So I have been invited to my first Seder....which I am very excited about.  I love learning about other traditions and religious symbolism so I am very excited about going.  It is the parents of a very dear friend who lives in CO and is very seldom here during that time of the year.  Her parents asked that she make the trip this year and wanted to invite many of her friends to the dinner.  So I have to start thinking about a little gift to take, I looked online at some really nice bees wax candles and I also saw a nice Seder recipe book....something to look for in the coming month!

I was sitting the other night watching a rerun of Friends and thought how nice it would be to have all of my friends here in town to do dinners and movies, etc....how cool would that be!  I have tried a few times to get a group of guys together to have a pot luck dinner but nothing ever seems to come together....I should try it again! 

It is still cold and gloomy down here and it is not supposed to be that way in Florida!  Even when it rains, the sun is usually out!

Anyway, it is Friday, so life is good.

NASCAR and Olympics

I am wondering about the Olympic athletes and NASCAR drivers....does the "10 percent rule concerning sexual perference" apply to these events?  There have always been rumors about various drivers but I wonder....Danny Hamlin and Ryan Neuman are amazingly hot this year!  As for the Olympics...I know there are the typical guys in the figure skating but what about the luge?  or others.

Another thing about NASCAR, wouldn't it be cool if we all had the attitude that these guys have about their work equipment....they always say their vehicle is a fantastic car and doing great on whatever track they are driving that day...they are always positive!  But I guess if I had 50 crew people working in my office equipment every day, mine would be good too!!!

Locker Rooms and Etiquitte

I belong to another forum and a question was posed the other day that often comes to my mind as well.  I go to a gym that has an open locker setup with partitioned showers that do not have curtains.  Has society evolved to where it is not OK for guys to be naked in front of other guys when there is a specific reason such as changing in/out of street/gym attire before/after your workout?  I mean, guys that are around my age still seem to do, what I consider to be appropriate, which is go to there locker and undress completely without much regard to there surroundings, grab a towel and head off to the shower naked.  I saw a younger guy(mid 20's) was actually in the shower with his boxers still on and then proceeded to wrap a towel around his waist(and wet boxers) to walk back his locker.  Once he was there, he tried to change his underwear under the towel!  And he is not the only one, I have seen other guys do that too....are we too that point in society where we are so homophobic that guys cant just be guys?  To be honest, I think you draw more attention to yourself trying not to be seen.  I know that I had a phobia of locker rooms when I was in my 30's but I stayed away from them...plain and simple...I knew that if I were to be in them...that I would be exposing my body parts to people and I, in general, felt uncomfortable doing that  but I did not go into them.  Sort of like going into a cigar bar....you know there is going to be cigar smoke there and you know you are going to smell like a cigar when you leave....so you dont go in if you have issues with that.

On another note, it is rainy and cloudy here and this is not what South Florida is supposed to be about. 

Thoughts

So I was sitting a little cigar bar last night minding my own business and this guy a few seats down started talking about the fact that Obama will not survive his first year of office without being ousted for being non-qualified for the office.  His stance is that Obama is not a natural born citizen as he had dual citzenship until he was 9 or 10 and then decided to become a US citizen at 10 yrs old.  His theory is that people will catch on and he will have to resign.  I dont know if that is true or not....but I would think that someone would have verified his credentials to hold the office....I am almost sure that there is a government office that is supposed to check out these things.  So whether you agree with him or not, I think he is probably there in a properly qualified manner!  This guy was very concerned that we (the other guys sitting there) were not more concerned about this serious breech of office.

I have discovered that I like the group or artist "Pink"  and I especially like the "Glitter in the Air" song....it is very cool.

And finally, I am getting very partial to the A minor key on the piano.