Tidbits

1) Kim Jong "Mentally" Il should be assassinated.

2) The space shuttle launched successfully. I think it is amazing that as complex a task as launching a space shuttle, the only reason it gets as much coverage as it does is because of the 2 tragedies that befell previous launches. That's the media for us. I remember when you didn't even know the shuttle was launched because it received no coverage. Then in 1986 the first shuttle accident occurred and ever since the media has been salivating over the possibility of another tragedy. They got their wish in 2003.

3) No hurricanes yet this year and central Nebraska and Kansas have not had a tornado yet this year....the first time since 1950. So, like I said in a previous post, this global warming thing must be going away right? All the fruitcake global warming alarmists said that we would have progressively worse hurricane seasons right? Yes they did, I have it in writing. So we're already about 4 or 5 hurricanes behind last year. Therefore, logic says that either they're wrong about global warming or that the problem is going away. Of course it is impossible that Al Gore is wrong so it must be because global warming is going away. Sorry if I offend anyone but I remain of the opinion that anybody who goes along with the global warming theory....especially since there is no unbiased evidence and temperatures are obviously cyclical....is either extremely uneduacated or is just a fucking wacko. Don't forget, to have a valid scientific argument not only do you have to prove that you're correct through relevant and unbiased data (which they cannot), but you need to show why the opposing argument is invalid (which they cannot).

4) On a lighter note...hope everyone had a great 4th of July. My girls came home on Saturday the 1st and we had a great 4 day weekend just hanging out and spending time with each other. I didn't get the yard 100% finished in time for them but it was real close and they loved it. They also like the furniture and all the other stuff I did and had done around the house. The new dining room set comes this week also. NICE!

5) Work is going well. I am continuing to work an angle which may put me in the Charlotte/Lake Norman area of North Carolina by the fall. Still a lot of details to work out but it is entirely possible. It's too early to say probable. If that's the case, I don't know yet if I am gonna sell my house in PA or keep it. Anyone looking for a nice place in the Poconos? I won't say yet what this new job would be because I am sure you would all say, "Yeah, right Vinny" and proceed to make fun of me. My buddy Dan knows and my wife knows but that's it. I will just say right now that it has to do with professional sports. Let your minds wander.

6) Fucking fireworks RULE!

7) I have to temper down my road rage. Anyone who has driven with me can tell you I am real bad about flipping people the finger and yelling stuff out the window and all kinds of wacky stuff. Well Sunday I was sitting in the living room and Samantha came in from the porch and looked at me and said, "Hey dick." I swear to God! Looked right at me and said it. I can only guess that she got this from listening to me yell at people when we're driving. Since then she's just gone back to "Dada" but I gotta calm down or she's gonna be calling me all kinds of stuff.

8) Is anyone else wondering when we're going to stop hearing about Hurrican Katrina?