November 6, 2008 • 2:53 AM 0
So I bought my allotment of shoes for the next year. 2 pairs in one fell swoop on zappos.com. Gotta love free shipping. I like my choices, Kim likes my choices, my office on the other hand is completely appalled by my choices.
In the name of democracy, I put it to a vote!
Here they are:
My kicks
Let me know what you think, I’ll post the second pair after I wear them for the first time.
Filed under: Uncategorized , fahion, shoes
November 5, 2008 • 7:26 PM 2
Thoughts on the election.
Democracy as it exists, exists because we have had to fight to defend it. Sometimes that has meant we have had to pick up a gun and point it at a country off our shores. Sometimes it has meant that we have had to pick up a gun and point it across state lines. Every four years we defend democracy buy fighting with our fellow citizens over who’s better suited to lead the country.
I voted yesterday for a couple of reasons. I owe it to the people who instilled in me the thought that I can do whatever and be whatever I wanted. These people include my teachers, friends, family and most importantly my parents.
My parents and I might not see eye to eye on economic policy, my peers and I might not see eye to eye on social policy, but we do see eye to eye on is the fact that what makes us different, also makes us the same. The freedom to disagree, argue, campaign, to be a blue citizen, or a red one, a liberal or conservative, all these differences are what makes us the same, the defenders of democracy.
By executing the most basic, and most guaranteed practice we have in our country. Wether executing it for the most pure of reasons, or for the most vile, for the most educated or uneducated, for the most socially aware or socially muted, by executing this practice we have shown that we as a country are the same. We love it so much as to realize, that the most basic practice guaranteed to us is at the same time the most important.
I voted yesterday because I love my country.
I voted yesterday because I believe that my generation is not apathetic.
I voted yesterday because I want my kids to know that I did all that I could to make this country great.
I voted yesterday to thank all the people that have worked/ help/ fought to allow me to become the person I am today!
(Stepping down from Soapbox)
And that my friends is why I slept well last night
Filed under: Uncategorized , democracy, politics
November 4, 2008 • 3:46 AM 2
After setting up our shop in Mt. Washington two+ years ago, Kim and I felt that we needed to ‘change’ things up in our living room. After all we hibernate in that room from November thru February. Our changes involved pushing our huge ass coach back three plus feet, and hanging our 50 inch TV on the wall. In addition we got a new coffee table, and some cube ottoman thingys.
Mind you I’ve hung other TV’s on walls before, albeit a 20 inch that weighed about 10 lbs tops. This sucker weighed about 130 lbs. Much like any home improvement project, it seemed easier said, than done, especially since I needed to render a 130lb object to a piece of drywall.
Needless to say two weeks later, everything is still anchored appropriately, and I got it perfect the first time. The only problem is we now might be hibernating longer than even WE would like in our living room.
