This is a topic that sends many running for cover. It is an emotional issue and although viewpoints tend to be very polarizing, I don’t feel like it should be ignored. The topic is gay unions.
I know the arguments on both sides. Some would also say I am arguing semantics and if you feel that way there’s not much use in reading on because I don’t think of it simply as that. You have two words that seem to be the crux of the controversy; marriage and union. Some would say there’s no difference. I would say there’s a hugs difference. You see I have a faith background that has taught me that the bible is the word of God and that fact alone makes me understand that marriage is a sacrament, a sacred bond between a man and a woman. If you believe you are a Christian and you hold the bible to be the ultimate law then you can not deny this. If you do deny this fact then you hold man’s beliefs and culture to be the supreme law.
This is not an indictment against homosexuality. That really is a different discussion altogether. This is taking a sacred event and calling it whatever you want to satisfy human emotions and so called progressive culture.
I think this discussion is really a reflection of what is happening to our world and what is happening to people of faith. We do not define God’s laws as much as we would like to do that. In other words you either live under a set of rules and laws or you make them up as you go just to make life easier for everyone.
As far as the term civil union I do think that is an appropriate description of what it is gays are involved with. That does not discount their love for each other but merely defines what their bond is. I don’t believe they should be denied the legal aspects of what marriage provides but to call it a marriage in my mind is not correct.
So I know I’ve ticked off about half of the people that read my drivel because this topic has split society. I can hear many saying so what’s the big deal? To me it is a big deal specifically because to me God’s word is a big deal.
I don’t pretend to know all the answers but I do know what I believe and as distasteful as it is to some whom would rather I just shut up and go along I will share my opinion. The one really great thing left in our country (at least as this time) is that we are free to express our thoughts without fear of retribution. That could be changing but for now it still exists and as long as it does you will have to suffer through my thoughts.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Pain......
Pain. Not a word that evokes positive feelings. I have been thinking, ok enough head shaking, and I have decided that the main problem with our society is that everyone will do anything possible to avoid pain. Pain is a part of life. Without some type of pain you have no way to judge triumph.
I say this not because I want myself or anyone I care about to deal with pain. I say it because I know that it is inevitable and the way we succeed is by overcoming pain and learning from pain not by avoiding it altogether. Everyone knows the adage that he (or she to be pc) who doesn’t learn from the past is doomed to repeat it. One more saying is the definition of insanity is to repeat an action over and over expecting different results. Think about it….how many times does the average person break their right leg in a lifetime? I’m thinking that most people (Evel Knievel excluded) that do it once learn from the pain.
Now that is the most overt and obvious kind of pain. There are others much more subtle and I would suggest that in many ways the most damaging. We are now living amongst a growing number of humans that think pain should not be a part of life. There can be no winners and losers. Everyone should be a winner. Once that notion takes hold than really mediocrity is born. Why would anyone give extra effort to be better if there was no reward? Losing isn’t fun. It never was meant to be. Losing is a part of learning how to win. To be fair, I have been accused, and rightly so, of being too competitive. If you grow up in a little larger family you better learn to be competitive. Some learn better than others. They generally tend to win more. Have I learned from all of my mistakes? God no but if I do repeat a mistake who can I blame for the outcome? George Bush? OK not gonna do it……..(little George Bush impression there).
I have always had a problem with some of the games played by our very young crumb crunchers in where there are no winners or losers to protect their self esteem. I would suggest that you teach a child how to be a winner and their self esteem will be much more genuine and teach a child how to deal with losing and their self esteem will also be more honest. By the way I also am against outcome based education…..I don’t care how you add it up but if you tell a child 1 plus 1 equals 3 you are setting them up for failure. Life is not about feeling good all the time about yourself. If you really want to feel good about yourself learn something new and yes even learning something new can be a lesson from some sort of pain.
That’s my sermon today. You can live your life trying to avoid pain….or you can be even more successful by learning from mistakes…..and yes pain.
I say this not because I want myself or anyone I care about to deal with pain. I say it because I know that it is inevitable and the way we succeed is by overcoming pain and learning from pain not by avoiding it altogether. Everyone knows the adage that he (or she to be pc) who doesn’t learn from the past is doomed to repeat it. One more saying is the definition of insanity is to repeat an action over and over expecting different results. Think about it….how many times does the average person break their right leg in a lifetime? I’m thinking that most people (Evel Knievel excluded) that do it once learn from the pain.
Now that is the most overt and obvious kind of pain. There are others much more subtle and I would suggest that in many ways the most damaging. We are now living amongst a growing number of humans that think pain should not be a part of life. There can be no winners and losers. Everyone should be a winner. Once that notion takes hold than really mediocrity is born. Why would anyone give extra effort to be better if there was no reward? Losing isn’t fun. It never was meant to be. Losing is a part of learning how to win. To be fair, I have been accused, and rightly so, of being too competitive. If you grow up in a little larger family you better learn to be competitive. Some learn better than others. They generally tend to win more. Have I learned from all of my mistakes? God no but if I do repeat a mistake who can I blame for the outcome? George Bush? OK not gonna do it……..(little George Bush impression there).
I have always had a problem with some of the games played by our very young crumb crunchers in where there are no winners or losers to protect their self esteem. I would suggest that you teach a child how to be a winner and their self esteem will be much more genuine and teach a child how to deal with losing and their self esteem will also be more honest. By the way I also am against outcome based education…..I don’t care how you add it up but if you tell a child 1 plus 1 equals 3 you are setting them up for failure. Life is not about feeling good all the time about yourself. If you really want to feel good about yourself learn something new and yes even learning something new can be a lesson from some sort of pain.
That’s my sermon today. You can live your life trying to avoid pain….or you can be even more successful by learning from mistakes…..and yes pain.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
2012
So it’s a brand new year. 2012 is upon us and now everyone usually attempts to take stock in what they need to change. Most don’t succeed in changing anything but at least I suppose they recognize what changes they should make. Some make valiant attempts to make changes that sometimes last a month or two. I guess I fall in the some category most of the time….does that make sense? Why am I asking you? It’s not as if I’m going to get an answer. Who am I talking to anyway?
OK so back to the topic; New Year’s resolutions. I wonder when they started to become fashionable. I did a little research but found little in the way of historical data about the origins of New Year’s resolutions however it certainly sounds like something our so called progressive culture has adopted. Here are the five steps listed to making successful resolutions:
1. Make it specific.
2. Make it realistic.
3. Make it known.
4. Make it measurable by time.
5. Make it fun and rewarding.
These sound like reasonable steps. It would seem that if you follow these guidelines you can achieve your resolutions. My fundamental problem is after reading and re-reading these steps I pretty much have decided I will fail. I’m sorry, that may not be completely true, but that sure looks like a lot of work. One interesting tidbit I read was that people who have had success in the past at sticking to resolutions have about an 80% chance of repeating their success. One thing that concerns me about that fact is I can’t even REMEMBER what last year’s resolutions were. That doesn’t seem to bode well at my success this year.
So I must look at the usual list of suspects in my resolutionary quest. (New word there….kind of slick don’t you think?) There I go again asking questions to no one. The list is weight loss, drink less coffee, exercise more, fix basically everything on our house and oh did I mention weight loss? I am anticipating with great disdain the onslaught of fitness center commercials as well as weight loss miracle pill commercials. If you have it and there is a pill for it, it would seem many Americans will buy it. I have a weight loss pill I want to market. It is a pill you hold between your teeth that takes about 10 hours to dissolve. That should just about do it. The drink less coffee resolution should not be as difficult although I did get one of those K Cup machines for Christmas and it is great so that may put the Kibosh on the whole coffee reduction. Exercise more and weight loss kind of dovetail so although I haven’t been as successful in the past I really am looking at and incidentally, have made a few changes even in 2011. The house…..ah yes the house. Well it is a work in progress and will be for some time. To call this a resolution is really a misrepresentation. It should be more a shuffling of priorities. It is not something I should try to change ……more so something I absolutely MUST work on.
I am now officially done talking about this. My fervent hope is that all of you who read this do indeed have a successful 2012 and if that includes making some changes that you can stick with and live by you are likely ahead of 90% of the rest of us!
OK so back to the topic; New Year’s resolutions. I wonder when they started to become fashionable. I did a little research but found little in the way of historical data about the origins of New Year’s resolutions however it certainly sounds like something our so called progressive culture has adopted. Here are the five steps listed to making successful resolutions:
1. Make it specific.
2. Make it realistic.
3. Make it known.
4. Make it measurable by time.
5. Make it fun and rewarding.
These sound like reasonable steps. It would seem that if you follow these guidelines you can achieve your resolutions. My fundamental problem is after reading and re-reading these steps I pretty much have decided I will fail. I’m sorry, that may not be completely true, but that sure looks like a lot of work. One interesting tidbit I read was that people who have had success in the past at sticking to resolutions have about an 80% chance of repeating their success. One thing that concerns me about that fact is I can’t even REMEMBER what last year’s resolutions were. That doesn’t seem to bode well at my success this year.
So I must look at the usual list of suspects in my resolutionary quest. (New word there….kind of slick don’t you think?) There I go again asking questions to no one. The list is weight loss, drink less coffee, exercise more, fix basically everything on our house and oh did I mention weight loss? I am anticipating with great disdain the onslaught of fitness center commercials as well as weight loss miracle pill commercials. If you have it and there is a pill for it, it would seem many Americans will buy it. I have a weight loss pill I want to market. It is a pill you hold between your teeth that takes about 10 hours to dissolve. That should just about do it. The drink less coffee resolution should not be as difficult although I did get one of those K Cup machines for Christmas and it is great so that may put the Kibosh on the whole coffee reduction. Exercise more and weight loss kind of dovetail so although I haven’t been as successful in the past I really am looking at and incidentally, have made a few changes even in 2011. The house…..ah yes the house. Well it is a work in progress and will be for some time. To call this a resolution is really a misrepresentation. It should be more a shuffling of priorities. It is not something I should try to change ……more so something I absolutely MUST work on.
I am now officially done talking about this. My fervent hope is that all of you who read this do indeed have a successful 2012 and if that includes making some changes that you can stick with and live by you are likely ahead of 90% of the rest of us!
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
A Christmas Letter to My Dad
Dear Dad,
Well it’s now coming up on my second Christmas without you. I’ve been told by many that with each passing year it will get easier to deal with my loss. While in my head I know this to be true my heart just can’t sign on to that theory….not just yet.
I think you really did enjoy this time of year. I remember the gatherings at Christmas Eve. I even remember waking you up on Christmas morning..sometimes overtly and sometimes covertly. I remember one year getting a cassette recorder for Christmas. I remember taping you snoring and also remember you not really appreciating the humor. Oh well I was just a mischievous kid trying to live up to his mischievous Dad.
You were always about family especially this time of year. I really miss that. I really missed you being the focal point. I would give anything to have just one more Christmas with you. I would really give anything to even get one more handshake from my hero of heroes. These letters are always so difficult to write because while I know where your soul is now….I have no address to send this. While I know you are where we all strive to be I still have difficulty writing through the tears to express that thought.
You did not teach me to express my emotions as I even do now. You were brought up in a time and place where showing those emotions was almost considered a sign of weakness. I think living and having the benefit of a sensitive soul mate has helped me develop a sort of emotional maturity. I am both proud and in awe of my wife and I know you are too. There are few people on this planet that have inspired me as much as Linda. I am blessed to have her to lean on and to be leaned on.
So Dad…..know that I am doing fine. You gave me a strong sense of self responsibility and I think a strong moral compass to guide me through some pretty large challenges. I oftentimes look at a particular situation or challenge and consider how you would handle it. So although I say this a lot, it can never be said enough….I thank God for every day we had together. I thank him for the gift of a patient and caring father. I thank him for a man of both a generous heart and a giving soul.
While I may not have you to talk to in the flesh I am so blessed to have you to speak to and to have had you as a father. You may not be by my side any longer but you will always be an indelible and unmovable part of my spirit. Merry Christmas Dad…..and I love you.
Well it’s now coming up on my second Christmas without you. I’ve been told by many that with each passing year it will get easier to deal with my loss. While in my head I know this to be true my heart just can’t sign on to that theory….not just yet.
I think you really did enjoy this time of year. I remember the gatherings at Christmas Eve. I even remember waking you up on Christmas morning..sometimes overtly and sometimes covertly. I remember one year getting a cassette recorder for Christmas. I remember taping you snoring and also remember you not really appreciating the humor. Oh well I was just a mischievous kid trying to live up to his mischievous Dad.
You were always about family especially this time of year. I really miss that. I really missed you being the focal point. I would give anything to have just one more Christmas with you. I would really give anything to even get one more handshake from my hero of heroes. These letters are always so difficult to write because while I know where your soul is now….I have no address to send this. While I know you are where we all strive to be I still have difficulty writing through the tears to express that thought.
You did not teach me to express my emotions as I even do now. You were brought up in a time and place where showing those emotions was almost considered a sign of weakness. I think living and having the benefit of a sensitive soul mate has helped me develop a sort of emotional maturity. I am both proud and in awe of my wife and I know you are too. There are few people on this planet that have inspired me as much as Linda. I am blessed to have her to lean on and to be leaned on.
So Dad…..know that I am doing fine. You gave me a strong sense of self responsibility and I think a strong moral compass to guide me through some pretty large challenges. I oftentimes look at a particular situation or challenge and consider how you would handle it. So although I say this a lot, it can never be said enough….I thank God for every day we had together. I thank him for the gift of a patient and caring father. I thank him for a man of both a generous heart and a giving soul.
While I may not have you to talk to in the flesh I am so blessed to have you to speak to and to have had you as a father. You may not be by my side any longer but you will always be an indelible and unmovable part of my spirit. Merry Christmas Dad…..and I love you.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
My Friend Chuck
My Friend, Chuck
I knew this day would come…..we all knew this day would come. Chuck fought a hard valiant fight against a most vicious and heartless disease. But one thing I know and anyone who ever had the pleasure of knowing this man….the disease may had won over his body but it never took his spirit or his mind or his incredible positive attitude. In short, cancer never defined Chuck…only Chuck defined Chuck.
The fact is Chuck’s life was his soul definer. He never met a person that wasn’t an immediate friend. He was a devoted husband, a great friend and very active and connected to his church. He was always there on Thursday nights before a chicken BBQ hacking up chickens with the rest of us. He was there on the hanging of the greens day before the Christmas season began. He was a devoted Vestry member for countless years and was always a very positive and well thought part of that body. Anything Chuck cared about he made sure others cared about as well but he did it in a manner that others could not help but care. That was one of Chuck’s gifts. It’s why he was a successful business man as well.
I will miss Chuck. I will miss his stories. I will miss his wisdom. I will miss his contagious smile. I will miss his friendship. God has definitely gained another angel. We are left now to try to deal with the loss and sorrow. In Chuck’s case I think the way to do that is honor his life by doing the very thing he did until his final day…..don’t ever take anything for granted and live each day….each minute as if it is your last. Rest in peace my old friend…..you are loved, cherished and will be missed.
I knew this day would come…..we all knew this day would come. Chuck fought a hard valiant fight against a most vicious and heartless disease. But one thing I know and anyone who ever had the pleasure of knowing this man….the disease may had won over his body but it never took his spirit or his mind or his incredible positive attitude. In short, cancer never defined Chuck…only Chuck defined Chuck.
The fact is Chuck’s life was his soul definer. He never met a person that wasn’t an immediate friend. He was a devoted husband, a great friend and very active and connected to his church. He was always there on Thursday nights before a chicken BBQ hacking up chickens with the rest of us. He was there on the hanging of the greens day before the Christmas season began. He was a devoted Vestry member for countless years and was always a very positive and well thought part of that body. Anything Chuck cared about he made sure others cared about as well but he did it in a manner that others could not help but care. That was one of Chuck’s gifts. It’s why he was a successful business man as well.
I will miss Chuck. I will miss his stories. I will miss his wisdom. I will miss his contagious smile. I will miss his friendship. God has definitely gained another angel. We are left now to try to deal with the loss and sorrow. In Chuck’s case I think the way to do that is honor his life by doing the very thing he did until his final day…..don’t ever take anything for granted and live each day….each minute as if it is your last. Rest in peace my old friend…..you are loved, cherished and will be missed.
Monday, October 3, 2011
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So I thought I would comment on Spam. Below are the most recent 12 emails I received this morning. This stuff is worse than the circulars I get in my mailbox. It would seem there is little that can be done to stop this hideous onslaught of this most always unwelcome and quite frequently offensive drivel. You can put all the filters you want on your mailbox and what often happens is you will filter out the important stuff and get something about male testosterone boosters.
Looking at this list, at least it’s not obscenely offensive. Let’s examine each e-mail one by one shall we? I may qualify for financial aid huh? OK, fishing expedition…sorry I don’t need it. Of course the very next e-mail makes the bold statement that a credit score of 750 is “great”! So if I get the financial aid I’m guessing that the second e-mail would be irrelevant?
To speak to the third e-mail…..I’ve got plenty of certifications and just keeping them up is enough, thank you! Another fishing expedition that will get them nowhere with me. I wonder how many people respond to this junk. Enough, apparently to justify its annoying frequency.
I don’t want to look inside to get my free Walmart groceries for a year….just give them to me and we can each go our merry way.
The next one just makes me wonder why 51% off? Why not 50 or 55? Is this a psychological way to make more folks notice? I guess in my case it worked on some level.
OK, the 7 day forecast is something I can use with the exception of the fact that they only stand a chance of getting tomorrow’s weather somewhat accurate. The rest of the week my knee can typically be more accurate.
My “exclusive” 20% offer ends tonight! Oh my God……so this is my offer and mine alone? I am really going to regret not using this exclusive offer. Sorry folks, perhaps you’ll get your own exclusive offer some day.
I am going to miss out on yet another offer, although not exclusive it would seem. By their line it looks like they missed offering a discount on Down coats last time and some heads must have rolled.
The next one is mildly offensive. First of all just how would they know if my testosterone level was low? Might be a good guess on their part but it seems that is a pretty personal issue and I will use my own dipstick to check my testosterone level with no help form GNC!
Now seriously if I got a 350 K loan for $13.04 a month it would take me like 400 years to pay it off. I didn’t just fall off the applecart….especially using that archaic phrase.
I really love the buffet survival strategy book. I could write that book….it would say AVOID BUFFETS. I wonder how much I could sell that book for?
And finally the one email line that actually makes some sense. Fall has arrived! Wait…..has it?? Or have I slept for a month? I have to stop taking that Ambien…perhaps I’ll get an email from GNC about getting some help sleeping! I can’t wait!
So that’s my exciting list of spam email for now. I obviously have more when I returned home but I think I’ve made my point. This stuff wears me out and it is hard to believe that people are employed out in cyberland to just continually molest people with this type of junk e-mail. I want to interview someone some day that states they were a junk mail creator just so I can communicate how thankful I am.
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7 Day Forecast Mon Oct 3, 2011
Your exclusive offer ends tonight: 20% OFF Sitewide
Ends today! Take 30% off 1 item - including new Down Coats
ATTENTION MEN: Save 60% NOW on GNC's New Clinically Proven Testosterone Booster!
350k Coverage as low as 13.04/month!
Buffet Survival Strategies
Fall has arrived. And so have the savings.
So I thought I would comment on Spam. Below are the most recent 12 emails I received this morning. This stuff is worse than the circulars I get in my mailbox. It would seem there is little that can be done to stop this hideous onslaught of this most always unwelcome and quite frequently offensive drivel. You can put all the filters you want on your mailbox and what often happens is you will filter out the important stuff and get something about male testosterone boosters.
Looking at this list, at least it’s not obscenely offensive. Let’s examine each e-mail one by one shall we? I may qualify for financial aid huh? OK, fishing expedition…sorry I don’t need it. Of course the very next e-mail makes the bold statement that a credit score of 750 is “great”! So if I get the financial aid I’m guessing that the second e-mail would be irrelevant?
To speak to the third e-mail…..I’ve got plenty of certifications and just keeping them up is enough, thank you! Another fishing expedition that will get them nowhere with me. I wonder how many people respond to this junk. Enough, apparently to justify its annoying frequency.
I don’t want to look inside to get my free Walmart groceries for a year….just give them to me and we can each go our merry way.
The next one just makes me wonder why 51% off? Why not 50 or 55? Is this a psychological way to make more folks notice? I guess in my case it worked on some level.
OK, the 7 day forecast is something I can use with the exception of the fact that they only stand a chance of getting tomorrow’s weather somewhat accurate. The rest of the week my knee can typically be more accurate.
My “exclusive” 20% offer ends tonight! Oh my God……so this is my offer and mine alone? I am really going to regret not using this exclusive offer. Sorry folks, perhaps you’ll get your own exclusive offer some day.
I am going to miss out on yet another offer, although not exclusive it would seem. By their line it looks like they missed offering a discount on Down coats last time and some heads must have rolled.
The next one is mildly offensive. First of all just how would they know if my testosterone level was low? Might be a good guess on their part but it seems that is a pretty personal issue and I will use my own dipstick to check my testosterone level with no help form GNC!
Now seriously if I got a 350 K loan for $13.04 a month it would take me like 400 years to pay it off. I didn’t just fall off the applecart….especially using that archaic phrase.
I really love the buffet survival strategy book. I could write that book….it would say AVOID BUFFETS. I wonder how much I could sell that book for?
And finally the one email line that actually makes some sense. Fall has arrived! Wait…..has it?? Or have I slept for a month? I have to stop taking that Ambien…perhaps I’ll get an email from GNC about getting some help sleeping! I can’t wait!
So that’s my exciting list of spam email for now. I obviously have more when I returned home but I think I’ve made my point. This stuff wears me out and it is hard to believe that people are employed out in cyberland to just continually molest people with this type of junk e-mail. I want to interview someone some day that states they were a junk mail creator just so I can communicate how thankful I am.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Random Thoughts
As I sit here in Orlando International Airport my mind wanders and I begin to observe people and also allow my brain to ponder things that most people, for good reason, do not. So here are a few of those random thoughts, etc.
The first thing is it seems that any airport in the world that wants more noteriety puts the tag international in front of its name. It would seem that if an immigrant is employed by the airport it qualifies As international.
It also occurs to me there are a few groups of people always doing battle. The people that have kids, have had kids, have never had kids and who are planning to have kids. I'm sure that no matter where you fall you have made instant judgements about the others. I am in the group, obvious to most, of having had kids. I wish I was better at connecting to young children. I don't seem to have a problem with teens on up but for some inexplicable reason I have difficulty with the droolers.....and yes I am referring to the young droolers. Just a self observation.
On the kids topic, when did so many parents stop being parents? I am talking about those parents that think most any large store is a play land for their children and basically no rules apply.
Another related thought is I'm curious where common civility went. People are so quick to make
Judgements of others. How has that happened? Have we as a society lost all patience and understanding of strangers? Assumptions have taken the place of learning. I realize I'm using a broad brush and many I associate with don't fall in this category. This is just a general observation and airports are a great place to make those.
Another thought that will tick off most everyone. I think they should lock the overhead bins in planes and make people check everything. I get so tired of the people who carry a two week supply of clothing, supplies, furniture and who knows what else on the plane and attempt to cram their stuff in an overhead bin. It sure would speed up the boarding and unboarding process. I know many of you think you beat the man at his game of charging you extra and you have but remember this when you have 10 minutes to get off your plane and make it all the way across the Dallas Airport....who wins then?
Ok, time for me to go get worked over by the TSA. Just some thoughts that probably most have considered a waste of time to read. I win this time!
The first thing is it seems that any airport in the world that wants more noteriety puts the tag international in front of its name. It would seem that if an immigrant is employed by the airport it qualifies As international.
It also occurs to me there are a few groups of people always doing battle. The people that have kids, have had kids, have never had kids and who are planning to have kids. I'm sure that no matter where you fall you have made instant judgements about the others. I am in the group, obvious to most, of having had kids. I wish I was better at connecting to young children. I don't seem to have a problem with teens on up but for some inexplicable reason I have difficulty with the droolers.....and yes I am referring to the young droolers. Just a self observation.
On the kids topic, when did so many parents stop being parents? I am talking about those parents that think most any large store is a play land for their children and basically no rules apply.
Another related thought is I'm curious where common civility went. People are so quick to make
Judgements of others. How has that happened? Have we as a society lost all patience and understanding of strangers? Assumptions have taken the place of learning. I realize I'm using a broad brush and many I associate with don't fall in this category. This is just a general observation and airports are a great place to make those.
Another thought that will tick off most everyone. I think they should lock the overhead bins in planes and make people check everything. I get so tired of the people who carry a two week supply of clothing, supplies, furniture and who knows what else on the plane and attempt to cram their stuff in an overhead bin. It sure would speed up the boarding and unboarding process. I know many of you think you beat the man at his game of charging you extra and you have but remember this when you have 10 minutes to get off your plane and make it all the way across the Dallas Airport....who wins then?
Ok, time for me to go get worked over by the TSA. Just some thoughts that probably most have considered a waste of time to read. I win this time!
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