The Great American Justice System At Its Finest

Read this and become dumbfounded.

That judge is despicable. How she sleeps at night is beyond me.

But, it I guess it's a good thing she got him off the streets so he wouldn't shoot somebody or sell drugs to kids. You never hear about quadriplegics killing people and getting others high because they're actually really sneaky at it. Without our awesome drug and gun laws she would've had to let him go and who knows what kind of damage that would've caused!!

That last paragraph is sarcastic. The rest of it is not. Hope I didn't ruin your day.

Why I'm glad we're having a boy

7 Random Facts

I got tagged by Savannah, so I'm partially obliging by posting 7 random and/or weird facts about me but I'm not going to continue the fun because I'm a known chain-breaker (and I like it). If someone wants to do it as well though, feel free.

1. I can make my neck pop on command at least once or twice a day.
2. I once read almost the entire Microsoft Word manual....for fun.
3. I'm a night person and can stay up all night pretty much on command regardless of how tired I was that day.
4. I always wipe a phone off after talking on it.
5. I love to watch the credits after movies, especially in theaters, but nobody really obliges me unless they know there's a clip at the end.
6. I once listened to One by Metallica (the S&M version) for an entire month straight. I had the song on repeat and listened to nothing else. I was trying to get sick of the song and instead it turned into one of my favorite songs and now the beat is permanently stuck in my mind. I'll find myself humming or tapping the song even when I'm thinking about something entirely different.
7. I can say my ABC's backwards.

Proud to be an American?

After this recent election, I am not that proud (if at all) to be called an American. Not only did about 122,006,241+ people pick a bad choice for President (in my opinion), but 3 states have passed measures to ban gay marriage. Are we really that presumptuous? These people are good people. They have done nothing wrong to anyone. Yet, allowing them to marry under the state is such a travesty that we need to deny them that privilege? It truly sickens me to see how people treat other people that think or act differently when it does them NO harm whatsoever. I will say it again, GAY PEOPLE MARRYING WILL DO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY NO HARM WHATSOEVER. Letting people be free, treating them equally, with respect, and most importantly, treating them how you would want to be treated is the only good and proper course of action.

Note: This post was written with some time between the writing and the posting. During the transition, I happened upon a quote which I feel partially explains (to me) this hysteria and the results.

"Man, once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without a rudder, is the sport of every wind. With such persons, gullibility, which they call faith, takes the helm of reason, and the mind becomes a wreck." - Thomas Jefferson

Please also note that I will be moderating comments on this particular post and will gladly delete those which do not represent diligent thought or respect.

Neue Scheiße

It's been a long time since I've updated this thing. Life has been really good and really busy, and maybe someday I can post some more stuff about crap dealing with events and situations. For now, this will do.

Bad news: Sarah Brightman is doing a xmas album. I pretty much have little respect for people that do xmas albums, so now I'm put in an awkward situation because she is awesome. But now maybe she's not so awesome. And that sucks.

Good news: It's really late and I should be asleep but the latest Metallica album has been keeping me awake and it rocks. They FINALLY got rid of Bob Rock, the producer that almost ruined Metallica in my opinion, and now we can rock like the good ol' days. Hallefreakinlujah!!

More better news: Tomorrow I get to go discharge some firearms which should be pleasant. October I plan on going to Moab to bike. And November I plan on seeing Metallica live for the 4th time and I'm excited like a little kid.

Best news: If you haven't heard already, my beautiful wife, Jessica, is pregnant. Granted, it was a surprise but we'll roll with it and everyday I'm getting more excited about it. Baby Jesus (that's the name I've been lobbying for) should arrive in February sometime.

Some fun

So I finally discovered that other family members of mine have blogs that they didn't tell me about. Brindy had a sweet survey that Jessica and I wanted to also do, so here t'is. It's nice to relax now that school's out. Some more whacked out blogs are soon to come.

HOW OLD IS Tyson? 25

HOW OLD is Jessica? 23

WHO EATS MORE? Jessica fa sho

WHO SAID "I LOVE YOU' FIRST? Jessica

WHO IS TALLER? Tyson by FAR. not really though

WHO SINGS BETTER? Jessica BY REALLY REALLY FAR

WHO IS SMARTER? that depends. Tyson's a nerd but Jessica knows about everything else.

WHO DOES THE LAUNDRY? we each do our own

WHO DOES THE DISHES? we take turns, sometimes.

WHO SLEEPS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BED? depends on how you're looking at the bed. Tyson is usually all over the place though so no matter what side you're asking about he's on it

WHO PAYS THE BILLS? we each pay our own bills, but as far as mutual bills Tyson usually makes sure they're paid with mutual funds

WHO MOWS THE LAWN? the agency

WHO COOKS DINNER? we take turns

WHO IS MORE STUBBORN? Jessica

WHO KISSED WHO FIRST? it was a shared moment

WHO ASKED WHO OUT FIRST? Tyson still has never officially asked Jessica out on a date

WHO PROPOSED? Tyson did, in front of the entire Ichiban restaurant and all of her friends and family

WHO IS MORE SENSITIVE? Jessica

WHO HAS MORE FRIENDS? Tyson, unless you count imaginary friends, then, well, still Tyson

WHO HAS MORE SIBLINGS? Tyson

WHO WEARS THE PANTS? Jessica wears the pants but she will usually let Tyson wear pants in public because that could be scary otherwise

oh yes

It feels so good when you blow your nose and a giant booger comes out, doesn't it? That's right.

THE question of all time

I've always wanted to ask a paraplegic why they wouldn't just amputate their legs since they don't work. Is that rude? I thought of this the other day when I was assisting in repairs for a special racing wheelchair at work and wondered why this guy was spending so much money on improvements when he could shed a good chunk of weight by cutting off his legs that don't work thereby making his work effort more efficient. It's not like they need them anymore right? Needless to say I didn't ask him. I fell victim to PC once again.

late night boredom

So, I made the mistake of drinking a Dr. Pepper at or around 9 pm this evening (or yesterday evening if you want to be technical) and now here it is, almost 2 am and I'm wide awake even though I'm not doing anything but watching stupid youtube videos. So now that I'm bored I thought I'd write a note and see if it makes any sense later on (which it probably won't because I'm in tired-but-unable-to-sleep mode).
This is my note: smoke detectors suck. Seriously, the ones in our house are possessed. By the devil. This is not the first time that they decide they're not getting enough attention and have to make sure I notice that they're there. "But Tyson, just cause they beep occasionally does not mean they're possessed." Sure, but when you unplug them from the power and take out the batteries and set them in the corner and they STILL beep then you know you're dealing with the devil. It's a good thing I'm trained in dealing with devils. I got trained that one time. In that one place. And speaking of that one place, I think that bears are scary in the wild, and I once saw a bear in the wild about 40-50 feet away and it was running and it was scary.
After thinking about what I just typed I realized I should stop. Hopefully my grammar isn't as bad as what I think I just wrote. I would proofread but that's for sucks.

Something you don't see every day

That's a full size bus getting a burger from a drive-up window. Yup. My thoughts exactly.

200 Grand Baby!!

My car did it. It effin did it! That's right ladies and gentlemen, my car surpassed the 200,000 mile mark. The picture is the proof! Sorry it's a little blurry but that's what happens when you're trying to take a picture with your phone going 70 mph and trying to steer and watch traffic as well. It's kinda hard to get a picture close enough too that you can see the numbers. Anyway, this actually happened a little while ago (I'm now at about 201,000) but I've been meaning to blog about it for some time. Milestones like this mean reminscing right? So here's a few things my car and I have done/seen/been:

• Without this car Jessica and I may not be together. That's right, this car was the instrument that essentially brought us together when it carried us to Vegas (the first time we actually hung out)
• My first car purchase (I felt so grown up)
• It took me to Denver to see Metallica, Deftones, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, and Mudvayne (I think that's all) plus we got to tour the Coor's factory
• Las Vegas, multiple times
• Canada TWICE, and once we almost died when we crossed the border and within about 20 minutes my car's alternator decided to quit and we had to find a mechanic in a strange town and get it fixed, which sucked but oh well. My infinit also put out some magic charm when I passed a RCMP car going about 20 mph (or aboot 30 clicks) over the speed limit, who then followed me for about 5 miles (or aboot 8 clicks) but then decided not to pull me over.
• Wheelin in Nelson, BC
• All over northern utah, and then some. I once logged about 30,000 miles in a year
• Been broken into TWICE. The first time they stole all my stereo stuff but left my sunglasses of which I was quite happy. The second time they took NOTHING because my stereo is bolted to the dash. At least it used to, now it's gone because I took it out cause I'm sick of people breaking into my car.
• The one time my car truly let me down was when I was in Cedar City and the electronics went psycho so I didn't dare drive to Orem, UT to see TOOL, a decision I now think was stupid cause I ended up having to drive it home all psycho'ed out anyway.
• We got off the freeway one day coming home from work and my whole engine compartment was engulfed in smoke. Lesson learned - if your AC compressor goes out you should remove it instead of letting it sit and eventually locking up causing the belt to burn up.
• I once got stuck in a freakin car wash. Winter + cold temps + lots of water = ice everywhere
• I've only had the valet key for the vehicle, I've never had the master key so my key has never worked for the trunk, I've relied solely on the opener from the inside. Now I have to rely on that since my lock has been punched out.
• I once drive my car into a garage with bikes on the roof rack. Big NO NO. I still have damage all over my roof and had to get a new rack. Amazingly, the bikes were 100% fine. The worst part of all this? I hadn't been driving all day and forgot about the bikes. No, it was raining and I wanted to work on something on my car so I was gonna drive it into my friends garage so I walked out to my car, got in, and then drove into the garage. I'm a freakin genius!
• My fuses went weird once and I went about a month without a speedometer or odometer. So actually I might've hit 200,000 miles a while ago...
• My car currently has a hole in the exhaust somewhere and it's becoming increasingly loud and obnoxious. You can hear my car idling from inside my work. Amazingly it passed emmissions 3 months ago without a hitch.

The list could go on and on, but you get the idea. It's been an amazing ride G20, and I look forward to many many more years to come!! 300,000 watch out!

Got Screwed?

So, the economy is sucking and the government decides the best way to fix the problem is to let people have more money. I'm sure you've all been hearing about this. The latest proposal would give everyone within certain qualifications a rebate check. Everyone is getting all excited about this and all I can think is, "What a bunch of suckers."

Consider this, why don't you give me $100 of your hard earned money. I will then proceed to spend a lot of that money on frivolous and unproductive things "for your own good" and/or "for the children". Things like the TSA, which works so well, pay farmers to grow crops, only to throw them away, support a losing drug war that really only benefits the drug cartels, give your kids an education that's falling behind in the world, pay a majority of your money into a retirement account (actually I say I'm doing that but really I'm going and buying some booze, which means your retirement is bunk), pay for your sick neighbor's health care because they deserve it (their smoking habit isn't their fault!), and on and on. Then, when you realize you could've used the $100 for something better and actually for your (and your family's) good, I'll give you a quarter back and see how happy you are. This is exactly what's going on right now and yet people are all excited for their big check. Anyone else see a problem here?

Another point I'd like to make - if giving us back some of our own money is what it takes to stimulate the economy, why the F$#%K do they not let us keep it to begin with? Who do these "expert" politicians think they are? They tax us and think they know how to best spend it, and have all these pet projects for the "benefit" of us all, only to have them actually suck. Fools! What we really need is for us to keep our own money and we will inevitabily spend it where we see fit, which (as the new "program" proves) is what it really takes to make the economy good.

Sorry for the "hate" here but this has been peeving me all day and I needed to rant. I really am a happy person I swear.