Rebel Nerd

http://www.shoutfile.com/v/NLyKcD2d/A_Telemarketers_Nightmare 

Ok, so this video is kind of funny, but it has a GREAT line at the end!!

Sexual Consent Form

How wonderful it is to feel young again!  I took off of work most of the day on Friday and went riding dirt bike with my friend Hamlet.  It was 35 degrees out that day, and I thought I would be miserable!  As it turns out I was hot most of the time.

We meet at 11:30 at Knobby Ridge in Neillsville, WI.  After a quick run around the practice track we were off on the trails.  We did the easy and intermediate loop first, and then on the expert loop.  Well the expert loop kicked my ass, I was just worn out throwing the bike around for about four hours so we stopped on the trail for a little while to regain some energy.

We each took a couple of good spills on the trail, and I don’t think the bikes have ever been that dirty!

Overall the day reminded me a lot of my childhood, some friends and I would take off for the day and just go check out all the trails. We would ride hard and take a lot of spills, but that was the point, to just ride hard and have fun.  Which is exactly what we did on Friday.

Saturday, my body reminded me that I am no longer 15, I’m 36, out of shape, and haven’t ridden off road like that for many years.  I think I was sore everywhere, but every ache and pain brought with it memories of the day before so it wasn’t so bad feeling sore.

I can’t wait to do it again!!  It looks like the earliest I can hope for is next spring, since the weather won’t be cooperating for long.

Oh, that reminds me, snowboarding this weekend!  I’m looking forward to seeing Amanda again.  She’s almost 16 and has her learners permit now!  She is growing up so fast!  Its strange for me see her growing up, I guess it’s the same for all parents.

Snowboarding is something else that makes me feel young again, or maybe its just that I feel more alive, not sure exactly, but I love it!  When I’m in Wausau this weekend I’m going to look at buying an 8-plex in town…need a place to live in the winter that’s closer to the ski hill and that someone else will pay for, god knows I don’t have any money!  I’m planning on keeping one apartment for myself so that friends and family can stay with me when they go to the ski hill.

I’m feel guilty for not spending turkey day with Ron and Cyn, I know they would like me to come up, but since Amanda will not be with me for Christmas, this is the only time this season that Amanda and I will have to snowboard together for more than one or two days.  Sorry guys!

Also, it seems that the only time I update my blog is when I’m staying with R&C, I wonder why that is?  When I’m home I must be too busy going to lunch with my Dad, working, or surfing porn to update my blog…looks like I’ll have to cut back on working a little so I have time to update  =)

Good bye, and I love you all, but not in a weird way, I promise!   <—Yes, I stole that from someone else but I like it!

Election Results:

Marriage amendment

Yes 1,251,999 —- 59%

No 856,369 —- 41%

With 99 percent of the vote

Death penalty amendment

Yes 1,155,660 —- 56%

No 926,222 —- 44%

With 99 percent of the vote

Just when I was beginning to have a little hope that Wisconsin might not be a majority of bigots and hatemongers, I get the election results.

Let the lawsuits begin!

Over the weekend I was discussing the gay marriage issue with my Daughter, and she had a great comment… “What are they going to do next, install gay drinking fountains?”  Ahh, I was so proud of her!  I think that’s a great analogy – we all know that “Separate but Equal” does not work!

Normally I never vote, and I was planning on not voting again today.  Then, on the way back from lunch, I heard that Wisconsin was voting on an amendment to the state constitution to ban gay marriage.

Well, I just could not stand by and let that happen! So off I went to cast my vote against this ridiculous amendment.  They way I see it, who you are married to is your choice, it’s not up to the state to decide.

I think you really need to question why anyone would want to prevent gay marriage.  What’s the harm?  Will it destroy the moral fiber of the country?  Are they unfit parents?  Do they love each other less?  Are they less than human?  Are they “moral degenerates”?  Is there some reason they shouldn’t lose half their stuff in a divorce, just like the rest of us?  I don’t think so, and if you do…well…I feel sorry for you!

It wasn’t all that long ago (1964?) that these same issues were raised about interracial marriages.  Hopefully we all now know how ridiculous and small minded it was in the context of interracial marriage, and still is today in the context of gay marriage.

I don’t see any reason to pass laws against my friends, family, co-workers, and fellow citizens, people who are otherwise law abiding, productive members of society. 

So, I get there, register, etc, get my ballot, vote straight democrat, vote no the “gay marriage amendment” and the last question is about the “Death Penatly”.

For some reason I immediately thought about the estate tax, AKA “Death Tax”…then I read on and it’s about capital punishment. 

Holy crap, I never heard anything about this…I looked around to find and check the “No way in hell, are you retarded” option, which from some reason was not there.  I just checked the “No” option, turned in my ballot.

While leaving I wondered if I was in the minority in my community.  I live in a small town in central Wisconsin that seems to be firmly in the republican camp.  I wonder of there are lot of people in this area that just don’t get it? 

The current political climate is discouraging…its controlled by those who show up…an I normally don’t show up; not out of apathy but rather I feel the whole system is so completely broken there is no hope of getting the desired outcome.  But I guess it’s all we have to work with right now, and I need to show up to have any possibility of making a difference.  Maybe I made a difference today, maybe not, one thing is for sure, I will never make a difference if I don’t show up.

 Interesting article about arguments and motives of people attempting to ban gay marriage - http://www.bidstrup.com/marriage.htm