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| February 27, 1997 |
Circulation 81 |
Vol. 1, No. 33 |
STICKY: Like steppin' in gum
on a hot parkin' lot in the middle of summer ... or wipin'
up blood on a white floor ... car salesman are the most
persistent folks I know ... that's right ... we haven't
made up our mind yet! ... the #2 daughter's still without
... the guy we saw last week's been callin' everyday ...
his boss's been callin' ... his boss's boss's callin'
... they've sold more cars that'd been perfect for us
than I can shake a stick at ... based on that their dealership's
probably rollin' in dough ... 'nough to pay for all the
phone calls anyway ... then there's the fella from the
GMC dealership ... he's not quite as bad ... he only calls
every other day ... tellin' me his boss has agreed to
honor the sale prices we saw when we came in ... he always
says his name when he calls ... I'm polite 'n I try to
use his name back but it always comes out 'Ray' ... each
time, after I hang up, I realize my mistake 'cuz his name
is "Harri" (with an 'i') ... oh well ... I guess
he 'n I won't be best friends ... 'course a few things
are workin' in our favor ... it's month-end 'n the dealerships
haven't "delivered all the units the expected"
... or the "special financing rates expire the end
of the month" ... right! ... 'n the check's in the
mail, too!
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GOOD GRIEF!: I was walkin'
up to the school the other night with my 8th grader to
watch another basketball game ... he was askin' me some
questions 'bout whether I thought he'd be able to run
'Death Match' on his calculator ... bein' the 'cool' Dad
that I am I said 'What!?!?' ... he proceeded to tell me
about how he had Windows installed on his TI-85 that he
was usin' for his math class 'n that he could actually
play Doom on it ... he's been surfin' the 'net lookin'
for a graphics program so he can create some icons to
use on it also ... I made one of those thoughtful faces
along with a hmmmmmmm ... like you'd make if you was thinkin'
hard 'bout somethin' ... ('cept my mind was a total blank)
... all I could do was say 'Why don't you try it 'n see
if it works?' ... ducked another one! ... then I was heppin'
a friend out last night ... she's got a new computer ...
she's 'on the 'net' ... was tryin' to get one of those
new 'net telephone software packages loaded ... 'course
she had Windows 95 'n all the bells 'n whistles ... she'd
jes' gotten it repaired 'n had reloaded all her software
... (a CD tower full of the latest 'n greatest) ... I
managed to fake my way through 95 ... I've only seen it
a couple of times before ... I stumbled on the file 'n
was able to get it installed ... now she'll know that
I'm jes' the man behind the curtain ... 'cause I got her
e-mail address 'n now she's a subscriber too! ... maybe
I oughta hold off sendin' her her first issue 'til tomorrow!
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MO' PLEASE: I found wifey-poo
kneelin' next to our bed ... starin' at all the bills
spread out in front of her ... she was makin' out the
checks ... recordin' all the transactions in her little
spiral notebook ... (we've got our life's history in a
box ... recorded monthly for posterity for the past 30
years) ... I was concerned for her comfort 'n asked why
she didn't at least sit at a desk to do this ... (I wouldn't
dare mention usin' a computer! ... 'specially not after
the article 'bout the computer program that's s'posedly
makin' it's way 'round the Internet ... it finds Quicken
on your disk 'n sets up a transfer of money to the hacker's
bank account the next time you use Quicken to send instructions
to the bank) ... she looked up, sadly 'n replied "I'm
prayin' for money to pay these!" ... chastened, I
slipped back downstairs to see what we might have for
dessert ... 'n to watch Hillary Clinton accept her Grammy
for "The Best Spoken Recording by a First Lady"
... talk 'bout a brown-nosin' organization ... I wonder
what bill's comin' up that they need help on? ... or is
it that all the members of the Academy wanna sleep in
the Lincoln bedroom?
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"Others decide what you are
by how you treat them, but the truer measure is how you
treat yourself." -- Mikey, Thinkin' Too Hard
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| Mikey's Muse(tm)
is published weekdays as a commentary on stuff. Editor,
Michael T. Rusk. Copyright © 1997 by Michael T. Rusk.
Printed in the U.S.A. This publication may be distributed
freely as long as there is no charge. Commentary is loosely
based on actual events and may contain embellishments,
bits of fiction, and editorial liberties (lies) under
the guise of poetic license. All characters portrayed
in my writing are purely fictional and any resemblance
to any person, company or animal is purely unintentional.
If you don't get it, you just don't get it. Don't blame
me for anything I say and don't do anything I say, either.
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