Rage & Cage

I love this f’ing picture.  She is so beautiful in this shot.

I have taken a backseat to Social networking for many years.  I did not like the whole MySpace era and when Facebook came out, I was equally displeased with this new media.  My rejection of it at first was; my life is busy already, now I have to be accountable to people I have not seen or heard from in twenty or so years.  I barely can say hi or good morning to my immediate family, now I have to justify to an old grade school friend why I can’t drop them a note or comment on their wall?

I have been blogging on and off for about 5 years.  It was fun to give my honest and unfiltered opinions online and watching people comment on it, good or bad.

I finally jumped on board with Facebook and I continued my commenting and trying to be as social as I can be, but I am finding that it is wasted energy most times.  I comment about something and I get comments about it, but it is not very productive and it is not something that makes a difference.  It just doesn’t satisfy me.

I still read my friends posts and I chat some, but I have really let myself sink back in the shadows.  I feel it is best in the words of Daryl Hall and John Oates, “Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid”.  It is so true.

As I am getting older, I am realizing like any other person going thru a new phase of their life, I am looking at how I can make a difference in my life to others or to the world.  Grand thinking I know, but it is truly something I want to do.  When my sons are grown and out of the house, I want to be a teacher.  I want to help mold our youth in anyway I can.  I don’t want to be a ruthless executive that has to play politics and babysit immature employees.  Every time I have to lay someone off or fire them, it takes more and more energy to keep my head about the state of this economy.  It is tough to do and I hate that part of my job the most.

I want to enjoy life more.  I have been so serious my whole life.  The rock, the guy that can solve anything… Nah, I have a good example of what I want more of.  I just bought a new car.  The Scion xB.  In the past, I would make fun of these cars and the owners.  Why are you pimping out a cheesy car.  How stupid.  Well.  I am pimping out my xB.  It is fun.  AND I am enjoying doing this with my Youngest 13 year old son.  We are having fun thinking of ways to pimp it out and not spend too much money.  He is very excited about it and it is like Dad is cool again.  So it is nice to enjoy those times when I can.

I am going to be going on a trip again with my wife Amy to CA and AZ for a 7 day fun filled drive across the states and just be open to what happens.  We did this in New Mexico and Rhode Island last year and it has been the best of times for me.  I want more of that.

Here’s to Spring and time away from the PC!

WTF???!?

Just where the hell is the line drawn from where someone wants to show his country pride to pride going too far?
IS there such a thing as showing too much country pride??

If I see a house with a thousand American flags on a thousand poles I would probably go “Wow. Um. Holy crap!” but I would respect it and salute. Now, of course, if someone is abusing the flag then that’s crossing the line, which then those people will need a, um, “lesson” from vets. But just where is the line??
Where is it that will make a person go “You are too proud of your country, you MUST reduce your pride or else?”

Well, I’m glad you asked!

I just so happen to see such a story where a 90 year old decorated vet is being forced to remove his flag pole from his property in Virginia by the homeowner ASSociation’s board. It’s considered not “aesthetic”.

The ASSociation is telling itself that it’s not about the flag, it’s about the pole….. WHAT??!?
That’s the equivalent of them fining your brand new car because “Hey, we’re not against the car, we’re against the four bad tires it has.”

OK, to be fair, the reason the ASSociation is bringing this up is because they did deny his request for having a flag pole in the first place.
OK, yea, that makes them less jerks…. You ASSociation jerks can just keep telling yourselves that if it makes you sleep better at night. Not the poor old vet who ONLY fought for our country in three wars and received the Medal of Honor just so you could have that nice sleep at night. Nooooooo.

Yea, I have a line of words I would just LOVE to throw at this ASSociation.
My first thought was a story that involved a bunch of vets with guns storming the ASSociation but…… Where’s Rambo anyways??

Well the good news is that he’s getting all kinds of help from local people, a lawfirm willing to represent him for free, to a Senator! Now THAT’S America. I do hope they cut the ASSociaion pricks down a few notches and teach them to THINK and use their heads and hearts…. not their damn pens.

Welcome to Rage N Cage.  We are going to announce a launch date shortly.  We are still developing our theme.

Just image when you put a Redneck and a Northerner on one blog, what will emerge?  Stay Tuned.