Xpinionated

You want to know the worst longing? No, not longing for you beloved to return safely home after a journey rivaling an epic story. No, not longing for a tasty alcoholic beverage from your local watering hole after a long day at your . . . .or just any day for that matter.

Nope, the worst longing is buying a new car and having it sit in the parking lot whilst you work. BUT, longing magnification occurs when said work is ridiculously slow because it is the week after Christmas and for whatever reason, you don’t have the vacation days necessary to miss said week….

So now you look forward to rush hour, which is a rarity in itself. Alas, mocked again because rush hour is only going to be 10% of what it normally would be which means you don’t get to just sit in your new ride and take in that new ride smell! Nope you’ll be home lickety split trying to think of other places you could go…..

Now a lot of folks are probably going to get on me for this (if any of those folks actually read this literary masterpiece), but how in the hell is Lance Armstrong the Male Athlete of the Year??? He wins one flipping race a year and the world loses it’s damn mind.

Now I understand a three week bike race is about two weeks, 6 and 1/2 days more of a bike race than I could complete, but seriously athlete of the year? One, bike racing, especially on streets, isn’t overly athletic. Endurance? Hell Ya….Stamina? Hell Ya….athleticism? No. Two, can anybody name Armstrong’s rivals? The common sports fan who can tell you the New York Giants score from a game against Washington in 1987 couldn’t tell you who else races the Tour De France. Seems to me that Lance is good, but everyone else pretty much sucks! Lastly, and this is the part that will draw the ire of some people, if Lance Armstrong did not have testicular cancer, he would not have been the male athlete of the year for the past three years. It’s a sympathy vote. It’s a vote by the media for some heartwarming story which is fine when it’s not at the expense of other individuals. There are so many other athletes out there that deserve this award before Armstrong but since he sells yellow wristbands and survived testicular cancer (and in no way do I wish to demean or lessen that achievement) he is automagically given the award time and again? It really irks me, yes yes it does…..

On December 26, the Xpinionated family was proud and downright giddy to welcome the newest member to our household: Magdeline da Magnum. Yes, a new 2005 Dodge Magnum pulled into our driveway with all the style, performance, and downright grrrrumble she could. Pictures are forthcoming but if you’d like to take a quick peek, this is her before I rescued her from her autombile orphanage: Lookie Here I don’t know how long this link will be valid since it’s from the dealership and the car is no longer on the lot…..but we’ll see…

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What could be better than swimming up to the bar to order your tasty libation? All that relaxing got your nerves a little frayed, swim on up to the bar and get a nerve relaxer! That wife of yours nagging you again, swim on up to the bar and get you a wife quieter!
Just jokes about the wife nagging heehee

I guess I’ll go start my Christmas shopping. Ugh! I can’t put it off any longer I ’spose!