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What happened to the guys on the grassy knoll
Terlingua. I still have the shovel.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
A name that should never be.
When I got home tonight I decided to watch an episode of ER on Hulu.com. http://www.hulu.com/watch/44307/er-heal-thyself
The lead character talks about how when people loose there parents they are called orphans. When you loose a spouse you are called a widower. When you loose a battle: a survivor. But there is no name for you if you loose a child. I think that is name that should never be.
When very very bad things like this happen, you can not have a name for it. That name would mean that this has happened enough times to actually want to create a name for the action. Loosing a child is very trying and hard time for any parent. Couple this with wondering as to why the parent survived, and why didn't they protect there kids. With the grief that someone so promising was cut so short. Parents are forced to see the friends of their children grown and always wonder what their child would have grown to be. This does not only effect those who lost young children. Any parent should not have to outlive their child. Not at 5 years, 20 years or 60 years.
Maybe we should have a name for these people; a name we can whisper to our neighbor during a party. "Oh there goes Jane, she is a so-and-so." "Oh really, I will make sure not to talk about my little Bobby." Blah Blah Blah.
Nah, screw that. Having that name would only make the Parent have to live with pain over and over again. They should embrace the child they had, they should cherish the time they had with the child, they should relish in the fact that they had the pleasure to come to know the child. Finally, I have found a word for them...Proud.
The lead character talks about how when people loose there parents they are called orphans. When you loose a spouse you are called a widower. When you loose a battle: a survivor. But there is no name for you if you loose a child. I think that is name that should never be.
When very very bad things like this happen, you can not have a name for it. That name would mean that this has happened enough times to actually want to create a name for the action. Loosing a child is very trying and hard time for any parent. Couple this with wondering as to why the parent survived, and why didn't they protect there kids. With the grief that someone so promising was cut so short. Parents are forced to see the friends of their children grown and always wonder what their child would have grown to be. This does not only effect those who lost young children. Any parent should not have to outlive their child. Not at 5 years, 20 years or 60 years.
Maybe we should have a name for these people; a name we can whisper to our neighbor during a party. "Oh there goes Jane, she is a so-and-so." "Oh really, I will make sure not to talk about my little Bobby." Blah Blah Blah.
Nah, screw that. Having that name would only make the Parent have to live with pain over and over again. They should embrace the child they had, they should cherish the time they had with the child, they should relish in the fact that they had the pleasure to come to know the child. Finally, I have found a word for them...Proud.
Friday, November 14, 2008
For Queen and Country
Bond, James Bond. Yes that is right Mr Bond is back. I went and caught the flick right after work today. I am a lolly tech writer and hate paying the full price and have to go check out the movies during matinee times. Bond did not fail to impress and show all the bond features that we have come to know and love. The movie starts out with a car chase and only keeps speeding to the end. Daniel Craig followed in the footsteps of Pierce Brosnan's portrayal of the world class spy. He at no time in the movie looses his drive and focus on the end game. Judy Dench revives her role as M and does a great job. However it is hard to see the Head of MI6 traveling all around the world after a "rouge" agent; even if it is Bond.
The tech in the movie is not all that farfetched then the current toys. Just upgrades on the Cell phones, and all the cool touch screen computing systems are great. The rest of the tech in the movie you could pick up at the local mall.
What I was most impressed with in the movie was the choices of clothing for Bond. Over the last 5 or 6 movies Bond has become more and more casual in his atire, and in this movie he is back in fitted suits with windsor tied knots. I love the dressed look of Bond.
Anyways the movie is classic bond with a couple of bond girls and death for queen and country. Grab a martini and head to the theaters to catch this new flick with all the things we love.
Just if you are out at the theater hit the people arround you that choose to talk all the way threw the movie. Why the hell should I silence my cell phone when the jibber jawing about how someone wants an Aston Martin, and a Trip to Itally, etc. I forked over my money and would love to see that movie. The theaters should bring back the ushers to silence people that are talking to loud, or have movies times for talkers and eaters so that the rest of us can enjoy our movies. Maybe I am just a cinical person because they were not talking to me, but I wanted to enjoy the movie so I would have been a bad conversationist anyways. I would not even mind if I could bring in my skullcandy's and plug into the audio system to drown other inconsiderate people out.
Sorry for the rant at the end, and if you want to go see the movie LMK I will go see it again.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
I have been a lazy person.
I have not posted or really tried to post to my blog mainly because I really didn't have a focus or idea for this blog. Well I can say that I finally have an idea for this blog, and that is ME. With personal branding the next big thing on the web and web celebs popping up all the time, my time to start promoting myself is now. I will use this place to help me get my ideas out to people that I can not impact on a face to face style by using the all powerful intraweb to blast ideas in a more open and "anonymous" place.
The first thing that I really want to say today is...
Running for public offices. We as a society should start making the candidates responsible for the actions of their campaigns. Today exactly 1 week after the general elections of 2008 I was out traveling the great state of Texas on my day off (THANKS TO THE VETS) an noticed that there are numerous sign for Mccain and other candidates in the 2008 election still around town. I know that you want to show your disgust for the outcome of the elections, but when I am driving on road, and the sign for some Judge candidate is still up a field with one of the sides holding the sign up blown over...Now we are just getting into littering. Maybe this is a sign, I am personally glad that a candidate did not get elected as our representative to the judicial system who can not even keep from littering. These campaign groups should be ticketed for each sign that they left posted.
It really reminds me of a house party that you or your friend hosts. The next day most of the people are gone and the place is a wreck. I decided to host the party so I (and maybe a really good friend) have to clean up all the empty cans, trash and anything else that showed up during the party ; Lampshades, Beer Pong tables, underwear in the dear antlers, whatever. Well the election party is over, start picking up your trash. I did not host this little soiree, so why should I or any of my friends have to pick up after you. If I wanted to run around all day picking up after people, I would have a couple of little people (children) of my own to keep me busy.
Maybe we should make cleanup the little side bet to the election process. If you win great get to work, if you lose then you have nothing to do so get to cleaning up the campaign trash. Look its a win/win. Both sides are gainfully employed, some just longer then others. The real winner is the economy ;) jk
Jeff
The first thing that I really want to say today is...
Running for public offices. We as a society should start making the candidates responsible for the actions of their campaigns. Today exactly 1 week after the general elections of 2008 I was out traveling the great state of Texas on my day off (THANKS TO THE VETS) an noticed that there are numerous sign for Mccain and other candidates in the 2008 election still around town. I know that you want to show your disgust for the outcome of the elections, but when I am driving on road, and the sign for some Judge candidate is still up a field with one of the sides holding the sign up blown over...Now we are just getting into littering. Maybe this is a sign, I am personally glad that a candidate did not get elected as our representative to the judicial system who can not even keep from littering. These campaign groups should be ticketed for each sign that they left posted.
It really reminds me of a house party that you or your friend hosts. The next day most of the people are gone and the place is a wreck. I decided to host the party so I (and maybe a really good friend) have to clean up all the empty cans, trash and anything else that showed up during the party ; Lampshades, Beer Pong tables, underwear in the dear antlers, whatever. Well the election party is over, start picking up your trash. I did not host this little soiree, so why should I or any of my friends have to pick up after you. If I wanted to run around all day picking up after people, I would have a couple of little people (children) of my own to keep me busy.
Maybe we should make cleanup the little side bet to the election process. If you win great get to work, if you lose then you have nothing to do so get to cleaning up the campaign trash. Look its a win/win. Both sides are gainfully employed, some just longer then others. The real winner is the economy ;) jk
Jeff
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Well I am on flickr now....
I have finally started putting photos up on Flickr. check out the one picture that I have up loaded to date...
Username on Flickr is Waechter. That should be easy to remember ;)
Username on Flickr is Waechter. That should be easy to remember ;)
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