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I must express my apologies to those touched by the tragic events at Virginia Tech. Being in High School, 40 miles down the street when the shootings went down at Columbine, I really can relate a little. I played golf several times with a kid who was shot twice in the Columbine library. I know this is not like seeing your friends shot like som many at Va. Tech did but I still realize it causes a great deal of pain and sorrow.

Yet something distrubs and that is why I must apologize. I, IN NO WAY, want to diminish the sorrow involved in the Virginia Tech situation. I could not feel more deeply for those involved. However, the media coverage, my god. You would think this has been the worst thing that ever happened in America next to Pearl Harbor and 9/11.

“The Viriginia Tech Massacre” is still the headline every night on TV. What is it, in the context of world events over the past 100 years (or 10 years), that qualifies this as a massacre. 32 innocent people died. On any given day, if only 32 die in Iraq, it is good day. If only 32 die in Darfur, it is a great day. Where is outcry for ALL of our fellow man… we are ALL God’s children after all aren’t we? Or do young American college kids actually rate higher on the “God’s children” scale?

And of course, once the “Massacre” headline is taken down, its on to the next story… should gun control be a central issue in American politics again. Somehow this makes no sense to me either. I understand the parents and everyone are looking for someone to blame but gun control? What about crazy psycho nut-job control? This kid was out of control for years and obviously a threat to society, guns have been around over a hundred years and society does just fine. But I would like to thank the NRA for their continued march on the issue throughout all of this… there is nothing I appreciate more than that bunch of clowns continuing to make it look like every gun owner in America is a crazy redneck ultra-conservative confederate flag waving freak.

I guess some of us still just want to hold people responsible for the actions and not have those poor actions infringe on the freedoms we all enjoy. And, some of us would like to see all of those who are so into being like Jesus, do it consistently for all of our brothers and sisters across the globe.

Much love to you though Virginia Tech.

I find basketball to be easily the least interesting of the major pro sports these days (and no soccer still doesn’t count as a major pro sport here in the US, despite david Beckham). I have all the same complaints as most who don’t like the NBA… they’re overpaid, they recruit too young, the players whine too much, tickets are too expensive, etc., etc.

That said, I love the playoffs in about any sport. More importantly, I like the playoffs when my team is good. The Nuggets haven’t been amazing yet I would but if I were a big Spurs fan, I wouldn’t just assume my boys are going to role through the first round like years past this time. I typically pull for the Spurs (after all, you guys down there don’t have a lot of other to get behind) but not this year my friends.

Round one we have the Nuggets and the Spurs. And this is Melo and AI’s big shot to “show Denver the magic” we have all spent the season waiting to see from those two mega-stars. Melo and AI go for a combined average of about 55 per game and pull off knocking out the Spurs and I will retract all the bad things I said about Iverson.

GO NUGGETS… even if I don’t like pro basketball. And for the record, the best thing about pro basketball is going to the Nuggets game and watching Rocky nail backwards half-court shots. Amazing, and way more interesting than the crap they all pass off as basketball during the game.

The other day at the airport… wow, I don’t even know what to say except DAMN. Everybody was freaking out, running over each other coming out of security, yelling at their kids, etc. cause they were late for their flights. The security lines went clear through the available queue space (which is huge), out through the back of the airport, and clear back around by the baggage claims. Being a very frequent traveller through the Denver airport, I was able to go upstairs through the Terminal A security, get in the frequent flyer line, and get through security in about 10 minutes. But the rest of you were sitting in line for over 90 minutes.

My question is when are all of you going to decide that very bad (at best) security measures aimed at preventing terrorist attacks (of which we have had on 4 flights out of literally millions in the last 20 years) are not worth making every travel experience for the rest of your life miserable. Moreover, when you consider the absolute invasions on our lifestyles by the government (a la Patriot Act), when are all the normal people in the country going to cry aloud… “this is bullshit!”

Do you honestly think a plane full people would even let two or three clowns with knives threaten a single person… let alone start flying the plane. The answer to that question my friends is “hell no”. I am sick of everyone’s complacency leading to the government overstepping its bounds entirely and still further invading in the quality of my day-to-day life. So, to those supposedly “protecting” me from terrorism, please quit reading my email and delaying me in the airport and go find some more productive way to accomplish this goal (of which there must be thousands), thanks.

I don’t understand, if it is the case that about half of all people are morning people and half of all people are night owls, why the hell we all go to work at 8 AM and come home at 5 PM. I rarely come home at 5, but the fact remains the roads are unbelievably packed at 7:30-8 as well as 5-5:30. No one I know likes going to work at 8. Everyone either wants to go at 6:30 or 10. Yet, we all fight over space on the freeway for 2 out of 24 possible hours in a day.

I am sick of sitting in traffic and really actually want to work when no one else is around. I think noon to 9 at night would be optimal. All during my most productive hours of the day, for half the day real work could get done cuz no one else is around to interrupt, and I could kick a killer breakfast every morning without being late to work. Not to mention when lunch time came around, the noon rush would be long gone. Beautiful it would be…

Well I figured I would drop one last update on my 12 weeks. I initially set out to lose 25 pounds. I hit the 25 by the end of 8 weeks and then I got another 4 for a total of 29 by the end of about 9 or 10. Since then I started really lifting weights and such and put 3-4 back on so I ended at about exactly 25. Take that all day.

It’s real nice to be able to go out to eat again I’ll tell ya. In the meantime, cutting back on the expenses for a mere 3 months can sure make a big difference. I save almost $3000 in just 3 months by keeping things a little tighter. My friend says… “Watch your pennies, nickels, and dimes and you don’t have to worry about your dollars.” Earily accurate I have come to find.

Finally, got some scores back too… passed 2 CPA sections, as promised. Two more to go, hopefully I get some time for that pretty soon. Thanks ya’ll, it was fun a 12 weeks (kind of).