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I think I have finally recuperated from my birthday bash. Superman and I spent most of last weekend recording some cover songs that we’ve been trying to get done for quite some time. Friday night we got a lot done but by nightfall on Saturday I was pretty wore out. We were up until the wee hours of the morning. I spent most of Sunday bleary-eyed.

The biggest problem I have at work is the ability to find a parking space. When I arrive in the morning, parking spaces are fairly plentiful where I want to park – near the door closest to my desk. God forbid you go to lunch because you will not have a spot when you come back. They have an ‘auxiliary’ parking area which is known as the “loser’s lot” and is a bit of a walk from the building. Today, when I got back from lunch, no spaces at the office… no spaces at the “loser’s lot”. What’s a boy to do? I ended up parking in the lot on the back end of a neighboring office building and making the hike back to the office.

I really dread election time. Oh, I’ll do my part and vote. The parts that get me
are all the election advertisements and the rhetoric associated with same. How many times do politicians need to learn that mud slinging is NOT the way to get elected? I don’t want to hear some pie-in-the-sky promises if you can’t fulfill them. All we need is someone to keep the ship righted and if you save me some money in the meantime – all the better. Don’t tell me something just to get yourself elected and then forget about me. I’m the one who got you elected and I’m the one who can throw your ass out! That being said, I’m not really politically minded. I mean, I follow the election just closely enough to make somewhat educated decisions about who to elect. As far as backing a particular candidate, I haven’t done that. I don’t think I could ever run for office. I heard the best way to get a free background check is to run for office. Unfortunately, I think that’s true.

I like iTunes but there is no ‘stop’ button

I like women but there seems to be no ‘go’ button

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