Make a Memory

What are the moments that stick out in your mind? Have they ever involved people you hardly knew? Would they care that moment has been implanted in your permanent memory?

I have been reminded of a conversation I had with three guys several years ago. While we share the same employer there is only one of them I have talked to since. I doubt if any of them remember me or what we talked about. They gave me a new perspective on something I was going to write off, and really gave me hope that good guys still exist. Today, one of them is burying his 33 year old wife. I won’t go to the services or otherwise contact him because we only had one conversation over dinner. While it is one moment that I will always remember, but I doubt it would register with him.

Life is short – even if you get to live to be one hundred years old. Everyone says it all occurred in a blink of an eye. I once read an article where actor John Leguizamo once said that with children “the days are long but the years are short.” Isn’t that how it is in our daily life? We go to work and can’t wait to get home only to begin the process again. All our days run together like the watercolor mess of an inexperienced artist.

We may never know the mark we actually made on Earth. We may never know how many lives we touched. We only have a few generations that we will actually be remembered unless we do something to make it into the history books. But history isn’t always made by world leaders, inventors, and activists. We touch people’s lives and transform small pieces of the world every day.

Get out and transform those moments into memories that way if you ever get Alzheimer’s you will have reflections of many great moments.

-Disaster Chick, Weekly Correspondent

Anyone want to buy an Ice Cream store?

Apparently there is one for sale...

-Doc

Motivational Poster of the Week 11/27/10

Have a great weekend!

-Doc

Happy Thanksgiving 2010

From the folks at YJKOBT: We wish each of you a blessed Thanksgiving with all your friends and family and we are thankful that you come here and read the stuff we post!


-Doc and the Gang @ YJKOBT

Wednesday Hodgepodge

Since tomorrow is Thanksgiving there won't be a "Random Thoughts" post so I figured I would just have a few here:

- I don't know about you all but I really enjoy Thanksgiving. A break from work to not only give thanks but spend time with the Three 'F's" Family, Food, and Football. We are going to my parent's house and should have a great day. I'm deep frying our Turkey and that doesn't work well in the rain, so lets hope the showers stay away.

-There have been a bunch of odd news stories recently and I have been thinking about bringing back my "hitting the high notes" segment again. Mt. Cat sent me one recently. Check out this article about a transgendered woman posing as a doctor who was arrested for giving breast exams in a bar. I mean who lets anyone give them a breast exam in a bar anyway? Here is her (or his) mugshot.

-I'm not one who is much for shopping anyway but the idea of "Black Friday" shopping terrifies me. The idea of a whole bunch of ladies hungover on tryptophan stampeding to get $5 laptops could easily be a horror movie.

-The results from my Pro Football Pick Em league have been interesting... As of today there is literally a three way tie for the lead. Evil Twin's Wife, Jayman, and myself are tied for the lead with the exact same score. Pretty amazing.

-On a related note, I am thinking about doing a Pick Em game fro College bowl Pickem so let me know if you are interested.

-While I was thinking of what to include in today's blog post I asked for suggestions on Twitter and my friend Dysfunctional Supermom suggested that I blog about her. So here goes: If you aren't already reading the great blog by the uncontested Supermommy of Dysfunction then you should be. Why? Because reading about the life of a woman who keeps trying on husbands and juggling her "spawn" across the United States is not only funny, but also entertaining... and if you pay close attention you may learn a thing or two while laughing along with her. Give her blog a read and maybe you too can become a "pantyliner"

-OK with that being said I have run out of random things to ramble about. I do hope that you all have a great Thanksgiving and travel safe if you are doing so.

-Doc

Dweeb - Dork - Nerd - Geek - and You!

If you consider yourself to be one of the cool kids you can stop reading this blog right now. Really, you are much too cool to learn about the differences in Geeks, Nerds, Dorks, and Dweebs.

Yes, there is more to us than what you see in the Big Bang Theory, and there are major differences.

The three main components are Intelligence, Obsession, and Social Ineptitude. If the cool kids are still reading I will explain these components a bit more.

Nerds, Geeks, and Dweebs possess intelligence. One usually thinks those that possess intelligence are know-it-alls with superior mental powers, but that really isn’t the whole story. A really intelligent person realizes how much they don’t know. Intelligent people acquire and apply knowledge using thought and reason. You don’t have to be Einstein or Sheldon Cooper to be intelligent – you just have to think though and apply reason and knowledge to problems.

Obsession is where the cool kids are lacking. Geeks, Nerds, and Dorks are ones that are obsessed. Do you see the cool kids at a Star Trek convention? Obsession can be cute, but it can also scare people or just make them think you are weird. People tend to look down on people that read romance novel. I once read a historical romance writer saying her job isn’t easy, because if she mentions a gadget that hadn’t been invented, a wrong piece of clothing that wasn’t trendy or used in that period – her readers will let her know. Any more we expect obsession in occupations. How many of us have to specialize? Very rarely do we see a doctor any more – we go to the pediatrician, the ob-gyn, the proctologist, the dermatologist, and so forth. I’m sure the internet has helped out with obsession too because you can find groups online that share your obsession – dogs, cars, tracking currency, games, television shows, and even fan fiction.

Finally, social ineptitude is what distinguishes the Nerds, Dorks, and Dweebs from the Geeks. The Geeks can handle most situations involving people, and will probably even actually like people. Being an extrovert and I have a hard time understanding introverts. They hate social situations – they would rather have the safety of a computer to visit with people. They can be very outgoing online, but face to face is a different story. I have a friend with a very introverted wife and she feels like people are going to hurt her. It has taken her about six years to warm up to me because I’m reckless at times.

I hope you enjoyed discovering if you are a Dork, Dweeb, Geek, or Nerd. Please share what you are with us. Whatever you are just go out and have a good time being you!

-Disaster Chick, Weekly Correspondent

Today we learn how to make a proper BLT

How to make a Bacon, lettuce, and Tomato sandwich the right way:

Any questions?

-Doc

Motivational Poster of the Week 11/20/10

Have a great Weekend!

-Doc

Happy Friday

No time for posting today... I am at work early to get as much done as I can because I'm leaving early. It's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Pt. 1) day and I've already bought my ticket for a 12:20 showing. Then tonight it's AL Brown Wonders playoff football. Win and advance!

OK so here is the picture of my blog that I want to have showing on your blog rolls today:

I hope everyone has a great Friday and an even better weekend. Sorry for such a worthless post but I'm sure you guys didn't want to read anything serious today anyway.

-Doc

Thursday Random Thoughts 11/18/10

Stuff I have been thinking about:

-Don't you just hate when someone says, "Well I'm just doing my job?" I hear that all the time around here and I think it's a cop out.

-Mmmmm Diet Dr. Pepper DOES taste more like regular Dr. Pepper. In fact I think it tastes even better than regular Dr. Pepper.

-Speaking of Dr. Pepper, I can't be the only one out there who thinks that the Cherry Dr. Pepper commercial with KISS and Mini Kiss is completely awesome? Admit it you like that commercial.

-So Prince William is getting married next summer. I remember when I was a kid my Mom getting us up really early in the morning to watch Diana and Charles' wedding. Maybe we will do the same thing for this wedding.

-This Prince William wedding is going to be so huge it's already one of the biggest news stories going. I'm happy for them but I do think that giving his fiance Diana's ring is kind of weird. It's just that considering Diana's marriage broke up and then her death and all.

-Once you hear the "Sniff" in Uncle Kracker's "Follow Me" you can't help but hear it EVERY time.

-I read the other day where Florida Governor Charlie Crist is trying to posthumously pardon Jim Morrison from his lewdness conviction in 1969. THAT is pretty cool. Especially for a Republican.

-So Thanksgiving is next Thursday... I can't wait, in part because I'm gonna do the turkey for the first time in my Turkey Fryer I got last year. It's gonna be GREAT!!

-So defeated SC senate candidate Alvin Greene has new political ambitions. He says he is going to run for President in 2012. Um yeah Alvin, You just keep on believing that one buddy.

- Had a discussion with my wife the other day about which of us was a bigger nerd. Of course I won chiefly because I'm taking a half day off work to see the New Harry Potter movie tomorrow. Yeah I'm pretty proud of it too. HA!

OK that's enough for today... Until next time.

-Doc

Fired for having big breasts?

Meet Amy Erin Blakely. I have been reading recently about her and her claims that she was fired from her job at a children's charity called The Devereux Foundation for gender discrimination. Get this because her breasts are too big and they were distracting for her co workers.

Oh boy this is a classic on several levels. The first is that her attorney is Gloria Allred. Yep the same "woman's rights" attorney whose previous clients have included porn stars and strippers who shook down Tiger Woods for money during his infidelity episode earlier this year. If you aren't familiar with Gloria let me tell you I am not a fan. She has done some good things like representing Amber Frey the mistress of wife killer Scott Peterson and the Brown family during the OJ case but the shaking down of Tiger Woods whether he deserved it or not was just too much for me. She even represented Debrahlee Lorenzana recently, the woman who claims she was fired from Citibank for being "too sexy." I think Gloria is an opportunist and an ambulance chaser.


OK, back to the breasts. Now just looking at the pictures here of Ms. Blakely I would agree with her being attractive because she is but the case here seems to revolve around her breasts. A few quotes:

"It was very humiliating to know that senior members of our management team would focus on my breasts as opposed to my performance on the job," said Blakely at a Los Angeles press conference Wednesday. " She also alleges that someone in management talked about how large her breasts were and that she needed to 'hide them,'" Allred told the station.

See, they keep playing up the breast thing because it's what sells and what gets the headlights errr I mean headlines. I think they have a "tiny" problem though. Where's the big breasts? I have googled and checked numerous news stories and none of the pictures show Ms. Blakely as having anything other than normal sized breasts?? Trust me, I have looked.

I think this case comes down just as the other recent Gloria Allred cases. She is trying to use the media to drum up pressure for some quick cash and not representing woman's rights. The proof is in the pictures on this one because I think clearly this case would be thrown out of court for "lack of evidence" so to speak.

-Doc

(see I almost made it through the whole post without a childish boob reference... Almost)

A Week in the Life...

What a week this has been for me!

I spotted no bed bugs after inspecting. I did get a change of hotels so I could be with everyone else when one VIP cancelled his room. You know it wasn't any more special than any other hotel room.

I was very lazy starting Thursday. I haven't had much time at home so I was pretty much was in front of the tv just hanging for most of the long weekend. I wanted to accomplish stuff, but the energy disappeared. Life in the Snuggie was much more appealing

I did take the Vespa out for a ride. At that point I racked up 30 miles. I also discovered 30 mph can be very fast. Hmmm...in my car that would have to be 130 for me to say that. Well, I laid the bike over doing a right hand turn. This time no damage to the bike other than scratched chrome on the mirror. Myself, well, I have some interesting shades of blue and feel like I did a really good workout. Ah, more reason to be a lazy bum.

Later that evening I think I had a date. Yes, I'm horrible at dating. My last relationship ended September 2008, and not really much happening since then. We have a Facebook mutual friend (a coworker of his), the dude that cuts my hair knows him, and I think one of my best friends sorta knows him. I haven't felt the need to really start finding out what I can on the 'net to see if he is married, a sex offender, or something - and I've never fel the need to pay to have a background done on any guy I've ever dated. He seems to be a nice, safe guy. We've gone out twice and he has paid for everything and hasn't even tried to hold hands. He is great to talk to, and we both enjoy movies and triva. I'm trying not to rush it and let things develop organically.

I'm being myself. I've tried to pay and might have to be a bit sneaky. I'm not used to a guy being nice to me. We will see what happens. I'm in new territory.

Sunday, I walked out an a weir. I had no idea what a weir was until seeing it. It is a dam in a river. The river was low so I could walk over it. Normally there is water going over it and if you are boating you are suppose to remove your boat and relaunch on the other side. The river is said to have strong current but it was hard to believe until we approached the seperation area where water was rushing. That was pretty impressive. I'll need to go out there and check out more sunsets. That was an enjoyable thing to do with my mom and the Boston Terrorist.

I started off Monday by dropping the work cell phone in the toilet. Well, I'm going to get another one - just not sure if it will be one that is currently there or if they will order me what they are moving to. I hope it is a new one. I'm just happy I don't have to use a toilet phone. My joke is calling it the Bat Phone because it rarely rings but when it does...

-Disaster Chick, Weekly Correspondent

Motivational Monday !

Had to Share this one with you guys on a Monday :

Hope your Monday goes better that that lizard's

-Doc

Motivational Poster of the Week 11/13/10

Ya'll have a great weekend!

-Doc

Happy Friday, I need one of these

So how is everyone doing this wonderful Friday? I'm doing great so far. For some reason a whole bunch of people decided to take the day off from work. This is just fine with me. There will be less people for me to deal with and I will surely be able to slip out a little bit early.

So since it's apparent that I'm phoning it in today I figured I would do the same with my blog posting and skip a post today. Then I saw this awesome picture below and knew I had to share:

My parents and In-laws keep asking me what I want for Christmas and I say forget the I-Pod I want get me a "Toast Saber" Completely awesome and a quick time saver... Toast is so yummy with a little butter and grape jelly but I don't eat it all that often because I have so little time in the morning. This would solve all those problems. Please somebody get me one of these.

Ok so maybe I still mailed it in a little bit on my blog post, but give me a break. IT'S FRIDAY!!

-Doc

Thursday Random Thoughts 11/11/10

Stuff I have been thinking about:

-First and most importantly today is Veterans Day. Please say thank you to those who have served and protected us and allowed us to live in a free country.

-Since it's a holiday and schools are closed here my wife and son get to come and have lunch with me. I really love when they come and visit my office and most everyone here enjoys seeing my son. Plus he gets to pick where we eat and he loves Jimmy Johns!

- Someone from Lockheed Martin found the blog yesterday searching for information about the mystery missile over Los Angeles. I wonder if they liked my theory. HA HA!


-So far so good with the switch from DirecTV to cable except for one thing. The DVR only holds 25 hours of programming as opposed to 100 hours that our TiVo held. That is kind of disappointing but everything else so far is great.

-Apple Jolly Rancher candies are filled with awesome!

-I heard that Kanye West has taken back his apology to Taylor Swift for jumping up on stage and ruining her acceptance speech. Really Kanye? Are you really sure you want to do this? Taylor kicked your ass last year in the court of public opinion and my bet is she does it again. That is if you are still relevant enough to matter. No offense but you really haven't had a good song since Golddigger.



-So what is it with this new fad where women are wearing these shaggy high heeled boots with skirts and skinny jeans and stuff? I couldn't find an exact picture of what I'm talking about but these are close. I have seen this a lot especially out at the football games I have been to recently. Seems to be a trend for the late teens and 20 something ladies. I'm pretty sure I don't like it.

-I am loving my new smartphone! We were finally able to extend our plan and get smartphones this past weekend and decided to go all out. I got the Android. A 4G Samsung Epic with QWERTY keyboard and it is pretty amazing what all it can do. I am so glad that I didn't go with the Blackberry and it was certainly worth the wait. Only problem is the battery seems to run down very quickly. I know that this phone does a lot of stuff that can suck down battery life but you guys find the same thing is true with your smartphones?

-To continue this weeks "Google" theme I wanted to share this. Yesterday when researching my post I came across this website Bing vs. Google. Check it out sometime. It gives you search results at the same time from both Bing and Google. Kind of cool!

Until next time...

-Doc

Ok who has been shooting missiles off?

I am sure that by now everyone has heard about the "mystery missile" seen over Los Angeles by a news helicopter on Monday night. In case you missed it I have posted a couple of pictures of it here so you can see. Pretty neat huh?

What is it? Is it a military missile or something else. "The U.S. military says it's not theirs. A spokesperson for the Navy says no activities were planned in the area at that time.
Officials at the Pentagon also did not know any details about the launch and said that it could not have been planned military action." NORAD says its not a "foreign missile" So of course speculation is running rampant. Are we under attack? Was this a military exercise they are trying to cover up for some reason? Is it just a an airplane contrail as some civilian aviators have postured? Who knows?

The FAA says that it could have been a projectile launched by a private company although none had been given the required license to do so. With this in mind I have developed a theory. I think that Google did it. We all know that google is trying their best to take over the world and this is the logical next step.

Google has a lot of enemies and needs to protect itself. There is censorship in China and we know the Chinese government is no fan so maybe this missile thing is the way that they can get back at them? Maybe they were trying to show the people of LA the they are far superior to Yahoo! who could never shoot off a missile. Or perhaps Google was trying to blow up Bing and take them out? This actually seems like about as likely a cause as any, so that's my answer. Google shot off the missile.

What do you think?

-Doc

Obsessive Compulsive or Just Cautious?

I’m leaving on an overnight trip for work. I’m usually pretty excited to get out of the office and change the routine my life for a brief period of time. Don’t get me wrong I still am excited for the change of pace. The problem is I have office mate that has spread her obsession and fear of bed bugs on to me. I don’t mind bugs. I once dated a guy that wanted to be an entomologist so I got to learn about bees and beetles and even held his pet Madagascar Cockroach named Andy (the cockroach not the ex-bf). Andy was not a very happy cockroach, and would hiss when petted. It was fun to make Andy hiss. Making the ex-bf hiss wasn't as much fun, and even when innocent I usually got the blame - but it was his female roomate from Germany that was the final nail in the coffin of our relationship. They got married less than a year after we broke up, and last I knew still married. But I digress. The picture surrounded by this paragraph is what a Madagascar Cockroach looks like. I know you probably didn't have the opportunity to date my ex, and may not have an opportunity to know what one looks like.

I’m the kind of person that has considered bringing in a black light to check out the hotel room. Many, many, many people have said don’t do it! Needless to say I haven’t. It would be nice to know – don’t sit in that chair, or even wonder WTF happened here. Unlike my friend JY, I’ve never been shown a room I thought a murder occurred. Yikes!

Because of the office mate I downloaded how to search for bed bugs. Here is my plan of action. I’ve already checked two national registries and they are clear. I’m going to leave all bags zipped and place in the bathroom. This should be my pull bag, purse, lap top, and my backpack will contact the list of places to check and a flashlight. I will check the where the ceiling and wall meet because they like to hang out there. I will try to remove the drawer by the bed, but if I can’t I will look underneath because that is also a favorite hideout. I will then unmake the bed and check out the mattress and a small part of the box springs because they are after all, bed bugs. I would like to pull the headboard off the bed, but since I’m solo this would be a challenge. I will see what I can do to look behind it. Hopefully the bathroom is big enough to leave the bags in there overnight – or at least while I shower. Maybe this will help me get ready and packed faster in the morning.

Am I too easily influenced by others? I had a former boss never get into a hotel hot tub. He told me about someone he worked with that traveled regularly and stayed at very nice hotels. Apparently one time he had a scab on his leg, and got into a hot tub. The hotel didn’t do a good job treating the hot tub, and bacteria in the hot tub that gave him an infection that caused him to lose his leg. Needless to say if I have a scab anywhere on my body I avoid public hot tubs. Well, since I don’t have my own I avoid all hot tubs.

Better off safe than sorry, right? We don’t live long enough to make all the mistakes for ourselves so we do need to learn from others. I really don’t want to lose a leg or another appendage to my body. I also don’t want to spend at least $1,000 for bed bug removal – so maybe it is a good idea to let the phobia of others influence me to take five minutes to check out the room. May I’ll get a black light bulb tonight too.

-Disaster Chick, weekly correspondant

Isn't this the Truth?

-Doc

Motivational Poster of the week 11/6/10

Admiral Akbar is everywhere!

Have a great Weekend

-Doc

Randy Quaid Has gone Crazy

Have any of you all been following the recent news stories about Randy Quaid and his wife Evi? If you haven't been then let me give you a quick recap.

-Last year Randy and his wife were sought on fugitive warrants claiming that he defrauded an innkeeper of more than $10,000 and they fled justice.

-After being caught and sent back to Texas they cleared up the charges but not before Randy brought his Golden Globe award to court to try and show as collateral.

-This year Randy and his wife were arrested for illegally squatting in a home owned by others and accused of serious vandalism of the property.

-Evi had a restraining order taken out on her for threatening and menacing the owner of the home they were squatting in.

-Once again they fled justice and went to Canada, claiming refugee status and trying to become Canadian citizens because, (get this) they are on the run from the "Hollywood star-whackers" who they say may have contributed to the deaths of stars such as David Carradine, Michael Jackson, and Heath Ledger.

OK did you get that? Hollywood star whackers... Yes there are some crazy things out there but thinking that someone wants to knock off cousin Eddie and his wife is ludicrous. First of all if there were star whackers wouldn't they have already done in Lindsay Lohan and Heidi Montag? Yet we are still being harassed by them every day. Even if there are Hollywood star whackers what makes Randy Quaid a target? Are they planning on making another Vacation movie that I am not aware of?

My next thought is that Randy is starting to look crazy too. I almost didn't recognize him in the picture to the right when he got sprung from Canadian jail the other day. When I saw it it made me immediately think of Gene Hackman's paranoid crazy character in Enemy of the state instead of Cousin Eddie. What do you think?

I am thinking that instead of political asylum this pair needs to be locked away in a different kind of asylum.

-Doc

Thursday Random Thoughts 11/4/10

Stuff I have been thinking about:

-My mother in law keeps telling me that I look like I am losing weight. Since My scale doesn't seem to agree with her I wonder what she is up to telling me that?

-Speaking of my in laws. We had a great visit from them last weekend that included a trip to the NC Zoo and other great stuff. They also gave me a new grill for my birthday which is AWESOME!

-I saw this picture to the right last week and thought to myself that the target demographic for drinkers of Olde English 800 sure has changed since the days I was in college.

-Since we are on the subject of drinking here is one for you. My wife's uncle and his new wife are a little bit odd. Here is an example. They recently told the family that apparently drinking wasn't good for them so they have come to a decision. They are going to give up drinking. From now on they are only going to drink wine. WHAT??

-Last week I tailgated (ie. ate food out of the back of a vehicle in a parking lot) three days in a row! Thursday at NC State, Friday at the AL Brown Wonders game, and Saturday at the zoo. Yes folks we tailgated at the zoo! #WIN

-I forgot to tell you all last week that my son got the entire crew of waitstaff at Red Lobster to sing to me for my birthday. He was very upset that I didn't want to be sung to and told the waiter, "NO, you HAVE to sing Happy Birthday to my Daddy" Very sweet, even though I didn't want them too.

-One last thing about my son then I will go. He really got into the trick or treating this year as most 3 and a half year olds will. The cool thing was after his time to be out was over he really also got excited about giving out treats to all the "visitors" that came to our house telling them things like, "Hey weve got candy for you!" and "You are scary, have some candy!" Such a sweet kid.

Until next time...

-Doc

Election finally OVER!

A few thoughts about this election and then we will drop the political stuff and get back to normal.

-There seems to be a good trend showing in this recent election and that is that more people seem to be getting involved in the process. This is a good thing in my opinion. More people in the process may actually get Washington to listen. Eventually.

-The main candidates I was supporting Larry Kissell and Cabarrus county Sheriff Brad Riley were both re-elected. This is a bonus (I actually got to meet the Sheriff at my polling place) because both will work hard for the people they represent regardless of their party affiliation.

-The coverage last night on MSNBC was classic as usual. Cris Matthews tried to get Republicans to answer questions that they ducked all night and Keith Olbermann lobbed softballs at the Democrats. Nothing new to report here.

-Rand Paul, newly elected Senator from Kentucky scares me to death.

-Republicans take back the House of Representatives but the Democrats keep the Senate. Should make for interesting politics in the next few years. Hey Republicans, you got your wish "No more Nancy Pelosi." Be careful what you wish for. Hello John Boehner. #justsayin

-To wrap up my thoughts last night I will say that the best comment of the night came on Twitter from my buddy Jayman. It genius is in the simplicity. After projecting that the Republicans would take back the House I remarked that nothing would get done in the next two years. Jay's comment - "We might be better off with nothing getting done" Truer words never spoken.

What did you all think of the elections?

-Doc

Took my Son to vote!

And he got to help me vote... If you haven't done so yet PLEASE GET OUT AND VOTE, your country needs you!

-Doc

Make Your Voice Be Heard

Today is Election Day across the United States. As US Citizens we have a right to make our voices be heard. I’m urging everyone one of you to get out and vote. Polls are open today from 7 AM to 7 PM. I don’t care if you are voting Democrat, Green, Independent, Libertarian, Republican, or Tea – make your vote count!

Many people don’t think the Presidential Mid-term elections mean that much. They mean just as much if not more than the Presidential Elections. Why? Statistically less people get out and vote. This makes your vote/voice even louder. Another way to look at elections is very similar to emergency management: all disasters are local. I’m not calling your local politicians a disaster, but local elections are where your voice is the most powerful. Do you know the names and stances of your following office holders: school board, city council member, mayor, county commissioner, district attorney, county treasurer, state representative, state senator, judges, governor, state school board, state treasurer, attorney general, secretary of state, us representative, us senators that are representing you?

Voting really should be proactive and not reactive. Kansas is a good example of a reactive state. Kansas is the state that has a couple of times that has banned the teaching of the theory of evolution. However, each time the we ban the teaching of evolution the next election cycle we change it back to allowing the theory of evolution to be taught. I’ve seen this bumper sticker: Kansas -- Where Evolution Is Outlawed And The Monkeys Are In Charge.

Please don’t be a one issue voter – take a look at the campaign literature – and if you have already thrown that out do a search on the candidates whose signs you see in your neighborhood. Whose overall viewpoint best matches what you believe?

Many times we often hear people say Congress is messed up – we just need to start from scratch. Yet, how many of us say, “well, my representative does a good job – it is the rest of Congress”? I have a good friend that never votes for an incumbent. I often tell him, you really need to look what the person stands for and do their political views match yours?

Have you ever noticed that you get to determine if a judge gets to retain their position? This is a time to see if they are soft or hard on criminals. Do you agree with their stance? Are they part of the problem for the back-up of the court system? I’ve heard of several judges that are paid full time yet only working part time – how is this helping out our criminal justice system?

Evolve -don’t let the monkeys be in charge of your government.

-Disaster Chick, guest blogger

Happy Monday

I hope that Halloween weekend was good to everyone. Ours was full of stuff like going to the zoo, trick or treating, and all sorts of Halloweeny type stuff.

I saw this pumpkin and had to post it...

Enjoy and I promise I will have more later in the week...

-Doc