Friday, October 3, 2008

Last Night Debate Night

I watched the V.P. debates last night and am very happy with the way Joe Biden answered the questions put to him by Gwen. There is no doubt in my mind that Joe Biden is ready to be President if the need may arise. I know now that Sarah Palin is not.

I look at the Vice President in this way. Right after the planes hit the Trade Centers and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, Bush was in the sky on a plane unable to be reached. It was V.P. Cheney who was in the Situation Bunker making the decisions to or not to take down the other commercial planes in the air with fighter jets. Is Biden and Palin both ready to make that decision if the need may arise again? I don't think Palin is.

I admit that I have supported Barack since the start of his campaign. But I was unsure about Joe Biden. He shot some harsh zingers at Obama during the primaries,i.e. Unfit for Duty, etc., and it has been hard to let them go. The Joe Biden I saw last nigh was a passionate Obama supporter that has a grasp on foreign policy. All I saw in Gov. Palin was a candidate who can memorize a script, although not very well. After all she was a wanna-be-journalist at one time.




But I do give Palin credit on one point. She knows how to manipulate and I fear her style may be effective. Anytime she is backed into a corner with a hard question, she turns on that charm and with a wink and a smile she confuses the listener by talking in circles. Biden gets passionate and goes for the facts.




But this is America, and we don't like facts or being confronted with hard truths during political debates. It comes down to style. This is Palins strong suit, and Biden just comes across as to political and boring.




So in the end I give Obama/Biden 2 points for command of issues, McCain/ Palin 2 points on style, call it a draw and move on.




The next debates are on Tuesday night, OBAMA vs. McCAIN!

Thursday, October 2, 2008

If Only...



This photo from Chris Cunnane.

Evening Chem-trails over Illinios Suburbia.


Evening Chem-trails over Illinios Suburbia.

How to get people to read MY blog?


Add Interesting Photos. This creates an audience because we are all very visual creatures. Look at that strange cloud formation. Wierd huh?

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

New Question for Readers

Here is a story I read in a Q AND A chatroom:

I was getting out of the backseat of a two seater car, when my foot got caught on the seatbelt and I fell face first into the cold hard pavement below.

Everyone was laughing at me. I had not yet had a chance to react, so I laid there motionless, like I was dead. Then everyone started to panic.

So I got up and scolded them all for their insensitivity and didn't speak to any of them for the rest of the night.

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The question is this:

Do you think as a society we have started getting overly sensitive about minor things? Why?

One Month With BiPolar

So it is officially One month since I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. Let me tell you how I got here. After the last drunken episode with Mom, the one that sent me hitchhiking my way to Appleton, the one that led to the tearful call home for her to pick me up when I got stuck in the storm of the year about half way to Eau Claire, I decided to try and make some changes in my life. Not the kind of manic change I make usually, but a well thought out productive one. I sat down alone and wrote down my main issues that hold me down. Next I decided on some steps to take to address each issue. I won't tell you the issues, they are a bit to personal, but I will tell you the steps I am taking to solve them. Here they are:

1. Seek Therapy. I did that and I am still doing that. That's what led to my diagnosis.

2. Quit drinking. Nuff Said.

3. Enroll in tech school. One decision made during one manic phase that I regret the most was dropping out of Stout. I am enrolled in their Computer Specialist program, ad it will be a tuff 2 years, but as long as I stay healthy and with it, I think I can do it.

4. Take at least one full day to make a major decision. Discuss it with friends and family, and then the next day decide. One thing about people with Bipolar is that they make terrible and risky decisions during the manic highs, such as buy expensive items like cars, or in my case jumping a Greyhound and traveling across the country with out any means. This can all take place on a whim in a matter of minutes.

So armed with with these rules, and my daily dose of Abilify, things are looking up. The lows are not as low and, well, I haven't had a high yet. I'll keep you updated on how things progress. And thanks for reading. Joey.

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

My Late Night Radio

I have always thought it would be cool to own my very own radio station. I spent much of my teen years riding around in my best buddies '78 T-Bird, trying to tune in A.M. stations, looking for the best Classic rock tunes. One that sticks out clearly in my mind is WACO I believe out of Cleveland. Best mix of 50s and 60s rock and pop rock money can buy. At least for a 16 yr. old, growing up in rural Wisconsin. Since than my tastes in music, and everything else has expanded, but it is true. Something's never change. I still cherish my roots, lovin' that old pop rock. Recently I had a dream that I owned a radio Station. It was a simple tower on top of a Record shop. I worked in the shop by day, and by night I spun records. If you ask me, that's as close to paradise a man can get.

10 Guilty Pleasures

10 of my guilty pleasures, in no particular order than the one in which I thought of them.
♦ Eating potato chips in bed
♦ Using my sheet as a napkin
♦ Watching t.v. with mute on, while listening to records
♦ Using up something in one day that was supposed to last me awhile (i.e. cigarettes, said bag of chips, bubble bath)
♦ identity theft
♦ eating sandwiches with more than one kind of meat on them
♦ digg it
♦ Neil Diamond
♦ cracking my wrists
♦ lying to strangers about my guilty pleasures
Your turn. Share your guilty pleasures with the world.