– Where were you when you heard the news? I was sitting here at the computer when I first read the shocking news on Facebook. I am still reeling. I can’t believe it! This can’t be true! “Here comes Honey Boo Boo” got cancelled, all because the Mom was secretly dating a convicted sex offender who had served 10 years in prison for sexual acts committed against a then 8 YEAR OLD family member of HERS.

– Can I just say that the I don’t think that family tree has too many branches on it and that these peoples dice are missing quite a few dots……….

– I am proud of the fact that I have never watched a single minute of that show. And I’m an idiot. It should have been right up my alley of shows that you figured I would watch.

– But that nutty family made more money than most all of us will ever hope to make in our lifetimes. Only in America.

– The wife and I watch “Jeopardy” each night and like to yell out the answers at the TV. The wife has been telling me for years that I need to apply to be a contestant.

– (Contestant intro) “A Disabled Artist from Runaway Bay, Texas……….. Mark G Pakulak!)

– I could possibly do well enough to have a ton of money by the time of the final Jeopardy question, and then would miss something like “Of a Quart and a Pint, which is the larger of the two?”

– I still have no clue. All I know is that when I go through the drive-thru of our local BBQ restaurant, I always come home with about a gallon of Pinto Beans because I can never remember which sizes are which.

– 75 School Shootings since Sandy Hook. Enough said.

– I’m surprised it took us this long………… The wife was holding the baby as one of our cats walked up and started purring. Within seconds, the wife and I launched into singing “Soft Kitty” from “The Big Bang Theory”. Those who watch the show will know what I mean.

– The kid took our car (and my credit card) off to the closest Chinese place to get us dinner on Friday evening. He called as he was driving home and said that he was stopped in traffic due to an accident. I don’t wish those involved in the accident any ill will, but being able to legally drive through, or around, accident scenes should be legal if you are transporting Chinese food. I’m just sayin…..

– The accident was in the neighboring town where we had “the incident” with my own parents a few years ago. We were driving down the road and came upon an accident scene. As we were directed around the scene, I noticed that one of the wrecked vehicles looked like my parents car. We were directed away from the accident site and had to go down and do a U-Turn in the road and then come back past the site again. On the second pass, I confirmed it was indeed my parents that had been in the minor accident. We had to continue driving for a ways, and I did eventually turn around to go back and check on them, AFTER I had gone through a McDonald’s Drive-Thru first in order to get us dinner.

– When we got back to the accident site, after getting our food, the police and the wrecked cars were all gone. I later got a phone call from the Police Station, from my Dad, asking me to come pick them up.

– Needless to say, he was a little miffed that I had gone through a Drive-thru before heading back to check on their welfare. Oopsie.

– A Co-worker of my wife’s has been reading my posts and asked my wife if I was a Democrat or a Republican. The wife said she just laughed and said that I was a Democrat, and then left it at that. Jana, all you need to know is that I own Tie-Dye clothing, I was born in the Hippie Capital of the Pacific Northwest, and if the wife would let me, I would grow a pony tail. 🙂 Translation: I’m pretty Liberal by Texas standards.

– One of our Gas Station/Convenience stores here in our tiny little lakeside town has added an interesting feature outside alongside the highway. Five huge FAKE palm trees, all in a semi-circle surrounding an 8′ tall wooden bear. Nothing says rural North Texas, hundreds of miles from any ocean, or any mountains, like fake Palm Trees and a huge wooden Bear.

– I am so sick of not having CNN to watch during the day. All I want is the news. Just news. No political spin on every story, just the news.

– Without CNN, these are my options if a plane crashes.

– MSNBC “Do nothing Congress responsible for Plane Crash”
– FOX NEWS “Obama crashes Plane”
– BBC “Plane crashes in America. Guns most likely to blame”
– TMZ ” Plane crashes. We get Kim and Kanye’s reactions up next”

– Updating the Honey Boo Boo story, my son informs me that the sex offender served time for acts against one of the girls on the show………… Why is this man even out of prison? You can assault an 8yr old and only serve 10 years? Here in Texas, that’s almost a capital offense, but will get you at least 50 years or more.

– I still don’t have Ebola.

– The wife is congested and reports having some buzzing in her ears.

– She probably has Ebola.

– Strawberry Letter #23. Still have no clue what that song is about, but am still singing it after hearing it on the 70’s station on the drive home from the store today.

– I got a FEDERAL jury summons in the mail. FEDERAL! Oh boy!! Maybe I can be on the jury of some high profile drug cartel murder case, or something to do with terrorism………….. This is awesome!!

– The wife immediately burst my bubble and reminded me that I am disabled and could not tolerate sitting in a jury box for hours, days, and weeks on end. There is a spot on the form where I have to fill in the details of any disability that would prevent me from serving. Bummer! I wanted to be on the drug cartel murder jury!!

– Maybe I would be on such a high-profile case that they would put me and the family into witness protection after the trial. Maybe move us to Norway………or Tahiti…………….or Nebraska.

– Sigh. Being disabled sucks.

– I’m nearly 50 and I have only gotten called for jury duty one other time. I was immediately dismissed because the plaintiff in the case was my former landlord.

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