There’s a new link category in the sidebar now.

“Dorkelina-approved awesome” is stuff that I really like for one reason or another. Like Nobuo Uematsu’s amazing music. Or the vast array of fabulous cute stuff at Shana Logic (which incidentally is the first place to look if you have a Dorkelina on your gift-list, ha ha!).

I’ll add more as I go. This is supposed to be a blog, right? ^_^

Taken from Sean at I Aim to Misbehave. Thanks!

5 Things I Was Doing 10 Years Ago

- Getting ready to move into an apartment in Toronto with my ex.
- Taking care of the infant Crash
- Watching more hockey than should be allowed!
- Missing home.
- Arranging a trip back to the states for the new year.

5 Things on My To-Do List Today

- Laundry
- Laundry
- Curl up with Sgt. Bones before he has to leave for a week.
- Make more coffee (and drink it)
- Bathe the toadlers.

5 Snacks I Like

- Avocados. Split in half, salted, and eaten with a spoon.
- Chocolates, frequently with hazelnuts or almonds inside.
- Bacon. It’s not just a snack, it’s a lifestyle.
- Pimento-stuffed green olives.
- Pie!

5 Things I Would Do If I Was A Millionaire

- Pay off my truck. And then probably trade it in.
- Buy a reasonably priced home with some land. In Tennessee. With a mother-in-law cottage.
- Tuck away a lot.
- Have a computer that was JUST how I wanted it. That’s my one real splurge.
- Finally have a honeymoon. (This is something I am working on anyway)

5 Places I Have Lived (for various lengths of time)

- L.A. County, CA
- Ontario, Canada
- Montgomery County, TN
- Iraq (Kut & Karbala)
- Vicenza, Italy

5 Jobs I Have Had

- Writer. I wrote, got paid for it.
- Electronics assembler.
- Internet Tech Support thingy.
- Army MP
- Housewife. (yes, only 4 paying jobs ever.)

No tags. But I’d like it very much if others would answer. I am nosy. ^_^

Bookworm Meme, snagged at Nobody Move!

Rules:Pass it on to five other bloggers, and tell them to open the nearest book to page 56. Write out the fifth sentence on that page, and also the next two to five sentences. The CLOSEST BOOK, NOT YOUR FAVORITE, OR MOST INTELLECTUAL!

Right. Well, there were only SIX total sentences on the page. I present the last two sentences of page 56 in Advanced Krav Maga, by David Kahn.

You can also use the elbow tip after the block to draw it parallel to your head and drive forward into the opponent’s face. Keep in mind this defense is not designed for defending against an edged weapon attack.

I haven’t even gotten around to digging into this book. Page 56 is way beyond my skill level, which is basic bear defense at the moment.

You know. Roll into a ball and hope the bear moves on. Though driving forward into an opponent’s face sounds like a lot more fun.

If this qualifies as “sore loser”, I guess the last eight years of liberal bullshit must have been a tantrum of the most exceptional variety.

Which of course it was.

I’m personally most fond of points #3,4,5,9,10,11,12,14, 16,17, and 19. And #1 for its sheer snark value. I say similar things to Sgt. Bones regularly. I’m not at liberty to discuss his reactions to those remarks, because as a military member he is completely non-partisan in his public statements.

You know, if I keep this up, my blog’s going to have nothing but politics in it. I had better go take some quizzes.

Before you read this, be warned that it contains some nasty words/phrases. I know I don’t warn you usually. I just made myself laugh this time and I hope it’s not offensive. Bonus points if you spot why.

This one was hit first by CaptainAmerica and Wyatt, but I am linking it too, because this story is about what really was most irksome about the recent election.

Yes, it’s proof that the Washington Post is barely fit to line a budgie cage with. Most definitely unfit if your poor little budgerigars aren’t moonbat liberals.

There are sore losers in every election. There are people from the mildest “Not *my* president!” remarks, all the way to sleaze that advocate violence (and I hope they enjoy their visits from the FBI), no matter who wins. But this time, what has a lot of people’s panties in a bunch isn’t so much that they didn’t get the guy they wanted, but the bald-faced bias brought to TVs, computer screens, cell phones, and pathetic rags still bearing the name “newspaper”- a testament to the fact they have all degenerated into propaganda machines. They want you to believe that most of our troops are terrorists and murderers, and that the ones who aren’t are stupid dupes, tricked with promises of candy and Playstation into the recruiters’ van and shipped off unwittingly to an “unjust” invasion of one place or another. They want you to believe that the incoming President is honest and above reproach- but the reality is that he’s a politician, and never has been ANYTHING else. There aren’t honest politicians. The road to that kind of power is paved with greed and sneakiness. The greed and sneakiness they’re all to happy to try to pin on the opponent of their anointed candidate, who now has won- so they think that admitting the truth of their ways makes them reputable. Fact is, Obama wanted to be a politician for the money (got that already, so what he does with the Presidential salary is moot), power (here it comes) and fame (look at Hollywood celebrating and creaming their undies over this one)- same as all the rest of them. Maybe he won’t totally fuck up the country while he’s got the office, and that is the best you can hope for in any election. I’m not pissed off that he won, but that he won because flappy mouths of rich jerks convinced hard working, regular people that he was different. He won because John McCain had the nerve to be white and old and be one of those horrible baby-killing bastards from our military. He won because the news painted Sarah Palin to be a horrible, awful person who was going to stroll into Washington and strike down Roe v. Wade with her huge amounts of Supernaturally Strong Vice-President Power, which Joe (Joe? Joe? Who is Joe? Other than the plumber, was there a guy named Joe in this campaign?) Biden (Oh yeah! That one!) won’t have, since he’s a man, or because he’s a Democrat, or because he is too busy making sheepish apologies for some dumb thing he said. Which is immediately forgiven, despite the fact that we are still reminded that Dan Quayle couldn’t spell potato.

This is why the people on the right are upset, not necessarily because they can’t take defeat of their candidate, but that calling “shenanigans” does nothing in this society where people are bombarded with images and words that tell you you should be ashamed of being an American unless you elect someone based on the color of his skin.

Me, I was proud of my country for the last thirtyish years, through every president in my memory, and I am proud now. I am proud that the finest people I know in the world are those people I served with in the U.S. Army, and my brothers and sisters in all the other branches of service. I am proud to know decent human beings like the two excellent bloggers I linked earlier, who do the jobs that protect us in our very homes, so we may sleep at night. I’m proud of all the teachers who choose to serve us by educating our children. I am proud of every person who chooses to volunteer their time and energy to feed the hungry and care for the needy. I plan on staying this way for a long time.

Not her. That is over. I mean ME!

I have decided to run for President of the U.S. in 2012. I kick the idea around every so often, but I’ve realized recently that I actually have got it all- and more.

• Female- women of every age, race, religion and tax bracket have one thing in common- we’re all really being kept down by The Men (no, not The Man- this is like that but MORE of them). I haven’t got questionable hair* but I do have well defined ankles. I have a special needs kid, and while I may not be of mixed race, I have one child who is- proving that I cannot possibly be racist and that if you don’t vote for me, you probably are.
• Military experience- combat zone duty. Doing law enforcement in the military, even- therefore zero tolerance for asshattery. Advocate of swift, severe punishments for evil-doers.
• No political experience- if barely any experience is good, then NONE is better. I’m such a Washington outsider that no lobbyists have my phone number, name, or even the slightest inkling of my existence.
• I’m great at telling you how awesome I am- Look at this list! I will have to write at least one book to remind you all of this on a more day-to-day basis; I am entertaining offers from publishers still.
• Beautiful command of English- I only make up words that are obviously intended to be silly. This is to showcase my fantastic sense of humor and all-around charm. I’m not trying to put anything over on you. Check this blog’s reading level if you need further verification.
• Philanthropy- I’ve spent my whole adult life being damn near broke, but I still have managed to volunteer and give money to charity.
• I will be barely legal in 2012- My 35th birthday will happen a less than six months before the elections are held. So far I have not seen anything that requires me to be 35 when I start campaigning. All you have to do to realize how appealing this fact is- google “barely legal” right now.

I have to go consider VP choices. Leave me a comment if you are interested.

*I have four years to grow it into something more mainstream, you know. At the rate my hair grows, forget Peggy Hill hair-I could give Marge Simpson some competition by 2012.

It was just too funny and accurate not to post.

You Are a Chihauhua

You are very smart and very earnest. You take yourself quite seriously. In fact, people are often amused by how seriously you take yourself. Deep down, you are a very fragile person. Your friends and family know how breakable you are. Because you are so fragile, you tend to be quite neurotic. You are suspicious of almost everyone and everything.

Swiped at First In!

You Are Kidnapping

You love to be in control. You are incredibly dominant. A part of you even likes to make people suffer. It’s all about power! You love to take risks, especially if the potential payoff is huge. But you wouldn’t be in crime only for the money. You’re twisted enough to just enjoy screwing with people.

H/T to Wyatt.

And then there’s:

Your Slogan Should Be

Dorkelina. Hand-built by Robots.

Which I really like too, and found at the same place.