subway sociology

Mirror image experiment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MBBr-a2KnM&NR=1

intellectual socialological experiments

Some 4 or five years ago I re-subscribed to Maxim magazine and haven't thought it was worth a damn for the last 3 years. I still get the magazine in my mailbox and usually skim through it quickly then toss it aside. I understand my role in being a subscriber for advertising reasons. I don't pay but I am given the free issues nonetheless. I did find this month's issue to actually have a great profile of a group called improveverywhere.com. Check them out as I did. I'll embed my favorite prank they have done so far. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nbkbss7i5s. I promise you'll enjoy the concept.
WhoisAmerica

Medal of Honor

Any history buff will tell you that the medal of honor is esteemed and worth praise by anyone.  During my travel to Hawaii in 2005 I visited the punchbowl cemetery and admired the military dead from the pacific theaters of war.  What I most admired was how many Medal of Honor recipients died while covering grenades to save fellow soldiers.  An incredible and unimaginable act of bravery knowing the face of death would occur.  What I have seen since for this honor is that only 5 military men have received this honor, all posthumously.  When a Bradley Kasal and Rafeal Peralta don't receive this honor for doing the exact same thing, I wonder what is wrong with the system of awards.  Bradley Kasal rolled over on a grenade and barely survived.  Rafeal Peralta did the same and didn't survive.  The 5 men who have received the medal of honor deserve it, but I wonder how select we are being, given that two other men that I know of have done the same thing without the same recognition of bravery and love of country.

What hurts the most

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8iWEktQhg0

That is way I feel, the song is perfect, except for being dead.

Love, 

Eric

A day in the life of a cat

Ever wonder how great it would be to be a calico, Siamese, or alley cat?  I am going to guess that life from 12 to 12 and wonder what they do.  

Midnight to 1 AM

Awake and looking out the window for potential strangers, and if any will immediately embrace and purr at.

1 AM to 2 AM 

Wander the house and look at shadows, possible toys, litter box (just checking), and close eyes for a few minutes.

2 AM to 3 AM

Look in the bedroom and see the owner asleep, sleep for 45 minutes

3 AM to 4 AM

More of the same

4 AM to 5 AM

wake up said owner with either whiskers in face or ears.

5 AM to 6 AM

owner awake reading paper and watching news on TV.  insist on kitty treats until demand is met

6 AM to 7 AM

Watch owner get ready for work and inhibit his every ability. Whine, meow and follow into bathroom.  Lick up remaining water in shower and sink.

7 AM to 8 AM

Sleep 

8 AM to 9 AM

Sleep, pee in one of two litter boxes

9 AM to 10 AM

Sleep, interrupted by birds, back to sleep

10 AM to 11 AM

Price is Right

11 AM to Noon]

Wait for owners' lunch break and knock over kitty treats

Noon to 1 PM

Tan fur, and chase birds 

1 PM to 2 PM

Sleep, poop 

2 PM to 3 PM

Sleep, in new location

3 PM to 4 PM

Wait for owner

4PM to 5 PM

Need loving from owner

5 PM to 6 PM

want treats no loving

6 PM to 7 PM

sleeping or playing depending on the stressful day

7 PM to 8 PM

sleeping

8 PM to 9 PM

sleeping

9 PM to 10 PM

sleeping and stretching

10 PM to 11 PM 

following owner to bed, then roaming the house

11 PM to Midnight

Being the most lovable cat in the world that I would not trade for anything.

The ironies of life.

Spring has sprung and new life always seems to emerge and excite us.  The lilac bush is enjoying the rain as well as the once again green lawn.  Flowers, and vegetable gardens will soon emerge and give life to a otherwise grim winter that we incurred.  The first sounds of lawn mowers and trimmers bring out the sense of excitement and enthusiasm of summer to come.  At what point does this excitement of yard work turn into the chores of the summer?  The fall leaves lead us to yet another chore, yet we are enthralled with this enjoyment that we currently have.  Life is a seasonal and yearly ironic chore.  At some points we are flush with enjoyment on a task and at another we are obligated by the chore with the same task.  Life is very much the same way.  We go through the same motions and rythms of daily obligations of work and usually we end up with the same results.  However in this economy, the same efficient results could lead to a loss in a job.  Irony is, the way I put it, the absurdity of a real logical situation.  Its dumbfoundedness is without reason.  Why do I love planting things but hate the end of tending to them?  The way I see things irony can lead to happiness.  How do two 90 something women outlive their neighbors even in their own bad health?  Maybe irony means an omen for things to come, because two women I know should not have been able to do those things.  

Lead your life in the right way, and irony will lead to positive unexpected consequences.

Hopefully,

whoisamerica

the boys of summer

In baseball to hit 300 is wonderful. to pitch at 3 era is wonderful as well. Everthing I love about baseball and statistics don't compare to the real world. I need to bat 900 and have an era of 1 to have her back. To only garner one out three chances doesn't work in the real world. To give up a 3 run average is great but a woman still hates that. Women deserve 900 averages and less than 1 era's. No matter what the woman wants out of a man they always want a better perfection. That is is the striving factor in wanting a woman. I don't fault women for this, only strive to show you the anticipation you want. Sometimes you wat more than we can give and we give more than we know.
Love,
Your admirer