Put On Your Steeltoes

Can't hold this one in anymore. This rant may very well just alienate everybody.

I have an elderly woman who seeks me out every week. It was nice being in Automotive last week because I didn't see her. Until Saturday that is. She is a sweet woman who I am sure thinks she has good intentions. I stopped counting the amount of times she has invited me to church. An institution in which I neither believe in nor endorse.

I have heard her praise Glen Beck in the past. Every time she does this I try and make it perfectly clear my feelings twords him by telling her the only exposure I ever have to him is when he is mentioned on The Daily Show. This octogenarian finally watched the superior program. She attempted to give me a tongue lashing. My work day had barely begun and I was not in the mood for it. So I crossed the line. I can make all the usual excuses but it was bloody hot and I have had enough of this woman.

"You do realize Glen Beck is mentally ill, right. He lies constantly yet they give him air time on a channel that claims to be a news station. News contains facts. That man rarely states facts", I attempted to inform her. She did the mental equivalent of sticking her fingers in her ears and screaming LALALALALA. Nobody particularly likes being told their point of view is wrong. As a customer service professional for fifteen years, I know the things you never tell a customer. Rule number Zero. A rule so important it comes before rule 1. Never argue with the customer. The customer is the most important part of any business. I did it anyway.

Here's the deal. The problem with extreme view points is their position. They are so far away from a rational view point they have become caricatures of insane people. From Ariana Huffington to Bill O'Rielly , Michael Moore to Glen Beck. You have to take what they say and try and find the actual truth in the story. There is nothing wrong with the actual health care people receive in this country. The problem is they can't afford it because the insurance companies have turned your health into a business instead of it being a public service. It wasn't Healthcare Reform. It was Health Insurance Reform.

I could really go on and on about why being a moderate is a necessity in the current society. When you break it down seeing things form all points of view kind of requires moderation. I never want to hear your extremist point of view when I am trapped and can't walk away from your stupidity. So I fired back at her. She claims she will never be back. She didn't ask to see a manager nor was I talked to. I will see her later this week and wave to her as she shoots me daggers and gets in someone else's lane. I think I will survive.

Let's get to the videos

This one was giving me troubles loading but be patient. This song is worth it.



Couldn't find a stand up act that did it for me this week........but I did find this



I like this song. This is possibly my favorite Leonard Cohen song. The words are very well constructed. This cover is possibly the most upbeat version. Contradiction city kids.



And the high note.



Until next week.

Kisses
Dan

Resisting the Urge

I have a rant in me. Here is the issue. It pushes every bodies buttons. Religion, politics, and sex. I'll save it for another time.

VIDEOS....

This video has been everywhere but I still love it.





I am sure you could all see this happening in the late seventies or possibly early eighties



And your high note for the week. All the men parodied in this video are super pissed. So send it to all of your friends and lets get this viral.



Kisses
Dan

I Am Confused

I have to cover several departments in the next week. Mainly because one person quit. Here is where the confusion comes from. We hired a cashier to work in the garden center. Cashiers don't last long out there. You have to contend with the elements and nobody seems to know anything about the products. This person begged to move to another department. ANY DEPARTMENT! So they made her the cashier in Automotive.

As we all know; some people have the ability to work retail, and some don't. It takes years of practice. Knowing where the boundaries are and what not to do.
Rule #1- Never let them see you sweat
You can admit that you need help and people will empathize. You can even go to the extent of grabbing or asking someone who knows more than you to help. What you can't do is get frustrated and snap. No matter how much you may want to. Take a breath and let it go.

This particular person couldn't do that. She had a bad attitude and it showed. When they coached her, she quit. Just up and quit. So I have to cover her closing shifts out in TLE and her shift in the garden center until we can get in more people.

Lets geht ta da shoe

This guy is apparently a gay sex icon in Germany. This song just makes me giggle.



Fun silliness





The high note for the week. This will be stuck in your head until I find something better next week.

Reflections

Getting all my poop in neat little piles for the show wednesday. I must say doing a show on my birthday is a nice distraction from my birthday. Birthdays are a time for reflection. To look back at where we have come from and look ahead to the direction in which we are going.

When I was born Jimmy Carter was president. As a nation we were still locked in a 'conflict' with Vietnam. AIDS hadn't been discovered. Disco was still very much alive. As was Elvis. Our car got 15 MPH and was large enough to stand in for a naval destroyer. There were no such things as video games or cell phones or at home computers. We had a party telephone line in our block of Houston that was within walking distance of The University of Houston. George Jones was still on the sauce and married to Tammy. Star Wars opened. Carter returned the Panama Canal to the Panamanians. Just a little food for thought.

Let's get ta da shoe


Jerking the curtain is BrotherBoy's inspiration. A powerful entertainer and a drag anthem for almost four decades.




Love Catherine Tate! Love Love Love love LOVE!




Just because I adore her



And as a high note this is a bit of a preview for the next Happiness



I will see the cool people at Changes on wednesday.

Kisses
Dan

Zero Obscure Pop Culture Refrences

You do know that title is a lie, right? Obscurity is a matter of exposure. I guarantee there will be at least one vid you have not seen. Otherwise why would you come?

Let's get to the shoe....

Recently forgot Poetry Month/Week...can you tell I care? This would be my favorite poem. Over 25 years since I first heard it. Still #1



Just because Rufus is awesome and let's be honest have you ever met an awesomely gay Rufus? That's what I thought!


Continuing with the gay pride month stuff...kinda. If you saw The Boondocks last night this was the schizz-nit. If not, go ahead and watch the video again.



And the high note (Cloris Leachman style)



Kisses
Dan

An Actual Rant

Why has there been no rant for a while?

A) Quit-chya-bitchin'!

B) Mama has been busy.

Let's start with the issue that was first. We may be moving to Bedford. My parents have applied with the HEB school district. I am between schools at the moment. If this all plays out as it looks like it might; I will be going to UT-Arlington in the fall. Unless a financial miracle happens. Not sure as of yet where we will be living or where I will be working. This is all tentative. What I worry about is the people I love. Jesse lives in Fort Worth. Scott lives in Lake Worth. Suz lives in Aubrey/Little Elm. A move to the midst of the midcities area puts me back in a more comfortable place but takes me farther from the people I love. Again, this is all tentative........TENTATIVE!

I promise you it gets a little more petty but the girls will understand. I am working on putting my numbers together for the big AOC show on my birthday. I have really been wanting a pair of hot pink patent finish pumps. Got my bonus and bought said shoes from Amazon. Now I have bought shoes from a shoe company called Pleasure before. They make great sturdy drag intended pumps called Seduce. Normally(Norman Lear [ha ha]) I wear a 10 in mens, 10 1/2 is a tad more roomy and comfy. So an 11-12 in womens. I bought a pair of blue pumps in an 11. They were a tad tight. So tight they cut off my circulation and I couldn't feel my toes for almost a week. So when I wanted my pink pumps I ordered a 12. They arrive and are gorgeous. Maybe there will be pictures on The Happiness. They are tighter than the 11's. Mad, angry, and pissed the fuck off. Can't return them because I bought them on-line. If I could buy pumps in my size at a store it would avoid this entire situation.

In a similar yet totally unrelated note, I killed my CDR/W drive. I mean it. The biggest issue is the software probably needs to be reinstalled. The software was lost long ago because you never trust my parents with technical equipment. I got a DVD/CD RW drive for my birthday. So excited. Here's the problem.

This is a view of the back of the new drive


These are the cables in my computer


I see a trip to Fry's in my future. Effing eff!

Anyhow........ After my last post people still asked me who Jim Cornette is. More to the point why I find him so bloody entertaining. Here's why.



Until Friday when The Happiness will return.

Kisses
Dan

All Apologies

Swear I would have had this posted earlier but I got distracted by James E Cornette. By all means you can look him up on the youtube. I won't stop you. But you will be surprised. Jim Cornette is a former pro wrestling manager who has a beef with EVERYBODY. Funny guy. It helps to know what he is talking about in order to find him amusing though.

June is Gay Pride Month. You guessed it. It's theme time again. I am certain you can figure it out.

Lets get on with the shoe

Thought we should start off the gay pride posts with a little PSA.





First gay comic I ever saw



If you lived through the 90's. I am fairly certain most of you did. You heard this song. If two years ago when you heard Katy Perry's song of the same title and it didn't make you think how much better this song was. You can lick my coochie.



That is all

Kisses
Dan