so, its that wonderful time of year, as we gear up for another show down of semi-qualified candidates determined to make a name for themselves so that they can spin their wheels in washington and not really accomplish much because they are to busy towing the party line and not really representing the people that elected them (wow, that is a long sentence) i have an observation that has me a bit annoyed...
when did it become OK to put a giant billboard in your front lawn supporting a candidate? i mean the signs they have now are HUGE. what happened to the 18x24 inch signs? why did we need to start putting up these giant signs, that take giant steel stakes pounded into the ground to even stand. i really love it when they are at the house on the corner and you can't look at the on coming traffic because some cheesy politician has his artificial smile gleaming at me. what happened to the days when you could just put out like 5 signs for the same candidate, now you just put out a sign that would better serve to advertise an upcoming truck stop given its size.
i also notice that the political climate in this country is so screwed up that most of the signs have NO mention of which political party the candidates align them self with. i like the idea that people actually have to figure out what the candidate stands for to vote for them, rather then just voting for a 'D' or an 'R'. so i guess i can't be angry all the time!
--aaron
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Halloween... enough already!
alright, so i have never been a fan of the Halloween holiday. from a very early age i have disliked it. i quit trick or treating around 8 years old, and those that know me know i am a fan of candy, so for me to pass up free candy, i obviously have a disdain for the holiday. i never liked to creepy part of it. i never got into the idea of wearing costumes and trick or treating. i never understood why people go so into it. i love the fall season, i love this time of year for the weather change, the beauty of the leaves and the fact that football is back in the regular rotation. all great things. apple cider, another big plus. but halloween, i can do without it for sure.
that's what leads me to this rant... what the heck is with all of these seasonal halloween superstores that show up in apparently every available failed retail business space around. in the Canton, OH area, where i currently have my feet planted, around the major shopping area surrounding the Belden Village Mall there is by my count at least 4 huge stores selling halloween items only. these are the stores that set up shop basically for September and October to see costumes and other halloween decorations. then they leave. but honestly do we need 4 or 5 of them in a 2 square mile area? how many sleazy nurse, questionable pop culture figure, trendy politician or whatever other flavor of the month costume do we need? aren't all these stores the same, and don't they all get their supply from the same companies, meaning their prices are all pretty much the same. it doesn't make any sense to me. maybe its because i hate halloween, because i do. but i really think its the dumbest of all the holidays, like people in this country need another reason to be foolish, inconsiderate and an embarrassment. you already have st. patrick's day, and the entire slate of shows on E!
--aaron
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that's what leads me to this rant... what the heck is with all of these seasonal halloween superstores that show up in apparently every available failed retail business space around. in the Canton, OH area, where i currently have my feet planted, around the major shopping area surrounding the Belden Village Mall there is by my count at least 4 huge stores selling halloween items only. these are the stores that set up shop basically for September and October to see costumes and other halloween decorations. then they leave. but honestly do we need 4 or 5 of them in a 2 square mile area? how many sleazy nurse, questionable pop culture figure, trendy politician or whatever other flavor of the month costume do we need? aren't all these stores the same, and don't they all get their supply from the same companies, meaning their prices are all pretty much the same. it doesn't make any sense to me. maybe its because i hate halloween, because i do. but i really think its the dumbest of all the holidays, like people in this country need another reason to be foolish, inconsiderate and an embarrassment. you already have st. patrick's day, and the entire slate of shows on E!
--aaron
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Celeb-reality
i have a wife who enjoys a variety of television shows on the E! network. she watches from time to time such bits of americana like "The Girls Next Door", "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" and "Kendra". she also enjoys some other shows under the "Real Housewives..." umbrella. i hate these shows.
here is why, they, along with shows like "jersey shore" and "the hills" among others have created a new group of these artificial celebrity wanna-bes who feel they are entitled to fame and attention. the problem is they are horrible people. not worthy of the 15 minutes, not deserving of any of the attention they get. i don't understand why they keep getting shows, and spin-offs. actually i understand, it because people watch them. which makes us horrible people. i am not surprised the taliban hates us, just turn on E! on sunday night or MTV just about any night.
what happened to quality television, i miss "The Cosby Show"
--aaron
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here is why, they, along with shows like "jersey shore" and "the hills" among others have created a new group of these artificial celebrity wanna-bes who feel they are entitled to fame and attention. the problem is they are horrible people. not worthy of the 15 minutes, not deserving of any of the attention they get. i don't understand why they keep getting shows, and spin-offs. actually i understand, it because people watch them. which makes us horrible people. i am not surprised the taliban hates us, just turn on E! on sunday night or MTV just about any night.
what happened to quality television, i miss "The Cosby Show"
--aaron
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
this post is not a free agent, it has signed with The Aaron of Grievances
there is so much hype right now, so much media garbage right now about Lebron James and all of the NBA free agency craziness. its interesting because only people in Cleveland give the Cavs any chance of getting Lebron to stay. no national sports person will even consider Lebron staying in Cleveland. i have a couple of thoughts on the situation.
first, i don't care if Lebron leaves. i really don't. here is a guy who has won multiple MVPs, been a part of the best team in the NBA during the regular season but has not won a championship. he has dictated so much of what has happened for the Cavs over his time here and has not done the one thing expected of him. you are not a King until you are the best, and that my friend is Kobe. Lebron, based on what i saw in the Celtics series is a guy who can't finish, quits on his team and his town. i am over him, he is about Lebron, he is immature, can't really lead, doesn't handle pressure and can't win a championship. give me Kobe any day over Lebron. it showed so much of his "character" during the playoffs when he threw his coach and his team under the bus, he didn't have the class to not make the press conference about himself and what he was gonna do next. Lebron can take his entourage and go to Chicago, where everyone will be able to see that Jordan was a superstar and Lebron is a selfish, talented, ego maniac who lets money hungry hangers-on control him.
secondly, i am a little tired of all the talk about how horrible the Cavs will be without Lebron. yes, he is the MVP and he is superstar talented. but he doesn't have heart. i lived near Detroit during their last run. you know what Detroit had, heart, they didn't have any superstar. they didn't have the MVP. they were a team! a freakin' team! they beat Kobe and Shaq for a championship with out a superstar. they had an entire team of guys who were talented, knew their role and knew what it meant to be on a team. the Cavs still have guys with heart, guys like Delonte West, Anderson Varejao, JJ Hickson. we still have guys like Sebastion Telfair and Jamario Moon who have some talent to share. Antwan Jamison is nice player. to me, you build a team, not who Lebron, who has not proven himself to have much of a basketball business mind, wants. you build a team, and until Lebron proves himself, disregard what the Prince (at best) wants, and give him and better yet, give this town what it needs.
there is a part of me that really wants James to leave. i want him to leave and have the Cavs do well, maybe not best record in the NBA but do well. i would rather watch a talented team with heart, that let some unproven "King" dictate what he thinks he needs.
--aaron
first, i don't care if Lebron leaves. i really don't. here is a guy who has won multiple MVPs, been a part of the best team in the NBA during the regular season but has not won a championship. he has dictated so much of what has happened for the Cavs over his time here and has not done the one thing expected of him. you are not a King until you are the best, and that my friend is Kobe. Lebron, based on what i saw in the Celtics series is a guy who can't finish, quits on his team and his town. i am over him, he is about Lebron, he is immature, can't really lead, doesn't handle pressure and can't win a championship. give me Kobe any day over Lebron. it showed so much of his "character" during the playoffs when he threw his coach and his team under the bus, he didn't have the class to not make the press conference about himself and what he was gonna do next. Lebron can take his entourage and go to Chicago, where everyone will be able to see that Jordan was a superstar and Lebron is a selfish, talented, ego maniac who lets money hungry hangers-on control him.
secondly, i am a little tired of all the talk about how horrible the Cavs will be without Lebron. yes, he is the MVP and he is superstar talented. but he doesn't have heart. i lived near Detroit during their last run. you know what Detroit had, heart, they didn't have any superstar. they didn't have the MVP. they were a team! a freakin' team! they beat Kobe and Shaq for a championship with out a superstar. they had an entire team of guys who were talented, knew their role and knew what it meant to be on a team. the Cavs still have guys with heart, guys like Delonte West, Anderson Varejao, JJ Hickson. we still have guys like Sebastion Telfair and Jamario Moon who have some talent to share. Antwan Jamison is nice player. to me, you build a team, not who Lebron, who has not proven himself to have much of a basketball business mind, wants. you build a team, and until Lebron proves himself, disregard what the Prince (at best) wants, and give him and better yet, give this town what it needs.
there is a part of me that really wants James to leave. i want him to leave and have the Cavs do well, maybe not best record in the NBA but do well. i would rather watch a talented team with heart, that let some unproven "King" dictate what he thinks he needs.
--aaron
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
its been a long while, but i still feel it
i have not taken the time to post here in a long time, i apologize for that. i guess it just seemed like there were a lot of other things to give my attention to. but, i do realize that this place is a necessary release for me. i have seen that i need an opportunity to vent. lately, i have had many things to share, many situations that i think are worthy of a little rant. so here goes...
i am at a point where people fall into certain categories. there are some people that its clear they are surface. they say things, do things that are only as deep as their own skin, if even that deep. people who you think should have an understanding of you, a knowledge about your life, but that don't care enough to really pay attention. people who ask you over and over and over and over the same questions about yourself, not because they actually want the information, but because they think they are supposed to ask, because its what a person with actual depth would do. like when someone asked me every time i talked to him, on at least a weekly basis, when they asked if we knew what we were having with our second child, and i would tell him every time that we were having a little girl. that's not something you should have to ask maybe twice. if you are actually paying attention, actually caring, then i will give you a pass on maybe forgetting, but 8, 9, 15 or more times. its even worse when its your job to care, when that is part of what your supposed to be about.
its the same kind of person who i brought an idea to, something that really could have been beneficial to a lot of people. the idea was shot down, without any discussion. one year later, this person shares the idea with me, a brilliant idea, in his mind, something really important for me to do. its the same idea, the same worthless idea i had one year earlier. but you didn't even listen then. you don't care, you never did. don't fake it. don't put on the smiley, caring face. its not your real face, its not the real you. its your salesmen face, the one you put on to convince me that what your selling is worth something.
in my career i have come across a lot of personalities. and i have an opportunity to get to know a lot of people. i have always been a very good judge of character, i have always been able to tell the people that are actually who they say they are, and i have been able to tell the used car salesmen. the people who change themselves to make you feel comfortable. the problem is, they can't keep it up, they will reveal themselves sooner or later. its
--aaron
i am at a point where people fall into certain categories. there are some people that its clear they are surface. they say things, do things that are only as deep as their own skin, if even that deep. people who you think should have an understanding of you, a knowledge about your life, but that don't care enough to really pay attention. people who ask you over and over and over and over the same questions about yourself, not because they actually want the information, but because they think they are supposed to ask, because its what a person with actual depth would do. like when someone asked me every time i talked to him, on at least a weekly basis, when they asked if we knew what we were having with our second child, and i would tell him every time that we were having a little girl. that's not something you should have to ask maybe twice. if you are actually paying attention, actually caring, then i will give you a pass on maybe forgetting, but 8, 9, 15 or more times. its even worse when its your job to care, when that is part of what your supposed to be about.
its the same kind of person who i brought an idea to, something that really could have been beneficial to a lot of people. the idea was shot down, without any discussion. one year later, this person shares the idea with me, a brilliant idea, in his mind, something really important for me to do. its the same idea, the same worthless idea i had one year earlier. but you didn't even listen then. you don't care, you never did. don't fake it. don't put on the smiley, caring face. its not your real face, its not the real you. its your salesmen face, the one you put on to convince me that what your selling is worth something.
in my career i have come across a lot of personalities. and i have an opportunity to get to know a lot of people. i have always been a very good judge of character, i have always been able to tell the people that are actually who they say they are, and i have been able to tell the used car salesmen. the people who change themselves to make you feel comfortable. the problem is, they can't keep it up, they will reveal themselves sooner or later. its
--aaron
the relaunch
hey, its time to announce that i am back! i have taken a long hiatus, a lot has changed, but i still got stuff i need to say. so i am back. i will be posting a few times a week, so stay tuned for a new round of grievances!
--aaron
--aaron
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