Alien

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California Dreamin

Some kid starting yelling "Hi dad!" at me as I was riding home from work today. He was about 100 yards away across one of the parks I cut through. He kept yelling and yelling. For fun I decided to go over and see what his problem was.

As I approached it appeared that the boy and his 2 friends were in their early teens. The fat one (my "son") continued his mantra while the other 2 boys giggled like school girls. This continued until I got right up to them. This is the discussion that followed.

Why are you yelling hi dad at me?
Because youre my dad. (Giggle giggle)
Im not your dad. Youre too ugly to be my son.
(Silence)
Beside, if you were my son you wouldnt be standing in the middle of a field yelling at random passers buy just to get attention. You simply wouldnt be that desperate. So why are you so desperate? Dont your parents pay any attention to you? Did your dad leave you and your mom when you were little? Or perhaps he pays.. too much attention to you. When your dads been drinking are you  daddys "special boy?"

The boy was nearly in tears by this point.

So whats your name kid?
Craig.
Craig, stop making an ass out of yourself.

I got on my bike and  went home.

Most of this story isnt true.

Are You Ready?

Its my favorite time of year. NFL time. Its half time for the season opener and the games been pretty good so far.

The Great Skate

I was hanging out at a skating rink today while a bunch of elementry school kids were skating. I was tired and my ankles hurt so I had taken off my skates and put my shoes on. A little girl and her sister fell right in front of me. The older one appologized because they almost fell on me. I didnt say anything. She then said she liked my skates. Slightly annoyed by the child I grabbed the skate and threw it at her and asked her how she liked it now. I left shortly after that.

Most of this story is true.

Red Hot

Ive been making chili for several years now. It started out about average and over the years has gotten really good. Its to the point where Im thinking about entering a Chili Cookoff. Im not quite to the point of entering (I still use ground beef for my meat after all) but its getting close.

In preperation I decided to find out what associations and groups there are for the cookoff and what the rules are and basically how it all goes down. One thing that I found interesting is that beans are not allowed. Now Im just a white kid from the midwest and have only been to Texas once and that was for less then 5 hours along the highway but Ive only ever known chili with beans. Personally I dont have a problem excluding the beans. They certianly arent my favorite part and with the last incarnation of my recipe I only put half as many in anyway. It just doesnt seem right.

Anyway, Im going to take the beans out of my chili and figure out what form of meat Im giong to use. Perhaps Ill visit a cookoff once before I enter. At any rate, I have much work to do. This is one of the things Id like to achieve in life. Id like to win a chili cookoff.

The Bourne Ultimatum

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