First Day, Monday Still
Happy Monday everyone. Today is my daughter’s first day of school and I think I’m more excited than she is to be honest. There’s a lot planned this week that I hope you guys will enjoy. Winner’s Wednesday is coming and a few people will be able to land Castle Crashers easier than storming the castle. The good thing about this Wednesday’s release of Castle Crashers is that it isn’t 1800 Microsoft Points as speculated. It’ll only be 1200 Microsoft Points.
Well I wanted to post a quick update before I spend the rest of the afternoon being a proud father on the first day of school. Stay tuned for a great podcast this week with some Mercenaries 2 highlights and the usual Velvet Voice flavor.
August 26th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
lol @ you people… The world is getting worse because you people keep giving birth to add to the cancer that Earth has = Population.
Now think for a minute.
August 26th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
“lol @ you people… The world is getting worse because you people keep giving birth to add to the cancer that Earth has = Population.”
Ouch…that’s a grim, grim outlook. Face it, we all know that times are changing, not everyone is honest and that the world isn’t a “loving, wholesome place” but that doesn’t change the fact that family is everything when it’s all said and done and that being a parent for the vast majority of us is the possibly one of the greatest Privileges that could be granted to us. Umbrella statements can be somewhat grey and I re-read yours four times trying to tell myself “was this sarcasm?” and now by responding…my vote was no, you meant what you said. Not everyone’s responsible, respectable or on par with what could be considered a “good parent” (I see it EVERY DAY and it BREAKS my heart for the parents and what they are missing out on; but more for the children involved) but I would argue that these qualities have less to do with “the overall birth count/population” and more towards how they were raised, circumstances and surroundings. Life is a precious thing, those that don’t treat it as such…face hard roads ahead. I know that I look at my family as a motivator. They are the reason I’m where I am and where I’m going. They in short a blessing from God. Do I worry about them, of course. Do I let my kids out of my site at the park…I can’t. Are there horrible people in the world? More than I can count! Does that make me want to take any of it back…not for one second. Start looking past population and look at situations instead.
Think for a minute.
Hope that your outlook changes, no hard feelings.
-Caleb
August 26th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Ack. Edit post: “out of my SIGHT…”
August 26th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
LOL @ Mike. I’m glad you’re not a dad too!!
August 26th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Lol at everyone not seeing the big picture… There are reasons why this world is getting worse & one of the main reasons is people having babies = Over population/waste/pollution all stems from people procreating
Just wait 15 or so years from now when your children become an adult & tries to enter the real world… for one thing, it will be much harder/worse than it is now, & I’m sure you will not enjoy watching/experiencing that.
August 26th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Actually Mike. We exceeded the amount of human beings that scientists said the earth could provide over a hundred years ago. Modern science has provided a means through water purification and fertilization of plants. BTW Caucasians have had much smaller families over the last couple of decades. I don’t know about other races/countries but I don’t really give a crap. The world will go on.
August 26th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
And it’s not like people haven’t survived harder times than we have in the past. Just because things won’t be peachy perfect isn’t a reason to despair. People will always find that thing that makes them happy and for most of us it is other people.
August 26th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
BTW I’m not disagreeing that times are going to get worse and quick, but I’m just saying that I choose happiness instead of whatever you’re smoking…
August 26th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Mike – are there not enough 1-Player games to keep you busy that you have to try your hand at being the Ghost of Christmas’ Future and try to ruin everything for all the little Tiny Tims of the world? C’mon man…
August 26th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Methinks we should not feed the trolls.
August 26th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
“Lol at everyone not seeing the big picture… There are reasons why this world is getting worse & one of the main reasons is people having babies = Over population/waste/pollution all stems from people procreating”
I don’t disagree with thisportion of your post. You cleaned up your statement, saying that “one of the problems is…” is much diffrent than “it all stem’s from havin’ babiez”. Here again, I think that the more people that are here, the more to help clean up the mess (glass is half full? Earth way too full?), what’s that…they don’t want to help? REALLY? Why’s that? Oh they don’t give a crap (stems back to how they were raised, IMHO)…some kids do care including mine. Teaching them at a young age to care about your fellow man as well as the world you live in is ALL on the adults shoulders. Sad thing here is, not much is going to be done in the way of “procreation”… (vasectomies in 5th grade and only reversed with an established job, home and reached the age of 25 would be the only means of slowing it down…) people will continue to have kids no matter what effect it has on the world we live in. The only time the vast majority end up caring…is when it DIRECTLY effects them. (ie; oil prices) Sad thing is that I have realized our generation (for the most part…I beleive) has the mentality that “we’re owed eveything…” I just hope that many who share this same mentality… wake up and step up.
“Just wait 15 or so years from now when your children become an adult & tries to enter the real world… for one thing, it will be much harder/worse than it is now, & I’m sure you will not enjoy watching/experiencing that.”
By then, things could 180° and life could be something fantastic for the kids and parents who helped change it. Do I think that’s the case…can’t say. All signs right now point to not likely. Drastic times call for drastic measures…things could change…if we make them. No parent looks forward to the possiblity of watching their kids suffer, many of us apparently won’t have a choice but that doesn’t mean that life isn’t worth living and that the best can’t be made of it…in the end…we’re all going to a better place anyway. That’s my real motivation, besides my children.
August 26th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
^ You are living in fantasy land… There are not enough people that care in this world to do something for that drastic change = Our nature is selfish & one day food supplies will run out due to so many people having babies.
August 26th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Congrats DB! Achievement unlocked! lol How did the first day go?
August 26th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Mikewarrior – honestly, what do YOU contribute to society?
caleb – you seem to have said it the best…
August 27th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Hmmm, the world is worse now? Being a history buff (it was one of my majors, just not the one that pays the bills!) I would venture you haven’t looked back in history Mikewarrior.
The only thing that is worse is the idea that the world owes me a free ride. Go back and read books written 50 years ago and they claim the world will tip over due to overpopulation. Look at the gas crunch of the early 70s and see how people claim we’ll run out of fuel in “ten years”. Crime is up? Only because there weren’t stats kept in the 1800s and before.
The reality is that the world changes, but many of the issues we deal with have been around for a long, long time. Rather than creating blanket statements about how bad everything is, why not make changes individually. If individuals were to make their own changes in attitude, perception and lifestyle then perhaps the world would be a little better. It’s not population that’s creating problems, rather it’s perception and the follow through on those perceptions that are the real killers.
Course, I’m just one parent, bringing up his kids to be good toward their fellow man.
August 27th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
1UP for rainmaker!
August 28th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
2UP for Rainmaker and stomp on the turtle trick in Mario Bros (the original) for extra’s past the numbers that turn into symbol’s like the crown and such…