The soon to be war in Iraq will boost the economy? I dont think so... well not that much anway. It should lower gas prices in the long term, but probably increase them when war starts. I dont know about other places in the USA, but in NY here gas is at about 1.67 last I checked. Should we go to war? I think so, but with the UN approval. We are moving into a world where the UN will play a greater and greater role in life, and if we dont get their approval things could get weird. So if the UN approves kicking some butt in the middle east, I say we go for it. I saw a little tv show from oprah yesterday, and she had plenty of smart people on there giving some excellent reasons. Basically though, even china a communist regiem, has school systems and education for its people. They dont live a horrible live, but a decent one. What the crazy man is doing no one really knows, and we as responsible super powers should go in and kick some arse. It should not be tolerated. With our technology, we could probably swarm Iraq, and have the situation over in a week right? I mean 100 nice heliocopters, with another 100 full of marines, fly into bagdad, kill anyone with a gun, and then the rest of the week its mop up time. Anywho, bottom line is that its not about oil, its not about the economy, its a crazy person running around making life for those people aweful. They are indoctrinated from birth, and will hate democracy even more in 40 years if we let it continue. All people on the earth should be held accountable to some standards. Go george, go. Peace.
posted by Bryan at 2/07/2003 10:19:00 AM

Its amazing to me how people interact. Yesterdays full of examples. I woke up and rode the subway, and everyone has that glazed over look on their faces, no one talks to each other, and its just silence, as we are crammed in there like sardines. Yet that night, I took out our two lovely monsters (dogs) for a walk, and 2 people came up to me, out of their normal walking path, to say hi and pet the cute puppies. Another lady in the elevator said good night puppies as we got off for our floor. I wonder what the subway ride would be like if I had bella in my arms for the whole ride. People would smile at me, and want to give her a quick scratch behind the ear. Is it because we have engrained in our heads that people are not to be trusted, but dogs are simple minded creatures that are not capable of hate? They assume since the dog is on a leash connected to me that it is safe, and they should not be too afraid. Maybe its the size, they are small dogs, they look more innocent. If the stranger only knew what they could do to a pop bottle if given 5 minutes with it. Today on the subway ride in I daydreamed of breaking the silence, acting a little crazy and trying to make people laugh and smile. Tell them corny jokes. Some would look at me like they are crazy, others would look at me and have some fun, most would pretend to ignore the crazy person and sit in silence the rest of the way. Why didnt I do that? What held me back? Fear of rejection from perfect strangers? Fear of not conforming to societies standards of etiquite. I'm not sure, I just daydreamed it, I dont think I would take that risk. So I think about it, and I write about it here, and then strangers can come and agree with me silently.
posted by Bryan at 2/05/2003 10:45:00 AM

Eating solid foods is a good thing. The teeth are healing, its safe to say that my mouth isnt throbbing anymore, and I dont have any pain pills in me right now. Of course all the good smelling food at work is still making me hungry. We decided on our honeymoon this past weekend, it will be a luxurious trip to the french polynesian islands. It will be officially the farthest I've been from good old Rochester in my entire life. Its exciting and exhilirating. Marla and I both have reported dreams of it to each other. Can we press fast forward on life until then? Dreaming of waking up on a ship cruising in the pacific in warm wonderous weather. It just boggles my mind. Plus we'll be flying first class, all thanks to IBM and their lovely donation to my frequent flyer miles. :) I think the thing I miss most about not being able to eat solid foods, is chocolate. Although I probably could get a nice good caramel candy bar now, and just let it melt on my tounge. Mmmmm.... ciao.
posted by Bryan at 2/03/2003 03:03:00 PM