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One... two... whatever... we've all been in the situation where the need arises and you are unable to just take care of business and are forced to wait... when the moment comes where you are able to escale to the facilities, there is a mad rush. your more primal instincts begin to take control and suddenly, you are having trouble undoing you belt or zipper or whatever, but you are acutely aware of evert sound around you, ever molecule of air, you can see every crack and scratch on the floors or walls... sometime you cut it close... too close for comfort. sometimes you aren't so lucky... we have all had those moments. they aren't our proudest moments. they are secrets that we bury in our subconscious, or we try to force them from our memories as fast as possible...
those days suck.

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but somehow... despite knowing better... despite trying to be a better person... it is morbidly funny seeing someone else suffer the same indignity.

well, you feel bad... but it does make for a funny story later...

unless they didn't make it...

then it's sad...

or really, really funny...

depending on the person...

if that ever happens to me... i hope there aren't any witnesses... because other people would have too much fun with it...

I've heard, here and there, that people believe that they are punished immediately by God when they are doing something wrong.

It's not simply that a consequence of doing something wrong is that something bad happens to you, but that you are being punished.

not sure if that was clear, but in my mind it is clear that if you do something wrong, you deserve to be punished for it. not even speaking from a religious stand point but a mere cause and effect.

now, I've also heard, here and there, that people believe that they when they haven't been faithful that God punishes them because you were away so long and He's mad at you.

that's probably one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.

"I was going to confession, which I haven't been to in years, and I got hurt. So I didn't go, because God was telling me not to because He's mad at me."

what kind of stupid horse caca is that?

whatever.

so randomly... Divine Mercy Sunday. from what I've been told, if you are free from sin (having been to confession within a week of receiving Holy Communion on that Sunday) then you will be granted a plenary indulgence.

what was that?

plenary indulgence.

from what little I understand, and crudely put, an indulgence is more or less salvation because someone holy (like the Pope who is infallible) said so. back when they were building St. Peter's Basilica, they were handing out indulgences for money so they could build it... A few people had a problem with that, not in God's plan or whatever... not sure how that works really...

and I'm not sure what the rule is on that now a days...

and I'm not sure what I think about it just yet - given that I haven't really looked up much... but I'll go with whatever the Pope says...

k... I should go back to work...

How does raising the minimum wage help the economy?

It certainly doesn't guarantee more jobs. In fact, I would think that hinders employeers because there is less money, therefore a hiked minimum wage just causes employers to cuts jobs to pay for the people they can afford, or it causes businesses to go bankrupt.

there is a difference between looking like you are helping people and actually helping people. by raising the minimum wage, you appease what people think they need. what someone needs to teach them is what they truly need and what they need is to understand.

understand that short-term fixes won't get the job done. it's a marathon people, not a sprint. but elected government officials have little time (like consultants) and typically focus on getting their main objectives completed - because they have a relatively short amount of time before they have to campaign again to keep their job - which means selling out, asking for money, and making promises or owing favors which would be better to be not kept or not owed.

but 'people' in general are selfish. then again, 'people' in general are stupid. but that's just the cynical pessimist in me talking. my optomistic side thinks that if we tell people and get them to actually listen and understand, that we will all be in a better place.

but maybe I'm oversimplifying things.

How does raising taxes on the rich help the economy?
so there are a ton of corporate bigwigs that make an obscene amount of money. and suppose we tax them extra because we think they should be giving more back to the country. but they don't get additional say - unless you count the millions they throw at government officials, legal and legal-ish-ly, through loybbying, campaign contributions, etc, etc, etc. - in elections - they still have one vote, but it is their money that is going to the government... personally, I don't think the government handles money all that well, and I would rather hold on to my money where possible. for those people that do make a ton of money - I'm sure they know better what to do with it - beneficial or self-serving - the trick is to get them to use their money and knowledge of managing it and growing it and water so that help everyone else.

it's the getting them to help everyone else and people recognizing that they are helping is the trick. but once you shine a spotlight on good deeds, that spotlight can go right to the dirty deeds...

raising taxes might be a short-term "gain" but it ends up screwing the little guy down the road, because that rich guy - he's smart, devious, and ambition, and he has a lot of friends because he has a lot of money - so wouldn't you rather have him on your side? how do we get him on our side?

by raising taxes on the rich, isn't it like consolidating power in an elite few? isn't that the opposite of a democracy? also, since they are getting 'pinched' so to speak, that just motivates them to cut unecessary cost - and that trickles all the way down the line to the lowest rung... because they just hike minimum wages and they need to cut some 'fat'.

you want to talk about the economy... who do you think controls the economy?

I'm not an economics major - I'm not a government expert... but I have seen into business, and I've watched west wing a few times, and I stayed at a holiday in express... so someone please correct me if I'm way off base, tell me why. if it's not that simple, then tell me why?

there are 6 billion people on the planet. I'm sure there are enough people around to try and find the root causes to this, because everything, everything is connected.

or maybe I'm oversimplifying things.

I hate feeling wretched.

I feel that way sometimes.

not fun.

being scolded.

that makes me feel wretched.

disappointed looks.

feeling wretched.

seeing lorie upset.

wretched.

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the line in which I feel wretched is thin, almost invisible. this line exists between apathy, which is just past sadness and concern, and anger.

I don't like disapppoint people.

I don't like getting scolded.

when I get both, it really sucks.

the only thing that might be worse in my experience is getting both and it upsetting lorie.

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I'm over it.

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I got to the hotel, got upgraded to a one-bedroom sweet.

and then I ate a jr bacon cheeseburger.

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I just ate another.

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now, I am going to sit on the couch and think about working out.

because if I think about it, it's almost as if I'm doing it, right?

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I am going to stop this train of thought now. because I believe that if I make any more deep revelations, I might cause a shift in the paradigm of current intellectual thought.

I don't think people are ready for that shift...

just yet.

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don't worry, I will regale you with the exploits of my next meal and next day's activities.

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I know you are the end edge of your seat. you'd have to be... expecially if you made it this far into this blog.

but you know that warm feeling of OH CRAP! which washes over you like a wave after you know you just messed up and now you are trying to figure out how to fix it as fast as possible, and in that moment your whole world seems like it could possibly be in another universe where the normal rules of physics do not apply and you can somehow magically fix everything by hitting an undo button or something but in the very next instant you know you cannot, so then there is an instant of panic where you think the whole world is gonna end, and then the next instant you realize that it probably won't be that bad and then...

well, then you look again, and you realize that you didn't mess anything up and that whole instant (or three) seemed like an eternity, and somehow it was, but it really wasn't, but then all you are left with is relief that you didn't screw something up, as well as the aftermath of all of the feelings that you felt in such a miniscule amount of time.

sometimes, those feelings are so strong and they linger long after their full effects are felt.

if I could bottle that feeling, I bet I could blow up mountains.

yeah. not cool.

24 mar...

so, what if I finish it [the beverage or packaged food I was consuming] and I didn't enjoy it.

will I die on that date?

that would suck.

yeah.

I like woot

that's basically what I [used to] look for [when I was reading blogs all the time]... [but given that I'm busy I can't]

I would check to see if the first line of someone's blog to see if I recognized it from the previous day... or previous 10 minutes...

at one point I could go through my whole link list and tell you what the first line would be on every single blog.

[I can no longer do that now.]

[I'm going back to work now - I thought since I was always looking for something - anything - different to read - I probably gave you enough for a whole 30 seconds... hope it was worth it... though probably not]

"if I could be a superhero... I would be awesome man..."

I like french cuffs and cuff links.

depending on which one makes the most sense for you... the roman or lunar...

blogging has pretty much come to a screeching halt for me.

I thought I'd tell you that.

discovery cove rocks.

you should know that.

we should all go there together. at the same time.