Category Archives: Life

Everything that happens in my life and around me.

My Life My Opinion My Anti – Social Behavior

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My friend Hillary has inspired me with her blog http://baddatesandgooddogs.blogspot.com/

A hot summer event with a crowd is just not my cup of tea either. In fact anywhere people gather you probably won’t find me. Lately I’ve noticed that crowds do bring out the worst in people. The hot sun doesn’t help either. This has been one of the best summers of my life because its been so cool. Someone must have turned off the global warming switch! They might want to check it.

I’m not a drinker either. So get a bunch of guys together with all the beer they can drink is an accident waiting to happen. I think people in general have lost their social skills. Kids growing up today are so into their “video games” they grew up in their little world on their computers so they didn’t socialize much, hence the lack of social skills. We as adults, to some degree, let this happen as our careers became more important than our families. Our tv’s, computers, playstation, and other games became our babysitters.

Could you or your family go without being “connected” for a day? How about being dis-connected for two days or even a week? When we grew up we were told “go out and play.” That meant we left the house and had to figure a way to entertain ourselves. That also meant we had to learn how to interact with other kids and people.

Maybe its happening to adults too. I’ve grown attached to my computer and I’m on it most of the day and a good part of the night. I don’t want to be around people as much so maybe I am becoming anti social. Its easier to become a hermit or a Ted Kaczynski. Maybe we do need tighter controls on society. If a kid thinks its ok to sit facing a computer all day shooting people then how easy is it to corelate that in your mind to real life after days of mindless killing onscreen.

Ok I’ve gone to the extreme here but we have to ask what kind of society is developing here? In Japan I hear its common place for women to be groped on commuter trains and no one does anything. What is our world shaping into? Maybe we don’t have to worry about it, since the Myan’s say things are ending in 2012 anyway.

My Life My Opinion on Holidays

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I do business with a company in Canada and it gets frustrating. They seem to have more holidays then we do here in the states. We have a good number of holidays here in the states but many employers do not recognize them or they are not recognized nationally. I’ve also heard that in Europe it’s the same as in Canada. In fact, employees supposedly get  a month off during the summer and even more vacation days throughout the year.

I’ve grown up here in the Midwest where we have a strong “work ethic”. I’m catholic and you throw in the “guilt thing” and our employers really make out here in the states compared to other countries. The internet has made our world quite a bit smaller. I correspond daily with people in Asia, Europe, South America etc. I think we need to standardize holidays worldwide. Why should Canadians get “Boxing Day” off when we still have to work! I’d like a good “Boxing Day” off. Don’t I deserve it? Hey, I’d gladly celebrate “Victoria Day” too.

Oh yeah there’s something else…. President Obama’s trying to get student loans either written off or discounted severely now.  Back to Europe and Canada again… If you live there besides all the great holidays you also get pretty much a free education! We’ve got alot of catching up to do here in the states.

My Life

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I decided to review all the jobs that I have had in my life. So far, in my life I have been the following…
Retail hardware clerk
Janitor
Short Order Cook
Driveway Sealer
Gardener
Retail Department Manager
Bus Boy

Laborer

Bellman
Hotel Driver
Banquet Manager
Car Salesman

Asbestos Removal
Insurance Salesman
Reflexologist
Plumber                                                                                                                                                                                                             Mortgage Salesman
College Professor

Ad Salesman

Business Journal Publisher
Director of Sales
Sales Manager
General Manager
Director of Marketing

That’s a lot of jobs in one mans life, even for my life.  As they say, I have just enough knowledge to make me dangerous in any of these positions.  I’ve developed many skills in my life because of these jobs.  In growing up I never expected this in my life.  When I was a senior in high school I went down to the Armed Forces Recruiting Center for a “Seniors Day” I took all their tests and I was hoping that they would tell me what I would be good at then I would go into that field!  They called me up and said out of 200 guys that were there, I was in the top ten and I could do what ever I wanted in the Army!  Not the answer I wanted for my life.  I did not enlist. Maybe I should have, it probably would have given me more discipline.  Some of us kidd around and say were still trying to figure what we want to do with our life! “Life is what happens when your busy making other plans”  My life has lead me down this path and as I wonder what my purpose in life is, it really gets down to be pretty simple.  I won’t be remembered for all those jobs.  I may only be remembered for carrying on our family name.  For alot of us that’s all we will be. I’m ok with just that, so I’m pretty much done with my main responsibilities.  Time for “Earl time,” yeah right that’s going to happen, I heard the wife calling again!

President Obama and "Fly Gate"

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Fly (fli) a dipterous, or two-winged, insect that is often the vector of organisms causing disease.

I don’t know about you, but where does PETA who is now complaining about the fly incident get off by considering a fly an animal? This incident shall now be so named by me “Fly Gate”

In case you weren’t aware our President Obama is quite skilled in killing flies. One was bothering him during a recent taping of an interview for one of the networks. President Obama has quite the reflexes. Its not easy to kill or catch one of those buggers without a fly swatter.

But I’m impressed, and I will support him in his efforts to eliminate this pest (see description above).

Now the Buddhists believe that this fly could be a re- incarnated person. I’m sorry but if I come back as a fly someone please take me to the president so I can be killed right away and try and get reincarnation right and come back as something better! How about Donald Trump’s son? Or some rich sheiks son or Bill Gates grandson you get the idea where I’m going with this.

As far as I’m concerned keep practicing President Obama and maybe this can become a national sport or competition? Keep up the good work!

I Have A Solution

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A while back I remember seeing on ABC’s 20/20 or CBS’s 60 minutes a new weapon that the military has developed. It was a truck with a large board, like a 4x 8 on top of it. Of course, it was painted Army Green. This weapon was basically as I understand it, a giant microwave. They aim it at people, let’s say a couple of hundred yards away, and when they push the start button, just like your home microwave it cooks the water molecules within your body. Now on this demonstration, they had to align the truck facing the “volunteers” to heat them up. After a few seconds, the “volunteers would turn and run away to get out of the sightline of the microwave. Their bodies would heat up and they couldn’t stand it any longer. This isn’t a killing machine, its just be a way to disperse people.

The problem with this is to try and get our enemies to stand still long enough to be zapped! I think there’s some flawed thinking here on the use of this equipment? Since when do our enemies standstill? In Afganistan there hiding behind rocks and in caves etc.

I’m a marketing guy and I don’t think they had a good focus group for the planning of this product! They obviously missed the boat. To me its pretty obvious what they should do to make this a more effective product. In fact, I can guarantee a return on their initial investment pretty quickly.

They need to make it smaller. A handheld device would be great but even two feet by eighteen inches high would be just about right. You see I want to mount it on my car. I’m tired of the bastard tailgaters on the highway. I’m already going 65 miles an hour and I’m in the left lane I have nowhere to go as I’m blocked on the right lane and there’s a guy in front of me but this guy behind me thinks I can get out of his way! I just want to zap him to tell him to back off. I don’t want to kill him ( well maybe?) I just want a cop to see him, I just want to prevent an accident! Just one little zap, instead of a little warning he gets a little “WARMING.” I can see the commercial now with Billy Mays the commercial pitchman showing how it works! We will sell millions of them. “Hi, Billy Mays Here… Tired of People on your Ass? Well, have we got the product for you.” I’m hung up on one part though when he says “But wait there’s more…” What could we add? If you think of it let me know. We could even get them installed at the factory of the “Big 3.” (If they are the Big 3 anymore?) You know this could be useful in many situations just think about it. I think I’m going to give Obama a call I think I have a solution to some of his budget concerns. I wonder what other products they came up with that with a little twist would be perfect for mass production.