The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

I've had quite a bit of fun with these trending hashtags on Twitter in recent days: #TrumpANovel, #SourcesHaveConfirmed, #RejectedTrumpTVShows, #TrumpAHorrorMovie, #MakeAQuoteModern, #ExtremelyBadAdvice, and #WorldSeries. Here are my posts, ordered from the most to the least popular (all my tweets can be read here - https://twitter.com/CraigRozniecki ): 1) #SourcesHaveConfirmed Donald Trump, Rush Limbaugh, Newt Gingrich, & Rudy Giuliani's 13 weddings have indeed saved the sanctity of marriage. 431 Likes, 215 Retweets 2) "Fifty Shades of Stupid" #TrumpANovel 282 Likes, 77 Retweets 3) Orange-ish #RejectedTrumpTVShows 239 Likes, 70 Retweets 4) #SourcesHaveConfirmed Donald Trump doesn't know the "best" words; he simply knows the word "best" and about five others. 161 Likes, 50 Retweets 5) #SourcesHaveConfirmed doctors are concerned for the health & well-being of Donald Trump, bc they've never seen a man so full of crap b...

Through my 35 years, I've owned four dogs, one cockapoo (cocker spaniel/poodle mix) and three Siberian Huskies. My current dog, Lexi, is a 3-year-old husky (rescue dog). In case you or someone you know is thinking about buying a husky, here are some things you should probably know: Pros - Friendly : No matter what you've heard about huskies in the past, they are some of the friendliest dogs you could ever meet. If they're not running around and looking to play, you know something's wrong. My dog, Lexi, will play with anyone or anything. There are nights I have to remind her it's 2 o'clock in the morning and time to sleep. If she could play 24 hours a day, she would, and even then, that still wouldn't be enough. - Energetic : Until they reach older age, huskies tend to act like puppies. This is why they're fairly common "therapy" dogs. Even on the worst of days, my dog just has a way of cheering me up. They require a lot of exercise, so wit...

As long-time readers should know by now, I love sports. Unfortunately, with how crazy election season has been, I haven't had much time to write about the world of sports in recent months. So I thought I'd touch on the subject with a few comments and observations: - Congratulations to the Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians on reaching the World Series. It's honestly hard for me to choose the side, for as I was growing up, both "Major League" (Cleveland Indians) and "Rookie of the Year" (Chicago Cubs) were showing in theaters. In the end, I think I'm leaning toward the Cubs, but if Willie Mays Hayes and Pedro Cerrano suit up for Cleveland, I may have to pull for the Indians. - People need to calm down about the Golden State Warriors' opening night dud against the San Antonio Spurs. The Warriors this year remind me of the Miami Heat in their first season with the trifecta Dwanye Wade, LeBron James, and Chris Bosh. While Miami finished the s...

As of Tuesday, we were exactly two weeks away from election day, so I thought I'd delve into the odds and my own personal predictions. As of this moment, numbers-guru Nate Silver has Democratic nominee at an 84.2% chance of winning the election and Republican nominee Donald Trump at a 15.8% chance of winning. On average, Silver has Clinton winning 333.4 electoral votes and 49.6% of the popular vote, while he has Trump winning 203.3 electoral votes and 43.3% of the popular vote. Some of Silver's most surprising predictions (to this point) have to be the following:  1) Arizona (11 electoral votes): Clinton - 52.6%, Trump - 47.4% 2) Iowa (6 electoral votes): Clinton - 54.6%, Trump - 45.4% 3) Ohio (18 electoral votes): Clinton - 52.8%, Trump - 47.2% 4) North Carolina (15 electoral votes): Clinton - 67.4%, Trump - 32.6% 5) Florida (29 electoral votes): Clinton - 69.7%, Trump - 30.3% With the increase in Latino voters, Arizona has been a state Democrats hav...

In case you missed yesterday's episode of "The Tracy & Craig Show," it can be heard here. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tracy-craig-show/id1105097869?i=377134232&mt=2

Due to a #TrumpANovel tweet I posted yesterday, I was mentioned on this site today - http://www.liberalamerica.org/2016/10/24/twitter-explodes-fantastically-twisted-trumpanovel-tweets/

Here's the URL to my Facebook business page. I update it fairly regularly, but still haven't put forth a great deal of effort yet in researching matters and attempting to make the most out of it. In any case, it can be perused here: http://www.facebook.com/AuthorCraigRozniecki?ref=hl Up next is my Twitter page. I'm still not 100% certain what I'm doing on there yet, but feel I'm gradually getting the hang of it and am up to 50,318 followers. I update it daily with many of my own tweets, but also by retweeting some others'. It can be found here: https://twitter.com/CraigRozniecki Lastly, here's my Tumblr page, which I've neglected quite a bit recently, but if you're at all curious, you can find it at the following link: http://www.tumblr.com/blog/rozzy81

For new readers (and regular ones, I suppose), here's some information pertaining to my books. All twelve of my books can be purchased in paperback form at the following site (and others): http://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?type=&keyWords=craig+rozniecki&x=7&y=5&sitesearch=lulu.com&q= The ten books I've written and released in the past 4 years (yes, I've been on a roll) can be purchased for much cheaper in Kindle form at the following link: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_22?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=craig%20rozniecki%20kindle&sprefix=craig+rozniecki+kindle%2Caps%2C228&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Acraig%20rozniecki%20kindle

Tracy Fort and I will be airing an early episode of the show today, as we talk with special guest Sandy Phillips. You can check the show out from 1 to 3 pm EST today at this site - http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thetracyfortshow/2016/10/25/join-craig-tracy-as-special-guest-sandy-phillips-joins-the-tomorrow-1pm-est

Chris Wallace: "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the third and final presidential debate. I'd like everyone in our audience to place duct tape over their mouths and around their hands for the rest of the debate, but you may now applaud the two most unpopular presidential candidates in this country's history, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump." Audience: Standing golf-clap Wallace: "Thank you. Now let's get right to it, shall we? There's been much talk of the Supreme Court and how the two of you may very well be able to shape SCOTUS for decades to come. So what are your thoughts on the Supreme Court, the justices you may potentially bring to the table, and what you hope SCOTUS looks like in the future. Secretary Clinton, we'll start with you." Hillary Clinton: "Thanks, Chris, and thanks to the University of Nevada-Las Vegas for having this debate. Give me an R, an E, a B, an E, an L, an S. What's that spell? Rebels!...

"Four lies and seven mistresses ago I brought forth so many, like lots of many things on this great bordering country of Russia, and have always been dedicated to grabbing women by the pussy without proposition. Now we're engaged in a yuge war against facts. Mm... Big words, big league words, bigliest words. Have I told anyone here I have the best words? Because I do, believe me. Anyway, as it says in Two Corinthians, 'Being vain is kind of cool.' Yeah, you know what I'm talkin' about. I'll be devoted to this country like I have been to my three wives and hundreds of women on the side, I guarantee it. It's about freedom, folks - about this government being voted in by the people, ruling the people, and not representing the people. Amen, or whatever." http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/gettysburg.htm

Well, that was a nice surprise. On the day my new book, LOL at the GOP - Volume 6: Orange Is the New Crazy , came out, we set a record for blog views over a 24-hour period, with 1,267. The previous record was 1,114. Thanks to all my readers, listeners, and followers! I hope you enjoy the new book and hope that we can get through this crazed election season without seriously considering moving to Canada!

As I noted a little bit ago, my latest book, LOL at the GOP - Volume 6: Orange Is the New Crazy , is now available. You can purchase it on paperback for $13.00 at this link:  http://www.lulu.com/shop/craig-rozniecki/lol-at-the-gop-volume-6-orange-is-the-new-crazy/paperback/product-22900064.html You can purchase it on your Kindle for $2.99 here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MDPIIGU/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1477100505&sr=1-4&keywords=lol+at+the+gop Here's a preview of what you can expect from the book. I'll now provide the table of contents, an introduction, and a fictional foreward from one Donald J. Trump. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to post a comment on my blog, reach me on Twitter ( https://twitter.com/CraigRozniecki ), or email me at CRozniecki@gmail.com. Contents Introduction - p. 7 A Fictional Foreward - p. 8 The GOP's job interview with Donald Trump - p. 9 The new "Hippy Dippy" weatherman - p. 12 Ted ...

I just thought I'd let all my readers know that my brand new book, LOL at the GOP - Volume 6: Orange Is the New Crazy , can now be viewed and purchased at the following links: Paperback - http://www.lulu.com/shop/craig-rozniecki/lol-at-the-gop-volume-6-orange-is-the-new-crazy/paperback/product-22900064.html Kindle - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MDPIIGU/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1477100505&sr=1-4&keywords=lol+at+the+gop If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!

I just reached a milestone on Twitter. We're up to 50,000 followers now! Thanks to all of my readers, listeners, and followers for your continued support! I couldn't have reached this point without you. Thanks again! For those who have yet to follow my Twitter page, you may do so at this link: https://twitter.com/CraigRozniecki

I had some fun with the trending hashtag #TrumpBookReports on Twitter yesterday. Here are my posts, ordered from the most to the least popular (all my tweets can be seen here - https://twitter.com/CraigRozniecki ): 1) "I read letters, sentences, words. I read the best words, believe me." #TrumpBookReports 272 Likes, 71 Retweets 2) "This was the most inspiring book of all-time. I want to be as orange as clockwork when I grow up." #TrumpBookReports 200 Likes, 52 Retweets 3) "This grade is going to be rigged. I didn't read the book, didn't even try, but the school is out to get me. Period!" #TrumpBookReports 118 Likes, 41 Retweets 4) "I know more about killing mockingbirds than anyone else, believe me. Now where'd I put my squirt gun?" #TrumpBookReports 99 Likes, 25 Retweets 5) "False advertising! I went to Sherwin Williams and there were less than fifty shades of this crap, like seriously!" #TrumpBookReports...

I live-tweeted during a debate for the final time this election season on Wednesday night. Here are my posts, ordered from the most to the least popular (all my tweets can be read here - https://twitter.com/CraigRozniecki ): 1) HRC: "Opinion" DT: "Wrong" HRC: "Fact" DT: "Wrong" HRC: "You're going to win" DT: "Wrong" HRC: "Ha! Got ya!" #DebateNight 966 Likes, 432 Retweets 2) Pence: "Voter fraud is real. Global warming is phony. Online polls are real. Russian hacks aren't Russian." Denial is real... #DebateNight 341 Likes, 192 Retweets 3) Wallace: "Do" Trump: "You" Wallace: "Think" Trump: "No" Wallace: "Can I please finish" Trump: "Now" Wallace: My question" #DebateNight 321 Likes, 180 Retweets 4) Sexual assault allegations since the last debate Donald Trump: 12 Bill Clinton: 1 Looks like it's time for a...

Due to a #TrumpDebateGuests tweet of mine, I received mention on this site: http://reverbpress.com/politics/twitter-is-rolling-on-the-floor-laughing-its-a-off-over-trumps-crazy-debate-guests/

I just reached 50,000 followers on Twitter. Thanks to all my readers, listeners, and followers for helping me reach this milestone. To join the club, go to this link and then click "follow." https://twitter.com/CraigRozniecki

Tracy Fort and I will be bringing listeners a special post-debate show today. We'll be on the air from 3:30 to 5:30 pm EST, and you can check us out by clicking on the link below. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thetracyfortshow/2016/10/20/the-tracy-craig-show-bring-you-the-best-of-the-presidential-debates-2016

I've had plenty of fun on Twitter over the past 2-3 days with the following trending hashtags: #BillyBushMadeMeDoIt, #MelaniaTrump, #RiggedElection, #EvangelicalTrump, & #TrumpDebateGuests. Here now are my posts, ordered from the most to the least popular (all my tweets can be seen here - https://twitter.com/CraigRozniecki ): 1) "Thou shalt not commit adultery, unless she's a 10, and I've had many many 10s during my 3 marriages, believe me." #EvangelicalTrump 278 Likes, 123 Retweets 2) "I've cheated on my 3 wives, groped many women, lie all the time, but am not gay & don't have abortions, so I'm your guy!" #EvangelicalTrump 250 Likes, 134 Retweets 3) Trump if he were a football coach and down 49-0 at the end of the 3rd quarter: "The game is rigged, folks, believe me!" #RiggedElection 125 Likes, 49 Retweets 4) Trump: "So, I tried to screw this married woman while my third wife was preggers." #BillyBus...

I can't count the number of times I've heard or read Republicans state during this election cycle, "How did this happen? How did Donald Trump become our nominee? He's not representative of the party!" Sadly, the monster known as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been in the making for a number of years, and as far as the modern-day GOP is concerned, he is representative. Let's first take a look at how Donald Trump has been able to win support through the 2016 election process: 1) Stoking fear about Mexicans; 2) Casting Muslims as terrorists or, at the very least, terrorist sympathizers; 3) Resorting to online conspiracies over fact-checkers debunking said conspiracies; 4) Painting Democrats as criminals; 5) Depicting minorities as moochers; 6) Repeating falsehoods and fallacies; 7) Disrespecting women; 8) Specifics are for suckers; 9) The mainstream media is lame; 10) Failure is spelled c-o-m-p-r-o-m-i-s-e, 11) Symbols over substance; 12) Shou...

The only argument I can understand as to why some people still insist on voting for Donald Trump is out of protest. That's it. They see the man as an outsider to the federal government (which isn't entirely true), are angry at the government, and want to see a big shake-up by providing a couple of middle fingers to this nation's capital. In saying that, however, while I can understand these individuals' feelings on the matter, allow me to just say that the "anti-establishment" candidate isn't always the "change-for-the-better" candidate. Let's think about this for a moment here. With Hillary Clinton, we basically know what she's going to bring to the table as president. Yes, with some slight differentiation, she will bring to Washington a third Obama term. Is that really so bad, though? Under President Obama, we've gone from losing 800,000 jobs a month to regularly gaining 200,000+ jobs per month. We've gone from a large percent...

A couple of weeks ago, I observed an interesting debate between two friends of mine concerning the power of words and whether or not we could universally erase a select few. One seemed to believe that words possess only as much power as people provide them, that they can mean nothing if we treat them as such, and if we stop using them in the future, they'll all but vanish. The other seemed to disagree with this notion, as they mentioned how a few words got under their skin more than any other, and that whether or not we uttered such words in the future, that wouldn't remove their affect on us. First of all, as a writer, I'm inherently biased toward the power of words. I'm also a believer that less is often more when it comes to certain words. If an individual rarely uses what's considered to be profane language, when he or she does utter such a word, it often times lands a bigger punch than if the stereotypical drunken sailor utters such a remark. It should also b...

Here's the URL to my Facebook business page. I update it fairly regularly, but still haven't put forth a great deal of effort yet in researching matters and attempting to make the most out of it. In any case, it can be perused here: http://www.facebook.com/AuthorCraigRozniecki?ref=hl Up next is my Twitter page. I'm still not 100% certain what I'm doing on there yet, but feel I'm gradually getting the hang of it and am up to 49,732 followers. I update it daily with many of my own tweets, but also by retweeting some others'. It can be found here: https://twitter.com/CraigRozniecki Lastly, here's my Tumblr page, which I've neglected quite a bit recently, but if you're at all curious, you can find it at the following link: http://www.tumblr.com/blog/rozzy81

For new readers (and regular ones, I suppose), here's some information pertaining to my books. All twelve of my books can be purchased in paperback form at the following site (and others): http://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?type=&keyWords=craig+rozniecki&x=7&y=5&sitesearch=lulu.com&q= The ten books I've written and released in the past 4 years (yes, I've been on a roll) can be purchased for much cheaper in Kindle form at the following link: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_22?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=craig%20rozniecki%20kindle&sprefix=craig+rozniecki+kindle%2Caps%2C228&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Acraig%20rozniecki%20kindle

Over the past week, Trump supporters have started these trending hashtags: #RepealThe19th, #NextFakeTrumpVictim, and just a couple of days ago, #HillaryGropedMe. For those who aren't aware, the 19th Amendment provides women the right to vote. The hashtag #NextFakeTrumpVictim got under my skin, as it insinuated all 12 women whom have come forward with allegations against Donald Trump to this point are lying, but not as much as the hashtag #HillaryGropedMe did, which I think spells deplorable and desperation . An alleged friend of the family of Rachel Crooks, one of the women whom accused the Republican presidential nominee of violating her, stated in a Facebook post that she felt Ms. Crooks was lying, apparently meaning she was, as were the other 11 women. Of course, if one were to look at this friend's Facebook page (Lona Burnstein of Columbus, Ohio), they could see point-blankly she is a die-hard Trump supporter and provided no evidence to prove Ms. Crooks was in fact lying ...