Some quick thoughts -

Some quick thoughts……


No tickee, no blogee –


I haven’t been blogging much lately, although there has been much to write about. Carpal tunnel in both arms has started to limit what I can peck out, and I’ve had a few Big Articles to produce. So, while all this term limits, baby beating, and other noteworthy items are making MSM headlines, I’ve been, of necessity only, silent.

I will share a quick story though. It’s a good one about the state we are in. The girlfriend was out shopping, so I asked her to get me some AAA batteries. Even at the Dollar Store © or whatever the name of the prolific shops hawking bargain basement wares, I figured they sold batteries.

She dutifully returned with a 4 pack, in official blister back-on-cardboard like you’d expect. What caught my eye was the graphics. It looked like what a first – year college student might do if you asked them to design a battery package.

BUT – there were name brand batteries peeking out in the pack at me. So, I start examining the package. In 1 or 2 point print on the right rear, I find something to the effect of – “for conservation and the environment, the batteries may be [b]pre-used[/b]”.

Ain’t that some shit.

Hope this doesn’t catch on to the food utensil or feminine hygiene industries. Yuck…..


A friend wrote me and says I should talk about one of my last classes, a private investigator basic course I was the lead instructor for at the University of Tennessee. Maybe I will, but until then, you’ll have to just enjoy my pre-owned battery yarn (yawn?)

-Shawn