Mild Rants

As much as Jose Altuve has meant to the Astros franchise, he just choked big time on the most important  at bat of the 2019 season. Josh was at third base on his single and a George Springer double. Altuve steps to the plate with only one out in the inning and feebly strikes out on pitch that almost hit home plate. Either Jose did not recognize the pitch out of Strasburg's hand or selfishly swung at an offering WAY OUT OF THE STRIKE ZONE!!! Also Verlander is being way too careful when he gets a batter 0-2 in the pitch count. I know the Nats are one helluva World Series team, but Justin has become alarmingly predictable when ahead in the count throwing pitches way out of the zone and running up his pitch count! Congrats to Jordan for breaking out of his miserable batting slump against the Yankees.

The home you see in the picture below appears to be an example of a home that was the object of an extensive statistically based study by Ackerman Security. The study conducted by one of our nations most prominent security specialists concluded that a "fake security sign" could possibly make you more of a target of burglars and home invaders since they would take more time to determine if there really were surveillance cameras installed on/in your home! This home at 114 West Mathews in Roswell New Mexico has the very common SMILE Your are on camera sign attached to the chain link fence of this $60,000 rental property which was built in 1940. The home, in the shadows of Lagrone Funeral Parlor, had a number of cars parked around it and one wonders if there is something going on within its walls that would command 100% privacy. It seems like almost weekly that meth makers, dealers, and distributors are arrested.

Do NOT be duped  livenlonpro unsolicited emails claiming that you have had a credit card application rejected. Jennifer Abel wrote about the nightmare experienced by James R Hood regarding a fake Amazon order. ScamAdviser published its opinion that the site is safe, but do not be deceived. They sent me an email about my credit card application being rejected and I HAD NOT APPLIED FOR A CREDIT CARD IN OVER 4 YEARS. Max Gannon, writing for CoFence, details how they are the classic Phishing scam. Do not download anything from them unless you enjoy having your laptop or desktop paralyzed by malware from their email spoofing algorithm!! I was not able to find the physical address of  livenlonpro  which is a strong indication they are fly by night fraudsters.

What a crazy connection. My flight into Roswell NM was delayed significantly and I had some time to hang out in the city my father calls home. I found a quaint Thai Food place next door to an Auto Zone on South Main Street. A group of young Hispanics, as you can see in the above picture, were short of business operating their car wash in the north parking lot of a Auto Zone Car parts business. I found an old newspaper at car wash that I read while awaiting my call out order at Lemon Grass. An article of interest, which brought back memories of a distant but dissolved friendship, was written by a probate lawyer named Kraft if I recall. The article used the term "skunk" as a substitute for jerk or a dishonest person. The author piously cited Biblical scripture in a fashion that approached pontification. Lana  Muse and her husband Jack were quite happy according to my cousin, but somewhere their marriage took a turn for the worse. My memory fades at this point, but I belie

I was reminded of the tough times residents of NYC have with rude neighbors who block their driveway and sidewalks when I saw this picture of a Roswell New Mexico sidewalk with an SUV parked square in the middle of it! The photographer was so upset that he even posted the address as 1315 Sorrento Drive.  Denise Stetler,Michael Spengler,Susie Perales  and Michael Newsome all posting on the blog authored by a sexy female named Elvia @disqus_Tcdo0OE7zr were extremely upset  regarding illegal parking issues that was not being enforced properly by NYPD. Some of the people mentioned were not actually mad about arrogant neighbors with inconsiderate parking habits, but more into how to catch them with motion detecting security cameras and siren activating alarms. Not sure if this neighborhood in the picture has an HOA, but that would be the first step before contacting police department. NYC has traffic cops in many areas which I doubt this city has in a poor state like New Mexico.

It is no secret that advertising is equivalent to some form of deception. The following small town pair of newspaper advertisements seem to prove that along with the well known truth that sex sells. Roswell NM United States of America is known for its over abundance of churches and its weak labor force. Most of the qualified people are teachers, work for Leprino, or the Military School. Then there is the car and insurance salesmen. The very conniving group of jewelers is represented in the ad that you see below. The Bullock's Jeweler advertisement appears to suggest wife swapping as some advice for a stale marriage. "A married woman with two studs" next to a couple of huge diamonds. So I guess that astronomical markup causes owner and sales staff to abandon their moral compass.   Also Mr Thomas Jackson is conducting an Anxiety, Depression, and Addiction seminar in alien city. PHD Jackson state that free child care for the age range 4 to 7 was available. I guess

The decorated Texas A and M cadet you see in the picture was in the middle of uttering "What the Fuck was that?".  Cadet Efeney, part of the infamous 12th man, was upset that the Aggies of College Station had given up their short lived 7 point lead to the Crimson Tide in a nationally televised NCAA football game. Efeney was laboring under the conception that A&M actually had a chance to beat the Alabama juggernaut. He had just watched the Aggie defense miss about 4 tackles allowing the game tying touchdown.  One gets the impression the white guy believes he could play better than the Aggie defenders.  We have to forgive Trey, who is studying engineering, for his foul language which happened to to get caught by roving CBS cameras. We have all made bad decisions and mistakes we regret. Mother Amy and the city of Rockwall have a lot to be proud of.

Dear Serhat Wizard of Oztop, We are not in any debt out outside of our home mortgage, which does not really count since we can easily sell it in the affluent neighborhood we reside. So why did you send us the Chase Bank Debt Consolidation home equity loan snail mail solicitation? I was just about to shred it, but could not resist composing this email because of that cool sounding Turkish name of yours. Were your Istanbul parents Judy Garland fans? We don't need to borrow any money for medical bills since we only give doctors whatever the insurance pays out. We had a doctor charge us $400 for a 15 minute office visit where the doctor missed a few things on the bloodwork report and seemed in a hurry. Insurance paid him $75. Do you really think we would borrow $325 from Chase to pay off such a ridiculously high rate?! Also College Tuition will soon be free so no way on that loan also. We do our own home improvements with our 6 figure income, so would appreciate it if you quit ha