RANT ALERT!!! RANT ALERT!!! RANT AHEAD!!

OK, now that you have been forewarned, It really bugs my when certain people think that they can say anything they want to another person and not expect it to hurt the person's feelings. Or they think that just because they say they are sorry that all will be forgiven and forgotten. People say "Well just ignore" that certain person but when that person hurts someone I am close to I can't. People say "This person doesn't really mean what they say". I say untrue, if the person didn't mean it then why say it. I am fed up with having to watch this person hurt the person I love. Maybe this can serve as a wake-up call to that person as to why we don't want to spend time with them. Every time we speak with this person, either live or via phone, some stupid shit comes flying out of their mouth and we are just supposed to ignore it. I can't do that. I have had to stand up for myself my whole life and I have learned to stand up for those I love. If someone attacks me or the ones I love I fight back. Simple as that. I have guarded my tongue over the years of dealing with this person but if this happens one more time I will let fly. I am tired of it! One more time, notice is served.

You are the Marquis Da Sade. Even stripped of
exaggerations, Your real life was as dramatic
and as tragic as a cautionary tale. Born to an
ancient and noble house, you were married
(against your wishes) to a middle-class heiress
for money, caused scandals with prostitutes and
with your sister-in-law, thus enraging your
mother-in-law, who had you imprisoned under a
lettre de cachet for 14 years until the
Revolution freed you. Amphibian, protean,
charming, you became a Revolutionary,
miraculously escaping the guillotine during the
Terror, only to be arrested later for
publishing your erotic novels. You spent your
final 12 years in the insane asylum at
Charenton, where you caused another scandal by
directing plays using inmates and professional
actors. You died there in 1814, virtually in
the arms of your teenage mistress.
You are a revolutionary deviant. I applaud you.


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I am sooooo disturbed!!

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Ok, So I rigged it so I could be Bruce! Just remember "Fish are friends not food"!

After reading some of the quotes that are on this site. I have to buy The Family Guy on DVD. I have forgotten how Damn Funny this show is!

I have a pet peeve. The saying "This is true!"

Don't ask, it just gets on my nerves.

I know that these are old and well passed around but I thought it would be a good addition to my blog. Read, enjoy, comment, whatever!

We always hear "the rules" from the female side. Now here are the rules from the male side. Finally!! So these are OUR rules! Please note...these are all numbered "1" ON PURPOSE!

1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down. You can handle it. We need it up, you need it down. You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.

1. Sunday = sports. It's like the full moon. Let it be.

1. Crying is blackmail.

1. Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one. Subtle hints do not work! Strong hints do not work! Obvious hints do not work! Just say it!

1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.

1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.

1. A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor.

1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 days.

1. If you won't dress like the Victoria's Secret girls, don't expect us to act like soap opera guys.

1. If you think you're fat, you probably are. Don't ask us.

1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways, and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one.

1. You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done. Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.

1. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials.

1. Christopher Columbus did not need directions, and neither do we.

1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.

1. If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that.

1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," we will act like nothing's wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.

1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, expect an answer you don't want to hear.

1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as baseball, golf, or airplanes.

1. You have enough clothes.

1. You have too many shoes.

1. I am in shape. ROUND is a shape.

1. Thank you for reading this; Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight, but did you know men really don't mind that--it's like camping.

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Hello again everyone. Sorry for the super long post last time. My fingers started going and I couldn't stop. Thank you all for your very nice comments. I really appreciate it. So what to talk about? The weather here in Ohio is rainy but at least it isn't cold. I swear that Winter lasts for 10 months out of the year here. Work is good. As you have probably already read on my lovely wife's blog, she is now an offical TCP employee. YEAH!!!! I am so proud of her. She came here and has done a wonderful job and they recognized the talent. Good job, Baby!

New subject. I am re-reading a series by Robert Jordan. It is not an easy read. It is not that he is graphic or the subject matter is to extreme. It isn't that he uses archaic language. It is nothing like that. It is the fact that this guy loves the sound of his internal voice tooooooo much. He has set out to write a series that is going to be at least 10 books and it seems that around book 5 he realized he only has enough story for half that. He stretches out everything. From the flowery descriptions of each characters clothes to the dust on their boots. I think the real problem is the fact that he repeats himself so often that the story becomes, well, boring. I am currently on book six of the series this time around. I read this series once previous and petered out right around this same time. This time I am going to make it through the whole series. I can't help myself. I am obsessive! Oh well, i know a bunch of books are coming out in the next month or so that I really want to read and I will have to put those off until I finish this damn series. I will OVERCOME!!!

Later!

Ok so as you may or may not know, I was in a cult at one point of my life. Unfortunately this has left a bad taste in my mouth when it comes to religion. (If you want more info on the cult check this out) I think to some degree I have over come my issues with most religion. The thing that gets me the most is the hypocrisy. My whole life was centered around this church. I went to the church's school, went to 4-5 services a week, only associated with people in the church, never watched TV, never listened to the radio, never read a book the church didn't approve of, etc. At this point I couldn't even talk to my family. I was living with Foster parents and I was told that my family was "EVIL" because they were not in the church. And I believed in this church so much. It was literally my life. Then it came crashing down. People were "making connections" in the church. That is where the church leaders would encourage the younger people in the church to "connect" with the older (anywhere from 20 up) people of the church. People were casting demons out of other people. Any human "weakness" (i.e., jealousy, control, envy, anger, etc.) was a demon. It would start when someone would identify a Demon in someone else. They would gather a group of people around the "possessed" person, lay hands on them, and proceed to tell the demon that "They know that the demon is in this person". The person who was "possessed" would fervently agree and say "Yes Demon I know that you are in me". Now this is where things get sticky. When they would do this I think they really would open themselves up to that demon and it would enter them. I have seen little girls who have lifted grown men off of the ground. I have seen people, who I knew and loved; look at me with something else's eyes. I have heard language unlike anything human come out of the mouths of the sweetest people you could imagine. There was a situation where a lady rented a motel room and killed her two babies because she said they were demon possessed. I believe in demons but I think we caused our own suffering and "possession".

I was looking on the Internet the other day for references to "Community Chapel Christian Church" when I ran across a book that the Ex-Pastor's ex-wife had written. I was amazed. I thought, "Well this women has been through a lot of the same stuff that I went through. I should read this book. It should help." I filled out the online ordering form and had them expedite shipping. When the book arrived a few days later I went outside to sit down, have a smoke and see how this woman, who had been very instrumental in the founding and the direction of this church, overcame the oh so wrong the direction that the church had taken. As I sat down I though, OK I am ready to deal with this and work through this. Well after reading about her childhood and her early life I thought OK lets get to the meat. You want to know the shit of the whole thing? She doesn't think anything was wrong with what they were doing. I was dumbfounded! Her only regret was her husband’s infidelity and the divorce. She still thinks that the inviting in and casting out of demons was "God's Word". She thinks that the "Connections" were what God wanted for us to be ready for the second coming. I was astounded. I felt cheated. There was no repentance; there was no acknowledgement that wrong was done to so many people. Ironically the name of the book is "And the truth shall set you free". What a joke.

What it comes down to is I have a wife that I don't deserve. She loves me even with knowing all of my failings and weaknesses. She is my heart and I love her dearly.
I have an extended family through her that is loving and caring and I am lucky enough to know what a true family is because of them. I have nephews who are little gifts; I have a little sister now who, along with her awesome husband, gave me the chance to be an Uncle to them. I have younger brothers. How awesome is that? And you know what? They are the coolest guys out there! I am so proud of all of them. I also now know what it is like to have true parents. I know that sometimes there may be a butting of heads but isn't that family? They do what they do because they care. Also I have gotten to know the joy of Grandparents. My Grandfather died when I was a baby and my Grandmother dies when I was around 6. I have had the joy now of sitting and being able to talk to 2 of the most loving people I have ever know. Not only that but the largest extended family on the planet. You have not had a BBQ until you have gone to a Holtzendorff BBQ. The amount of love and togetherness is amazing. I now know what a real family is like and it ROCKS!!

Anyway I have gone on and on. I just wanted to jot down a few thoughts and it all fell out. Oh well. I hope that there are no misspellings. I hate when I do that. Take care everyone. Late!