Let there be light!

So, tonight I was at my brother's house, mowing the lawn for them while they are away.  I didn't get there until about seven, so daylight is burning.  I had to use the push mower around the house and trees and all.  Then I got out the big guns, the riding mower.  To me this is like driving a stick car.  It was fun, but got to be annoying after a while.  My sister-in-law will be ticked because her perfect mow lines are in shambles right about now.  Part of that is due to the fact that I was mowing in twilight.  Yes, I was straining my eyes looking for the higher grass.  Where did I leave off, what the heck is going on?  Of course the mower runs out of gas and I had to take the time out to fill it which only made me think it wouldn't get done.  Little did I know, there are lights on their riding mower.  The neighbors are watching this yahoo, me, cutting grass in the dark when all I had to do was turn on the lights.  It was so much easier once I could see where I was going.  It made me think, "Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path".  I was glad for the light tonight in more ways than one.  

What is going on?

I was talking with a friend last night on IM and we got on the subject of politics. Interesting since we are on opposite sides of the two party system in this country. Disclaimer: I know we don't "technically" have a two party system, I'm speaking of the functionality of the situation, not the theory. So, we got onto the subject and we both felt that we were without parties. I think a lot of people feel that way. We have similar ideologies to our elected officials, but when it comes to the practicality of the issues, we are left thinking, "What happened to my party?". I don't have the answer to that question. I think we have a big mess that needs to be cleaned up. I think we have a lot of Americans who have become lazy and don't care. I think we have a lot of politicians who have taken advantage of the apathy and gone hog wild with their own agendas. Where is the country that is for the people? What happened to the notion that public office was to be a phase of one's life, passing in and out for a time. What is the sense in enforcing term limits when the same people are still in the same tired seat, pushing the same tired issues? Perhaps when people have a comfortable seat and an extra one with certain lobbyist's names on them, there is no need to feel accountable to the people. I don't think all lobbyists are the devil or that every politician needs to be put out to pasture, but some of them have permanent rear marks in their chairs. And to play devil's advocate, perhaps these people are voted in term after term because anything close to being accomplished has been two or six years in the making. Checks and balances are fantastic, but when we have masters of procrastination and red tape bureaucracy abounding in our capital buildings, well, I get sad and annoyed. So, in echoing that singer from that song that was played way too much in the nineties, forget where have all the cowboys gone. Where have all of the Mr. Smiths gone? If there truly was a Mr. Smith, he never would have gotten to Washington, no one would have helped him, and he certainly wouldn't have been as cute as Jimmy Stewart.

Do not comment on the cute thing, not a criteria for my vote.

New Fandangled Technology

WEll, I call it new, but it truly isn't. New to me perhaps. So, here you are reading this blog. Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoy, and if not, thanks anyway