Aaron Blaylock

If asked for an opinion we__l say what we think. And by __hat we think_ I mean the answer that comes to our mind first, seems most logical and requires the least amount of effort to articulate, while getting us in the least amount of trouble. Really that__ what our communication boils down to.

As for the young men whose company I keep (Why does it keep sounding likethat?), I try to teach them that every young lady is somebody__ sister or daughter with the potential to be somebody__ wife and mother. I ask them, __ould you wantsomebody treating your(sister/daughter/wife/mother) that way?_ The response invariably comes, __o._ To which I respond that we should keep in mind that every girl is somebody__ baby.

...the word __ine_. As in ____ fine_, __t__ fine_, __hat looks fine_, etc. For a man the word fine has, tops, three or four meanings and that__ only because of the fairly recent edition of __ang, girl! You look fine!_ Otherwise __ine_ would range somewhere between satisfactory and of superior quality. For a woman the word __ine_ has like seventy meanings and depending on voice inflexion can actually mean __f I__ questioned again I__l stab you in your sleep_.

As a society we__e progressed to a point where it is unacceptable behavior to knock someone down who is acting a fool. I teach my children to use their words when faced with a conflict. That__ what civilized people do. All that is fine and good except for one small thing; we__e enabled the fools......What if people could expect a measure of instant justice when they were out of order? The acts of thoughtlessness would decline exponentially. If you give people license to be fools then you are left to deal with fools. However, if you put fools on notice then they__l be forced to snap to attention and act right or suffer the consequences. Think of it as an adult spanking.

America, I know we have our problems. I realize that the scale and our waistlineare foremost among them. I__ willing to make concessions, I really am. I drink, and prefer, skim milk. I__l take water packed tuna over oil packed tuna any day. I can stomach low-fat ranch or I-Can__-Believe-It__-Not-Anything. I__l even look the other way on sugar free ice cream (believe me that one hurts), but I__l be darned if I__ gonna let somebody take my delicious delicious pig fat from me. I__ rather die.

Are bacon and chocolate the foundation of a good meal? No, everybody knowsthat is a deep fryer and/or gravy. However, I have long held the notion that you can't name a food that I can't improve by adding either bacon or chocolate.

Our plump predicament comes from the way we think. In America life hasbecome a daily quest for instant gratification. Do we think about the long term? Rarely. We ask ourselves, __hat sounds good?_ That__ where we get into trouble focusing on what we want rather than what we need. Then we invent new ways to satisfy ourselves.

Kids don__ act right. Sure it__ embarrassing when it happens but any reasonable person won__ fault a parent when a kid throws a fit. However, when a child doesn__ act right and a parent doesn__ act at all then we__e got a problem.Parents get up off of your rears and parent your children. Please I beg you stop these little bedlamites from running amuck at church, in restaurants, at the movies, in the store or really anywhere that I may be.