Justin

Justin is the young Coot with a Cantankerous Soul who continues to be educated by older, more cootish Ralph and Bob. His Cantankerosity is his own.

Feb 102015
 

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Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

Ahh immortal words, “Life moves pretty fast, if you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”  Ferris Beuller was right.  My youngest daughter went to school this year and looking back on it, these past 6 years have gone by very quickly.  I look at my youngest and he will be in school in 4 short years.

 

This year was a different birthday….it just didn’t matter as much.  I am not sure why, maybe just getting older.  If it wasn’t for the kids it may have passed quietly and been just a blip.  I am quite sure that I was more excited for Talk Like a Pirate Day.

 

Yep, life moves fast, somewhere we all have to find the perspective to look around and see what is actually happening.  My oldest is 12 and growing up way too fast.  It is disconcerting to think that she will be an adult in only 6 years.  Now is the time to make those count, because we cant get them back.

 

Go outside and enjoy fall.  I went camping last weekend.  All of the trees were changing, the elk were bugling and the fish were moderately biting.  The temperature never got above 70.  It was great, and it sure beat cleaning out the garage.

 

Don’t miss life sitting here in front of a computer.  Go live life, winter is coming.  (bonus points if you take that as a reference and not a statement of the changing seasons.)

-Justin

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Justin

Justin is the young Coot with a Cantankerous Soul who continues to be educated by older, more cootish Ralph and Bob. His Cantankerosity is his own.

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Feb 102015
 

My aunt sent me this in an email and after a quick check the numbers seem about right.  If you were not mad before you will be.  See Sidebar Video.

From an ER doctor

Remember I live and work in a border state overrun with illegals; they make more money having kids than we earn working full time.

Today I had a 25 yr old with 8 kids ~  that’s right 8! All are illegal anchor babies, and she had the nicest nails, cell phone, hand bag, clothing. etc. She makes about $1500 monthly for each; do the math.

I used to say “we are the dumbest nation on earth.”  Now I must say and sadly admit, YOU are the dumbest people on earth (that includes me) for we elected the idiot idealogues who have passed the bills that allow this. Sorry ~ we need a revolution! Vote em all out in 2010!

WHAT BETTER REASON DO WE HAVE TO VOTE OUT OF OFFICE ANY AND

ALL INCUMBENT POLITICIANS  WHO CREATED SUCH A STUPID SITUATION.

WHY ARE OUR SOCIAL SECURITY PENSIONERS PUTTING UP WITH THIS CRAP ?

WHY HAS NOT ANYONE YET FILED A CLASS ACTION DISCRIMINATION SUIT ?

REMEMBER – IN NOVEMBER, 2010 WE HAVE

A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAN OUT

THE ENTIRE HOUSE AND ONE-THIRD OF THE SENATE.

This is an insult and a kick in the butt to all of us….

Get mad and pass it on – I don’t know how, but maybe some good will come of this travesty.

If the immigrant is over 65, they can apply for SSI and Medicaid and get more than a woman on Social Security, who worked from 1944 until 2004.

She is only getting $791 per month because she was born in 1924 and there’s a ‘catch 22’.

It is interesting that the federal government provides a single refugee with a monthly allowance of $1,890.  Each can also obtain an additional $580 in social assistance, for a total of $2,470 a month.

This compares to a single pensioner, who after contributing to the growth and development of America for 40 to 50 years, can only receive a monthly maximum of $1,012 in old age pension and Guaranteed Income Supplement.

Maybe our pensioners should apply as refugees!

Consider sending this to all your American friends, so we can all be ticked off and maybe get the refugees cut back to $1,012 and the pensioners up to $2,470.  Then we can enjoy some of the money we were forced to submit to the Government over the last 40 or 50 or 60 years. And not to receive an increase for 2010!! Vote them all out of office!!!

Please forward to every American to expose what our elected politicians have been doing the past 11 years to over-taxed Americans.

Liberty, sir, is the primary object, …the battles of the Revolution were fought, not to make ‘a great and mighty empire’, but ‘for liberty’. Patrick Henry

Justin

Justin is the young Coot with a Cantankerous Soul who continues to be educated by older, more cootish Ralph and Bob. His Cantankerosity is his own.

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Feb 102015
 

Tuesday I read a great post by Frank Kern. He talks about doing things for yourself and being your own Guru. There should be no one you can blame for your own failures.
In society today there are far too many people who feel that they are entitled to money or things that they don’t work for. It is a load of horse crap. My generation is the beginning of that “hey look my hand is out give me something” mentality that frankly makes me sick.

Certain family members that I have are so bad that I would love to see a huge cosmic slap in the face come to them. Sure charity is a good thing but if you do nothing yourself, nothing for yourself and do not work hard for what you have you can neither appreciate it or be grateful for what you have.

Hold your hand out to me and I will probably fill it with bullshit because that is what you deserve.  Ask me for help to accomplish YOUR goals, I will bend over backwards to do so.

Read Franks post here and realize that it is all up to you so quit whining and get to work

Justin

Justin is the young Coot with a Cantankerous Soul who continues to be educated by older, more cootish Ralph and Bob. His Cantankerosity is his own.

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Feb 102015
 
St Patrick's

St Patrick's (Photo credit: bigdmia)

Well it is that time of year again. St. Patricks Day is upon us and there will be legions of people who think the holiday is about green beer and getting drunk.  If you know much of anything about it, that is not the reason for the holiday at all and frankly, I resent the stereotype that the Irish are a bunch of drunks. I am not.

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Listen to this tune by my friend Marc Gunn, Celtic music afficianado extrodinaire: St. Patrick Never Drank.  You can read more of his great stuff and listen to his killer Celtic podcasts over at MarcGunn.com  My favorite is the Pub Songs Podcast but the Irish and Celtic Music one is a very close second.

So, dear Cantankerous Readers, what are your plans for St. Patricks Day?  Are you going to go get blasted on green beer?  Raise a pint of Guiness? A few shots of Jamesons?  I want to know.

For my family this year it will be a bit different.  We are headed uptown to see my daughter and her school band perform in the St. Patrick’s Day parade.  That should be a ton of fun.  After that, my other daughter is going to be in a fashion show to celebrate the opening of a new mall here in Salt Lake.  They were looking for Make-A-Wish kids and she is too cute to be ignored!  See some stuff about her at ameliasmakeawish.com.(see how I worked that link in there?  I am that good.)

After all of those festivities, we will be home to see if the Leprechauns have invaded again.  They seem too every year and the kids love a scavenger hunt for gold (read chocolate) coins.

After that I don’t know what will happen, but it will all be without beer.  Probably lots of celtic music, most of it from Marc’s podcasts and albums.  If you need some tunes go here and get a load of 17 songs for this year.  Thanks again Marc.

I really do what to know how you all plan to celebrate….the comments are open and waiting for you…Don’t let me down, I have your IP address.  That would be a great T-shirt…….

happy St. Patrick’s Day

-Justin

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Justin

Justin is the young Coot with a Cantankerous Soul who continues to be educated by older, more cootish Ralph and Bob. His Cantankerosity is his own.

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Feb 102015
 

Well folks, my best laid plans kind of fell apart on Friday.  It was my daughters 6th birthday and we were running, making cakes and partying all day.  the cantankerousness was forgotten.  Sorry about that.  But, here is a dose of the funny Bone Ticklers for a Monday(which happens to be my anniversary as well.  Go figure.)

Anyway:

England v Argentina … we bring on the sub

You have to love the Brits.  Argentina: We are going to revolt!  England: Fine we will wipe you off of the map.

U.K. rowers cancel trans-Atlantic plan

I wonder how much alcohol was involved in this hare brained scheme.  I am all for endurance challenges but rowing across the Atlantic doesn’t sound like a very wise thing to do.

One way or the other, the squirrel always rules

Tim Bedore of Vague but True fame has it right with his animal conspiracy.  The Animals are out to get us, and the squirrels are the first wave.

DEA wants to scan all license plates on Utah’s ‘drug corridor’

This one is for Bob.  His conspiracy theories and Government Overlording is evident here.

Dying Chevron Executive Excited To One Day Become Oil

this just made me laugh.

 

OK guys thanks for reading again.  There will be another one for Friday!

also thanks to theonion.com and Fark.com for some funny stuff!

-Justin

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Justin is the young Coot with a Cantankerous Soul who continues to be educated by older, more cootish Ralph and Bob. His Cantankerosity is his own.

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