I learned a very important thing about myself tonight, I stopped by the local shopping mall where the new Wal Mart super center is for some dinner after work. After that I braved the crowded isles of Wal mart to get a few select items to take home with me before continuing on home. And as people cut in front of me nudging each other from their perspective paths, I learned a very Important thing about myself as a human being, I discovered tonight that I actually possess PATIENCE!!.. I know, I know, I’m shocked too, but even as people cut me off and moved their carts in front of me, I waited for my turn at the register and made it out without incident.



So… now knowing this.. How do I apply my shocking discovery to my time here on the Blogstream? Well from what I’ve seen lately here, it isn’t much different than any trip that I have made to Wal Mart. There are people here who want to be nothing more than a pest. Get in the way.. be rude and inevitably to make a spectacle of themselves.. Well with my new Found Patience I will just say “go ahead.. Knock yourself out.. No, No, You go first Please.. I can wait for you to pay for your chit and exit the building, please don’t mind me.. And to you people there gossiping in the isles, excuse me, but I’m here for a reason, and well, if you must talk, please don’t bring it to My doorstep, it will save me the trouble of ignoring you. Yes I have Patience now.. But as with anything else there is no telling how long its going to last.

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Okay.. Well people, as everybody knows its Saturday night, so that means Blogstream Tunes, and Saturday night partying, Partying for a lot of people means the tipping of a few drinks.. Cold beer, A martini here or there, and unfortunately some people just don’t know when to say when. So to help you all party safely, Here are some signs to let you know that you have been drinking too much.

#1- You lose arguments with inanimate objects.

#2- Your doctor finds traces of blood in your alcohol stream.

#3- You sincerely believe alcohol to be that elusive fifth food group.

#4- The Damned pink elephant followed you home again.

#5-The parking lot seems to have moved while you were in the bar.

#6- Every woman you see has an exact twin.

#7- You discover in the morning, that all of your liquid cleaning supplies have mysteriously disappeared

#8- Five beers have just as many calories as a burger so you skip dinner.

#9- The glass keeps missing your mouth.
#10-When you go to donate blood, they ask you what proof it is.

#11- Mosquitoes and Vampires catch a buzz after biting you.

#12- You believe that your only drinking problem is that you don’t have a drink right now.

#13- You wake up in the bedroom still clothed, but your underwear is in the bathroom.

#14- Even Rednecks have stopped doing jokes about your Drinking.

I hope the music is enough to get you high.. Have a great Saturday Y’all!!

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The morning started out like any other, so what was so different about it?.. hmmm.. I wondered about that, Friday July 13th, hogwash day.. 9:45 am PST. I went to the local state credit union to cash in on my weekly allotment of Fundage, earned at my place of formal employment, I gave them a signed piece of paper… and they gave me Fundage… sweet deal.. So I ventured out into the early morning heat, and made my way to the neighborhood marketplace, but upon arrival, I found the prices for food substances a tad high so I opted to only pay the cable tv and phone bills.. 10:22am, I ventured out onto west Williams street, the heat index was climbing, the suns rays, bouncing off the black asphalt like common sense off a politician.. But I still needed mass quantities of food substances, so here on Friday, July the 13th in the year of our Lord 2007, I considered doing the unthinkable, I considered going to a place more deadly and dangerous than any other place on the entire planet.. Wal Mart!! that’s right.. Wally World… where the possessed go to mingle.

I arrived at the establishment in question at approximately 11:00 am, all was quiet as I entered the front door elderly Greeters welcomed me as though I was never in any danger, real or implied.. Everything was going smoothly, that is until I stopped by frozen Foods to scoop up some unsuspecting Dove bars for my afternoons enjoyment. Bonus, I asked the kid stocking dairy products into the freezer if there were any Dove bars left.. He pointed.. “Those are the last two Boxes in the whole store mister so be careful.” I scooped them up and scurried down the end of the isle.. that’s when the first wave of them showed up, three women, damn! I didn’t like the looks of this, or the way they were looking at my Dove bars. So I pulled a U turn and headed back the other way, but it was already too late. They had set up an blockade down by the cereal Isle, so I quickly made a right hand turn and made a bee line towards hard ware and automotive.. that’s when the took out the power grid, and the lights went out.. In the distance I could hear the faint hum of light saber’s, as they inched their way towards me.. I had to think of something fast or I was a goner, there was no telling how many of them there were, so I had to hide until the power came back on..

But hide where?? Then it struck me.. I had to do the unthinkable, I knew that the only place that I would be safe was the one place you would NEVER see a man venture into.. I hid … in.. the women’s underwear section. Stooped down behind the counter holding my breath being careful not to cause a disruption in the force. I could hear them scurrying by barking out instructions to each other, each had their light saber drawn ready for maximum destruction. I made it to the first available male checker when the lights came back on, I made the purchase and headed home, with my Dove bars safely intact.. But it isn’t over.. I sadly fear that they have followed me.. This could be it for the Scratchman.



**** I think The Heat is Finally Getting To Me .****

I was never much good at doing weekly features, perhaps that is what doomed the X page, I got bored with it and didn’t want to do it every week. Same with the Saturday afternoon post, the Sunday night picture show and The Monday night Monologue, and a whole slew of other ill conceived Ideas. This one I do not believe to be such. but I don’t believe I will just put it on a Friday morning and leave it there, It will be on Thursday or maybe even as early as Wednesday Night.. As with everything, there must be a beginning, a middle and an end, here are some Links to some Blogs that are still in their infancy, please help nurture them so they ,may grow to be strong members of our Blogging community..

A Mix Of Things

Gallatin Trails

SpeakEasy

My Love For animals

Life- it Happens

Here’s something else that I would like to add, I like to call it New Blogs/Old Friends, some of the more established Bloggers here, start up second and sometimes even third blogs and struggle to get the word out that they’re even there, here’s my shout out.. My friend June (Pray With Hope) has started a new Blog that I believe will grow into something special here on Blogstream. Here’s the Link..

Provocative Life Challenge

Hope to see you all on Saturday night.

Laters..

~Scratch.~

Okay... so what do all of These Images have in Common?.. I got them all on my blog without using an Image host or uploading them into my gallery.. Hmmmmm... as Arte Johnson would say.. Verrrrrry Interesting

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