The Zombieslayer

So it goes again.  Nader and Barr with their enormous egos are trying to give the American people more than two choices.  I say that’s a load of bull.  They shouldn’t be allowed to run.  We shouldn’t get more than two choices for President.  In fact, we shouldn’t get two choices for anything.

You should drink either Bud or Coors Light.  None of this microbrew shit.  And I don’t even want to hear anything about Miller or foreign beer.  It’s Bud or Coors Light.  Those are your choices.  People who brew their own beer should be arrested and put in jail.

There should only be two religions - Lutheran and Sunni Muslim.  Anything else is un-American.  In fact, anyone else is an extremist and we all know that extremism leads to terrorism, right? Catholics? Extremists.  Baptists? Extremists.  Shi’ites? Extremists.  Hindus? Extremists.  Agnostics? Extremists.  Any questions? Good.  I’m tired of people thinking they want more than two choices.

You get two choices for cars too - Honda Accord, or Ford F-150.  Anyone who has anything other than those two cars, I seriously question their patriotism.

Two choices for sexual orientation.  You’re either straight, or you’re gay.  Bisexuality should NOT be tolerated.  You do one, or the other.  You do not do either.  You do not fool around.  You do not experiment.  You don’t write stupid songs like “I kissed a girl and I liked it.”  She started off straight, so she should end straight, and should have always remained straight.  Anyone who ever had a bisexual thought is probably a cop killer.

Two choices, folks.  Two.  Not three.  Not four.  Two.  Two is what you get.  It’s Obama, or McCain.  You’re either a Democrat, or a Republican.  No other choices.  You must decide one or the other.  Anyone who votes for someone else is an extremist.

I’ll be back next week.

Until then, I leave you Muse.  Pompous, overblown, and full of cheese.  I love these guys.  They have some elements of Queen but their singer sounds like the Radiohead guy.  Thank God the 90s are over.

I had this discussion with my wife earlier, how people with natural abilities often take them for granted, and you see so many people with obvious handicaps who excel in life.  Of course, not at all implying it’s better off to have a handicap, because that’s just one more hurdle you have to get over in life.

My point though was this - it’s better to have drive and persistence than natural abilities.  We mentioned the smartest people we know in terms of straight up I.Q. and they’re struggling, really struggling.  Hands down the smartest person I know is a year older than I and still hasn’t graduated college.  He’s heavily in debt, and is always changing focus in life.  He starts a million things, but never finishes any of them.

The same goes with good-looking people of both genders.  You almost never meet anyone funny who’s good looking.  It’s probably because if you’re good looking, you don’t have to have a personality.  Things just happen for you.  You’ve probably heard it a million times - I thought that person was attractive until they opened their mouth.  That’s because they’re used to the world revolving around them and they never had to develop a personality.  Naturally good-looking people are often dull.  They get by on looks alone.

I was living in an Old Rich town not too long ago.  I liked the kids, but they lacked substance, character, and depth.  Ironically, a lot of the kids from my old refinery town, well, the ones who didn’t go to jail, are doing quite well.

Rich kids don’t have to struggle.  They know when their parents die, they’ll inherit some fat coin.  So they often don’t.  Why when you don’t have to?

It’s not just the good-looking, the rich, but everything.  Sometimes the best athletes are the ones with serious handicaps - they had asthma, they were crippled as a child, people made fun of them, they were considered too small, too slow, or whatever.  I’ve known kids with natural artistic ability who have done absolutely nothing with it because their art came too easy to them.

So, once again, I’m not at all implying you’re better off with a handicap.  I’m just saying that those with natural talents often take them for granted.

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And completely changing the subject, I went to Tshsmom’s blog and read the best post I’ve read in awhile.  Give it a read.

First off, hope all you Americans, Filipinos, and Canadians had a good Independence Day/Canada Day.

I drink milk.  Always have.  Always will.  Milk over here in PC-ville gets a bad rap.  I’ve heard numerous people falsely believe milk is bad for you.  That’s bogus.  I’ve been hit by three cars while in a car and one more car on foot, played football, done Muay Thai, and NHB wrestling and have only broken one bone, which occurred while recklessly putting away free weights.  I dropped a 25-pound dumbbell on my finger, and only got a hairline fracture.

Milk is an excellent protein and it’s still relatively cheap.  Yes, bovine growth hormone is bad for you, but you can easily find milk that doesn’t have it.  Over where I live, Safeway, Whole Foods, Longs Drugs, Trader Joe’s, and Target all have at least one brand of milk that does not have bovine growth hormone.

The other thing the anti-milk people say is that we’re the only animals that drink milk in adulthood.  Oh yeah? Leave out some milk outside.  Watch every cat, dog, raccoon, skunk, or whatever come and want a drink of it.  They all know it’s good for them, and tastes good.

I guarantee you that if the anti-milk people did the reckless stuff I’ve done in life, they’d have a lot more than a hairline fracture in their finger.  Milk also has calcium and now they fortify milk with Vitamin D to help  you absorb the calcium better.

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I watched three Summer flicks.  I liked The Hulk, thought Iron Man was better than The Hulk, but liked Hancock even better than Iron Man.  I’ll hopefully get at least one of those reviews done this weekend.

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This is from the Tilden Park Botanical Gardens in Berkeley, California.  Great place to chill.