Not so Purple Haze.

There are over one thousand wild fires burning through out the state of California.
One of the largest has been burning just a few miles from where I live. The air is filled with the acrid smell of smoke and the sky is a gray/orange haze. The air quality is really bad right now. I find it harder to breath outside lately because I have emphysema and the smoke really messes with my lungs. Fortunately to my knowledge no homes have been destroyed. (yet). The fire that is burning near here started Saturday around 3:pm and has burned over 4'000 acres so far. Not much else to report other than I lost my virginity and shopped at "Wal-Mart" for the first time ever yesterday and was pleasantly surprised that I got so much for my money. I swore I would never shop there because of their questionable business practices and their politics but I have to face the fact that our local K-Mart SUCKS!! OUT LOUD!!!
I went into the store with the intention of spending no more than $100. I got 2 pairs of shoes, 2 pair of pants, 5 t-shirts, ten pair of socks and a very nice dress shirt. When I got to the checkout it all came to $99.15 . I was really amazed. Well thats all for now.

Again I ask " How does a Fat Man tie his shoes"?

Awhile back I posted a lyric parody of The Beatles "Black Bird". At the time I was and still am having a problem with my weight. The doctor has told me that I need to lose 60lbs. Well I Have been buying non fat and low fat food and walking and doing all that I can but here is the kicker. I suffer from severe insomnia. For my insomnia I take a pill called Ambien CR. This works well for sleep but there is just one problem. One of the known side effects is sleep eating. I started finding food missing from the fridge and from the cupboards and had no memory of eating it. It was usually something sweet and fattening like strawberry short cake or cheese cake, all of which I have now quit buying. If Debbie and Buck want something like that they will have to hide it or something. Well this morning I got up and checked the fridge and at first glance the only thing I saw missing was a small container of fat free yogurt. Then I Looked to my left into the doorway compartment and to my horror I discovered that also among the missing was A HALF FRICKIN POUND OF PEPPER JACK CHEESE!!!!!!!. OMFG. I had no idea at the time how relevant that lyric parody would become. Here it is again just for the Heck of it.


Fat man eating in the dead of night,
Take these chicken wings and learn to fry,
what a sight, such an appetite,
You are only waiting for your pizza to arrive.

"Free Money" sort of.

There hasn't been much worth writing about over the past month. Let me start off by saying that this month is starting out to be much better than the last , financially anyway. I received my EIC check the other day for $315 and also found out that my stimulus payment for $600 is due to be mailed on June 13. I was afraid that I would have to report it all as income in which case it would affect Debbie's SSI and my County medical subsidy insurance. I later discovered that it is all exempt income and therefore I don't have to report it at all so it is sort of like Free Money. I will finally be able to purchase some much needed shoes as the ones I am wearing now are so worn out that they are ruining my ankles. I will also be able to pay off the Vet bill and hopefully buy a carpet cleaner which is something I have wanted for sometime. Debbie is in need of some new clothes as well. Speaking of medical insurance, I saw a copy of the bill that the hospital sent to my insurance for an ER visit way back in 2006. For a CT scan and a couple of hours in the ER came to a whopping $17,461.89. I just about fainted. No wonder medical insurance is so expensive in this country. The fees that doctors and hospitals charge are out of control. I suppose that is because we live in such a litigious society that Malpractice insurance is way expensive as well. Well thats about it for now. More later