Have you ever heard the statement, “It takes all kinds…” I understand this to be referring to the diversities of human beings. Well, one diversity should be examined more closely: idiots.

And so begins my rant: It boggles the mind that we have such an abundance of stupidity on this planet. Especially in a day in age such as today. I think it is getting worse. I mean, if you took all the idiots in the world and locked them in a room somewhere on a deserted island, it would make a perfect target for a Tomahawk missle or two. Harsh? Yes, and if you are taking me seriously as if 1) I believe idiots should be killed, or 2) I have access to ordinance of this kind, then you should do a check-up from the neck up… I might be talking about YOU.

How many times have you been driving to work and right there in the middle of the road is some moron who is crossing one of the busiest roads on foot, in the middle of rush hour? The thing that classifies this as moronic, is the fact that not 20 feet down the road there’s a friggin crosswalk! Come on people! Should these idiots truly have the right of way?

Or the moron who sued a major fast food company because the HOT COFFEE they ordered scalded them when they spilled it? Are you kidding?! Insanity I tell ya.

How about all the stupid warnings found on our products these days? “For external use only.” All of the products I found with this warning had clear instructions initially. Who reads these instructions and then thinks the product is for ingestion or insertion? I once bought a cigarette lighter power adapter for my car to power a new radio. The warning it carried was, “For earth cars only.” Seems stupidity is rampant across the universe. SHEESH!

I am a follower of evolution and science. Many will argue that there’s no way we could have descended from the same ancestors as apes. Actually, these morons often argue that we “couldn’t have descended from monkeys.” I think they prove my point everytime they say that.

Anyway, one of the key principals in evolution is “survival of the fittest.” The problem we face today, is that we don’t allow evolution to happen. Why are these ridiculous warnings on our products? Why warn them? They deserve their fate! Why do idiots hold others responsible for their stupidity? Look at that, a question and an answer in one sentence. The real question is why do we allow this to happen? Now, I don’t think we should have the freedom to openly assualt idiots when they do dumb things (though that would be a blast). I do think we need to hold idiots accountable for their density. In fact it would be less work this way, I think. Stupidity should be painful, and we should let evolution take its course.

But, that’s just one man’s opinion…

I don’t know about you, but everyday I get up in the morning and have to leave my family for work, it is really depressing. Not that my job is horrible or anything. Sure it is stressful, but making money by any means comes with a fair share of stress.

As far as side projects in our lives: HT is doing fine. It has a few clients. More than enough to keep me busy in my off time. The only problem I am having right now is working on two jobs at once. I wont make that mistake again. Unfortunately, one of my clients was a bit upset about this, and understandably so. I’ve tried to make it right with them, and hopefully I’ve succeeded. TDN is going fine. Not many sales, but I am getting plenty of hits. I found my shipping table was a bit on the expensive side through some customer feedback, so I dropped it as much as I could. But it costs money to ship rocks, damn it! SM is doing great! Heidi is continually cranking out the products and sales are doing better for her than for I. That’s wonderful! I still think her business will be the one to take us to the mountains. We’ll see.

To all the kids out there: DON’T START SMOKING! I swear, this is the hardest thing in the world to quit. There are a lucky few out there, like my wife, who can just smoke now and then and seem to be totally immune to the addictive properties. Makes me sick.

Well, today in my efforts to quit smoking I bought a pack of cigarettes. Yes, I know that is a horrible first step. My second step was to promptly have a cigarette up on the patio during my morning briefing at work… Ok, not on a roll here.

After a major guilt trip induced by thoughts of my wife, and my father both of whom would be really pissed of at me. I crushed the new pack of cigarettes, and slapped on another patch.

Going to make another go at this quitting thing. Wish me luck. I need it!

It’s been awhile since the last update. Things are pretty much the same around here. We are still in the midst of getting businesses off the ground, renting our house, and trying to find some time in between to enjoy life.

I was recently diagnosed with a bleeding ulcer. The doc says it is likely due to bacteria. Seems stress isn’t a likely cause for ulcers anymore. That’s too bad, because that sure would have explained it. So, I am on medication to get it controlled. Seems to be working so far.

Life at work is pretty cool still. I have a good team working for me, and a new boss whom I am quite happy to work for. My old boss moved on to better things. He is smiling these days and claims to actually sleep at night. Must be nice.

My business, is doing well for its first month. Getting many hits, and made some sales already. Looks promising. Heidi’s business, is still in development as far as the web goes, but it is doing well among the local shops here in town. I am so excited for her.

That’s all for now. More to come later. :)

Heidi and I tend to push our abilities to the limit. Recently I’ve learned that this is a tactic to be used in short controlled bursts. When you ride the edge at all times, you WILL fall off and something bad will happen. Well, nothing bad has happened yet, to me, but my brain feels as if it is short circuiting, I started smoking again, and drinking a fifth of scotch seems appealing. Life is moving way too fast for us right now. Time to take a break. First thing tomorrow I am scheduling some off time to get a friggin grip. Sheesh!

Hey Everybody. Allen will be so happy that I actually am taking the time to do this. Just an ordinary Monday by all accounts.
I put my bath products up for sale at a local consignment store and sold some within 30 minutes of displaying them!! I am psyched! I will have my website: www.sweetmunkies.com up and running soon. I would love to really make a go of this and be a millionare. heheh. I can dream, right?
I also put my Jaguar up for sale and hoping to get a bite. I will miss it so very much, but it is a high-maintenance vehicle for sure!
We went to the movies with Emma on Sat. and saw Panic Room- it was good, but I didn’t panic heheheh. Also got the yard cleaned up too. Put new fish in the pond. They are so cute!! woohoo.
K Dawg is doing fine- she is a little neurotic freak tho. Barks at everything. Oh no!! A leaf dropped off a tree! BARK! BARK! Maybe it is due to her neurotic owners..hmm…
Will write more soon.