Easter basket IED

Usama Bin Laden may be gone, but there are small terrorists still lurking about.  Just the other morning I came downstairs and found a horrific scene in the living room.  Unbeknownst to us, someone had infilitrated our security perimeter and planted an Easter basket IED. 

The carnage of the IED is seen here.  Sheer devastation! This is a sight that no parent wants to walk into.  Unfortunately, it happens every spring in houses all across the country.

While the debris field is extensive, the most shocking aspect is that all of the candy in the eggs was vaporized.  I don't know what type of explosive was used, but to see all of the candy gone with only paper grass and egg shells scattered was baffling.  Fortunately, the boys are all okay.  The only noted injuries were splatterings of chocolate on the boys' faces.  They'll pull through; it's nothing a wet wash cloth couldn't handle.

The Trump Sounds Off

The Donald sure knows how to get attention.  If he's not calling out POTUS to produce a birth certificate then he's hanging out in Vegas saying what many of us would love to say: our politically correct pansy-esque approach to world politics needs to end.  While I don't agree with the statement that our politicians are stupid (that paints with too broad of a brush) I do agree the we we need to draw a line in the sand.

The greatest point made in Trump's speech had to do with infrastructure and the fact that our government seems more concerned about infrastructure in other countries more than in our homeland.  Trump said:

"We build a school, we build a road. They blow up the road. They blow up the school. We build another school, we build another road, they blow them up, we build again, in the meantime we can't get a f-king school built in Brooklyn."

Anyone care to dispute this statement?   Schools, roads, bridges, airports, railways, you name it, it's falling apart here in the good old USA.  Not convinced, catch an episode of Inspector America on the History Channel (http://www.history.com/shows/inspector-america).  Timothy Galarnyk does a pretty decent job of show what poor shape our 40-60 year old roads and bridges are in. Maybe I'm just getting old, but it seems the better we take care of our needs, the better we can help others. 

After all is said and done, I don't believe Trump is a viable presidential candidate.  But I do believe he is a live wire and will be a solid catalyst in getting other candidates more involved and off the fence in the 2012 Presidential dodge ball game.

Only at a bookstore

On a sad note, the Borders bookstore, here in town, is closing it’s doors.  Special thanks to having CEO’s that have never worked in publishing and whose business plan was to raise prices instead of changing there business model. 

Anywho, with the store closing everything is being liquidated.  Seems like every couple of days a room the aisles to see if I can find anything interesting.  Low and behold, yesterday I did find something interesting.  I was actually looking for a copy of The Quran and came across the shelf with an interesting mix of books. 

First, I’m not too sure how Dr. Laura would feel about her books being grouped with an every-so-friendly Penthouse publication.  How ironic that you would find a large collection of smut next to a book called “10 Stupid Things Couples do to Mess Up Their Relationships”  Call me naive and old fashioned, but I think the first stupid thing would be for a knucklehead spouse to pick up the purple book.  And I could go on and on……

I know that books get moved around a bookstore, but you have to admit, this is a classic case of the the fox being in the hen house.

Borders will be missed.  It was nice to have a bookstore with an extensive collection. 

Family Fun??

Nothing says “family-time” like some spirited sniper activities in the comfort of your own living room. We all know who stressful life can be, so why not get everyone together at the end of the day and see who can truly live up to the mantra ‘One Shot, One Kill.’ 

Wii Sports is for pansies! Anyone can hit a tennis ball back and forth or throw a bowling ball.  But it takes a special someone to get that critical head shot from 1000 yards.  What better way to bring a family together than to send out your own scout-sniper team.  Building teamwork and life long skills at the same time and you don’t even have to low crawl through miles of red ant hills and thistles.

The best part of this game is the creator: Maximum Family Games.  How did we get from Kart Racer to Hello Kitty Online to Sniper Elite? Although, it would be cool if there was a Hello Kitty terrorist cell that you had to eliminate in Sniper Elite.

Three cheers for desensitization!! If you get 6 year old used to killing people they should end up being well adjusted. Right?

I'm serious this time.

My lazy and procastinatory (don't care if it's not a word) behavior must come to an end! I have too much to share with the world.  Of course what I have to share is not nearly as important anything you will see on the news.  One day I hope that have the drawing power of Michelle Obama where I can tell restaurants how much food they are allowed to serve.  But until that day, I can only sit back and point out the ridiculous things people do and say.

Hopefully my insights aren't too offensive.  If they are, well then maybe people just need to lighten up and laugh at themselves.  I'm going to try and include

The jlog is back.

Okay, I know that I've stated before that I was going to post on a more regular basis, but this time it's true. Debbie keeps telling me that I need to get a hobby so I am making it my hobby to share with the world some of my skewed observations of happenings in the world.

So starting today I am making the goal of making 5 posts per week. The goal is to provide text and multimedia posts that I hope will bring a smile to those who read them. I'm still a huge advocate of common sense and I seem to find evidence everyday that bolsters the argument for the dismantling of common sense in the world.

Warning: There may be posts that are political in nature. If they are, then the purpose is not to advocate a political agenda, but rather to point out how ridiculous and common sense challenged many of our elected officials are with their actions.

As Peter Pan once said, "Here we goooooooooo!"

John

Kid Speak 1.0

Yes, kids do have the tendency to say things exactly how it is processed in their minds. And if it comes from a 4 year old, it will usually make you stop, spin around and say, "What?" This happened this weekend with our very own 4 year old.

On Friday, we took the boys to see their first professional hockey game. The game was a preseason match-up between the Utah Grizzlies and the Idaho Steelheads. The great thing was that game was played at the ice area we have here in our small valley. For the game, the Grizzlies were wearing black sweaters and the Steelheads were in white sweaters.



The game was great, but sad due to the fact the hometeam lost. The next night the conversation got interesting. The 4 year old and I were talking and he asked the following question, "Dad, remember at the hockey game when the black guy got in a flight with the white guy?" I have to admit, my mind was wandering a bit, but this snapped me back to reality lightning fast. It clicked, he was talking about the color of their sweaters. It reminds me of the time when our 7 year old was in the middle of his entrance interview for Kindergarten and was asked, "Do you have a tv show you enjoy watching." His unhesitating response, "I like watching Dogfights with my dad." Priceless!!!