28 Days is Enough

Whoever decided that months should have non-matching days? 31 days, 30 days, 28 days and 29 days (every 4th year). Why should we have a poem just so kids (and adults) can remember how many days are in each month? I'm ready to bring sanity back to America.

Here's my plan - We will now have months all equal to 28 days... period! I know, you are thinking but that will leave us 29 days short of 365. I propose we call a year 364 days and just add a 13 month with 28 days. Yep - it would land between August and September. Who wouldn't like an extra month of summer? Next you probably are thinking but what would this extra month be called. Rest easy I've already come up with a name... Autumnary. Just think. Those calendars you buy at the end of each year would almost be worth the money you spend on them because you'd get an extra month at no extra charge.

Who's with me?!

Winter Olympics

Is it just me or did the Winter Olympics hold no or little interest this year? I didn't have an uncontrolable desire to watch much. Apparently I was not alone. NBC was trounced in the ratings by American Idol, Survivor and Dancing with the Stars! Well what do you expect when they decide Curling is an olympic "sport". How does 4 men going 100mph down an icy trough compare to a bunch of guys sliding on one knee aiming an over-sized tea kettle at other over-sized tea kettles in a circle? Sorry the"sport" in that escapes me.

The Olympics needs an extreme makeover! Bring in Ty Pennington! Let's give the participants more of a challenge. The skaters will have to rough it with dull blades and no way to stop. Bobsleds? Those folks must face backwards. Downhill ski people should have to negotiate boulders place in their path.

Oh yeah and those Curling champs should have to play Bocce Ball... on ice!

Teens & Blogs

Have you heard the one about the student who takes a couple of pictures of two other students have sex and decides it would be real "cool" to post them on his blog. Not thinking beyond the moment (as most teens are prone to do) he never imagined that this "prank" would lead to pictures being distributed throughout the school, the girl involved trying suicide as a way out of the mess he created or the criminal charges that he now faces. Two pictures = three lives ruined. No matter what math class you take, that is a bad formula. Let's not forget the hurt and embarassment that affects their families.

As parents keep trying to allow their offspring more freedom to show how responsible they can be, students are proving that freedom at that age is not always the best course of action.

I had a picture once of my drunk buddy having sex with a girl with curly hair. It turns out the "girl" was a sheep. (Hey! It was dark and I didn't have my glasses on.) Now, if I had my own blog back then, would I have posted this photo? The answer would be no. I didn't want the world to know how perverted my buddy could get when drunk. But, more importantly, the sheep has family too!

FLU revisted

Well I had the "pesky" strain of this years FLU. That crap lasted the better part of two weeks. I managed to make it to work each day, although the length of the work day and the quality of the work would probably not pass any tests.

It also took away my desire to blog as I was more concerned with breathing and life sustaining things like that.

However, I am back to "healthy" on the life meter now. So, I'll try to get back into the habit of sharing the many thoughts that flow from my shull. ( or the skulls of my other personalities.)

Be healthy!

Phone Home

Guys with clipboards make me want to run the other way. However, this guy had me trapped between my car and the garage. (Crafty, huh?) So, I would be forced to talk with him. He indentified himself as working for SBC. His first question, I suppose to double check that he indeed had the correct house, "Do you have service through us?" I couldn't resist... you're SBC, you send me a bill every month but you don't know if I have service with you?! (At this point the moron bell sounded in my head.) Before he could catch his breath, I answered no I don't. Now I could see his eyes start to glaze over. My next shot went something like: Well aren't you now AT&T? So technically I have my phone service through them not SBC.

He let that one slide and moved on to his next question. (probably wishing he had taken a job delivering papers instead of running into butt heads like me.) Do you have long distance with us? My response... I don't know anybody that far away. Besides, if I did, I'd just use one of the three cell phones in my house to call. It's included in the monthly fees.

Mr. SBC's final questions - do you have a computer...YEP Do you have internet with us...NOPE, I'm into speed! As he walked away (I thought I saw him shaking his head as he did) I yelled...Hey if you guys ever offer TV... I'll save you the trip. I have Satellite.