Entries from March 2007 ↓

This is a sponsored post from Blogitive.com and Hayfield Dental Care.

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I have been in Salt Lake City for a little under 24 hours now, and holy crap are the street names weird here. There are a few normally named streets, like State St, and Main St, but most of the streets here are named something like “W 600 S.” To compound the confusion, there are also streets named “S 600 W.” As if that weren’t enough, at some points “W 600 S” turns into “W 6th S” then turns back into “W 600 S.”

Oh, and there are also three different Temple Streets. One is “E S Temple,” one is “E N Temple,” (which are thankfully parallel), but the third Temple Street, “S W Temple,” runs perpendicular to the other two Temple Streets.

I’m actually starting to get it though, I’m happy to report. Almost. Maybe another day and I’ll have this perplexing Mormon street naming convention down. I’ll let you know how it goes.

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This is a sponsored post from Blogitive.com and ShopforWeddings.com.

I have a huge number of friends planning weddings this year. And there is a potential for a few more too, depending on how things go. 2007 is officially the Year of the Wedding. I personally am more thankful every day of our decision to shoot off to Vegas and elope as I watch my friends go through the rigors of planning a wedding, but can appreciate the desire for a nice big family and friends wedding.

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If you’re a horror fan, I wanted to direct you to an indie horror flick that sounds pretty good. It’s been in production for quite some time, and is finally starting to be screened in preliminary previews. It’s called The House at the End of the Drive, and is about paranormal goings-on in the area surrounding the Sharon Tate mansion where the Manson murders occured in 1969.

I have not seen this movie mind you, but have followed its progress through its website (http://www.thehouseattheendofthedrive.com). I hope that the preliminary screenings go well and that this film makes its way to theatres. There’s a screening going on in LA next weekend, but I’m going to be out of town unfortunately. Check out the website and sign up for the mailing list for more info on that.

So right now I’m sitting my hotel room watching GWB speak to the press and mock just about everything that’s going on in the world right now. I have to say that this must be one of the thousands of reasons that the rest of the world hates us.

Maybe it’s just me, but doesn’t it seem tasteless that he just made fun of the attorney firing scandal?

And now he just made fun of the hotly debated temporary guest worker program.

And now he just mocked Obama saying he wasn’t coming because of “not enough press.”

I have to say that I can appreciate humor and satire. I probably have the most tasteless sense of humor around. But for the President King of the United States to stand up before the Washington press corps and mock the political blunders is just unacceptable.

An not only that. I would like to also say that these press folks sitting in the audience and laughing along is unacceptable as well. These are the people who should be the staunchest critics of the President, and they’re sitting there laughing along like they were old friends. It just cements my disdain for the brainwashing that those folks dish out every day.

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Hardly a minute goes by when you are not bombarded by the word “terrorist,” “terrorism,” or some permutation thereof. We are also constantly bombarded by the need for “safety” and “security.” Whether it’s online security, home security, financial security or whatever, we are being sold the idea that we are currently not secure, and must but “X” product to gain security.

Even worse, when we’re talking about personal security and national security, we aren’t even required to purchase anything. We’re just expected to give up our most valuable asset to gain personal security - our freedom.

And who says that security and safety are all that great anyway? I mean yes, to a certain extent they are necessary, but isn’t a little unpredictability in life exciting? I think so, and I personally am willing to give up some safety and security to maintain that excitement and make life worthwhile.

I’ll be writing more on this, and will hopefully start a new website focused on this once my thoughts are better put together. Related posts will be tagged with “Meet in the Middle.”

I have been thinking a lot lately about how the elite in the United States and other parts of the world have really latched onto the propagation of fear as a tactic for keeping their subjects suppressed. I would like to chat a little bit about that before boarding my plane.

If you have read my blog at all, you know my stance on 9/11. I’ve done the research (unlike Tom Cruise) and strongly believe in my opinion. However, I also believe that it is time to get beyond trying to convince everyone that it was indeed an inside job. Not that I’m going to stop fighting that fight, I’m just going to start fighting it a different way.

So instead, how about we all meet in between. I mean, most US Citizens believe that GWB sucks, and a large number of Citizens also recognize that we are being controlled by fear. I propose that we all agree to disagree on the subject of 9/11, and agree to all recognize its widespread misuse and abuse by those in power.

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