Ok, so I just finished this book, "saving the world at work: What Companies and Individuals Can Do to Go Beyond Making a Profit to Making a Difference" by Tim Sanders. I would highly recommend this book to anyone that gets off on buzz words about saving the environment.
Don't get me wrong, his stories were all great, it really does remind you of some of the very simple ways we can all make a difference with out going out of our way. But his writing style tends to be a little dry.
And I found it very disturbing that in a book, printed on paper with oil based ink, he discussing paper reduction and never once mentioned any efforts the book's publisher has made to reduce their carbon footprint or increase their use of recycled paper. Now I won't mention their name here until I have done a little research (to date I have seen no positive or negative information regarding said publishers environmental record), maybe they are taking the proper steps and I just haven't heard. But I got the book at a meet and greet with the author and I'll tell you what, he gave out probably 100 copies, all printed on paper with oil based inks...now would it have not made more ecological sense to have given out digital copies of the book? Or gone with an environmentally friendly publisher? The one positive thing I can say is that the book was printed in the US.
Now on to the meat...I have the solution to our consistently increasing carbon emissions, land fill growth, pillaging of our natural resources and general destruction of our planet. You won't like it, in fact I have not heard one environmentalist discuss it. Ask yourself this one question and you might just figure out the answer too...
What is the single most contributor to the destruction of our environment?
Nope not carbon emissions.
Not unregulated usage of non-renewable resources.
Sure isn't non-recyclable waste.
Give up yet? It's people. Us. We are the main cause of all of the environmental challenges facing us today. It is our own arrogance that has brought us to this point. And how exactly do I propose correcting this? Very simply put, population control.
Before you get all pissy let me explain. Take a look at the Census Bureau's Population Clock. At the time I wrote this sentence the estimated world population was 6,767,773,587. Now if this planet were designed to support that many people, would there be excessive famine or drought or carbon emissions deteriorating our ozone layer? Would we be running out of the very things that keep us alive? Survival techniques teach us to huddle in a group when stranded, the shard body heat of multiple people will help delay hypothermia and warm the air temp around us. Could it be that having 6.77 billion people has assisted in increasing the atmospheric temperature? Now I am not a scientist, and have no data to back this, but if we want to reduce our carbon footprint as a species maybe we should slow our growth?
When the grey wolf population had subsided in Michigan and the whitetail deer had lost their primary natural predator the Department of Natural Resources had to think fast to control the population of deer. The idea was the natural habitat could not support unbridled population growth. Are we too damn arrogant to see that maybe our natural habitat is trying to tell us something? When deer population gets too big diseases transfer more rapidly, tuberculosis kills many deer, hoof and mouth, starvation etc...sound familiar, wide spread disease (Cholera and AIDS epidemics), sever droughts (American southwest), flooding, temperature increases, do I really need to continue?
Now I am not suggesting killing off millions of people. But I am suggesting that we begin implementing a control mechanism for future population growth. Based on the current average birth rate for the globe of 20.3 births per 1000 people annually (which is down), over the course of one month there are 11,447,508 people born into this world. Regulate the population by limiting the number of kids a family can have. Instead of giving families tax deductions for each child, give them a tax deduction for the first and tax penalties for any after. Make them pay into the system like we are proposing to tax corporate carbon emissions. So a "family" like the Duggars would get one tax deduction and then pay some sort of luxury tax on the other 17 children they have. What gives them the right to have 17 kids when there are children around the corner from their home that need a safe, supportive family. Have one of your own to satisfy the "desire" or "instinct" to be a parent and then if you really really really want another we can give tax credits for adoption. But irresponsible parents that have children they can't afford, instead of buying a $7 box of condoms should not be rewarded for having kids. Their kids should be given to someone that can't have kids and they should be sterilized. The average cost in the US of a child's first year is $10,000. I'm not exactly sure, but I believe tying the tubes costs the same...and it's a one time out lay. So stop having unprotected sex for one year, and every dollar you would spend on a child should go in to a pot and when you have money for the surgery, GET IT! Or maybe in extreme cases the Department of Population could just pay for it.
This is a sure fire way to reduce the human impact on climate change, decrease unemployment and help create safe homes for children in bad situations (look at the Jolie adoptions, those kids won the lottery). And we need the world to stand behind this, it won't work if it's just us.
By the way the population of the world increased by 4,547 people since I put the link to the population clock in.
Good night.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Letter to Santa
Dear Santa,
Ok, so not sure how this works. I haven't needed to ask for anything in a long time, but I really need to this time. So my dad found out last week that he is losing his job in January and I am really worried that he won't be able to find a new job (you see a lot of people don't like him all that much). He has had this job for 8 years now, and we thought he would be all set because my grandpa got it for him. But for some reason they don't want him back anymore. When he heard this he tried to get the job for a friend of his so that he could still hang around and maybe they would let him help out, but his friend is kinda old and crazy so they didn't want him to have the job. Anyway, what I really want is a new dog. You see our dog bit someone the other day, he's old and cranky and the guy got in his face and it...whatever. Plus, the dog likes my sister more, so I want my own. Besides, his name is stupid, she named him after that retarded dinosaur from tv when we were little.
Oh and I almost forgot, we are moving in January so for next year I will need to send you our new address. Not sure where we'll be, probably back in podunk Texas. Thanks in advance for the puppy Santa.
Jenna Bush
Ok, so not sure how this works. I haven't needed to ask for anything in a long time, but I really need to this time. So my dad found out last week that he is losing his job in January and I am really worried that he won't be able to find a new job (you see a lot of people don't like him all that much). He has had this job for 8 years now, and we thought he would be all set because my grandpa got it for him. But for some reason they don't want him back anymore. When he heard this he tried to get the job for a friend of his so that he could still hang around and maybe they would let him help out, but his friend is kinda old and crazy so they didn't want him to have the job. Anyway, what I really want is a new dog. You see our dog bit someone the other day, he's old and cranky and the guy got in his face and it...whatever. Plus, the dog likes my sister more, so I want my own. Besides, his name is stupid, she named him after that retarded dinosaur from tv when we were little.
Oh and I almost forgot, we are moving in January so for next year I will need to send you our new address. Not sure where we'll be, probably back in podunk Texas. Thanks in advance for the puppy Santa.
Jenna Bush
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Fuck You Chuck Norris...
YES, I JUST SAID THAT! It's not even funny this time, I'm serious. I know, I know he's supposedly the like ohhh so cool tough guy. Can I say this though: he recently wrote a letter to congress outlining a plan to lower gas use and cost. All of this shortly after he appered in an ad for the Honda Ridgeline...a PICKUP TRUCK! hmmm...I think I will save gas and FIX THE AMERICAN ECONOMY, but be the spokesperson for a foreign automaker's truck. Wow, Mr. America, Mr. Ass Kicker, WALKER TEXAS RANGER, thinks that by reducing our consumption of oil as we drive our japanese pickup truck, we can rebuild our AMERICAN economy.
Ok, I am too damn pissed about that to keep on it. AHHHHHHH! I'm better now, not really, but I can pretend. Something I have been meaning to write about, but keep forgetting...
The Green Movement
Now, I am all for "Going Green", but really going green, not the oh so trendy drive a hybrid and buy funky new light bulbs so people see me go green, going green. I mean really going green, only drive when necessary, shop local, bring a cloth bag to the grocery store, power down your house 2 hours a week, shower with a friend. But as I adjust my lifestyle to conserve and protect our environment I have found many contradictions in the movement and here they are:
1) Alternative Fuel - ok, I am part of a select few that have the opportunity to walk to work. Many of us do not have a choice but to buy $4+ dollar gas. For those people we need to find an alternative to gas. But is a hybrid, which cost more than a traditional car, still uses gas, and has a HUGE unrecycleable battery really going to save the planet? Especially if it is a Hybrid SUV! That's an oxymoron if I have ever heard one...a hybrid that gets 25 miles to the gallon because it weighs 5000 lbs? If we are going to find alternatives to oil consumtion (as it nears $140 a barrel) we need to focus less on hybrid technology and more on using hydrogen or solar power to "fuel" our transportation.
2) Reducing Electricity Consumption - The new light bulbs use less electricity. But if we continue to leave the lights on...we are still using energy. Even if you don't live in a city you have seen it, it's 11pm and you drive by a building, no one is there, the building is empty, but there are countless office windows lit up. Maybe they have low energy bulbs, but they're still on for nothing. Turn 'em off, they actually have these things called motion sensors that control lights and turn them on when you enter a room and turn them off when there is no one there. Even if you have a cleaning crew...
3) Green Movement Fliers - this is a real hot topic with me. You see this A LOT in the city...Greenpeace, The Illinois Environmental somebodies, The Global Warming Fighter People, The Film Actors Guilde...all on the street corner handing out fliers about saving the world...98% of which are eventually thrown into the trash can and not recycled. Even if they are printed on recycled paper with soy ink the trash is the trash and most of it goes to a landfill. But, hey, they're creating awareness. I'm sorry, did I miss something, is there a global environmental crisis going on? I had no idea! Thank you for printing something on paper so I could hear about it.
On a lighter note, I...um...well...I started a...well you know...a Facebook profile. FOR YOUR INFORMATION...my wife made me do it. And damn it made me feel old. I don't know why really, but it did.
This has been an alcohol fueled rant solving the worlds problems one at a time.
Ok, I am too damn pissed about that to keep on it. AHHHHHHH! I'm better now, not really, but I can pretend. Something I have been meaning to write about, but keep forgetting...
The Green Movement
Now, I am all for "Going Green", but really going green, not the oh so trendy drive a hybrid and buy funky new light bulbs so people see me go green, going green. I mean really going green, only drive when necessary, shop local, bring a cloth bag to the grocery store, power down your house 2 hours a week, shower with a friend. But as I adjust my lifestyle to conserve and protect our environment I have found many contradictions in the movement and here they are:
1) Alternative Fuel - ok, I am part of a select few that have the opportunity to walk to work. Many of us do not have a choice but to buy $4+ dollar gas. For those people we need to find an alternative to gas. But is a hybrid, which cost more than a traditional car, still uses gas, and has a HUGE unrecycleable battery really going to save the planet? Especially if it is a Hybrid SUV! That's an oxymoron if I have ever heard one...a hybrid that gets 25 miles to the gallon because it weighs 5000 lbs? If we are going to find alternatives to oil consumtion (as it nears $140 a barrel) we need to focus less on hybrid technology and more on using hydrogen or solar power to "fuel" our transportation.
2) Reducing Electricity Consumption - The new light bulbs use less electricity. But if we continue to leave the lights on...we are still using energy. Even if you don't live in a city you have seen it, it's 11pm and you drive by a building, no one is there, the building is empty, but there are countless office windows lit up. Maybe they have low energy bulbs, but they're still on for nothing. Turn 'em off, they actually have these things called motion sensors that control lights and turn them on when you enter a room and turn them off when there is no one there. Even if you have a cleaning crew...
3) Green Movement Fliers - this is a real hot topic with me. You see this A LOT in the city...Greenpeace, The Illinois Environmental somebodies, The Global Warming Fighter People, The Film Actors Guilde...all on the street corner handing out fliers about saving the world...98% of which are eventually thrown into the trash can and not recycled. Even if they are printed on recycled paper with soy ink the trash is the trash and most of it goes to a landfill. But, hey, they're creating awareness. I'm sorry, did I miss something, is there a global environmental crisis going on? I had no idea! Thank you for printing something on paper so I could hear about it.
On a lighter note, I...um...well...I started a...well you know...a Facebook profile. FOR YOUR INFORMATION...my wife made me do it. And damn it made me feel old. I don't know why really, but it did.
This has been an alcohol fueled rant solving the worlds problems one at a time.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Yup...
In 1996, when I began driving, I was paying 0.86 cents per gallon. I took the following photo this afternoon from my Treo...
That's all.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
WTF America
Yes, I said it. WTF. What I want to know is why don't we just get over ourselves and do what we want and be who we are as long as it does not infringe apon the constitutional and physical rights of other Americans?
I believe that it all began when someone decided being one's self is offensive to others. It is okay for a women to require men to do things, but it's not okay for a man to require women to do things. 1) Working Around the Home Let's say there is a married couple, let's say they both work. If the man one night decides not to help do the dishes or laundry, that is a sin, down right no good dirty sin. He is lazy, no good, sexist bastard that thinks women belong in the kitchen. Now, its Thursday afternoon, nice summer day, the couple gets home from work, and the man goes outside and mows the lawn and changes the oil in the car. NOT ONE PERSON IN THE WORLD WOULD PUT HER DOWN FOR NOT HELPING! Why is she not a lazy bitch that thinks the man's place is under the car covered in grease? Is yard work less important that laundry? Is it less difficult? Now, some women trim trees, and some men clean the toilet. That's ok. My argument is that we need to stop putting men down for what they don't do and appreciate what they do.
In this society, one must please EVERYONE. If I have a product and I have a target market for that product, and lets say that market is the 22-35 year old single man, why not have a very sexual woman in the ad? The reality is 2) If you don't like it, don't buy it I will NEVER buy Coors Light because in their ad they portrayed the man as moronic. "It turned blue!" she means pregnancy test, he means beer...I'm not going to cry, bitch and moan, file a suit against their ad company...no I just drink Bud Heavy.
And on a similar topic, what is it about sex? Why are we so afraid to admit that people have it, people like it and you can grab people's attention by portraying it? 3) Oversion to Sexuality In the September issue of Maxim Spain, there are a LOT of topless and otherwise naked women. BFD. Men and Women both have seen naked people of the opposite sex, if a person does not want tan lines, why can't they take off their clothes at the beach? They have been doing it for a very very long time in Europe. Why is it not right to talk about it, why do adults still giggle when they do?
Why can't we disipline our children anymore? People bitch about parental envolvement, and parents not know what their kids are doing, but when a parent steps in and tells a kid they can't do that we side with the kids? 4) My Sweet Sixteen Attitude Our children are mini-gods and should not need to go thru what we went thru. Guess what, you can't always get want you want, in fact sometimes you don't know what is best, and SOMETIMES I won't let you drive your car to that party because I know there won't be any parents there. Nothing pisses me off more than the parent that would not smack there kid for misbehaving, but doesn't know why their little angel is getting into legal trouble? MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE YOU LET THEM RUN THE HOUSE! MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEVER TOLD THEM NO! MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEVER SMACKED THEM ON THE ASS WHEN THEY DISRESPECTED YOU OR YOUR RULES!
I had mentioned "constitutional rights" eariler. Why is it that people don't know the definition of the rights it provides? 5) Improper use of the "1st Amendment" : Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. This amendment does not give you the right to say what ever the hell you want when ever they hell you want...that is your right as a human. The "Freedom of Speech" in this context allows you the right to say "George Bush Sucks, He Is A Crappy President, And Even Hillary Clinton Will Only Be Half As Crappy As He Is." without the fear of being beheaded. So when you "offend" someone, don't try to use the 1st amendment to defend yourself, you are disrespecting the true meaning of the Freedom of Speech.
Now I am not saying that America is bad, or we should all move to Canada (in fact, if you don't like being an American or don't feel that the "American Ideal" represents who you are, there are 194 other countries willing to accept your application for citizenship. I, in fact, love living in this country and while I don't always agree with what we do as a nation or society, I know I can make my own way. We just need a little "refinement", but that is what this country is about. When it was founded and stated that "All men are created equal", it took a few hundred years of refinement to begin including those that are not W.A.S.P.'s into the word "All"...
Oh and by the way, quit bitching and work...no one is going to give you the 55k entry level job unless you are super special, and you're not. Take a shitty job and put in 60 hour weeks until they promote you, (Promote=technical term for give you more shit to pack into the same amount of hours)
Anyway, I am on my fifth Appleton Rum on the rocks and again...I need to work in the morning...I don't know if any of this makes sence, I might review and revise tomorrow.
Quote of the Day: Eat More Eel - Seen on a sign at a restaurant on the "England:A Pleasing Palate" episode of "A Cook's Tour" on Food Network
I believe that it all began when someone decided being one's self is offensive to others. It is okay for a women to require men to do things, but it's not okay for a man to require women to do things. 1) Working Around the Home Let's say there is a married couple, let's say they both work. If the man one night decides not to help do the dishes or laundry, that is a sin, down right no good dirty sin. He is lazy, no good, sexist bastard that thinks women belong in the kitchen. Now, its Thursday afternoon, nice summer day, the couple gets home from work, and the man goes outside and mows the lawn and changes the oil in the car. NOT ONE PERSON IN THE WORLD WOULD PUT HER DOWN FOR NOT HELPING! Why is she not a lazy bitch that thinks the man's place is under the car covered in grease? Is yard work less important that laundry? Is it less difficult? Now, some women trim trees, and some men clean the toilet. That's ok. My argument is that we need to stop putting men down for what they don't do and appreciate what they do.
In this society, one must please EVERYONE. If I have a product and I have a target market for that product, and lets say that market is the 22-35 year old single man, why not have a very sexual woman in the ad? The reality is 2) If you don't like it, don't buy it I will NEVER buy Coors Light because in their ad they portrayed the man as moronic. "It turned blue!" she means pregnancy test, he means beer...I'm not going to cry, bitch and moan, file a suit against their ad company...no I just drink Bud Heavy.
And on a similar topic, what is it about sex? Why are we so afraid to admit that people have it, people like it and you can grab people's attention by portraying it? 3) Oversion to Sexuality In the September issue of Maxim Spain, there are a LOT of topless and otherwise naked women. BFD. Men and Women both have seen naked people of the opposite sex, if a person does not want tan lines, why can't they take off their clothes at the beach? They have been doing it for a very very long time in Europe. Why is it not right to talk about it, why do adults still giggle when they do?
Why can't we disipline our children anymore? People bitch about parental envolvement, and parents not know what their kids are doing, but when a parent steps in and tells a kid they can't do that we side with the kids? 4) My Sweet Sixteen Attitude Our children are mini-gods and should not need to go thru what we went thru. Guess what, you can't always get want you want, in fact sometimes you don't know what is best, and SOMETIMES I won't let you drive your car to that party because I know there won't be any parents there. Nothing pisses me off more than the parent that would not smack there kid for misbehaving, but doesn't know why their little angel is getting into legal trouble? MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE YOU LET THEM RUN THE HOUSE! MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEVER TOLD THEM NO! MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEVER SMACKED THEM ON THE ASS WHEN THEY DISRESPECTED YOU OR YOUR RULES!
I had mentioned "constitutional rights" eariler. Why is it that people don't know the definition of the rights it provides? 5) Improper use of the "1st Amendment" : Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. This amendment does not give you the right to say what ever the hell you want when ever they hell you want...that is your right as a human. The "Freedom of Speech" in this context allows you the right to say "George Bush Sucks, He Is A Crappy President, And Even Hillary Clinton Will Only Be Half As Crappy As He Is." without the fear of being beheaded. So when you "offend" someone, don't try to use the 1st amendment to defend yourself, you are disrespecting the true meaning of the Freedom of Speech.
Now I am not saying that America is bad, or we should all move to Canada (in fact, if you don't like being an American or don't feel that the "American Ideal" represents who you are, there are 194 other countries willing to accept your application for citizenship. I, in fact, love living in this country and while I don't always agree with what we do as a nation or society, I know I can make my own way. We just need a little "refinement", but that is what this country is about. When it was founded and stated that "All men are created equal", it took a few hundred years of refinement to begin including those that are not W.A.S.P.'s into the word "All"...
Oh and by the way, quit bitching and work...no one is going to give you the 55k entry level job unless you are super special, and you're not. Take a shitty job and put in 60 hour weeks until they promote you, (Promote=technical term for give you more shit to pack into the same amount of hours)
Anyway, I am on my fifth Appleton Rum on the rocks and again...I need to work in the morning...I don't know if any of this makes sence, I might review and revise tomorrow.
Quote of the Day: Eat More Eel - Seen on a sign at a restaurant on the "England:A Pleasing Palate" episode of "A Cook's Tour" on Food Network
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
She's Home
My wife is back. Yes on Monday night I frantically cleaned the apartment top to bottom. Scrubbed the floors, washed the windows, I even cleaned the toilet! Do you know what was one of the first things she said to me..."What is this spot on the sofa?!" Yes, there was a half inch square of dirt on the sofa where our dog slept one night.
Part of her being home is the return of some of my favorite television programming. Now, I know my life is nothing special. I fight and scrape for everything I have, why on earth would I want to watch a show about a bunch of 21 year olds who live in $900,000 homes and bitch and moan about he said, she said bull shit. I cannot believe that anyone in their right mind would even watch this!!!! No wonder we have Clinton Part Deux, Obama, and McCain as options for our next leader. Holy Shit, she went to the bar with his sister and Lauren was there and it ruined her night! But hey, she was trying to be the bigger person. So maybe there is some underlying life lesson here, maybe it is trying to teach us that the average person will never have the time between work and the real world to worry about what we think about each other's...like...ex-boyfriends or...like...if we can be in the same bar with her anymore. And maybe they are trying to educate the average person to what life is like when someone paid for all of your everything and you can drive an Escalade at 21. I am so much better now for being reminded that I can't buy groceries until Friday when we get paid.
Part of her being home is the return of some of my favorite television programming. Now, I know my life is nothing special. I fight and scrape for everything I have, why on earth would I want to watch a show about a bunch of 21 year olds who live in $900,000 homes and bitch and moan about he said, she said bull shit. I cannot believe that anyone in their right mind would even watch this!!!! No wonder we have Clinton Part Deux, Obama, and McCain as options for our next leader. Holy Shit, she went to the bar with his sister and Lauren was there and it ruined her night! But hey, she was trying to be the bigger person. So maybe there is some underlying life lesson here, maybe it is trying to teach us that the average person will never have the time between work and the real world to worry about what we think about each other's...like...ex-boyfriends or...like...if we can be in the same bar with her anymore. And maybe they are trying to educate the average person to what life is like when someone paid for all of your everything and you can drive an Escalade at 21. I am so much better now for being reminded that I can't buy groceries until Friday when we get paid.
NEXT, if anyone can explain this photo for me I would appreciate it.
I think it starts like this..."So, I was on my way to..."
I mean I have been in some messed up situations, like leaving for Sault Ste Marie, Michigan from Mt. Pleasant, Michigan at 11pm and needing to be in class at 9am the next day, BUT DAMN, a tux, sewing machine and a wrecked UPS truck...kind of reminds me of the night we tried to steal a 450 pound boulder that the school used as a barrier to keep us from parking on the sidewalk. When you've had a few root beers, it's more like 900 pounds, and your Saturn SL2, no Justin it won't pull it out no matter how hard we push. I don't know that I need to finish that story.
Oh My God!!!! Gas for $1.09!!! Oh, not what you noticed huh? Do you think they sent permission slips home for this class field trip? Obviously not a public school, my field trips were to the local market to learn how to do math and sex-ed class talked about the "changes in your body"...we didn't actually get to watch it happen for a dollar.
Quote of the Day: 36-24-36...only if she's 5'3" -Sir Mix A Lot
Beers dry, and I need to work in the morning. Goodnight.
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Happy Friday!!!
Anyone that works in the Chicago Loop knows this guy. Broke, ain't got a dime in his pocket, nothing to his name but the clothes on his back, standing on the corner of Washington and Franklin screaming at the top of his lungs:
"HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!! HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!!"
(yes on monday he says monday, tuesday's tuesday, etc.) Wow, to be that content with your situation, he's not looking for a porsch, no Armani suit, just a few bucks for a pack of smokes, double cheese burger, and a bottle of booze. If you ever have a chance to say hi, he's willing to chat with anyone. Please expect him to ask for your change, and if you have twenty cents, it won't stop you from buying the $4 latte on your debit.
Then there are the guys in their mid 30's holding the sign that says "Got pick pocketed, need a train ticket to Iowa". You expect me to believe that one...maybe it's just me, but if I went to visit a big city not too far away from home, and I got robbed and had no one I could call collect at home to come get me, you bet your sweet ass I'd start walking. Survival folks, stay and starve on the street, or take a 4 day walk to get home? Tough one. Just be honest, like the young guy that hangs around Union Station. His exact words to me were, "Dude, I'm just lookin' to get fucked up tonight. Got a few bucks you can spare?"
In the end, the unemployment rate has risen to 5.1% nationally and more and more people are stuck making the choice between food and bills. As we deepen ourselves into this recession (maybe the fed won't admit it, but I will) make sure you have comfortable shoes so in a few short years when we're all be lined up for bread and milk at least your feet won't hurt.
On to a lighter subject...MY WIFE GAVE ME THE WEEK OFF! YEAH!!! She left yesterday and won't be back until Tuesday. Guess what I did on our weekly Thursday Cleaning Night...NOTHING! I ordered a pizza and had a few Jack and Cokes. It was fun. No TLC, no HGTV, no E! special about the life and times of the rich whore "reality" show "The Hills". Nope I watched History channel specials about war and got drunk. Oh, I even got mushrooms on my pie and didn't put the seat down.
Tonight I have been rockin' out to Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, and The Toadies (Possum Kingdom, you know it) and many other icons of the 90's. I still have some Jack, and since I don't need to work tomorrow...I might stay out passed my bedtime.
I have a lot more I can ramble on about, I might add some more when I get back from the Tap, but for now Yellow Ledbetter's on and my Jack and Coke's empty.
Peace!
"HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!! HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!!"
(yes on monday he says monday, tuesday's tuesday, etc.) Wow, to be that content with your situation, he's not looking for a porsch, no Armani suit, just a few bucks for a pack of smokes, double cheese burger, and a bottle of booze. If you ever have a chance to say hi, he's willing to chat with anyone. Please expect him to ask for your change, and if you have twenty cents, it won't stop you from buying the $4 latte on your debit.
Then there are the guys in their mid 30's holding the sign that says "Got pick pocketed, need a train ticket to Iowa". You expect me to believe that one...maybe it's just me, but if I went to visit a big city not too far away from home, and I got robbed and had no one I could call collect at home to come get me, you bet your sweet ass I'd start walking. Survival folks, stay and starve on the street, or take a 4 day walk to get home? Tough one. Just be honest, like the young guy that hangs around Union Station. His exact words to me were, "Dude, I'm just lookin' to get fucked up tonight. Got a few bucks you can spare?"
In the end, the unemployment rate has risen to 5.1% nationally and more and more people are stuck making the choice between food and bills. As we deepen ourselves into this recession (maybe the fed won't admit it, but I will) make sure you have comfortable shoes so in a few short years when we're all be lined up for bread and milk at least your feet won't hurt.
On to a lighter subject...MY WIFE GAVE ME THE WEEK OFF! YEAH!!! She left yesterday and won't be back until Tuesday. Guess what I did on our weekly Thursday Cleaning Night...NOTHING! I ordered a pizza and had a few Jack and Cokes. It was fun. No TLC, no HGTV, no E! special about the life and times of the rich whore "reality" show "The Hills". Nope I watched History channel specials about war and got drunk. Oh, I even got mushrooms on my pie and didn't put the seat down.
Tonight I have been rockin' out to Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, and The Toadies (Possum Kingdom, you know it) and many other icons of the 90's. I still have some Jack, and since I don't need to work tomorrow...I might stay out passed my bedtime.
I have a lot more I can ramble on about, I might add some more when I get back from the Tap, but for now Yellow Ledbetter's on and my Jack and Coke's empty.
Peace!
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