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RANTS (arranged latest to earliest)

PARKING SPACES - Two things here: My girlfriend visits Who Foods food store because they have special foods that are essential to her son's diet. This store has organic foods, special meats and veggies you don't find elsewhere and more. I kinda of see it as a store for health food nuts, but there's nothing wrong with being a health food nut. That's only possible when these health food nuts try and park as close as they can to the front of the store. One person waited at least two minutes for a car in the front to back out just so she could park near the front herself. Uh, hello? If you're into health food, wouldn't it be more sensible to just find a parking space farther out and actually (gasp!) walk to the storefront?

Also, why haven't drivers realized by now that it's much faster to simply find any parking space and walk to the store, rather than cruising for the closest space there is? Too many times I was behind another car or vice-versa and I would take a space far from the entrance doors, and by the time I reach the storefront I still see the same car that came in with me driving around slowly looking for a parking space. You're not handicapped, so stop pretending to be.

DRUGS PART 1 - First off, I've never done drugs nor I ever plan to do them, but I don't get society. We've been spoiled with bigger, better, and faster things. Computers, cars, you name it. So why aren't potheads looking for bigger thrills? Have you been in Spencer's in the past few years? I can't ever recall seeing marijuana leaves on any apparel or items in the store when I was younger. The biggest thing for me was the Pet Horny Toad. It was a rubber toad in a brown box that, when opened, exposed a smiling toad splayed out with a big erection. Anyways, I'm trailing off into my past, and besides that period was during the sexual revolution. My question is that pot seems mild compared to other drugs such as cocaine, LSD, ice, meth, crack, etc. Why is it that I don't see a t shirt that has a picture of a lit Bic lighter under a tarnished spoon that has bubbles near the top and a caption that says "Legalize It!"? I remember when customized t shirts were the rage in the late 70s and early 80s, and there was one that I liked that had a skull in space smoking what i thought was a cigarette (which i know now was a joint). How come there is no T shirt of a guy in a stall with a homemade tourniquet sticking a needle in his arm with his eyes rolled back in his head? What about a mirror with powder on it and a rolled up dollar bill, and the pic of someone's lower face? Are drug users too wimpy to admit they don't want to get get caught with a bigger thrill? Just like the difference in car insurance between a Ford Escort and a Ford Mustang, the risk is higher and the fees are heavier when you use the more powerful product. We're all responsible for our own actions. So go ahead and enjoy those bigger thrills before you either get caught or O.D. and die.

DRUGS PART 2 - I forget where I saw it, but I noticed a sticker of a smiling hippie and a peace sign somewhere. This made me think for a second. I thought about if the cartoon character had its eyes halfway open with a half grin. But that's not what I'm writing about. I'm thinking that some people on earth NEED drugs to get them to change their ways and be happier. I'm only referring to marijuana in this case. I hear stories about people tripping on pot and being happy, silly. Don't you think some world leaders could use this? If Kim Jong Il was on pot, maybe he'd back down, be a lot happier and peaceful towards others. Have Osama Bin Ladin smoking joints for hours and maybe he'd confess, want forgiveness but want to be in a state of oneness with earth. Of course we could also shoot on sight when we spot him too. You never heard of someone getting into a violent rage when smoking pot, unlike tripping on Crystal Meth, so what harm could there be giving pot to terrorists and other threatening assholes?

RELATIONSHIP BOOKS - If you're a woman, you'll wake up after reading this. If you're a guy, just read on. I was in Barnes and Noble the other day, and by the Self-Help section I stumbled across the Love/Relationships/Sex section. I started looking for books that might help me better understand women, or my approach to women, but would you believe there aren't any? Oh, but those females looking to snag a guy will have no trouble finding quite a selection of books to choose from. Does society still believe that it's up to us men to know everything and anything about women and how to approach them? Is it socially unacceptable to be a male and have a flaw such as shyness? Oh, and I found a book on types of guys to avoid (and I seem to be in there a few times). Now you may be wondering, "where is he going with this?". Is there any part of the book that explains where it's ok to cut a few corners and accept a guy for a few faults or flaws? Are these flaws so dramatic that no woman should tolerate them under any circumstances, no matter how well the guy treats her, listens to her, how attractive he is, or how well he acts with her kid(s)? If you ask me this book backfires in its purpose. If I were a woman and after reading it I might think, "gee, no one is perfect. It looks like I won't be able to find the 'perfect' someone after all.."

CINDY SHEEHAN - You know this woman as the mother who paraded around Bush's camp to protest her son's death in the Iraq War. Listen hon, your son made a brave and noble choice by joining the Army and he sacrificed his life for his country. Read that again Cindy. See the word "he"? Maybe I'm mistaken. I must have missed the part where Dubya reinstated the draft, and your son had to leave his job and hometown to join the Army. Forgive me, because I didn't think this was Vietnam. Maybe it was all a lie and a roadside bomb didn't kill him after all. Maybe it truly was Bush's fault and he personally took a gun and shot your son to death. Bush didn't kill your son. Your son joined the Army and he knew what the risks were. It's not like he was the first soldier killed there anyway and didn't know what he was getting into. If you cared that much for your son that you have to point the finger at the Commander-in-Chief, why didn't you stop him from reaching his dreams by preventing him from going in the Army? Why didn't you urge him to rethink it and come back home? If you want to blame someone Cindy, blame yourself for once. Or do the right thing and accept the fact that your son is gone, but he gave his life for his country. All you're doing is trying to make people feel bad for a decision that they made. Sure, that decision affected almost everyone's lives, but you're not even praising your son for what a fine job he did over there. If you want to do the right thing then join the Army yourself even if it's a desk job, and do your part in helping out this Country. I too disagree with the war, but you don't see me getting arrested for it.

While we're at it, I think The Dixie Chicks deserve a big public apology from selective America. While overseas, The Dixie Chicks stated that they were ashamed that they came from the same state as GWB. They protested the war in a way, but a lot of Americans took it personally, and those same Americans trashed The Dixie Chicks' records. Now those same Americans have sons, daughters, wives, husbands, and other family members and friends who have given their lives in the Iraq war which was GWB's decision to do in the first place. No, no public America, that's ok. I'm sure you still stand by your statement. You've made your point, but look at what cost. But hey, you disagreed with The Dixie Chicks and after attending your son or daughter's funeral, I'm sure you went out and voted for bush to be reelected. You know, I remember seeing TV and movie stars talk about the war, and it was Kelsey Grammar's statement that totally synched with mine when he said, "last time I checked, this was a free country". Obviously we shun our brothers and sisters by exercising our hatred for The Dixie Chicks for speaking out freely. I'll remember this when I start taking names of those Americans who freely speak out about how they hate to pay taxes.

BEING JUDGMENTAL - I was speaking on the phone with a woman who seemed to like me and whom I met on American Singles. She's a 36-year-old physically fit mother of two. Now in my profile I specifically state that I don't want anyone that does or did drugs, and I also have a preference for nonsmokers. During the conversation with this woman she slyly brings it out that she does joints from time to time at parties, maybe once in a blue moon. My not-so-subtle acting techniques worked when I said to had to go and she figured it out that I didn't date drug (ab)users. So then we got in a long discussion about it. I said that maybe if it was legalized I wouldn't be so stuck up about it (but I still wouldn't date those who did it). We compared it to alcohol as well, but she kept going on how she didn't feel that she should be judged on that and how I'm being judgmental. Ok, now what's the difference between being judgmental and having preferences? If I were not judgmental, I would date a smoker, another male, a criminal with a long rap sheet, someone who I don't find physically attractive, someone who talks down to others and mistreats everyone, someone with an A-cup bra size or anything over an EE-size cup, a prom queen, etc. What about all the women who dumped me over the years because they were judgmental over my stubbornness, my competitive nature, my wanting to be on the same level with them, my high libido, my living in the past, shall i continue? Who's to judge whether someone just has preferences and who is being judgmental? Would I buy Brand A of toilet paper because of the low price and not because of its lack of a graphic of a toddler posing in the clouds, whereas Brand B has that same graphic and a slightly higher price? Am I being judgmental then? Dictionary dot com defines judgmental as "Inclined to make judgments, especially moral or personal ones". So whether a decision I make is moral or personal is my business and not anyone else's. I guess if someone labels me as judgmental, it's safe to say that because we all have preferences, likes and dislikes, that we're all judgmental. Agreed?