Mutant Ninja Roaches? | From Behind the Pen

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I HATE THEM WITH A PASSION! To me, a good roach is a dead one. Three years ago, I wrote a post, Who Let the Bugs Out? talking about my disdain for those fast scurrying little disease-ridden pests running across the floor like they stole something, and were heading for a getaway car. Okay, so I am being a little dramatic about the getaway car part, but I am not far from the truth.

So here’s the deal. Over the weekend, I loaded my dishwasher with our dishes, and pots after dinner. When I went to start my dishwasher it wouldn’t start. So, my husband and I went through the typical troubleshooting steps, like hitting the breaker switch that powers the dishwasher and that didn’t work. We did a reset on the appliance, but it didn’t work. We made sure the switch on the wall was on and the door was shut tight. Still, nothing worked.

So, we called a repairman to come check it out. Of course, whether or not we got the appliance repaired we still had to pay a service fee. No problem. After he went through all of the diagnostics, I of course, was observing what he was doing and saw some debris in different sections of the door when he unscrewed it to look at the motherboard. Well, honey, the next thing he told me made my jaw literally drop to the floor, and I began to feel wheezy, like throwup kind of wheezy! And then, I got pissed in like zero to two seconds.

The debris I saw…are you ready for it? Was roach feces! EWWWWWWWWW!!! 😝 In my freaking dishwasher? Those little S.O.B.s short-circuited my motherboard and left evidence of it. These waterbugs love any area where there is a water source especially (bathroom sinks and toilets, kitchen sinks, refrigerators, and yep, dishwashers). And get this, the repairman said, oh we see this all the time. Oh really?

Hence, would you believe that buying a new dishwasher was cheaper than trying to repair it? It seems that these nasty little ‘road-running roaches’ love circuit boards too, even in TVs. Are they trying to be the super-villan of insects? I cringe at the thought of them squirming around in the door panels of my dishwasher, especially when I thought I eliminated access to their supply source a few years ago. Of course, I didn’t see as many as I once saw before we took to caulking around the open spaces near the pipes, but spotting one is one too many for me.

But now, with hundreds of dollars we had to cough up for a new dishwasher, parts, installation, and delivery charges, I am one mad sistah on a mission to pull out my flame thrower of annihilation for these suckers! I try to keep a spotless house, and I scratch my head when I see a bug or two after turning on the lights late at night, as they make a mad dash to find a quick hiding spot when they get caught red-handed, doing whatever they do in the dark. However, no matter how clean you keep your home, those little buggers always find some way to get in and creep you out.

So now, I’m packin’ my special homicide shoes, that got almost an inch of sole and some extra-strength indoor bug spray that will make them wish they were dead because guess what? They will be! UGH! Just when I thought I had the upper hand on this situation, they are now getting extra superpowers from the motherboards of my appliances, while turning themselves into the mighty Mutant Ninja Roaches. Oh yeah, I got your Cowabunga dude. I say to those bold little pests, “Be afraid…be very afraid! I will find you and I will kill you.” (channeling my inner Liam Neeson from the movie Taken).

(I understand that “Roach” meant a joint people smoked to get high back in the day when we were dancing to this tune in the 70s. I’m not sure, however, if this is true, but we loved the disco beat)

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The Boots|چکمه ها – A Voice from Iran

“173rd story”

First published: Dec.24.2020

 

Shadi was a daycare teacher for four-year-old kids.

During recess, Shadi was trying to put a kid’s boots on, but as much as she tried, they didn’t fit the kid’s feet.

Shadi then picked up the kid, sat him on the desk, and tried again to fit the boots.

After tiresome trying, the boots were adequate. She put the boy down and,

sighted loudly and was happy that finally it was done.

The boy said: “The boots are on my wrong feet.”

Shadi picked up the boy again and put him on the desk. She pushed and pulled till finally, the boots came off. And carefully, with lots of struggle, put the boots back on his feet, on the correct foot.

The boy said: “These are not my boots.”

Shadi took a deep breath, shook her head, and whispered: “Oh, My God.”

She took the boots off the boy’s feet with grapple again and said: “Okay, love, which boots are yours?”

The boy said: “The ones you took off.”

Shadi was confused and laughed loudly.

“These are my brother’s boots. My mother said I could wear them today.” The boy said.

Shadi put the boots back on the boys’ feet again and said: “Where are your gloves?”

The boy said: “Inside my boots so I wouldn’t lose them. And that’s why the boots seemed smaller and it couldn’t be fitted.”

Source: The Boots|چکمه ها – A Voice from Iran

Can Songs Change the World

I believe they can and sometimes I have a great dream about what could happen if millions of people – around the world – played the same song, at the same time.

I have two, absolute favorites along that line that I wish to share with you now:

God is Alive, Magic is Afoot – Buffy Sainte-Marie – https://youtu.be/FhmeroR20lc?si=MjVxIev59rZLq7CQ

Lyrics by Leonard Cohen:

” God is alive; Magic is afoot

God is alive; Magic is afoot

God is afoot; Magic is alive

Alive is afoot…..

Magic never died.

God never sickened;

many poor men lied

many sick men lied

Magic never weakened

Magic never hid

Magic always ruled

God is afoot

God never died.

God was ruler

though his funeral lengthened

Though his mourners thickened

Magic never fled

Though his shrouds were hoisted

the naked God did live

Though his words were twisted

the naked Magic thrived

Though his death was published

round and round the world

the heart did not believe

Many hurt men wondered

many struck men bled

Magic never faltered

Magic always led.

Many stones were rolled

but God would not lie down

Many wild men lied

many fat men listened

Though they offered stones

Magic still was fed

Though they locked their coffers

God was always served.

2..

Magic is afoot. God rules.

Alive is afoot. Alive is in command.

Many weak men hungered

Many strong men thrived

Though they boasted solitude

God was at their side

Nor the dreamer in his cell

nor the captain on the hill

Magic is alive

Though his death was pardoned

round and round the world

the heart did not believe.

Though laws were carved in marble

they could not shelter men

Though altars built in parliaments

they could not order men

Police arrested Magic

and Magic went with them,

for Magic loves the hungry.

But Magic would not tarry

it moves from arm to arm

it would not stay with them

Magic is afoot

it cannot come to harm

it rests in an empty palm

it spawns in an empty mind

but Magic is no instrument

Magic is the end.

Many men drove Magic

but Magic stayed behind

Many strong men lied

they only passed through Magic

and out the other side

Many weak men lied

they came to God in secret

and though they left him nourished

they would not say who healed

Though mountains danced before them

they said that God was dead

Though his shrouds were hoisted

the naked God did live

3…

This I mean to whisper to my mind

This I mean to laugh with in my mind

This I mean my mind to serve ’til

service is but Magic

moving through the world

and mind itself is Magic

coursing through the flesh

and flesh itself is Magic

dancing on a clock

and time itself the magic length of God.

Let’s Work Together – Wilbert Harrison One Man Band – Part One and Two – https://youtu.be/kYWiUErA9Kw?si=6zVSbEwbKJDsN7lV

[Verse 1]
Together we will stand
Divided we’ll fall
Come on now, people
Let’s get on the ball

[Chorus]
And work together
Come on, come on, let’s work together
Now, now people
Say now, together we will stand
Ev’ry boy, girl, woman and man

[Verse 2]
Before when things go wrong
As they sometimes will
When the road you travel
Seems all uphill

[Chorus]
Work together
Come on, come on, let’s work together
Now, now people
Say now, together we will stand
Ev’ry boy, girl, woman and man, ah yeah

[Bridge]
Ah, look-a here, look-a here
Do your thing, Tina, yeah
Bring it all around with Juggy, hey
Hey, ho
Hey
Sock it to me, baby
Mercy!

[Verse 3]
Make someone happy
Make someone smile
Let’s all work together
And make life worthwhile

[Chorus]
Let’s work together
Come on, come on, let’s work together
Now, now people
Say now, together we will stand
Ev’ry boy, girl, woman and man

[Verse 4]
Two or three minutes
Two or three hours
What do they mean, now, now
In this life of ours?