Bad Marketing

 America is the home of total bullshit marketing. Corporations and businesses around our country spend countless hours and billions of dollars to sell us overpriced, poorly made crap that we most likely don’t need. Is Folgers coffee in your cup “ the best part of waking up”?  If it was I would probably be more inclined to wake up in the morning, put the barrel of a large caliber handgun in my mouth and pull the trigger. Does anyone really give a shit if their Twix bar is from the right or left? It’s a damn candy bar. No matter on either one because the point was to get our attention. It worked. We, as a people, buy both these products and hundreds more based on similar and perhaps even dumber ad campaigns. So where did men go wrong? 

What man or men decided to tell women that oral sex was a blow job? Your wife or girlfriend or significant other female probably has employment. In addition they usually do the majority of the cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping and childcare. At the end of the day they are physically, mentally and emotionally exhausted. Guys- you want oral sex. Some idiot or group of idiots decided to call that a blow “job”. Do you really think she wants another “job” after the day she’s had? If you can’t get that maybe a hand job? What the fuck! Were you not reading anything I wrote? Are you that fucking clueless? I think maybe Ralphie May said it best. If you want a BJ remember that for your female companionship that means “Bring Jewelry”! Look at it this way. Do you know why hookers provide blow jobs? Because they get paid for their work on their job. Work on your marketing or decide you aren’t ever getting a blow job or buy some jewelry and hope or be prepared to pay a professional. 

The Difference a Year Makes

 Our granddaughter Audrey is playing travel softball again this year. 

The picture above is of one of her at bats. In this case she let a pitch go by and was called out on strikes. She did have a couple of doubles during the doubleheader. 

I watched several games last year and had conversations with her afterward about the mental parts of the game. She needed to know what she was going to do on defense if the ball was hit to her. If she was on base when her team was batting what would she do depending on where and how the ball was hit. Yesterday was an eye opener. The team she plays on this year was defensively flawless. They fielded well. They threw to the correct base. They hit the cutoff person. They backed each other up. No extra throws. So two things have happened. The girls have grasped the mental aspects of the game. They know what to do and they executed plays. The second thing is they are well coached. The coaches are willing and able to teach fundamentals. The are encouraging. They want the young ladies they coach to have fun. It doesn’t matter how many games they win, when they are older they will look back and realize what a great experience this was. 

Don’t Mess With Texas- FUCK TEXAS

 I’m wondering about Texans and Republicans in general. Conservative, small government, individual rights? Where did those alleged Republican policies go? Let’s start with abortion. Turning over enforcement of an abortion ban to vigilantes. Does anyone see a problem with this? No exception for rape and incest? Anyone see a problem with that? No abortions after six weeks. That raises some questions for me. If a six week old fetus has a heartbeat and according to Texas has rights as a human being should the following apply? When you file a tax return should they be counted as a dependent? Should they be issued a social security card? Are they to be counted in the census? If the mother is arrested is the fetus entitled to an attorney? 

Some may mistake my position as pro abortion. In an ideal world no abortion would be necessary. Sadly, we do not live in an ideal world. I believe a woman should be allowed to make a decision based on her life and circumstances. I may or may not agree with her decision. I am unwilling to substitute my judgment for hers. 

I think that pretty well covers my position. 

I do have some thoughts on Texas failure to allow an exception for rape and incest. The clearly mentally challenged governor of Texas stated they would work to ensure rapists in Texas were incarcerated. Well, dumbass, that can’t occur until after the rape has been committed. If the rape has happened so can pregnancy. So incarceration of rapists after the fact does not prevent pregnancy. A final thought on rape. It is NEVER the victim’s fault. In my career in corrections I interviewed hundreds of rapist and child molesters. I conducted exit interviews before they were released from prison. One of the questions was along the lines of tell me what happened. I try not to remember what they told me. The victim was not at fault. While the Texas Governor may have them incarcerated it usually isn’t forever. When they get out they are likely to offend again. There must be an exception for rape and incest. 

Texas assault on voting rights. A review of the 2020 election did not reveal voter fraud in Texas. Yet Republicans have taken significant steps to make it more difficult for people to vote. It seems to me that if your ideas are unpopular with voters you should work harder on convincing them your ideas are best. Perhaps you might even reevaluate your position on issues. Texas Republicans seem to want the people who don’t like their ideas to be unable to vote. I’m still trying to comprehend how Trump got the election stolen from him according to many elected officials. They were on the same ballot and somehow their results were unquestionably accurate. 

The picture below is my mental image of every elected Republican in Texas. 

Oh! To Be Young

 I haven’t written any posts in a bit because I didn’t want to spend my time yelling about the bullshit going on in America. I wanted a positive story first. Today I got one handed to me. Carol and I decided to get out for the house and go to Lewistown to visit a couple of wineries. The first winery was Big Horse Vineyards. The wines were average at best. Virtually next door was Native Trails Winery. They were having a fundraiser so Prater Willi Syndrome. If you have never heard of it I’m not surprised. A little boy in Canton is afflicted. His name is Elliot. His mom runs the fundraiser and the money goes to research. This is the 4th fundraiser and in total they have raised $30,000 prior to today. We made a donation and sat down to enjoy some wine and live music. 

The wine was pretty good. The band was good and even better- kind. A young boy, I’m guessing about three years old came up and stood behind the guitar players and in front of the drummer. During the first song he was trying to snap his fingers with the music. The second song he was tapping his foot and pretty quickly that moved to full on foot stomping.  Before the next song the band asked his name, made him an unofficial member and gave him a tambourine to play. 

He had the best time. Much, at least to my surprise, he kept pretty good time with the music. I would have enjoyed watching him longer but his mother decided it was time for him to rejoin his family. 

So there you go. Sometimes you need a kid to show you that no matter what is going on you can find a bit of joy in the music. Too often as adults we worry about what other people think. This little guy didn’t care. He just wanted to have some fun and he did. Look for that child in you and let the kid out to play.