What's Going on with the GOP?

I don't usually write about politics.  I don't think it's a strong area for me.  But, I just can't help asking what's the GOP thinking about?

They deny evolution.  They deny climate change.  They are currently arguing that we should deregulate business even more and lower taxes on the wealthy AGAIN to fix our economic problems.

That's what we've been doing for the last 40 years!

After the Great Depression there were laws, taxes and regulations put in place an there wasn't a financial crisis for until we started making changes in the 80s.  First there was the savings and loan scandal.  Then Chrysler had to be bailed out.  Then another and another and another right up to our current housing and banking problems.

Isn't it obvious to everyone that maybe more deregulation isn't the best thing for America?

Just going back to taxes, laws and regulations like we had in the 50s won't solve everything.  There are other problems having to do with technology and globalization.  But, it ain't a bad place to start.

What do you think?

Women Are Brats

Women like to say; "the only difference between a man and a boy is the size of his toys."  And I suppose that's true to a certain extent.  But, women have their immature side as well.

What follows comes from my own experience in relationships.  It's not meant to be insulting or misogynistic.  It's simply what I've learned about living with women.  If anyone disagrees, feel free to give your views in the comment section.

Women are selfish brats.  Like children, they will push a man's limits just to see what they can get away with.  If a man does allow her to get away with something, she will lose respect for him.  And she will grow to despise him for what she perceives as weakness.

How do we men handle this?  Usually we give her what she wants.  We don't care as long as she'll shut up.  But, this is exactly the wrong thing to do.  This will lead us down the path of becoming her "bitch."

Why do we do it?  Because we're told that relationships take work and compromise.  Well, I'm here to tell you, for the most part, that's BULLOCKS! 

It's been my experience that there is no compromise in relationships (but, there is work).  One person gives in to what the other demands.  And once you give in the first time she'll have more demands for you to give in to and it doesn't end until you're a pussy whipped shadow of the man she was once attracted to.

When the stand up comic, Sam Kinison said "I don't condone wife beating, BUT I UNDERSTAND IT!" this is what he was talking about.  Women will drive men crazy with their nagging and complaining.  We may even break one day and do something we regret if we don't find a way of dealing with her.

So, what's the answer?  How do we continue our relationship and still keep our manhood? 

By being firm.  When we say no, and we must mean no.  We cannot bend or break under her pressure.  We must put a foot down and say "enough."   No matter how much she cries or screams or throws tantrums.  We must see it as the selfish, childish, bratty behavior it really is and treat her as we would a selfish, bratty child.  By ignoring her.

We cannot reward he bad behavior by giving her attention.  We tell her she's acting like a brat and we leave her to it.

She'll try to bait us into arguing, but we cannot get into it with her.  We must remain calm and in control.  If we have to get in the car drive away for an hour, so be it.  Tell her, "you are out of control and I'm leaving until you calm down."  Then go and have a coffee.  If she blows up your cell phone, turn it off.  Call her in an hour and see if she's better. 

This is the way to earn her respect and her love.

What's all this for?

Nobody reads this blog.  And that's okay by me.  I didn't start it to become famous or to make money or any other nonsense like that.  I had a much lower form of nonsense in mind.

I write this blog simply for my own pleasure.  I sometimes find it helpful to put things down in writing, to clear them up in my own head.

Truthfully, I can't understand why anyone would want to follow this blog anyway (BTW no one does).  After all, I'm just a grumpy old bachelor with a crummy job (that I actually like), living in a tiny apartment, trying to avoid social interactions with as many people as possible.  That means no sex life, at least for the time being.

It's not that I don't like people.  On the contrary, I very much enjoy the company of people.  I love a passionate exchange of ideas, laughing with friends, going out and picking up attractive ladies and bringing them home to indulge in the pleasures their firm, young bodies offer.  I just like it in small doses.  I prefer to keep others at a distance.  This allows me to avoid most of their drama and keeps me a little closer to sanity.

All I want is my little space to fill with only the things that make me truly happy.  A tiny place I love so much that I don't want to leave.  My own little oasis of peacefulness and serenity, hidden away from the rest of the world and built to suit my needs.  Populated with a minimum of stuff.

In my place I calmly sit alone, play my guitar, watch old movies, surf the web and contemplate exactly how I'll be able to provide a valuable service to the world (that means people willingly giving me their money) without doing anything.

Alone Time

I really enjoy my alone time.  I'm alone while I work and I come home to an empty apartment.  Most days I talk to only a couple of people and it's seldom more than saying hello.

Being single is wonderful!   I don't have to worry about anyone else's feelings.  There's no one asking me to do anything and I only need to clean up after myself.

If I do want some social interaction it's easy enough to go out and visit a friend or meet someone new someplace nearby.

Why do people want to be in long term relationships?  I used to think I wanted to be in one, but after many attempts, I've come to the conclusion that I'm really happiest living on my own.  It's much less stressful.

So, that's my plan.  To live out the rest of my life as an old bachelor.

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Soon I'm moving into the smallest apartment I was able to find in my area.  It's just 443 sq ft and it's the kind of place I've always tried to live in.  I like tiny apartments.  I like that it costs less to rent and I like that it costs less to heat and cool.  I like that I can clean it from top to bottom in just a couple of hours and like that it will force me to radically, ruthlessly edit anything extraneous from my life.  That will leave me with only the things that make me happy.

There have been so many technological breakthroughs that allow us to digitize so many things that once took a lot of space.  All my music and photos are already stored in a digital format.  I still want a few photographs of my walls of course, but the old photo albums are a relic of the past.

I store my DVDs in cases that resemble books.  However, I still need a DVD cleaner and player.  Neither of these take up much space, but in a place this small, anything I can digitize will be an advantage.  So, if anyone reading this knows of a gadget that'll store movies in a more efficient way, feel free to let me know about it in a comment.

So, what do I need to be happy?  What do I want to do in my new tiny apartment?

Aside from the obvious things like a bed, dining table and chairs I want a home office, room for guests to sleep over and space for my guitars.  The challenge will be finding clever ways of storing the stuff I must have in a way that leaves enough space for the things I want.

I'm a man of limited means, so it won't happen overnight.  I'll have to buy things sporadically, as I can afford them.  However, I have high hopes for the end result.