Signal 46

Database errors aside… let’s try this again.  It’s been an eventful last few days. Enjoying a three day weekend thus far. Jamie popped up the other day after a 12 day hiatus. We talked and what not, so we shall see where that leads, there are no promises, and I think that’s where it should be. I’m hopeful, but realistic considering the recent past. And there are things in the present that I’m not sure I can compete with but I won’t get into that. Yesterday was ‘Wingfest 2009′ at Conner & Framp’s house, complete with wings, beer, and things to explode. We only nearly set the neighbor’s house on fire maybe once with an errant Chinese-made explosive. Bless America, where we celebrate our independence with poorly made yet highly entertaining foreign-made explosive devices. The agenda for the day involves the beach. On a holiday weekend. Heaven help is. It’ll be packed in like sardines…

Okay, so two posts in two days…y’all are lucky? I probably would not have bothered posting, however I was reading Dan Savage’s column, Savage Love, tonight and I felt compelled to link to him because he mentioned Sanford. I love Dan Savage because he writes some damned funny shit, and his real, honest, if not sometimes tactless responses to those who write in to his column literally make me laugh out loud…haha. In this particular column, a reader wrote in to suggest a new term or phrase for when someone is cheating on their spouse. Dan has helped to coin such things when a notorious figure does something shitty. Google “Santorum” and you will see what I mean.

…think of all the people who’ve cheated and gotten caught. Now think about all the people who’ve cheated and gotten away with it. Our idealized notions about sex—within marriage and without—are at war with who and what we are. Sex is powerful; relationships are fragile. Why on earth do we insist on pitting them against each other?

The post in question contains this snippet and it’s the very last one at the bottom of the page…enjoy. Maybe you’ll enjoy reading his column…but be forewarned…the four letter word leery people may want to shy away… Of course, I enjoy vulgar language, but if you can look past the words then I think you may enjoy it (but the answers won’t be nearly as hilarious).

I’ve not posted too much terribly lately. I’d have to say it’s because I just plain don’t feel like it most days. Hell, sometimes I don’t even read the news (Lord knows I don’t bother to even watch it on TV) for days at a clip. I decided to clean out the Google reader and there were a few over the last few days I thought amusing or interesting and I’d slap up here. So…whatevs:

• Berkeley County apparently spruced up their page. It’s much cleaner than the old one and easier to navigate. I wonder if they paid for it, or someone did it in house. If they paid someone else to do it, I’d like to see them keep that in their coffers so as not to raise taxes since they can’t manage their finances effectively.

• My only comment about this one is…how can it be an ‘in-flight collision with water?’ I’m just sayin’ – at the point you hit water, an actual body of water…I think you are no longer in flight. Maybe ‘controlled flight into water’ much like ‘controlled flight into terrain’ (CFIT) would be appropriate.

• And of course, the Sanford debacle. Honestly, I only skim some of the articles because I’m not terribly concerned about it. He was cheating on his wife while he ‘governed’ before, so what the hell does it matter that he’s a cheating, lying douchebag (speaking from experience, I know some that still function pretty well (at least to themselves) as lying, cheating douchebags)? It really shouldn’t change his ability or lack thereof, depending on your opinion, to run the state. I also did chuckle about how his religious beliefs have become some fodder for the whole thing. Seriously, regardless of what he believes in, he’s still human, and we all make mistakes. Sure, one would like to think someone who is religious or faithful may be a little more virtuous than the rest of us, but I think it’s absurd to think that it makes him any better than someone else who’d do the same.

Short work week for me. I look forward to sleeping in on Friday. The last few days and a large portion of last week have been a little hectic. Some days I hit the ground running and don’t park my ass at my desk for more than an hour or so a day, and that’s often around lunch time or 5 o’clock. It’s seriously been hampering my ability to goof off complete paperwork and other projects.

I’m excited for the weekend, I’m going to hit the beach on Saturday with Justin and Coleman, and I assume some other people there. Last beach excursion in April (Damn, it seems so far away, yet so vivid in memory) I got a spotted sunburn because someone was unfamiliar with such things as how to apply suntan lotion (the spray type). It promises to be fun!

It was soooo damned hot this weekend, but it didn’t prevent this weekend from not sucking! Friday we slowly sweated at Starbucks, and on Saturday I did some more of the landscaping in the backyard. It was damned hot. Afterward met Meegan and Justin at Starbucks again and then went out downtown in George in the monsoon. The rain apparently kept all the ‘mos away because it was d-e-a-d. Sunday finally went grocery shopping (three weeks too late) and then met Justin and Coleman downtown for some boozing, under the guise of going to Harbor Fest. Yeah. Not so much Harbor, but more so much drinks and dinner…haha. Had a good time, came home and now back to work. Weekend in a nutshell.

Here’s to hoping that this week isn’t as sweltering as the weekend was!

“What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things.” –Unknown