Today is May 1 and it was as summery all day long as possible. It was sunny and it was hot. In short it was gorgeous.
We were very busy all day long, got home late and I was exhausted. Maybe the heat contributed to it.
What I am working up to is an excuse why I am not writing anything today.
But, tomorrow is another day.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Friday, April 30, 2010
April 30, 2010
The last day of April. Until today it was pretty crummy month. But it seems it wants to leave us with good memories.
Mother Nature wants us to forget the bad and remember the good stuff only. That's why today the weather changed drastically. It was sunny all day with the temperature going up to almost 80 degrees.
But no matter what she does we will still remember that in the past few days we froze our kazoos.
Mother Nature wants us to forget the bad and remember the good stuff only. That's why today the weather changed drastically. It was sunny all day with the temperature going up to almost 80 degrees.
But no matter what she does we will still remember that in the past few days we froze our kazoos.
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The other day they approved a law in Arizona that is stirring up a lot of feelings. Arizona is bordering Mexico and illegal entries seem to be a real problem for the communities on the border.
They feel that the Federal Government is not doing enough to protect the border and it results in hundreds of illegals crossing into the US regularly. So, they took the law into their own hands and made entering into the country illegally against state law.
It is claimed across the country that this will lead to racial profiling and all kinds of discrimination while at the same time giving the police extra power.
I think it is time somebody enforcing is the law seriously. Everywhere we turn they are making a joke about the police. They are clipping their authority and nobody is taking them seriously.
TV shows practically instruct people on how to slam doors into their faces and how to question their every move. The average policeman is afraid to act because of the consequences. OK, unnecessary brutality should be punished but the police should still be respected.
The other thing they are complaining about is that this Arizona law will lead to racial profiling. Meaning Hispanics will be singled out as possible illegals.
So what? Not too many orthodox Jews cross the border from Mexico into Arizona. Neither do Irish, German speaking people, English, Russian, Japanese or Liberians.
Only Spanish speaking people from Mexico come across. They are the ones who will have to be stopped and questioned. And this is now racial profiling. This is a joke in my book.
I am an immigrant. I came to this country over fifty years ago and legally. I am not against immigration because this country with all its faults is still a better place than most others.
But I am against the saturation of the population and work force with illegal people.
Years ago I read somewhere an interview where someone said that there are certain work levels or categories, usually very low level and low paid, that can not be filled with American workers.
Americans do not want to perform what others might deem degrading work. For this there are the immigrants.
The immigrant workers include migrant agricultural workers, maids, some factory workers, day laborers, bus boys, dishwashers and a myriad of other categories. These people work from dawn 'till dusk and get very low pay.
That makes them an exceedingly valuable part of our society that nobody seem to realize. They are not taking work away from anybody since nobody wants to do the work they are performing.
I can understand that southwest border states as well as the border communities are more exposed to these people than others but these are human beings who have the right for a better life just as we all do who live in this country.
It should not be an open season on immigrants. They have to be treated with the same respect we all want for ourselves. But at the same time the illegal entries should be curtailed for their own and our benefits.
They feel that the Federal Government is not doing enough to protect the border and it results in hundreds of illegals crossing into the US regularly. So, they took the law into their own hands and made entering into the country illegally against state law.
It is claimed across the country that this will lead to racial profiling and all kinds of discrimination while at the same time giving the police extra power.
I think it is time somebody enforcing is the law seriously. Everywhere we turn they are making a joke about the police. They are clipping their authority and nobody is taking them seriously.
TV shows practically instruct people on how to slam doors into their faces and how to question their every move. The average policeman is afraid to act because of the consequences. OK, unnecessary brutality should be punished but the police should still be respected.
The other thing they are complaining about is that this Arizona law will lead to racial profiling. Meaning Hispanics will be singled out as possible illegals.
So what? Not too many orthodox Jews cross the border from Mexico into Arizona. Neither do Irish, German speaking people, English, Russian, Japanese or Liberians.
Only Spanish speaking people from Mexico come across. They are the ones who will have to be stopped and questioned. And this is now racial profiling. This is a joke in my book.
I am an immigrant. I came to this country over fifty years ago and legally. I am not against immigration because this country with all its faults is still a better place than most others.
But I am against the saturation of the population and work force with illegal people.
Years ago I read somewhere an interview where someone said that there are certain work levels or categories, usually very low level and low paid, that can not be filled with American workers.
Americans do not want to perform what others might deem degrading work. For this there are the immigrants.
The immigrant workers include migrant agricultural workers, maids, some factory workers, day laborers, bus boys, dishwashers and a myriad of other categories. These people work from dawn 'till dusk and get very low pay.
That makes them an exceedingly valuable part of our society that nobody seem to realize. They are not taking work away from anybody since nobody wants to do the work they are performing.
I can understand that southwest border states as well as the border communities are more exposed to these people than others but these are human beings who have the right for a better life just as we all do who live in this country.
It should not be an open season on immigrants. They have to be treated with the same respect we all want for ourselves. But at the same time the illegal entries should be curtailed for their own and our benefits.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
April 29, 2010
For a baby to be born with the silver spoon in his or her mouth is a fantastic thing. The beauty of it is that the baby is not aware of how lucky he is. That baby is honest and is without any sin.
All the baby cares about is food, sleep and a dry place to poop into. Any one of these missing and the baby will be heard. The baby's life is so uncomplicated that we all wish we could live it again and again.
As the baby grows life will become a little more complicated. However, for one who is lucky enough to be born into a well to do family complications will take different shapes than for ordinary people.
The food, sleep and poop goals will disappear and will surface in different forms.
For ordinary people life will be full of struggles for survival. Schooling, work, family. This is what life will be in the ordinary world.
Don't misunderstand, it is not a bad world. One can make it very pleasant if one has the strength and the drive to succeed.
But most of it has to be achieved by one's own strength. Nothing is handed over on a silver platter.
That brings me to the reason I am writing this.
Lately there is a lot to hear about Ivanka Trump. Ivanka is the daughter of Donald Trump and Ivana Trump.
She is a very attractive young lady who was not born with the silver spoon in her mouth. She had the entire silver set in her mouth. Her father is a billionaire developer who raised his children to be part of his businesses.
This young woman never had a difficult moment in her life, everything was handed to her on that famous silver plate.
She has her own perfume line, her own boutique, works for her father and appears on a her father's reality show. Can life get any harder?
She wrote a book about inspiration, success, confidence and passion, how to reach one's goals in life.
I would be very curious to know what made her such an authority on how to reach goals in life.
When one's father is a billionaire her future was sealed long before she was born. What does she know about work environments, everyday problems and fighting uphill battles?
Nothing! She has no clue about what goes on in real life. This book was published because nobody dares to go against the Trump name.
She will be the guest at a Working Women's Luncheon given by a local radio station. This young lady not a working woman. She is a known personality who was born into a very wealthy family and thanks to that she succeeded.
I would like to know if her name were Gonzalez and born in the Bronx how had she succeeded.
All the baby cares about is food, sleep and a dry place to poop into. Any one of these missing and the baby will be heard. The baby's life is so uncomplicated that we all wish we could live it again and again.
As the baby grows life will become a little more complicated. However, for one who is lucky enough to be born into a well to do family complications will take different shapes than for ordinary people.
The food, sleep and poop goals will disappear and will surface in different forms.
For ordinary people life will be full of struggles for survival. Schooling, work, family. This is what life will be in the ordinary world.
Don't misunderstand, it is not a bad world. One can make it very pleasant if one has the strength and the drive to succeed.
But most of it has to be achieved by one's own strength. Nothing is handed over on a silver platter.
That brings me to the reason I am writing this.
Lately there is a lot to hear about Ivanka Trump. Ivanka is the daughter of Donald Trump and Ivana Trump.
She is a very attractive young lady who was not born with the silver spoon in her mouth. She had the entire silver set in her mouth. Her father is a billionaire developer who raised his children to be part of his businesses.
This young woman never had a difficult moment in her life, everything was handed to her on that famous silver plate.
She has her own perfume line, her own boutique, works for her father and appears on a her father's reality show. Can life get any harder?
She wrote a book about inspiration, success, confidence and passion, how to reach one's goals in life.
I would be very curious to know what made her such an authority on how to reach goals in life.
When one's father is a billionaire her future was sealed long before she was born. What does she know about work environments, everyday problems and fighting uphill battles?
Nothing! She has no clue about what goes on in real life. This book was published because nobody dares to go against the Trump name.
She will be the guest at a Working Women's Luncheon given by a local radio station. This young lady not a working woman. She is a known personality who was born into a very wealthy family and thanks to that she succeeded.
I would like to know if her name were Gonzalez and born in the Bronx how had she succeeded.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
April 28, 2010
Today we had a full day.
At the crack of dawn, that is 9 AM, we headed into Manhattan because I had an appointment with an ear specialist (otolaryngologist) to see if he could help me with my non stop "whispering pines" noises.
The appointment was for 10:30 AM but this was the tail end of the morning rush hour and we were concerned that we should get into the City and park on time.
As always, we got in in about 30 minutes. Parked the car and went to see the doctor.
He is from Slovakia and seems to be a very nice person. He told me what I already knew but still gave me some supplements that I should take.
Time will tell. If these don't help I'll give up. I'll just live with the noises. Maybe I will hear some secret messages.
Oh, after finishing we had lunch in my favorite Hungarian restaurant and hung out there for a while. I'll have to admit that lunch was really good. There went my diet!
While we were stuffing ourselves the Market corrected itself and after yesterday's humongous fall today it closed 53.28 up. It is not much after a 200 point drop but it is better than nothing.
We usually go to a Greek diner for lunch. Starting tomorrow we will give a larger tip hoping that maybe that will help the Greek economy.
But then what about Portugal an Spain? We really don't eat Portuguese and Spanish food so we can not help those people.
At the crack of dawn, that is 9 AM, we headed into Manhattan because I had an appointment with an ear specialist (otolaryngologist) to see if he could help me with my non stop "whispering pines" noises.
The appointment was for 10:30 AM but this was the tail end of the morning rush hour and we were concerned that we should get into the City and park on time.
As always, we got in in about 30 minutes. Parked the car and went to see the doctor.
He is from Slovakia and seems to be a very nice person. He told me what I already knew but still gave me some supplements that I should take.
Time will tell. If these don't help I'll give up. I'll just live with the noises. Maybe I will hear some secret messages.
Oh, after finishing we had lunch in my favorite Hungarian restaurant and hung out there for a while. I'll have to admit that lunch was really good. There went my diet!
While we were stuffing ourselves the Market corrected itself and after yesterday's humongous fall today it closed 53.28 up. It is not much after a 200 point drop but it is better than nothing.
We usually go to a Greek diner for lunch. Starting tomorrow we will give a larger tip hoping that maybe that will help the Greek economy.
But then what about Portugal an Spain? We really don't eat Portuguese and Spanish food so we can not help those people.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
April 27, 2010
Yesterday I saw on the news where a trainer from some ritzy New York health club described exercises that supposed to do more harm than good.
This is very interesting. My wife and I go and work out fairly regularly. Neither one of us want to look like Schwarzenegger but we just want to be in as good a physical condition as possible.
We also know a few professional trainers who did give us advice throughout the years and who regularly work out with people.
Their workout regimen does include some of the exercises the trainer in question advised against.
I am sure that the people we know are just as qualified or even more and if any of those practices were harmful they would not advise using them.
Any exercise performed exceedingly can be harmful unless one is a professional muscle builder.
This is the problem with the media. In their unending search for exclusivity they are constantly coming up with things that might be harmful, unhealthy, habit forming etc.
These are things we and our parents have been living with forever. Now they tell us they were all bad.
What about all those disgusting food or meal commercials on television? They are OK because those are the money makers. Some of them look so bad that I just want to upchuck my cookies when watching them. Olive Gardens, Chili's, Red Lobster, these are a few that show their stuff every night.
As long as I am talking about food. Can anybody think of anything more stomach turning than the advertisements on TV by these companies right after a good dinner?
When my stomach is full the last thing I want to see is more food on the screen. Last night we had Chinese food brought up. Granted I ate a little more, but it was sooo good!
Afterward whenever I saw food commercials I had to close my eyes. Not that they look very appetizing to start with but after a good dinner they looked right disgusting.
They are also making a big thing about school lunches.
Excuse me!
Kids don't get overweight because of what they eat in schools. They get overweight because of what they stuff into themselves after school. At home or on the way home, in the malls that is where most of the damages are done.
School lunches are not enough to create fat slobs. It's either the parents or the kids themselves who are responsible.
Close to where we live there is a Dunkin' Donuts shop and a high school. We go there for our afternoon coffees.
When school is out kids galore come into the store. They all buy their lattes with whipped cream naturally, and their various donuts.
These kids can become overweight on their own. They don't need any help.
This is very interesting. My wife and I go and work out fairly regularly. Neither one of us want to look like Schwarzenegger but we just want to be in as good a physical condition as possible.
We also know a few professional trainers who did give us advice throughout the years and who regularly work out with people.
Their workout regimen does include some of the exercises the trainer in question advised against.
I am sure that the people we know are just as qualified or even more and if any of those practices were harmful they would not advise using them.
Any exercise performed exceedingly can be harmful unless one is a professional muscle builder.
This is the problem with the media. In their unending search for exclusivity they are constantly coming up with things that might be harmful, unhealthy, habit forming etc.
These are things we and our parents have been living with forever. Now they tell us they were all bad.
What about all those disgusting food or meal commercials on television? They are OK because those are the money makers. Some of them look so bad that I just want to upchuck my cookies when watching them. Olive Gardens, Chili's, Red Lobster, these are a few that show their stuff every night.
As long as I am talking about food. Can anybody think of anything more stomach turning than the advertisements on TV by these companies right after a good dinner?
When my stomach is full the last thing I want to see is more food on the screen. Last night we had Chinese food brought up. Granted I ate a little more, but it was sooo good!
Afterward whenever I saw food commercials I had to close my eyes. Not that they look very appetizing to start with but after a good dinner they looked right disgusting.
They are also making a big thing about school lunches.
Excuse me!
Kids don't get overweight because of what they eat in schools. They get overweight because of what they stuff into themselves after school. At home or on the way home, in the malls that is where most of the damages are done.
School lunches are not enough to create fat slobs. It's either the parents or the kids themselves who are responsible.
Close to where we live there is a Dunkin' Donuts shop and a high school. We go there for our afternoon coffees.
When school is out kids galore come into the store. They all buy their lattes with whipped cream naturally, and their various donuts.
These kids can become overweight on their own. They don't need any help.
Monday, April 26, 2010
April 26, 2010
Yesterday, President Obama went to West Virginia to the memorial service of the 29 miners killed in a West Virginia coal mine explosion. Along went Vice President Biden and a large number of government officials.
That was the news item and here is my opinion.
I think the presence of these people was in extremely bad taste. It was without regards to the losses the families suffered. It was selfish, self serving and nothing but political photo opportunities.
They disregard other people's feelings towards their own goal. Maybe these families would have preferred to mourn in their own privacy amongst their own friends and neighbors. But no!
Obama and entourage had to be there to be in the limelight.
If the President behaves this way what do we expect from the rest of the politicians. This kind of behavior trickles down the line. They all follow the leader.
People change, and not for the better once they reach any kind of power.
As I said before I was an engineer. Throughout my working career I had a lot of contact with people from various City and State agencies, as well as railroads.
I found it very interesting that as soon as a person was employed by any of the above entities his demeanor went through a drastic change. They immediately became obnoxious, know it all and uppity with (civilian) outsiders.
They knew they had the upper hand and they never hesitated to show. Education had nothing to do with this syndrome. Most of the people I knew were engineers, college educated. Yet, they all behaved if they were raised in a barn.
Try to ask for some information from a railroad conductor. He invariably will make the hapless person feel like a total nincompoop. One could be a Nobel Prize winning nuclear physicist, yet they will still make him feel like an imbecile.
That was the news item and here is my opinion.
I think the presence of these people was in extremely bad taste. It was without regards to the losses the families suffered. It was selfish, self serving and nothing but political photo opportunities.
They disregard other people's feelings towards their own goal. Maybe these families would have preferred to mourn in their own privacy amongst their own friends and neighbors. But no!
Obama and entourage had to be there to be in the limelight.
If the President behaves this way what do we expect from the rest of the politicians. This kind of behavior trickles down the line. They all follow the leader.
People change, and not for the better once they reach any kind of power.
As I said before I was an engineer. Throughout my working career I had a lot of contact with people from various City and State agencies, as well as railroads.
I found it very interesting that as soon as a person was employed by any of the above entities his demeanor went through a drastic change. They immediately became obnoxious, know it all and uppity with (civilian) outsiders.
They knew they had the upper hand and they never hesitated to show. Education had nothing to do with this syndrome. Most of the people I knew were engineers, college educated. Yet, they all behaved if they were raised in a barn.
Try to ask for some information from a railroad conductor. He invariably will make the hapless person feel like a total nincompoop. One could be a Nobel Prize winning nuclear physicist, yet they will still make him feel like an imbecile.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
April 25, 2010
I love animals. I probably said that several times in the past, but I like to re-emphasize it.
There is a panda in the Washington National Zoo that is expected to give birth any minute. It is viewable on a panda cam which lets anybody see it for five minutes at a time due to its great popularity.
It is very interesting. This cute panda mommy to be is not doing anything but sleeps and munches on bamboo all day long. Whenever she is awake all she is doing is munching.
I guess her interests are kind of limited to sleep, eat and sex. Not bad choices. It is almost like every red blooded American man's dream.
She is due but as of this morning there was no birth yet. But still it is interesting to watch.
Another cute video I saw was filmed in Antarctica. It shows a woman tourist and a curious elephant seal. It is a five minute show, and after watching it how can one not love that huge mass of blubber?
Click on this.
Remember, anything that is underlined can be opened up to another site.
And you thought this was just plain writing. Come on! I'm hip to today's technical advances!
There is a panda in the Washington National Zoo that is expected to give birth any minute. It is viewable on a panda cam which lets anybody see it for five minutes at a time due to its great popularity.
It is very interesting. This cute panda mommy to be is not doing anything but sleeps and munches on bamboo all day long. Whenever she is awake all she is doing is munching.
I guess her interests are kind of limited to sleep, eat and sex. Not bad choices. It is almost like every red blooded American man's dream.
She is due but as of this morning there was no birth yet. But still it is interesting to watch.
Another cute video I saw was filmed in Antarctica. It shows a woman tourist and a curious elephant seal. It is a five minute show, and after watching it how can one not love that huge mass of blubber?
Click on this.
Remember, anything that is underlined can be opened up to another site.
And you thought this was just plain writing. Come on! I'm hip to today's technical advances!
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Today is Sunday. I think that supposed to mean that we should have sun. But the Sun is nowhere to be visible. It's been raining since last night. It is just a plain blah day!
At least it will get the car washed. I mean the rain will wash off all the dust of previous days.
When I continue this writing the rain stopped but the Sun decided not to show itself all day.
At least it will get the car washed. I mean the rain will wash off all the dust of previous days.
When I continue this writing the rain stopped but the Sun decided not to show itself all day.
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Anywhere one turns in the news there are various reports from every corner of the world about sex abuse of children by the clergy. This thing is growing with leaps and bounds. There are very few countries to date that are not mentioned and not affected.
I find it sickening to say the least that men of the clergy used their positions to abuse children for their own satisfaction.
However, I also have a few qualms about these claims. For one, why people are coming out now 20-25 years after they claim the abuses happened?
Because they are smelling money!
It is a common knowledge that we are living in a litigious society. For anything and everything people a suing. As soon as the smell of money can be sensed people start to come out of the woodwork.
Why nobody said anything for such a long time?
The other thing is that how come the great majority of the abuses were committed against boys? As far as I know all the priests are men. Men usually have interests in the opposite sex.
These abuse claims paint the clergy into raving homosexuals and pedophiles.
I am not saying that it would have been permissible to abuse young girls. No, that would have been just as terrible as doing it to boys. But still, it seems that men are coming out in large numbers with their claims.
I don't have full faith in any church. They all seem to be run more like businesses and political offices rather than what the charter of their original founders' was. But I am not ready to convict them at any of these claims.
When I was a young boy and had religious class in school, the only thing our teacher did, and he was well known rabbi, to spit on the floor in class.
We all thought that was the way all rabbis behaved so we just accepted it.
I find it sickening to say the least that men of the clergy used their positions to abuse children for their own satisfaction.
However, I also have a few qualms about these claims. For one, why people are coming out now 20-25 years after they claim the abuses happened?
Because they are smelling money!
It is a common knowledge that we are living in a litigious society. For anything and everything people a suing. As soon as the smell of money can be sensed people start to come out of the woodwork.
Why nobody said anything for such a long time?
The other thing is that how come the great majority of the abuses were committed against boys? As far as I know all the priests are men. Men usually have interests in the opposite sex.
These abuse claims paint the clergy into raving homosexuals and pedophiles.
I am not saying that it would have been permissible to abuse young girls. No, that would have been just as terrible as doing it to boys. But still, it seems that men are coming out in large numbers with their claims.
I don't have full faith in any church. They all seem to be run more like businesses and political offices rather than what the charter of their original founders' was. But I am not ready to convict them at any of these claims.
When I was a young boy and had religious class in school, the only thing our teacher did, and he was well known rabbi, to spit on the floor in class.
We all thought that was the way all rabbis behaved so we just accepted it.
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