I would like to thank all the men and women in our armed services for their heroic service. Thank you too our veterans who have defended our country and thank you for those who are currently serving as we speak. God bless the Land of the Free because of the Brave!
When we were growing up my parents always told us little fibs to keep us quiet. These fibs were things such as, “If you keep making that face it will get stuck like that,” or, “if you keep playing with it, it will fall off,” and one of my personal favorites, “sitting to close to the tv will make you go blind.” These are only a few of the little white lies that I’m sure most parents told their kids. Although these lies are mostly harmless, it allowed children to trust their parents and see them as a wise source of knowledge. The only way we found out the truth was when we grew older and become more educated. Now times have changed drastically. Kids have the power of google and smartphones in the palm of their hands; literally. They can search any of these false statements in less than a second. So what do parents do now? Now parents can tell their children what every parent wants to say, “because I said so” or “do it again and you’re going into timeout.” There are a few other phrases I’m sure you can think of on your own (wink wink)!
Today when I walked into the staff lounge there was a note posted directly on the fridge. This note had me sick to my stomach. Someone had the audacity to take the food out of the fridge but not the courage to respond to the note. I felt bad for my co-worker so I decided to respond with the only relevant message I could think of. Please view the picture below.
P.S. I blocked out the name for confidentiality purposes. 
Every morning I wake up and read, “On This Day” from The History Channel. You learn a great deal of information from the past. This morning I awoke in a tired daze when all of the sudden something shocked me awake. One long segment of the page was committed to one exceptional athlete. This man was accused of a crime in 1994 and it took him 252 days to plead his innocence. The man I am discussing is Orenthal James Simpson or better known as, O.J. This man spent 252 arduous days behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit, according to the courts. What’s even crazier is he wrote a book detailing the incident saying if he were to do it, this is how he would do it. Not only an athlete but a great novelist as well. So ladies and gentlemen, on this day in 1995 O.J. walked the streets a free man. Later he was arrested for a crime and found guilty, but that’s another blog.
One day after many years of service I hope to retire. While in my retirement I have a long list that I would like to complete such as traveling, volunteering and becoming a local at a towny bar. One big plan I have is to move away and enjoy the rest of my days on a big plot of land. I don’t intend on doing this because I dislike the state of Illinois, which I do, my reasoning is far greater. I would like to move away and not tell any of my friends or family members. The reason for this is because when someone in my family comes to the house to visit me, a random person will open the door! Everyone will be very confused! I will keep this charade up for at least a month or two. I don’t want people to get to worried. I hope my wife doesn’t get mad when she shows up to the house and her keys don’t work.
Today as I was taking a stroll around the block someone flew up behind me and honked their car horn. I turned around in confusion and anger, however, that quickly changed to laughter when I noticed it was my neighbor driving her Prius. She laughed as said, “haha I made you jump a little.” You see I enjoy always scaring my neighbor constantly. It is a fun game I play. Today she thought she finally returned the favor and had me startled. That was until I yelled at her, “maybe if you drove something besides a Prius I would actually be scared!” She drove away in defeat.
I wish I could go back in time to the 1500/1600s. It was a harsh time but it was a simpler time. If you didn’t like someone, all you had to do was call them a witch. Once this acquisition was made it was smooth sailing from there. Usually there was a trial and then a burning at the stake. You may think this sounds crazy, but at least they wouldn’t have to die of old age. I mean living to – crisp age of 30 to 40 years is such a slow agonizing death. What a time to be alive!
To the heavy set gentleman with the long white beard and hair who walks around my place of business. I appreciate your look and demeanor, however, the red shirt and black pants look should only be worn once a year. Also please don’t smoke cigarettes in public. We do not want the children to think smoking is cool.
It has been 18 years since the cowardly attack on the United States. Never forget the 2,977 people that were killed in New York City, Washington, DC and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Never forget the 343 fire fighters, 23 police officers and 37 port authority officers who lost their lives in order to save those trapped inside. Remember the soldiers who have fought and are still fighting to ensure that a tragic event like this will never happen again. Freedom isn’t free, God bless America!
People always ask each other what are their life goals. The answers can range anywhere from becoming president to owning a bar. However, my goal in life is a little different. My goal is to be like Gordon Ramsay. I don’t mean the successful chef/ business owner, although that would be nice, I mean his demeanor. I want to speak to people the way he does. He doesn’t believe in dealing with nonsense and he doesn’t tolerate incompetent people. But once again I would not mind being a successful chef!
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