My stance

My new bumper sticker is here! Took long enough, jeez.



The 2nd debate between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama are on tonight, but I'm not really sure if I'm going to watch it or not. I've known for a long time that I would be voting for Obama and I really don't need any more convincing, nor have I seen anything that would sway me from this decision.

I'm getting incredibly tired and a bit sickened at the extreme negativity of the McCain campain and the Republican party in general. I think there are a lot of people that would greatly prefer that the candidates stick to the issues and their stance on things, not making up rumors, spreading false information, and downright lying about their opponent. Unfortunately, the McCain campain cannot seem to do this. I guess McCain's "experience" also means he knows how to run a dirty campain, and he's certainly proven he has experience in this aspect.

So there it is, there's my political rant.

Monday

Anna and I are very easily amused. Case in point: grocery shopping. It takes us about an hour to do and we actually find it to be fun. What isn't fun about going to the meat counter, picking out the perfect steaks while imagining how delicious they will be.

One bad part about the grocery store is the wide variety of coffee available for purchase. We got fancy and started buying the "gourmet" coffee in the bags in the whole bean variety. We have to grind it ourselves at home, which really isn't a big deal because we both agree that it is a much more tasty cup of coffee. The bad part about that is we are spoiled now. The cheap stuff really does not taste nearly as good, so we're stuck getting the expensive stuff now. Lesson learned: it's sometimes ok to settle for mediocrity if you don't realize that is what you've done.

Monday nights are also enjoyable because 3 of our favorite TV shows are on. Heroes, Chuck, and How I Met Your Mother. All are great shows and have something unique that appeal to us. Very glad we have a Tivo box that can record 2 programs at once for us, plus we can watch a program that has already been recorded. If not for Tivo, we would not be able to watch all 3 programs since some of them overlap.

One more down

We had a great time celebrating my birthday last night. Anna and I went out for dinner with our friends Andy and Holly, had a delicious dinner and good drinks. Of course the staff had to come and sing happy birthday to me but I got a free dessert out of the deal!

Afterward, we all headed back to our house. Holly hadn't seen our house yet, so we took her on the grand tour and ended up in the basement where we played a few games of pool. Then it was out to the backyard where we had a nice fire, enjoyed drinks, and told stories and joked around. A good time was had by all.

Was a good birthday, I didn't have to endure too many "don't break your hip" jokes from friends and coworkers. Not that I mind anyway since I don't plan on acting like a grown-up for many years yet.

Saturday night's alright for fightin

I suppose I should acknowledge that today is my 30th birthday. I've really had 30 of these things already? As long as it doesn't mean I have to stop giggling at fart jokes and silly hand gestures, then I'm fine with it.

Anna and I will be going out to celebrate with some friends this evening, which is always a good time. Nothing like steak and overpriced cocktails to celebrate any occasion, such as someone's birthday, the stock market going up, or just the simple fact that the sky is blue. Yay! The sky is blue! Lets have steak and cocktails!

Its me?

Its not that I wasn't writing in here; I was abducted by aliens and was temporarily unavailable. But I'm back now so everything is back to normal.

I had to pick up a few essentials today: ground pork, hair gel, and coffee beans. These are going to be used independently of each other, not some crazy mad-chef concoction. The bored checkout girl asked the normal "paper or plastic" and I answered my normal "Paper, please."

I prefer paper bags since they are recyclable and will actually break down if they actually make it to a landfill, unlike plastic bags which will be around for hundreds if not thousands of years.

Here is my paper bag from the grocery store:

And this is what was inside. One bag of coffee beans, and whats this? 2 plastic bags? What on earth?


Now, wrapping the ground pork in a plastic bag sort of makes sense, just in case the sealed package was leaking (which they never do from my experience). But why on earth did she need to put the hair gel in a whole separate bag? Did it need to be protected from the sealed back of coffee beans? Is having the plastic hair gel container pressed up against a paper bag recipe for disaster?

You have to wonder how many plastic bags are wasted this way. I'm going to guess its in the tens of thousands every day in this fine country of ours.

I'm apparently not that interesting.

I don't have much new to report on. I am over my cold, which is a relief. Work has been keeping me quite busy which is nice.

Hmm, I really can't think of anything else to share, so goodnight!

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I've been battling a cold for the past couple of days and it is starting to gain the upper hand. I don't have much of a voice right now so I sound pretty pathetic when I try to talk or even laugh. At least I have the weekend off to recuperate before going back to work on Monday.

In other news, Anna and I have almost narrowed down what we will be getting for our Renaissance Festival outfits. Its pretty exciting and we are both looking forward to it next month.