Relief Valve

Sometimes I think it's past time to post a blog and then...nothing.

Other times, there can be something that I just need to get off my chest.  Rarely is it anything important, but I need to blog it just the same.

This is one of those blogs.  As I sit in my home away from home, Hampton Inn (tonight is Massillon, Ohio, tomorrow it's Chicago), I can't sleep - possibly due to a combination of diet coke and the need to stay up and see South Park on Comedy Central.

So here are my miscellaneous observations for the evening:

First, a 2-part quiz>

Part 1: What do 75 virgins, Obama's Kenyan citizenship and Obama's Muslim religion have in common?  They are all falsehoods (at least I think the virgin thing is false).  Part 2: Why do these falsehoods exist?  Because the Muslim leadership and the GOP keep silent.  They prefer to not say anything because existence of the false rumors serves their purpose.  Most of us would be quick to point out how wrong the Muslim leadership is.  Why are we slow to make the same observation about the leadership of the Republican party?; A party that I would love to rejoin after we throw all of the current GOP this Fall.  (more on that in an upcoming blog)

I am a little dismayed by the massive egg recall.  Some of you may recall my recent near death experience with Peanut M&M generated body bloat.  Well, I gave up those little colored delicacies for hard boiled eggs.  I'm not sure why.  Perhaps it's because an egg is shaped like a peanut M&M.  I have probably eaten four dozen hard boiled eggs in the last two weeks.  No salmonella (<-hard word to spell) yet.  Possibly because I have been traveling lately and don't eat hard boiled eggs on the road (hard to cook in a coffee pot).

On the road, my diet consists of KFC grilled chicken.  I eat this by the bucket full on the assumption that it makes for a good diet.  This is how my mind works.  I once went on a carbo-free diet.  I made a cheesecake out of cream cheese and then ate the entire thing in one sitting.  Dieting can be hard.

Is it just me or is the Chappelle (<-hard name to spell) show really, really funny.  I saw an episode tonight where he played Yoda.

I'm having some friends over for breakfast this weekend.  It's one of the few ways I can stay in touch with them given my travel schedule.  I cook everything.  Here is the menu: Crepes, eggs (well cooked), eggs benedict, sausage and bacon, pancakes (blueberry).  No peanut M&Ms...maybe.

Tomorrow I hook up with Kimmy C. for lunch.  Long time - no see.  Time to fix that.  Mexican food, my favorite.

South Park is on...rerun but still good.

Then later, I'm off to save the world.

Up, up and away...

j