RE: The "Dear Lord..." group on Facebook

I just have to get this off my chest. Last night I saw a couple of folks on Facebook who had "liked" the group DEAR LORD, THIS YEAR YOU TOOK MY FAVORITE ACTOR, [BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.] MY FAVORITE PRESIDENT IS BARACK OBAMA. AMEN. This is one of the dumbest things I've seen in the last few days on FB and frankly it burns me up that it even exists. Anyone who clicked "Like" on it is only succeeding in making themselves look like jerks. Seriously, this is about the same level of class as junior high kids talking smack at recess. The only people who laugh at this stuff are... you guessed it, other jerks. And I know you people, you aren't really jerks. (Well, most of you anyway. *smirk*) But you look like jerks in this instance. This isn't about my support of the Pres. You could substitute any names you wanted in there and the joke would be just as bad.

Now before you go off feeling mad and hurt that I called some of you a mean name, please bear with me for a minute because I think there is another point I'm going to make that you can agree with.

Reflections at 40

So in a few days as of writing this, I'll turn 40. As a preface to this, I'd like to point out to everyone that I fully realize my life is really pretty good. No seriously. It's really not a bad life! I have a beautiful daughter who is an absolute blast to watch as she grows and learns. I have a full-time job that pays decent benefits. (A definite good thing in today's economy!) A second child on the way, which I am very excited about. My wife is employed full-time also. (See previous parenthesis) She loves me. I love her dearly. We aren't rich, but we don't quite live hand to mouth either. I spend a LOT of time smiling when I think about Steph and Gwen and the little one to be named. Overall, things are very good. I have no real right to complain about much. So please take the rest of this in the spirit in which it is intended. A guy who's whining about turning 40 and is hoping for some sympathy/commiseration from others.

It seems like 40 is the age that people start looking back on their lives and evaluating it. I look back on my life thus far and can't help noting how very different it turned out from the life I imagined at 21.