Comfortably numb?

So spring is here. The only reason I state the obvious is it seems to be such a big deal that it snowed here in MO on Saturday. You would have thought the magnetic poles were shifting the way some people were acting. I think of it as karma though. After all, we did have some unusually warm weather during winter this year. I dunno, when you think about it (or when I think about it really) it seems to be a reflection of how quickly we as Americans can forget things. My point is this year is the twelfth anniversary of 911. Did you realize that? Quick, how long ago was Bin Ladin killed? You see, we desensitize events like that as a means of moving on. The problem with this, and I'm guilty of it too, is its not really moving on. Its a refusal to face reality and work it out. My whole life has potholes of events I don't remember for whatever reason but still naw at me from the edges of sanity. I guess what I'm saying is we need to start facing our problems instead of ignoring them before we forget how great this nation is or was (depending on point of view)
Yup, all that from a snowfall in spring time.

Special kinds of idiots.

I have no use for wannabe thugs. Try and play cool or tough to someone else that might be impressed. I had this dude tonight try and bring a hot handgun onto a federal installation and then tried to act all tough and cool about it. That is until he realized it would be a felony. He was Mr. Respectful then. Idiot. Seriously, said he had been through a CC class but didn't get the permit and must have missed the part were they tell you its against the law to bring it onto federal property concealed and loaded.
OK done with that. Slowly getting back into the groove of life. Running again, not much but its helping. I was wondering for awhile if I'd ever finish school. That's a really nagging feeling at times when most things in life seem like an up hill battle. How do you talk about what is bringing you down without bringing others down as well? If somebody ever figures it out please let me know. I guess in the mean time I'll just keep putting one foot in front of the other. Nice thing about running, you can think about stuff or choose not to but in the end you can still feel good about what you just did. I do anyway.
That's it for now. Thanks for reading.

"Dreams are like clouds.."

Challenge....Quick name the movie the title came from.....one of my favs (hint: its a western)

Just had a bubble burst from under me today. I was doing some research for my last bit of homework and found out that the business I was looking to get into is really a bad choice. You have to love what you do but have another form of income and hope you make enough to cover expenses. Sad. Well, sort of. I like the game and playing is fun but...I don't know. Guess its time to consider a different business opportunity. In case you were wondering, I was looking at opening a paintball park. I did have concerns about this but had not really looked at it until today. About the one thing I am sure of is I don't have the passion for the game enough to run a barely there business.  Sad I know but honest. 

On another note I am open to other ideas people so shoot. Hey maybe I'll look into that. Selling guns. I like guns. I like drinking too but I know Bri would not let me open a bar. What is really funny about that is when I was in high school I had plans on opening a dance club/something (bar maybe). I even had the place picked out and how I was going to do it. Had that dream for quite a while and was also looking at opening a car wash like the one I worked at in high school. It was Owen and Marylynn that had inspired me to be an entrepreneur in the first place. Owen would stop and ask me business questions that dealt with customer service all the time and really got me interested in that. At this point though I am not sure what direction I'm going to take but I haven't dropped the idea of owning my own business.

My wife, bless her heart, might have reached her limit. I am tired of watching a volunteer work her butt off only to have some slag come behind backs and closed doors to undermine everything that is or has been done. I hate seeing that crap just in general but to watch somebody do it to someone I love, well, its not good (those that know, know what I mean). I want her to quit but she is going to make her own choices. Anyway this person is an egomaniac (absolutely has to be recognized for every thing that is done), refuses to give up power and allow people to do the jobs they have volunteered to do. Many wonder why they hold the position if the work is going to be done for them. Honestly me too. If things don't change I can see the organization slowly floating down the sewer. OK, enough of that. 

Guess we are done for now...Thanks for reading.

Who's life is it anyway?

Today is day 64 and 430. I have gone without soda for 430 days now and am quite happy with that. Day 64 is without facebook. I am happy with that as well. Bri still thinks I will break on the facebook thing. Funny thing is, with the exception of a precious few (like 2-3) people I don't miss it. One big reason is I can stay out of the the silly drama that inevitably seems to unfold on facebook. It seems like one big party line now, 'cept with computers and smart phones instead of telephones.
Anyway, off that tangent, my boys just finished a science fair for fourth and fifth grades. They did really well and I'm very proud but I'm also a tad bit upset with judges. Do I think both should have come out on top, of course I'm a dad and that's the way dads think, but I was not there and could not say for sure without seeing all of the other projects, did see a couple in the morning and one on-line. On-line? Yea, Bri showed it to me from facebook (no that doesn't count). All that I saw looked pretty good, one was strangely exceptional, hhhhmmm. Now, what I'm upset with is how do you give awards to kids that obviously did not do their own work? Ya see, I'll help my boys but they won't learn squat if I do the work for them and also if you do their project are you proud of their work or your own? Struggling to not blog angry here. I have deleted about four different comments now. Most of it was about parenting and I think one was about society in general. As you might have guessed none of it was very ....nice. So I guess I'll stop with that for now cause all I'm doing now is just getting pissed thinking about it all and other events that happened.
Guess its time to run some of this anger out. Thanks for reading. See ya.