Simple Randomness

You Just Never Know

Yesterday I called a client for an appointment.  At first I couldn’t get a hold of her, then she eventually called me back in tears letting me know that her two daughters had been in a car wreck and one had died.  It was a very sad thing to hear.

This made me think though: you just never know when something like that will happen to yourself or someone you love.  It made me think that each day I should make sure that I treat my wife and kids the best that I can, because I never know if today will be the last day that I see them.

Can you imagine if you lost someone and the last thing you said to them was something in anger?  That would be just heart breaking.  But we can all try to make sure that isn’t the case with us and our loved ones.  So if you have a fight, find a way to resolve it and resolve it quickly.  Because you just never know…

It’s Almost August?!?!

I just looked at my calendar today and realized that it’s almost August!

What happened to the summer?!  There were a lot of things that I wanted to get done but haven’t.  Time flies by way too fast when you’re having fun I guess.  But then again, I didn’t have as much fun as I wanted to either!

Ok, I guess it’s time to get back to some good time management and make sure that I still finish what I wanted to.  The problem is that I’m a natural procrastinator.  But I have to admit that I am getting better at it!

Does anyone else struggle from procrastinatoritis?

Fridays are Just a Good Day

At least usually…

You have to admit - there’s something special about Fridays.  I think that for a lot of people it’s one of the best days of the week, or at least of the work week.  I know for me, I’m usually in a much better mood on Fridays than I am on other days.

I’m sure there are plenty of reasons for this, whether its the anticipation of the weekend, or just the fact that you’re done with another work week.  No matter what it is, I’ll take it!

So today is definitely one of those Fridays, so far it’s just turning out to be a happy day.  I hope yours turns out well also!

Halloween is a Dumb Holiday

Ok ok, I know that its a little early for this, but honestly I think that Halloween is a dumb holiday.  For some reason I was thinking about it today so I thought I’d write about it.

I thought it was kinda cool when I was a kid, but that was just because of all the free candy. That’s it, nothing more.

My real problem with Halloween is this: when did it become a ’sexy’ holiday?  I mean seriously.  I thought it was all about kids dressing up like little ghosts and witches and stuff.  But I think the movie Mean Girls said it best when one of the girls says, “Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.”  Sadly that is what this holiday has become.

For example, there’s this website called Costume Cauldron, and one of their keywords on their home page is ‘Sexy Adults.’  Even they are promoting the new sexy Halloween. Then on the home page some of the costumes that come up are ’sexy vixen pirate wench’ and ’sexy eskimo cutie.’  This is just retarded…

One thing I will say for Halloween though is that if you keep it for the kids, it still is a lot of fun.  Last year we took my son around as a monkey and he was totally cute. Toddler Halloween costumes are really cute, just because they are all about the fun of the holiday, not the bad side of it.

Needless to say, I would be totally happy if they didn’t have this holiday at all.  And sites like Costume Cauldron honestly annoy me.  But in the end, my kid loved it.  So for the time being I will still probably be involved to some degree in Halloween, just for my kids sake.  So I guess in the end there is still a need for these kinds of companies and sites.  But really, can we stop with the ’sexiness’ of Halloween already?

It’s Getting Hot - But I’m Glad It’s Dry!

So I’ve been talking to a lot of different people around the country through my job, and I realize that it seems like different sections of the country are in the middle of some type of heat wave.  And of course everyone in one way or another is probably going to complain about it.  Ok, not everyone, but enough people that I feel comfortable saying everyone .

Here in Utah we have already broken 100 degrees, which I think is pretty hot.  But I’m so glad that it is a so-called ‘dry heat.’  I really don’t handle humidity very well.  I remember a few years ago my wife and I went on a cruise out of Galveston, TX and the humidity there really did not treat me well.  So I’ll take the hot desert over that!

Anyway, there’s my random observation for the day.  How’s the weather where you’re at?

Dads Are More Important than ‘Grads’

So, for the last who knows how long they always seem to lump Father’s Day with Graduation.  I know it’s catchy to say “Dad’s and Grad’s” and all, but it seems to me that by saying this we’re getting the suggestion that Dads don’t deserve their own holiday.  It’s like they’re just not important enough.

I think I’m thinking about this more lately because I’m a father myself.  I would hate for my kids to compare me with some of the ‘father figures’ that are portrayed in TV these days.  What happened to the shows that had great dad’s like the Cosby Show and others?

I have to admit that I get a little annoyed when I see ads on TV or hear them on the radio where the guy is the idiot in the family.  And it seems to becoming more and more this way.  Is that what we’re being portrayed as?

I know that I don’t want that stereotype to be what my kids think of me.  And I think its up to all of us Fathers to really stand up and be the best fathers that we can be.  So happy Father’s Day to all you Dad’s out there.  I know this year I’ll be thinking about what I can do to better deserve the day and not be lumped in with the Grads.

A Little Rant About Gas Prices and Liberals

Ok, I have to go on a little rant right now.  Normally I won’t do this, but I get so sick and tired of hearing all this stuff about how the gas prices being high is all some big conspiracy and blah blah blah.

That’s not even the thing that really bugs me right now.  Today I read a blog post (I won’t bother saying where) that went off on some ‘Big Oil’ ad that was promoting getting off foreign oil and using our own resources because demand is going to be higher by 2030 and we need to be independent.  I agree with those statements; we need to be using our own resources.

But instead, this ‘liberal’ (I’ll use that term lightly because I hate stereotypes, but it’s the only word that fits right now) had to go on the offensive because it was an ad by ‘Big Oil.’  And what was the line of attack?  If we increase our use of oil we’re going to increase gas emissions and kill the planet by then!

You’ve got to be kidding me!  The fact is that we are an oil dependent nation.  And right now we are getting high prices because we’re so dependent on everyone else in the world for our energy supply!  I agree that we need to find alternative ways of getting energy, but ethanol sure isn’t the answer.  And it seems to me that until we can get oil under control, we’re going to have a hard time really producing other reliable resources.

So why don’t we drill our own oil?  Because for some reason in this country we are paralyzed by the environmentalists and other groups that really should have no business directing policy.  It’s really quite sad.

But by biggest annoyance to people like this other blogger is that they can come up with all these reasons why we shouldn’t do something, but they have no solutions of what we should do.  They just complain about how whatever a ‘republican’ decides has to be evil and after money.  So my question to her and anyone else with that line of thinking: you got a better idea?

One solution: nuclear energy.  Nope, can’t do that, environmentalists say no.

Another solution: build more of our own refineries.  Nope, can’t do that one either because of environmentalist wackos.

Drill for oil in Alaska?  Nope, you’ll kill caribou.  Caribou?!?  You’re telling me that you would put caribou above the welfare of millions of people?  I’m sure the caribou will adapt, they have for a long time!!!

Ok, this rant has gone in several different directions.  But hey, that’s the nature of rants right?  I just get so tired of hearing about all the things that we aren’t allowed to do for one reason or another.  I’m tired of the complaints and excuses of what we can’t do but no alternative solutions to what we can do.  When does it stop?

I’m hoping that someday soon in this country we get some leaders that will do what needs to be done and not be paralyzed by those people who just want to get in the way.  We need solutions, not restrictions!

Random Little Inspirations

Every now and then I’ll notice some random thing (go figure ) that makes me think about being better or working hard to be the best I can be. This morning I had one of those experiences.

I went to the gym this morning and was getting ready to do some squats when I saw a girl in there working out with a trainer that only had one leg. And she was working just as hard as anyone else with her trainer. It just made me think, “Man, she’s only got one leg and she’s still doing the work. I’ve got no physical problems like that and yet I’ll make excuses left and right.”

That was a physical, working out type example. But sometimes I get other examples as well that might motivate me in other ways. Like when you see someone who might be challenged or handicapped in some way doing well in school or business. I don’t ever think that I’m better than any of these people, but it just makes me think about how they might have so many reasons and good excuses to just sit back and let things happen, or complain, or whatever. But they don’t.

Things like that just motivate me to want to be better. They make me want to do my best and not make excuses or complaints. I admire those people who no matter what their circumstances always push on. Thanks for being a great example!

Verbal Dyslexia

My wife and I both suffer from time to time from what we call verbal dyslexia, and I’m wondering if anyone else suffers from this as well. I try to come up with a few examples, but it’s weird because when I try to think of times that it’s happened I can rarely come up with good examples. It’s just such a random thing.

So here’s the idea. You get talking, and you flip either words around or portions of words around. To you it might make perfect sense until you stop and think about it. But sometimes you don’t even notice it. Here’s an example. My wife and I were talking about movies, and she said something like, “Oh, the one with Jolia Ruberts.” So it was fine, but the “o” and “u” were said in the wrong place.

Sometimes it happens with just the first letters of two words become switched. I’m really trying to think of a good example of this, but it would be something like “sooster beat” instead of “booster seat.” Or, another example of verbal dyslexia is when you put the words in the wrong order, like instead of saying “cool car” you say “car cool.” I blame that one on knowing Spanish because sometimes you do that in Spanish.

Are we the only ones that suffer from this? I certainly hope not. Sometimes it’s pretty funny, but whenever it happens and we catch it we always say, “Wow, where did that come from?!”

Anyone else have this problem???

Global Warming is Causing All Your Problems!!!

Before I start into this you should probably know that I am not a believer in the whole global warming scare. I think that most of it is just hype and baloney to help guys like Al Gore make extra money. But I found this to be really really funny. I heard about it on Glenn Beck last week, but someone came up with a list of all the things that global warming has been linked to. Not only does it mention them, but it has a reference to the article that it came from as well.

Here’s the list: A complete list of things caused by global warming.

Here are some of my favorites off the list:

• Atlantic less salty
• Atlantic more salty (contradiction???)
• cougar attacks
• crocodile sex
• fashion disaster
• Loch Ness monster dead
• and countless others

So if you want a good laugh at all the hype surrounding global warming, check out the list!