Nothing Much to Say

Well, believe it or not, I haven't had much to say the last couple of days. We got a heavy downpour in this part of Maryland yesterday and today but we have really been fortunate compared to those in the mid-west. I feel bad for them. I could not imagine living in those conditions, but what choice do they have? We need to keep them in our prayers.

It is amazing to me that the economy seemed to change so rapidly. The value of real estate going down, the price of gas going up, the weather is weird all over the world it seems, and the food prices rising because of it. And yet, it appears that it hasn't, really, had a profound affect (or is that effect, I get them mixed up) on us. We are still driving our SUV's and shopping, etc. I guess that's a good thing, but sometimes I wonder if it might not be better for us to have to step back and evaluate things (i.e. our lifestyles, ourselves, our blessings). I know I don't do it enough. I am thankful and glad I live in America. Which doesn't mean there aren't other places I'd like to visit. I have always wanted to go to Germany, Norway, Hawaii, and Jamaica to name a few. I took two years of german in high school but could use some help if anyone out there would be willing to teach me what I don't know (which is a lot). I enjoyed learning german and was quite good at it at the time but like other languages there are different dialects and I wonder if I ever went there how well I would fare. Though most of them probably speak english, too. Most of the world seems to be more bilingual than us Americans. I'm not sure what commentary that is on our educational system here. I do know that a lot has changed since I was in high school and I don't believe it has all been good. For one thing, when you take discipline out of the educational system and out of the homes the result can only be chaos. Please understand I am talking about discipline and not abuse. I would never advocate abuse. But when discipline is absent, in some sense, that in itself is abuse. To let a child do wrong with no consequences is abuse. Of course, there has to be a standard or, as I said, you have chaos. I didn't mean to get into all of that. We had our problems in my day, too. When dinosaurs roamed the earth. But, boy, were those dinosaur burgers good! I am trying to end on a positive note and not having much success.

I had a tee shirt once that said, "I never met a piece of chocolate I didn't like." And a sweatshirt that said, " So much chocolate, so little time." What does that have to do with the rest of this post, you ask. Absolutely nothing! But I do love chocolate so that is one more thing you know about me, not that you cared. Oh well, for someone who didn't have much to say I have rambled on a lot.

Thanks for listening and feel free to leave your opinion. And, please add your part to the story I started on June 19 and continued a couple days ago. It won't be a success without you.

Happy Blogging,

Richard