A NIGHT WITH THE HOPS

As we spent a few hours working on our front yard yesterday I did notice at least a few people staring as they drove by.  I am not sure if it was because they liked what we were doing or if they wondered why we were working so hard outside on Christmas Day.  Either way I like that we finally made some progress after talking about it for so long.

Beginning the last week of the year . . .

• Random thought #1 –  If you are a person who rarely ever has cookies (or sweets really) in the house throughout the year it is a good idea not to eat about six Christmas cookies as soon as you get them unless you want to feel like hell about an hour later.
• Random thought #2 –  I am enjoying the jobs that I have, but I would like to find one of those jobs where you get suspended with pay when you do something dumb.  That seems like a pretty sweet deal to me.
• Random thought #3 – Even if I blindly love a television show it doesn’t mean that I don’t take offense to the blatant product placement that seems to be in every episode now.  I understand why it happens, but at least try to make it less obvious and maybe fit into the storyline once and a while.
• Random thought #4 – Unless I am not understanding the intended meaning of the title “Executive Producer” I am pretty sure that a show should not have more than one.  if multiple are needed for some reason I think a different title should be applied.
• Random thought #5 – Every day that I sit here at my desk and see all of the bottles of beer on the other side of the room collecting dust I wonder why I am bothering to hold on to any of them.  Sure they could get better, but they could also taste worse when I finally open them.  I think it is time to start whittling down the collection a bit.

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It would be pretty cool to own a patent on an invention and maybe have that invention turn into something profitable.  I always assumed that was really difficult to do.  After seeing a product on television that helps women cut their own bangs which seemed to consist of a paper cutter that they strap to their forehead I think maybe I overestimated the difficulty.  I need to get brain storming on something soon.

Christmas gifts are in the mail . . .

• Random thought #1 –  Why is there never any liquid in the containers the actors are drinking from on television?  It is so easy to tell there is no milk in that carton when they pick it up and now I always notice it and it bothers me.
• Random thought #2 –  If I am to order something that is being sold on television don’t tell me that you are selling me a product worth $100 for $29.99.  No one runs a (successful) business by selling their products for less than they are worth.  Stop it.
• Random thought #3 – Do adult vitamins really need to have the option of coming in gummy form?  The ability to take pills without chewing them is one of those things that separates adults from children.
• Random thought #4 – I don’t know what Smoky the Bear has been doing since I have last seen him, but I don’t remember him having defined pectorals in the older commercials from my childhood.  I have to think maybe P90X?
• Random thought #5 – Blind tasting beer (or rather multiple beers at once) is something that I should do far more often.  Though I did pretty well doing that recently I missed on identifying a beer that I drink all of the time and that was a bummer.

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