Todays thought...People that can't let the deceased rest.

It was brought to my attention today that a soldier, fighting for this country was killed in an accident over in Iraq. They brought this man home so he could be burried properly with his family and friends present.

Now I must sadly report that this funeral was rudely and uncalledly interrupted by a group of protesters from a Kansas based church. They stood on the street in front of the funeral home holding up signs that we Americans are responsible for what happened on September 11th because of the fact that we allow homosexuality to continue in America. Some of the signs held up also said that they support IED's. Not knowing what that was myself...I looked it up. If you are not aware as I wasn't, IED stands for Improvised Explosive Device.

To go further, these IED's are tools used by rebels to attack our troops over in Iraq. Now let me just tell you...I am so pissed off by this right now, I'm shaking while typing this. I should actually probably wait until I calm down to do this entry, but I want everyone who reads this to really feel what I feel right now.

I DONT KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND I DONT CARE WHO YOU ARE. YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN TO FEEL THE WAY YOU FEEL, AND YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO EXPRESS IT. HOWEVER, THE NEXT TIME YOU FEEL LIKE DOING IT AT AN AMERICAN SOLDIERS FUNERAL...THINK ABOUT THIS...HE DIED FOR YOUR FREEDOME TO RUN YOUR MOUTH AND ACT LIKE AN ASS IN FRONT OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE. SECONDLY AS I JUST DISCUSSED WITH SATURN AND IT BRINGS A GOOD POINT...PUT SIMPLY...YOU CALL YOURSELF A CHRISTIAN? YOU CALL YOURSELVES PEOPLE OF GOD? OK, NOW WHAT ABOUT ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, THAT ARE ATHIEST OR AGNOSTIC AND ARE LOOKING TO YOU FOR A POSSIBLE DIRECTION TO GO. WHAT ABOUT THEM? DO YOU THINK THEY ARE GOING TO EVEN REMOTELY THINK ABOUT LOOKING TO THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION WHEN ALL THEY SEE IS YOU SPOUTING THAT GOD PUNISHES US FOR OUR SINS?

HELLO!!! HAVE YOU EVEN READ THE BIBLE? IT SAYS THAT GOD WILL JUDGE US OF OUR SINS, OF ALL OF OUR SINS, ON JUDGEMENT DAY. WHEN YOU GO BEFORE HIM TO SEEK JUDGEMENT INTO HEAVEN. WHAT KIND OF IMAGE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE PORTRAYING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW ABOUT GOD? I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU'RE PORTRAYING TO THEM, THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO OUT INFRONT OF A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHEN THEY ARE TRYING TO PUT SOMEONE TO REST AND ACT LIKE AN ASS IN THE MOST DISRESPECTFUL WAY A MAN COULD EVER TREAT ANOTHER HUMAN BEING. I TELL YOU WHAT. IF YOU ARE AMONGST THOSE PEOPLE AND YOU WERE OUT THERE AND YOU ARE READING THIS NOW...CONCIDER YOUR DAY OF ATONEMENT. THINK ABOUT YOUR JUDGEMENT DAY. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SAY TO GOD? I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW. BECAUSE GOD SAID "JUDGE NOT LEST YE BE JUDGED". HE ALSO SAID "LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR LIKE YOUR BROTHER".

I HAVE NEVER FELT SO ANGRY AT ONE GROUP OF AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT CAN SET THERE AND SPOUT CHRISTIANITY WHILE DOING THE EXACT OPPOSITE. YOU PEOPLE DO NOT NEED TO BE SEEN IN PUBLIC...YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE ACTING LIKE THAT AT A FUNERAL AND YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE CONCIDERING YOURSELVES CHRISTIANS WHEN ALL YOU DO IS ACT LIKE DEVILS. GO BACK HOME TO KANSAS. NOBODY CARES WHO YOU ARE AND NOBODY CARE WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY OR THINK IF YOU'RE GOING TO ACT LIKE THAT. NOBODY WANTS YOU THER. I'LL TELL YOU ONE DAMN THING RIGHT NOW, YOU'D BETTER BE LUCKY THAT YOU DID NOT DO THAT AT ONE OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS FUNERAL BECAUSE IT WOULD BE THE LAST MISTAKE YOU'D EVER MAKE. I WOULDN'T WAIT FOR THE COPS TO RUN YOU OUT OF TOWN. I WOULD RUN YOU OUT MYSELF AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU NEVER CAME BACK. THEN I WOULD SUE THE HELL OUT OF YOU FOR A DEFORMATION OF CHARACTER. BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS IT DEFORMATION OF CHARACTER ON THE SOLDIER THAT DIED...ONCE AGAIN...SO YOU COULD LOOK LIKE AN ASS AT HIS FUNERAL...BUT IT IS ALSO A SERIOUS DEFORMATION OF CHARACTER ON CHRISTIANITY AND ON AMERICA.

In saying this I state only that once again, I don't care who you are or how you think but be tactful. There is a time and a place for everything and I can promise you, the funeral of an American Hero's is NOT the time or the place to preach to a crowd.

GO BACK TO KANSAS! AND DON'T EVER COME OUT OF THE ROCKS YOU LIVE UNDER UNTIL YOU CAN GROW UP AND ACT CIVILIZED. LIKE TRUE CHRISTIANS.

Todays thought...people who think they are better than every one else.

This is probably going to be a bit of a rant so if there is anything you would rather be doing right now, just skip this entry.

It kills me that there are people out there (A lot of people) that think that they are better than anyone below them. You know the type. The hoity toity people that drive the big expensive cars, with the litte froo froo poodles and don't know what a pair of jeans looks like much less would be caught dead in them. The type of people that have their nose stuck so far up in the air that you swear if it rained, they would drown. Better yet, the people that snuff you because you are an average person and you get so irritated that if their little poodle was on fire you wouldn't spit on it to put the fire out. So let me just tell you now...if you are one of those people that judges anyone that doesn't fit in your "class" of people...then you'd better stop reading beause I'm about to really make you upset. For those of you that aren't like that, that know what jeans are and don't judge someone by their looks, read on...you'll probably get a kick out of what I'm about to say.

I saw a bumper sticker today that just about sums up exactly what I have to say to people like that today. Infact, I don't think I could have put it better if I'd tried. Put simply...it says

The next time you think you're so perfect...Try walking on water

I saw that and I was like... Oh yeah! I have got to write about that. And it makes perfect sense! You people that think that you are better than everyone else, better than that, those of you that have more money than you know what to do with...answer me this...Are you happy? I mean really happy? Or are you lonely? Think about it.

Well, thats it for me now, I'm going to bed. Completely content in the fact that I CAN'T walk on water!

Todays thought...The kids, and softball.

So this is going to probably be a short blog for a change but I'm going to try and update more often and not write books.

Lil Joker is doing great! He is so cute. And man does he have it made. Then we have Lil Floor. She is doing so good! She was walking while holding on to things for a little while and then one day she just up and decided she was going to walk on her own and boy did she take off. She's so funny. She now has 4 teeth and when she smiles you can't help but laugh. Then there's Sniper Jr. Just over 2 and doing really good in the learning process. He is just as curious as everything about his new little brother. I watch him and it amazes me how much he learns in such a small amount of time. He says my name and he knows my Pooh Bears name. It's really funny because sometimes Pooh Bear will go over to the house to help out Sniper or Floor with something and he will do it while I'm at work. He will walk in the door and Sniper Jr will call out his name and then run around the house looking for me. He has associated the both of us together and it just baffles his mind that sometimes we're not together. I can only imagine how Floor and Sniper feel about the kids learning the new things because they see new things every day. To you, Floor and Sniper, thanks again for letting Pooh Bear and I be a part of the family.

Now to softball. As I previously mentioned in the last blog...Pooh Bear plays softball with his work. Nothing major league, just a game. Well they play 2 games back to back. They are actually doing pretty good this season. Well, until last game. We lost one guy to the emergency room with a possible broken hand catching a fly ball and running into the fence in the first game. Then in the second game, we lost another guy with a possible ACL tear in his knee catching a fly ball and coming down on his leg wrong. I told he scorekeeper yesterday...it was a bad day for the team...a great day for the hospitals. Well, that is all for now. As I said, I am going to try and keep my blog updated more often, so they will probably be smaller. Enjoy!

I leave you with the thought of a couple of great things in life. The Enjoy that I just put up reminded me. The meaning of B-U-D-W-E-I-S-E-R and C-R-O-W-N R-O-Y-A-L.

Budweiser: Because U Deserve What Every Individual Should Enjoy Regularly

Crown Royal: Consume Regularly On Weekday Nights to Ride Out Your Alltime Lows.

Have a good night everyone.

Todays thought...catching up.

Ok, so first off, Floor had Lil Joker. I got to be there. He was born on Memorial Day this year! What a day it was! 6 lbs 7 oz and 18.5" long. He is so cute! I was tickled to death to be there this time too! Don't think there will be any more in the future for them so I was so blessed and honored to be there. Congrats Floor and Sniper. I'm positive that Lil Joker will make the best addition to the family and I am so blessed to be a part of that. Thank you for allowing me to do that.

Second, Saturn. Saturn and Puck are doing GREAT! It's been so long since I've seen either of them. Pooh Bear and I were going to try and make it up there to see her but it didn't work out. But with any luck, she will be down here in 4 short weeks. I can't wait to see her! She will be here for a couple weeks. So little time. To you Saturn, cant wait to see you when you get here. We have a date for breakfast the morning you get here so just call me when you're in. It can't get here soon enough! I feel completely blessed that you have come into my life and am thankful that you too allow me to do so. I can't tell you enough how glad I am we've become as good of friends as we have.

Third, my mama. She is still progressing greatly with her implant. It may sound stupid to some of you but I am so happy. She heard Pooh Bear trimming his beard the other day. It was the most awesome thing in the world. To you mama, I am so proud of you! I just can't say that enough! You are one of the strongest people I know and I couldn't be prouder to call you my mama.

On that note, my daddy. I haven't talked about him too much in my blog. He's doing great. About to retire. Counting down the days. I remembered when I used to make fun of him because he would say "I have 4 years, 2 months, 16 days and 6 hours until retirement." Well, now I've been working for a little while at a company that I think I could probably retire at pretty good. So I totally feel what my daddy was saying. So daddy...just for you, as of this day...I have 27 years, 5 months, 22 days and roughly 12 hours. Yeah, I have a long way to go. But hey, ya know....Cest' la Vie.

On another note about stupid people...my Pooh Bear plays softball in a work league. 2 weeks ago they played. In the end of the first game, one of the guys on Pooh's team slid into home plate. He took out the catcher that was standing over the base. Now I don't know that much about softball but I know that the catcher is not supposed to cover home plate if a slider is coming. So, of course, Pooh's team mate slid into home and took out the catcher. He was safe. Well the other team of course faught the call with the ump and refused to accept that he was safe. Well the people on the other team started a big commotion about the whole mess. Well push came to shove and 2 of the people ended up getting kicked out of the game, and there was a third that was on his way out. Well he opened his mouth, called the ump a certain 5 letter colorful metaphore and he got kicked out of the game. At that point, there were just enough people to play on that team. They would take a heavy beating getting an out every time one of the players was up to bat, but still, enough people. But it doesn't stop there. We all think its all said and done and one of the other teammembers wives starts screaming at the ump saying its a bs call and just cussin and carrying on. This gets the umps feathers ruffled and the teammember and it starts a screaming match. The ump kicked that player out of the game and off the field for 3 weeks. Had to physically throw this guy out of the ball field. Then the wife starts up again. And at that point I just wanted to go "SHUT UP!" If she hadn't opened her mouth in the first place her husband might still be able to play. I mean come on people. You may not agree with the call but the umpire made but ya know. WAKE UP! IT'S A GAME! A softball game at that! Its not like there are major leage scouts in the stands! Come off it! Remember people, it doesn't do you any good getting upset at a bad call. Not that upset. It's a game. You didn't lose any money by getting that bad call. You aren't going to be scared for life. Unless you are the type of person to get scarred for life due to a bad call during a softball game. And if you are then let me put my foot in my mouth by saying you need to go back to the rock that you crawled up from and get back up under there. You are going to get bad calls no matter where you are or what you do. Get used to it. It's called life. You don't always get what you want on a silver platter. And those of you that do get things handed to you on a silver platter your whole life, I pitty you. Its sad to know that you will never be able to appreciate the value of a dollar bill. Or a penny for that matter.

Now that I'm done with that rant...on to some funnies. I e-mailed a friend of mine the other day about oxymorons. And I just wanted to share a few of them with you...to make you readers laugh. (For those of you who aren't sure what an oxymoron is, the definition of it is A rhetorical figure in which contradictory terms are combined). First we have Jumbo Shrimp. Now just think about that one. Jumbo Shrimp. Ok, then we have a 1 Liter Squirt. Now granted as I said in my e-mail, I haven't seen and Orange Squirt in forever..but hey, ya know. Next we have The Littlest Giant. Granted that is a kids story but still. Oh, and here's one for ya...Freezer Burn! Yeah, I love that one. Then that leads me to something that my daddy taught me when I was very young. The story of contradiciton. Now I don't know all of it, and there are many versions of it, but the one I was taught as a kid goes like this.

One bright day, in the middle of the night,
Two dead boys, got up to fight
Back to back they faced eachother
Drew their swords and shot eachother
A deaf police man heard the noise
And came to kill the two dead boys
If you do not believe this lie is true,
Just ask the blind man, he saw it all too.

Then another one that I learned later in life but have learned just the same...

Ladies and Jelliespoons,
I come before you, to stand behind you
To tell you something I know nothing about.
Next Thursday, on Good Friday
There will be a Womens meeting, for Men only.
Admission is free, you pay at the door
Pull up a chair and sit on the floor.
The topics of discussion will be
What color to white wash the walls,
And who will be allowed to sit on the corners of the round table.

Well I'm going to go for now and finish my book. To quote my cousin Frog...Ta ta for now! It's bed time!