My excitement began when I awoke the other morning and was going through my morning routine when I checked the weather on the iPhone.

I’m not really sure why, but looking at that forecast brought a smile to my face. I haven’t been able to figure out what about it made me smile, or why I was looking forward to the week. Maybe it was that winter was moving in? That I enjoy seeing nature take on a different form? Don’t get me wrong, I’d enjoy living in a warmer and more steady climate any day, but when you are living in an area with 4 seasons - I like to embrace all 4 seasons.

So tonight as I was leaving work, I was pleasently surprised when I stepped outside and and saw lite snow flakes falling among the lights. To me it is one of those peaceful moments that can’t be explained. I guess my best analogy to the atmosphere would be the final fight scene in Kill Bill.

I think it is the nights like these that make me look forward to winter. I snapped this picture as I walked in joy to the coffee shop to get some tea and wait for the bus. The walk had the most depressing yet peaceful feeling, which I haven’t felt in along time… and I enjoyed it.

 
(I need to work on holding the iPhone still when taking pictures.)

It’s 65 degrees today in the ‘burgh and you know what!? It’s freakin’ November! We are suppose to be freezing our arses off at football games, huddling around bonfires and kegs, wrapping ourselves up with flannel at night and putting the wind breakers away for the year.

Instead, I’ve been alternating between no coat, a wind breaker and a slightly heavy coat - not freezing my arse off at football games and instead of huddling I’m finding myself sweating next to the bonfires.

Look, I’m not complaining too much… because I have enjoyed going out in the evenings with just a long sleeve shirt - especially on Halloween - and enjoying lunches outside in the sun. But you know what? It doesn’t really feel like Fall! Normally I think of fall as the mid 40’s to mid 50’s… not 60’s and 70’s! If this was music we were talking about at a party, I’d say we were a decade off.

So as the weather forecast is starting to show winter unpacking, I’d like to say goodbye to Summer 2008, again; and if Summer happens to see Fall in the off-season, I’d hope there would be mention of Autumn returning next year.

BTW: Winter… don’t get too comfy like Summer. I’d like the April showers and May flowers to feel welcome in 2009.

Here are some pics from the “calendar” Fall season, to send off Summer / Fall? and welcome winter with scarfs n’ coats.

I don’t think jobs of that nature are able to be found, I think its something that luck or fate has to bring and I just have to hope.

However, no matter how discouraged I feel… this letter to the editor always seems to make me feel better that I was not part of the abysmal Obama clicke. It makes me feel good that I choose to be a supporter of the America our founders believed in, not an America that is slowly turing into what spawned it’s creation & another England/Europe.

Letter to the editor, from American Thinker: Why I’m Voting Democrat. Enjoy.

Hey! Thank-you to the 179,000 Constitutionalist Party supporters and the 481,858 supporters of the Libertarian Party. Bob Barr might have only achieved 1% of the vote, but records show that membership to the party was up by 10% this year.

My apartment is finally coming along and almost ready for visitors! (Not that it has stopped me from having any.) But I have finally finished building shelves and getting crates in for the record collection! And good pal Christi is coming in a few weeks to organize all the records, so I have to be ready with an organizational system!

That said,
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Personally, I’m probably leaning towards answer 4, but I’m open to suggestions!

You have voted for change! And when that socialistic change trickles down in the form of higher taxes, more national debt, less personal liberty, less decisions when he signs a bill as “present” and a screwed up health care system like England’s… I can atleast say, you voted for it America.

As for me? Luckily I can hide much of my income under the table to prevent my wealth from being distributed.

On the positive side, I’m happy America was able to vote a black man into office, just a shame it was this one. Adam said it well. 

On the brighter side, Atleast this guy will probably keep his pants on in the oval office. Bush had no chance of getting any like his predecessor.

Forward 2: Most of you who know me, know I am a Libertarian. I vote Libertarian. I breath Libertarian. If I ever find a female Ron Paul, I’ll be marrying her tomorrow. Normally I just sit back and laugh and move on knowing that I am doing the best I can with support to the Libertarian party. This time though… I’m actually really nervous for this country if a certain candidate gets elected.

Having said that, I will say this. Since about mid-summer when I realized that Obama was going to be a presidential candidate I started looking deep into his records, past, viewpoints and thoughts. What I found is that I believe him to be very anti-American. In contrast though, I wouldn’t be worried if it was Biden or Hillary being president. It is solely Obama I am against… and don’t anyone mention race, because we all know its not that.

I find Obama to be anti-American who just smooth talks people into hearing what they want to hear. Most people just say “Amen brother” and agree to vote for him. Then there are people like me who say… uhh WHAT!? Because we look at the fine print and meaning.

We question the basic items about the man:

• Why was it like pulling teeth to get him to wear the American Flag?
• Why does he flick off his opponents? (He did it to Hillary & now McCain.)
• Why is he afraid to release his original birth certificate?
• Doesn’t it bother anyone that he votes, “Present.” Seriously, a leader makes decisions.
• After listening to 20 years of hate spewed by his reverend… why did he now decide to break ties with him? Listening to so much hate sinks in over time… and he only broke ties with him because of his candidacy.
• Am I the only one terrified over his economic ideas? Bankrupt the coal industry? “Spread the wealth?” Tax me more? I have a hard enough time staying afloat, and you want to tax me more?!
• Why did he kick every member of the press who did not endorse him off the plane? It takes an endorsement to be part the O-press corps? Because endorsements mean non-biased reporting.
• I love your unrealistic and bankrupting propositions that seem to have spun off the TV series, The West Wing. Seriously, good idea… just need a realistic approach to implementing them, to which he forgot to mention.
• - An energy plan that is essentially rabbit power?

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Hope everyone has a great voting day! I’m gonna leave you with two final thoughts.

“People should not fear their government, their government should fear the people” - bigger the government and more control placed on a society = less freedom = more fear. Who is the one proposing those controlling socialist ideals?

One of the great leaders this country has had is Teddy Roosevelt. (Source) “Roosevelt had no tolerance for laziness, indecision, cowardice, or those who prefer to sit life out on the sidelines and criticize others. He respected those who made the effort to get in the arena.”  - I can tell you one candidate who has not gotten in the arena and has a habit of cowardice and indecision… Mr. I’m voting “Present.”

With that, I conclude the 2008 pre-election political posts!

My response to her was, “Liberal at heart and liberal in politics are two different things, because people who are truely liberal often disagree with the democrats for their historically ‘controlling’ & big government policies.”

Moral of it all: Just because it’s cool to be “very liberal” when your in the famous 20’s doesn’t mean its necessarily the right thing.

After all… what are all we bloggers going to do when Obama taxes the electric companies to bankruptcy and we have no more power? If wind, solar and other alternatives were available, we’d be already using them… trust me. Someone is just wanting to start a fortune 500 that pulls clean electricity out of the sky! The overhead costs would be significantly lower than a traditional power plant. If the technology was there, we’d be using it.

Despite the belief, I’m a firm believer if you are interested in voting for the lesser of the evil - it is John McCain. He seriously is quite different than Bush (despite what Obama’s ads say) and he would have a strong administration surrounding him. But I’ll have more on “the lesser of evil” in a post I hope to publish tomorrow, I just have to finish refining it.

Ofcourse we all know, I’m a bleeding Libertarian.  ”More Freedom, Less Government = Less Taxes“

But back in my world…

Be bluntly honest:
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“The man was carried away by emergency services, with the toilet still attached to his arm.”