

WHITE GUYS DEMAND EQUAL RIGHTS

In the United States people of every culture, race, religious affiliation, and sexual orientation, have the right to be proud and celebrate their heritage. Except for the white guys.

Flag Superimposed over Gravestones

While white women  belong to a recognized group (women), white men are completely ignored. There are no weeks or months reserved for White History.  What about Caucasian Heritage Month?  Google that and you get listing after listing of all the American Heritage Months, but with qualifiers like Black, Asian, Polish, Jewish, et. al. – everybody except Caucasians. 

Caucasian  middle-class, heterosexual men are fed up with being treated like unwanted step-children.  “Why does this country bend over backwards for any group that isn’t white?” asks Bill Painter, a successful electrician in Silicon Valley. ” Our government is so concerned about catering to every non-white ethnic group, and not offending anyone, that us white folks have become invisible. ”

The members of White Americans have put together a new Bill with the same name and are trying to find congressional support to propose the Bill to the Senate. Bob Painter has not gotten any local support, so his group will start branching out to other states. “No one in California has the balls to take this on,” Bob said. “And that’s a damn shame.”

Petitions are circulating and rapidly gathering signatures supporting the White Americans Bill. Later this month the White Americans will travel to the mid-western states where they plan to circulate petitions and meet with local government to present their case. White Americans have supporters that have staged low-key protest marches. They carry signs and chant slogans like “White doesn’t mean KKK”, and “We are not the bad guys”.

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photo credit: Beverly & Pack via photopin cc

Unscientific Studies

News story seen in local newspaper:

“A Stanford University* study reveals that among freshmen, the ones who attended parties throughout the week, consistently had lower grade averages than the freshman who stayed in the dorm more.”

Wow. I am stunned.

Not at these results, but the fact that time and money were wasted on a “study” to find out something that anyone with common sense already knows to be a fact.  Let me guess – a Stanford freshman needed to do a research study and this one sounded easy (and fun) to do. I hope this same student has to do real research for their Master’s thesis. I mean they’re graduating from F&$#!!! Stanford!

Sorry for the outburst. This is one of my biggest peeves. Either do research or not. Don’t bother me with “studies” you probably made up – or as my Dad would say, “pulled out of your ass”.

And what about the Graduate student who approved this “study”- where is he/she throughout the week? At the movies, studying popcorn?…

Just sayin’

 

*  Disclaimer: I have nothing but the highest respect for  Stanford University, its educational programs, students,  hospital, or research. Just poking at them in good fun.

Adventures With Flooring: The Vinyl’s Revenge

This is our entry way vinyl that matches our kitchen floor. It is very photogenic, meaning that it looks fairly OK when it’s shiny from the camera’s flash. In reality, it is a lot darker and sinister. In fact you can’t take a picture of it without the flash, even in the daylight. And note how well it goes with wall colors.

Fake Brick Vinyl
The butt-ugly flooring

I honestly thought I would have fun ripping out this butt-ugly vinyl in my kitchen. I have hated that flooring since we moved in – 24 years ago.  It is only because we had to fix water damage from an old leaky dishwasher that we are changing the flooring before we put the house up for sale.

Before Cleaning up Floor
What is under the vinyl..

The job is much harder than I ever suspected. Admittedly, hubby is doing most of the work which is rightly so, because this type of housework is MANS WORK.  I am helping him, but my level of strength is low, especially compared to hubby’s, so my job is to remove the backing and horrible gluey mess, that will now be referred to as the crap, from the floor that the vinyl left. No sweat, right?

Ha! Lots and lots of it, actually. Not to mention screaming back and shoulder muscles. And the cursing.

My fingers are all torn up and cracked. And I have worn gloves and use a large putty knife to scrape the crap. My carpel tunnel is protesting also. Damn my weakness!

I wanted to hire some flooring guys to replace the floor while I was at work. Is that too much to ask? But hubby is an excellent handy-man who can’t stand other people doing what he wants to get done. And besides that, he has left over flooring tiles in the garage. Which means that our kitchen floor will soon match the one in our guest bathroom. Hmm.. I’m not sure how I feel about that. I am sooo glad that I’m moving out of this crazy house!

After One Square
Only took an hour!

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.This is the progress I made on Thursday.

See the darker plywood on the right? That is from water damage. For some reason it makes the crap stick better.

To be continued….