Fathers Day

Well here in Canada where I call home, today is Father's Day. A day where we buy cards and bad ties in an attempt to show appreciation to our father's. Well let me say that being a father is not a mantle to be taken for granted. Just by being a father you don't get the right to get cards and bad ties purchased for you - you have to earn that right.

So for all the deadbeat Dad's out there who don't pay child support, don't spend some quality time with their kids and don't deserve the title of father - you should get a good old fashion kick in the groin. To quote the soup Nazi ( well maybe not a direct quote ) '"No tie for you !"

To the other dads out there who support their children , enjoy their children and recognize how special their children are - Kudos to you . We need more of you out there to combat the rise in divorces, broken families and drive by shootings that seem to plague our neighborhoods - sorry plague our 'hoods.

Take a minute to thank your father today in whatever way is appropriate for you - have a drink , play some golf, or give him a hug but be sure to take a minute.

My dad died several years ago now, so I wont have the option of having a drink with him or watching the ball game or anything else - but I do want to say one thing to him...

Dad I miss you....


Bla

Summer is here - watch your insurance rates

Well it's seems that summer is finally here. The dear old mosquitoes are back from a winter holiday, the grass is making my eyes run and the woman in skimpy shorts and tops are making my vision blurry.

I have never said that men - the sex not the species - are very complicated creatures. We really have very a few basic needs. I think we have a small triceratops style brain - about the size of a peanut. It's a wonder we can accomplish anything to be honest. Our small peanut sized brain goes into overload and overheats in the summer. It's not the heat like you would expect - but rather the plethora of females strutting around in the summer exposing their curves and assets to all the world to see. That is why I think that you better watch your insurance rates in the summer if you are a) male and b) drive a car. There is a veritable cornucopia for our eyes to look at and cause our peanut brains to overheat. Admit it - we are not that complicated and the best laid plans of mice and men can be overturned simply by a well endowed female enjoying the summer sun.

I for one have accepted it and stay in the comfort of my home for the periods from June to Sept watching reruns of Leave it to Beaver and maybe a few Discovery Channel documentaries.

Forecast calls for sun and high high heat......

I'm on Humor Blogs.com and it's getting hot in here...


BLAA!

I've Fallen and I can't get up...

Well we've seemed to have breached another great "frontier" according to the article on Times Online
(http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3883082.ece)

Long story short - they want to implant blue tooth technology into our bodies - technology that will notify the authorities if we suddenly collapse and have a heart attack or some other serious condition- I've fallen and I can't get up. No worries authorities will be dispatched.

Never mind the blatant breach of privacy and the total "big brother" aspect to this story, I'm wondering what they will think of next . Will family doctors - assuming there still will be family doctors - get an email when you stub your knee? " IMPACT DETECTED ON LEFT PATELLA - SCHEDULE APPOINTMENT FOR FOLLOW UP.... or will pizza parlors and fast food joints exploit the technology - CALORIC INPUT = ZERO FOR PAST 4 HOURS SEND MCDONALDS AD TO PDA RE: NEW ANGUS BURGER

Oh the possibilities....

Be afraid be very afraid....

Bla!

The lost art of shoe tying

I think the simple act of tying your shoes, will be a skill and ability that we will lose in the next few generations. Just go to any mall and look at the teenagers shuffling around with their pants hanging down to their knees and untied shoes - I think most of the shoes are untied because the little "gangstas " don't know how to tie them, and mommey wont help them anymore. That is what you get for being educated on the streetcorners... A little time in school and they could have learned valuable skills like tying their shoes.

If you don't apply a skill regularly you will lose that ability - sounds reasonable that is what people say about learning a second language - maybe it applies to shoe tying as well.

Little kids shoes have the option of Velcro closures now - nothing to tie there, teenagers as I discussed earlier either don't know how to tie shoes , or it's part of their "gangsta" culture not to tie shoes - and with old people we are back to the Velcro closures again . There is that small segment of society - older then a teenager and still able to chew their own food - that can still tie their shoes. Be proud of it. It will soon be a lost art like hand written letters.

Don't get me started on digital clocks......

I'm on Humor Blogs.com and I'm not currently wearing my colors.


Bla


** I just re read my post and I am amused at the similarities between teenagers and senior citizens. Shoes are untied, pants are falling down and they all shuffle - hmmmm. Maybe we should ask Grandpa if he is affiliated with the Bloods or the Crips?

What up G!