lightning

Prologue: This was intended to be posted last night but I posted another instead. Bear with me.
Sorry to all of my fans out there (0) for not posting last night. I had a good story to tell but the midwest in spring had other plans. No power resulting from a thunderstorm . I've lived in Iowa my whole life and never experienced this. I always thought that "Severe Thunderstorm Warnings" were harmless, just a show to watch from the front door or window. Then I realized tonight that it is serious. More serious than a tornado. With a tornado you don't screw around, you go downstairs. You expect the worst. With lightning its like an alpha male thing. Tempting nature as the front moves closer. I've never won the lottery, but I also don't think I have a chance at being struck by lightning. I spent two and a half weeks without water in 1993, but it doesn't seem as bad as tonight. I knew that we would have a levee break and lose water hours before it happened. With a tornado you know it's coming. But tonight, all I saw coming was the thunder of the sky, and on "cops" the next forthcoming arrest. Then blackness settled in, no more writing, or anything tonight. Twenty-first century BOREDOM.
Eric
P.S.
I got my power back about 3/4 into this and "cops" was already over. Oh well, I'll catch that episode next week.

We are the world

So, after starting this blog ( that no one is yet to read), I decided to try and buy my american slice of the pie. A website I thought was obscure. Evidentley not. Whoisamerica.com is definitely not what I thought was america, but then again maybe it is. So I offered $275, as the minimum offer was $200. I was thinking I was good as gold. Securing my slice of the pie I went to bed. I woke up expecting to find a community of adoring fans of my amateurish "First Blog". Instead I foud 0 comments, then I looked at my email. eHarmony. I signed up months ago and had decided that no science could match me with anyone. Then in the junk mail of the selective hotmail, was my offer of $275 of my slice of the pie. Rejected (the offer, not eHarmony). Counter-offer, it read in the next subject line. I felt enthused. Then I opened my chance at an annonomys (sp) slice at the pie. I thought $300. Nope $100,000. It turns out Whoisamerica.com is in Hong Kong, and wants USD for the site that doesn't translate in Chinese. Oh well, at least I have Dr. Love at eHarmony still wanting me and I didn't waste any money on a site I wouldn't know how to develop on my own. Let alone have an audience who saw it.
Whoisamerica,
Me

P.S.
And the entrepeneur from Hong Kong

Hump day

So another day has gone by, nice spring in iowa. A week and half ago we had 8 inches of snow, 61 degrees. Anyway, started the dreaded decision to prepare the tax return for the company and the parents, remember the relationship (employer, landlord, and yes bookkeeper.) I held off for a few months, but today it went pretty smoothly. I got off work and did the all-american thing and went to the local watering hole for a beer or two, or 4. I left because of a noisy birthday party. So I began the next all-american hobby. TV. Watched cops, unusual because I actually hadn't seen the episodes. Then American Idol. Satisfied with the result, I sat down here. Wow I am boring. I'm debating whether or not to respond to Amy from Des Moines from eHarmony. Its only my second MATCH but I'm intrigued by the thought that science works, sometimes. So now I'll get suckered into a membership fee, only to regret it at the end of the month (credit card statement). Talk tommorrow in my little world.
Eric
PS Guess what I'll do now

MY FIRST BLOG

So here I am, 3 weeks ago i underwent surgery on my shoulder and now I'm typing away. Reading books like "I hope they serve beer in hell" and "Marley and Me" have given me confidence in my typing and writing abilities. So here I am trying to be an interesting blogger. the first I heard of blogs was my war by colby bluzell. I was hooked at the concept of amateur writers. can I do the same, I wonder? re you.