Last Saturday, i took the pup, Cocoa, to the vet for her rabies shot. she’s been fighting kidney/renal issues pretty much her entire life. she has NEVER shown any real signs outside of fairly frequent urination and some bad breath (which is a by product of the toxins not being broken down correctly/completely in her kidneys). in fact, she continues to be VERY excited whenever we take out the tennis ball for a seemingly never ending game of fetch. i asked about the breath during the visit and the vet tech suggested we draw blood and see where her ‘numbers’ were and how she was doing… well, we got a call from the vet yesterday… she’s not doing good. apparently, all of the supplements, drops, powders and whatnot that we’ve tried over the years has run its course. we got a call on sunday from the clinic that the numbers did not look good. the vet himself called yesterday…
So i don’t watch a lot of TV – primarily because i don’t have time. but i do find ways of watching a couple programs (hulu.com, or just straight up downloads). and today i’ve decided to share my list of “Brograms” (Programs for Bros). in no particular order:
Bones: this is one of those rare shows that the wife and i will watch together. we both enjoy it quite a bit.
The League: a new sitcom (2nd season just finished up) about fantasy football… love it!
The Office: yep, still catch this show
30 Rock: i giggled the first couple times i watched it… continue to watch
It’s Always Sunny in Phliadelphia: i was shunned at work for never hearing of this show… i will not allow that to happen again
Community: relatively new show, it followed The Office and 30Rock, and i happened to catch it one evening. clever. and Chevy Chase as a non-trad is a hilarious bonus!
Weeds: i’m not even sure where i heard about Weeds… but started watching it and i keep checking for more
Better Off Ted: this and AD are short-lived sitcoms… but they were funny, intelligent funny and that’s probably where they lost the public
Arrested Development: see Better Off Ted description
And there you have my list of Brograms for the current time being. for a guy who claims to not watch too much TV, i guess there are quite a few shows on this list – i just don’t watch them on the TV
why is it such a difficult task to live within means? the concept of “Not spending more than you bring in” is one that many people today don’t subscribe to. why is it so difficult to keep within a budget?
i know i’ve failed to properly budget and have found myself in a world of debt that i’d rather not be in (i think we’re better off than many these days, but i’d rather not have any debt). and we are aware that some of our decisions haven’t been the greatest (the purchase of our home couldn’t have come at a worse time, for example). but we’re dealing with our financial issues… we’re paying off our debts, we’re not buying new TVs or cars or much of anything. just last night i sewed a hole in a pair of jeans – hoping that i won’t need to buy a new pair anytime soon. we’re trying to be more frugal with our money. we don’t frequent expensive eateries nor have we ‘gone out’ in quite a while. i would love to build my perma-house right now and get out of the townhome, but we’re making things work.
after watching this video and listening to some talk radio… why can’t the government, who works for us, stay within its own means? it truly makes me sick – i work for my money, i live in a town home that is smaller than i’d like, i drive a car to save on gas (rather than taking “Sunshine” for a stroll to work), we pay more than the minimum amount on payments – because we don’t want to have that debt over our heads forever… who wants to live like that?
i could discuss so many different areas of government that i think should not be a governmental department, and where spending by the government is just, by definition, retarded. i do hope that the changes in office from November make some serious impact on the way shyt gets done in DC, i really, really do.
