THIS Is Infuriating

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=4697796

How incredibly hypocritical. "Courage" Campaign. Really? How courageous is it singling out a single religion because they oppose your campaign to defeat traditional marriage? Know what? Sounds like the exact kind of fear-mongering gays hate in the first place.

Unbelievably hypcritical. I hope prop 8 passes. I care more about that prop passing than I do the presidential election.

Grah.

What a Super-Fantastic Day

It's election day, so I was already in a good mood right out of bed. Then I headed outside. WHAT a sweet morning! Rainy, dark, stormy ... "bruised and sullen storm clouds have the light of day obscured. Looming low and ominous, in twilight premature, thunderheads are rumbling in a distant overture."

It's a beautiful day. Don't let it get away.

Election Day! Make your voice HEARD!

Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, it is time. I hope all of you will make your voice heard and be counted in the greatest democratic process ever. I don't care who you vote for--just vote. If you haven't educated yourself on the candidates, there's no time like the present.

This day like no other is what makes America great. Most countries have an Independence Day. Some countries have a voting process. But NO ONE has this country but us. WE decide. Well, okay ... the electoral college decides the presidency, but there are other items on every other ballot in the nation. In Utah, we're voting for State Governor, Senate seats, House seats, district court judges (of whom I can honestly say I am familiar with several on a very personal basis).

Take it to the polls, people. This is our day. I personally volunteer to watch anyone's kids so you can make it to your voting station.

Make it happen, folks. Make this the best country in the world for a reason: vote.

Mystery Color

Okay ... any time you blow your nose and you don't recognize the color, you know something is wrong.

That is all.

Absolutely no California Dreaming

First off, this link about San Francisco legalizing prositution:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27306120/

What an abhorrent (pardon the ironic pun) concept. This, in conjunction with the possible rejection of Proposition 8, is the specific reason why I would never want to live in California, yet feel somehow civically responsible TO move out there and combat these insidious evils. Yes, I said it--"insidious evils." You're welcome to think what you want about gay rights and same-sex marriage. My opinion is that it's wrong, and I make no apologies for it. I also believe that God put men and women on this planet to procreate and replenish the earth. Further, I also believe that the family--man, woman, and children--are the core units of society.

A dad and a mom bring a balance to a family. A mom and a mom (or dad and another dad) don't. They just do not.

I have friends that are HUGE proponents of homosexuality and gay marriages. That's fine. Their opinions are theirs, and I don't intend to try to change their minds. What I do intend to do is toot my pro-Prop 8 horn as loudly and as adamantly as I can.

But enough about the gay marriage rant and tirade
This new Prop K thing might just also become a personal vendetta for me.

So This Is What True Fear Feels Like

I'm at work today. Typical, yes; however, the conversation on our walk back from breakfast was anything but typical. A buddy of mine told me that a little girl in his neighborhood died of bacterial meningitis the other day. He also said that the same little girl had been playing in their house earlier that day, before she started feeling sick and flu-like. Her parents took her to the doctor. The next morning, she was gone.

He told me that as we were walking back from our campus cafeteria. I immediately called spouse and asked her to set up doctor appts for the girls and herself. Yah, maybe I'm being overly paranoid, and yah, maybe I'm jumping the gun. Maybe I'm not. Bacterial meningitis is *highly* contagious, and I work with a guy whose little boy is now in the hospital awaiting lab results because he was playing with the little girl who passed away. Call me what you want. I'll err on the side of caution and fight to keep my wife and kids alive. There's something like a 15% fatality rate amongst children, less for adults. There's no way I'm risking it. That's a greater than 1 in 7 fatality rate.

Though having said all of that, weef is at home with both girls, both of whom are bouncing off the walls, full of energy and vim. Both with deep, gutteral coughs, both with runny noses. Yet they have the energy of a nuclear weapon. And about as much destructive force ...

I'm so relieved that they're hyper. Yah, they're messing up the whole house, but they're active. They're not lethargic. They seem okay.

We're still going to double check.

Guilty Pleasures

So, is it so wrong to be so heavily into Metallica’s “Garage Inc.” disc 2? I can’t turn this thing off. Also, I’ve been seriously into “… And Justice” and “Master of Puppets” for about 2 weeks. I feel like I need to grow my hair out about 2 feet, dye it blonde, and start growling at everything.

Just for fun, I downloaded all the originals. Bands like Killing Joke, Holocaust, Budgie, Diamond Head, The Misfits. Well, okay … not ALL the originals—just whatever was on the original 5.98 EP.

Ironically, the girls really think it’s funny to listen to “Helpless.” They get all dancy and start jumping around. It’s kind of funny watching them and listening to that particular track. Not sure why.

Which brings me to my next thought … how good a parent am I if I’m letting my 2- year old and 4-year old girls listen to Metallica?

Things to work on, I suppose ...