Prayers

I hardly do this but I want to ask people for prayers. Mainly for two people and their families. First is Denny Kline (lovingly referred to as Kline). She was in a car accident this past weekend and is still in ICU. I don't have anymore details then that but its enough for me to worry.

The second is Lammy. This is Kt's grandmother and has served as my second grandmother. She might not make it through the night. She has had health issues and has been in and out of the hospital. The worst part is that I'm not there. Kt is my best friend and I can't be there with her through this. So I'm aksing you to pray for Lammy, Kt, and their whole family.

Today was supposed to be a good day :-(

~What doesn't throw you or burn you will surely turn you around

Lists

I'm a big fan of making lists. Granted, my to-do lists don't always get done but I'm still a big fan of making lists. So here are some of my lists (not my to-do list...that would be too long).


Football People That Need to be Punched in the Face...Like NOW

• Chad Ochocinco: Seriously? You're a tool. You are a great receiver but you have no clue how to run with the ball. Sure, making the catches is great but how are you going make yards after the catch if you don't secure the football? Another thing, stop thinking that you are the best receiver in football. News flash: YOU'RE NOT!! According to fantasy numbers you are ranked number 8. So stop jumping into opposing teams' stands and believing you're number one.
• Tony Romo: Granted, I don't have as much beef with you as I do with Ochocinco. The main reason I think you need to be punched in the face is because you're a Cowboy. That aside though, I do think you are a good football player but I think you are a jerk of a person. You dumped Jessica Simpson basically on her birthday. And you also seem to always have an issue with your big name WR. Granted the last one was T.O. and everyone has a problem with him but this is one is Roy Williams. I don't know as much about Williams but it is a repeat problem. Maybe the issue is you Romo and not so much your WR.
• The Patriots: Yes. The whole team including the coaches. I HATE YOU! You somehow got the announcers to bend over backward to say that you are the best team in the NFL. You're not. Granted, you've won three Super Bowls since 2004 and you had a perfect regular season two years ago but stop thinking that this makes you gods and that you can cheat. You play in a really crappy division so stop thinking that this makes you good.
• The People Who Decide What Games Each City Gets to Watch: I am still bitter about last week. Look at my previous post to understand why.
• The Giants: That is correct. I want to punch my beloved Giants in the face. GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER!!!!!! You were looking so freakin good and then you got your asses beat by the Saints. I wasn't sure you were going to win but the fact that you got your heads cut off and served to you on a platter made me want to cry. Then you lost to the Cardinals and the Eagles. You should have beat both of those teams! I mean the Eagles lost to the Raiders! I am a Giants fan for life and will always root for you but I am very, very, VERY disappointed in you right now. Get it together before I fly to the Meadowlands and punch every single one of you in the face.

Things That I Think Have Potential to be Good

• Government Provided Health Care: First off, I said potential in the list title. I was going to read the bill the house just passed but it is 1990 pages so I will have to read it in bits. I can't trust news stations or the two people who I would normally go to about political issues (one is a republican and one is a democrat) because they will only tell me that is 1) a great thing (and list reasons) or 2) a terrible thing (and list reasons). Back to my point. I think the idea is great as long as I'm not forced to participate in the government's plan. It is capitalism at its best. The government throws out this plan that is meant to help those who don't have health care so it will be pretty basic and not judge you based upon a previous condition (like being pregnant...yes I'm serious. This is considered a pre-existing condition and if you are pregnant you can't get health insurance). Thus, the private companies will increase the coverage of their basic plan because why would I pay for something that I can get for free? Thus this would increase the quality of private insurance. It is supply and demand. If the private companies make their base plans better then the government plans, people that can already afford health insurance will more then likely go for the better quality plan. I know I would. And yes, I am aware that people will tell me that this will increase the national debt. But this is where I point out the word "potential." I can't explain the national debt issue because it is so big and every thing the government does increases the national debt. I'm not a economist so I can't tell you how to fix that problem. I just think in theory this is a good idea. (side note...every says they are afraid of the bill. I'm not so I don't understand why people are. If you are able to answer this question without insulting me I welcome your answer)
  
• Teach for America: I'm going to be a teacher. I have gone through the training and the field experience for my degree. Teach for America is a great idea but it is putting people who have none of this in the field of teaching. They are expected to learn on the job. But they are not certified nor are they fully prepared (unless they already have an educational background). Teaching is harder then it looks and although the idea of putting teachers in much needed areas, the teachers being placed have no advanced training scares me. In theory, Teach for America is a great idea. I just wish it would be at least a year of training before they put teachers in the field instead of only 5 weeks.
  

I could create more lists but I think this is enough for now.

~Don't leave me to die here, help me survive here

To Whom It May Concern

Dear Sports Reporters,
Stop defending Farve and clamining that his departure from Green Bay was forced so therefore they think he shouldn't be booed. Did you guys not see what he did to GB? GB finally grew balls and got rid of him when he couldn't decide if HE wanted to be there or not and then wanted to play ...on the Vickings so that he could play against GB. He was, and still is, a douche. So BOOOOOOO BRETT FARVE

~Patti

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Dear People Who Decide What Football Game I Get to Watch
WHY IS PITTSBURGH NOT GETTING THE EAGLES GAME??????????? The Steerlers have a bye week and the game you choose to show on Fox is the 49ers vs Colts???!!!! WTF???!!! You have an AMAZING game playing at 1pm that involves a PENNSYLVANIA team and you choose a game that is POINTLESS to 99.9% of residents of Pittsburgh? Why? What is wrong with you people who decide what game cities get to watch??!!!!!!!

~Patti

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Dear Congress,

You are grilling the NFL because they only allow their employees (yes, the players are employees) go to team doctors in regards to injury. You say its not fair because you have the coach breathing down the doctors neck to clear the player. NEWS FLASH: Welcome to the world of company owned health insurance. When I got stitches in my hand, I HAD TO go to an "approved" doctor. Granted, the doctor didn't have my bosses breathing down their neck but my bosses were breathing down mine. They kept complaining that I couldn't do everything. They were pressuring me to get them removed early. So in short Congress, if you only find it an issue that the NFL makes their employees go to an assigned doctor, you have just proved that 1) you're blind when it comes to health care 2) seem to only care about rich people and 3) you care more about sports then you do about ACTUAL issues like Iraq, health care, or Afghanistan. You only worry about crap like this to make it look like you are doing something.

~Patti

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Dear Tom Cable
I don't know if I believe that you hit all these women but I do believe you hit your assistant coach. Yet, I don't think you should get fired. Why? You're the coach for the Raiders. They are all a bunch of loonies.

~Patti

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I think I've done enough bitching for only have been awake for an hour. Maybe more later. Maybe not. I haven't decided yet. (I'm channeling Brett Farve)


~You do all this big talk so now let's see you walk it