Tis the Season

Tis the time of year again that the Christmas tree goes up. This is a new ornament that I purchased for this year. God knows I can’t afford to many things this year but a new Mr. Bill will brighten up the entire house. I’ll probably post a few more before Christmas is over…

Merry Christmas to all!

Duct Testing

I was in Orlando last week attending a class for “Duct Testing” class. Duct testing may become part of the 2013 Florida Building Code if so we’ll be ready to do the testing. Being a home inspector and contractor there may be some markets opens up for doing them.

We will be ready to train both contractors and inspectors to do the testing.  It’s not a hard test and for an average house of 2000 sf the test should only take 45 minutes to 1 hour to complete. The downside to all the testing is the equipment to do it is about $2,000

Awesome Political Quotes

1. In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress.
— John Adams

2. If you don’t read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.
— Mark Twain

3. Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself.
— Mark Twain

4. I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
— Winston Churchill

5. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
— George Bernard Shaw

6. A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to payoff with your money.
— G. Gordon Liddy

7. Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
— James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)

8. Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
— Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University

9. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
— P.J. O’Rourke, Civil Libertarian

10. Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
— Frederic Bastiat, French economist(1801-1850)

11. Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
— Ronald Reagan(1986)

12. I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
— Will Rogers

13. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free!
— P.J. O’Rourke

14. In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.
— Voltaire(1764)

15. Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you!
— Pericles (430B.C.)

16. No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
— Mark Twain(1866)

17. Talk is cheap…except when Congress does it.
–Anonymous

18. The government is like a baby’s alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.
— Ronald Reagan

19. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
— Winston Churchill

20. The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
— Mark Twain

21. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
— Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)

22. There is no distinctly Native American criminal class…save Congress.
— Mark Twain

23. What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
— Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)

24. A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
— Thomas Jefferson

25. We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
–Aesop

Will Power…

OK… I’ve decided to never hit the snooze button again. I’ve hit the snooze button once or twice. If you hit it everyday you’re only getting what 9 minute sleep increments. I think that makes you more tired than just getting up to start with. If you do that every day your wasting about 1 hour per week, or 52 hours per year. You would have lost over 2 (24 hour) days of your life that you could have been celebrating!

That brings me into the next question … how much sleep do we actually need per night? I know 8 hours is good but can we do it on 7 and operate OK. If so we just got an extra 365 hours per year of life! That’s 15.2 days of life per year extra! Hmm… maybe I’m must extremely tired and that is my exhaustion talking… i’m delirious.

Last Words

Butch Cassidy: Hey, wait a minute.

Sundance Kid: What?

Butch Cassidy: You didn’t see Lefors out there, did you?

Sundance Kid: Lefors? No.

Butch Cassidy: Oh, good. For a moment there I thought we were in trouble.

Beer Run…

My sons and I passed this guy crossing a busy road on his riding lawn mower. My oldest said, “dang that is sort of a stupid thing to do”. I said, “yea, but he’s a drunk and is going to get some beer, probably has already had a couple DUI’s”. They of course laughed and said yea right Dad. I said, I bet you money that’s what he’s doing… well here is the proof boys. He has 2 twelve packs of the cheapest beer the store sells. He covered it with a blanked to disguise it. LOL

I guess I do know a drunk when I see one! I’m NOT knocking this, it’s a HELL of a lot better that driving a car to the store to restock. Ride away buddy… stay safe!

Elzey Security

My little pocket Derringer. I’ve carried this legally all over the state.  My thought is I’d rather be tried by 12 than carried by 6… it really makes a lot of sense to carry one. I have a concealed weapons permit, self defense has gotten bigger!

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.

— Thomas Jefferson 

Starship Troopers – Invasion

I guess I was sort of a fan of the first two Starship Troopers so that is why this one was such a appointment. I didn’t realize, because I didn’t read the description, that this one was animated. The CGI was definitely good, though it still just doesn’t manage to get faces right. Can’t wait til we start to be able to do CGI movies that look as good as real life. It’s entirely different than from the other movies, but I’m not used to the animation yet. Plenty of action scenes! Why CGI nudity?

I really have to start reading the reviews and not simply thinking it will be the same as the previous ones. lol