What is really important

I was watching the World Series and before it had began there was ad after ad for the upcoming election. Sooo much negativity it's hard to decipher what is the truth, what are outright lies, and what are the half truths. The game starts and the people get lost for the moment in the sporting world watching the teams take the field getting all fired up for first pitch. The game was going on with a good pitchers duel so I thought I would get on the computer and watch the game also. HEY I'm multitasking... On my Facebook page I get some posts from friends and family as well as a little 7yr old named Max. Now Max doesn't post himself but I would think his family does this for him. You see Max is fighting for his life. He has a brain tumor. Currently he is going thru treatments and the posts seem to show highs and lows during the days. Pictures show Max as a happy little boy then as a child suffering with a deadly disease. Also, when I can, usually a couple of times a week, I visit my friend Marty. Marty also is fighting brain cancer. He's a couple of years younger than I am, was in remission from an earlier bout with a tumor (not in his brain) and was in, from an observers view, in very good shape. Marty is no longer walking, and having a hard time concentrating and eating, now is dropping weight. He can no longer work and has some short term memory problems. As these two fight on I sit here in relatively good health and take for granted all the real things around me. I am cynical of most things, people, politicians, authority. What I should do is be thankful I can see and hold my wife and sons. I still have hope of the boys growing up healthy and successful. I was blessed to have TWO very intelligent sons that from a learning standpoint, excelling in the school testing both rating well over the requirements in all categories. I have friends that have lost their children, not able to hold, talk, or just have fun with, I would think even arguing with them would be welcome.
Seeing my friends in their situations tells me, I need to be a better husband, father, and person. This is going to be a lifetime work in progress. I am pretty set in my personality. I hope that the future Bob could mentally reflect on the blessings he has and would appreciate things people more.

Wow the Giants just scored......See a work in progress. <-- A long way to go

Bob

Migrate Please

“Migrate Please”

As the summer season has come to end this year I thought or rather hoped for the migration to a warmer climate the local animal known in these parts as the construction horse. During this spring and summer more and more signs began appearing letting us know that the Government was funding each project to put America back to work. Why do we need all the roads reconstructed at the same time? And why aren’t more Americans working. The roads all have been blocked off but no construction begins (sometimes for weeks). Just last we though I saw someone in a front loader driving it down the area under construction although he was not moving any material (just driving the vehicle around) and about a half dozen others standing around. These fellows were the ones the sign stated we needed to put back to work. Giving them the benefit of doubt, they may have already put in some strenuous time lifting their coffee cups being ever so careful not to burn themselves.

Our State Motto should read :

“Welcome to Illinois where all roads shall merge into one”

As the roads go, I would have thought that they would or should degrade at the same rate (they have about the same amount of vehicular traffic)and seeing that they weren’t all built in the same year, they would not need to be repaired in the same year either. Maybe I should use the time sitting in my car creeping along a little bit slower than a box turtle to unwind after a day of work. I would probably enjoy listening to some music on the radio watching the sun set a little more on my patio than in my car, watching the people who think that they need to get home quicker than I do. These yokels think the flashing arrow telling drivers that a lane is merging into another is an indication to see how many of them could cram their way up in front of other drivers. I would like to tip my hat to the truck drivers that use their 20 ton vehicles like linemen blocking for some running backs.

For now the days are getting shorter and the temperature lower, so it’s time for the horses to be moving to a warmer climate. Maybe then my temperature too shall recede. Can’t wait for spring……………..

The Election is near

As the 2010 election draws nearer and the gloves have been tossed aside by the candidates, I was wondering if any of them could possibly tell the truth if they were on their deathbed. You would think that the American public was soooo dumb that they want to listen to Bullshit coming from the mouths that want to make decisions that will effect them for the next 2-4-6 years. I would really want to know with the lies that come forward about the people running for office why o why are there not any lawsuits being filed. My guess is they let the lies about each other go because they're BOTH lying. The he said she said is pretty sad. When will it all end!!!!!! Certainly not until after Nov. 2nd. I think we will then be exposed to the agenda's of these politicians when they no longer have to fear us. Here in the Midwest (I'm in Illinois the land that Honesty forgot) We need to get out and Vote for the Diaper change this State needs. MY VOICE will be heard with my vote but alas 1 voice alone will be silenced by the shout of lies from louder politicians.  But worry not, I'd bet the farm that all the stories will again change from what actually happened to what the other one did in the next 4 years.

Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.