So, in the past week at least three-fifths of TD and one TD mom have all been sick. And now, feeling rather well for the past couple days, I am again struck down on a Tuesday morning with some under-the-weather-ness. I’m also pretty sure my Really OTC OTC Claritin is what caused this latest throat inflammation, which we can probably blame once again on the meth addicts and the drug lobbyists. All this to say, it reminds me of the time at the Dollar Tree when dismarum excitedly came across a lint brush and, upon testing it out, ended up with more lint on her purse from the brush than could have even be removed in the first place. The moral of the story? Don’t buy lint brushes from the Dollar Tree or Claritin without the D. Also, don’t do meth.

We love the Dollar Tree, though, really.

I’m also now an eighty-year-old man on blood pressure medication. Well, at least the latter half of that statement is true. I only take half a pill twice a day (that reminds me of some movie? tv show? where the emo kid said he took so many halves of xanax…someone help me out here), and the funny thing is, when I take my nightly pill, it has the bizarre effect of waking me up after seven hours. Seven. Almost down to the minute. Maybe that’s means it’s a holy pill. Seven is one of God’s numbers. And three. But I need more than three hours of sleep a night. Apparently I need seven.

Let’s see, what else. On the personal front, I’m only taking one last class before graduation this May. It’s a political science class on foreign policy, and if I told you how excited the class makes me, you’d lock me away on sheer geekiness. On second thought, you’re all so much geekier than I could ever dream of being. So, yeah, I admit it: I enjoy talking about foreign policy. Plus, I get irate.

A couple random thoughts from the past couple weeks that I meant to post but lost my round toit:
Kerry’s backed Obama. I was a little surprised at that. Personally, my opinion of Obama, like that of Fergie, has drastically improved in the past couple weeks.
Hilary’s website offers an option to view it in Spanish, but she basically wants to kick out everyone who doesn’t speak English.
On an unrelated note, we talked about hypocrites at church on Sunday. Also, I’m afraid I am one.
While flipping channels, I saw some nonsense about Huckabee being this Great Christian as he was signing a No Amnesty Pledge. I’m sorry, but a No Amnesty Pledge is about the complete opposite of Christianity. Let’s see: Do unto others, Love thy neighbor, Be a good Samaritan, Help those in need, and oh, yeah, God gave us amnesty a million times over, ending with our eternal salvation through Christ. Yeah, it sounds cheesy, but it’s actually true. In trying to emulate Christ, you’d think we’d be a little more considerate of others. Maybe Huckabee missed that day in Sunday School.
And for my last great smidge of wisdom, here’s a quote I spoke to my mom a couple weeks ago and I was so proud and amused with myself, I just had to write it down: “Oh, I understand lesbians and illegal aliens. It’s everyone else I don’t get.”

True story.

Peace, love, and Amnesty.