Some views of Life, The Universe, and Everything

Sorry that it's been awhile since my last blog. Just been busy with life, and gettin' my ride, Tig, the bike, ready for the Season. In Indiana, that is usually any time that it is not snowin' and the temp is above 30 degrees.

It turns out that ol' Tig needed a new, rust free gas tank. Findin' a gas tank for a 30 year old motorcycle that doesn't have rust is an adventure, but I perservered, and Tig's new tank is on the way. It's even the same color! Now I gotta get replacement nameplates for him. While I enjoy the sight of nekkid Tig on tee vee, a nekkid gas tank is just wrong, in my opinion. Yes, I'm an unabashed Sons of Anarchy fan, to name my motorcycle after my favorite character. So sue me.

The reason I'm writing in blue is in honor of Indiana's lone representative in the NCAA, the Butler Bulldogs. They are in the final four again for the second year in a row. Not bad for a 'small' university deep in the heart of Indianapolis. Most felt that BU wouldn't stand a chance after their 'star' player went to the NBA last season. Butler sure showed them! Hah! I didn't attend Butler, but since it shares the name of one of my favorite actors (Gerard Butler, just in case you didn't know), I root for 'em. Go Dawgs!

I thought it was a bit rediculous that TIIC of the NCAA would not allow Butler to bring Blue II, their living mascot, to the games with them. What did they think Blue II would do, bite the refs for a bad call? Poop on the floor? I think Blue II is a little better behaved than that, for cryin' out loud. Either ban all mascots, or let 'em all be present, but don't single out a few. Damn!

Indiana's Democratic legislative representatives finally came back to the Statehouse, after a month hiding in the neighboring state of IL. For some reason, I feel an apology is due our neighbors for that, especially the city of Urbana, for havin' to put up with our scaredy cat Demos for that length of time. 'Course, the business community of Urbana apparently benfitted from the influx, so maybe they don't need or want an apology.

The thing is, neither side really one this clash of would be titans. Nothing got accomplished in Indiana law making for 30 days. The voters got pissed off, but whether that attitude will last until November and we vote the motherfuckers out remains to be seen. The prevailing attitude is that if you or I were to take off from our jobs and hide for even one day, we'd be out on our butts seems to be the majority opinion on the street. There has yet to be a budget worked out for the state, and we wait (with baited breath) to see whether a special session would be necessary. It probably will be, and that brings up the possibility of more pay for the renegade lawmakers as a result.

The interesting and most frustrating part of this saga is that the Indiana legislature gets paid in advance for their three to four months work. There are two payments that are made to them. Therefore, while the Demos were NOT doin' the job they were elected to do, they were already paid for the work! It took awhile for TIIC to decide to fine the renegades. Collection should be interesting. There is really somethin' wrong with payin' people in advance for work to be done. You wouldn't do it for home improvement, you certainly don't get paid in advance for hours you haven't put in, so why in the Hell do we pay our elected officials BEFORE they do a damn thing? It makes no sense. But what in politics does make sense?

Trust me, some heads are gonna roll in November when these wankers in MY district come up for re - election.

I mentioned earlier that I am a fan of Sons of Anarchy. Haven't been this rabid about a show since Beauty and the Beast in the 80s, Phantom of the Opera, and the original Star Trek series of the 60s. I follow Kurt Sutter's tweets on Twitter. He's funny, he's a good thinker, and he doesn't pull any punches. He calls himself an angry prick, but he sometimes has reason to be.

One of his tweets was - again - taken out of context by the world wide web. He commented on a dispute between the showrunner for AMC's Mad Men series and TIIC (the idiots in charge, just in case you are askin' WTF is TIIC?). Someone in the blogospher/WWW took his 140 character comment and misinterperted it for their own purposes. That happens a lot with Kurt's tweets on Life, the Universe, and Everything Not Related to SOA. He wrote a very eloquent response to them on his own blog. Check it out. http://sutterink.blogspot.com/2011/03/c-is-love-letter.html Unfortunately, I fear those who SHOULD read it, and learn from it, won't. *sigh*

Spring officially arrived on 21 March, but you wouldn't know it here in Indiana. It's been cold lately, temps below 40 degrees, and there was snow overnight. None of it stuck in Indianapolis, but damn it! The daffodils are peekin' up and tryin' to bloom, and Winter is still fuckin' around! Sheesh! I want Spring! Sun, warmer temps, Cubs baseball, and no snow! Don't think I'm askin' much, now.

I published my third chapter in the third book of my on - going SOA fanfiction. Already gettin' good responses. I do read all responses, whether from fanfiction.net, email, twitter, and/or Facebook notes. Even those that aren't positive. There haven't been many negative, but I always find something to learn from. Lookin' forward to a productive weekend of writin', and rootin' for the Dawgs as well. My pen name there is Wanderingchat. Maybe get in a short ride as well, weather permitting. I'm not ridin' Tig much (get yer minds outta the gutter, ya perverts!) as I don't wanna get too much rust in the fuel line. That's what caused his issues last season.

If you wanna follow my tweets, which are NOT, contrary to popular opinon, centered on SOA, I'm Lowecat on twitter, Wanderingchat on Fanfiction.net, and Myra Lowe on Facebook. You can check me out on all those social media platforms, and see who I follow and follows me. Three hundred forty some odd people can't be wrong!

So, almost time to go to work. So have a nice day! Heh - heh - heh! And go Dawgs!