No one's gonna take me alive,
The time has come to make things right,
You and I must fight for our rights,
You and I must fight to survive

The Crazy Busy, Game of Life

So summer is in full force. The heat is oppressive, the storms are frequent and life gets exponentially more complex. My wife and I made a promise for the month of July; a break, no out of town guests, no extravagant plans (minus our 1 year anniversary), and a simpler life, where we can enjoy the summer, together, in peace. So as we are nearing the end of the month lets take a look back and see how we fared.

July 3-5- not only did we do something every night that weekend (other then Monday) we didn't do much of it together. Red, White, and Boom, a regretted trip to a class reunion of a school I didn't attend, way too much drinking, and poor meal decisions. Basically we woke up Tuesday hating ourselves.

July 10-11- This was really the most relaxed weekend of the month. There was Shakespeare in the Park, some time with the GV crowd and dinner with other friends, Friday, but overall there was no prolonged binge drinking.

July 17-18- Happy One year wife, Friday was a happy hour night, Saturday was a delightful Dinner and Movie, just the two of us, and Sunday was spent at church and not much more.

So, now that our month has been thoroughly divested, I can look back and say although we haven't really simplified our lives much, we did get to enjoy each other, our friends, and life in general. I look forward to the next 2 weekends, eager for more relaxation, because August is going to be crazy.


Yeah that was boring..

P90X

Hello friends, as many of you know I have started a 90 day journey of self improvement. It is known in the real world as P90x. I assume none of you have been living under a rock for the last 2-3 years and know its an intense workout program based around circuit training and self abuse. I started the program 2 weeks ago (today is the start of week 3) and am doing pretty well with it. Some of the workouts are a lot easier then others (the arm workout) and some are damn near impossible (Yoga X). But overall I'm pretty happy with it.

My goals are pretty simple, to lose some weight (I could stand to lose a lot) and to increase my muscle tone and overall strength. To date, the toning has already improved, but the weight lose has been seemingly minimal. I think I can attribute this to not changing my diet enough and not supplementing the workouts with additional cardio workouts to really burn some fat. I plan on taking steps to fix both these problems over the next couple weeks so I can achieve maximum results (A ripped Real Deal).

So guys I thank you in advance for your support and patience with me over the next couple months. I may be tired, cranky and roid raging at times and hope you can deal with me and my manstration.

Cheers.

crappiest blog ever

I am confident that this is the most terrible blog on the internets. Although some may say that people who spread hate, fan the flames of terror and support Nickelback are more terrible things, at least they write.

I really don't have anything political to talk about. I guess I'm pretty apathetic to whatever is happening in the world today. I mean shoot pretty soon Americans may be able to afford to go to Europe again because Greece can't pay their bills.

So, with that, Lets start a list of all the things Greece has given us (although not always inventing but are remembered for it)that we are thankful. Or as they say in Greek "ευχαριστώ"

1. Tzatziki- a delicious yogurt based treat good with fries, pita and bread.
2. Democracy- because people clearly can handle directly electing people who should be in power
3. Man love- you know the club I can't talk about and am not talking about, ah boom boom boom.
4. Greek Salad- there is no lettuce in real Greek salad, rather actual healthy vegetables dunked in a nice oily dressing.
5. Jennifer Aniston- although she may be part man, she's fun to look at.
6. Philosophy- yeah whatever
7. Alexander the Great- I mean he was the first European Badass; starting a long line of great leaders. For example; Nero, Constantine, Napoleon, Mussolini, Adolf and many others.
8. Homer- he may have been blind, and from a silly party island named Ios, but I mean he had some pretty cool stories to tell.
9. Buggery- never has a man gotten a sheep pregnant, therefor he has never had to shake the baby to stop crying/baaaaaing.
10. Olive oil- god's natural lube
11. Fava- its fun to say, and is the only chick-pea paste i actually like
12. Hippopotamus- what a fun word to say
13. Olympics- although athletes are no longer nude, and there are women, the games are still pretty cool
14. Retirement at 54- wow that's cool, when do people retire here? whats that? never, when Mexico annexes us?
15. Oracle- not the software company but rather coked out naked chicks rambling about crazy shit.

sorry

its been over a month. Sorry unfaithful followers. I guess when I decided to change this blog into something other then just random rants to something that better reflects my opinions of government and public life, i lost a lot of the urge to write creatively. Just an initial thought, it seems that politics and government today is lacking creativity also, well at least creative ways to meet what the public actually wants, and needs rather then what a select few see as the way to go. Our government is very creative when it comes to finding new ways to take what we work hard for, then in most cases waste it.

ooh you silly federal government... you're right I don't need half of what I earn. If only i could just work half as much and still get that half of my check that I actually take home. Oh wait I can... its called socialism...

cool lyrics-

Through a martyr's eyes can I see,
I've seen the best of love, the best of hate,
the best reward is earned,
And I've paid for every single word I ever said.

Change?

"Iraq is not yet a stable place -- but a future of stability seems at last at hand. Maybe the surest sign of success is that those who once opposed the surge are now scrambling to grab credit for it. Iraq "could be one of the great achievements of this administration," boasted Vice President Joe Biden to CNN's Larry King last month. Next we'll hear how we owe the Marshall Plan and the Panama Canal to the Obama administration. Well, that's not how those who were there remember it."

I am starting to think that Mr. Biden has one of the most prolific cases of diarrhea of the mouth ever to be seen in modern times. He speaks more nonsense then a baby attempting their first words. If he truly believes that Iraq is a success of the current administration he is living under extreme false allusions and really should not serve in an office with such power. I recall not to long ago his allies calling the invasion of Iraq one of the most terrible decisions made in modern times. Now a political party that was more often then not opposed to it is claiming it as its own success. This is a bold faced lie.

Our lovely National Bank

I was reading another article ripping on Ron Paul this morning (by a republican) and came across this thought in the comment thread that followed.

"In 1913 the Federal Reserve was created and given a government-enforced monopoly on bank-note issue. (That is, only they were allowed to print receipts for gold on deposit.) By 1929 they had printed twice as many Fed notes as there was gold those notes supposedly represented. The crash of 1929 was what happened when everyone simultaneously figured out they had been swindled by the Fed. Hoover's response was not to cut government spending but to increase it. (Ever hear of the Hoover dam?) And the government in general acted not to protect the economy but to protect the bankers, eventually outlawing the use of gold by private citizens in 1933. The Keynesian narrative is total garbage. It predicted nothing, and its prescriptions have never worked."

I personally don't know how to feel about commodity based money (money with metal of value behind it). In theory it makes sense to have something behind every note. But I think in today's society with the internets and what not, keeping track of such stuff in real time would be nearly impossible and extremely expensive. But for our government to dictate that you can't hold onto gold, or silver as it did in the early 20th century seems in direct conflict with personal liberty. So what is the worth of money? they print it, and we get it for our time. Basically the money is not worth its value in gold or silver or any other metal, rather its worth a portion of an individual's life. So in theory, when you tax someone's income, you are taxing their life. You are being charged for living. And not lazy living, rather productive living. Seems a little strange to me.

Yeah I got off subject there, but that's the beauty of having one's own blog. I do what I want. And you are more then welcome to agree, disagree, worship or do whatever you choose.

Maybe the fed can at least make our money more colorful?