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Hello all my readers, I've returned. Sorry about the hiatus, my son Gabriel was born 2 weeks ago yesterday, May 16th. Mom and I have been busy bee's taking care of our 4 children, and I haven't had a lot of typing time. But, lets get right into it. Topics, topics, topics...

I haven't really covered the whole Gay and Lesbian topic yet, so here we go. I promise to make this straight(no pun intended) and to the point, snap, boom, zang.

Why is it that the U.S. government is in the process of trying to remove religion completely from everything to do with themselves, yet the archaic law against gay marriage still holds ground? Sure you have people talking about the ban being removed in San Fransisco, California, but how can any law exist in any state against it in the world today? First, and foremost, the whole idea of banning gay marriage in the first place because of Christian values makes no sense at all. No where in the bible does it say anything about gay and lesbian marriage being wrong. Secondly, if your one of those zealot Christians, should this law exist at all if the government and religion aren't supposed to co-mengel. This whole issue, along with quite a few others, makes absolutely no sense. Does it really matter to anyone, deep down, who's married to whom and who's in love with whom. Mind your own darn business, come on now. For all the anti-gay marriage people out there(religious minded or not), do I get to tell you who to date, marry, fall in love with, etc. No, if I did that you'd tell me to scram(to put it nicely, very nicely).

So, How about instead of worrying about the ***private***lives of other people, how about we start looking at issues that really do need some attention. I'm sure we can all think of a lot of other issues that are being ignored, there's a world full of them.

To sum it all up, gay, lesbian, straight, tall, short, midget, tattooed people have just as much right as anyone else in this world to make their own choices as far as whom they want to say I love you to, kiss, have kids with, run away and elope in Vegas with... But, if we're ever going to equalize everyone, we've gotta stop segregating ourselves by setting aside special times of the year for everyone. If we're all equal, than let's all be equal.

Lier's and Cheats

Why do we lie? There are as many answers for that as there are ways of lying. But, I think you have 3 basic reasons for lying:

1. To avoid pain, or punishment.
2. Your keeping a secret, which is either embarrassing or risk danger to you or someone else if you tell it.
3. In an attempt to make yourself look better; smarter, wealthier, etc.

Of course, you always have the people who can't help but lie; a "compulsive lier". But, how often do people lie about that in order to avoid punishment?

The world, with the advent Internet especially, seems to now be full of almost nothing but lier's. Online you can lie about your age, sex, weight, height, etc. Yet, this is a problem that people have both suffered and indulged for thousands of years. Think about make-up, an invention traced back to Ancient Egypt, made specifically to fool others about your appearance. Sure, we take it pretty lightly in this day and age with millions of dollars being spent on make-up, push up bra's, tummy tucking underwear, plastic surgery, and on the list goes without end.

I've always wondered about this need of ours to lie, even to impress those around us, as to why we feel the need to constantly create a false image of things. For example; Shouldn't the person whom you fall in love with, and vice versa, be in love with you. Not a false image of you, but you, with all your quirks, blemishes, scars, etc. Lying is not new, the reasons haven't changed and almost everyone has done it at least once. But, the question remains, why can't we stop the lying? Do we need it like a drug?

Ask yourself next time you tell a lie, even a "little white" lie, why am I doing this? What is the point? I think you'll find that a lot of the lies you tell serve no purpose, other than it's almost like a subconscious habit.

Ahhh... Isn't he cute?

Why do we dress up our pets like people? It may sound like a very basic and weird question, but I think it's a legitimate one. What is the human obsession with making every other animal just like us? There are people who dress their pets up for Halloween, Christmas, heck I'm sure there have been a few Hanukkah poodles. So, why do we do it? I personally think that, for alot of people, it's kind of like having a child or doll. It is a subconscious way to have children without having an actual child, or for those who have children, a way of making your pet wear the outfits you can't get your kids to wear. I think it's a half fetish, half power thing. But, my wife and I have dressed up our dogs, so I'm guilty as charged too. I've done it more for the funny effect, unlike the people who take it very seriously, because I'm an a-hole who likes to make fun of my own animals. So, is it normal that we do this to our pets? I say, absolutely not, but it is funny to see the pets that people do it too. Plus, the pets usually don't care. Just watch yourself, if you do it, because if(now I'm going to go all Dr.Phil) there may be underlining issues you need to face in yourself.