STICK THE IRS!

Today I trekked out to Hyattsville (or is it Adelphi?) with The Staffer and Spoofy to check out Value Village. For those of you out-of-area, it's a HUGE thrift store. It has clothes and furniture and all that, but the best part are the rows of STUFF. Knick knacks, weird mugs, things to hang on the wall, whatever. Last time I went I got a tarnished steel milk jug to keep change in, a really ugly "praying hands" wooden plaque, and a painting of a matador on black velv... no, black velour. Today I got two small shelves, ($1.81 each), The Staffer got a "Bosnian Football League" scarf ($2.95) and then I found, for 60 cents, on the game shelf, a game called...

STICK THE IRS.

Now, for 60 cents, how could I NOT buy a game called "Stick The IRS?" It's from 1981. There's a review of it here: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/7094 that mostly describes it better than I can. It's a lot like monopoly.

Anyway, my jaw nearly dropped off when I found, while flipping through the "AUDIT" cards (think "CHANCE" cards) a card that said... swear to god...

Your tax attorney is gay. Your auditor isn't. Pay $30,000.

I... whaa?

Friday Five

1) What was the first CD/Record/Album/Artist you ever bought and what format was it in? (Vinyl/Cassette/CD/MP3 Download)?
It was an early Rolling Stones album, on CD.

2) How do you usually listen to music? (iPod/Walkman/Stereo/Radio)
Walking to work, walking home, and frequently when I can't sleep or when I'm trying to wake up.

3) What is your favorite genre of music and why?
Showtunes and punk pop, I guess. I am not a music snob at all, I will listen to just about anything.

4) What is your opinion on music video shows and music televion?
I think they mostly suck, although I really never watch music on TV so how would I know?

5) Do you usually agree with who the winners of the Grammy Awards are?
I rarely care or watch - 'my' music is never on the grammies.

Sunday, 11/19/2006

Breakfast: 1/2 c. instant oatmeal (it's not that bad, but I really wish I'd bought some raisins), 1 c. grapes, 1 c. skim milk.

Exchanges: 1 starch, 1 fruit, 1 protein.

Total: 369 calories, 3 g. fat, 75 g. carbs, 13 g. protein 5 g. fiber.

Of course, tonight, I'm going to Jefferson's Pre-Thanksgiving Bash, where all healthiness of the day will be RUINED. Oh well. I'll try to save all three of my "fat" exchanges for tonight!

I sound like Darth Vader when I breath!

Not really. More like a broken squeaky toy.

Gnugh.

Woke up in the middle of the night with an awful sore throat, got a Hall's, fell asleep with it in my mouth and woke up with a blue tongue and the rest of the lozenge stuck on my teeth. And a sore throat. Gross. Also I have yellow sputum. Wheee... Funny, V8 worked better for my throat than the Hall's.

I am starting a new diet today, inspired by Jay & Abbie & Emma doing the same -- diabetic exchange lists. I think it will work better than just trying to count calories or fat or whatever, which just gets depressing. I get at least 4 (or more) veggies, at least 3 (or more) fruits, 4 carbs, 3 protein/dairy (this will be hardest), 3 fat, and 75 calories of sweets (will also be hard). I had 2 veggies this morning already from the V8, so I'm glad I get unlimited veggies... if I get hungry I'll just grab a V8...

Singin' in the Rain is on WETA. It's creepy how much of it I remember verbatim.

While Meatwad is in the tundra, I am inventory-ing our food supply. We're both bad about forgetting what we have, but he's also bad about buying stuff anyway. Thus our freezer has 3 1/2 packs of bacon, 27 hamburger patties, and 17 hot dogs. *sigh*

No health care for YOU, Baby!

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 — Under a new policy, children born in the United States to undocumented immigrants with low incomes will no longer be automatically entitled to health insurance through Medicaid, federal officials said today.

Undocumented immigrants are generally barred from Medicaid, but can get coverage for treatment of emergency medical conditions, including labor and delivery. In the past, once a woman received emergency care under Medicaid for the birth of a baby, the child was deemed eligible for coverage as well, and states had to cover them for one year from the date of birth.

Under the new policy, an application must be filed for the child, and the parents must provide documents to prove the child’s citizenship.

For heaven's sake, they're BABIES. They're BABY CITIZENS. How jaded and racist does our country have to be to reject giving health care to BABIES??? What is this going to get us, beside a bunch of dead latino babies? Will that make us happy?

*fumes*