Think More Better!

I get a lot of fan mail and comments that stem from my blog entries – upwards of once a week!  Most of the comments are quite positive, but I am not the only commentator.  Sometimes others write comments and emails to me.  Those are often of a correcting, scolding or berating nature.  I’ve asked my family members not to do that anymore.  Just kidding, they rarely read my entries.   One recent reader asked how I get the “inspiration” or ideas for my blog entries.  I just write what the voices in my head tell me to write.  These voices are often quite irrational and annoying.  I may start charging them rent.   I would now like to respond to the more pertinent questions I receive along with other questions that you  should  be asking:   Q:           Are you always so funny in real life? A:            Yes. ...

I am a part-time EMT and Firefighter for the small town where I live.   It has taken me years of training to reach the levels of certification that I now possess.   There is little pay, and I have invested hundreds and hundreds of hours of training.   When people ask me why I decided to do this in my forties, I answer something about wanting to help the community and save lives.   If my daughters are nearby they usually say “Midlife crisis” while rolling their eyes and being embarrassed.   The real reason has nothing to do with either of the above responses. I live a life of deprivation and sacrifice that few on this planet know or should have to experience.   That’s right, my family has no cable or satellite television in our home.   Never had it, and likely never will.   My wife insists that our money is better spent on frivolous things such as our children, food and a house.   I’m not kidding!   She would rather pay for pian...

I studied the theories of Sigmund Freud during my undergraduate work in college. After years of therapy I am okay now. At least that’s what the voices in my head tell me. They also tell me that I must wrestle with grizzly bears, but I’m not convinced. Freud proposed that we all have three parts to our psychic apparatus; the id, ego and super-ego. The id acts according to the “pleasure principle” and seeks to avoid pain or displeasure aroused by increases in tension. I think Freud mislabeled something here. While we may all have the id, I think men have the Super Id… iot gene, and I am a proud member of this club. I would now like to explain to males, females and everyone else just how the Super Id… iot gene works. I have to do this especially for men because the Super Id… iot gene prevents us from reading books like Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. Men read books that look more like magazines about hunting and motorbikes. Okay, actually, this article is really more for...