Well, it seems the doctor didn’t like my cholesterol and triglyceride numbers. OK, they would make a really decent bowling average and a terrific outer-loop interstate number, respectively. So – what does that mean to me, an average, middle-aged white guy? It means I have to drop my Real Thing habit. Now. It means I can no longer feast on white rice, white pasta, white bread, or white sugar. Great. That’s most of my “diet.” Steak is on the less-desirable list, but chicken and fish are preferred. The Other White Meat is lower in preference than the chicken and fish, but higher than the beef.

As far as an exercise program, he said to start one. I asked him how he knew I wasn’t already exercising – he said he could tell. Maybe the Krispy Kreme in my hand gave it away, or the gut the box from Krispy Kreme was sitting on…

I’m off to the doctor’s office to discuss some numbers that came up from my last blood test.

I see a change in diet and excercise pattern in my future…

I have to go easy on this attempt.

The last time I quit drinking it for any length of time, there was a nosedive of their stock value, and I just can’t be responsible for that much money being lost again.

Yes, my loving wife, I have one in front of me, and I think one day at a time is a pretty good idea.

Next week I will try again.

I have been BlogExlposion surfing and I have noticed a “theme,” if you will, on the Liberal leaning blogs about how to improve the “American Democracy” or words to that effect.

We don’t live in a democracy. Your vote is not directly tabulated on election day. We live in a Representative Republic (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all).

Your vote is counted toward the electoral college, which then casts a bloc vote for your area. That is how you can win the “popular” vote and still lose the election. One area with 10,000 voters has 8,000 votes for person A and 2,000 votes for person B will file an electoral vote for person A; two other areas of 5,000 voters each has 3,000 votes for person B and 2,000 votes for person A will file one vote each for person B. Yes, A had 12,000 popular votes and B only had 8,000 popular votes, but the electoral votes were 2 to 1 for B.

You want my respect? You want me to consider your point of view? Get your facts straight, and then write. Calling the USofA a Democracy is not having your facts straight.

After much trial and many errors, over in the left column you will see a listing for the Preface of “The Wisconsin Cartters” written by my paternal Grandfather, which has an update from me. I am waiting for permission from Rural Life Press (provided they are still in business), but I don’t foresee any problems, since it is my Grandfather’s work, and he has since passed away.

Anyway – check it out.