For the second time in a month I was blocked from getting into my blog to create a new entry. Something strange is going on (Grasshopper No.5 manages the controls). Hmmmmm!
I know that I am not real "hep" with the ways of life but I filled up my gas tank today (after getting a loan from my local bank). I pulled up to the "pre-pay pump". You can not pump gasoline until you go inside to pay the amount you are willing to spend on gas. I understand the concept but why wouldn't you just hold the pump handle until you rang up the correct dollar amount. The lady said that some people always run over and with this pump they were guaranteed they would not overspend. Another Hmmmmm!
If you are into the Olympics you must have seen Micheal Phelps get his gold medal for being part of the 400 freestyle medley team. He got the medal because a team-mate swam the final leg of the race in fantastic fashion edging out other competition. The hero wasn't Phelps but he gets all the accolades and "press". This doesn't seem fair. Then it dawned on me that the female reporters are all "ga-ga" over the tremendous physical shape Phelps is in. My guess is that it didn't hurt his swimming suit was pulled down to the "point of revelation" as he cheered his team-mates on. Hmmmmm!
The Green Bay Packers debuted their new quarterback last night and he got rave reviews. I know he didn't fall down. That was good. He did makes some completions although one was the result of an under thrown pass and another got his receivers helmet knocked off because he threw it into close coverage. We Packer fans need to cling to something. Way to go Aaron. Didn't the Packers lose? Hmmmmm!
Then there is John Edwards. He had an affair in 2006 while his wife was battling breast cancer. There is a child involved but John says it is not his. Best of all he confessed all this to his wife and all is forgiven. What a guy! Wasn't John a Democratic candidate for the Presidency late last year. Those Democrats are a virile bunch much in the tradition of Slick Willie. The "Press Corps" have been tremendously kind in the treatment of John Edwards. Wait! Aren't news service groups notoriously Democratic? Hmmmmm.
I guess there are many things I don't understand in life because they are presented with spin. Yep Grasshoppers, the lesson is that things are not always as they seem. Hmmmmm.
Love,
Dad