Breaking News...?

Do we really need the Baseball Commissioner to interrupt our evening television schedule to tell us they have "Breaking News" and that the news is... a baseball game has been cancelled?! World Series or not, it is completely unnecessary. I actually had to listen to him explain to us that, "After long consideration, we have decided to post-pone tonight's game due to R-A-I-N." Yes folks, it's raining...and thus you can't play baseball in the rain. Give me a break!

MIA: Pink and Soft Things.

Why are women so hard on other women? Is it comparable to a pissing contest for men? I have spent many years working in mostly "corporate" settings surrounded by the usual inner office gossip, a habit that should be extinct, but has survived and evolved through the years by the hard work and determination of WOMEN. Obviously it has roots deep in insecurity, and I have to confess I too have been guilty from time to time. I was recently placed in a situation where I work among ALL men, (we're talking 50/1 ratio) and besides the usual generic complaints all women would rightfully have... noises, smells, scratching... amazingly I found out just how simple their world really can be. There are not as many hidden agendas, dancing around issues, and fake smiles to maneuver around. They say what they mean, they do what needs to be done, no sugar coating just straight shooting. I have always said, the difference between men and women is obvious to me. Women find a man, analyze every little thing..."Why does he do that? What do you think he meant by this? What is he thinking?" Usually this is followed by them trying to "fix" or "change" or "evolve" these behaviors and actions, thus driving themselves crazy (and him far, far away). Men, on the other hand, are comfortable even brazenly proud of the fact that they just don't get the opposite sex and why we do what we do...and they just don't care. They embrace the differences and make jokes. We fight them and end up in therapy. One thing we do share... the sweet tooth.

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So, I have spent about an hour of my on-the-clock work day trying to decide what could possibly be the most important idea, or thought in my head, I want to drop upon any and all who should read this. Who would read this? Will I send out a mass email inviting all my "contacts" to come *see* that I have started my own blog for their viewing pleasure? In all actuality, I have done it for purely selfish reasons. Is that narcissistic? Who do I think I am? Now, if I invite those close to me to read this, what good material will I possibly be able to write about without offending... and then no doubt have to "explain"? Wait, I think I've got it... I will write about people in my life who don't have regular access to a computer and the internet. That would narrow it down to about ONE person, and although her life is surely "blog worthy" it feels wrong to solicit her in that way. I have a good feeling I will warm up and wear down, and before you know it I may be writing about everything from my latest and greatest sex to how I almost poisoned my family with a Pork Roast this past Sunday. In all honesty, truth be known, I just want to write. I also have a tendency to be quite emotional and opinionated, but can promise I will always be open and willing to see both sides of an issue. Wait, I am not running for any office...these are just my harmless thoughts put into words.

"As far as possible, and without surrender, be on good terms with ALL persons. Speak the truth quietly and clearly; listen to others, even the dull and ignorant, they too have their story."