Friction and Harmony

In the interest of getting “back into the swing of things,” I figured I’d tinker under the hood a little. Well, I tried to set-up a cron to do – of all things – a regular backup of my blog. Of course mine was the guinea pig before I did the same to Mrs. Who’s blog. Good thing…

Pffffffft!!

Toasted my blog entirely. (Stupid hosting portal wizmos!) I’m recovered from my last good backup, but sans my most recent (albeit over a week-old) post. I tried to retrieve it from Zoundry, but it was buggered ‘cos Zoundry evidently got confused. POS…

Am I surprised? Not in the least. Things have a habit of breaking when I’m in a foul mood (which I am at the moment).

Who is winning today? Not effing me, that’s for sure! (Grrrr.)

(Sorry for not posting lately – it’s been hell around here lately, and I’ve been running a fever off and on for a few days now. I hope to be back up to par soon. Thanks for stopping by to check up on me…)

Someone sent this to me (thanks, MamaBear! ) – I thought it was fitting to share, especially since I don’t have the stamina or the desire to blog with a 101.8 fever.

Enjoy:

A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and among other liberal ideals, was very much in favor of higher taxes to support more government programs, in other words redistribution of wealth.

She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch Republican, a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his.

One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the need for more government programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded by asking how she was doing in school.

Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn’t even have time for a boyfriend, and didn’t really have many college friends because she spent all her time studying.

Her father listened and then asked, “How is your friend Audrey doing?”

She replied, “Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies, and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so popular on campus; college for her is a blast. She’s always invited to all the parties, and lots of times she doesn’t even show up for classes because she’s too hung over.”

Her wise father asked his daughter, “Why don’t you go to the Dean’s office and ask him to deduct a 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA.”

The daughter, visibly shocked by her father’s suggestion, angrily fired back, “That’s a crazy idea, how would that be fair! I’ve worked really hard for my grades! I’ve invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!”

The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, “Welcome to the Republican party.”