Out and About - Omaha

My company shares a building with a sound and lighting company. The customers of the sound and lighting company love to park in front of our building. Normally it is no big deal, but last Saturday when I pulled into my parking lot this huge butt head was blocking my door. Get out the way dude!!! Give me some room man!!!

Out and About - Kansas City

Some of my favorite art is early Christian pre-1500s. This reliquary houses a finger from St. John the Baptist. Ok, no, I do not believe that is Jesus' cousin's finger bone. But it's old and I wonder who this finger belonged too. This piece of art is at the Nelson Atkins Art Museum in Kansas City. The Nelson-Atkins museum is one of my favorite art museums in the U.S. Though it is small compared to New York, Chicago and L.A., there are some very interesting pieces here. This is one of them.

Here is a link to a clearer picture of this piece:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lifeontheedge/2710704066/

Out and About - Seattle

I was in Seattle a few weeks ago and I arrived at the customer's site a little early. They weren't quite ready for me. So I drove down the street to a McDonald's for a cup of their fine gourmet coffee. While I sat in their parking lot contemplating my life I saw this image, grabbed my cell phone, and took a picture.

I love Canada

I'm becoming less and less fond of my government (U.S.) When I read stories like this, Canadians angered over Buy American, I am reminded of how inept my (U.S.) politicians really are. Bush 2 was a moron when it came to economics (see his anti-Canada and anti-capitalist policies) and it seems like the Democrats, under Madame Pelosi and Prez Obama, are no better.

Canada is a country of ~30 million people; roughly the same as California. We (U.S. Government) have disrespected them since our nation's founding and it is pathetic.

Solution: Absolute Free Trade. No restrictions on trade with Canada. Open our markets up to them with no strings attached. Treat them like our States trade with one another. Easy. Even if Canada continues to tax U.S. goods going into their country who cares. If we allow Canadian companies to ship whatever they want into the U.S. without tariffs or trade restrictions it would help all of us. It would lower the costs of goods that us middle class folks buy.

Reality: Our government is full of money grubbing retards. Don't look for my solution to come about any time soon.

It is definitely time for change. Real change. Not the fake crap we hear about on t.v. or the rhetoric coming out of Washington.