I hate packing

I LOVE travel, but I HATE packing....not dislike, but hate. So while I dwell on what to pack, I sit here doing a couple of things I do extremely well....procrastinating and surfing the web. Yes, I can do these things simultaneously, WHAT A TALENTED GUY I AM!

While surfing (dood) I came across something a little strange and it reminded me that I have a whole assortment of "odd" things I've found. I have decided to share a few with you. Maybe a little disturbing at first, but there can be some humor found in them too. Believe me, I have more and I'll share them another time.

#1 Hello Kitty Gun - WTF? This is disturbing on many levels.

#2 Sex Snorkel.....OK now, how demanding is she? Really?

#3 Jonny Glow...... Even has it's own animated "mascot" PeeDude. Click to see it yourself.

A big fat F.U. to the bullies of the world ROCK ON!

Almost forgot that I wanted to jump on the bandwagon of RIGHT ON's to a couple of seniors in a Nova Scotia high school!

In case you haven't heard, a 9th grader was being harassed for wearing a pink polo shirt to the first day of school. Some jerks were calling him a homo and the like.

Well, a couple of 12th grade guys heard what the kid endured that day and decided to do something about it. These guys went out to a discount store, bought 50 pink tanktops. They went home and started emailing their peers and got more help than they anticipated.

The next day they handed out the shirts in the lobby and the school was, er, flush with pink.

This completely ticked off the bullies, but what could they do when most of the school was united against them. The story is really cool, so if you want to read it from their local paper just click HERE.

Pink..... it's the new black!

Leaving for NY on the Vernal Equinox

So tomorrow morning I'm on a 6am flight to NY to visit family and see some folks I haven't seen in nearly 25 yrs. Really looking forward to it. Will be spending the first couple days painting Mom's newly acquired house. Hoping to get it done fairly quickly so I can have a couple days to just hang out, kick back and relax.

Only thing is...what the H E double hockeysticks was happening when I booked a 6am flight? I'll have to be up by 3am to get enough caffeine in me to get my fat ass to the airport by 430.

An additional definition of the word FRIEND: A person that is willing to get your butt to an airport at 4 o'clock in the morning.

PS: Am now being more aware of my surroundings and wary of any tap dancing in the men's rooms. Who knew a little softshoe was some kind of morse code.

WTF do I think? More of my bitchin'

I have been asked 3x in the last eleven days "Dale, What do you think about .....?"

It's normally kinda flattering when asked your opinion...or so you'd think

How about this...

Q: Dale, what do you think about/what's your opinion on dot dot dot?

A: Blah blah blah..Dale's jargon, blah blah blah..more experience explained..blah blah blah

Then to be faced with a face full of dejection or anger because I didn't give the "right answer"?

What is this horseshit? Don't ask ANYONE what they think if all you want is for them to tell you what you WANT to hear.

Grow up and give the rest of us prophets and seers a break. Love ya! Suck it!

BTW....weather was BEAUTIFUL today...totally awesome Florida day....Low humidity, 88 degrees, strong breezes...Lovin it with my positive peeps and hopin for you negative freaks.

2,974 Blessings Lost.....Have you acknowledged your blessings lately......

184 lights were dimmed at the Pentagon

United 93 held 40 Blessings that were set free of earthly bindings in a field in Pennsylvania

Life is Good

Nothing out of the ordinary the last couple of days. The shorter work week was cool. Charlie invited Ric, Tim and I over for dinner Saturday night. Went to breakfast this morning in St Pete with Ric, Charlie, Nick and Phyllis. Bucs first "official" season game is on in a few minutes.

And, yes.......Life IS good.

Work Work Work, Ahhh a day off from the grind

Not really sure why twice now sock monkeys are feelin me, but once again there one is. Not even actually looking for them, but just doing my usual Google searches and they seem to be popping up.

Had a great Labor Day weekend. Spent Friday night just getting back into sync with myself after another busy week.

Saturday, our intent was to go to a BBQ with a bunch of friends in Gulfport and then all head out to the Gecko Festival. Never ended up getting to the festival because after a lot of food and drink, the chairs all came into a very large circle and the conversation and laughter lasted a lot longer than anticipated. Before we knew it, it was nearly midnight and time for home.

Sunday was spent running errands and then to an evening of pizza and one of those sunsets that only come after a very welcome early evening monsoon cools it all down for the night. Lots of pink and gold in the sky lighting up all of the lingering dark clouds.

Monday....Painting Ric's bathroom and the soffet(sp?) in his kitchen and hanging out just relaxing enjoying a paid Monday off.