Toilet Paper Protective Layer

     I'm guessing the majority of people don't use anything between rump and toilet seat and don't give it a second thought.  When using public toilets I usually (if I have to go badly, a quick wipe will suffice usually (unless arrival is immenent then my cares are null)) build a 4 segment layer of TP to sit on.
     No matter how good your coverage is, somehow water always accumulates near the middle and climbs vertically from the bottom of the seat and on me.  Would this still happen if I didn't use any TP at all?  I think the TP is acting as a medium for the water and if I just stuck with the wipe all the time.. then this wouldn't happen.  Thoughts?

Thursday Thoughts

•  When I see a roll of toilet paper that has been re-rolled up, I no longer think if someone loaded it with powder as a prank.  Instead I see my 8 month old laughing as he paws at the roll watching it unroll.

•  A downside to running is, not being able to wear your clothes more than once before washing thus having to do  laundry more frequently.

•  Nasan - Fort Hood shooter will be dead soon.  Had someone just shot him dead at Fort Hood he wouldn't have had the opportunity to influence anyone else. Not saying he did.. but he may have.

•  Being in a class where all you see is a video of the professor teaching at another location is new and very odd to me.

•  Day 2 of daycare for 8 month old, hopefully he lets them feed him this time.

Friday Flailings

•  Why, after saying good-bye on a phone call, does it seem like a race to push the end button before it disappears?

•  Why oh why did I let the 13 year old talk me into taking shots of pickle juice?  I love pickles but geez! It feels like I have tonselitis and I got no tonsels! Salt salt and more salt.

•  IF drivers:  When approaching a red light, why not change lanes to the one with less cars?

•  If tomorrow is anything like today my run is going to be superb.  Assuming the pickle juice battle doesn't have any adverse effects.

•  Why do I have to smell the sewage plant everytime I'm driving down Sunnyside?

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Tuesday Twist-Off

•  The iPhone is also good for baiting bugs to their death.  The phone must be turned on and the screen illuminated (preferably with a bright colored (not black) screen).  In total darkness and in a place with bugs, prepare to play a real life killing game with your thumb!  Compete against your friends while you're camping, at a fish filet, or like me while in your own bed!

•  This blog is going to have to change.  Doing the news everyday is fun but sometimes there's just too much to take care of with life to cover everything I hoped to be able to do with this blog.  I'm going to continue posting, but they will be more sporadic, more random, less censored and less news based.

•  Has anyone else ever peed on their foot in the shower to hide the sound of the pee hitting the shower floor?

•  Would it freak people out if I installed a urinal in my shower with a drain hose that went... to the drain?  At least then I wouldn't have to worry about pee splattering onto the shower curtain, which discolors it (and tells on me or the other males in the house that someone's been peeing in the shower and not aiming at the drain.. or not hitting the stain anyway.

•  Maybe I should just make a bulls-eye around the drain.. or make the drain recessed from the shower floor so the splashes are contained.  That's more likely to happen.  If it did, would the urinal still be used or would the recess solution cancel out the urinal?  Would people opt to pee in the shower over a toilet even when they're not taking a shower?  Would they turn the water on to "flush" the pee through the drain pipe so that the pee doesn't stink up the shower and bathroom?

•  A flush valve would have to be connected before the shower head to clear out the urinal.  Maybe the shower is the perfect place for a urinal, there is no additional plumbing needed, the valve could be left open for the urinal and there could be a button valve on the urinal.

•  Yup, this is a great idea.  I can't wait to tell my wife about it in the morning!!

•  I drove past the 18-wheeler that rolled over yesterday.  The 270 degree curve from 20 to 15 S.  I don't think anyone was hurt.. but it's kinda funny because there's a yellow sign with a picture of a truck tipping over right at the beginning of the curve... follow it around and hey!! it's that truck we just saw on the sign. 

•  Instead of that sign they had on 20 saying "Crash Ahead".  They should have just put one up that pointed up to the tipping over sign and said "This happened".

•  Sometimes kids are going to be kids and do everything you tell them not to do.  Maybe if we encourage bad things they will rebel and not know they are doing good things...?  

•  Did Bryan Smith's "free" flights from a campaign donor ever make it to TV?

•  13 yr old left clothes bag in store we bought them in.  After I retrieved it and checked out of the store we were in, I turned to the 13 yr old, handed him his 25 lb baby brother and took the bags off the counter, "You're not going to leave him anywhere [right?]."  - He suddenly was through shopping.

•  Why do the photo booths in the mall say they accept card when they don't?!  The first time I thought it was because lf the mall just opening, but now I know they simply want cash money bling bling.

•  Telling someone they are not allowed to do something (punishment), then doing that something yourself in front of that someone, is a fantastic way to add more weight to that something they are not allowed to do.

•  I want to look up how often hospital patients feel like prisoners.

•  I can't wait to use this new baby device my wife wanted.  So what you do is put a plastic piece in your mouth - it's attached to a hose.  Then, the other plastic piece (on the other end of the same hose) goes into the baby's nose and you, YOU suck the boogers out with the power of yo lungs! mmm.. salty.

•  My water filter is not made for well water, apparently bacteria can grow on the material the filter is made of.  I couldn't find the filter at a store to replace it anyway so now is as good a time as any to remedy that foopah.

Thursday Thrash-Out

•  Reunion mañana -3 hr drive, all 4 of us..

•  The NSA can't get in trouble.. they're the NSA!

•  Can google's eye tracking tech see through my sunglasses?  What about my pirate eye patch?

•  Aaarrrgghhh!! She's driving me nuts!

•  I hope this Clinton business ends terribly bas for them.  The Clinton's can't get in trouble!

•  Biscotti's are awful.  I finished it but the lady said they taste like a cookie.  Her mom must have been a terrible baker.

•  Cross-eyed is a good sign. :P

Wednesday Whims

•  Which Rep from Texas invited the clown down to do show?

•  I can't beLIEve my eyes! - the Clinton's are doing something bad behind closed doors?! lions tigers and bears oh my.

•  Almost reunion time with the in-laws, prrfect time for golfing.  Why did I just think of Obama golfing when I typed that?

•  The iPhone blogger app needs more functions.  How am I suppose to link?

•  My computer is still covered with a sheet to protect it from all the sheetrock dust being sanded off.

•  Silence is golden - especially when two women are talking about how their pregnancy went / is going.

•  Diet Pepsi drinkers gained more weight than regular Pepsi drinkers.  Aspartame is baaad.

•  Had the best tasting toothpaste today - Spearmint, tastes like a freshly picked leaf off the bush.

•  There is such a thing as oversharing - pass it on.

Tuesday Twist-Off

•  The Watch is a comical and inappropriate movie that I recommend.

•  There's been a three week extension on house scooterin, thanks doc!

•  Who wouldn't want central heat / air conditioning in their house - no matter where ya live.

•  The air rescue training simulator looks like fun, these should be in Dave and Busters.

•  Amber alerts have helped 650 rescues. I wonder how many elderly bucket list plans they have spoiled.

•  Respects to soldier's death.  "The soldiers died of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked their unit with indirect fire."  I'm failing to see how this waw indirect.. anybody?

•  Amber Alerts in the middle of the night should have a max radius.

•  eeeeeeewwwwweeewwww that double vision 🎶🎶

Monday Mash

•  Hell on Wheels is a great show.
•  Learned my Thursday thrash word applies to what my neighbor farmer guy does.
•  A rodeo clown got the boot for wearing an Obama mask on the job.
•  It's always a good day when you pick up your baby, hold him close and realize he has poo'd all the way down his leg.
•  3rd Shift
•  Washington went against his gov't, how is Snowden different?  My opinion of him sways back n forth
•  After receiving a box of sockets, I'm unable to find the reason why some of the sockets are in the same bag as others.
•  I scooter'd with the 13 yr old.  He tried talking me into attempting tricks.  For me, I'm past trying things that can cause serious pain/injury.  Skydiving I still want to do though (no pain/injuries from that).
•  Bada-Bing-Bada-Boom!
•  Peace out homie g dog.

Friday Flailing


  • Laura Ingraham's voice annoys me
  • Neal Larson's sense of humor I agree with.  He's nice to his callers, especially so when their ideas are waaayy out there.  Sadly, these callers do not pick up on his sarcasm and continue on with their rants.
  • I strongly dislike water-savers in showers.  My shower head has one I don't think I can remove, then today I found one before the head.  SO much pressure now (comparatively sp.. people that say what I was about to say get on my nerves, but are probably giving a presentation of sorts).
  • one minute left - publish.

Thursday Thash-Out

•  Going into the baby's room at night is similar to what I would think working as a pit crewmen for nascar would be.  Plug the paci in, change the diaper, and get away as quick as possible.

•  Yes, the posts have been limping along lately as far as the news goes.  Fear not, they will return along with sanity.

•  Gina McCarthy - head of EPA - sounds a lot like Jenny McCarthy.

•  One station was talking about the porn industry then the other mentioned McCarthy.

•  Do the photobooths in the mall open at 10:00 too?  Stores do, but the booth?

•  NFL TD celebration limits are a joke.

•  Duolingo is getting harder.

•  Do not pay attention to the expiration date on jars of salsa.  The timer starts when the lid is removed.

•  I'm not certain what the time limit is but my wife isn't too happy about being in the same room with me, much less under the covers (because of what the bad salsa did to my stomach).

Wednesday Whims



  • Steamboat Geyser at Yellowstone.
  • I just have to say I think it is great when a company like Raytheon takes the wheel on math and science.  They developed some flash games that teaches and shows how math is used in everyday situations. www.mathmovesu.com
  • Not only do kids have to worry about making good grades, now they have to worry about someone mistaking their clean pee for frozen lemonade.  Maybe I'm naive, but 13 seems a little young to even think about experimenting with drugs.  If you need to drug test your kid at 13, you fail as a parent. OK, you're failing as a parent, there may still be hope. long version.
  • ooooooo...  Obama snubbed Putin, supposedly over Snowden and human rights.  I doubt Putin cares but at least Obama's schedule opened up for some golf.
  • Advantage of drinking your coffee black: If your coffee cools off too mucg, you can cycle it through the pot and nobody is the wiser.
  • I was trying to put the little man asleep last night so I put on a western (it's worked before), wifey - who hates westerns - actually asked the name of the show.  Now waiting to catch her watching it at some point.
  • As expensive as baby formula is, I'm tempted to setup a grate to catch the powder that misses the bottle.
  • Fort Hood shooter - who has already plead guilty but a trial is required when execution is on the table..  or is the only option on the table - says "I am the shooter".  I'm tired of hearing about this person, I think execution may be too easy for this one.

Tuesday Twist-Off



  • Rep. Mike Simpson's opponent Bryan Smith made the news.. using a big donor's $700,000 plane to travel.  If anyone should know the..  laws, it's a lawyer.  If anyone would outsmart the law, it's a lawyer.  Lawyers usually make decent money, so why does he take the risk and not buy or pay someone to fly him around.  That is, unless he's not so successful at lawyering (or finances).  Link to story.
  • I did some duolingo lessons in the hospital waiting room yesterday.  I got a few "excuse me"s and odd looks as I spoke Espanol into my phone.  Can't imagine what the guy in the bathroom stall next to me thought,  "Mi gato bebe leche".
  • Some people need to learn how to tell the wife "We'll get the orange soda stain out tomorrow".  Why else would you steal a carpet cleaner from the same guy you just asked and was told no by (other than your wife told you "now!" or his wife was on her way home)? Carpet Cleaner thief.
  • A drone hunting license?  Pretty sure if I see one outside my window I won't wait on a license.  "But I want my town to be known fer the first rodeo" add redneck twang for laugh, Story.
  • Wife after surgery and baby makes for little time to read/comment on the news, much less sleep.

Monday Mash

  • 2 ½ weeks out of the loop, time to get the momentum going again.
  • The Twin Falls bank robber hasn't been caught.  He got away.  Cya-nor-a.
  • Sayonara is the correct spelling..  thanks urbandictionary.com.
  • I’m feeling left out, the 13 year old and wife both have scooters.. one for amusement and one for necessity (transportation around the house).  Why do I get the feeling that the one using it for amusement will result in using another for necessity?
  • Road construction makes the news here?
  • Texas bank robbers end up in jail and in the morgue.  This is straight out of a movie that I can't think the name of.  See mas aqui.
  • Sleep dep is part of parenthood, I get that, but no need to prolong sleep..  any longer.