walkingman

I support some of the goals and ideals of the Occupy Movement but I d o not condone the wanton destruction of private property. It is too easy to identify the opposition as The Man or Big Business and use this as an excuse to rob and loot. Instead of taking political action against corporate America criminal types take advantage of the situation to commit...
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Too much shit going on recently. I got a health scare when during a routine ct scan my doctor discovered a 16 mm nodule in my right lung. Once the possibility of lung cancer popped up my whole family freaked out. Thankfully the PET scan came back normal and so the pulmonologist decided against doing anything further. It was a rough four weeks of worry...
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I do not believe all the economists and financial analysts who are filling our airways with their predictions and conjectures. There are so many fancy words and terms being throw about but none of them seems to want to use the R word. Yet I think we are in a recession and headed into a depression. No matter how they try and sugarcoat it the...
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The news today was awful. Too many young people died without reason in Norway. Then Amy Winehouse died in the UK. Young lives ended before they really had a chance to begin or reach their potential. We must be outraged as this senseless loss of life. In Norway the youths were slaughered by a crazy home grown terrorist whose mission was to cause death and...
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Today is the start of a few days of vacation. The youngest son and I started early by staying up late last night and going outside and watching the stars. He is a big sci fi and science freak and wants to be an astronomer or astronaut when he grows up. We went outside with the star charts and plotted different constellations last night. We...
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A year ago my nephew died from a combination of drugs and alcohol. This past weekend I had to relive the horror of that tragedy as I gathered with my brother, sister-in-law, other family members, and friends to celebrate this life which was taken from us too soon and in such a wasted way. His future looked so bright and he had so much to...
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We lived without electricity for the past four days due to a freak storm that rocked the Chicagoland area on Monday. Our nice suburban area was hard hit and many of the mighty and proud trees that have lined our streets and stood guard in our yards are now splintered and shattered. These majestic elms, maples, willows, and oaks succumbed to heavy winds and lightning...
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It has been a long time since my last blog/update. Life is going well. For Christmas my wife purchased a Kindle for me. I kept telling her that I really did not want an electronic book. When it comes to books I am a traditionalist and like to have real books to read. I like the smell of old books and the feel of the...
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One of the associates in my office can best be described as a cold weather nut. When the temperature outside dips into the sub zeros he loves to participate in extreme outdoor activities. He has been bugging me to accompany him on one of these adventures. This weekend against my better judgment the boys and I met him on a frozen lake to go ice...
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It is all a lie. I do not love you. There is someone else. I have never loved you. You were just a piece of ass. You were easy. You were always good for a place to lay my head and get some head. I could always crash at your place and leave with some cash. You were in love with me but I was...
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