I am a diversity trainer...

Just kidding. You know my story. I have discussed it many times. Is your memory that poor? I remember your story.

I guess you can say I am sort of unemployed right now like Ian. I however am not in the same shape as him. I have a pension and some investment income so I am not that bad off. I do OK. Right now I do home improvement type work when it is available...build decks, do brickwork, paint house exteriors, etc. Whatever comes around. Right now I have been working on some woman's home ripping old cedar shingles from 2 of her sidewalls. That is on hold and I have plastic tarps and tar paper covering the side of her house. You need a sunny weather for that and it has rained a lot here or looks like it is going to rain any moment for the past week. The lady is a little pissed but too bad. I told her I would be back Wed. or Thurs.

Sometimes lately I go a few weeks and do nothing. During those times I like going to the driving range or the skeet shooting range if you want to know some hobbies I enjoy. I also enjoy reading, drinking at the local pub (sucks since you can't smoke in bars anymore. I am going less now) I go fishing sometimes (surf casting) for blues. I still tinker with computers but I find I have lost most interest in them.

I have a girlfriend that I have had a pretty rocky relationship the last six months. Basically since last Valentine's Day. She works rotating shifts in a hospital so things were great in the beginning because I can be wherever I want to be during the day and and this afforded us time to do a lot of things. She expected things to be getting more serious. I am not "in love". I like her and we usually have fun but I have noticed the older you get, the faster they want to accelerate things to the next level. In some ways we have been just stringing each other along these past months. I don't see us spending our lives together. I of course can not be direct about this with her...I skirt the issues...after all she is a woman. Where this is going... I don't know. Most likely no where. She sees it more everyday and this is a problem. We will see. But...it's not like this isn't the first time I have been through this.

I like working outside and with my hands. Can't take offices any more.

Do you have a poor memory? I have told my story here before. I remember your story. Maybe your memory is selective.

At 20 I quit school to join NYPD. I was on job for 11 years until a high profile incident that left me in half a body cast for months and the brass yanking their political chains. They kind of convinced me into an early medical retirement. They don't want "motivated" cops any more. My Lt. was more than happy to see me go. The Capt. too. When a guy becomes a ranking officer in the PD something happens to them. They become "political" assholes. They forget their oaths and betray the men in their charge which ever way the PC winds blow.

After that I went to work in computer field. Now that business is dead and I do other things to keep busy until something else turns up. I kind of like doing whatever the hell I want whenever I want. I guess I am kind of lucky. I have a lot of freedom to do what I want.

My political beliefs have always been the same. I have been interested in politics since childhood. Maybe I will run for office one day. That is a definite possiblity. I may have problems because I don't tow the party line. My political ideals are primarily based on my sense of right and wrong and a sense of morality. Something that is lacking in the world today and that it sad. I believe in individuals. I abhor any type of collectivist thought. It is rampant amongst the many socialist types today.

I hate socialists, communists, feminists, etc. I hate societies propensity for creating victimized clasess of people. It is all wrong. I hate the numerous ridiculous and insane things that go on in our society. It gets worse every day.

I guess that's it for now. I am all talked out for this post. Anything else you want to know?

My views are not extreme. By your standards and some other people here maybe. If anything I will concede that my presentation can be rough sometimes. Reality is rough and I think many people are in dire need of a good dose of it.

There are also too many "sheeple" in our society. If we had a very conservative media and entertainment industry in this country, those same "sheeple" would feel whatever they are told to feel on many issues affecting our society.

You can fool some of the people all the time and all of the people some of the time.

Does this satify your curiousity? There is more to me but this is the abridged version...