All Froth

I heard the greatest saying today, maybe it's old and I just missed it, I don't know. This guy said to someone, "You're all froth and no Guinness."

I'm from the deep south, so my exposure to the northeastern Irish culture is extremely limited, but I thought that was great. It's no 'That dog won't hunt', but it is a dog that will hunt. I love euphemisms, so I'm always on the lookout for new ones to adopt. Trust me, it took months to work 'that's as out of place as a piano at a Church of Christ convention' into a conversation, so just wait; I'll be plenty patient and somebody will get the froth - one day.

Fortune Torture

Is it me, or have fortunes changed? No, not like, "life sucks, gas prices are killing me, my girlfriend gave me the..." Whoops, that's another blog all together.

Seriously, fortune cookies. Shelly and I have laughed about fortune cookies for at least a year now. Used to, at least as I remember it, fortune cookies had some goofy little notion for your future. Lately it seems like they are either marketing more Chinese food or giving some stupid life affirming statement.

Case in point: earlier tonight I received a fortune cookie wishing me this wonderful fortune, "May you have a good appetite." Wow, knock my socks off, I just ordered the General Tso's Chicken, I think my appetite is sufficient.

Another good one Shelly got a while back. I can't remember it exactly, but I remember it said something about 'you have great garace'. Yes, it was even misspelled. Listen, besides the fact this is no fortune at all and shows an overt lack of editing, we all know my lovely wife and if it weren't for the grace of God she'd have no grace at all. (Don't worry, I know I'll pay for that one later.)

So now I suppose you feel like the principal from Billy Madison and want to say that we are all dumber from having read this. You're right, but aren't those some cute kids in the other post?

Pics

Showing off the new hair cuts and playing in the yard. Tracy really loves his new hair cut.

Opinions

You certainly know the old saying, "Opinions are like..., everybody has one." Tonight I had a new take on that, in as much as I don't want to hear them either. If you hear them you have to, well I'll just leave it at that; we all know the foul smell of defeat.

Now this is obviously a place for opinions, as most blogs are. The beauty of a venue such as this is that you, our reading public don't have to read (or hear) any of this drivel. Now I have feebly justified my sharing of an opinion that opinions should be kept to one's self.

All is not to say opinions are never valuable and should never be shared. I find a lot of opinions valuable, not any one's in particular, more generally. Thing is, one should probably only share opinions only when solicited. Again, to justify this posting, you are here reading my opinion, therefore a de jure solicitation of my opinion.

I shall not discourage any of you from forming opinions, and of course love responses here. See, I have solicited your opinion to this forum. Main thing is, I don't want to hear you talk even if you love to hear yourself. See how much I love you all?

All right, I know someone out there is asking, "Is he talking about me? Is there something I have done?" No! Most emphatically, most assuredly no! I don't write solely to express for or against something I am experiencing, rather to explore areas I am thinking about. This means, if you are asking yourself at anytime, "Is it me?" Just answer no and explore your own mind and own behaviour. If I have provoked this thought, great, I just want you all to join me in thinking.

My online friends, my truest friends, let's explore these ideas together so we do not have to burden the uninterested with our endless, navel gazing, droning about nothing.

Much love,
Big O

The Bunkhouse

We have passed into new territory at our house. Tracy has been transitioning into a big-boy bed for a little while now, and yesterday he got his permanent home. For that matter, Gray got his too.

Some nice folks at church gave us a very nice bunk bed. The bed has full bottom and twin top and the boys just love it. Frankly I love it too, since I only had to buy one mattress to make it all happen. What's more, since the boys are now in the same room, I get Gray's old room as my office. It's funny, we have the biggest house we have ever lived in and it took nearly four years in it for me to get my own space.

Back to the important stuff. The boys love the new bed and room. We have converted the nursery into their shared room, logical since it was the room that both boys had lived in at one time or another. There will be more work to be done in there to make it theirs; paint, curtains, even a neat little mural that clings to the wall. We'll let them pick all of that stuff out over time, right now we'll work on getting them to stop talking to each other and go to sleep!

-Big O

Rationale

Maybe it's because it's 01:45, or maybe it's me overthinking things, but I can't seem to understand something. This is going to get vague, so don't worry if you can't follow a word I'm saying, I just need to vent for a minute.

I tend to rationalize things. Not in the sense that I try and make wrong things right through justification, rather I try and understand other viewpoints from a rational standpoint. That is where I am failing, and have been failing for a little while now. In trying to understand certain concerns I have gathered evidence and multiple viewpoints to rationalize certain behaviours. Granted I'm missing a viewpoint, but that's part of the problem too. The main problem I am coming across is that I find no rational explanation for the behaviour.

Now some would say, "You aren't dealing with a rational person." That is a point to which, in some sense, I agree. My problem is that I cannot accept lack of rationality for long-term problems. Lack of rationality in humans is a short term problem, if it is not a short term problem it may be time for Mr. Baker to step in. Really, you may be in the grip of a sociopath, but can you, in good conscience, continue to ignore the facts so to justify your own bad behaviour?

Is this the place for this dialogue? No. I know it is not. At this point I have no other choice. I like to enjoy things, and I truly enjoy reconcilliation. Will this help? Doubt it. I sure wish it would. I didn't have anything to do with this to begin with, but somehow I'm caught in the middle again.