Annoyance #45 of 2009!

No matter where you go, they are there. Whether it be the grocery store, the mall, the Airport, a football stadium, they are there......forcing you to wait, forcing you to listen as they speak, forcing you to deal with their ignorance....they are there.

I bring you Annoyance #45 for this calender year......"Stupid people!" And they are everywhere, around every corner, in every library, every restaurant, every church and every convenient store. You will find them in movie theaters, at summer festivals, in neighborhood parks and public restroom facilities.

Stupid people have cornered the market just about everywhere I go........the only question remaining?.......how did I get so blessed to not be one of them? lol!

Annoyance #44......

This one is a 2-fer. They both involve the parking lot and they are separate issues but under the same category so technically, I will group it as just one annoyance.

Two major issues go beyond irritating in any department store, grocery store, etc...parking lot. #1 the individual that pays absolutely no attention whatsoever to parking between the painted lines. The tires on the passenger side typically straddling or over the painted line making it virtually impossible for anyone else to get into that space. This one sends me screaming. I am now making every attempt to find a way into these spaces intentionally, just so I can be the one to open more door to ding their car before I realize I can't get out (which I knew anyway), pull back and find another spot.

Part 2....the individual that parks intentionally, across two spots so no one will be able to park on either side of them. First off, check your ego, it is a frickin car and it is depreciating each minute you own it.....secondly, if you and the idiots that don't park within the lines in the first place would simply park correctly, there would be no need for you to intentionally take up two spots...by the way, when you do this at a grocery store lot, I'm the guy looking for an available shopping cart and placing it in position for the wind to direct it toward your car.

I guess I just find it my duty to pass out my version of justice...you were after all, the one to annoy me!

****Bloggers note; I really don't do these things to your car but the thought has crossed my mind. I just added my fantasy for visual effect! Have a great day!

October 31, 1517....95 Theses, Christianity a House Divided!

It was on this weekend, nearly 600 years ago that Martin Luther, nailed the 95 Theses to the door of the Church at Wittenburg.


"One Holy Catholic and Apostolic church"......in its simplest definition is the belief in one universal church (the one and only) founded by Jesus Christ.....it was this date however, which marked the beginning of the Protestant movement. Forever dividing the christian faith.

Neither Luther nor his fellow reformers intended to break with the catholic substance and evangelical heritage of the western Church. However, what started as an academic debate turned into an all out religious war; escalated by heated temperaments, politics, and violent language on both sides. Ultimately, there was not a reformation of the church but a separation. The word, "Lutheran" was a tag applied to Luther and his followers and meant to be an insult, but was adopted as a badge of honor by them instead.

From that point in history, Christianity, its unity, its leadership, its strength and power as an individual body of believers, would forever be compromised and watered-down.......Luther, strived for reform and instead, was met with separation and division.

This date in history.......

Catching up With Weekly Annoyances: #35 thru #43!

Well, I have admittedly been slacking. I have slacked with posting on my blog, I have slacked with my weekly annoyances for 2009 and now I must operate from crisis mode.

My volleyball season (my first attempt at coaching this sport) was an abysmal failure. I enjoyed working with the kids and they had great spirit but I have never done well losing in anything......so here we go.

Annoyance #35.....Losing! I am a competitor, I don't even like losing in board games, let alone being on the losing end with a team I am responsible for. Final record? 3 wins, 11 losses. Ouch!!

Annoyance #36: The pseudo fan....what is a pseudo fan? These are the people that get in your face when your favorite sports team loses and the team they claim to follow wins, yet that same individual cannot name 5 athletes on their so called favorite team.

Annoyance #37: The anti-American part 1...What is the anti-American part 1? This is the individual that complains about our political leaders, policies, etc but never takes the time to vote. If you don't vote, you have no right to an opinion.

Annoyance #38: The anti-American part 2....this is the individual that votes and then votes a straight ticket for one party. Then you ask them what it is that makes that party so appealing, what do they stand for and what is their platform and they don't have a clue. They hate the other party but have no idea why. (Minus what they hear on T.V.) This individual is far more damaging then the one that doesn't vote at all........I may not like the party you choose or the candidate you choose but you have at least earned respect if you know why you are voting that way. (Other then the old, I can't stand the other party/other guy bunk!)

Annoyance #39: Hallmark Holidays....Sweetest Day, Valentine's Day, nuff said!

Annoyance #40: Individuals that find their identity in where they live....I cannot tell you the number of times I have met someone from Indiana and they refer to themselves as a "Hoosier", OR fellow Ohioans referring to themselves as a "buckeye", OR folks from North Carolina stating they are a "Tar Heel".....Seriously? Get a life, no one cares..... the state you are from is quite enough thanks.

Annoyance #41: Check writers in a grocery store checkout line. We are in the 21st century folks, time to get a friggin debit card!

Annoyance #42: Drive Thru window personnel. They have given you your change, they can see you reaching for your wallet and putting the money away yet.....they choose this moment to shove the drink in your face and act as if they are getting annoyed because you do not instantly grab the drink from them? Sheesh!

Annoyance #43: Numbers that come up as "private" on caller I.D. If you come up as private, you obviously have something to hide so I am not answering. I put you in the same classification as the telemarketers. Besides, you obviously take yourself way to seriously.

Whew! Feels good to get that off my chest!

Boys and Girls!

We experienced high school with our eldest and now we have begun with our middle child. We are only 2 to 3 months into this thing and the differences are dramatic.

How can the same school, basically the same teachers etc...be so dramatically different for two kids from the same family? Are boys and girls just that different at age 15?

Truthfully, that is my only logical explanation, boys and girls are different in so many ways that even the high school experience, for the parents (at least in our case) is effected dramatically.

My daughter was so fired up her freshman year to attend the homecoming dance....my son? He could take it or leave it. My daughter spent weeks planning, shopping, on the phone, on and on....my son? Hardly a word.

My daughter would talk endlessly at the dinner table about her days in school, the gossip, what kid was doing what....and my son? You almost have to beat him over the head to get any information whatsoever. He gets home from football, gets cleaned up, eats, sits down to do his homework.....I ask; so how was your day?.... Fine!....Really, that's it? No news, no information, no gossip, just fine?...."Dad, I've got to get my homework done."

Boys really are from Mars and girls from Venus....I love them dearly but both are a pain in Uranus!

No longer Fear your Doctor (at least not this one)!

I don't normally do a blog post of this nature but this "junk" email was sent to me and it just made me smile! Just thought I would share.......(preface-this is an Asian doctor)

Q: Doctor, I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true?
A: Heart only good for so many beats, and that it.... Don't waste on exercise. Everything wear out eventually. Speed up heart not make live longer; that like say you can extend life of car by driving faster. Want live longer? Take nap.
Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?
A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does cow eat? Hay and corn. What are these? Vegetables. So, steak nothing more than efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef also good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And pork chop can give 100% recommended daily allowance of vegetable products.
Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?
A: No, not at all. Wine made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine. That means they take water out of fruity bit; get even more of goodness that way. Beer also made out of grain.. Bottoms up!
Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?
A: If you have body and you have fat, ratio is one to one. If you have two bodies, ratio is two to one, etc.
Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program?
A: Cannot think of single one, sorry. My philosophy: No Pain...Good!
Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you?
A: YOU NOT LISTENING!!! .... Foods fried in vegetable oil. How getting more vegetables be bad for you?
Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?
A: Definitely not! When you exercise muscle, it get bigger. You should only do sit-ups if want bigger stomach.
Q: Is chocolate bad for me?
A: You crazy? HELLO… Cocoa beans! Vegetable!!! Cocoa beans best feel-good food around!
Q: Is swimming good for your figure?
A: If swimming good for figure, explain whales to me.
Q: Is getting in-shape important for my lifestyle?
A: Hey! 'Round' is shape!
Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets.
AND.....
For those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word on nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting nutritional studies:
1. The Japanese eat very little fat
And suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat
And suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
3. The Chinese drink very little red wine
And suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine
And suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
5. The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and fats
And suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
CONCLUSION
Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.

Annoyance #34

For me, public restroom facilities are never preferable but when you gotta go, you gotta go. I understand the staff may not have the time to keep up with cleaning the place regularly. I get the need to cut on overhead costs by downsizing the amount of soap and paper towels they provide.

What I don't get and what annoys the living tar out of me.......you pull on the toilet paper roll in order to finish your business and in an effort to force you to use as little toilet paper as possible, the entire thing is rigged to tear off after about 5 inches pulled out. There isn't even enough to wipe a babies bottom with, let alone a grown man. So you pull again, same result....you try to reach your hand up further into the brinks security system they have installed to dispense the toilet paper, this doesn't help, they have built it in a fashion to make certain that you cannot reach the roll.

Meanwhile, the frustration begins to mount, continuing to pull 5 inch strands at a time....at this stage, if you are lucky enough, you just might have your a@$ clean by next month.