I don't know nothing about birthing no babies, Miss Scarlett

I have known RQ since she was a fiesty teenager. Her post on being a neighborhood mom makes me smile, mostly because I know her and know she has the experiences both good and bad to back up whatever she might tell them by way of advice. OK, that's the good part.

I also remember getting the letter while I was out at sea somewhere when she wrote me that she was pregnant or had just given birth or whatever it was she said. But I remember getting the letter. I wrote her back with, "Cool! Do you know who the mom is?" No, I didn't. But what I really did write back was, "Good. I'm glad you're going to be a mom since you've been a "mother" for all these years." My understanding is that the joyous occasion was tempered some by the fact that the child came out stark naked.

I don't know why you might need the above info other than it popped into my head.

Just challenged the math course for credit without taking the course. Pulled an F, as in Fine, on it. I'm hoping you were given either a P or F, as in Pass/Fail. Otherwise, if it's an A,B, C, F type of grade, then I did really lousy. Not that failing isn't lousy, but I'd like to think I got a 79, not a 49. Which has sent my mind around another corner...

I was driving at the University of Phoenix campus last week and there were two vents coming up out of the ground. You know the ones, 10" pipe, usually yellow or white, come up out of the ground and make a bend towards the ground like a big metal candy cane. I saw a pair on the campus and remember that they were labeled L and E. I remember that because I thought to myself, "Must mean Left and East."

Well, my one day weekend is over and done with. Seems like only yesterday it was the weekend.

Now I gotta go spend $2 worth of gas to go buy 14 cents worth of 2 cent stamps. I ask you, is that fair? And deposit the wife's check. How come private business has such a slow time of getting direct deposit started up? It takes 2 or 3 pay periods at both her company and mine to get a direct deposit started. That's 4 to 6 weeks. Why? Here's a simple exercise in how it is supposed to work:

Business: Hey, bank, we're going to put money in this account.
Bank: OK

Well, this'll do me for the day. Tomorrow morning I have to do my Computer Skills challenge exam and the next morning the English Composition challenge exam. So you'll likely get a couple of more mornings of Ramblin' Ed lite. Sorry, I must become educated and get a better job. I really want to avoid working (hard) for a living if I can.

Food for thought: The first thing the communists did when they would take power, and after the population was subdued, was to outlaw Lucky Charms. Eating Lucky Charms, therefore, is a reminder of a darker time that no people should ever wish to revisit. Eating Lucky Charms is akin to proclaiming Viva le resistance! It is a powerful reminder of the solidarity needed to hold evil at bay. And, most importantly, eating Lucky Charms is like a party in your mouth because they're magically delicious. OK, you know who you are. Get with the program. Don't be a commie.

Cheap work isn't good and good work isn't cheap, out

Ramblin' Ed