All Is Well In The World...

Ok, maybe not the whole world, but my world sure is fun. I wish the whole world could be as chilling as we are, really.

It's a beautiful sunny day, everyone is gone for at least 4 hours, and the hot rod is running beautifully. It's a great day to take the tops off and go find a mountain to get lost on.

The hot rod has being a little finicky of late. Not the original white one..that sucker has nearly 300,000 miles on it and is STILL running like a champ. Yeah, she shows her age, but man, what a car.

No, the IROC is the one that is being finicky. We finally solved the clutch problem and then an electrical problem reared it's ugly head. I am pretty sure I know exactly where the problem lie, honestly. The one who gave it to us rewired it redneck style and if we just put everything back where it is supposed to go, then I'm sure that will solve the problem. It is merely in the gauges, anyway, but when you have a hot rod, gauges are nice to have.

I'm certain it won't be hard to track. I do have 5 or 9 books at my disposal and the whole big world of the internet, eh?

The senior chief has his doubts, however. He informed me that I had to learn "atom theory" first.

WHAT?

ATOM THEORY?

I could be wrong now, but I'm pretty sure to undertake that job, I learned most of everything I needed to do it in kindergarten. I'm pretty sure all I need to know is what colored wire goes where, at this point in the juncture.

I mean, come on, I completely wired up an anti-collision device on a 75 ton crane, 60 feet up in the air. And it worked perfectly. I didn't need to know atom theory then and we were working with industrial electricity, hey?

Atom theory my ass. Reminds me of the time I asked my dad a simple algebraic law and by the time it was all over, my homework was long forgotten and I was halfway immersed in a Navy correspondence course on boolean algebra.

Not that it wouldn't be fun to learn and all, but sheesh, when would I have the time?

Hell, I'm happy as hell that I get to take a leisurely shower today and maybe actually get to shave my legs.

Atom theory my ass.

Health Care and Other Stuff

Yes, I follow the news. What I want to know is if this healthcare plan is supposed to be so all fired great, then why are Congress and The President exempt? Why wouldn't they have the same plan as us? Are they not American's?

The funny thing is, is this healthcare plan is redundant. We already have SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance Program) and you don't have to be very poor to get your children taken care of. I actually don't know anybody that uses it, but it sounds good to me. The first 6 years of a child's life are free. Then it starts costing, but when you look at the cost of health insurance, it is a bargain.

All states should have something similar at this point in time.

And then we already have Medicaid. How well is THAT program working? Why not revamp it a little? Make it ..I don't know.. make some money?

And then we have Medicare.

I think we have all the age groups covered now. So, tell me...WHY do we need to spend money and waste time thinking up a whole new plan when the social programs we already have don't work that well. You might as well just have a bonfire with your money.

Last I heard, the wheel was pretty much invented.

Been Awhile..

Well, people. This has been a busy year. School has started which gives me an extra few minutes occasionally to write a thought or two down. I thought life was supposed slow down as you got older and your kids did too. Ha! Another myth, I see.

Every time I think I have a good book idea, I see it's been done. But, that doesn't discourage me, as reading is my very first love. I am always happiest when I have a book to read.

I've been catching up on my television watching as well to see if I can pick the formula. I can in most cases. Back to the classics, as well, I think.

You know what sucks about movies today? No intermission. I mean, gee, that's just good business sense right there. Remember how movies used to have intermissions so that you could go to the bathroom, refill your snacks? What happened to that? It just makes sense all the way around. People feel like they aren't missing half the movie because they have to pee, and they spend more money on the snacks at the concession stand. Win-win. That is partly why I don't go to movies anymore.

Look, I know I am going to have to pee halfway into the movie. It's just one of those things that is. It bugs me to miss that much of a movie that costs a hell of a lot of money. I'd probably go to the movies more often if they did it old school and had those intermissions. Then if you had to go, you knew you were going to get a break soon.

I got to take the kids to two movies this summer. We saw Night at the Museum and Harry Potter 6. I was disappointed in that one. The books had so much depth. My 11 year old has read them all, and he was disappointed too. I found it uncalled for to blow up the Weasly's house. Just saying.

Busy is good. Busy is making money and feeling productive. Sometimes life is full of words and sometimes life is full of quiet. I think a quiet time is upon me.