I love my iPhone

I got it last August. It’s my toy. I still have my VZW account as well. My contract for it is up in October. I’m thinking I might cancel my phone with VZW then and just keep the iPhone. I just wish that ATT would bundle the text messages into the plan. It sucks having to pay extra for them.

What a slacker am I

I’ve neglected this site. And that’s a bummer. New job role .. nosey people .. busy schedule .. no time.  I’ve not made time to do the things that I should be doing or want to be doing.

For the most part life has been good, yet busy. And considering the current economic conditions we are blessed.

I’ve not weighed in on the bailouts our government is into .. I think they are wrong. I think our government has driven the last nails into America’s coffin. Our current socialist leadership has led us down the rabbithole and we are now screwed. I fear what we are leaving for my children, grandchildren and great grandchildren to clean up after. I could write volumes on this, and no one would care.  It is what it is … we got what we deserved because no one really cared enough to raise the flag on what happened last November. I tried. I protested. No one cared. No one listened.

Welcome 2009, I look forward to the change you bring

Every year we all go through the motions of setting goals and trying to reach them. Some succeed most fail. Resolutions are a good thing, right? Wrong? Don’t know? Don’t care?

Every year I make a list of ten things I’d like to accomplish in the upcoming year. I usually hit half. The reason I never get to the other half is I forget what they are until December rolls around and I remember the list I made last December. So this year I’ve decided to make a list of 5 things I’d like to accomplish.

1. Get down to 215 pounds
2. Read the Bible – all of it
3. Find a new church to attend, something small & Bible based
4. Clean my garage (seems like I never get this one done)
5. Organize my home office

And that’s it! Nothing more.

And of course now we get the change everyone wanted so badly. I don’t think we ever got a clear definition of what the “change” will be. So hold on to what you can …..

Naughty or Nice?

It’s been a while. But I think I’m back.

I have been thinking about this whole naughty and nice thing since it is Christmas. I’ve been reflecting on this past year and tried to determine where I would land on the Naughty/Nice scale. I have come to the conclusion I am over all nice with an occasional naughty thrown in.

So where does this whole naughty/nice thing come from? Christianity? Yeah I think so … you know if you are an atheist or pagan and you “celebrate” the Christmas “thing” you are embracing Christian ideologies. The whole naughty/nice thing and getting a reward from St. Nicholas (now commonly referred to a Santa … miss spell it and we get … Satan?) for being good through the year. I think that’s is why Christians are so screwed up. They think getting the “reward” at the end of their life is based on how good they are. It’s not about that at all. It’s about your relationship with God and of course Jesus.

I’m not a Bible scholar. I don’t know much really other than what I read, study and learn from others. And what I’ve learned boils down to this; nothing I physically do will get me into heaven. No amount of good acts, not living a good life, not helping others. None of it matters. My passage has already been purchased and paid for in full. All I have to do is accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior and have a personal relationship with Him. It’s harder than it sounds. Think about all your friends. You act differently around each of them. Some you might go drinking with. Some you go to ball games with. Some you shop with. You do things differently around each of them. Now imagine Jesus as your friend. Imagine him by your side everywhere you go. You might find yourself trying to duck away. It’s hard to be “nice” all the time! At least it is for me. To be honest it’s only hard because I make it that way. I’m selfish. And being selfish leads to doing what’s “best” for me. And you would think that would be me pursuing a relationship with Jesus. But most of the time it’s what would benefit me now.

So stack it up, I did a bunch of nice things this year. I’ve been pleasant to almost everyone. I’ve made donations. Done charity work. All very nice and good things. But I’ve fallen short in the relations area and that’s where I will be spending my time and efforts this next year.

So what about you? Naughty? Nice?

My imagination ..

There are some things that I should not be allowed to see. I have an imagination and can take things a little too far and can scare myself.

Example: Last weekend I had the chance to go Christmas “errand running” with my wife for 8 hours. If you ask me errand running does not take 8 hours. But in her book it was errand running. I guess men in general don’t have the same shopping stamina that women have. While “errand running” I had the chance to socialize with other men who were also duped into “errand running”. Some had it worse than I had, they had been at it since breakfast. Their wives had conned them into going out for breakfast and “running a few errands”. At least my trip didn’t begin until noon.

While socializing with the other men I happened to notice that the comfy chairs and benches offered a view of the mall’s Victoria’s Secret store. And while talking with the other men I had noticed some of the women coming and going from the store. There were all types of women. The older women kinda caught me by surprise. I’m talking 60’s or perhaps early 70’s … There were tall ones and short ones. Pretty ones and not so pretty ones. There were skinny ones and not so skinny ones. And there were several “just right” ones. And they all came out with different size bags. Some with small bags. Some medium bags and a couple large ones (they must have bought bathrobes or pajamas). The large bags were very rare. I then wondered if they didn’t have a robe in the bag or pajamas they must have been rich. Have you seen the prices of the stuff in the store? $50 for a bra!? To fill up one of those large bags with $50 bras and $10 panties (I’m glad I can go to Wal-Mart and buy a 6 pack of tagless Hanes briefs for $10) it had to be $500 or $600. So I’m thinking bathrobe or pajamas.

You see, this is where I get myself in trouble with my imagination. You can infer many things from the size of the bag and how it hangs in one’s hands and know if there is any weight to the contents or not. A lighter bag will not look fully unfolded. A bag with some weight to it will unfold more. If the bag has weight to it, it swings differently when carried. If it’s really light it flops and twists more. I’m not just talking from Victoria’s Secret, I’m talking from any store. I’m sure you bought just a card and had it put into a bag and carried it from the store. You know how that looks and feels. I’m sure you have gone to Wal-Mart and bought something like a deodorant stick or perhaps a bottle of perfume and had it put into the same size bag and it behaved entirely different when carried than the bag with the card, right?

Then I saw that which scares me the most, the fat women (I’m not talking slightly over weight or pleasantly plump here .. I’m talking huge) that came out with the little bags that reacted like they had little to no weight in them. And this is the part that gets me in trouble, in my mind I was telling myself “she went in for the perfume .. she went in for the perfume or a gift card” but it wasn’t working. I kept getting an image in my mind of the scene in Jack Black’s movie “Shallow Hal” where he’s in bed and a huge pair of thong panties come flying at him. And all I could do is cringe at the mental image I had in my head.

I wish there was a way to wash my mind out with soap …

And about that time wife showed up .. with a small, light bag from Victoria’s Secret and again my imagination kicked in … but I’m not allowed to look until Christmas! I guess it pays to “errand run”.