Well this is going to more of a B!@#*$ session then really a blog. I need to blow of some steam , so where better then hear. Work is the reason I am going to school, I am so sick of going day in and day out. The plan is to finish school so that i can have a career not a job. I get so sick of people all day long can I do this can I do that. Come on people make a decision for your self for once. I mean some people just need thier hands held on every little thing they do. Who ever decide that we need to work in the first place should be shoot.
I know it is something we have to do. It would be so bad if for one I had time to enjoy my money. I mean what money I have left after uncle sam and my wife get done. It is depressing to think that you have to get up and go to work for 40 to 50 years just so you can retire. Hell by the time I retire I am going to be to old to really enjoy my money. Well that is if I get to retire. They say that by the time I get to retirment age ther won't be any money left to retire on.
Well I got to say to that is my kids better get ready because here I come. I will just make them work and they can take care of me. Right!!!! I can't get my son to take care of him self let alone me. So the plan is to get rich early retire early and party later. Sounds good to me.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Prodigy, 13, claims age discrimination by UConn
This blog is about a 13 year old sophomore college student, at the University of Connecticut. Yes I said 13!!! Colin Carlson is 13 and is a sophomore in college. Colin feels that he is running out of time. Colin was rejected on his request to go to South Africa for a course he was taking. According to the school they say that he is too young to go. Colin has filed an age discrimination claim against the school. "I'm losing time in my four-year plan for college," he said. They're upsetting the framework of one of my majors." According to Colin's mother the school would not let him enroll, even after she told the school that they would be release of all liability and that she would take her son at her own expense. Colin said that by not allowing him to go he would have to change his whole thesis plan.
Okay, I have a couple of mixed feelings about this whole thing. I mean I understand that the school is concern about the boy's safety, but his mother is offering to go with him. I don't agree with the school, because they know his age and that he was planning on that this course. Why didn't they say something to him at the beginning. Really what does it matter anyway if it wasn't safe for him then why is it safe for the other students. I mean the kid is ten times smarter then the rest of the class and probably some of the teachers too.
I wonder what it must be like to have a life like him. What kind of pressure he must be under. I mean I know that he is smarter then most but how is this going to affect him later in life. I mean he has never been a kid. He finished high school at the age of 11. I really feel sorry for the kid, it is not good for him to have all these pressure on him a such a early age. I have heard that people like that can go one of two ways. They either continue to get smart or they go insane. Well I hope for this young man that he finds what makes him happy and gets to live a little as a kid.
Well with this be said I think that Colin needs to stop and think that he has a long time left to do what ever he wants. I also hoes that everything works out for him in the long run.
Okay, I have a couple of mixed feelings about this whole thing. I mean I understand that the school is concern about the boy's safety, but his mother is offering to go with him. I don't agree with the school, because they know his age and that he was planning on that this course. Why didn't they say something to him at the beginning. Really what does it matter anyway if it wasn't safe for him then why is it safe for the other students. I mean the kid is ten times smarter then the rest of the class and probably some of the teachers too.
I wonder what it must be like to have a life like him. What kind of pressure he must be under. I mean I know that he is smarter then most but how is this going to affect him later in life. I mean he has never been a kid. He finished high school at the age of 11. I really feel sorry for the kid, it is not good for him to have all these pressure on him a such a early age. I have heard that people like that can go one of two ways. They either continue to get smart or they go insane. Well I hope for this young man that he finds what makes him happy and gets to live a little as a kid.
Well with this be said I think that Colin needs to stop and think that he has a long time left to do what ever he wants. I also hoes that everything works out for him in the long run.
Friday, March 19, 2010
I Hate Stupid People
I really hate stupid people. I think that there are just some days when all the stupid people get together and decide to be extra stupid that day. Well I guess today is just one of those days. Maybe it has something to do with the moon or the way the planets are aligned or something like that I don't know for sure. I just know that there are a lot of stupid people out there today.
My first encounter with not necessarily stupid people, but definitely strange people, was at work. My boss thought it would be a good idea to take our group out for lunch. Well I think I learned a little more then I want to know about there personal lives, or the lack of. We sat around a table for an hour while they talk about dungeons and dragons. Wow!! I could of done with out that. After my so wonderful and educational lunch I went back to work. Once work was over I really found the stupid ones on the ride home. People I guess have decided that hurting home as fast as you can is the easiest way to not get home if you now what I mean. Then you have the 90 year old grandpa out on a Sunday drive on a Friday evening in the middle of rush hour. Well of course that really bring the stupid out in people. Passing the poor guy on hills and around curves, I mean I don't know about you but I can't see through or around hills. Well I finally make it home in one piece thank god, but of course that is not the end.
We all have to eat right? Wrong that is not what the people at Burger King think. I guess they decided that I didn't need my order of fries and left them out of my bag. Which I guess is a little stupid on my part, because I didn't check the order. The thing is that it does take a genius to read the screen and fill the bag I mean come on. I maybe wrong maybe it isn't stupidness ( I know this is not a word I am just trying to fit in today) maybe it is a marketing strategy. Maybe they just want to keep you making that loop around the building. I bet that works right.
Then there's the kids going skating at the local skating rink. Dropping off no problem, pick them up is like trying to drive your car thought demolition Derby. I mean you have 50 cars trying to all park in 3 spaces. Then once they get in that perfect parking spot it takes a act of congress to get out. I mean we park clear on the other side of the lot and walk to the door in a quarter of the time that it takes the rest to even get close to the front of the building. This still doesn't protect us from the stupid people. We still have to get out of the park. People in such a hurt to pick up there kids that they don't even drive on the right side of the road. I wonder if people even slow down enough to see if they got the right kids. I think they just grab the closest one and move on. I mean there is always next weekend to find the right one right.
Never the less I am home and away from the stupid people now. Now I think I will seat down and watch the news and see how many stupid people I missed today.
My first encounter with not necessarily stupid people, but definitely strange people, was at work. My boss thought it would be a good idea to take our group out for lunch. Well I think I learned a little more then I want to know about there personal lives, or the lack of. We sat around a table for an hour while they talk about dungeons and dragons. Wow!! I could of done with out that. After my so wonderful and educational lunch I went back to work. Once work was over I really found the stupid ones on the ride home. People I guess have decided that hurting home as fast as you can is the easiest way to not get home if you now what I mean. Then you have the 90 year old grandpa out on a Sunday drive on a Friday evening in the middle of rush hour. Well of course that really bring the stupid out in people. Passing the poor guy on hills and around curves, I mean I don't know about you but I can't see through or around hills. Well I finally make it home in one piece thank god, but of course that is not the end.
We all have to eat right? Wrong that is not what the people at Burger King think. I guess they decided that I didn't need my order of fries and left them out of my bag. Which I guess is a little stupid on my part, because I didn't check the order. The thing is that it does take a genius to read the screen and fill the bag I mean come on. I maybe wrong maybe it isn't stupidness ( I know this is not a word I am just trying to fit in today) maybe it is a marketing strategy. Maybe they just want to keep you making that loop around the building. I bet that works right.
Then there's the kids going skating at the local skating rink. Dropping off no problem, pick them up is like trying to drive your car thought demolition Derby. I mean you have 50 cars trying to all park in 3 spaces. Then once they get in that perfect parking spot it takes a act of congress to get out. I mean we park clear on the other side of the lot and walk to the door in a quarter of the time that it takes the rest to even get close to the front of the building. This still doesn't protect us from the stupid people. We still have to get out of the park. People in such a hurt to pick up there kids that they don't even drive on the right side of the road. I wonder if people even slow down enough to see if they got the right kids. I think they just grab the closest one and move on. I mean there is always next weekend to find the right one right.
Never the less I am home and away from the stupid people now. Now I think I will seat down and watch the news and see how many stupid people I missed today.
Lesbian Teen Speaks Out On Cancelled Prom
All dressed up and no where to go well not yet anyway. Senior Constance McMillen is a 18 year student at Itawamba County Agricultural High school. McMillen was all excited about going to prom this year, until it was canceled. McMillen informed her principle that she would like to bring her girlfriend as her date. The school board would never allow this. They say that it violates their policy against same-sex couples at the dance. McMillen then contacted the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), and they have filed papers with the courts to reinstate the prom. Even though the school says that is not the reason it was canceled. McMillen has had a very hard time dealing with the students at school, because they all blame her for the prom being canceled. Some students even told her that she ruined there senior year. McMillen says she has no regrets for asking to take her girlfriend to the prom. McMillen added that kids need to be true to themselves.
Come on people!!! I mean the girl just wants to go to the prom as her self. I mean yes she could of just not said anything and meant her girl friend there, but I think she is proud of who she is and that is great. The school says that is not why they canceled the prom, but who are they kidding. I mean it is obvious that they don't agree with it or they wouldn't have a policy about same sex couples at a dance. Which is stupid anyway!!! I mean you go to school and they tell you that you can be or do anything you want, but don't lie, steel, cheat, or be gay. Then there's the students that are mad at her, because she ruined their senior year. That is not right!! I mean she didn't cancel the prom the school did. The school needs to wake up, the world is changing and they need to get with program. Being gay is not a choice it something you are born with. I know there are people out there that will disagree with me, but that's okay that is there right.
McMillen is in the right in my eyes. People should be who they are, and live there lives that way. Why should people hide the fact that they are gay. I mean I have a very good friend who is gay and he hide the fact for many years. He feared that people would judge him for it, and he was right some did. Did it change who he was as a person, of course not. It made his life hell!!
Gay or straight, black or white when is the world going to wake up and realize that it is not the persons color, religion, or sexual preference that makes them who they are. It is what is in there heart that makes them good or bad.
Come on people!!! I mean the girl just wants to go to the prom as her self. I mean yes she could of just not said anything and meant her girl friend there, but I think she is proud of who she is and that is great. The school says that is not why they canceled the prom, but who are they kidding. I mean it is obvious that they don't agree with it or they wouldn't have a policy about same sex couples at a dance. Which is stupid anyway!!! I mean you go to school and they tell you that you can be or do anything you want, but don't lie, steel, cheat, or be gay. Then there's the students that are mad at her, because she ruined their senior year. That is not right!! I mean she didn't cancel the prom the school did. The school needs to wake up, the world is changing and they need to get with program. Being gay is not a choice it something you are born with. I know there are people out there that will disagree with me, but that's okay that is there right.
McMillen is in the right in my eyes. People should be who they are, and live there lives that way. Why should people hide the fact that they are gay. I mean I have a very good friend who is gay and he hide the fact for many years. He feared that people would judge him for it, and he was right some did. Did it change who he was as a person, of course not. It made his life hell!!
Gay or straight, black or white when is the world going to wake up and realize that it is not the persons color, religion, or sexual preference that makes them who they are. It is what is in there heart that makes them good or bad.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Drugs
No not that kind of drugs I'm sure the title caught some of your eyes. I am talking about the drugs you get from the doctor. Have you ever watched the TV and really listened the the side affects of the drugs. I mean some of the side affects are worse then the sickness you have. Which makes me wonder is it really safe to take the drugs in the first place. They will say something like could cause death, but only in like one or two percent of the people who use it. Well what if you are in that one or two percent? I mean if you have a broken toe or something similar and you take a pain pill and die I think I will just deal with the pain.
I mean don't get me wrong I realize that drugs do great things for people, but I real don't think they test some of these thinks long enough before they release them to the public. How my times have you seen this brand new miracle drug out and then six months later you see a lawyer on TV saying if you have taking this drug....... You get the rest of that. I mean it is scary to think that you are trying try to get better and you end up sicker, because some yahoo push this miracle cure through with out testing it right to make a buck.
Then there's other problems like addiction. I mean there are a lot of drugs out there that you can take that are not habit forming, but the doctors keep giving out the bad ones like there candy. Why? People think of drug dealers as some guy sitting on a street corner dealing drugs. When there actually wearing white coats as well. I know not all doctors are like that but there some that are.
Just keep in mind the next time you get sick what am I putting in my body and is it going to make better or worse.
I mean don't get me wrong I realize that drugs do great things for people, but I real don't think they test some of these thinks long enough before they release them to the public. How my times have you seen this brand new miracle drug out and then six months later you see a lawyer on TV saying if you have taking this drug....... You get the rest of that. I mean it is scary to think that you are trying try to get better and you end up sicker, because some yahoo push this miracle cure through with out testing it right to make a buck.
Then there's other problems like addiction. I mean there are a lot of drugs out there that you can take that are not habit forming, but the doctors keep giving out the bad ones like there candy. Why? People think of drug dealers as some guy sitting on a street corner dealing drugs. When there actually wearing white coats as well. I know not all doctors are like that but there some that are.
Just keep in mind the next time you get sick what am I putting in my body and is it going to make better or worse.
California City Worker Volunteers for Layoff to Save Colleague's Job
Sharon Singleton was one of 11 employees that was layoff from her job at the city of Lathrop, California. Patricia Overy, who also works for the city of Lathrop and was not laid off, was thinking of giving up her job to save someone else's job. Overy, a mother of four went home to talk to her husband about leaving her job. They both sat down and talk about there finances, and decided that she should give up here job to save someone else. Overy then went to work and asked her boss that she be laid off. Overy also felt that she would have a easier time reentering the work force then some of her other coworkers who were older. Singleton, after two days of being laid off was called back to work and was told of the sacrifice that Overy had made. Singleton was in shock to here that one of her coworkers had done such a thing. Overy is happy that she will be able to spend a little more time with her kids. She says things might get a little tight for a while but things will be fine.
Wow!!! What a kind action on Overy's part. I mean how many people out there would do that for anybody. I mean most people would just say how sorry they feel for the person and might even try and give them some advice. I can't think of anybody I know that would give up there job for someone else. This helps my confidence in the kindness of man kind a little. To know that there are still truly good people out there that are willing to do something for someone else with out gaining something in return. It is to bad that there aren't more people like Overy out there. I mean I know that there out there but there so few and far in between.
I also made a small sacrifice to try and help my coworkers out just a couple of weeks ago. We were told at work that the company wanted everybody that could to take two days off for the month of February and March. Well this didn't set well with a lot of people because they just could not afford it. The deal was if everybody did this then the company would save some money, but if not enough people did it then they would have to layoff everybody for a whole week. So what I did was I decided that since I had some money saved up I would take off for two weeks. I know that it wasn't as big as Overy but I felt that this would help a few people who could not afford to take the time off.
I think that if there were more people out there that were willing to help people like Overy that this world would be a much better place. I also think that God will reward Overy for her sacrifices in the future for her unselfish actions.
Wow!!! What a kind action on Overy's part. I mean how many people out there would do that for anybody. I mean most people would just say how sorry they feel for the person and might even try and give them some advice. I can't think of anybody I know that would give up there job for someone else. This helps my confidence in the kindness of man kind a little. To know that there are still truly good people out there that are willing to do something for someone else with out gaining something in return. It is to bad that there aren't more people like Overy out there. I mean I know that there out there but there so few and far in between.
I also made a small sacrifice to try and help my coworkers out just a couple of weeks ago. We were told at work that the company wanted everybody that could to take two days off for the month of February and March. Well this didn't set well with a lot of people because they just could not afford it. The deal was if everybody did this then the company would save some money, but if not enough people did it then they would have to layoff everybody for a whole week. So what I did was I decided that since I had some money saved up I would take off for two weeks. I know that it wasn't as big as Overy but I felt that this would help a few people who could not afford to take the time off.
I think that if there were more people out there that were willing to help people like Overy that this world would be a much better place. I also think that God will reward Overy for her sacrifices in the future for her unselfish actions.
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