The Zombieslayer

OK, I’ll write something.  I just got back on a date with my wife.  Yes, we date, at least once a week.  It was her idea.  She read it somewhere that couples that date last longer.  I think it’s good advice.  We’re both busy people.  She’s no longer a housewife and works full-time.  I work as a Software Engineer so needless to say, I’m working a lot of hours.

That’s why I neglect this blog.  Sometimes, the absolute LAST thing I want to do is see a computer.

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I’m glad I’m a man.  It’s not for the reasons you think though.  It’s simply because I can trust all my male friends.   A woman often can’t trust her female friends.  Does that sound sexist? Funny thing is, I bet two to one women will back me up on this.

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Why is “fuck” a worse word than “bloody hell?”

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Which brings me to why did “Clerks” have to lobby for an R rating while “Hostel” got an R rating? Our priorities must be out of whack.

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I got a good life.  I work a lot of hours, but it’s something I don’t mind doing.  Biggest advice I can give to teenagers is do what you like.  The money is secondary.

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Adults who say otherwise have their priorities out of whack.  Just smile and nod but keep this to yourself - “they can go fuck themselves.”  Or better yet, “bloody hell they’re stupid.”

You’ll be at work 40 hours a week.  Or more.  That’s a lot of bloody hell hours.  If you hate your job, you’ll hate your life.  Time is more important than money.  And your mental health is more important than your money as well.

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Another tip to make your relationship work - play a game together.  I strongly suggest a game called Pandemic. You have to communicate well or else you’ll lose.  It’s a game where you all win or you all lose, so you’re a team working together, not against each other.

My wife and I play this game at least a few times a week.

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Aaron Rodgers is the best Quarterback in the NFL today.  Think otherwise? Well, ten years from now, nobody’s going to agree with you.  Everyone will agree with me.

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For the record, I predicted the Packers to win the Super Bowl after the 2010 season.  I was right.

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I’m writing this from a Linux desktop.  I love it.

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OK, I’m logging off soon and going to get the bloody hell away from this computer shortly and won’t see it again until tomorrow night.  Like I said, sometimes the last thing I want to see when I get home is a computer.

Brett Favre’s streak is officially over at 297 straight regular season games, with over 320 including post season games.  He’s set to retire at the end of the year.

Judas Priest, my favorite band, is calling it quits next year.  Ronnie James Dio, my third favorite singer, died this year.  (Freddie Mercury, my 2nd favorite singer, died almost 20 years ago).

It’s one of those things about getting older.  People you really admired call it quits or die.  I know I’ve been writing nothing but politics lately and that’s why I intentionally didn’t include any political/social heroes, just pop culture heroes.

Both Favre’s and Judas Priest’s eminent retirements have already hit me.  Brett Favre is older than I am and I wanted him to play forever.  It never bothered me that he went to the Jets and later the Vikings.  I wanted an NFL QB older than me playing.  It makes me feel younger.

I haven’t accepted this aging thing very well.  I don’t like to know that I’m getting older and will eventually die of old age (if I don’t get killed in a car accident).  I know some of you who read this blog are older and you’re thinking something along the lines of “suck it up” but that’s always been a thing with me - not accepting time will eventually kill us all and no matter how much you want to hide from time, time always wins.

A scary thought.

Been busy with personal things, very busy.  It’s a good thing, but bad for my blog.

Yes, I’m still here and hopefully this week I should have some time to visit everyone’s blogs.

A lot to say but I’ll keep it all short.  Several things I’ve learned in life.  Probably most importantly, the most important thing you have is your health and the health of your loved ones.  If you have both, be thankful.  Everything else is replaceable.  Yes, that includes your house, your car, all your belongings.  They’re just stuff.  People aren’t replaceable and neither if your health.

Another thing, British Petroleum should get a lifetime ban from anywhere that can affect the US of A.  It’s absolutely sickening to see all those animals coming up dead.  My heart goes out to the families and friends of the people killed in the accident.  And yes, BP hasn’t been doing enough.  I don’t care what the CEO says.  He’s a moron.

In politics, the Republicans are blaming Obama and the Democrats are blaming the Republicans.  Both are wrong.  The blame needs to go to British Petroleum.

The Gulf is already polluted.  It’s just getting worse.  We need to do something about our energy policies.  I’ve written about alternative solutions several times in the past so I’m not just one of those people who bitch but have no answers.

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I’ve been reading fiction books again (besides Harry Potter).  The author I like now is Jim Butcher.  I’m on book 5 of his Harry Dresden series.  Harry Dresden if you’ve never heard of him is a wizard in modern day Chicago.  The books are not easy reads as they will emotionally drain you to the point that I have to take a break between reading each book.

I’m so glad to read fiction again as I realized I must have been turning dry reading nothing but history, politics, and economics.  Those all are good for the mind, don’t get me wrong.  Fiction though is good for the soul.

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And yes, still no TV.  It’s great.  You get so much more done if you don’t watch TV.

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Although we still watch movies at friends’ houses.  The other night, we went over to my real estate agent’s house and watched Taken.  I’ve seen it before and said this before, thank goodness for Liam Neeson as the recent James Bond movies are downright lame.  Nice to have an action hero that’s good.  If you haven’t seen Taken and you like action movies, go out and rent it.

So after the movie, I turned to my real estate agent and said “man, France was probably a pretty nice country before all those fucking Albanians moved in.”

Anyone make ‘em?

Mine was to watch more sunsets with Mrs. Z.

Got back from vacation in Santa Barbara.  Most people don’t realize just how big California is.  San Francisco is about 340 miles from Santa Barbara.  That’s farther than New York City to Portland, Maine, and you’re crossing several states doing that trip.

We did all the tourist stuff, like hit several beaches, a really nice park on top of a hill, visited family and friends (I used to live down there), dinner on the Santa Barbara pier, etc.  We also hit two museums.  The latter one allows you to take pictures as long as you don’t use your flash.

Here are a pair or Roman statues.  I was unimpressed by the Greek ones for as good as the Greeks were with other aspects of art, their sculpture paled in comparison to the Romans.

The next 3 are French statues done in the 19th century. I thought these ones were excellent. The first two pics are Diana and the last one was something about a vanquished warrior. An angel carries away a dead dude. Pretty cool stuff.

Next are two Japanese guardians. I thought these were cool.

And lastly, I’ve always had a thing for Ancient Egyptian stuff. The first one represents a Horus falcon . The second one is a carving in stone. What’s really amazing is that these things are over 3000 years old and still in pretty good condition.