Touch of grey...

The world has changed since the last time I donned a beard. Jimmy Carter was president, disco was the dance and in California clothing optional beaches were the norm.

Now B.O. is president, the dance is survival and clothing optional only exists since the economy is so bad, people cannot afford clothes or anything else...

Present day, the groceries stores and fast food restaurants are all starting to give me a thing called a senior discount without even asking for it, all this because i decided to not shave and my beard is now white.

For anyone capable of growing a white beard, it is a sure way to budget in these rough economic times. Three cheers for a touch of grey.

deja-vu experience...

The other night I was channel surfing with my oceanic time warner digital cable remote control and came upon an interesting program.

It was a deja-vu experience. The television reality stars looked awfully familiar, even the cutaway shots of the audience members looked vaguely familiar.

I sat, watched and realized that our county council members are not only famous for being politicians, but have their own reality show on the public access network.

If you have never seen the show I recommend it to anyone needing a good laugh, it's somewhat of a cross between the Biggest Looser, Survivor and I'm a celebrity, get me out of here.

A good piece of meat...

During a recent visit to Burger King, I spotted a well-known vegan eating a Burger King triple Whopper with cheese. Caught in the act, he looked at me and said, “I don’t know how you can eat that food” (pointing to my Whopper Jr.) while rubbing his stomach with a gesture of indigestion.

Vegans enjoy meat, they just don’t want to get caught, it’s a political correctness of the rules of being vegan.

A vegan eating meat is the equivalent of a politician having an extramarital affair.It happens frequently, and no matter how you look at it, everyone likes a good piece of meat.

Vegans and politicians are no exceptions.

"Differing opinions needn't end friendships..."

Differing opinions needn't end friendship. This is in response to the numerous people who take my opinions too seriously. You can never please all of the people. Being a frequent contributor to the letters section and a blogger puts me in a vulnerable position.

Sometimes people love your point of view and sometimes they disagree. The ones who really enjoy my blogs or letters will go out of their way and contact me. The people who disagree will many times be associates who after reading my opinion will be mad or stop talking to me.

We can all have different opinions, whether we express them in letters to the editor, blogging, verbally or in casual conversation. The main thing to focus on is that these are just opinions.

I may disagree with your political point of view or how you raise your child, or that weed blowers should be abolished in residential areas, or that President Obama is the messiah.

My opinion may be different from yours. However, we can still be friends with differences in opinions.

Many times we criticize out of love and concern. I know that's what I do.

who care's about a piece of paper, anyway?

My oxford Dictionary Thesaurus defines marriage as a "legal union between a man and woman.

America went through a civil war, what's civil about a war? What's civil about a union?

Many heterosexual couples live together without ever getting married, I did it 4 times? If I would had been legally married any of those times, it would had been a real financial mess to go through divorce.

The majority of marriages end in divorce, why is the gay community wanting to adopt the straight institution of marriage and civil unions with all it's flaws, laws and rules? Even traditional marriage has prenuptial agreements set up in case of divorce.

If it ain't broke, why fix it? I say to the Gay community, be happy living together and if you truly love your spouse go see an attorney and write up a living will of what you wish in the event of sickness or death.

If your truly in love, who cares about a piece of paper anyway?

Closed for remodeling....

The title of a movie is the bait, it's what first gets your attention.

I have often thought the perfect name for a movie would be "Closed for Remodeling." I have often seen that signage on many marquis of theatres and was always dis-appointed that they were actually closed and not featuring a movie titled, "Closed for Remodeling."

It was after my disappointment that closed for remodeling was not playing that I took my favorite bus home, "Out of service." The out of service took me right where I needed to be.

I got home on the out of service bus and it was raining cats and dogs, this comes after a day of shopping where I spent an arm and a leg.

It's no wonder foreign visitors to Hawaii and the US have such a hard time with the English language even though we speak American.

Why is it?..

Why is it I can buy a printer for my computer with color and black ink cartridges for less than the cost of the ink cartridges alone at a local discount store?

Why is it i can buy two flashlights with four EverReady batteries for less than the cost of just buying EverReady batteries?

Why is it at a local garden store I can buy a planted tree in a pot for less than just the cost of the pot?

The reason is people in America love stuff...How can we control our landfills when we can buy all this stuff for less than replacing parts on stuff?

Finally why should I buy a newspaper when I can read it for free online? Some things i just don't understand yet love it none the less....