Thursday, August 18, 2011

I'm rubber, you're glue

The Warrior Dash was this past weekend.  It was a lot of fun.  I am not sure if I am getting older but I was much sorer the day after this year.  I finished third out of our group and was thinking that the course was much harder this year.  they had two more water hazards- the first one with logs in it and it was deeper than last years.  There were also two cargo net hazards, the first one was twice as high as last year and it was an up and down- the chick who went up with me had a panic attack at the top and had to be slowly talked down, lol.  The second one was a cargo net bridge.  A lot of people were trying to walk across it to little avail, I saw the guy ahead of me roll across it and copied him.  The bastards also had us running up hill a lot more than last year.  Of course everyone had a blast and we all signed up for it nest year.  The boss also signed up and I am a bit concerned as I am sure he has an inkling of what a delinquent/accused criminal I am/was in college and doing this race with my fraternity brothers will only be confirmation.

This week has been all about packing of course.  One week from today we will be living in the countryside full time.  There are some things I will miss about the city- The Taco Truck, the eye candy on the bus and in the gym to name a few.  I will however be psyched for a commute I can get reading  done on, not smelling dinner choices made by everyone in the building, being closer to the boys to name a few.

Rick Perry...seriously, haven't we had our fill of less than smart governors from Texas being President?

So Warren Buffet thinks he does not pay enough taxes?  funny, the guy has spent his entire business career doing everything he legally can to minimize the amount of money the government takes from him and now he says it was a mistake?  The cynic in me says he is taking the route of if I volunteer to pay more I won't lose as much if the government decides to take it.  He is trying to beat the crowd with the pitchforks and torches.

So it looks like the Wiccans and their threefold rule may be right.  You see three years ago we exported a financial crisis to Europe vis a vis the whole sub prime mess.  Well now they are repaying the favor by having their own financial crisis and it will hit us right back. I am gonna guess that the Eu will breakup by Germany exiting on their own and you may end up seeing something akin to the Hanseatic League show up again. 

We are heading for a new going to see we never really left the recession. I imagine there will be some bank that 'fesses up to having a little problem over the weekend.  I am off tomorrow so I won't be around for the fireworks when the unemployment rate comes out.  I have actually not worked a single Friday this month- kinda nice.









1 comment:

Jason said...

Bonus points for the Hanseatic League reference. Good luck with your move.