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4th of July

2011-07-01T09:00:00.001-04:00

The 4^th of July …. We all love it.

It’s friends and family. Fireworks and fantasies. A day off from work where we can sit back and breathe a collective sigh because, after all, we are American … and we are free.

We cheer our troops, and salute our veterans. We fly our flags and thank our Mothers and Fathers, and their Mothers and Fathers, and their Mothers and Fathers before them. We are closer as a nation, if just for a day, because, we are Americans, and for the past 200 years we have defied all odds in spite of our terrible faults.

We’ve earned it. We deserve it.

So we celebrate … every year …. We fire up the grills, and bust out the boats and beer and banter and celebrate our beautiful bounty …….. on the date the Declaration of Independence was written. On the day our destiny was written in ink .. and eventually … in blood.

However, there is more to July 4^th than most people know.

July 4^th 1754. Col George Washington of Virginia, sent by Virginia Governor Robert Dinwiddie, to try and talk the French out of leaving the Ohio Country and the Forks of the Ohio (modern day Pittsburgh), marches home with his defeated army to Virginia after losing what is, in essence, the first battle of the French and Indian War (or 7 year war as it was known in Europe) on the day prior, July 3, 1754.

The financial and human toll of the French/Indian war directly affected the events that led to the eventual uprising by the British subjects. Wanting to be treated as equal subjects to the crown, they were castigated and looked down upon by the country and King they pled and bled loyalty to.

Which leads us to our 2^nd July 4^th. The one you know best.

July 4^th 1776. I could write a book about this one but you all pretty much know what happened here. Declaration of independence. Then the war for independence which ended on October 19^th, 1781.

In case you haven’t watched the news recently ….. We won!

Let’s jump ahead 87 years to the day ….. if I may ……

July 4^th 1863. Col Robert E. Lee, commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, marches his decimated troops south after losing the Battle of Gettysburg. That loss turned the tides of the war for the Army of the Potomac, which resulted in Lee surrendering his Army of Northern Virginia on April 9^th, 1865.

The Civil War, as you know, correct the injustice of slavery, which the Founding Fathers knew needed fixed, but could not fix during their time in history. So they wrote our documents in a way that we could right that wrong.

So you see kids ….. July 4^th has more than just one significant day in the annuals of our country and …….

What’s that?

Oh … sorry ... almost forgot.

Founding Fathers Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both passed away on …… none other than ….

July 4^th, 1826. It is reported John Adam’s last words were “Jefferson survives” when in fact, Thomas Jefferson died earlier that day.

50 years might I add …. to the year….. that The Declaration of independence was written and read to a rag tag band of dedicated dissidents who believed that freedom wasn’t just a crazy idea that was exclusive to the ruling class. That it was their God given right over man to govern themselves in a “just and reasonable fashion.”

July 4^th …… not just for 1776.

Take 5 minutes to ponder this re-appearing date in our history …. As you celebrate ….

P.S. If I accidentally send this to any Canadians … sorry …… You’re the neighbor that hates us because we’re loud and obnoxious, but if\when the bullies come ….. we got your back yo …..

DVD,

born July 4^th 1967

Just kidding …..

Where are all the assholes?

2009-02-16T15:43:00.002-05:00

Bear with me here, and please, don't hate me right away.

This past week, once again, a tragic accident occurred. This time in Buffalo NY. By this time you all know about the tragic end of flight 3407 and the 50 souls that were lost. It break my heart everytime this happens, and causes me to ponder myself everytime I fly ......

Whenever there is a tragedy however, no asshole is ever killed. In the days and weeks after such horrific events, we hear stories about every person killed, and how full of life, and how wonderful they were. No one ever comes out and says "yea that Fritz guy was a real asshole ... I'm glad his sorry ass got killed. It's just a shame all those other people had to be around that dick before they died too!"

It's like the idiots who are so miserable they have to take as many people out of the world with them. Yes, they might be labeled as "disturbed" (NO! Really?) or as "having problems" (wow ... you don't say?) .. but most of the time you hear this wonderful phrase:

"Oh ... they were so quite. Always polite and always kept to themselves." In my entire life time I have never heard someone step up to the mic and say "Boy I saw THAT coming a mile away. Homeboy was a ticking time bomb just ready to go off. Oh .. and he sure was an asshole too!"

So, I ask again ..... Why is this? Are we as human just programed to remember the very best of someone even if they were a complete douchebag? Or is it something deeper. Does God really only "take the very best?" If that's the case, I call Shenanigans!!! C'mon God .. how bout taking out a planeload of prisoners at the very least .... hell, after everything I've seen the past few years, I'd even settle for Harry Reid's private jet!

Ok ok .. I know ... that's not nice .... But he is an asshole.

Just one of the things I have pondered this week. Come to think of it, maybe I should stay off planes myself for awhile.

DVD

Patriotic Hatred

2007-02-01T13:00:00.000-05:00

I have noticed more and more email coming into my inbox lately that’s … well … hateful.  The most disturbing part of this is that these emails are using “Patriotism” as the context for that hatred …..

……. Seriously?  Stop it right now!

No .. I mean it.  I am about, if not more patriotic than the next guy .. so much so that I am planning on going back into the military this year because I believe so much in this country and anything I can do to help protect her .. I will do it, but I don’t use my patriotism to stand on a pedestal and condemn and threaten other groups.

This is appalling and if you are reading this, and are guilty of crafting, or even forwarding these hateful emails?  You really need to stop it …. at the very least, please take me off your email list …

We are at war.  We are at war with a ruthless enemy who wants nothing more than to destroy our society and way of life, and to thrust us back into the 13th century … and we NEED to stop them.  What we don’t need is people more than willing to click their forward button before they really grasp the ramifications of their hateful actions …

In doing so, you’re proving that your God is just as hateful as theirs ……

…………. Well,  mine isn’t so please don’t infect my inbox with your odium!

Kerry Kerry quite Contrary

2006-11-02T09:31:00.000-05:00

As the American spinmeisters rev up their engines to eagerly devour yet another controversy, I sit here and wonder if things are ever going to change in this country, or if they are going to continue down this path of polarized nonsense that the vast majority of "Middle America" is sick and tired of walking on.

While the Democratic Party scrambles to prove to America that John Kerry wasn't inferring that American Troops, during a time of war, are somehow not as intelligent as those who engaged in higher education, they face one very daunting fact that is hard to repudiate.

The great Senator of Massachusetts has done this before.

Soon after returning home from Vietnam, Senator Kerry went before congress and testified against the very men and women he served with. If nothing more, this gave the Republican Party and their talk show mouthpieces, like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Jim Quinn a lifetime supply of sound bits to use against Mr. Kerry everytime he said or did something they thought could be used for political cannon fodder. This bodes well for them because, as we all know, Senator Kerry is just of of the many public servants who suffer from that indomitable affliction that us common folks know as "Foot in Mouth Disease."

As the Republican party throws their recent temper tantrum over the fact that John Kerry hates every single American serving their country, and wants them all to die of AIDS, they have conveniently forgotten their cries of "bias" against the mass media. Although there were outlets that either didn't even carry the story, put the story on page 18, or glossed over the situation completely, they all did one thing in common. They did indeed leave the full context of his comments somewhere on the editing room floor. Which party do you suppose this serves?

I believe that John Kerry purposely called American Soldiers stupid about as much as I believe that the Pittsburgh Steelers are going to win the Super Bowl again this year. It's obvious to anyone who wishes to take the time to sort through the media, the Democratic Party, and the Republican Party's constant prevarication of reality. Mr. Kerry, simply stated, said something stupid. Had it not been 1 week before what both parties see as a life and death campaign, this story would have lasted one, maybe two news cycles at best.

With that said, I think it was completely inappropriate for a Senator of the United States to imply that the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces was somehow an uneducated moron who is "stuck in Iraq" because of some intellectual reason, or lack thereof. Irrespective of your thoughts on Iraq, we are at war, and I think a little discretion needs to be brought back into politics in this country. The debate on the origins and execution of this conflict can be waged in the writings of history, but for now, statements like these do little more but to embolden those who are eager to lie in green pastures with their 72 virgins.

Mr Kerry should really take some time and think before he attempts to take cheap shots at the President of the United States. One might discover that in reality, from an educational statistics standpoint, his GPA was actually lower than Mr. Bush's.

To me, telling a roomful of students that if they don't study and do well in school they might wind up being the President of the United States some day is not very wise.

After all, it seems we already have enough stupid people in Washington.

Please ... just kill yourself FIRST

2006-10-03T10:42:00.000-04:00

*WARNING: Explicit language*

The human race is pissing me off.

In the past week, on three different occasions, some asshole decided that before they were going to end their miserable existence on this earth, it would be a good idea to murder some innocent children who did nothing wrong other than go to school that day.

Who are these sick fuckers?

And why can’t they just kill their own sorry ass BEFORE they take and innocent life AND destroy the lives of all those who loved said innocent?

So .. to you sorry ass pieces of shit mother fucking worthless cock suckers out there who are on the verge of snapping …. PLEASE do us all a favor

JUST KILL YOURSELF FIRST BEFORE you destroy the lives of people who never deserved to be infected with your disgusting FUCKING existence!

Madness

2006-09-18T09:29:00.000-04:00

WOW … Muslims are pissed off and destroying shit again!

SHOCKING!

Supporting our Troops?

2006-06-27T08:42:00.000-04:00

Everyone who knows me, knows I am a patriot …

So please keep that in mind during this rant, because it is not about whether or not I love my country, nor is it a condemnation of our military…….

But ….

I am absolutely sick and tired of receiving emails telling me that I need to say 50 Our Fathers for our troops, and then I need to send it to everyone in my address book.

STOP IT ALREADY … OK?

I understand we are at war.  I understand that our troops are in harms way.  I understand that the pulse of a nation directly affects the morale of a soldier.

I know this because once upon a time, I WAS one of those soldiers in the countless photos that flood my inbox everyday.

I was one of those soldiers holding a child in shock at the unrelenting reality of unrest in the world.

I was one of those soldiers stealing a moment with my own personal Band of Brothers to ask God for comfort, knowledge, resolve, and protection.

If you REALLY want to do something good for our soldiers, then instead of sitting in front of your computer hitting the FORWARD then SEND buttons 20 times every day, DO SOMETHING FOR GOD’S SAKE!!!

Send a care package overseas.
Join a support group that helps the families of fallen soldiers
Volunteer for the American Veterans
Say a prayer and/or light a candle

Do something … anything … sitting in front you’re your PC forwarding emails to those of us who ALREADY get it ISN’T doing something.  As a matter of fact, it’s a really lame, pathetic attempt to try and convince the rest of the world that you really care about the troops ….

Honoring American soldiers takes more effort than just slapping a magnet on your car and forwarding a bunch of poorly designed emails.

….. And if you can’t take the time to do something, nor if you want to, then please … send the damned emails to the Westboro Baptist Church, or John Murtha, or Cindy Sheehan.

Send them to someone who DOESN’T seem to get it … Because I already do.

Invasion

2006-05-03T08:19:00.000-04:00

Ok … lemme see if I got this down right ……

Your country sucks ass so you risk your life to illegally cross OUR border.

Once here, you use MY tax money.

Then … you take “jobs that Americans won’t do.” (I still just LOVE that lie)

Then you all get together to TRY to “shut down America” by protesting …..

You scream how evil America is, flip us the finger, and wave the Mexican flag …

So …. Given all that …

WHY in the hell are you here???

…. And why this issue is even an “issue” boggles my mind

What part of ILLEGAL do you not understand?

The Soldier

2006-04-18T11:29:00.000-04:00

WOW … It’s been forever since I’ve written …… the world continues to spin toward insanity …. Not to be a complete and utter pessimist ….. but things are definitely going haywire … BOO ……

Which leads me to my topic for today.

The American Soldier

I write this coming from the unique perspective .. having been an American soldier for the better part of 8 years ….. most of that time on active duty ….. stationed and deployed to many different parts of the world.  On many different missions …  My time was from 1988 to 1996 ….

The Army and Soldiers are much different in the world today .. I know this.   But some things are the same … I’m sure of it ..

Many people (mostly on the “right”) put soldiers up on this incredibly high pedestal.  They view these defenders of the American way as nothing more than heroes …. Which … I have to admit … they are.

It takes a special person to throw yourself into harms way for a way of life.

But more than that, soldiers are HUMAN.  It seems that many overlook this fact and then when things go askew, wrong, or even horribly wrong …. Everyone is shocked.  Glenn Beck was talking about the movie Three Kings today.  Three Kings is about three American soldiers who hatch a plot to steal millions of dollars worth of gold during Operation Desert Storm.  Glenn was lamenting on the fact that it portrays American soldiers in a bad light …….. perhaps it does.

Not all American soldiers are fine upstanding citizens who’s purpose to join the military was to “Protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic.”  Some, I hate to tell you this .. are nothing less than complete and utter scumbags … I know ….. I served with thousands of soldiers … and I did run into a couple of scumbags.

But I can tell you this … I was truly only a couple out of the thousands I knew ….. For the most part, the people I met while serving my country were some of the best, most upstanding people I have ever met .. and I would have fought alongside and even died if need be for them .. and for you.

I guess my point is ….. give soldiers a break …… honor them … respect them …. But don’t see them as super heroes …. See them as human.  As men and women who do a very very difficult job …. And volunteered to do that.

That way …. When we ….. I mean when they make a mistake ……. They don’t get slammed so hard …..

Being a soldier is hard enough without a countries expectations for perfection heaped upon their shoulders ….

…. I know ….. I’ve been there …….

Let Us Stop and Give Thanks

2005-11-21T11:10:00.000-05:00

The leaves fall. The air chills. Autumn comes to Pennsylvania again.

With only a few days to go until we all gather to break bread, let us stop and be thankful for all that we have.

As we inch out way towards the 4th decade in our lives, we find our minds wandering back to a time when the world wasn’t so complicated. When we could stay outside and play without fear of some nefarious villain trying to harm us. We think of loves lost and days gone by. We smiles to ourselves as memories come rushing up to meet us … like an old friend stopping in to say “Hi … How have you been?” Football games, proms, “keggers” in the field, college parties … and the list goes on.

We long for places we have been … and wonder about places we have yet to go.

We reflect upon our lives as we wonder if we have lived up to our full potential. Our heart aches for a youth that only we remember. It’s the same homesick feeling we get when we think back to a place we used to go to … on a sunny, summer afternoon … to escape the unyielding tribulations of growing up.

Yes, we have grown up .. we have grown out …... we have grown apart. Our lives have become as complicated as the world around us. Job, kids, mortgages, bills. We have ….. become ….. our parents. Our minds drive faster than a morning commute on any given highway in America. We all yearn for the days that life wasn’t this fast … yet we are powerless to stop it’s maddening drive forward. It becomes so insane at times we wonder to ourselves:

“What do I possibly have to be thankful for??”

……. More than I have the time to list

We live in a country where, despite our differences and our problems, we can freely live our lives in relative peace. Where we can chase our dreams. Where we have to worry about eating too much … not starving to death. A country where we can speak our minds and embrace our differences without fear of having our doors kicked in at night.

On of my favorite Pink Floyd songs says it best:

A place to stay
enough to eat
somewhere old heroes shuffle safely down the street
where you can speak out loud about your doubts and fears
and what’s more …..
no one ever disappears you never hear their “standard issue”
kicking in your door
you can relax on both sides of the tracks
and maniacs … don’t blow holes in bandsmen by remote control
and everyone has recourse to the law
and no one kills the children anymore

We’re not nieve though. We realize that the world has become a dangerous place. We all know someone … or know someone who knows someone who is at this very moment fighting the forces of tyranny around the globe.

We are thankful for them.

So when we celebrate thanksgiving this year … In between the turkey and stuffing. Somewhere between the wine and pumpkin pie. Let’s all steal a moment for ourselves ….. To feel TRULY grateful …..

… for who we are ....all we have … and where we’re going.

25 signs

2005-10-21T09:08:00.000-04:00

Ok ……. It’s dark and rainy ….. I didn’t win the powerball …….

And 22 out of  25 ring true - UGH

25 Signs You've Grown Up

1.  Your houseplants are alive, and you can't smoke any of them.
2.  Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.
3.  You keep more food than beer in the fridge.
4.  6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.
5.  You hear your favorite song on an elevator.
6.  You watch the Weather Channel.
7.  Your friends marry and divorce instead of hook up and break up.
8.  You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14.
9.  Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as "dressed up."
10.  You're the one calling the police because those darn kids next door won't turn down the stereo.
11.  Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.
12.  You don't know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.
13.  Your car insurance goes down and your payments go up.
14.  You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonald’s leftovers.
15.  Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.
16.  You no longer take naps from noon to 6 PM.
17.  Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one.
18.  Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 AM would severely upset, rather than settle, your stomach.
19.  You go to the drug store for ibuprofen and antacid, not condoms and pregnancy tests.
20.  A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer "pretty good stuff."
21.  You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.
22.  "I just can't drink the way I used to," replaces, "I'm never going to drink that much again."
23.  90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work
24.  You no longer drink at home to save money before going to a bar.
25.  You read this entire list looking desperately for one sign that doesn't apply to you.

Email drives me crazy

2005-10-18T14:33:00.000-04:00

Email drives me crazy …….

… or is it the people that drive me crazy .. using email as the vehicle to get me there??

So there you are …. Working your day away, when all of a sudden there it is …. A new email message has just entered your world.  As you open up the message your mind is pre-occupied with the mundane activities of daily life.  You read the subject line and it usually reads something like “spooky” or “cool” or “check this out.”

So you open it up.  Now, sometimes this email comes in the form of a link or an attachment .. but there’s no difference .. they’re both as evil as the next.  So you read the message body and it usually says something to the effect of “hey .. check this out .. it’s really weird.  This is a commercial from a car company.  When they filmed it there was this weird mist on the film that they could identify.  All they know is that at one time, there was a bad accident and someone was killed on the road they filmed it and if you look real close you can see the spirit”  and so on and so forth.

Now before I continue, let me say in hind sight that I should know better than to open one of these stupid (expletive) emails, but hey .. I’m human … curiosity … you know.

Anyway ….. so you turn up your speakers and put your nose against the screen searching for this mysterious apparition …. When all of a sudden either something slimy or some little kid with black soulless eyes suddenly pops in front of you accompanied by some hell screech which is about 5 decibels louder than it needs to be.

Your reaction is simple …. Your heart stops beating, you shit your pants, and you make some sort of noise that sounds like a cross between a kitten that just got stepped on and a hooker who didn’t get paid.

I swear to god the next person that send me an email like this is going to get beat in the farging head with a hammer!!

While I’m on this rant let me just say that the picture of the new Pope holding up a beer and a pretzel for communion?  NOT funny so STOP STOP STOP sending it to me!!!

An if you send me an email which says I can see my license on the internet, and I go there and it’s a picture of a monkey?  Well, just know you are a monkey’s ASS!!

…. With that I shall sit back and wait for your emails

Time is a funny thing

2005-10-17T11:20:00.000-04:00

Time is a funny thing ……

I went to a high school football game the other night.  It was the first high school football game I had been to in over 20 years ….. WOW … What a trip THAT was.

I don’t have too many fond memories of high school, hence, I don’t have too many warm and fuzzies about the tradition of the Friday night football game.  I do remember being somewhat intimidated by the football players at the time.  Which is strange because either the high school football players of today are much smaller then those of the 80’s ….. or I am just much MUCH larger than I used to be.

Maybe a little of both?

I also became quite aware … fairly early on … that the attitude of high school kids have seemed to change ….. or has it?

Is it true that we “turn into our parents?”

……………. I’d have to say …… “yes it is”

Yes … time is a funny thing.

I went to 2 separate high school football games … for two weeks in a row ………

…. 20 years apart.

Crosby this, Crosby that

2005-10-13T10:32:00.000-04:00

It’s a hockey night in Pittsburg!!!  Pittsburgh fans of hockey have been waiting since the winter of 2004 to hear those wonderful words from our colorful Penguins commentator, Mike Lang.  And now, we finally have our hockey back.  In addition, due to the changes made during the break, it looks like the Penguins have acquired quite a lineup this year.

We now have Sergei Gonchar, John LeClair, Ziggy Palffy, Jocelyn Thibault, Mark Recchi, Lyle Odelein,  of course … Mario Lemieux, and many other talented players.
If you listen to the media though, you wouldn’t know that.  Actually, if you listened to the media close enough here, you would think that the Pittsburgh Penguin 2005 team consisted of one and ONLY one player.

That’s right boys and girls ….. Sidney Crosby.

Now, I really don’t want this to be a Sidney Crosby bashing rant.  I really don’t know enough about the kid other than what is continuously shoved down my throat on a daily basis.  But enough is enough people!  Give the poor kid a friggin BREAK!  Everytime you turn on the TV here it’s Sidney Crosby this, Sidney Crosby that, Sidney Crosby practiced today, Sidney Crosby ate Captain Crunch for breakfast this morning, Sidney Crosby wiped his ass, Sidney Crosby, Sidney Crosby, Sidney FRICKIN Crosby!

WOW!

Not withstanding the fact that the Penguins have YET to win a game this year (granted, there have only been 4), this kind of media frenzy can’t be good.  I can’t imagine being a fresh faced newbie to the NHL to begin with.  The pressure must be daunting.  Heap a giant spoonful of media mayhem comparing you to none other than Mario Lemiuex and Wayne Gretzky … and I’m sorry folks … but you have a recipe for disaster cooking in the coke ovens of Pittsburgh as I write this.

I have a better idea … why not just paint a big giant bulls-eye right over that number 87 that screams “HEY … COME BREAK ME IN HALF TO PROVE A POINT”

I know we all need heroes, and I know for a fact that the city of Pittsburgh needs a few because to be quite honest, it’s been awhile since we have had more than one.  But heroes are born from the merit of their struggles ….. not because the news media wraps them up in a nice little package and presents them to us with a bow.

Ben Rothlesburger helped the Steelers to win 15 games last year.

Let Crosby grow and become a great player.  Don’t try to force me to love the kid.  If he is as good as you say he is …. Then I and the rest of Pittsburgh will embrace him the way that we do with all our sports heroes …..

With a raised Iron City and a hearty M-HA!

You do the math

2005-10-12T11:48:00.000-04:00

When Hurricane Katrina pummeled the Gulf Coast region of the United States, I became acutely aware of certain comments made by some obscure mullahs in the Middle East.  Unbeknownst to me, it seemed that the hurricane was not an act of nature.  Nope … It was Allah’s hand punishing the infidels.

At last count, the death toll from Katrina hovered somewhere around the thousand soul mark.  Quite sad no matter how you look at it.

Then I started to think about the tsunami last year, the earthquake in Iran back in 2003, and the earthquake that just happened in Pakistan, India, and Kashmir.

The tsunami killed upwards of 120,000 people

The earthquake in Iran killed 15,000 + people

The earthquake in Pakistan killed how many?  About 18,000?

So .. Using Mullah Omar al bashidi al muhammed et al ill an ick al husseini bin asheeb asheep asleep acreep al whacksmacki’s equation, I just absolutely MUST ask myself ….

…… WHO exactly is Allah pissed off at?

I can only appreciate

2005-10-11T14:24:00.000-04:00

….. while the world spins out of control …..

I remember growing up quite well.  Summers were spent outside, playing with my friends .. in the woods …. In backyards … hell, even in the street (even though the age old “don’t play in the street” was eternally drilled into our psyche).  I remember a world that was clean … safe … antiseptic.

Yes, I realize that the world of the 70’s wasn’t REALLY all that ….. but I cannot help but think that the world of the 70’s was so much slower, calmer, and … well … less insane than the world of 2005.

Am I wrong?  Please tell me if I am.

Maybe it’s because I grew up in suburbia …. That’s ok though.  There was a time I was actually embarrassed growing up in a neighborhood that had neatly manicured lawns, a mother AND father in every household, and the security which allowed us to roam the streets without worrying that some scumbag with a nefarious agenda would impede on our God given right to grow up without being harmed.

Not any more …….

When I think of my childhood I become terribly homesick.  Homesick for a home that I will never experience again.  The days of waking up to see what Santa brought me are long past … and sometimes it makes me sad.

We have witnessed things we could never have imagined.  I have traveled to places which shattered my perception of how the world was “supposed” to be.  It’s amazing to step on foreign soil and see the world through the eyes of another culture…….

Then and only then could I truly appreciate how wonderful life has been for me …..

I have succumbed

2005-10-11T10:36:00.000-04:00

I have finally succumbed to the Blogging addiction that has swept across this great land. Be it born from boredom or the need to spew my ideas SOMEWHERE ..... It has happened all the same.

Sigh

It's cold and cloudy again today in Pittsburgh ..... At least I'm not out west where they just got a thousand feet of snow. But fear not kiddies .. the snow will find it's way here. It always does ;-P

The powerball tomorrow is 240 million. That's $240,000,000. I can't even imagine that kind of duckage. I think maybe I'll buy 5 tickets just because ..... Not because I think I will win but because someone has to win so I might as well be the winner.

I feel the need to be bankrupt in three years ..... might as well live like a king to get there

Yes .. I'm greedy .... aren't you?

Liar!

Like sands throught he hourglass ... these are the days of our lives ;-)