Ladies & Gentlemen: Asshat Of The Week

"When you ask to be ridiculed, it usually happens.
And it will happen here, nationally.”

- University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato

"An unscientific poll on the website of the Virginian-Pilot finds that 96 percent of the more than 4,000 people who have taken the survey think Cuccinelli’s decision was a 'bad idea.'"

They didn’t even bother to ask which decision.
- comment by toonguy

..................... Ruprecht ( STOP )

The Way The Mind (Sometimes) Works*

I was preparing for a new venture to my photo blog, an ABC Challenge. Each day, a photo would be posted referencing a different letter of the alphabet, from A to Z.

I looked at a calendar and began counting out the letters to see where each would fall. I figured if I started on the 4th of the month (the month in question being March), 'zee' would end on the 31st ..... or so I concluded.

"Ay ... Bee ... See ... Dea** ... Eee ... Eff ... Gee ... Aychuh ... Eye ... Jay ... Kay ... El ... Em ... En ... Oh ... Pea ... Khyou ... Are ... Ess ... Tea ... You ... Vee ... Double-you ... Ecks ... Why ... Zee"

Waitaminnit. That didn't work. 'Zee' landed on the 29th, not the 31st! How could that be?

I counted again. Same result.

I looked at the calendar once more. I subtracted 4 from 29, getting 25, realizing one letter had to be added in order to accommodate my starting point. That meant there were 26*** letters in the alphabet.

That couldn't be right. Everyone knows there are 28 letters in the alphabet.**** So why was the count not ending on the final day in March, the 31st ... ?!?!?

I pondered this over and over and over again, ultimately coming to the same conclusion each and every time.

I was perplexed.

Until ..... I counted the letters of the alphabet out loud to myself.

I mentally slapped the side my head, exasperated.

Can someone please tell me when the world changed the alphabet from 28 to 26 letters ... ???*****

* My mind, anyway
** Short for 'Deanna'
*** News flash!
**** Apparently not
***** Must've been sleeping that day

..................... Ruprecht ( STOP )

Disability - Part II

A very long time ago - years ago - I was sitting in my home office listening to music whilst working. I'd popped a CD into the player. The song below - "Insensatez" - wafted lazily in the background.

Little did I know, not only was it wafting, it was wafting repeatedly.

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One. Hour. And. Forty. Five. Minutes. Later .....

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..... was when I realized it was on repeat.

On repeat of the exact same track.

Insensatez - Antonio Carlos Jobim

For. One. Hour. And. Forty. Five. Minutes.

Practically two hours into the tune I looked up from my work and wondered: "Haven't I heard this song a few times already?"

Ruprecht. He's some kinda Super Genius.

................... Ruprecht ( STOP )