From outside the box

Last Fridays storm was a real blast. And I can say that because I was one of the lucky few who's power never went out. I love storms, wind, rain, really anything where the air is moving, or something is happening. Sunshine and warm summer days are very over rated. In my perfect world, it would rain 5 days a week, all year long.

I gained five pounds over the holidays. I ate a lot of sweets....but I made up for it by not working out too.

Three things that irk me....seeing somebodies sprinklers running on a rainy day, packaged items that you cannot open with any known power in the universe, loosing a pick inside a guitar and not being able to shake it out.

I'm just starting to read a new book called "The Divine Matrix" by Gregg Braden. Some of the chapter titles are...."What's in the space between?", and "When here is there and then is now: jumping time and space in the matrix". Looks like it's going to be one of those books where you have to read a lot of the paragraphs 3 or 4 times.

My daughter Lisa who is 23 years old and is in the Navy Reserves was scheduled to go to Afghanistan this month for a year. She got out from going on a medical issue at the last minute. During her training they told her that there would be 100 military men to every woman where she was to be stationed and that her greatest threat over there would not be the Taliban but the American army men. They told her that the women soldiers over there have to do everything in groups to keep from getting raped by American soldiers. They said the danger was from the army guys (more low lifers? less educated?), not the marines, air force, or Navy. I wonder why we don't hear about that on Fox news?

I was glad to see John McCain take one last night in the New Hampshire primaries. If I had to choose a republican president from the lot that is running it would probably be McCain. I liked the way he spoke out against the swift boat adds in the last election. I've never paid much attention to him before so I was shocked to see that gorgeous blond lady with him, who I thought at first was his daughter, was really his wife! Wow, way to go John! And they say money can't buy happiness.

Does Citi Bank and Discover really think that if they keep sending me junk mail everyday, year in and year out, that sooner or later I will break down and apply for a credit card?

Last of all, I want to put in a word here for a good friend of mine, Chuck Epperson. Now Chuck is not the kind of guy to waste his time reading blogs, so I am pretty sure he will never read this, therefore I'm going to do a little product placement here. Chuck owns and operates Epperson Bros. Kenpo Karate. We are lucky to have in this community a true world class martial artist. Trust me, there is no other martial artist in this area that can hold a candle to his skills, as well as his teaching technique. If any of you locals have ever considered taking up the art or introducing your child into martial arts, at least go talk to Chuck before you make a final decision on an instructor. You'll be glad you did.