This literally weighs on me. I want this nation to be a shining example of what a nation should be. There are too many people that think that shining example should be led by money, and stock markets, and how successful a very small minority is, or how many people own guns, or how much money we spend on our military…
Sometimes nature takes its time
But everything has a day to die…
Randal: All those innocent contractors hired to do the job were killed! Casualties of a war they had nothing to do with. All right, look, you’re a roofer, and some juicy government contract comes your way; you got a wife and kids and the two-story in suburbia – this is a government contract, which means all sorts of benefits. All of a sudden these left-wing militants blast you with lasers and wipe out everyone within a three-mile radius. You didn’t ask for that. You have no personal politics. You’re just trying to scrape out a living.
Roofer: Well, I’m a contractor myself. I’m a roofer—Dunn and Ready Home Improvements—and speaking as a roofer, I can tell you, a roofer’s personal politics comes into play heavily when choosing jobs.
Disheartening to see another side to the history we have been taught, and understand that the United States might have actually been the bad-guy when it came to de-militarizing after World War II, and forced the cold war upon the world, instead of working toward making the world a better place.
The important things to remember are, when we win, we win with grace. When we lose, we keep our dignity, and take lessons from our losses.
Good character means more in life than having a perfect record, or a shelf of trophies.
What is happening in Chatauqua County? The Day After Tomorrow stuff going on there....
At what point do we say, ok, we need to actually stop living like animals in the feast or famine world, and start working together as a collective in a focused effort to make the world a better place?
A see a lot people calling Kanye West a “genius.” By what definitions is this guy a genius? Not all misunderstood people are geniuses. Not all popular artists are geniuses either. Most geniuses probably languish, and are never recognized as such. I have yet to witness this genius displaying any traits that I would call, genius.
I need to get to the gym more often, but my lifestyle doesn't seem to support that.
I also need to lose about 30 pounds. Maybe 40.
This is not easy....
I should start weigh-in Wednesdays on my blog.
What will the frighteningly high number be tomorrow?
Half of the people in my office go out for smoke breaks.
I've never found it to be fair that employers make accommodations for employees who are addicted to tobacco products, and it is widely accepted in our culture that these people get special treatment. Most other addicts wouldn't even be hired if it was known, except for coffee addicts, but you can have a coffee at your desk while working without polluting your work environment.
So, I have again began my practice of taking smoke breaks.
In my case, they involve walking around the parking lot briskly, mostly while talking to myself, or singing a song, but I think that can be accommodated.
Even if people look at me like I'm crazy.