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Domestic Violence

13 Jan

I got up way early this morning, my hips were hurting me and I just couldn’t get comfortable. Since Comcast took all but 8 channels away from us unless we buy one of their new digital boxes there isn’t much on in the morning except for news programs. I can’t stand watching this news any more, especially in the morning. There is way too much depressing news on, not a good way to start the day.

The only thing that I could find one other than news was Jerry Springer, which I never, ever watch. My nephew was on the Jerry Springer show a few years back and informed us on just how much it is all just a bunch on nonsense so I really don’t see the point of watching it knowing it is all fake. Besides being fake, it is all about people fighting with each other which really jerks my chain. How can they promote all of this physical violence and not expect the general public to act the same way and think that they will get away with it. In the real world when you assault someone you go to jail!

 

Day 9

09 Jan

Today is day number nine of being smoke free. It hasn’t been too awfully bad so far. I’ve been told that the first 3 weeks are the worst so I have a ways to go, but it’s looking good at this point. Been chewing a lot of gum and have ruined a few pencils from biting on them. LOL

 

Putting Them Down Once and For All

29 Dec

New Year’s Resolutions have never really been my cup of tea. But this year I am diving in, head first, with the promise of putting down the smoking of cigarettes that I have been participating in for way too long. The price of tobacco products has just gotten crazy and I’m tired of paying the high prices for something that is totally unhealthy for me. Wish me luck!

 

 

List of Good Reasons to Be A Guy Today

10 Dec

great reasons

 

Too Much Education

05 Oct

Many parents prefer to send their children to private schools, although I am a product of public school and I think I turned out OK.

One of the guys I work with was talking about his 6 year old daughter. She is in the first grade at a private school. Evidently, her classwork includes teaching children in the first grade how to write in cursive. He was expressing his frustration in his daughter’s sloppy penmanship.

I jumped all over him about that. Children that are only 6 years old often do not have their fine motor skills developed enough to write in cursive. This school is pushing the children too fast – there is no good reason to require first graders to be writing in cursive!