Me: “Wow, check out this new phone, isn’t it totally aweeeeesome?”
MastaG: “Its not awesome, Dad, and I keep telling you that you shouldn’t try to be awesome because you’ll just get sick and shrivel up.”
So, word around the campfire is that Oak Ridge and Target are looking to be BFFs, as long as the town can work up about 10 million clams to fix up Pine Ridge, which is currently a big hill, a sign, and like, some buildings or something out on Illinois Ave.
This registers a hell yes. In fact, on the Atomictumor Hell Yeah-O-Meter, this comes in as a solid Keitel.
A Target in Oak Ridge, alone, is an awesome thing, but the forward momentum in getting decent quality shopping in the town would go a long way toward alleviating the damage done by that Arnsdorff and his little mall meltdown.
Provided that we can ensure that development of this thing will be prompt and on schedule, done by a group with the maturity level necessary in working business transactions like a grown-up, this will be wicked awesome. I full on and 100% get right on behind approving the money and whatnot to develop this bad boy.
Beyond that, I also have sent instructions to my legions of Atomictumor automaton puppets (Atomictumatons) installed in various positions throughout the town to lend full support and grease all palms necessary.
Seriously, tho, I’ve long complained that this town is stagnating. Sure, we’re getting housing, and sure, the industrial/federal complex is in full on mode, but for any kind of decent shopping, we have to bust it on down to Knoxville. A Target opening up in town would also pave the way for a better class of shops (shoppes) to anchor to the beast, and take all of my money.
Particularly a SuperTarget, because, man, Food City sucks.
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Looking forward to watching the first episode of Firefly. A co-worker loaned the complete series to me while I’m off on paternity leave. I first heard about Firefly over at Reality Me and was intrigued by the concept. A western/ sci-fi, who would have thought, but it works.
As an aside, I’m not at all interested in the State of the Union Address, but I’ll watch it anyway.
Here’s a question for all you ethics experts out there.
The Missus and I bought a new car seat for lugnut. So now we have an extra seat that we don’t need. It’s at least six years old and is showing its age. On its back is printed a warning stating not to use the seat past December 2004. It still works, however and could be given to charity for somebody else to use.
So the dilema is this: Do I throw it away, or do I give it to charity?
It is very well worn. The manufacturer warns against using it any longer. It’s a potential danger, evidently. How could I lay that death trap on some family that can’t afford any better? Good grief!
(I’d also have to clean it up before I took off to said charity, if I so choose.)
Of course we’ve been using it for two years past its prime with no problems. It appears structurally sound. A good bath might do it wonders. (I’d have to bathe it. That’s the strongest argument in favor of el dumpo, so far.) Why should I make the charity’s decision for them? If they think it’s crap, let them throw it away. I’ll just be prematurely adding more junk to our overjunked landfills, if I throw it away now before all its potential is used up. Al Gore is shedding tears right now at the horror that thought. (I don’t believe he uses this internet. I think he uses internet 26 sub 7. So chances are he’s totally unaware of this unfolding moral… choice.)
Seriously, What do you all think? Should I take it off to the dump or over to charity? I suppose I could bronze it and mount it onto the hood of my truck for a makeshift hood ornament. Dude, wait a minute! A bronzed carseat would look great on a Mazada 6. Heh…
[edit: That’s Mazda 3, not Mazada 6. Those are crap cars anyway.]
