Dinner Time

When did we start asking kids what they want to eat?? I mean really. When I was a kid I did not pester my mother with incessant quandaries about what was for dinner and why were we having "that". I am quite sure that whatever the situation, I was given what was prepared and if I did not like it.... well..... I ate it anyway. If you refused food that had been prepared for you, you were going to get it. When did we give our kids the impression that they were allowed to have a voice in things like this. I dont really remember any of my parents fretting about whether or not I liked anything, least of all food. I just hear my sister's words rolling around in my head "it sucks to be little".
I am not sure when it became normal to try to please the children of a household and ask them what they feel is the best choice for family dinner. I myself find I wonder what they would like to eat. Luckily, I am self aware enough to realize that, deep down, I don't care what they "want" and I make whatever I please. I face much weeping and wailing and not a whole lot of gnashing of teeth when they dont like what I make for dinner but, I really want to know when their whims became the deciding factor to life.
Where does it end?? I can only conclude that if we follow this course that eventually children will be making all the important decisions in the world Then, we will all be trying to take up residency in Disneyland, eating candy two meals a day followed by a large helping of boogers, sleeping only when we have exhausted ourselves to the point of passing out, and peeing in the bushes.
I am going to return to my roots. My new mantra is going to be ...
" YOU WILL EAT WHAT I COOK FOR YOU AND YOU WILL LIKE IT"

and they will.

Its a crime.

So has anyone else seen the trailer for the movie "I Love You Somebody Something or other" ( I cant really remember the name)??? I am most disturbed by the proposed plot of this movie. I really think it is a crime against the world at large. If you are unfamiliar with the movie in question I will expound for a moment about what I have gleaned from the commercials I have seen. It is set in a town around some teen aged kids. Apparently during their commencement exercises the dorkiest guy in school decides to proclaim his love for the hottest most popular girl in school. I really believe this is a dangerous message to be sending out to the masses. NO. I say no. Why would anyone want to give them false hope. Imagine the hottest girl from your school and the king of the nerd herd. Can you see it? Nothing good can come from this idea being put into their giant brains. The trailers intimate that this poor nerd has a chance and that this girl is going to give him a shot to be her man. This can only produce a false sense of social normality that nerds are just not ready for. And girls who think their group of friends are going to finally come around and see them for who they are? No. I say again, no. It is just not how things are done. It may be a lovely dream but I think it is dangerous to fill nerdy heads with hope of bagging the lovely girl... in high school. I would plead with the nerds of the next generation... Wait. Just wait, fill your giant craniums with all the physics and computer science and technologically advanced jargon you can. Then wait. When the jock, who would have surely pummeled you for making a declaration of love to the hottest girl in school, is driving a garbage truck with his beer belly hanging out and the girl who you would bestow your best years on is 200 pounds and has a gaggle of children, show up at your class reunion. For sure you will have the hottest wife that you met while landing your corporate deal with Microsoft. What do you do?? they will inevitably ask. "oh I just invented the latest chip that is in every hand held gadget anyone owns. everywhere." Trust me.. it WILL be worth it.
And to those who have made this negligent choice in movie making.. I say SHAME. Its just not right.

15 Min.

So I suppose it was someone at my church who said it, and I suppose that they were implying that one would use the time to come closer to God, but I got the idea in my head that spending 15 minutes a day writing is going to be my goal for the next few months. I am committing and, for some, this will come as a welcome declaration as I have been woefully neglectful of my blog. I do regret not having written for some time but, you see, I have not had anything funny to say, nor have I been in a jovial mood.

I do wonder if stupidity, feigned or otherwise, should be punishable by firing squad. There are people in this world who are deliberate in their desire to be stupid and there are just those who were born without. My question to the world at large is simply... why do we protect the stupid. Keeping them safe with warning labels on hot coffee and Draino seems counter productive to the forwarding of the human race. I motion to have all such things removed and let the cards fall where they may. I say let natural selection be natural. If you cant tell that putting a plastic bag over your head is not a fun game and that it is not a toy, well? If you dont have sense enough to not put your hair dryer in the tub or sink with water, or not to smoke while filling up your vehicle with gas, or if you cant tell that toilet bowl cleaner is harmful if swallowed, or that things coming out of an oven are hot, or that sidewalks are slippery when wet or icy, or that a movie that is advertised as being about a bunch of guys trying to get laid is going to contain material that may not be suitable for children, or cigarettes cause cancer and are harmful to your health or that super glue is not for putting in your eyes well then, maybe that is just your luck. I know that we all know someone who is dumb and may fall prey to the lack of direct commands we ingest as consumers through labels and commercials, but is it not better to weed out the stupid so the common sense may rule the land. Think of all the politicians we would not have to endure. Think of all the lawsuits that could be avoided or ignored. I like this plan and give it to you, the public, all in favor say ........



if your smart you know what to say..