{"id":6862,"date":"2012-01-20T05:21:57","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T10:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/morningseditionists.com\/msblog\/?p=6862"},"modified":"2012-01-20T05:22:56","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T10:22:56","slug":"friday-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.morningseditionists.com\/msblog2\/2012\/01\/20\/friday-71\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever suffered through one of these commercials where the pitch man yells at you at about 120 decibels, and thought to yourself, &#8220;gee, whatever it is they&#8217;re selling, I want me some.&#8221;  No?  Me neither.  In fact, I will go out of my way to never, ever buy anything from these people &#8211; even if I want it.  I say this, because the only commercials I sit through these days are the ones on the morning lo-cal news, and &#8220;<strong>AMERICAN FREIGHT, AMERICAN FREIGHT, <span style=\"font-size:13pt;\">AMERICAN FREIGHT!!!!<\/span><\/strong> appears to be one of their prime sponsors.  I hate that guy.  I think he&#8217;s the same guy as the NATIONWIDE WAREHOUSE guy.   :growl: <\/p>\n<p>A huge car chase and crash in Syracuse last night, ending with shots fired (nobody hit though).  Not a big deal, I guess, except they believe it all started with an armed robbery at the Dollar Store.  Really?  I mean, by definition, you wouldn&#8217;t expect to see a ton of money there.  Though I believe it&#8217;s a cash-only operation, so there&#8217;s that. <\/p>\n<p>Maybe it just means I&#8217;m officially old, but I personally take umbrage at anybody knocking over the Dollar Store. I mean, an 8-pack of batteries for a buck?  A gallon of Liquid Nails?  You just can&#8217;t beat it.  <\/p>\n<p>A while back around here, a Pitt Bull (now named &#8220;Princess&#8221;) was found chained up and starving outside in the freezing cold.  She was rescued and is now flourishing (and a real sweetheart of a dog, by all accounts), and today is getting a visit from the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/animal.discovery.com\/tv\/pit-boss\/\">Pitt Boss<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; Shorty Rossi (I don&#8217;t know how many Animal Planet fans, but you gotta love Shorty).  <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve decided to run for President on a &#8220;Family Values&#8221; platform featuring a good amount of homophobia and rabid opposition to gay people getting married on the premise that it will destroy the sanctity of marriage and ruin families.  First, I have to see if my wife will agree to an &#8220;open marriage.&#8221;  If not, out the door she goes (may seem harsh but, hey, it&#8217;s not like she&#8217;s got cancer or anything).  Not that I have any prospects for a mistress at this point, I&#8217;m sorry to say (though there is a new Help Desk babe at work whose assistance I could use, if you know what I mean).  <\/p>\n<p>What with me not being a pompous, pig-faced, fat old white guy, I reckon I&#8217;m just not very appealing to the ladies.  Not having a million dollar line of credit at Tiffany&#8217;s might have something to do with it, too.<\/p>\n<p>Damn cold out again.  I&#8217;ve really gotten spoiled during this mild winter, I guess.  It&#8217;s got my shoulder acting up (in addition to everything that normally hurts).  I might have to borrow some of Siggy&#8217;s Tramadol.<\/p>\n<p>Or get more coffee.  TGIF.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever suffered through one of these commercials where the pitch man yells at you at about 120 decibels, and thought to yourself, &#8220;gee, whatever it is they&#8217;re selling, I want me some.&#8221; No? Me neither. 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